(A) Standards. By authority vested in it in G.S. § 153A-136, the Board of County Commissioners does ordain that all persons storing, treating, or disposing of hazardous waste or low-level radioactive waste in the county shall be held to a standard of strict liability for spills, accidents, contamination, or other discharges and hazards arising from this facility.
(B) Strict liability. Persons storing, transferring, treating, or disposing of hazardous waste or low-level radioactive waste shall be liable for all emergency cleanup costs, cleanup costs in general, damages to persons and property, and other costs resulting from discharges or contamination as the result of intentional or negligent conduct, accident, or other cause.
(C) Duration. It is the intent of the County Board of Commissioners that this section shall be temporary in nature, to remain in effect until such time as the General Assembly addresses the issue directly, as it is its stated intention to do.
(D) Transportation. It is further ordained that persons transporting hazardous waste or low-level radioactive waste to destinations in this county shall be held to the same standard of strict liability for all emergency cleanup costs, cleanup costs in general, damages, and other costs resulting from discharges or contamination caused by spills or accidents of intentional or unintentional releases during transportation within the county, or such discharges or contamination occurring while the transportation vehicle is anywhere within the county except within the boundaries of the actual facility site for which it is destined, at which time it shall be considered stored by the facility operator.
(1996 Code, § 51.63) (Ord. passed 10-5-1987)