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92 <br /> SECTION 41.(b) No later than 30 days after this bill becomes law, the <br /> Department of Environment and Natural Resources shall submit Part 7D of Chapter 8 of the <br /> General Statutes, Environmental Audit Privilege and Limited Immunity, as enacted by this <br /> section, to the United States Environmental Protection Agency and shall request the Agency's <br /> approval to implement the Part in concert with the State's legal authority to continue <br /> administering delegated, approved, or authorized federal environmental programs within the <br /> State. <br /> SECTION 41.(c) No later than December 1, 2015, the Department shall report to <br /> the Environmental Review Commission on its activities conducted pursuant to subsection (b) of <br /> this section and shall report monthly thereafter until approval to implement Part 7D of Chapter <br /> 8 of the General Statutes, Environmental Audit Privilege and Limited Immunity, as enacted by <br /> this section, is received from the United States Environmental Protection Agency. <br /> SECTION 41.(d) This section becomes effective upon the date approval to <br /> implement Part 7D of Chapter 8 of the General Statutes, Environmental Audit Privilege and <br /> Limited Immunity, as enacted by this section, is received from the United States Environmental <br /> Protection Agency. <br /> STUDY COMPUTER EQUIPMENT, TELEVISION, AND ELECTRONICS <br /> RECYCLING PROGRAM <br /> SECTION 4.2. The Department of Environment and Natural Resources shall, in <br /> consultation with the North Carolina League of Municipalities, the North Carolina Association <br /> of County Commissioners, the Consumer Electronics Association, the Retail Merchants <br /> Association, and representatives of the recycling and waste management industries, study <br /> North Carolina's recycling requirements for discarded computer equipment and televisions. In <br /> conducting this study, the Department shall consider (i) the changing waste stream, including <br /> the transition from televisions containing cathode ray tubes to flat screen televisions; (ii) the <br /> current status of North Carolina's recycling system, including cost and financing issues, and <br /> options that may be available to reduce costs and establish sufficient funding to cover necessary <br /> costs; (iii) opportunities for more efficient and effective recycling systems; and (iv) any other <br /> issue the Department deems relevant. The Department shall report its findings, including <br /> specific recommendations for legislative action, to the Environmental Review Commission on <br /> or before April 1, 2016. <br /> PROHIBIT IMPLEMENTATION AND ENFORCEMENT OF FEDERAL STANDARDS <br /> FOR WOOD HEATERS <br /> SECTION 4.3.(a) G.S. 143-215.107 reads as rewritten: <br /> "§ 143-215.107. Air quality standards and classifications. <br /> (a) Duty to Adopt Plans, Standards, etc. — The Commission is hereby directed and <br /> empowered, as rapidly as possible within the limits of funds and facilities available to it, and <br /> subject to the procedural requirements of this Article and Article 21: <br /> (10) Except as provided in subsection (h) of this section, to develop and adopt <br /> standards and plans necessary to implement requirements of the federal <br /> Clean Air Act and implementing regulations adopted by the United States <br /> Environmental Protection Agency. <br /> With respect to any regulation adopted by the United States Environmental <br /> Protection Agency limiting emissions from wood heaters and adopted after May 1, 2014, <br /> neither the Commission nor the Department shall do any of the following <br /> Issue rules limiting emissions from wood heaters to implement the federal <br /> regulations described in this subsection. <br /> Enforce against a manufacturer, distributor, or consumer the federal <br /> regulations described in this subsection." <br /> SECTION 4.3.(b) G.S. 143-213 is amended by adding a new subdivision to read: <br /> "(3 1 "Wood heater" means a fireplace, wood stove, pellet stove, wood-fired <br /> h_ydronic heater, wood-burning forced-air furnace, or masonry wood heater <br /> or other similar apliance designed for heating a residence or business or for <br /> heating water for use by a residence through the combustion of wood or <br /> products substantially composed of wood." <br /> Page 18 Session Law 2015-286 House Bill 765-Ratified <br />