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 Repealed by Session Laws 1973, c. 1262, s. 23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 Repealed by Session Laws 2004-195, s. 3.1, effective August 17, 2004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
§ 143-215.1C. Report to wastewater system customers on system performance; report discharge of untreated wastewater to the Department; publication of notice of discharge of untreated wastewater and waste
§ 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
§ 143-215.22I. Repealed by Session Laws 2007-518, s. 2, effective August 31, 2007, and applicable to any petition for a certificate for a transfer of surface water from one river basin to another river basin for which preparation of an environmental assessment or an environmental impact statement has begun on or after August 31, 2007
§ 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