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NC Gen Stat § 130A-309.54 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 130A - Public Health|Article 9 - Solid Waste Management.|§ 130A-309.54 - Use of scrap tire tax proceeds.

 130A-309.54. Use of scrap tire tax proceeds.Article 5B of Chapter 105 imposes a tax on new tires to provide funds for the disposal of scrap tires, for the cleanup of inactive hazardous waste sites under Part 3 of this Article, and for all the purposes for which the Bernard Allen Memorial Emergency Drinking Water Fund may be used under G.S. 87-98. A county may use proceeds of the tax distributed to it under that Article only for the disposal of scrap tires pursuant to the provisions of this Part or for the abatement of a nuisance pursuant to G.S. 130A-309.60.  (1989, c. 784, s. 3; 1991, c. 221, s. 3; 1993, c. 364, s. 1(a); 2009-451, s. 13.3B(b).)
NC Gen Stat § 130A-309.57 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 130A - Public Health|Article 9 - Solid Waste Management.|§ 130A-309.57 - Scrap tire disposal program.

 130A-309.57. Scrap tire disposal program.(a) The owner or operator of any scrap tire collection site shall, within six months after October 1, 1989, provide the Department with information concerning the site's location, size, and the approximate number of scrap tires that are accumulated at the site and shall initiate steps to comply with subsection (b) of this section.(b) On or after July 1, 1990:(1) A person may not maintain a scrap tire collection site or a scrap tire disposal site unless the site is permitted.(2) It is unlawful for any person to dispose of scrap tires in the State unless the scrap tires are disposed of at a scrap tire collection site or at a tire disposal site, or disposed of for processing at a scrap tire processing facility.(c) The Commission shall adopt rules to carry out the provisions of this section. Such rules shall:(1) Provide for the administration of scrap tire collector and collection center permits and scrap tire disposal site permits, which may not exceed two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) annually.(2) Set standards for scrap tire processing facilities and associated scrap tire sites, scrap tire collection centers, and scrap tire collectors.(3) Authorize the final disposal of scrap tires at a permitted solid waste disposal facility provided the tires have been cut into sufficiently small parts to assure their proper disposal.(4) Repealed by Session Laws 2013-413, s. 18. For effective date, see Editor's note.(d) A permit is not required for:(1) A tire retreading business where fewer than 1,000 scrap tires are kept on the business premises;(2) A business that, in the ordinary course of business, removes tires from motor vehicles if fewer than 1,000 of these tires are kept on the business premises; or(3) A retail tire-selling business which is serving as a scrap tire collection center if fewer than 1,000 scrap tires are kept on the business premises.(e) The Department shall encourage the voluntary establishment of scrap tire collection centers at retail tire-selling businesses, scrap tire processing facilities, and solid waste disposal facilities, to be open to the public for the deposit of used and scrap tires. The Department may establish an incentives program for individuals to encourage them to return their used or scrap tires to a scrap tire collection center.(f) Permitted scrap tire collectors may not contract with a scrap tire processing facility, unless the processing facility documents that it has access to a facility permitted to receive the scrap tires.  (1989, c. 784, s. 3; 2012-200, s. 14(a); 2013-413, s. 18.)
NC Gen Stat § 130A-309.59 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 130A - Public Health|Article 9 - Solid Waste Management.|§ 130A-309.59 - Registration of tire haulers.

 130A-309.59. Registration of tire haulers.(a) Before engaging in the hauling of scrap tires in this State, any tire hauler must register with the Department whereupon the Department shall issue to the tire hauler a scrap tire hauling identification number. A tire retailer licensed under G.S. 105-164.29 and solely engaged in the hauling of scrap tires received by it in connection with the retail sale of replacement tires is not required to register under this section.(b) Each tire hauler shall furnish its hauling identification number on all certification forms required under G.S. 130A-309.58(f). Any tire retailer engaged in the hauling of scrap tires and not required by subsection (a) of this section to be registered shall supply its merchant identification number on all certification forms required by G.S. 130A-309.58(f). (1989, c. 784, s. 3.)
NC Gen Stat § 130A-309.61 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 130A - Public Health|Article 9 - Solid Waste Management.|§ 130A-309.61 - Effect on local ordinances.

 130A-309.61. Effect on local ordinances.This Part preempts any local ordinance regarding the disposal of scrap tires to the extent the local ordinance is inconsistent with this Part or the rules adopted pursuant to this Part. (1989, c. 784, s. 3; 1993, c. 548, s. 5; 1997-209, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 130A-309.62 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 130A - Public Health|Article 9 - Solid Waste Management.|§ 130A-309.62 - Fines and penalties.

 130A-309.62. Fines and penalties.Any person who knowingly hauls or disposes of a tire in violation of this Part or the rules adopted pursuant to this Part shall be assessed a civil penalty of fifty dollars ($50.00) per violation. Each tire hauled or disposed of in violation of this Part or rules adopted pursuant to this Part constitutes a separate violation.The clear proceeds of civil penalties assessed pursuant to this section shall be remitted to the Civil Penalty and Forfeiture Fund in accordance with G.S. 115C-457.2. (1989, c. 784, s. 3; 1998-215, s. 55.)
NC Gen Stat § 130A-309.64 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 130A - Public Health|Article 9 - Solid Waste Management.|§ 130A-309.64 - Scrap Tire Disposal Program; other Department activities related to scrap tires.

 130A-309.64. Scrap Tire Disposal Program; other Department activities related to scrap tires.(a) The Department may make grants to units of local government to assist them in disposing of scrap tires. To administer the grants, the Department shall establish procedures for applying for a grant and the criteria for selecting among grant applicants. The criteria shall include the financial ability of a unit of local government to provide for scrap tire disposal, the severity of a unit of local government's scrap tire disposal problem, the effort made by a unit of local government to ensure that only tires generated in the normal course of business in this State are provided free disposal, and the effort made by a unit of local government to provide for scrap tire disposal within the resources available to it.(b) A unit of local government is not eligible for a grant under subsection (a) of this section unless its costs for disposing of scrap tires for the six-month period preceding the date the unit of local government files an application for a grant exceeded the amount the unit of local government received during that period from the proceeds of the scrap tire tax under G.S. 105-187.19. A grant to a unit of local government for scrap tire disposal may not exceed the unit of local government's unreimbursed cost for the six-month period.(c) The Department may support a position to provide local governments with assistance in developing and implementing scrap tire management programs designed to complete the cleanup of nuisance tire collection sites and prevent scrap tires generated from outside of the State from being presented for free disposal in the State.(d) The Department may clean up scrap tire collection sites that the Department has determined are a nuisance. The Department may use funds to clean up a nuisance tire collection site only if no other funds are available for that purpose.(e) The Department shall include in the report to be delivered to the Environmental Review Commission pursuant to G.S. 130A-309.06(c) a description of the implementation of the North Carolina Scrap Tire Disposal Act under this Part for the fiscal year ending the preceding June 30. The description of the implementation of the North Carolina Scrap Tire Disposal Act shall include a list of the recipients of grants under subsection (a) of this section and the amount of each grant for the previous 12-month period. The report also shall include the amount of funds used to clean up nuisance sites under subsection (d) of this section.(f) It is the intent of the General Assembly to allow the Department to satisfy grant obligations that extend beyond the end of the fiscal year.(g) The Department may adopt any rules necessary to implement this section.  (2013-360, s. 14.16(c); 2020-74, s. 11(d); 2020-78, s. 7.2(d).)
NC Gen Stat § 130A-309.70 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 130A - Public Health|Article 9 - Solid Waste Management.|§ 130A-309.70 - Landfilling and incineration of lead-acid batteries prohibited; delivery for recycling.

 130A-309.70. Landfilling and incineration of lead-acid batteries prohibited; delivery for recycling.(a) No person shall knowingly place or dispose of a used lead-acid battery in a landfill, incinerator, or in any waste-to-energy facility. Any person may deliver a lead-acid battery to a battery retailer or wholesaler, or to a secondary lead smelter, or to a collection or recycling facility authorized under this Chapter or by the United States Environmental Protection Agency.(b) No battery retailer shall knowingly place or dispose of a used lead-acid battery in a landfill, incinerator, or waste-to-energy facility. Any battery retailer may deliver a used lead-acid battery to the agent of a battery wholesaler or a secondary lead smelter, to a battery manufacturer for delivery to a secondary lead smelter, or to a collection or recycling facility authorized under this Chapter or by the United States Environmental Protection Agency.(c) Any person who knowingly places or disposes of a lead-acid battery in violation of this section shall be assessed a civil penalty of not more than fifty dollars ($50.00) per violation. Each battery improperly disposed of shall constitute a separate violation.The clear proceeds of civil penalties assessed pursuant to this section shall be remitted to the Civil Penalty and Forfeiture Fund in accordance with G.S. 115C-457.2. (1991, c. 375, s. 2; 1998-215, s. 56.)
NC Gen Stat § 130A-309.71 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 130A - Public Health|Article 9 - Solid Waste Management.|§ 130A-309.71 - Retailers required to accept lead-acid batteries for recycling; posting of notice required.

 130A-309.71. Retailers required to accept lead-acid batteries for recycling; posting of notice required.(a) A person who sells or offers for sale lead-acid batteries at retail in this State shall accept from customers, at the point of transfer or sale, used lead-acid batteries of the type and in a quantity at least equal to the number of new batteries purchased, if offered by customers.(b) A person who sells or offers for sale lead-acid batteries at retail in this State shall post written notice which must be at least 8 1/2 inches by 11 inches in size and must contain the universal recycling symbol and the following language:(1) "It is illegal to improperly dispose of a motor vehicle battery or other lead-acid battery."(2) "Recycle your used batteries."(3) "State law requires us to accept used motor vehicle batteries or other lead-acid batteries for recycling in exchange for new batteries purchased."(c) Any person who fails to post the notice required by subsection (b) of this section after receiving a written warning from the Department to do so shall be assessed a civil penalty of not more than fifty dollars ($50.00) per day for each day the person fails to post the required notice.The clear proceeds of civil penalties assessed pursuant to this section shall be remitted to the Civil Penalty and Forfeiture Fund in accordance with G.S. 115C-457.2. (1991, c. 375, s. 2; 1998-215, s. 57.)
NC Gen Stat § 130A-309.72 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 130A - Public Health|Article 9 - Solid Waste Management.|§ 130A-309.72 - Wholesalers required to accept lead-acid batteries.

 130A-309.72. Wholesalers required to accept lead-acid batteries.(a) No person selling new lead-acid batteries at wholesale shall refuse to accept from customers at the point of transfer, used lead-acid batteries of the type and in a quantity at least equal to the number of new batteries purchased, if offered by customers. A person accepting batteries in transfer from a battery retailer shall be allowed a period not to exceed 90 days to remove batteries from the retail point of collection.(b) Any person who violates this section shall be assessed a civil penalty of fifty dollars ($50.00) per violation. Each battery refused by a wholesaler or not removed from the retail point of collection within 90 days shall constitute a separate violation.The clear proceeds of civil penalties assessed pursuant to this section shall be remitted to the Civil Penalty and Forfeiture Fund in accordance with G.S. 115C-457.2. (1991, c. 375, s. 2; 1998-215, s. 58.)
NC Gen Stat § 130A-309.73 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 130A - Public Health|Article 9 - Solid Waste Management.|§ 130A-309.73 - Inspections of battery retailers authorized; construction of this Part.

 130A-309.73. Inspections of battery retailers authorized; construction of this Part.(a) The Department may inspect any place, building, or premise subject to the provisions of G.S. 130A-309.71. The Department may issue warnings to persons who fail to comply with the provisions of this Part.(b) The provisions of this Part shall not be construed to prohibit any person who does not sell lead-acid batteries from collecting and recycling such batteries. (1991, c. 375, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 130A-309.80 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 130A - Public Health|Article 9 - Solid Waste Management.|§ 130A-309.80 - Findings and purpose.

 130A-309.80. Findings and purpose.The General Assembly finds that white goods are difficult to dispose of, that white goods that contain chlorofluorocarbon refrigerants pose a danger to the environment, and that it is in the best interest of the State to require that chlorofluorocarbon refrigerants be removed from discarded white goods. This Part therefore provides for the management of discarded white goods. (1993, c. 471, s. 4.)
NC Gen Stat § 130A-309.81 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 130A - Public Health|Article 9 - Solid Waste Management.|§ 130A-309.81 - Management of discarded white goods; disposal fee prohibited.

 130A-309.81. Management of discarded white goods; disposal fee prohibited.(a) Duty. - Each county is responsible for providing at least one site for the collection of discarded white goods. It must also provide for the disposal of discarded white goods and for the removal of chlorofluorocarbon refrigerants from white goods. A county may contract with another unit of local government or a private entity in accordance with Article 15 of Chapter 153A of the General Statutes to provide for the management of discarded white goods or for the removal of chlorofluorocarbon refrigerants from white goods.(b) Restrictions. - A unit of local government or a contracting party may not charge a disposal fee for the disposal of white goods. A white good may not be disposed of in a landfill, an incinerator, or a waste-to-energy facility.(c) Plan. - Each county shall establish written procedures for the management of white goods. These procedures shall be included in the annual report required under G.S. 130A-309.09A.  (1993, c. 471, ss. 4, 6; 1993 (Reg. Sess., 1994), c. 745, ss. 36, 37; 2001-265, s. 6; 2013-409, s. 5.)
NC Gen Stat § 130A-309.82 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 130A - Public Health|Article 9 - Solid Waste Management.|§ 130A-309.82 - Use of disposal tax proceeds by counties.

 130A-309.82. Use of disposal tax proceeds by counties.Article 5C of Chapter 105 of the General Statutes imposes a tax on new white goods to provide funds for the management of discarded white goods. A county must use the proceeds of the tax distributed to it under that Article for the management of discarded white goods. The purposes for which a county may use the tax proceeds include, but are not limited to, the following:(1) Capital improvements for infrastructure to manage discarded white goods, such as concrete pads for loading, equipment essential for moving white goods, storage sheds for equipment essential to white goods disposal management, and freon extraction equipment.(2) Operating costs associated with managing discarded white goods, such as labor, transportation, and freon extraction.(3) The cleanup of illegal white goods disposal sites, the cleanup of illegal disposal sites consisting of more than fifty percent (50%) discarded white goods, and, as to those illegal disposal sites consisting of fifty percent (50%) or less discarded white goods, the cleanup of the discarded white goods portion of the illegal disposal sites.Except as provided in subdivision (3) of this section, a county may not use the tax proceeds for a capital improvement or operating expense that does not directly relate to the management of discarded white goods. Except as provided in subdivision (3) of this section, if a capital improvement or operating expense is partially related to the management of discarded white goods, a county may use the tax proceeds to finance a percentage of the costs equal to the percentage of the use of the improvement or expense directly related to the management of discarded white goods. (1993, c. 471, s. 4; 1998-24, ss. 4, 7; 2000-109, s. 9(a); 2001-265, s. 5.)
NC Gen Stat § 130A-309.84 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 130A - Public Health|Article 9 - Solid Waste Management.|§ 130A-309.84 - Civil penalties for improper disposal.

 130A-309.84. Civil penalties for improper disposal.The Department may assess a civil penalty of not more than one hundred dollars ($100.00) against a person who, knowing it is unlawful, places or otherwise disposes of a discarded white good in a landfill, an incinerator, or a waste-to-energy facility. The Department may assess this penalty for the day the unlawful disposal occurs and each following day until the white good is disposed of properly.The Department may assess a penalty of up to one hundred dollars ($100.00) against a person who, knowing it is required, fails to remove chlorofluorocarbon refrigerants from a discarded white good. The Department may assess this penalty for the day the failure occurs and each following day until the chlorofluorocarbon refrigerants are removed.The clear proceeds of civil penalties assessed pursuant to this section shall be remitted to the Civil Penalty and Forfeiture Fund in accordance with G.S. 115C-457.2. (1993, c. 471, s. 4; 1998-215, s. 59.)
NC Gen Stat § 130A-309.85 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 130A - Public Health|Article 9 - Solid Waste Management.|§ 130A-309.85 - Reporting on the management of white goods.

 130A-309.85. Reporting on the management of white goods.The Department shall include in the report to be delivered to the Environmental Review Commission pursuant to G.S. 130A-309.06(c) a description of the management of white goods in the State for the fiscal year ending the preceding 30 June. The description of the management of white goods shall include the following information:(1) The amount of taxes collected and distributed under G.S. 105-187.24 during the period covered by the report.(2) The cost to each county of managing white goods during the period covered by the report.(3) Repealed by Session Laws 2013-360, s. 14.17(f), effective June 20, 2017.(4) Any other information the Department considers helpful in understanding the problem of managing white goods.(5) A summary of the information concerning the counties' white goods management programs contained in the counties' Annual Financial Information Report.  (1993, c. 471, s. 4; 1995 (Reg. Sess., 1996), c. 594, s. 25; 1998-24, ss. 5, 7; 2000-109, s. 9(a); 2001-265, s. 5; 2001-452, s. 3.5; 2013-360, s. 14.17(f); 2020-74, s. 11(e); 2020-78, s. 7.2(e).)
NC Gen Stat § 130A-309.86 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 130A - Public Health|Article 9 - Solid Waste Management.|§ 130A-309.86 - Effect on local ordinances.

 130A-309.86. Effect on local ordinances.This Part preempts any local ordinance regarding the management of white goods that is inconsistent with this Part or the rules adopted pursuant to this Part. It does not preempt any local ordinance regarding the management of white goods that is consistent with this Part or rules adopted pursuant to this Part. (1993, c. 471, s. 4.)
NC Gen Stat § 130A-309.87 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 130A - Public Health|Article 9 - Solid Waste Management.|§ 130A-309.87 - Eligibility for disposal tax proceeds.

 130A-309.87. Eligibility for disposal tax proceeds.(a) Receipt of Funds. - A county may not receive a quarterly distribution of the white goods disposal tax proceeds under G.S. 105-187.24 unless the undesignated balance in the county's white goods account at the end of its fiscal year is less than the threshold amount. Based upon the information in a county's Annual Financial Information Report, the Department must notify the Department of Revenue by March 1 of each year which counties may not receive a distribution of the white goods disposal tax for the current calendar year. The Department of Revenue will credit the undistributed tax proceeds to the General Fund.If the undesignated balance in a county's white goods account subsequently falls below the threshold amount, the county may submit a statement to the Department, certified by the county finance officer, that the undesignated balance in its white goods account is less than the threshold amount. Upon receipt of the statement, the Department will notify the Department of Revenue to distribute to the county its quarterly distribution of the white goods disposal tax proceeds. The Department must notify the Department of Revenue of the county's change of status at least 30 days prior to the next quarterly distribution.For the purposes of this subsection, the term "threshold amount" means twenty-five percent (25%) of the amount of white goods disposal tax proceeds a county received, or would have received if it had been eligible to receive them under G.S. 130A-309.87, during the preceding fiscal year.(b) Annual Financial Information Report. - On or before November 1 of each year, a county must submit a copy of its Annual Financial Information Report, prepared in accordance with G.S. 159-33.1, to the Department. The Secretary of the Local Government Commission must require the following information in that report:(1) The tonnage of white goods scrap metal collected.(2) The amount of revenue credited to its white goods account. This revenue should include all receipts derived from the white goods disposal tax, and the sale of white goods scrap metals and freon.(3) The expenditures from its white goods account. The expenditures should include operating expenses and capital improvement costs associated with its white goods management program.(4) The designated and undesignated balance of its white goods account.(5) A comparison of the undesignated balance of its white goods account at the end of the fiscal year and the amount of white goods disposal tax proceeds it received, or would have received if it had been eligible to receive it under G.S. 130A-309.87, during the fiscal year.  (1998-24, s. 6; 2013-360, s. 14.17(c), (g).)