Laws of North Carolina (Last Updated: May 12, 2015) |
Chapter143. State Departments, Institutions, and Commissions |
Article21. Water and Air Resources |
Part 1. Organization and Powers Generally; Control of Pollution |
§ 143-211. Declaration of public policy |
§ 143-212. Definitions |
§ 143-213. Definitions |
§ 143-214. Repealed by Session Laws 1973, c. 1262, s. 23 |
§ 143-214.1. Water; water quality standards and classifications; duties of Commission |
§ 143-214.2. Prohibited discharges |
§ 143-214.2A. Prohibited disposal of medical waste |
§ 143-214.2B. Storage of waste on vessels |
§ 143-214.3. Revision to water quality standard |
§ 143-214.4. Certain cleaning agents containing phosphorus prohibited |
§ 143-214.5. Water supply watershed protection |
§ 143-214.6. Repealed by Session Laws 2004-195, s. 3.1, effective August 17, 2004 |
§ 143-214.7. Stormwater runoff rules and programs |
§ 143-214.7A. Stormwater control best management practices |
§ 143-214.7B. Fast-track permitting for stormwater management systems |
§ 143-214.8. Ecosystem Enhancement Program: established |
§ 143-214.9. Ecosystem Enhancement Program: purposes |
§ 143-214.10. Ecosystem Enhancement Program: development and implementation of basinwide restoration plans |
§ 143-214.11. Ecosystem Enhancement Program: compensatory mitigation |
§ 143-214.12. Ecosystem Enhancement Program: Ecosystem Restoration Fund |
§ 143-214.13. Ecosystem Enhancement Program: reporting requirement |
§ 143-214.14. Cooperative State-local coalition water quality protection plans |
§§ 143-214.15 through 143-214.19. Reserved for future codification purposes |
§ 143-214.20. Riparian Buffer Protection Program: Alternatives to maintaining riparian buffers; compensatory mitigation fees |
§ 143-214.21. Riparian Buffer Protection Program: Riparian Buffer Restoration Fund |
§ 143-214.22. Riparian Buffer Protection Program: Department may accept donations of real property |
§ 143-214.23. Riparian Buffer Protection Program: Delegation of riparian buffer protection requirements to local governments |
§ 143-214.24. Riparian Buffer Protection Program: Coordination with River Basin Associations |
§ 143-214.25. Expired |
§ 143-214.25A. Riparian Buffer Protection Program: Surface Water Identification Training and Certification Program |
§ 143-214.26. Nutrient offset credits |
§ 143-215. Effluent standards or limitations |
§ 143-215.1. Control of sources of water pollution; permits required |
§ 143-215.1A. Closed-loop groundwater remediation systems allowed |
§ 143-215.1B. Extension of date for compliance with nitrogen and phosphorus discharge limits |
§ 143-215.2. Special orders |
§ 143-215.3. General powers of Commission and Department; auxiliary powers |
§ 143-215.3A. Water and Air Quality Account; use of application and permit fees; Title V Account; I M Air Pollution Control Account; reports |
§ 143-215.3B. Repealed by Session Laws, 2005-454, s. 8, effective January 1, 2006 |
§ 143-215.3C. Confidential information protected |
§ 143-215.3D. Fee schedule for water quality permits |
§ 143-215.4. Mailing list for rules; procedures for public input; form of order or decision; seal; official notice |
§ 143-215.5. Judicial review |
§ 143-215.6. Recodified as §§ 143-215.6A through 143-215.6C |
§ 143-215.6A. Enforcement procedures: civil penalties |
§ 143-215.6B. Enforcement procedures: criminal penalties |
§ 143-215.6C. Enforcement procedures; injunctive relief |
§ 143-215.6D. Additional requirements applicable to certain municipal wastewater treatment facilities |
§ 143-215.6E. Violation Points System applicable to swine farms |
§ 143-215.7. Effect on laws applicable to public water supplies and the sanitary disposal of sewage |
§ 143-215.8. Repealed by Session Laws 1973, c. 698, s. 13 |
§ 143-215.8A. Planning |
§ 143-215.8B. Basinwide water quality management plans |
§ 143-215.8C. Repealed by Session Laws 2005-386, s. 2.1, effective December 1, 2005 |
§ 143-215.8D. North Carolina Water Quality Workgroup; Rivernet |
§ 143-215.9. Restrictions on authority of the Commission |
§ 143-215.9A. Reports |
§ 143-215.9B. Systemwide municipal and domestic wastewater collection system permit program report |
§ 143-215.9C. Use of certain types of culverts allowed |
§ 143-215.9D. Agricultural operation investigations confidential |
§ 143-215.9E. Initial consideration of complaint |
§ 143-215.10. Repealed by Session Laws 1973, c. 1262, s. 23 |
Part 1A. Animal Waste Management Systems |
§ 143-215.10A. Legislative findings and intent |
§ 143-215.10B. Definitions |
§ 143-215.10C. Applications and permits |
§ 143-215.10D. Operations review |
§ 143-215.10E. Violations requiring immediate notification |
§ 143-215.10F. Inspections |
§ 143-215.10G. Fees for animal waste management systems |
§ 143-215.10H. Swine integrator registration |
§ 143-215.10I. Performance standards for animal waste management systems that serve swine farms; lagoon and sprayfield systems prohibited |
§ 143-215.10J. Reserved for future codification purposes |
§ 143-215.10K. Reserved for future codification purposes |
§ 143-215.10L. Reserved for future codification purposes |
§ 143-215.10M. Reports |
Part 2. Regulation of Use of Water Resources |
§ 143-215.11. Short title |
§ 143-215.12. Declaration of purpose |
§ 143-215.13. Declaration of capacity use areas |
§ 143-215.14. Rules within capacity use areas; scope and procedures |
§ 143-215.15. Permits for water use within capacity use areas - Procedures |
§ 143-215.16. Permits for water use within capacity use areas - duration, transfer, reporting, measurement, present use, fees and penalties |
§ 143-215.17. Enforcement procedures |
§ 143-215.18. Map or description of boundaries of capacity use areas |
§ 143-215.19. Administrative inspection; reports |
§ 143-215.20. Repealed by Session Laws 1987, c. 827, s. 173 |
§ 143-215.21. Definitions |
§ 143-215.22. Law of riparian rights not changed |
§ 143-215.22A. Water withdrawal policy; remedies |
§ 143-215.22B. Roanoke River Basin water rights |
§§ 143-215.22C through 143-215.22F. Reserved for future codification purposes |
Part 2A. Registration of Water Withdrawals and Transfers; Regulation of Surface Water Transfers |
§ 143-215.22G. Definitions |
§ 143-215.22H. Registration of water withdrawals and transfers required |
§ 143-215.22J. Repealed by Session Laws 2004-195, s. 3.1, effective August 17, 2004 |
§ 143-215.22K. Repealed by Session Laws 2004-195, s. 3.1, effective August 17, 2004 |
§ 143-215.22L. Regulation of surface water transfers |
Part 3. Dam Safety Law |
§ 143-215.23. Short title |
§ 143-215.24. Declaration of purpose |
§ 143-215.25. Definitions |
§ 143-215.25A. Exempt dams |
§ 143-215.26. Construction of dams |
§ 143-215.27. Repair, alteration, or removal of dam |
§ 143-215.27A. Closure of coal combustion residuals surface impoundments to render such facilities exempt from the North Carolina Dam Safety Law of 1967 |
§ 143-215.28. Action by Commission upon applications |
§ 143-215.28A. Application fees |
§ 143-215.29. Supervision by qualified engineers; reports and modification during work |
§ 143-215.30. Notice of completion; certification of final approval; notice of transfer |
§ 143-215.31. Supervision over maintenance and operation of dams |
§ 143-215.32. Inspection of dams |
§ 143-215.33. Administrative hearing |
§ 143-215.34. Investigations by Department; employment of consultants |
§ 143-215.35. Liability for damages |
§ 143-215.36. Enforcement procedures |
§ 143-215.37. Rights of investigation, entry, access, and inspection |
Part 4. Federal Water Resources Development Projects |
§ 143-215.38. Short title |
§ 143-215.39. Public policy |
§ 143-215.40. Resolutions and ordinances assuring local cooperation |
§ 143-215.41. Items of cooperation to which localities and the State may bind themselves |
§ 143-215.42. Acquisition of lands |
§ 143-215.43. Additional powers |
Part 5. Right of Withdrawal of Impounded Water |
§ 143-215.44. Right of withdrawal |
§ 143-215.45. Transfer of right of withdrawal |
§ 143-215.46. Exercise of right of withdrawal |
§ 143-215.47. Effect of right of withdrawal on discharges of water |
§ 143-215.48. Determining streamflows |
§ 143-215.49. Right of withdrawal for use in community water supply |
§ 143-215.50. Interpretation with other statutes |
Part 6. Floodway Regulation |
§ 143-215.51. Purposes |
§ 143-215.52. Definitions |
§ 143-215.53. Repealed by Session Laws 2000-150, s. 1 |
§ 143-215.54. Regulation of flood hazard areas; prohibited uses |
§ 143-215.54A. Minimum standards for ordinances; variances for prohibited uses |
§ 143-215.55. Acquisition of existing structures |
§ 143-215.56. Delineation of flood hazard areas and 100-year floodplains; powers of Department; powers of local governments and of the Department |
§ 143-215.56A. Floodplain Mapping Fund |
§ 143-215.57. Procedures in issuing permits |
§ 143-215.58. Violations and penalties |
§ 143-215.59. Other approvals required |
§ 143-215.60. Liability for damages |
§ 143-215.61. Floodplain management |
Part 6A. Hurricane Flood Protection and Beach Erosion Control Project Revolving Fund |
§ 143-215.62. Revolving fund established; conditions and procedures |
Part 7. Water and Air Quality Reporting |
§ 143-215.63. Short title |
§ 143-215.64. Purpose |
§ 143-215.65. Reports required |
§ 143-215.66. Monitoring required |
§ 143-215.67. Acceptance of wastes to disposal systems and air-cleaning devices |
§ 143-215.68. Repealed by Session Laws 1987, c. 827, s. 188 |
§ 143-215.69. Enforcement procedures |
Part 8. Grants for Water Resources Development Projects |
§ 143-215.70. Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources authorized to accept applications |
§ 143-215.71. Purposes for which grants may be requested |
§ 143-215.72. Review of applications |
§ 143-215.73. Recommendation and disbursal of grants |
Part 8A. Water Resources Development Projects |
§ 143-215.73A. Water Resources Development Plan |
§ 143-215.73B. Reserved for future codification purposes |
§ 143-215.73C. Reserved for future codification purposes |
§ 143-215.73D. Reserved for future codification purposes |
§ 143-215.73E. Reserved for future codification purposes |
Part 8B. Shallow Draft Navigation Channel and Lake Dredging Fund |
§ 143-215.73F. Shallow Draft Navigation Channel Dredging and Lake Maintenance Fund |
Part 9. Nonpoint Source Pollution Control Program |
§§ 143-215.74 through 143-215.74B. Recodified as Article 72 of Chapter 106, G.S. 106-850 through G.S. 106-852, by Session Laws 2011-145, s. 13.22A(t), effective July 1, 2011 |
Part 9A. Application of Animal Waste |
§§ 143-215.74C through 143-215.74E. Repealed by Session Laws 1995 (Regular Session, 1996), c. 626, s. 13 |
Part 10. Stream Watch Program |
§ 143-215.74F. Program authorized |
§ 143-215.74G. Applications |
§ 143.215.74H. Assistance |
§ 143-215.74I. Projects |
§ 143-215.74J. Reserved for future codification purposes |
§ 143-215.74K. Reserved for future codification purposes |
§ 143-215.74L. Reserved for future codification purposes |
Part 11. Community Conservation Assistance Program |
§ 143-215.74M. Recodified as Article 73 of Chapter 106, G.S. 106-860, by Session Laws 2011-145, s. 13.22A(x), effective July 1, 2011 |