| 12 | 13 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1 |
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| 13 | 14 | | AN ACT TO PROVIDE VARIOUS ADVANCED RECYCLING DEFINITIONS AND 2 |
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| 14 | 15 | | PROCEDURES. 3 |
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| 15 | 16 | | The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 4 |
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| 16 | 17 | | SECTION 1.(a) Subdivisions (17a) and (41b) of G.S. 130A-290(a) are recodified as 5 |
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| 17 | 18 | | subdivisions (17b) and (41c), respectively, of that subsection. 6 |
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| 18 | 19 | | SECTION 1.(b) G.S. 130A-290, as amended by subsection (a) of this section, reads 7 |
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| 19 | 20 | | as rewritten: 8 |
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| 20 | 21 | | "§ 130A-290. Definitions. 9 |
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| 21 | 22 | | (a) Unless a different meaning is required by the context, the following definitions shall 10 |
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| 22 | 23 | | apply throughout this Article: 11 |
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| 23 | 24 | | … 12 |
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| 24 | 25 | | (17a) "Mass balance attribution" means an auditable chain of custody accounting 13 |
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| 25 | 26 | | methodology pursuant to a third-party certification system that enables the 14 |
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| 26 | 27 | | manufacturer to attribute quantities of feedstocks to one or more recycled 15 |
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| 27 | 28 | | products. 16 |
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| 28 | 29 | | … 17 |
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| 29 | 30 | | (24a) "Recycled products" or "recycled product" means products that are produced 18 |
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| 30 | 31 | | from recyclable material and via mass balance attribution for chemical 19 |
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| 31 | 32 | | recycling processes. The designation of a product as a "recycled product" does 20 |
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| 32 | 33 | | not exempt the product from otherwise applicable air, water, or hazardous 21 |
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| 33 | 34 | | waste statutory or regulatory requirements. 22 |
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| 34 | 35 | | … 23 |
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| 35 | 36 | | (41b) "Third-party certification system" means an international and multi-national 24 |
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| 36 | 37 | | third-party certification system that consists of a set of rules for the 25 |
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| 37 | 38 | | implementation of mass balance attribution methodologies for the recycling 26 |
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| 38 | 39 | | of materials. 27 |
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| 39 | 40 | | …." 28 |
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| 40 | 41 | | SECTION 2. This act is effective when it becomes law. 29 |
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