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`rv 298 <br />C <br />LEE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA <br />HAZARDOUS WASTE AND LOW-LEVEL <br />RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT FACILITY <br />180 DAY MORATORIUM ORDINANCE <br />WHEREAS, the LEE COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY <br />COMMISSIONERS finds it necessary and advisable to regulate the location and <br />management of hazardous and low-level radioactive waste management facilities <br />within the jurisdiction of Lee County in order to protect the health, safety, or <br />welfare if its citizens and the peace and dignity of the county as provided in G. S. <br />153A- 121; and <br />WHEREAS, the controlled management of hazardous waste and <br />low-level radioactive waste has been recognized by the State of North Carolina and <br />the United States of America as necessary to the health, safety, or welfare of its <br />citizens; and <br />WHEREAS, the promulgation of reasonable regulations for the <br />location and management of hazardous and low-level radioactive waste facilities <br />involves the compilation and interpretation of information from various scientific <br />areas of study; and <br />WHEREAS, such a process cannot be accomplished adequately in <br />a short period of time and still result in reasonable regulations; and <br />WHEREAS, LEE COUNTY is presently in the process of promul- <br />gating reasonable regulations for the location and management of hazardous and <br />low-level radioactive waste management facilities; and <br />WHEREAS, said regulations shall be completed and adopted on or <br />before the expiration of the 180 day moratorium established herein; and <br />