North Carolina § 95-173 - Short title.

§ 95-173. Short title.

This Article shall be cited as the Hazardous Chemicals Right to Know Act. History (1985, c. 775, s. 1.) Editor's Note. - Session Laws 2019-241, s. 7(a)-(c), provides: "(a) The North Carolina Policy Collaboratory at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Collaboratory) shall create an inventory of aqueous film-forming foam (AFFF) used or stored by fire departments in North Carolina operated, managed, or overseen by units of local government, including those located at or serving airports. This inventory shall include, at a minimum, the following: "(1) The name and address of each fire department that owns or otherwise has on the premises of a fire station a firefighting vehicle that carries AFFF or a storage tank or other vessel for AFFF. "(2) The volume, trade name, and CAS number of AFFF used by each department in 2018 for fighting fires or firefighter training. "(3) The number of firefighting vehicles carrying AFFF and the volume of AFFF carried by each vehicle. "(4) Each fire department's annual cost of acquiring AFFF and last known purchases of AFFF. "(5) The volume, trade name, and CAS number of AFFF stored by each fire department or unit of local government for firefighting use and the portion of these AFFFs that are no longer utilized and could be removed from inventory for disposal. "(6) Other data deemed relevant by the Collaboratory to establish a statewide inventory of AFFF used for fighting fires or firefighter training. "The Office of the State Fire Marshal of the Department of Insurance and all units of local government shall provide any assistance requested by the Collaboratory to acquire and compile the data required by this section. "(b) The North Carolina Policy Collaboratory at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Collaboratory) shall develop a proposal for identifying and collecting AFFF that is expired or no longer needed or wanted by each fire department in North Carolina operated, managed, or overseen by units of local government, including those located at or serving airports. This proposal should include recommendations on which State agency or agencies could oversee such a collection effort and cost estimates on this collection, stockpiling, and disposal. The Department of Insurance Office of the State Fire Marshal, the Department of Environmental Quality, the Department of Health and Human Services, and the Department of Public Safety shall provide any assistance requested by the Collaboratory to acquire and compile the data required by this section. "(c) The Collaboratory shall submit an interim report with the results of the studies required by subsections (a) and (b) of this section no later than April 1, 2020, and a final report no later than October 15, 2020, to the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Agriculture and Natural and Economic Resources and the Environmental Review Commission." Legal Periodicals. - For note, "The Hazardous Chemicals Right-to-Know Act: Letting the Public Know What's Next Door," see 64 N.C.L. Rev. 1330 (1986).