Agenda - 11-23-2015 - Item E.1 - Abstract - Session Law Effects

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127 pt:evide a fitily fitnetional v�,astev�,atet: system. The Commission shall establish minimttm tetins t 14y opetuted and maintained. 01) Clarification With Respect to Certain Dispersal Media. – In considering the application by a manufacturer of a wastewater system utilizing expanded polystyrene synthetic aggregate particles as a septic effluent dispersal medium for approval of the system under this section, neither the Commission nor the Department may condition, delay, or deny the approval based on the particle or bulk density of the expanded polystyrene material. With respect to approvals already issued by the Department or Commission that include conditions or requirements related to the particle or bulk density of expanded polystyrene material, the Commission or Department, as applicable, shall promptly reissue all such approvals with the conditions and requirements relating to the density of expanded polystyrene material permanently deleted while leaving all other terms and conditions of the approval intact. (k) Fees. – The Department shall collect the following fees under this section: (1) Review of an alternative protocol under subsection (d) of this section $1,000.00 (24 Re o of An exper—ental system $3,000.00 (3) Review of a a°mefistF `ieff visional system $3,000.00 (4) Review of an innovative system $3,000.00 (5) Review of an accepted system $3,000.00 (6) Review of a residential wastewater treatment system pursuant to G.S. 130A-342 $1,500.00 (7) Review of a component or device required of a system $ 100.00 (8) Modification to approved accepted,provisional, or $1,000.00 innovative system (1) On-Site Wastewater System Account. – The On-Site Wastewater System Account is established as a nonreverting account within the Department. Fees collected pursuant to this section shall be placed in the On-Site Wastewater System Account and shall be applied only to the costs of implementing this section." SECTION 415.(b) The Commission for Public Health shall review and amend its rules to implement Section 4.15(a) of this act. SECTION 415.(c) Beginning January 1, 2016, and every quarter thereafter until all rules required pursuant to Sections 4.14 and 4.15 of this act are adopted or amended, the Commission for Public Health shall submit written reports as to its progress on adopting or amending rules as required by Sections 4.14 and 4.15 of this act to the Environmental Review Commission and the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Health and Human Services. The Commission shall supplement the written reports required by this subsection with additional written and oral reports as may be requested by the Environmental Review Commission and the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Health and Human Services. The Commission shall submit the written reports required by this subsection whether or not the General Assembly is in session at the time the report is due. SECTION 415.(d) The Commission for Public Health, in consultation with the Department of Health and Human Services, local health departments, and stakeholders representing the wastewater system industry, shall study the costs and benefits of requiring treatment standards greater than those listed by nationally recognized standards, including the recorded advantage of such higher treatment standards for the protection of the public health and the environment. The Commission shall report its findings and recommendations, including any legislative proposals, to the Environmental Review Commission and the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Health and Human Services on or before March 1, 2016. CONTESTED CASES FOR AIR PERMITS SECTION 4.17.(a) G.S. 143-215.108 reads as rewritten: "§ 143-215.108. Control of sources of air pollution; permits required. (e) A permit applieant, pe i'ttee^r ` xl4mpplicant or permittee who is dissatisfied with a decision of the Commission on a permit application may commence a contested case by filing a petition under G.S. 150B-23 within 30 days after the Commission House Bill 765-Ratified Session Law 2015-286 Page 53