130A-309.27. Joint and several liability.
(a) As used in this section:
(1) "Owner or operator" means, in addition to the usual meanings of the term, any owner of record of any interest in land on which a landfill is or has been sited, any person or business entity that owns a majority interest in any other business entity which is the owner or operator of a landfill, and any person designated as a joint permittee pursuant to G.S. 130A-295.2(e).
(2) "Proceeds" means all funds collected and received by the Department, including interest and penalties on delinquent fees.
(b) Every owner or operator of a landfill is jointly and severally liable for the improper operation and closure of the landfill, as provided by law.
(c) through (f) Repealed by Session Laws 2007-550, s. 5(b), effective August 1, 2007. (1989, c. 784, s. 2; 2007-550, s. 5(b).)
Structure North Carolina General Statutes
North Carolina General Statutes
Article 9 - Solid Waste Management.
§ 130A-291 - Division of Waste Management.
§ 130A-291.1 - Septage management program; permit fees.
§ 130A-291.2 - Temporary domestic wastewater holding tanks.
§ 130A-291.3 - Septage operator training required.
§ 130A-292 - Conveyance of land used for commercial hazardous waste disposal facility to the State.
§ 130A-294 - Solid waste management program.
§ 130A-295 - Additional requirements for hazardous waste facilities.
§ 130A-295.01 - Additional requirement for commercial hazardous waste facilities.
§ 130A-295.05 - Hazardous waste transfer facilities.
§ 130A-295.1 - (See Editor's note) Limitations on permits for sanitary landfills.
§ 130A-295.3 - Environmental compliance review requirements for applicants and permit holders.
§ 130A-295.4 - Combustion products landfills.
§ 130A-295.5 - Traffic study required for certain solid waste management facilities.
§ 130A-295.6 - Additional requirements for sanitary landfills.
§ 130A-295.8 - Fees applicable to permits for solid waste management facilities.
§ 130A-295.9 - Solid waste disposal tax; use of proceeds.
§ 130A-297 - Receipt and distribution of funds.
§ 130A-298 - Hazardous waste fund.
§ 130A-299 - Single agency designation.
§ 130A-300 - Effect on laws applicable to water pollution control.
§ 130A-301 - Recordation of permits for disposal of waste on land and Notice of Open Dump.
§ 130A-302 - Sludge deposits at sanitary landfills.
§ 130A-303 - Imminent hazard; emergency.
§ 130A-304 - Confidential information protected.
§ 130A-306 - Emergency Response Fund.
§ 130A-309 - Corrective actions beyond facility boundary.
§ 130A-309.02 - Applicability.
§ 130A-309.03 - Findings, purposes.
§ 130A-309.04 - State solid waste management policy and goals.
§ 130A-309.05 - Regulated wastes; certain exclusions.
§ 130A-309.06 - Additional powers and duties of the Department.
§ 130A-309.07 - State solid waste management plan.
§ 130A-309.08 - Determination of cost for solid waste management; local solid waste management fees.
§ 130A-309.09 - Recodified as §§ A to C by Session Laws 1991, c621, ss7 to 10.
§ 130A-309.09A - Local government solid waste responsibilities.
§ 130A-309.09B - Local government waste reduction programs.
§ 130A-309.11 - Compost standards and applications.
§ 130A-309.13 - Solid Waste Management Outreach Program.
§ 130A-309.14 - Duties of State agencies.
§ 130A-309.14A - Reports by certain State-assisted entities.
§ 130A-309.15 - Prohibited acts regarding used oil.
§ 130A-309.16 - Public education program regarding used oil collection and recycling.
§ 130A-309.18 - Regulation of used oil as hazardous waste.
§ 130A-309.19 - Coordination with other State agencies.
§ 130A-309.20 - Public used oil collection centers.
§ 130A-309.21 - Incentives program.
§ 130A-309.22 - Grants to local governments.
§ 130A-309.23 - Certification of used oil transporters.
§ 130A-309.24 - Permits for used oil recycling facilities.
§ 130A-309.25 - Training of operators of solid waste management facilities.
§ 130A-309.26 - Regulation of medical waste.
§ 130A-309.27 - Joint and several liability.
§ 130A-309.28 - University research.
§ 130A-309.29 - Adoption of rules.
§ 130A-309.52 - Findings; purpose.
§ 130A-309.54 - Use of scrap tire tax proceeds.
§ 130A-309.57 - Scrap tire disposal program.
§ 130A-309.58 - Disposal of scrap tires.
§ 130A-309.59 - Registration of tire haulers.
§ 130A-309.60 - Nuisance tire collection sites.
§ 130A-309.61 - Effect on local ordinances.
§ 130A-309.62 - Fines and penalties.
§ 130A-309.64 - Scrap Tire Disposal Program; other Department activities related to scrap tires.
§ 130A-309.72 - Wholesalers required to accept lead-acid batteries.
§ 130A-309.73 - Inspections of battery retailers authorized; construction of this Part.
§ 130A-309.80 - Findings and purpose.
§ 130A-309.81 - Management of discarded white goods; disposal fee prohibited.
§ 130A-309.82 - Use of disposal tax proceeds by counties.
§ 130A-309.84 - Civil penalties for improper disposal.
§ 130A-309.85 - Reporting on the management of white goods.
§ 130A-309.86 - Effect on local ordinances.
§ 130A-309.87 - Eligibility for disposal tax proceeds.
§ 130A-309.111 - (Expires October 1, 2023) Purpose.
§ 130A-309.112 - (Expires October 1, 2023) Definitions.
§ 130A-309.113 - (Expires October 1, 2023) Management of abandoned manufactured homes.
§ 130A-309.114 - (Expires October 1, 2023) Process for the disposal of abandoned manufactured homes.
§ 130A-309.115 - (Expires October 1, 2023) Grants to local governments.
§ 130A-309.116 - (Expires October 1, 2023) Authority to adopt ordinances.
§ 130A-309.118 - (Expires October 1, 2023) Effect on local ordinances.
§ 130A-309.132 - Responsibility for recycling discarded computer equipment and televisions.
§ 130A-309.133 - Data security.
§ 130A-309.134 - Requirements for computer equipment manufacturers.
§ 130A-309.135 - Requirements for television manufacturers.
§ 130A-309.136 - Requirements applicable to retailers.
§ 130A-309.137 - Electronics Management Fund.
§ 130A-309.138 - Responsibilities of the Department.
§ 130A-309.141 - Local government authority not preempted.
§ 130A-309.142 - Registration of facilities recovering or recycling electronics required.
§ 130A-309.203 - Expedited permit review.
§ 130A-309.206 - Federal preemption; severability.
§ 130A-309.207 - General rule making for Part.
§ 130A-309.210 - Generation, disposal, and use of coal combustion residuals.
§ 130A-309.212 - Identification and assessment of discharges; correction of unpermitted discharges.
§ 130A-309.213 - Prioritization of coal combustion residuals surface impoundments.
§ 130A-309.214 - Closure of coal combustion residuals surface impoundments.
§ 130A-309.215 - Variance authority.
§ 130A-309.216 - Ash beneficiation projects.
§ 130A-309.218 - Applicability.
§ 130A-309.222 - Closure of projects using coal combustion products for structural fill.
§ 130A-309.223 - Recordation of projects using coal combustion products for structural fill.
§ 130A-309.224 - Department of Transportation projects.
§ 130A-309.225 - Inventory and inspection of certain structural fill projects.
§ 130A-309.226 - Amendments required to rules.
§ 130A-309.230 - General enforcement.
§ 130A-309.231 - Penalties for making false statements.
§ 130A-310.2 - Inactive Hazardous Waste Sites Priority List.
§ 130A-310.3 - Remedial action programs for inactive hazardous substance or waste disposal sites.
§ 130A-310.4 - Public participation in the development of the remedial action plan.
§ 130A-310.5 - Authority of the Secretary with respect to sites which pose an imminent hazard.
§ 130A-310.8 - Recordation of notices of environmental contamination and notices of restricted use.
§ 130A-310.10 - Annual reports.
§ 130A-310.11 - Inactive Hazardous Sites Cleanup Fund created.
§ 130A-310.12 - Administrative procedure; adoption of rules.
§ 130A-310.21 - Administration of the Superfund program.
§ 130A-310.22 - Contracts authorized.
§ 130A-310.23 - Filing notices of CERCLA/SARA (Superfund) liens.
§ 130A-310.32 - Brownfields agreement.
§ 130A-310.33 - Liability protection.
§ 130A-310.34 - Public notice and community involvement.
§ 130A-310.35 - Notice of Brownfields Property; land-use restrictions in deed.
§ 130A-310.37 - Construction of Part.
§ 130A-310.38 - Brownfields Property Reuse Act Implementation Account.
§ 130A-310.40 - Legislative reports.
§ 130A-310.60 - Recycling required by public agencies.
§ 130A-310.67 - Applicability.
§ 130A-310.68 - Remediation standards.
§ 130A-310.69 - Remedial investigation report; remedial action plans.
§ 130A-310.70 - Notice of intent to remediate.
§ 130A-310.71 - Review and approval of proposed remedial action plans.
§ 130A-310.72 - Financial assurance requirement.
§ 130A-310.73 - Attainment of the remediation standards.
§ 130A-310.73A - Remediation of sites with off-site migration of contaminants.
§ 130A-310.74 - Compliance with other laws.
§ 130A-310.75 - Use of registered environmental consultants.
§ 130A-310.76 - Fees; permissible uses of fees.