Senate committee substitute to the 3rd edition makes the following changes.

Amends GS 130A-309.240 as follows. Amends the definition of recycle, as it is used in new Part 2J of Article 9 of GS Chapter 130A, to require PV modules determined to be hazardous to comply with applicable hazardous waste requirements even when recycled (no longer limits this requirement to until rules are adopted that classify solar panels as universal waste). Amends the steps that an owner must take in decommissioning a project to also require components that do not meet the definition of hazardous waste to be property disposed of in an industrial landfill or a municipal solid waste landfill. Amends information that must be provided when an owner of a utility-scale solar project registers to require that the PV module hazardous waste determination that must be made be done be in compliance with rules adopted by the Department of Environmental Quality or the Environmental Management Commission (was, by the Department of Environmental Quality). Makes additional clarifying changes.