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m The Hazardous Waste lreatment Commission {Commission) has established the r~eed for an integrated hazardous waste treatment facility in North Carolina. lhis facility was defined by the Commission in the comprehensive plan for the management of hazardous wastes that was prepared ard submitted to the General Assembly in December 1985. The Preamble to the Hazardous Waste Treatment Commission Act of 1984 {G.S. 143-470) (Act) states that "The General Assembly of ~orth Carolina finds and declares that the safe management of hazardous waste, ~nd particu- larly the timely establishment of adequate facilities for the disposal and mana~ement,.of:hazardous~.waste~.i~'one, of:the most.urgent problems:facing North C~rolinaL<~,Thb:~safe~-:managbment~a~d-disposal~bf-=hazardous- waste~ a~e ;=. .... essential-to-continued-economic growth-and-for-protection of-the-publ~ic~:': .... health and safety_ and the_environmen:_" The Act.encourages.~he. private . sector to provide .these:.fac~lities,~ but:in the event the private sector, does not, the Act provides for State mandated siting, construction, and operation of the required facility, as necessary. The Act also directs the Commission to initiate purchasing, or if necessary, condemnation proceedings to acquire a site or sites potentially suited for the location of a treatment facility. In order to select the appropriate site or sites to construct the facility described in the comprehensive plan, the Commission has initiated a study to identify potentially suitable pieces of property se that proceedings can begin the process of identifying and acquiring the appropriate property or properties.