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NC Gen Stat § 113-401 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 113 - Conservation and Development|Article 27 - Oil and Gas Conservation.|§ 113-401 - Party to hearings; review.

 113-401. Party to hearings; review.The term "party" as used in this Article shall include any person, firm, corporation or association. In proceedings for review of an order or decision of said Department, the Department shall have all rights and privileges granted by this Article to any other party to such proceedings. (1945, c. 702, s. 21; 1973, c. 1262, s. 86.)
NC Gen Stat § 113-402 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 113 - Conservation and Development|Article 27 - Oil and Gas Conservation.|§ 113-402 - Administrative review.

 113-402. Administrative review.A party who is dissatisfied with a decision or order of the Department under this Article may obtain administrative review of the decision by filing a petition for a contested case hearing under G.S. 150B-23 within 10 days after the decision or order is made. (1945, c. 702, s. 22; 1973, c. 1262, s. 86; 1987, c. 827, s. 117.)
NC Gen Stat § 113-403 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 113 - Conservation and Development|Article 27 - Oil and Gas Conservation.|§ 113-403 - Judicial review.

 113-403. Judicial review.Article 4 of Chapter 150B of the General Statutes governs judicial review of a decision or order made under this Article. (1945, c. 702, s. 23; 1973, c. 1262, s. 86; 1987, c. 827, s. 118.)
NC Gen Stat § 113-406 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 113 - Conservation and Development|Article 27 - Oil and Gas Conservation.|§ 113-406 - Effect of pendency of judicial review; stay of proceedings.

 113-406. Effect of pendency of judicial review; stay of proceedings.The filing or pendency of the application for judicial review provided for in this Article shall not in itself stay or suspend the operation of any order or decision of the Department, but, during the pendency of such proceeding the court, in its discretion, may stay or suspend, in whole or in part, the operation of the order or decision of the Department. No order so staying or suspending an order or decision of the Department shall be made by any court of this State otherwise than on five days' notice and, after a hearing, and if a stay or suspension is allowed the order granting the same shall contain a specific finding, based upon evidence submitted to the court and identified by reference thereto, that great or irreparable damage would otherwise result to the petitioner and specifying the nature of the damage. (1945, c. 702, s. 26; 1973, c. 1262, s. 86; 1987, c. 827, s. 120.)
NC Gen Stat § 113-407 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 113 - Conservation and Development|Article 27 - Oil and Gas Conservation.|§ 113-407 - Stay bond.

 113-407. Stay bond.In case the order or decision of the Department is stayed or suspended, the order or judgment of the court shall not become effective until a bond shall have been executed and filed with and approved by the court, payable to the Department, sufficient in amount and security to secure the prompt payment, by the party petitioning for the stay, of all damages caused by the delay in the enforcement of the order or decision of the Department. (1945, c. 702, s. 27; 1973, c. 1262, s. 86.)
NC Gen Stat § 113-408 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 113 - Conservation and Development|Article 27 - Oil and Gas Conservation.|§ 113-408 - Enjoining violation of laws and rules; service of process; application for drilling well to include residence address of applicant.

 113-408. Enjoining violation of laws and rules; service of process; application for drilling well to include residence address of applicant.Whenever it shall appear that any person is violating, or threatening to violate, any statute of this State with respect to the conservation of oil or gas, or both, or any provision of this law, or any rule or order made thereunder by any act done in the operation of any well producing oil or gas, or by omitting any act required to be done thereunder, the Department, through the Attorney General, may bring suit against such person in the superior court in the county in which the well in question is located, to restrain such person or persons from continuing such violation or from carrying out the threat of violation. In such suit the Department may obtain injunctions, prohibitory and mandatory, including temporary restraining orders and temporary injunctions, as the facts may warrant, including, when appropriate, an injunction restraining any person from moving or disposing of illegal oil, illegal gas or illegal product, and any or all such commodities may be ordered to be impounded or placed under the control of an agent appointed by the court if, in the judgment of the court, such action is advisable.If any such defendant cannot be personally served with summons in that county, personal jurisdiction of that defendant in such suit may be obtained by service made on any employee or agent of that defendant working on or about the oil or gas well involved in such suit, and by the Department mailing a copy of the complaint in the action to the defendant at the address of the defendant then recorded with the director of production and conservation.Each application for the drilling of a well in search of oil or gas in this State shall include the address of the residence of the applicant or each applicant, which address shall be the address of each person involved in accordance with the records of the director of production and conservation, until such address is changed on the records of the Department after written request. (1945, c. 702, s. 28; 1973, c. 1262, s. 86; 1987, c. 827, s. 121.)
NC Gen Stat § 113-409 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 113 - Conservation and Development|Article 27 - Oil and Gas Conservation.|§ 113-409 - Punishment for making false entries, etc.

 113-409. Punishment for making false entries, etc.Any person who, for the purpose of evading this law, or of evading any rule or order made thereunder, shall intentionally make or cause to be made any false entry or statement of fact in any report required to be made by this law or by any rule or order made hereunder; or who, for such purpose, shall make or cause to be made any false entry in any account, record, or memorandum kept by any person in connection with the provisions of this law or of any rule or order made thereunder; or who, for such purpose, shall omit to make, or cause to be omitted, full, true and correct entries in such accounts, records, or memoranda, of all facts and transactions pertaining to the interest or activities in the petroleum industry of such person as may be required by the Department under authority given in this law or by any rule or order made hereunder; or who, for such purpose shall remove out of the jurisdiction of the State, or who shall mutilate, alter, or by any other means falsify, any book, record, or other paper, pertaining to the transactions regulated by this law, or by any rule or order made hereunder, shall be deemed guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor. (1945, c. 702, s. 29; 1973, c. 1262, s. 86; 1987, c. 827, s. 122; 1993, c. 539, s. 871; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).)
NC Gen Stat § 113-411 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 113 - Conservation and Development|Article 27 - Oil and Gas Conservation.|§ 113-411 - Dealing in or handling of illegal oil, gas or product prohibited.

 113-411. Dealing in or handling of illegal oil, gas or product prohibited.(a) The sale, purchase or acquisition, or the transportation, refining, processing or handling in any other way of illegal oil, illegal gas or illegal product is hereby prohibited. All persons purchasing any petroleum product must first be licensed to do so by the Department.(b) Unless and until the Department provides for certificates of clearance or tenders, or some other method, so that any person may have an opportunity to determine whether any contemplated transaction of sale, purchase or acquisition, or transportation, refining, processing or handling in any other way, involves illegal oil, illegal gas or illegal product, no penalty shall be imposed for the sale, purchase or acquisition, or the transportation, refining, processing or handling in any other way of illegal oil, illegal gas or illegal product, except under circumstances hereinafter stated. Penalties shall be imposed for the commission of each transaction prohibited in this section when the person committing the same knows that illegal oil, illegal gas or illegal product is involved in such transaction, or when such person could have known or determined such fact by the exercise of reasonable diligence or from facts within his knowledge. However, regardless of lack of actual notice or knowledge, penalties as provided in this law shall apply to any sale, purchase or acquisition, and to the transportation, refining, processing or handling in any other way, of illegal oil, illegal gas or illegal product, where administrative provision is made for identifying the character of the commodity as to its legality. It shall likewise be a violation for which penalties shall be imposed for any person to sell, purchase or acquire, or to transport, refine, process or handle in any other way any oil, gas or any product without complying with any rule or order of the Department relating thereto. (1945, c. 702, s. 31; 1973, c. 1262, s. 86; 1987, c. 827, s. 122.)
NC Gen Stat § 113-414 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 113 - Conservation and Development|Article 27 - Oil and Gas Conservation.|§ 113-414 - Filing list of renewed leases in office of register of deeds.

 113-414. Filing list of renewed leases in office of register of deeds.On December 31 of each year, or within 10 days thereafter, every person, firm or corporation holding petroleum leases shall file in the office of the register of deeds of the county within which the land covered by such leases is located, a list showing the leases which have been renewed for the ensuing year. (1945, c. 702, s. 34.)
NC Gen Stat § 113-415 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 113 - Conservation and Development|Article 27 - Oil and Gas Conservation.|§ 113-415 - Conflicting laws.

 113-415. Conflicting laws.No provision of this Article shall be construed to repeal, amend, abridge or otherwise affect the authority and responsibility (i) vested in the Environmental Management Commission by Article 7 of Chapter 87 of the General Statutes, pertaining to the location, construction, repair, operation and abandonment of wells; (ii) vested in the Environmental Management Commission related to the control of water and air pollution as provided in Articles 21 and 21A of Chapter 143 of the General Statutes; (iii) vested in the Department and the Commission for Public Health by Article 10 of Chapter 130A of the General Statutes pertaining to public water-supply requirements; or (iv) vested in the Environmental Management Commission related to the management of solid and hazardous waste as provided in Article 9 of Chapter 130A of the General Statutes.  (1971, c. 813, s. 7; 1973, c. 476, s. 128; c. 1262, s. 23; 1989, c. 727, s. 121; 2007-182, s. 2; 2012-143, s. 2(g); 2014-122, s. 11(k); 2015-1, s. 3.7.)
NC Gen Stat § 113-422 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 113 - Conservation and Development|Article 27 - Oil and Gas Conservation.|§ 113-422 - Indemnification.

 113-422. Indemnification.An oil or gas developer or operator shall indemnify and hold harmless a surface owner against any claims related to the developer's or operator's activities on the surface owner's property, including, but not limited to, (i) claims of injury or death to any person; (ii) damage to impacted infrastructure or water supplies; (iii) damage to a third party's real or personal property; and (iv) violations of any federal, State, or local law, rule, regulation, or ordinance, including those for protection of the environment.  (2011-276, s. 3(b); 2012-143, s. 4(c).)
NC Gen Stat § 113-426 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 113 - Conservation and Development|Article 27 - Oil and Gas Conservation.|§ 113-426 - Publication of information for landowners.

 113-426. Publication of information for landowners.In order to effect the pre-lease publication distribution requirement as set forth in G.S. 113-423(a), and to otherwise inform the public, the Consumer Protection Division of the North Carolina Department of Justice, in consultation with the North Carolina Real Estate Commission, shall develop and make available a publication entitled "Oil & Gas Leases: Landowners' Rights" to provide general information on consumer protection issues and landowner rights, including information on leases of oil or gas rights, applicable to exploration and extraction of gas or oil. The Division and the Commission shall update the publication as necessary.  (2012-143, s. 4(h).)
NC Gen Stat § 113-427 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 113 - Conservation and Development|Article 27 - Oil and Gas Conservation.|§ 113-427 - Additional remedies.

 113-427. Additional remedies.The remedies provided by this Part are not exclusive and do not preclude any other remedies that may be allowed by law.  (2012-143, s. 4(i).)
NC Gen Stat § 113A-1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 113A - Pollution Control and Environment|Article 1 - Environmental Policy Act.|§ 113A-1 - Title.

 113A-1. Title.This Article shall be known as the North Carolina Environmental Policy Act of 1971. (1971, c. 1203, s. 1; 1991, c. 431, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 113A-2 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 113A - Pollution Control and Environment|Article 1 - Environmental Policy Act.|§ 113A-2 - Purposes.

 113A-2. Purposes.The purposes of this Article are: to declare a State policy which will encourage the wise, productive, and beneficial use of the natural resources of the State without damage to the environment, maintain a healthy and pleasant environment, and preserve the natural beauty of the State; to encourage an educational program which will create a public awareness of our environment and its related programs; to require agencies of the State to consider and report upon environmental aspects and consequences of their actions involving the expenditure of public moneys or use of public land; and to provide means to implement these purposes. (1971, c. 1203, s. 2; 1991 (Reg. Sess., 1992), c. 945, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 113A-3 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 113A - Pollution Control and Environment|Article 1 - Environmental Policy Act.|§ 113A-3 - Declaration of State environmental policy.

 113A-3. Declaration of State environmental policy.The General Assembly of North Carolina, recognizing the profound influence of man's activity on the natural environment, and desiring, in its role as trustee for future generations, to assure that an environment of high quality will be maintained for the health and well-being of all, declares that it shall be the continuing policy of the State of North Carolina to conserve and protect its natural resources and to create and maintain conditions under which man and nature can exist in productive harmony. Further, it shall be the policy of the State to seek, for all of its citizens, safe, healthful, productive and aesthetically pleasing surroundings; to attain the widest range of beneficial uses of the environment without degradation, risk to health or safety; and to preserve the important historic and cultural elements of our common inheritance. (1971, c. 1203, s. 3.)
NC Gen Stat § 113A-5 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 113A - Pollution Control and Environment|Article 1 - Environmental Policy Act.|§ 113A-5 - Review of agency actions involving major adverse changes or conflicts.

 113A-5. Review of agency actions involving major adverse changes or conflicts.Whenever, in the judgment of the responsible State official, the information obtained in preparing the statement indicates that a major adverse change in the environment, or conflicts concerning alternative uses of available natural resources, would result from a specific program, project or action, and that an appropriate alternative cannot be developed, such information shall be presented to the Governor for review and final decision by him or by such agency as he may designate, in the exercise of the powers of the Governor. (1971, c. 1203, s. 5.)
NC Gen Stat § 113A-6 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 113A - Pollution Control and Environment|Article 1 - Environmental Policy Act.|§ 113A-6 - Conformity of administrative procedures to State environmental policy.

 113A-6. Conformity of administrative procedures to State environmental policy.All agencies of the State shall periodically review their statutory authority, administrative rules, and current policies and procedures for the purpose of determining whether there are any deficiencies or inconsistencies therein which prohibit or hinder full compliance with the purposes and provisions of this Article and shall propose to the Governor such measures as may be necessary to bring their authority, rules, policies and procedures into conformity with the intent, purposes and procedures set forth in this Article. (1971, c. 1203, s. 6; 1987, c. 827, s. 126.)
NC Gen Stat § 113A-7 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 113A - Pollution Control and Environment|Article 1 - Environmental Policy Act.|§ 113A-7 - Other statutory obligations of agencies.

 113A-7. Other statutory obligations of agencies.Nothing in this Article shall in any way affect nor detract from specific statutory obligations of any State agency(1) To comply with criteria or standards of environmental quality or to perform other statutory obligations imposed upon it,(2) To coordinate or consult with any other State agency or federal agency, or(3) To act, or refrain from acting contingent upon the recommendations or certification of any other State agency or federal agency. (1971, c. 1203, s. 7.)
NC Gen Stat § 113A-8 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 113A - Pollution Control and Environment|Article 1 - Environmental Policy Act.|§ 113A-8 - Major development projects.

 113A-8. Major development projects.(a) The governing bodies of all cities, counties, and towns acting individually, or collectively, may by ordinance require any special-purpose unit of government or private developer of a major development project to submit detailed statements, as defined in G.S. 113A-4(2), of the impact of such projects for consideration by those governing bodies in matters within their jurisdiction. Any such ordinance may not be designed to apply to only a particular major development project, and shall be applied consistently.(b) Any ordinance adopted pursuant to this section shall exempt those major development projects for which a detailed statement of the environmental impact of the project or a functionally equivalent permitting process is required by federal or State law, regulation, or rule.(c) Any ordinance adopted pursuant to this section shall establish minimum criteria to be used in determining whether a statement of environmental impact is required. A detailed statement of environmental impact may not be required for a project that does not exceed the minimum criteria and any exceptions to the minimum criteria established by the ordinance.(d) Any ordinance adopted pursuant to this section shall exempt from its requirements the certain cases for which an environmental document is not required as set forth in G.S. 113A-12.  (1971, c. 1203, s. 8; 1991, c. 431, s. 3; 2014-90, s. 5.)
NC Gen Stat § 113A-8.1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 113A - Pollution Control and Environment|Article 1 - Environmental Policy Act.|§ 113A-8.1 - Surface water transfers.

 113A-8.1. Surface water transfers.An environmental assessment shall be prepared for any transfer for which a petition is filed in accordance with G.S. 143-215.22L. The determination of whether an environmental impact statement is needed with regard to the proposed transfer shall be made in accordance with the provisions of this Article. (1998-168, s. 6; 2007-484, s. 43.7C; 2007-518, s. 4.)
NC Gen Stat § 113A-10 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 113A - Pollution Control and Environment|Article 1 - Environmental Policy Act.|§ 113A-10 - Provisions supplemental.

 113A-10. Provisions supplemental.The policies, obligations and provisions of this Article are supplementary to those set forth in existing authorizations of and statutory provisions applicable to State agencies and local governments. In those instances where a State agency is required to prepare an environmental document or to comment on an environmental document under provisions of federal law, no separate environmental document shall be required to be prepared or published under this Article so long as the environmental document or comment meets the provisions of this Article.  (1971, c. 1203, s. 10; 1991 (Reg. Sess., 1992), c. 945, s. 4; 2015-90, s. 3.)
NC Gen Stat § 113A-11 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 113A - Pollution Control and Environment|Article 1 - Environmental Policy Act.|§ 113A-11 - Adoption of rules.

 113A-11. Adoption of rules.(a) The Department of Administration shall adopt rules to implement this Article.(b) Each State agency shall adopt rules that establish minimum criteria. An agency may include a particular action or class of actions in its minimum criteria only if the agency makes a specific finding that the action or class of actions has no significant long-term impact on the environment. Rules establishing minimum criteria shall be consistent with rules adopted by the Department of Administration.  (1991 (Reg. Sess., 1992), c. 899, s. 1; c. 945, s. 7(b); 2015-90, s. 4.)
NC Gen Stat § 113A-13 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 113A - Pollution Control and Environment|Article 1 - Environmental Policy Act.|§ 113A-13 - Administrative and judicial review.

 113A-13. Administrative and judicial review.The preparation of an environmental document required under this Article is intended to assist the responsible agency in determining the appropriate decision on the proposed action. An environmental document required under this Article is a necessary part of an application or other request for agency action. Administrative and judicial review of an environmental document is incidental to, and may only be undertaken in connection with, review of the agency action. No other review of an environmental document is allowed. (1991 (Reg. Sess., 1992), c. 945, ss. 5, 7(a).)
NC Gen Stat § 113A-21 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 113A - Pollution Control and Environment|Article 2 - Interstate Environmental Compact.|§ 113A-21 - Title.

 113A-21. Title.This Article shall be known and cited as "The Interstate Environmental Compact Act of 1971." (1971, c. 805, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 113A-22 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 113A - Pollution Control and Environment|Article 2 - Interstate Environmental Compact.|§ 113A-22 - Purpose.

 113A-22. Purpose.The General Assembly of North Carolina recognizes and declares:(1) The concern for the purity and life-giving qualities of our environment is of primary interest to every citizen of North Carolina and to all Americans.(2) The quality of our environment depends upon the management of the air, water, and land resources upon which our lives depend.(3) The ultimate responsibility for the health, safety, and welfare of the citizens of North Carolina rests upon the State government.(4) The environment of every state is affected with local, state, regional, and national interests since ecological systems cross state boundaries.(5) The discharge of this responsibility of environmental protection can be enhanced by acting in concert and cooperation with other states and with the federal government. (1971, c. 805, s. 2.)