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Chapter 143 - State Departm...
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Article 21 - Water and Air Resources.
Article 21 - Water and Air Resources.
§ 143-211 - Declaration of public policy.
§ 143-212 - Definitions.
§ 143-213 - Definitions.
§ 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.
§ 143-214.7 - Stormwater runoff rules and programs.
§ 143-214.7A - Stormwater control best management practices.
§ 143-214.7B - Fast-track permitting for stormwater management systems.
§ 143-214.7C - Prohibit the requirement of mitigation for certain impacts; establish threshold for mitigation of impacts to streams.
§ 143-214.8 - Division of Mitigation Services: established.
§ 143-214.9 - Division of Mitigation Services: purposes.
§ 143-214.10 - Division of Mitigation Services: development and implementation of basinwide restoration plans.
§ 143-214.11 - Division of Mitigation Services: compensatory mitigation.
§ 143-214.12 - Division of Mitigation Services: Ecosystem Restoration Fund.
§ 143-214.13 - Division of Mitigation Services: reporting requirement.
§ 143-214.14 - Cooperative State-local coalition water quality protection plans.
§ 143-214.15 - Compensatory mitigation for diverse habitats.
§ 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.
§ 143-214.23A - Limitations on local government riparian buffer requirements.
§ 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.
§ 143-215.2A - Relief for contaminated private drinking water wells.
§ 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.
§ 143-215.3C - Confidential information protected.
§ 143-215.3D - Fee schedule for water quality permits.
§ 143-215.3E - (Expires December 31, 2020) Authority of Governor to require facility to cease operations and activities for unauthorized PFAS discharges or releases.
§ 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.
§ 143-215.8A - Planning.
§ 143-215.8B - Basinwide water quality management plans.
§ 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.
§ 143-215.10A - 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.
§ 143-215.10M - Reports.
§ 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.
§ 143-215.21 - 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.
§ 143-215.22G - Definitions.
§ 143-215.22H - Registration of water withdrawals and transfers required.
§ 143-215.22L - Regulation of surface water transfers.
§ 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.
§ 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.
§ 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.
§ 143-215.51 - Purposes.
§ 143-215.52 - Definitions.
§ 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.
§ 143-215.62 - Revolving fund established; conditions and procedures.
§ 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.
§ 143-215.69 - Enforcement procedures.
§ 143-215.70 - Secretary of Environmental Quality 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.
§ 143-215.73A - Water Resources Development Plan.
§ 143-215.73F - Shallow Draft Navigation Channel Dredging and Aquatic Weed Fund.
§ 143-215.73J - Deep Draft Navigation Channel Dredging and Maintenance Fund.
§ 143-215.73M - Coastal Storm Damage Mitigation Fund.
§ 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.
§ 143-215.74A - 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.
§ 143-215.74B - 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.
§ 143-215.74F - Program authorized.
§ 143-215.74G - Applications.
§ 143-215.74H - Assistance.
§ 143-215.74I - Projects.
§ 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.