North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 15A - Environmental Quality › Chapter 02 - Environmental Management › Subchapter T - WASTE NOT DISCHARGED TO SURFACE WATERS › Section .0300 - SEWER EXTENSIONS › Section 02T .0306 - LOCAL PROGRAMS FOR SEWER SYSTEMS

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
(a)
				  Jurisdiction. Municipalities, counties, local boards or commissions, water and
				  sewer authorities, or groups of municipalities and counties may apply to the
				  Commission for certification of local programs for permitting construction,
				  modification, and operation of public and private sewer systems in their
				  utility service areas pursuant to
				  G.S.
				  143-215.1(f). Permits issued
				  by certified local programs serve in place of permits issued by the Division
				  except for projects involving an Environmental Impact Statement, projects that
				  do not meet all applicable sewer related rules and minimum design criteria, or
				  if the certified local program has not been certified such as alternative sewer
				  systems, which shall continue to be permitted by the Division. The Division may
				  choose to cede permitting authority to the certified local program after review
				  of Environmental Assessment projects and issuance of a Finding of No
				  Significant Impact.
(b) An
				  application for certification of a local program shall provide adequate
				  information to assure compliance with the requirements of
				  G.S.
				  143-215.1(f) and the
				  following requirements:
(1) Applications for
				  certified local programs shall be submitted to the Director.
(2) The program application shall include:
(A) the intended permit application
				  forms;
(B) permit shells;
(C) design criteria and
				  specifications;
(D) sewer
				  ordinance;
(E) flow chart of
				  permitting;
(F) staffing;
(G) inspection and certification
				  procedures;
(H) intended permit
				  application fees; and
(I)
				  downstream capacity assurance methods.
The applicant shall specify in a cover letter which permits
					 the certified local program desires to issue. The options are any of the
					 following: gravity sewers, pump stations, force mains, or pressure sewers. The
					 applicant shall also specify whether these permits will be issued to sewer
					 systems that are publicly or privately owned.
(3) Local ordinances and rules governing
				  processing permit applications, setting permit requirements, enforcement, and
				  penalties shall be compatible with rules and statutes governing permits issued
				  by the Division.
(4) If the
				  treatment and disposal system receiving the wastewater from the sewer line
				  extension permitted under the certified local program is under the jurisdiction
				  of another local unit of government, the program application shall contain a
				  written statement from the other local unit of government that the proposed
				  program complies with all its requirements and that the applicant has entered
				  into a satisfactory contract that assures continued compliance.
(5) All future amendments to the requirements
				  of this Section shall be incorporated into certified local program within 60
				  days of the effective date of the amendments.
(6) A Professional Engineer shall be on the
				  staff of the certified local program or be retained as a consultant to review
				  unusual situations or designs and to answer questions that arise in the review
				  of proposed projects.
(7) Each
				  project permitted by the certified local program shall be inspected for
				  compliance with the requirements of the certified local program at least once
				  during construction.