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NC Gen Stat § 113A-30 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 113A - Pollution Control and Environment|Article 3 - Natural and Scenic Rivers System.|§ 113A-30 - Recodified as G.S. 143B-135.140 by Session Laws 2015-241, s. 14.30(f), effective July 1, 2015.

 113A-30: Recodified as G.S. 143B-135.140 by Session Laws 2015-241, s. 14.30(f), effective July 1, 2015.
NC Gen Stat § 113A-31 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 113A - Pollution Control and Environment|Article 3 - Natural and Scenic Rivers System.|§ 113A-31 - Recodified as G.S. 143B-135.142 by Session Laws 2015-241, s. 14.30(f), effective July 1, 2015.

 113A-31: Recodified as G.S. 143B-135.142 by Session Laws 2015-241, s. 14.30(f), effective July 1, 2015.
NC Gen Stat § 113A-32 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 113A - Pollution Control and Environment|Article 3 - Natural and Scenic Rivers System.|§ 113A-32 - Recodified as G.S. 143B-135.144 by Session Laws 2015-241, s. 14.30(f), effective July 1, 2015.

 113A-32: Recodified as G.S. 143B-135.144 by Session Laws 2015-241, s. 14.30(f), effective July 1, 2015.
NC Gen Stat § 113A-33 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 113A - Pollution Control and Environment|Article 3 - Natural and Scenic Rivers System.|§ 113A-33 - Recodified as G.S. 143B-135.146 by Session Laws 2015-241, s. 14.30(f), effective July 1, 2015.

 113A-33: Recodified as G.S. 143B-135.146 by Session Laws 2015-241, s. 14.30(f), effective July 1, 2015.
NC Gen Stat § 113A-34 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 113A - Pollution Control and Environment|Article 3 - Natural and Scenic Rivers System.|§ 113A-34 - Recodified as G.S. 143B-135.148 by Session Laws 2015-241, s. 14.30(f), effective July 1, 2015.

 113A-34: Recodified as G.S. 143B-135.148 by Session Laws 2015-241, s. 14.30(f), effective July 1, 2015.
NC Gen Stat § 113A-35 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 113A - Pollution Control and Environment|Article 3 - Natural and Scenic Rivers System.|§ 113A-35 - Recodified as G.S. 143B-135.150 by Session Laws 2015-241, s. 14.30(f), effective July 1, 2015.

 113A-35: Recodified as G.S. 143B-135.150 by Session Laws 2015-241, s. 14.30(f), effective July 1, 2015.
NC Gen Stat § 113A-35.1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 113A - Pollution Control and Environment|Article 3 - Natural and Scenic Rivers System.|§ 113A-35.1 - Recodified as G.S. 143B-135.152 by Session Laws 2015-241, s. 14.30(f), effective July 1, 2015.

 113A-35.1: Recodified as G.S. 143B-135.152 by Session Laws 2015-241, s. 14.30(f), effective July 1, 2015.
NC Gen Stat § 113A-35.2 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 113A - Pollution Control and Environment|Article 3 - Natural and Scenic Rivers System.|§ 113A-35.2 - Recodified as G.S. 143B-135.154 by Session Laws 2015-241, s. 14.30(f), effective July 1, 2015.

 113A-35.2: Recodified as G.S. 143B-135.154 by Session Laws 2015-241, s. 14.30(f), effective July 1, 2015.
NC Gen Stat § 113A-36 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 113A - Pollution Control and Environment|Article 3 - Natural and Scenic Rivers System.|§ 113A-36 - Recodified as G.S. 143B-135.156 by Session Laws 2015-241, s. 14.30(f), effective July 1, 2015.

 113A-36: Recodified as G.S. 143B-135.156 by Session Laws 2015-241, s. 14.30(f), effective July 1, 2015.
NC Gen Stat § 113A-37 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 113A - Pollution Control and Environment|Article 3 - Natural and Scenic Rivers System.|§ 113A-37 - Recodified as G.S. 143B-135.158 by Session Laws 2015-241, s. 14.30(f), effective July 1, 2015.

 113A-37: Recodified as G.S. 143B-135.158 by Session Laws 2015-241, s. 14.30(f), effective July 1, 2015.
NC Gen Stat § 113A-38 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 113A - Pollution Control and Environment|Article 3 - Natural and Scenic Rivers System.|§ 113A-38 - Recodified as G.S. 143B-135.160 by Session Laws 2015-241, s. 14.30(f), effective July 1, 2015.

 113A-38: Recodified as G.S. 143B-135.160 by Session Laws 2015-241, s. 14.30(f), effective July 1, 2015.
NC Gen Stat § 113A-39 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 113A - Pollution Control and Environment|Article 3 - Natural and Scenic Rivers System.|§ 113A-39 - Recodified as G.S. 143B-135.162 by Session Laws 2015-241, s. 14.30(f), effective July 1, 2015.

 113A-39: Recodified as G.S. 143B-135.162 by Session Laws 2015-241, s. 14.30(f), effective July 1, 2015.
NC Gen Stat § 113A-40 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 113A - Pollution Control and Environment|Article 3 - Natural and Scenic Rivers System.|§ 113A-40 - Recodified as G.S. 143B-135.164 by Session Laws 2015-241, s. 14.30(f), effective July 1, 2015.

 113A-40: Recodified as G.S. 143B-135.164 by Session Laws 2015-241, s. 14.30(f), effective July 1, 2015.
NC Gen Stat § 113A-41 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 113A - Pollution Control and Environment|Article 3 - Natural and Scenic Rivers System.|§ 113A-41 - Recodified as G.S. 143B-135.166 by Session Laws 2015-241, s. 14.30(f), effective July 1, 2015.

 113A-41: Recodified as G.S. 143B-135.166 by Session Laws 2015-241, s. 14.30(f), effective July 1, 2015.
NC Gen Stat § 113A-42 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 113A - Pollution Control and Environment|Article 3 - Natural and Scenic Rivers System.|§ 113A-42 - Recodified as G.S. 143B-135.168 by Session Laws 2015-241, s. 14.30(f), effective July 1, 2015.

 113A-42: Recodified as G.S. 143B-135.168 by Session Laws 2015-241, s. 14.30(f), effective July 1, 2015.
NC Gen Stat § 113A-43 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 113A - Pollution Control and Environment|Article 3 - Natural and Scenic Rivers System.|§ 113A-43 - Recodified as G.S. 143B-135.170 by Session Laws 2015-241, s. 14.30(f), effective July 1, 2015.

 113A-43: Recodified as G.S. 143B-135.170 by Session Laws 2015-241, s. 14.30(f), effective July 1, 2015.
NC Gen Stat § 113A-44 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 113A - Pollution Control and Environment|Article 3 - Natural and Scenic Rivers System.|§ 113A-44 - Recodified as G.S. 143B-135.172 by Session Laws 2015-241, s. 14.30(f), effective July 1, 2015.

 113A-44: Recodified as G.S. 143B-135.172 by Session Laws 2015-241, s. 14.30(f), effective July 1, 2015.
NC Gen Stat § 113A-50 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 113A - Pollution Control and Environment|Article 4 - Sedimentation Pollution Control Act of 1973.|§ 113A-50 - Short title.

 113A-50. Short title.This Article shall be known as and may be cited as the "Sedimentation Pollution Control Act of 1973." (1973, c. 392, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 113A-51 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 113A - Pollution Control and Environment|Article 4 - Sedimentation Pollution Control Act of 1973.|§ 113A-51 - Preamble.

 113A-51. Preamble.The sedimentation of streams, lakes and other waters of this State constitutes a major pollution problem. Sedimentation occurs from the erosion or depositing of soil and other materials into the waters, principally from construction sites and road maintenance. The continued development of this State will result in an intensification of pollution through sedimentation unless timely and appropriate action is taken. Control of erosion and sedimentation is deemed vital to the public interest and necessary to the public health and welfare, and expenditures of funds for erosion and sedimentation control programs shall be deemed for a public purpose. It is the purpose of this Article to provide for the creation, administration, and enforcement of a program and for the adoption of minimal mandatory standards which will permit development of this State to continue with the least detrimental effects from pollution by sedimentation. In recognition of the desirability of early coordination of sedimentation control planning, it is the intention of the General Assembly that preconstruction conferences be held among the affected parties, subject to the availability of staff. (1973, c. 392, s. 2; 1975, c. 647, s. 3.)
NC Gen Stat § 113A-52 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 113A - Pollution Control and Environment|Article 4 - Sedimentation Pollution Control Act of 1973.|§ 113A-52 - Definitions.

 113A-52. Definitions.As used in this Article, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) Repealed by Session Laws 1973, c. 1417, s. 1.(1a) "Affiliate" has the same meaning as in 17 Code of Federal Regulations 240.12(b)-2 (1 June 1993 Edition), which defines "affiliate" as a person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control of another person.(2) "Commission" means the North Carolina Sedimentation Control Commission.(3) "Department" means the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality.(4) "District" means any Soil and Water Conservation District created pursuant to Chapter 139, North Carolina General Statutes.(5) "Erosion" means the wearing away of land surface by the action of wind, water, gravity, or any combination thereof.(6) "Land-disturbing activity" means any use of the land by any person in residential, industrial, educational, institutional or commercial development, highway and road construction and maintenance that results in a change in the natural cover or topography and that may cause or contribute to sedimentation.(7) "Local government" means any county, incorporated village, town, or city, or any combination of counties, incorporated villages, towns, and cities, acting through a joint program pursuant to the provisions of this Article.(7a) "Parent" has the same meaning as in 17 Code of Federal Regulations 240.12(b)-2 (1 June 1993 Edition), which defines "parent" as an affiliate that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls another person.(8) "Person" means any individual, partnership, firm, association, joint venture, public or private corporation, trust, estate, commission, board, public or private institution, utility, cooperative, interstate body, or other legal entity.(9) "Secretary" means the Secretary of Environmental Quality.(10) "Sediment" means solid particulate matter, both mineral and organic, that has been or is being transported by water, air, gravity, or ice from its site of origin.(10a) "Subsidiary" has the same meaning as in 17 Code of Federal Regulations 240.12(b)-2 (1 June 1993 Edition), which defines "subsidiary" as an affiliate that is directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controlled by another person.(10b) "Tract" means all contiguous land and bodies of water being disturbed or to be disturbed as a unit, regardless of ownership.(11) "Working days" means days exclusive of Saturday and Sunday during which weather conditions or soil conditions permit land-disturbing activity to be undertaken.  (1973, c. 392, s. 3; c. 1417, s. 1; 1975, c. 647, s. 1; 1977, c. 771, s. 4; 1989, c. 179, s. 1; c. 727, s. 218(60); 1989 (Reg. Sess., 1990), c. 1004, s. 19(b); 1991, c. 275, s. 1; 1993 (Reg. Sess., 1994), c. 776, s. 1; 1997-443, s. 11A.119(a); 2015-241, s. 14.30(u), (v).)
NC Gen Stat § 113A-52.01 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 113A - Pollution Control and Environment|Article 4 - Sedimentation Pollution Control Act of 1973.|§ 113A-52.01 - Applicability of this Article.

 113A-52.01. Applicability of this Article.This Article shall not apply to the following land-disturbing activities:(1) Activities, including the production and activities relating or incidental to the production of crops, grains, fruits, vegetables, ornamental and flowering plants, dairy, livestock, poultry, and all other forms of agriculture undertaken on agricultural land for the production of plants and animals useful to man, including, but not limited to:a. Forages and sod crops, grains and feed crops, tobacco, cotton, and peanuts.b. Dairy animals and dairy products.c. Poultry and poultry products.d. Livestock, including beef cattle, llamas, sheep, swine, horses, ponies, mules, and goats.e. Bees and apiary products.f. Fur producing animals.g. Mulch, ornamental plants, and other horticultural products. For purposes of this section, "mulch" means substances composed primarily of plant remains or mixtures of such substances.(2) Activities undertaken on forestland for the production and harvesting of timber and timber products and conducted in accordance with standards defined by the Forest Practice Guidelines Related to Water Quality, as adopted by the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.(3) Activities for which a permit is required under the Mining Act of 1971, Article 7 of Chapter 74 of the General Statutes.(4) For the duration of an emergency, activities essential to protect human life, including activities specified in an executive order issued under G.S. 166A-19.30(a)(5).(5) Activities undertaken to restore the wetland functions of converted wetlands to provide compensatory mitigation to offset impacts permitted under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act.(6) Activities undertaken pursuant to Natural Resources Conservation Service standards to restore the wetlands functions of converted wetlands as defined in Title 7 Code of Federal Regulations 12.2 (January 1, 2014 Edition).  (1993 (Reg. Sess., 1994), c. 776, s. 2; 1997-84, s. 1; 2014-100, s. 14.7(k); 2015-263, s. 19; 2016-113, s. 14; 2017-108, s. 6(a).)
NC Gen Stat § 113A-52.1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 113A - Pollution Control and Environment|Article 4 - Sedimentation Pollution Control Act of 1973.|§ 113A-52.1 - Forest Practice Guidelines.

 113A-52.1. Forest Practice Guidelines.(a) The Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services shall adopt Forest Practice Guidelines Related to Water Quality (best management practices). The adoption of Forest Practices Guidelines Related to Water Quality under this section is subject to the provisions of Chapter 150B of the General Statutes.(b) If land-disturbing activity undertaken on forestland for the production and harvesting of timber and timber products is not conducted in accordance with Forest Practice Guidelines Related to Water Quality, the provisions of this Article shall apply to such activity and any related land-disturbing activity on the tract.(c) The Commissioner shall establish and appoint a Forestry Technical Advisory Committee to assist in the development and periodic review of Forest Practice Guidelines Related to Water Quality. The Forestry Technical Advisory Committee shall consist of one member from the forest products industry, one member who is a consulting forester, one member who is a private landowner knowledgeable in forestry, one member from the United States Forest Service, one member from the academic community who is knowledgeable in forestry, one member employed by the Department of Environmental Quality who is knowledgeable in erosion and sedimentation control, one member who is knowledgeable in wildlife management, one member who is knowledgeable in marine fisheries management, one member who is knowledgeable in water quality, and one member from the conservation community.  (1989, c. 179, s. 2; 2017-108, s. 6(b).)
NC Gen Stat § 113A-54.2 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 113A - Pollution Control and Environment|Article 4 - Sedimentation Pollution Control Act of 1973.|§ 113A-54.2 - Approval Fees.

 113A-54.2. Approval Fees.(a) An application fee of sixty-five dollars ($65.00) per acre of disturbed land shown on an erosion and sedimentation control plan or of land actually disturbed during the life of the project shall be charged for the review of an erosion and sedimentation control plan under this Article.(b) The Sedimentation Account is established as a nonreverting account within the Department. Fees collected under this section shall be credited to the Account and shall be applied to the costs of administering this Article.(c) Repealed by Session Laws 1991 (Reg. Sess., 1992), c. 1039, s. 3.(d) G.S. 113A-60 governs the authority of local programs approved pursuant to this Article to assess fees for the review of erosion and sedimentation control plans.  (1989 (Reg. Sess., 1990), c. 906, s. 1; 1991 (Reg. Sess., 1992), c. 1039, s. 3; 1993 (Reg. Sess., 1994), c. 776, s. 5; 1999-379, s. 5; 2002-165, s. 2.4; 2007-323, s. 30.1(a); 2021-121, s. 5(b).)
NC Gen Stat § 113A-55 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 113A - Pollution Control and Environment|Article 4 - Sedimentation Pollution Control Act of 1973.|§ 113A-55 - Authority of the Secretary.

 113A-55. Authority of the Secretary.The sedimentation control program developed by the Commission shall be administered by the Secretary under the direction of the Commission. To this end the Secretary shall employ the necessary clerical, technical, and administrative personnel, and assign tasks to the various divisions of the Department for the purpose of implementing this Article. The Secretary may bring enforcement actions pursuant to G.S. 113A-64 and G.S. 113A-65. The Secretary shall make final agency decisions in contested cases that arise from civil penalty assessments pursuant to G.S. 113A-64. (1973, c. 392, s. 6, c. 1417, s. 3; 1993 (Reg. Sess., 1994), c. 776, s. 6.)
NC Gen Stat § 113A-56 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 113A - Pollution Control and Environment|Article 4 - Sedimentation Pollution Control Act of 1973.|§ 113A-56 - Jurisdiction of the Commission.

 113A-56. Jurisdiction of the Commission.(a) The Commission shall have jurisdiction, to the exclusion of local governments, to adopt rules concerning land-disturbing activities that are:(1) Conducted by the State.(2) Conducted by the United States.(3) Conducted by persons having the power of eminent domain other than a local government.(4) Conducted by a local government.(5) Funded in whole or in part by the State or the United States.(b) The Commission may delegate the jurisdiction conferred by G.S. 113A-56(a), in whole or in part, to any other State agency that has submitted an erosion and sedimentation control program to be administered by it, if the program has been approved by the Commission as being in conformity with the general State program.(c) The Commission shall have concurrent jurisdiction with local governments that administer a delegated erosion and sedimentation control program over all other land-disturbing activities. In addition to the authority granted to the Commission in G.S. 113A-60(c), the Commission has the following authority with respect to a delegated erosion and sedimentation control program:(1) To review erosion and sedimentation control plan approvals made by a delegated erosion and sedimentation control program and to require a revised plan if the Commission determines that a plan does not comply with the requirements of this Article or the rules adopted pursuant to this Article.(2) To review the compliance activities of a delegated erosion and sedimentation control program and to take appropriate compliance action if the Commission determines that the local government has failed to take appropriate compliance action. (1973, c. 392, s. 7; c. 1417, s. 4; 1987, c. 827, s. 130; 1987 (Reg. Sess., 1988), c. 1000, s. 4; 2002-165, s. 2.5; 2006-250, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 113A-58 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 113A - Pollution Control and Environment|Article 4 - Sedimentation Pollution Control Act of 1973.|§ 113A-58 - Enforcement authority of the Commission.

 113A-58. Enforcement authority of the Commission.In implementing the provisions of this Article the Commission is authorized and directed to:(1) Inspect or cause to be inspected the sites of land-disturbing activities to determine whether applicable laws, regulations or erosion and sedimentation control plans are being complied with;(2) Make requests, or delegate to the Secretary authority to make requests, of the Attorney General or solicitors for prosecutions of violations of this Article. (1973, c. 392, s. 9; 2002-165, s. 2.7.)
NC Gen Stat § 113A-59 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 113A - Pollution Control and Environment|Article 4 - Sedimentation Pollution Control Act of 1973.|§ 113A-59 - Educational activities.

 113A-59. Educational activities.The Commission in conjunction with the soil and water conservation districts, the North Carolina Agricultural Extension Service, and other appropriate State and federal agencies shall conduct educational programs in erosion and sedimentation control, such programs to be directed towards State and local governmental officials, persons engaged in land-disturbing activities, and interested citizen groups. (1973, c. 392, s. 10.)
NC Gen Stat § 113A-62 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 113A - Pollution Control and Environment|Article 4 - Sedimentation Pollution Control Act of 1973.|§ 113A-62 - Cooperation with the United States.

 113A-62. Cooperation with the United States.The Commission is authorized to cooperate and enter into agreements with any agency of the United States government in connection with plans for erosion and sedimentation control with respect to land-disturbing activities on lands that are under the jurisdiction of such agency. (1973, c. 392, s. 13; 2002-165, s. 2.11.)
NC Gen Stat § 113A-63 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 113A - Pollution Control and Environment|Article 4 - Sedimentation Pollution Control Act of 1973.|§ 113A-63 - Financial and other assistance.

 113A-63. Financial and other assistance.The Commission and local governments are authorized to receive from federal, State, and other public and private sources financial, technical, and other assistance for use in accomplishing the purposes of this Article. (1973, c. 392, s. 14.)
NC Gen Stat § 113A-64.1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 113A - Pollution Control and Environment|Article 4 - Sedimentation Pollution Control Act of 1973.|§ 113A-64.1 - Restoration of areas affected by failure to comply.

 113A-64.1. Restoration of areas affected by failure to comply.The Secretary or a local government that administers a local erosion and sedimentation control program approved under G.S. 113A-60 may require a person who engaged in a land-disturbing activity and failed to retain sediment generated by the activity, as required by G.S. 113A-57(3), to restore the waters and land affected by the failure so as to minimize the detrimental effects of the resulting pollution by sedimentation. This authority is in addition to any other civil or criminal penalty or injunctive relief authorized under this Article. (1993 (Reg. Sess., 1994), c. 776, s. 12; 2002-165, s. 2.13.)