§130A-310.76. Fees; permissible uses of fees

(a)        A person who undertakes remediation of environmental contamination under site-specific remediation standards as provided in G.S. 130A-310.68 shall pay a fee to the Fund in an amount equal to four thousand five hundred dollars ($4,500) for each acre or portion of an acre of contamination, including any area that will become contaminated as a result of the release; however, no person shall be required to pay more than one hundred twenty-five thousand dollars ($125,000) to the Fund for any individual site, regardless of its size. This one-time fee shall be payable at the time the person undertaking remediation submits the remedial action plan to the Department.

(b)        Funds collected pursuant to subsection (a) of this section may be used only for the following purposes:

(1)        To pay for administrative and operating expenses necessary to implement this Part.

(2)        To establish, administer, and maintain a system for the tracking of land-use restrictions recorded at sites that are remediated pursuant to this Part.

(2011-186, s. 2.)