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GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 1997
P.03
SENATE DRS9S01·LDQ274A(5 f J~ED .. S[N.4 Tt
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Short Title: Warren PCB Landfill Cleanup Funds.
j 1-41 ~ MAY 2·11998
0 RINCIPAL CLERK (Pubhc)
.·Sponwr.s: Senator Ballance. ·
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Referred to:
1 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
2 AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR THE DETOXIFICATION Of A
3 LANDFILL IN WARREN COUNTY THAT CONTAINS PCB'S AND OTHER
. · 4 CONTAMINATED MATERl.Al.S AND TO PROVIDE THAT SURPLUS
5 FUNDS. IF ANY, BE DIRECTED FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OR
6 . rNFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS IN WARREN COUNTY.
· 7 The GerieraJ.A$Sembly of North Carolina enacts:
8 ··section 1. (a) There is appropriated from the General Fund to the
9 D~partmcnt of Environment and Natural Resources th~ ~um of twenty-four million
10 dollar~ ($24,000,000) for . the l 998-99 fiscal year to he placed in a nonreverti rig
11 r~se.rve to be used . by the Department for the detoxification of a landfill located m
12 Warren County that ~ontains .polychlorinated biphenlys (PCB's) and dioxin/furan
13 ccmta,minated materials. The detoxification treatment stand<irds for residual
· .14 concentrations of contaminants remaining in the soil shall be 200 parts per billion for
.15 PCB's · and 200 parts per trillion toxicity equivalent concentration (TEO) for
16 d10xins/furans. Based ca~alyzed decomposition (BCD) technology shall be u~ed to
17 detoxify the landfill in · accordance .with a plan approved by the Department. The
18-· Department shalJ oversee the detoxification of this lanafill.
19 · · (b) Funds remaining in the reserve, if any, at the conclusion of the;:
20 detoxification of the landfill shall remain in a nonrevertini re.serve: and shaH be
21 transfe~'('ed to the Department of Commerce to be used for economic development in
22 Wancn County or Wuren County's infrastructure needs, \°Jr both.
23 · Section 2. This act becomes effective July 1, 1998.
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WARREN COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
LORIA 0. WILLIAMS, COUNTY MANAGER
P.O. BOX 619
WARRENTON, NORTH CAROLINA 27589
RESOLUTION
SUPPORTING DETOXIFltAT!ON OF THE ST ATE-OWNED
WARREN COUNTY PCB LANDFILL
WHEREAS, Governor James B. Hunt, Jr., in 1982 pledged to the citizens of
:warren County to d~toxity the PCB landfill when technic~y feasible. and. : -...... ..;~ ............... ~ -{"••-.... M.~,.~J
WHEREAS, for the past four (4) years, the Joint Warren County/State PCB
Landfill Working Group, comprised of citizens, environmental group representatives and state
officials has worked together to determine the current condition of the landfill, as well as the
available technology to cleanup and detoxify the PCB-contaminated soils; and
WHEREAS, Governor James 8. Hunt, Jr., meeting his obligation to the
citizens of Warren, County did include $15 million dollars in his proposed budget to the
General Assembly ~o detoxify the state-owned Warren County PCB Landfill; and
WHEREAS, the Joint PCB Working Group, in conjunction with environmental
scientists have determined the cost of detoxification and cleanup to be approximately $24
million dollars; an ar:nount far greater than that submitted to the General Assembly .
·· NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Warren County Board of
Commissioners support · Governor ~unt's proposed allocation of $15 million dollars, and
hereby request an additional $9 million appropriation, which equates to the full amount
needed_ to facilitate total detoxifi~ation of the state-owned Warren County PCB Landfill.
_ BE IT FURTHER-RESOLVED THAT this Resolution be forwarded to Warren
' County's Legislative Representatives _and Congressional Delegation.
Adopted this 1st day of June, 1998.
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Geraldine Green '
A~ting Clerk to the Board
James 0. Hollo y, Sr., Chairman
Warren County Board of Commissioners