AN ACT to provide various advanced recycling definitions and procedures.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.(a)  Subdivisions (17a) and (41b) of G.S. 130A‑290(a) are recodified as subdivisions (17b) and (41c), respectively, of that subsection.

SECTION 1.(b)  G.S. 130A‑290, as amended by subsection (a) of this section, reads as rewritten:

§ 130A‑290.  Definitions.

(a)        Unless a different meaning is required by the context, the following definitions shall apply throughout this Article:

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(17a)    Mass balance attribution means an auditable chain of custody accounting methodology pursuant to a third‑party certification system that enables the manufacturer to attribute quantities of feedstocks to one or more recycled products.

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(24a)    Recycled products or recycled product means products that are produced from recyclable material and via mass balance attribution for chemical recycling processes. The designation of a product as a recycled product does not exempt the product from otherwise applicable air, water, or hazardous waste statutory or regulatory requirements.

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(41b)    Third‑party certification system means an international and multi‑national third‑party certification system that consists of a set of rules for the implementation of mass balance attribution methodologies for the recycling of materials.

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SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.