NC H321

Repeals the requirement that local governments develop and maintain a comprehensive 10-year solid waste management plan, eliminating detailed plan components such as waste stream evaluation, reduction goals, and management method assessments.

Retains local government responsibility to assess solid waste collection and disposal services, implement necessary programs, and make good-faith efforts to achieve the state's 40% municipal solid waste reduction goal.

Replaces comprehensive planning requirements with annual reporting to the Department on solid waste management activities, including education programs, waste received, recycling data, costs, and new reporting on disaster debris, scrap tires, white goods, and illegal disposal prevention.

Modifies specific programs (electronics management, scrap tire disposal, white goods management, abandoned manufactured homes) to require inclusion of procedures and plans in annual reports rather than comprehensive solid waste management plans.

Removes penalty provisions that denied grants and tax proceeds to local governments failing to comply with comprehensive planning requirements under G.S. 130A-309.09A(b), replacing them with penalties for non-compliance with annual reporting requirements.