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North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 15A - Environmental Quality › Chapter 02 - Environmental Management › Subchapter B - SURFACE WATER AND WETLAND STANDARDS › Section .0200 - CLASSIFICATIONS AND WATER QUALITY STANDARDS APPLICABLE TO SURFACE WATERS AND WETLANDS OF NORTH CAROLINA › Section 02B .0223 - WATER QUALITY STANDARDS FOR NUTRIENT SENSITIVE WATERS

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
(a) In addition to existing classifications,
				  the Commission may classify any surface waters of the State as Nutrient
				  Sensitive Waters (NSW) upon a finding that such waters are experiencing or are
				  subject to excessive growths of microscopic or macroscopic vegetation.
				  Excessive growths are growths that the Commission determines impair the best
				  usage of the water as determined by the classification applied to such waters.
				  In classifying waters as NSW, the Commission shall consider the criteria
				  specified in
				  G.S.
				  143-214.1.
(b) NSW may include any or all waters within
				  a particular river basin as the Commission deems necessary to control excessive
				  growths of microscopic or macroscopic vegetation.
(c) For the purpose of this Rule, the term
				  "nutrients" shall mean phosphorous or nitrogen or any other chemical parameter
				  or combination of parameters that the Commission determines to be contributing
				  to excessive growths of microscopic or macroscopic vegetation. In determining
				  whether such parameters are contributing to excessive growths of microscopic or
				  macroscopic vegetation, the Commission shall consider information such as
				  chemical, physical, and biological data and reports.
(d) Those waters of the State that are
				  classified as NSW shall be identified in the appropriate river basin
				  classification schedule. The schedules are available online at
http://deq.nc.gov/about/divisions/water-resources/water-planning/classification-standards/river-basin-classification
.
(e) Nutrient strategies applicable to NSW
				  shall be developed by the Commission to limit nutrients so as to control the
				  magnitude, duration, or frequencies of excessive growths of microscopic or
				  macroscopic vegetation so that the existing and designated uses of the
				  waterbody are protected or restored. Nutrient strategies applicable to NSW are
				  set forth in this Subchapter.
Authority
					 G.S.
					 143-214.1;
					 143-215.8B;
Eff.
					 October 1, 1995;
Amended Eff. August 1, 2000;
Readopted
					 Eff. November 1, 2019;
Amended Eff. June 1,
					 2020.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 15A - Environmental Quality › Chapter 02 - Environmental Management › Subchapter B - SURFACE WATER AND WETLAND STANDARDS › Section .0200 - CLASSIFICATIONS AND WATER QUALITY STANDARDS APPLICABLE TO SURFACE WATERS AND WETLANDS OF NORTH CAROLINA › Section 02B .0224 - WATER QUALITY STANDARDS FOR HIGH QUALITY WATERS

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
(a) High Quality Waters (HQW) are a subset of
				  "waters with quality higher than the standards" as defined in Rule .0202(58) of
				  this Section. This Rule shall be implemented in order to meet the requirements
				  of Rule .0201(d) of this Section.
(b) High Quality Waters (HQW) shall include:
(1) water supply watersheds that are
				  classified as Class WS-I or WS-II;
(2) waters classified as Class SA;
				  and
(3) surface waters of the State
				  that the Commission classifies as HQW upon finding that such waters are:
(A) rated excellent based on biological and
				  physical/chemical characteristics through monitoring or special studies;
				  or
(B) primary nursery areas (PNA)
				  and other functional nursery areas designated by the Marine Fisheries
				  Commission or the Wildlife Resources Commission.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 15A - Environmental Quality › Chapter 02 - Environmental Management › Subchapter B - SURFACE WATER AND WETLAND STANDARDS › Section .0200 - CLASSIFICATIONS AND WATER QUALITY STANDARDS APPLICABLE TO SURFACE WATERS AND WETLANDS OF NORTH CAROLINA › Section 02B .0225 - WATER QUALITY STANDARDS FOR OUTSTANDING RESOURCE WATERS

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
(a) The Commission shall classify surface
				  waters of the State as outstanding resource waters (ORW) upon finding, on a
				  case-by-case basis, that such waters are of exceptional State or national
				  recreational or ecological significance that require additional protection to
				  maintain existing uses, as described in this Rule, and that the waters meet the
				  following conditions:
(1) the water quality
				  is rated as excellent based on physical, chemical or biological information;
				  and
(2) the characteristics that
				  make these waters of exceptional State or national recreational or ecological
				  significance may not be protected by the assigned narrative and numerical water
				  quality standards.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 15A - Environmental Quality › Chapter 02 - Environmental Management › Subchapter B - SURFACE WATER AND WETLAND STANDARDS › Section .0200 - CLASSIFICATIONS AND WATER QUALITY STANDARDS APPLICABLE TO SURFACE WATERS AND WETLANDS OF NORTH CAROLINA › Section 02B .0226 - EXEMPTIONS FROM SURFACE WATER QUALITY STANDARDS

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
Variances from applicable standards, revisions to water
					 quality standards or site-specific water quality standards may be granted by
					 the Commission on a case-by-case basis pursuant to
					 G.S.
					 143-215.3(e),
					 143-214.3 or
					 143-214.1. A listing of existing
					 variances shall be maintained and made available to the public by the Division.
					 Exemptions established pursuant to this Rule shall be reviewed as part of the
					 Triennial Review of Water Quality Standards conducted pursuant to
					 40 CFR
					 131.10(g).
Authority
					 G.S.
					 143-214.1;
					 143-214.3;
					 143-215.3(e);
Eff. October 1, 1995;
Readopted Eff. November 1,
					 2019.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 15A - Environmental Quality › Chapter 02 - Environmental Management › Subchapter B - SURFACE WATER AND WETLAND STANDARDS › Section .0200 - CLASSIFICATIONS AND WATER QUALITY STANDARDS APPLICABLE TO SURFACE WATERS AND WETLANDS OF NORTH CAROLINA › Section 02B .0227 - WATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT PLANS

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
(a) In
				  implementing the water quality standards to protect the "existing uses" [as
				  defined by Rule .0202 of this Section] of the waters of the State or the water
				  quality that supports those uses, the Commission shall develop water quality
				  management plans on a priority basis to attain, maintain or enhance water
				  quality throughout the State. Additional specific actions deemed necessary by
				  the Commission to protect the water quality or the existing uses of the waters
				  of the State shall be specified in Paragraph (b) of this Rule. These actions
				  may include anything within the powers of the Commission, as set forth in G.S.
				  143, Article 21 and
				  G.S.
				  143B-282. The Commission may also consider
				  local actions that have been taken to protect a waterbody in determining the
				  appropriate protection options to be incorporated into the water quality
				  management plan.
(b) All waters
				  determined by the Commission to be protected by a water quality management plan
				  are listed with specific actions either in Rules .0601 - .0608 of this
				  Subchapter that address the Goose Creek watershed (Yadkin Pee-Dee River Basin)
				  or as follows:
(1) The Lockwoods Folly River
				  Area (Lumber River Basin), which includes all waters of the lower Lockwoods
				  Folly River in an area extending north from the Intracoastal Waterway to a line
				  extending from Genoes Point to Mullet Creek, shall be protected by the specific
				  actions described in Parts (A) through (D) of this Subparagraph.
(A) New development activities within 575' of
				  the mean high water line that require a Sedimentation Erosion Control Plan or a
				  CAMA major development permit shall comply with the low density option of the
				  coastal stormwater requirements as specified in
				  15A NCAC
				  02H .1005(3)(a).
(B) New or expanded NPDES permits shall be
				  issued only for non-domestic, non-industrial process type discharges, such as
				  non-industrial process cooling or seafood processing discharges. Pursuant to
				  15A NCAC
				  02H .0111, a public hearing shall be
				  mandatory for any proposed (new or expanded) NPDES permit to this protected
				  area.
(C) New or expanded marinas
				  shall be located in upland basin areas.
(D) No dredge or fill activities shall be
				  allowed if those activities would result in a reduction of the beds of
				  "submerged aquatic vegetation habitat" or "shellfish producing habitat" that
				  are defined in
				  15A NCAC
				  03I .0101, except for maintenance dredging,
				  such as that required to maintain access to existing channels and facilities
				  located within the protected area or maintenance dredging for activities such
				  as agriculture.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 15A - Environmental Quality › Chapter 02 - Environmental Management › Subchapter B - SURFACE WATER AND WETLAND STANDARDS › Section .0200 - CLASSIFICATIONS AND WATER QUALITY STANDARDS APPLICABLE TO SURFACE WATERS AND WETLANDS OF NORTH CAROLINA › Section 02B .0228 - EFFLUENT CHANNELS

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
The standards of water quality contained in this Section
					 shall not apply to waters within effluent channels, as defined in Rule .0202 of
					 this Section, except that said waters shall be maintained at a quality that
					 shall prevent the occurrence of offensive conditions, protect public health,
					 and allow maintenance of the standards applicable to all downstream waters.
					 Effluent channels shall be designated by the Director on a case-by-case basis
					 prior to permit issuance. To be designated as such, effluent channels
					 shall:
(1) be contained entirely on
				  property owned (or otherwise controlled) by the discharger, as demonstrated by
				  land records, deeds, contracts, written agreements, or other legal
				  instruments;
(2) not contain
				  natural waters except when such waters occur in direct response to rainfall
				  events by overland runoff; and
(3)
				  be so constructed or modified as to minimize the migration of fish into said
				  channel.
Authority
					 G.S.
					 143-214.1;
Eff. October 1,
					 1995;
Amended Eff. January 1, 1996;
Readopted Eff.
					 November 1, 2019.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 15A - Environmental Quality › Chapter 02 - Environmental Management › Subchapter B - SURFACE WATER AND WETLAND STANDARDS › Section .0200 - CLASSIFICATIONS AND WATER QUALITY STANDARDS APPLICABLE TO SURFACE WATERS AND WETLANDS OF NORTH CAROLINA › Section 02B .0229 - TAR-PAMLICO RIVER BASIN - NUTRIENT SENSITIVE WATERS MANAGEMENT STRATEGY: NUTRIENT OFFSET PAYMENTS FOR NON-TAR-PAMLICO BASIN ASSOCIATION MEMBERS (RECODIFIED)

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
RECODIFIED TO
					 15A NCAC
					 02B .0733 EFF. APRIL 1,
					 2020
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 15A - Environmental Quality › Chapter 02 - Environmental Management › Subchapter B - SURFACE WATER AND WETLAND STANDARDS › Section .0200 - CLASSIFICATIONS AND WATER QUALITY STANDARDS APPLICABLE TO SURFACE WATERS AND WETLANDS OF NORTH CAROLINA › Section 02B .0231 - WETLAND STANDARDS

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
(a) Wetlands shall
				  be assigned to one of the following classifications:
(1) Class WL: waters that meet the definition
				  of wetlands as defined in Rule .0202 of this Section except those designated as
				  SWL; or
(2) Class SWL: waters that
				  meet the definition of coastal wetlands as defined by
				  15A NCAC
				  07H .0205, which are landward of the mean
				  high water line, and wetlands contiguous to estuarine waters as defined by
				  15A NCAC
				  07H .0206.
In addition, the EMC may classify wetlands as unique
					 wetlands (Class UWL) that are of exceptional State or national ecological
					 significance which require special protection to maintain existing uses. Class
					 UWL wetlands may include wetlands that have been documented as habitat
					 essential for the conservation of State or federally listed threatened or
					 endangered species.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 15A - Environmental Quality › Chapter 02 - Environmental Management › Subchapter B - SURFACE WATER AND WETLAND STANDARDS › Section .0200 - CLASSIFICATIONS AND WATER QUALITY STANDARDS APPLICABLE TO SURFACE WATERS AND WETLANDS OF NORTH CAROLINA › Section 02B .0232 - NEUSE RIVER BASIN - NUTRIENT SENSITIVE WATERS MANAGEMENT STRATEGY: BASIN NUTRIENT REDUCTION GOAL (RECODIFIED)

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
RECODIFIED TO
					 15A NCAC
					 02B .0710 EFF. APRIL 1,
					 2020
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 15A - Environmental Quality › Chapter 02 - Environmental Management › Subchapter B - SURFACE WATER AND WETLAND STANDARDS › Section .0200 - CLASSIFICATIONS AND WATER QUALITY STANDARDS APPLICABLE TO SURFACE WATERS AND WETLANDS OF NORTH CAROLINA › Section 02B .0233 - NEUSE RIVER BASIN: NUTRIENT SENSITIVE WATERS MANAGEMENT STRATEGY: PROTECTION AND MAINTENANCE OF EXISTING RIPARIAN BUFFERS

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
Authority
					 G.S.
					 143-214.1;
					 143-214.7;
					 143-215.3(a)(1);
					 S.L. 1995, c. 572;
Temporary Adoption Eff. July 22,
					 1997;
Temporary Adoption Eff. June 22, 1999; April 22, 1998;
					 January 22, 1998;
Eff. August 1, 2000;
Transferred to
					 15A NCAC
					 02B .0610,
					 02B .0611,
					 02B .0612, and .0714 Eff. June
					 15, 2020.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 15A - Environmental Quality › Chapter 02 - Environmental Management › Subchapter B - SURFACE WATER AND WETLAND STANDARDS › Section .0200 - CLASSIFICATIONS AND WATER QUALITY STANDARDS APPLICABLE TO SURFACE WATERS AND WETLANDS OF NORTH CAROLINA › Section 02B .0234 - NEUSE RIVER BASIN - NUTRIENT SENSITIVE WATERS MANAGEMENT STRATEGY: WASTEWATER DISCHARGE REQUIREMENTS (RECODIFIED)

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
RECODIFIED TO
					 15A NCAC
					 02B .0713 EFF. APRIL 1,
					 2020
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 15A - Environmental Quality › Chapter 02 - Environmental Management › Subchapter B - SURFACE WATER AND WETLAND STANDARDS › Section .0200 - CLASSIFICATIONS AND WATER QUALITY STANDARDS APPLICABLE TO SURFACE WATERS AND WETLANDS OF NORTH CAROLINA › Section 02B .0235 - NEUSE RIVER BASIN-NUTRIENT SENSITIVE WATERS MANAGEMENT STRATEGY: BASINWIDE STORMWATER REQUIREMENTS (RECODIFIED)

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
RECODIFIED TO
					 15A NCAC
					 02B .0711 EFF. APRIL 1,
					 2020
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 15A - Environmental Quality › Chapter 02 - Environmental Management › Subchapter B - SURFACE WATER AND WETLAND STANDARDS › Section .0200 - CLASSIFICATIONS AND WATER QUALITY STANDARDS APPLICABLE TO SURFACE WATERS AND WETLANDS OF NORTH CAROLINA › Section 02B .0236 - REPEALED - NEUSE RIVER BASIN-NUTRIENT SENSITIVE WATERS MANAGEMENT STRATEGY: AGRICULTURAL NITROGEN LOADING REDUCTION

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
Authority G.S.
					 143.214.1; 143.214.7; 143.215.3(a)(1);
Eff. August 1,
					 1998;
Repealed Eff. April 1,
					 2020.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 15A - Environmental Quality › Chapter 02 - Environmental Management › Subchapter B - SURFACE WATER AND WETLAND STANDARDS › Section .0200 - CLASSIFICATIONS AND WATER QUALITY STANDARDS APPLICABLE TO SURFACE WATERS AND WETLANDS OF NORTH CAROLINA › Section 02B .0237 - REPEALED - BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE COST-EFFECTIVENESS RATE

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
Authority
					 G.S.
					 143-214.1;
Eff. April 1,
					 1997;
Repealed Eff. April 1,
					 2020.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 15A - Environmental Quality › Chapter 02 - Environmental Management › Subchapter B - SURFACE WATER AND WETLAND STANDARDS › Section .0200 - CLASSIFICATIONS AND WATER QUALITY STANDARDS APPLICABLE TO SURFACE WATERS AND WETLANDS OF NORTH CAROLINA › Section 02B .0238 - NEUSE RIVER BASIN-NUTRIENT SENSITIVE WATERS MANAGEMENT STRATEGY: AGRICULTURAL NITROGEN REDUCTION STRATEGY (RECODIFIED)

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
RECODIFIED TO
					 15A NCAC
					 02B .0712 EFF. APRIL 1,
					 2020
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 15A - Environmental Quality › Chapter 02 - Environmental Management › Subchapter B - SURFACE WATER AND WETLAND STANDARDS › Section .0200 - CLASSIFICATIONS AND WATER QUALITY STANDARDS APPLICABLE TO SURFACE WATERS AND WETLANDS OF NORTH CAROLINA › Section 02B .0239 - REPEALED - NEUSE RIVER BASIN: NUTRIENT SENSITIVE WATERS MANAGEMENT STRATEGY: NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
Authority
					 G.S.
					 143-214.1;
					 143-214.7;
					 143-215.3(a)(1);
Eff. August 1, 1998;
Repealed Eff. April 1,
					 2020.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 15A - Environmental Quality › Chapter 02 - Environmental Management › Subchapter B - SURFACE WATER AND WETLAND STANDARDS › Section .0200 - CLASSIFICATIONS AND WATER QUALITY STANDARDS APPLICABLE TO SURFACE WATERS AND WETLANDS OF NORTH CAROLINA › Section 02B .0240 - NUTRIENT OFFSET PAYMENTS (RECODIFIED)

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
RECODIFIED TO
					 15A NCAC
					 02B .0703 EFF. APRIL 1,
					 2020
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 15A - Environmental Quality › Chapter 02 - Environmental Management › Subchapter B - SURFACE WATER AND WETLAND STANDARDS › Section .0200 - CLASSIFICATIONS AND WATER QUALITY STANDARDS APPLICABLE TO SURFACE WATERS AND WETLANDS OF NORTH CAROLINA › Section 02B .0241 - NEUSE RIVER BASIN: NUTRIENT SENSITIVE WATERS MANAGEMENT STRATEGY: DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY FOR THE PROTECTION AND MAINTENANCE OF EXISTING RIPARIAN BUFFERS

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
Authority 143-214.1;
					 143-214.7; 143-215.3(a)(1); S.L. 1998 c. 221;
Eff. August 1,
					 2000;
Transferred to
					 15A NCAC
					 02B .0715 Eff. June 15,
					 2020.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 15A - Environmental Quality › Chapter 02 - Environmental Management › Subchapter B - SURFACE WATER AND WETLAND STANDARDS › Section .0200 - CLASSIFICATIONS AND WATER QUALITY STANDARDS APPLICABLE TO SURFACE WATERS AND WETLANDS OF NORTH CAROLINA › Section 02B .0242 - REPEALED - NEUSE RIVER BASIN: NUTRIENT SENSITIVE WATERS MANAGEMENT STRATEGY: MITIGATION PROGRAM FOR PROTECTION AND MAINTENANCE OF EXISTING RIPARIAN BUFFERS

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
Authority 143-214.1;
					 143-214.7; 143-215.3(a)(1); S.L. 1998, c. 221;
Temporary Adoption
					 Eff. June 22, 1999;
Eff. August 1, 2000;
Repealed Eff.
					 October 24, 2014.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 15A - Environmental Quality › Chapter 02 - Environmental Management › Subchapter B - SURFACE WATER AND WETLAND STANDARDS › Section .0200 - CLASSIFICATIONS AND WATER QUALITY STANDARDS APPLICABLE TO SURFACE WATERS AND WETLANDS OF NORTH CAROLINA › Section 02B .0243 - CATAWBA RIVER BASIN: PROTECTION AND MAINTENANCE OF EXISTING RIPARIAN BUFFERS

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
Authority
					 G.S.
					 143-214.1;
					 143-214.7;
					 143-215.3(a)(1);
					 S.L. 1999-329, s. 7.1; S.B 824-2003;
Temporary Adoption Eff. June
					 30, 2001; (exempt from 270 day requirement - S.L. 2001-418 & S.L.
					 2003-340);
Eff. August 1, 2004;
Transferred to
					 15A NCAC
					 02B .0610,
					 02B .0611,
					 02B .0612, and.0614 Eff. June 15,
					 2020.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 15A - Environmental Quality › Chapter 02 - Environmental Management › Subchapter B - SURFACE WATER AND WETLAND STANDARDS › Section .0200 - CLASSIFICATIONS AND WATER QUALITY STANDARDS APPLICABLE TO SURFACE WATERS AND WETLANDS OF NORTH CAROLINA › Section 02B .0244 - REPEALED - CATAWBA RIVER BASIN: MITIGATION PROGRAM FOR PROTECTION AND MAINTENANCE OF EXISTING RIPARIAN BUFFERS IN THE CATAWBA RIVER BASIN

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
Authority
					 G.S.
					 143-214.1;
					 143-214.7;
					 143-215.3(a)(1);
					 S.L. 1999, c. 329, s. 7.1; S.B. 824-2003;
Temporary Adoption Eff.
					 June 30, 2001 (exempt from 270 day requirement - S.L. 2001-418 & S.L.
					 2003-340);
Eff. August 1, 2004;
Repealed Eff. October
					 24, 2014.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 15A - Environmental Quality › Chapter 02 - Environmental Management › Subchapter B - SURFACE WATER AND WETLAND STANDARDS › Section .0200 - CLASSIFICATIONS AND WATER QUALITY STANDARDS APPLICABLE TO SURFACE WATERS AND WETLANDS OF NORTH CAROLINA › Section 02B .0245-.0247 - RESERVED FOR FUTURE CODIFICATION

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 15A - Environmental Quality › Chapter 02 - Environmental Management › Subchapter B - SURFACE WATER AND WETLAND STANDARDS › Section .0200 - CLASSIFICATIONS AND WATER QUALITY STANDARDS APPLICABLE TO SURFACE WATERS AND WETLANDS OF NORTH CAROLINA › Section 02B .0248 - RANDLEMAN LAKE WATER SUPPLY WATERSHED: NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT STRATEGY

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
Authority
					 G.S.
					 143-214.1;
					 143-214.5;
					 143-215.3(a)(1);
					 143-215.6A;
					 143-215.6B;
					 143-215.6C;
Eff.
					 April 1, 1999;
Amended Eff. May 1, 2010;
Transferred to
					 15A NCAC
					 02B .0720 Eff. June 15,
					 2020.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 15A - Environmental Quality › Chapter 02 - Environmental Management › Subchapter B - SURFACE WATER AND WETLAND STANDARDS › Section .0200 - CLASSIFICATIONS AND WATER QUALITY STANDARDS APPLICABLE TO SURFACE WATERS AND WETLANDS OF NORTH CAROLINA › Section 02B .0249 - RANDLEMAN LAKE WATER SUPPLY WATERSHED: WASTEWATER DISCHARGE REQUIREMENTS

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
Authority
					 G. S.
					 143-214.1;
					 143-214.5;
					 143-215.3(a)(1);
Eff. April 1, 1999;
Transferred to
					 15A NCAC
					 02B .0722 Eff. June 15,
					 2020.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 15A - Environmental Quality › Chapter 02 - Environmental Management › Subchapter B - SURFACE WATER AND WETLAND STANDARDS › Section .0200 - CLASSIFICATIONS AND WATER QUALITY STANDARDS APPLICABLE TO SURFACE WATERS AND WETLANDS OF NORTH CAROLINA › Section 02B .0250 - RANDLEMAN LAKE WATER SUPPLY WATERSHED: PROTECTION AND MAINTENANCE OF EXISTING RIPARIAN BUFFERS

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
Authority
					 G.S.
					 143-214.1;
					 143-214.5;
					 143-215.3(a)(1);
Eff. April 1, 1999;
Amended Eff. June 1, 2010;
Transferred to
					 15A NCAC
					 02B .0610,
					 02B .0611,
					 02B .0612, and .0724 Eff. June
					 15, 2020.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 15A - Environmental Quality › Chapter 02 - Environmental Management › Subchapter B - SURFACE WATER AND WETLAND STANDARDS › Section .0200 - CLASSIFICATIONS AND WATER QUALITY STANDARDS APPLICABLE TO SURFACE WATERS AND WETLANDS OF NORTH CAROLINA › Section 02B .0251 - RANDLEMAN LAKE WATER SUPPLY WATERSHED: STORMWATER REQUIREMENTS

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
Authority
					 G.S.
					 143-214.1;
					 143-214.5;
					 143-214.7;
					 143-215.1;
					 143-215.3(a)(1);
Eff. April 1, 1999;
Transferred to
					 15A NCAC
					 02B .0721 Eff. June 15,
					 2020.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 15A - Environmental Quality › Chapter 02 - Environmental Management › Subchapter B - SURFACE WATER AND WETLAND STANDARDS › Section .0200 - CLASSIFICATIONS AND WATER QUALITY STANDARDS APPLICABLE TO SURFACE WATERS AND WETLANDS OF NORTH CAROLINA › Section 02B .0252 - REPEALED - RANDLEMAN LAKE WATER SUPPLY WATERSHED: MITIGATION PROGRAM FOR PROTECTION AND MAINTENANCE OF EXISTING RIPARIAN BUFFERS

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
Authority 143-214.1;
					 143-214.7; 143-215.3(a)(1); S.L. 1998, c. 221;
Eff. June 1,
					 2010;
Repealed Eff. October 24,
					 2014.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 15A - Environmental Quality › Chapter 02 - Environmental Management › Subchapter B - SURFACE WATER AND WETLAND STANDARDS › Section .0200 - CLASSIFICATIONS AND WATER QUALITY STANDARDS APPLICABLE TO SURFACE WATERS AND WETLANDS OF NORTH CAROLINA › Section 02B .0253-.0254 - RESERVED FOR FUTURE CODIFICATION

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 15A - Environmental Quality › Chapter 02 - Environmental Management › Subchapter B - SURFACE WATER AND WETLAND STANDARDS › Section .0200 - CLASSIFICATIONS AND WATER QUALITY STANDARDS APPLICABLE TO SURFACE WATERS AND WETLANDS OF NORTH CAROLINA › Section 02B .0255 - REPEALED - TAR-PAMLICO RIVER BASIN - NUTRIENT SENSITIVE WATERS MANAGEMENT STRATEGY: AGRICULTURAL NUTRIENT LOADING GOALS

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
Authority
					 G.S.
					 143-214.1;
					 143-214.7;
					 143-215.3(a)(1);
					 143-215.6A;
					 143-215.6B;
					 143-215.6C;
Eff.
					 April 1, 2001;
Repealed Eff. April 1,
					 2020.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 15A - Environmental Quality › Chapter 02 - Environmental Management › Subchapter B - SURFACE WATER AND WETLAND STANDARDS › Section .0200 - CLASSIFICATIONS AND WATER QUALITY STANDARDS APPLICABLE TO SURFACE WATERS AND WETLANDS OF NORTH CAROLINA › Section 02B .0256 - TAR-PAMLICO RIVER BASIN-NUTRIENT SENSITIVE WATERS MANAGEMENT STRATEGY: AGRICULTURAL NUTRIENT CONTROL STRATEGY (RECODIFIED)

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RECODIFIED TO
					 15A NCAC
					 02B .0732 EFF. APRIL 1, 2020
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 15A - Environmental Quality › Chapter 02 - Environmental Management › Subchapter B - SURFACE WATER AND WETLAND STANDARDS › Section .0200 - CLASSIFICATIONS AND WATER QUALITY STANDARDS APPLICABLE TO SURFACE WATERS AND WETLANDS OF NORTH CAROLINA › Section 02B .0257 - REPEALED - TAR-PAMLICO RIVER BASIN - NUTRIENT SENSITIVE WATERS MANAGEMENT STRATEGY: NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT

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Authority
					 G.S.
					 143-214.1;
					 143-214.7;
					 143-215.3(a)(1);
					 143-215.6A;
					 143-215.6B;
					 143-215.6C;
					 143B-282(d);
Eff. April 1, 2001;
Repealed Eff. April 1,
					 2020.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 15A - Environmental Quality › Chapter 02 - Environmental Management › Subchapter B - SURFACE WATER AND WETLAND STANDARDS › Section .0200 - CLASSIFICATIONS AND WATER QUALITY STANDARDS APPLICABLE TO SURFACE WATERS AND WETLANDS OF NORTH CAROLINA › Section 02B .0258 - TAR-PAMLICO RIVER BASIN-NUTRIENT SENSITIVE WATERS MANAGEMENT STRATEGY: BASINWIDE STORMWATER REQUIREMENTS (RECODIFIED)

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RECODIFIED TO
					 15A NCAC
					 02B .0731 EFF. APRIL 1,
					 2020
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 15A - Environmental Quality › Chapter 02 - Environmental Management › Subchapter B - SURFACE WATER AND WETLAND STANDARDS › Section .0200 - CLASSIFICATIONS AND WATER QUALITY STANDARDS APPLICABLE TO SURFACE WATERS AND WETLANDS OF NORTH CAROLINA › Section 02B .0259 - TAR-PAMLICO RIVER BASIN: NUTRIENT SENSITIVE WATERS MANAGEMENT STRATEGY: PROTECTION AND MAINTENANCE OF EXISTING RIPARIAN BUFFERS

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Authority 143-214.1;
					 143-214.7; 143-215.3(a)(1); 143-215.6A; 143-215.6B; 143-215.6C; 143B-282(d);
					 S.L. 1999-329, s. 7.1;
Temporary Adoption Eff. January 1,
					 2000;
Eff. August 1, 2000;
Transferred to
					 15A NCAC
					 02B .0610,
					 02B .0611,
					 02B .0612, and .0734 Eff. June
					 15, 2020.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 15A - Environmental Quality › Chapter 02 - Environmental Management › Subchapter B - SURFACE WATER AND WETLAND STANDARDS › Section .0200 - CLASSIFICATIONS AND WATER QUALITY STANDARDS APPLICABLE TO SURFACE WATERS AND WETLANDS OF NORTH CAROLINA › Section 02B .0260 - REPEALED - TAR-PAMLICO RIVER BASIN - NUTRIENT SENSITIVE WATERS MANAGEMENT STRATEGY: MITIGATION PROGRAM FOR PROTECTION AND MAINTENANCE OF RIPARIAN BUFFERS

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Authority 143-214.1;
					 143-214.7; 143-215.3(a)(1); 143-215.6A; 143-215.6B; 143-215.6C; 143B-282(d);
					 S.L. 1999, c. 329, s. 7.1;
Temporary Adoption Eff. January 1,
					 2000;
Eff. August 1, 2000;
Repealed Eff. October 24,
					 2014.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 15A - Environmental Quality › Chapter 02 - Environmental Management › Subchapter B - SURFACE WATER AND WETLAND STANDARDS › Section .0200 - CLASSIFICATIONS AND WATER QUALITY STANDARDS APPLICABLE TO SURFACE WATERS AND WETLANDS OF NORTH CAROLINA › Section 02B .0261 - TAR-PAMLICO RIVER BASIN - NUTRIENT SENSITIVE WATERS MANAGEMENT STRATEGY: DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY FOR THE PROTECTION AND MAINTENANCE OF EXISTING RIPARIAN BUFFERS

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Authority
					 G S.
					 143-214.1;
					 143-214.7;
					 143-215.3(a)(1);
					 143-215.6A;
					 143-215.6B;
					 143-215.6C;
					 143B-282(d);
					 S.L. 1999-329, s. 7.1;
Temporary Adoption Eff. January 1,
					 2000;
Eff. August 1, 2000;
Transferred to
					 15A NCAC
					 02B .0735 Eff. June 15,
					 2020.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 15A - Environmental Quality › Chapter 02 - Environmental Management › Subchapter B - SURFACE WATER AND WETLAND STANDARDS › Section .0200 - CLASSIFICATIONS AND WATER QUALITY STANDARDS APPLICABLE TO SURFACE WATERS AND WETLANDS OF NORTH CAROLINA › Section 02B .0265 - JORDAN WATER SUPPLY NUTRIENT STRATEGY: STORMWATER MANAGEMENT FOR NEW DEVELOPMENT

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The following is the stormwater strategy for new
					 development activities within the Jordan watershed, as prefaced in
					 15A NCAC
					 02B .0262:
(1) PURPOSE. The purposes of this Rule are as
				  follows:
(a) To achieve and maintain the
				  nitrogen and phosphorus loading goals established for Jordan Reservoir in
				  15A NCAC
				  02B .0262 from lands in the Jordan watershed
				  on which new development occurs;
(b) To provide control for stormwater runoff
				  from new development in Jordan watershed to ensure that the integrity and
				  nutrient processing functions of receiving waters and associated riparian
				  buffers are not compromised by erosive flows; and
(c) To protect the water supply uses of
				  Jordan Reservoir and of designated water supplies throughout the Jordan
				  watershed from the potential impacts of new development.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 15A - Environmental Quality › Chapter 02 - Environmental Management › Subchapter B - SURFACE WATER AND WETLAND STANDARDS › Section .0200 - CLASSIFICATIONS AND WATER QUALITY STANDARDS APPLICABLE TO SURFACE WATERS AND WETLANDS OF NORTH CAROLINA › Section 02B .0266 - JORDAN WATER SUPPLY NUTRIENT STRATEGY: STORMWATER MANAGEMENT FOR EXISTING DEVELOPMENT

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This Rule is the stormwater strategy to control nutrient
					 loading from existing development. The Division shall determine whether
					 nutrient load reduction measures for existing development are necessary in each
					 subwatershed of Jordan Reservoir. The Division shall require implementation of
					 reasonable nutrient load reduction measures for existing development in each
					 subwatershed of the Jordan Reservoir, as provided in this Rule and in
					 accordance with a staged, adaptive management program.
(1) PURPOSE. The purposes of this Rule are as
				  follows:
(a) To improve the management of
				  stormwater runoff from existing development in the Jordan Watershed to
				  contribute toward nitrogen and phosphorus loading goals identified in
				  15A NCAC
				  02B .0262; and
(b) To contribute to the restoration of water
				  quality in the Jordan Reservoir as specified in Rule
				  15A NCAC
				  02B .0262.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 15A - Environmental Quality › Chapter 02 - Environmental Management › Subchapter B - SURFACE WATER AND WETLAND STANDARDS › Section .0200 - CLASSIFICATIONS AND WATER QUALITY STANDARDS APPLICABLE TO SURFACE WATERS AND WETLANDS OF NORTH CAROLINA › Section 02B .0268 - REPEALED - JORDAN WATER SUPPLY NUTRIENT STRATEGY: MITIGATION FOR RIPARIAN BUFFERS

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Authority 143-214.1;
					 143-214.5; 143-214.7; 143-215.3(a)(1); 143-215.6A; 143-215.6B; 143-215.6C; 143
					 215.8B; 143B-282(c); 143B-282(d); S.L. 1999-329, s. 7.1.; S.L. 2005-190; S.L.
					 2006-259;
Eff. August 11, 2009;
Amended Eff. September
					 1, 2011;
Repealed Eff. October 24,
					 2014.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 15A - Environmental Quality › Chapter 02 - Environmental Management › Subchapter B - SURFACE WATER AND WETLAND STANDARDS › Section .0200 - CLASSIFICATIONS AND WATER QUALITY STANDARDS APPLICABLE TO SURFACE WATERS AND WETLANDS OF NORTH CAROLINA › Section 02B .0269 - RIPARIAN BUFFER MITIGATION FEES TO THE NC ECOSYSTEM ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM

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Authority
					 G.S.
					 143-214.1;
					 143-214.5;
					 143-214.5(i);
					 143-214.7;
					 143-214.12;
					 143-214.21;
					 143-215.3(a)(1);
					 143-215.6A;
					 143-215.6B;
					 143-215.6C; 143 215.8B;
					 143B-282(c); 143B-282(d); S.L. 2005-190; S.L. 2006-259;
Eff. August
					 11, 2009;
Transferred to
					 15A NCAC
					 02R .0601 Eff. May 1,
					 2015.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 15A - Environmental Quality › Chapter 02 - Environmental Management › Subchapter B - SURFACE WATER AND WETLAND STANDARDS › Section .0200 - CLASSIFICATIONS AND WATER QUALITY STANDARDS APPLICABLE TO SURFACE WATERS AND WETLANDS OF NORTH CAROLINA › Section 02B .0270 - JORDAN WATER SUPPLY NUTRIENT STRATEGY: WASTEWATER DISCHARGE REQUIREMENTS

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The following is the NPDES wastewater discharge management
					 strategy for the B. Everett Jordan Reservoir watershed, or Jordan
					 watershed:
(1) PURPOSE. The purpose of
				  this Rule is to establish minimum nutrient control requirements for point
				  source wastewater discharges in the Jordan watershed in order to restore and
				  maintain water quality in the reservoir and its tributaries and protect their
				  designated uses, including water supply.
(2) APPLICABILITY. This Rule applies to all
				  wastewater treatment facilities discharging in the Jordan watershed that
				  receive nutrient-bearing wastewater and are subject to requirements for
				  individual NPDES permits.
(3)
				  DEFINITIONS. For the purposes of this Rule, the following definitions apply:
(a) In regard to point source dischargers,
				  treatment facilities, and wastewater flows and discharges,
(i) "Existing" means that which was subject
				  to a NPDES permit as of December 31, 2001;
(ii) "Expanding" means that which has
				  increased or will increase beyond its permitted flow as defined in this Rule;
				  and
(iii) "New" means that which
				  was not subject to a NPDES permit as of December 31, 2001.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 15A - Environmental Quality › Chapter 02 - Environmental Management › Subchapter B - SURFACE WATER AND WETLAND STANDARDS › Section .0200 - CLASSIFICATIONS AND WATER QUALITY STANDARDS APPLICABLE TO SURFACE WATERS AND WETLANDS OF NORTH CAROLINA › Section 02B .0271 - JORDAN WATER SUPPLY NUTRIENT STRATEGY: STORMWATER REQUIREMENTS FOR STATE AND FEDERAL ENTITIES

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The following is the stormwater strategy for the activities
					 of state and federal entities within the Jordan watershed, as prefaced in Rule
					 02B .0262.
(1) PURPOSE. The purposes
				  of this Rule are as follows.
(a) To accomplish
				  the following on lands under state and federal control:
(i) Achieve and maintain, on new non-road
				  development lands, the nonpoint source nitrogen and phosphorus percentage
				  reduction goals established for Jordan Reservoir in
				  15A NCAC
				  02B .0262 relative to the baseline period
				  defined in that Rule;
(ii) Provide
				  the highest practicable level of treatment on new road development;
				  and
(iii) On existing
				  state-maintained roadways and facilities, and existing developed lands
				  controlled by other state and federal entities in the Jordan watershed, achieve
				  and maintain the nonpoint source nitrogen and phosphorus percentage reduction
				  goals established for Jordan Reservoir in
				  15A NCAC
				  02B .0262 relative to the baseline period
				  defined in that Rule.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 15A - Environmental Quality › Chapter 02 - Environmental Management › Subchapter B - SURFACE WATER AND WETLAND STANDARDS › Section .0200 - CLASSIFICATIONS AND WATER QUALITY STANDARDS APPLICABLE TO SURFACE WATERS AND WETLANDS OF NORTH CAROLINA › Section 02B .0272 - JORDAN WATER SUPPLY NUTRIENT STRATEGY: FERTILIZER MANAGEMENT

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The following is the management strategy for controlling
					 land-applied nutrients in the Jordan watershed, as prefaced in Rule .0262 of
					 this Section.
(1) PURPOSE. The purpose
				  of this Rule is to protect the water supply uses of Jordan Reservoir and of
				  designated water supplies throughout the Jordan watershed by managing the
				  application of nutrients, both inorganic fertilizer and organic nutrients, to
				  lands in the Jordan watershed. The requirements of this Rule are to be fully
				  implemented within three years from the effective date as set out in Item (6)
				  of this Rule.
(2) APPLICABILITY.
				  This Rule shall apply to the application of nutrients on:
(a) Cropland areas in the Jordan watershed
				  for commercial purposes;
(b)
				  Commercial ornamental and floriculture areas and greenhouse production areas in
				  the Jordan watershed;
(c) Golf
				  courses, public recreational lands, road or utility rights-of-way, or other
				  commercial or institutional lands where any such land, or combination of such
				  lands, under common management in the watershed totals at least five acres;
				  and
(d) Any lands in the Jordan
				  watershed where a hired applicator, as defined in
				  15A NCAC
				  02B .0202(4), who does not
				  own or lease the lands applies nutrients to a total of at least five acres per
				  year.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 15A - Environmental Quality › Chapter 02 - Environmental Management › Subchapter B - SURFACE WATER AND WETLAND STANDARDS › Section .0200 - CLASSIFICATIONS AND WATER QUALITY STANDARDS APPLICABLE TO SURFACE WATERS AND WETLANDS OF NORTH CAROLINA › Section 02B .0273 - JORDAN WATER SUPPLY NUTRIENT STRATEGY: OPTIONS FOR OFFSETTING NUTRIENT LOADS

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PURPOSE. This Rule provides parties subject to other rules
					 within the Jordan nutrient strategy with options for meeting rule requirements
					 by obtaining or buying credit for activities conducted by others (sellers) that
					 produce excess load reductions relative to rule requirements. It provides the
					 potential for parties who achieve excess load reductions to recover certain
					 costs by selling such credits, and it provides opportunity for private parties
					 to produce reductions and sell credits for profit. Overall it provides the
					 potential for more cost-effective achievement of strategy reduction goals.
					 Accounting is required to ensure and track the availability and use of trading
					 credits. This accounting will be compared against compliance accounting
					 required under other rules of the Jordan nutrient strategy. This Rule furthers
					 the adaptive management intent of the strategy to protect the water supply uses
					 of Jordan Reservoir and of designated water supplies throughout the Jordan
					 watershed. The minimum requirements for these offset options are:
(1) PREREQUISITES. The following buyers shall
				  meet applicable criteria identified here and in rules imposing reduction
				  requirements on them before utilizing the option outlined in this Rule:
(a) Agriculture Rule .0264: Agricultural
				  producers shall receive approval from the Watershed Oversight Committee to
				  obtain offsite credit pursuant to the conditions of Sub-Item (5)(b);
(b) New Development Rule .0265: Developers
				  shall meet onsite reduction requirements enumerated in Sub-Item (3)(a)(vii)
				  before obtaining offsite credit;
(c) Wastewater Rule .0270: New and expanding
				  dischargers shall first make all reasonable efforts to obtain allocation from
				  existing dischargers as stated in Sub-Items (7)(a)(ii) and (8)(a)(ii),
				  respectively; and
(d) State and
				  Federal Entities Stormwater Rule .0271:
(i)
				  Non-DOT entities shall meet onsite new development reduction requirements
				  enumerated in Sub-Item (3)(a)(vi); and
(ii) NC DOT shall meet onsite non-road new
				  development reduction requirements enumerated in Sub-Item (4)(c)(iii) before
				  obtaining offsite credit.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 15A - Environmental Quality › Chapter 02 - Environmental Management › Subchapter B - SURFACE WATER AND WETLAND STANDARDS › Section .0200 - CLASSIFICATIONS AND WATER QUALITY STANDARDS APPLICABLE TO SURFACE WATERS AND WETLANDS OF NORTH CAROLINA › Section 02B .0274 - NUTRIENT OFFSET PAYMENT RATES FOR THE NC ECOSYSTEM ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM

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Authority
					 G.S.
					 143-214.1;
					 143-214.20;
					 143-214.21; S.L. 1995, c. 572;
					 S.L. 2006, c. 215; S.L. 2007, c. 438; S.L. 2009, c. 337; S.L. 2009, c. 484;
					 S.L. 2009, c. 486;
Eff. September 1, 2010;
Transferred
					 to 15A
					 NCAC 02R .0602 Eff. May 1,
					 2015.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 15A - Environmental Quality › Chapter 02 - Environmental Management › Subchapter B - SURFACE WATER AND WETLAND STANDARDS › Section .0200 - CLASSIFICATIONS AND WATER QUALITY STANDARDS APPLICABLE TO SURFACE WATERS AND WETLANDS OF NORTH CAROLINA › Section 02B .0276 - FALLS WATER SUPPLY NUTRIENT STRATEGY: DEFINITIONS

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(a)
				  Unless the context indicates otherwise, the following words and phrases, which
				  are not defined in G.S. 143, Article 21, shall be interpreted as follows for
				  the purposes of the Falls nutrient strategy:
(1) "Allocation" means the mass quantity of
				  nitrogen or phosphorus that a discharger, group of dischargers, nonpoint
				  source, or collection of nonpoint sources is assigned. For point sources,
				  possession of allocation does not authorize the discharge of nutrients but is
				  prerequisite to such authorization through a NPDES permit, and allocation may
				  be further distinguished as follows:
(A)
				  "Active" allocation means that portion of an allocation that has been applied
				  toward and is expressed as a nutrient limit in an individual NPDES
				  permit;
(B) "Reserve" allocation
				  means allocation that is held by a permittee or other person but which has not
				  been applied toward and is not expressed as a nutrient limit in an individual
				  NPDES permit;
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 15A - Environmental Quality › Chapter 02 - Environmental Management › Subchapter B - SURFACE WATER AND WETLAND STANDARDS › Section .0200 - CLASSIFICATIONS AND WATER QUALITY STANDARDS APPLICABLE TO SURFACE WATERS AND WETLANDS OF NORTH CAROLINA › Section 02B .0277 - FALLS RESERVOIR WATER SUPPLY NUTRIENT STRATEGY: STORMWATER MANAGEMENT FOR NEW DEVELOPMENT

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The following is the stormwater strategy, as prefaced in
					 15A NCAC
					 02B .0275, for new development activities
					 within the Falls watershed:
(1)
				  PURPOSE. The purposes of this Rule are as follows:
(a) To achieve and maintain the nitrogen and
				  phosphorus loading objectives established for Falls Reservoir in
				  15A NCAC
				  02B .0275 from lands in the Falls watershed
				  on which new development occurs;
(b) To provide control for stormwater runoff
				  from new development in Falls watershed to ensure that the integrity and
				  nutrient processing functions of receiving waters and associated riparian
				  buffers are not compromised by erosive flows; and
(c) To protect the water supply, aquatic life
				  and recreational uses of Falls Reservoir from the potential impacts of new
				  development.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 15A - Environmental Quality › Chapter 02 - Environmental Management › Subchapter B - SURFACE WATER AND WETLAND STANDARDS › Section .0200 - CLASSIFICATIONS AND WATER QUALITY STANDARDS APPLICABLE TO SURFACE WATERS AND WETLANDS OF NORTH CAROLINA › Section 02B .0278 - FALLS WATER SUPPLY NUTRIENT STRATEGY: STORMWATER MANAGEMENT FOR EXISTING DEVELOPMENT

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This Rule establishes a staged, adaptive approach by which
					 municipalities and counties shall contribute to achieving the nonpoint source
					 loading objectives of the Falls Reservoir nutrient strategy by reducing or
					 otherwise offsetting nutrient contributions from existing development. It
					 provides local governments three years to develop programs that propose Stage I
					 load reduction actions to the Division and requires local governments to begin
					 and track measures to reduce nutrient loads from existing developed lands
					 within their jurisdiction by January 15, 2014, as specified in Item (7). Local
					 governments shall submit for approval and implement Stage II load reduction
					 programs by January 15, 2021 and submit revised load reductions programs every
					 five years thereafter. The following is the watershed stormwater strategy, as
					 prefaced in Rule
					 15A NCAC
					 02B .0275, for existing development in the
					 Falls watershed:
(1) PURPOSE. The
				  purposes of this Rule are as follows:
(a) To
				  achieve and maintain the nonpoint source nitrogen and phosphorus percentage
				  reduction objectives established for Falls Reservoir in Rule
				  15A NCAC
				  02B .0275 on nutrient loading from existing
				  development in the Falls watershed relative to the baseline period defined in
				  that rule. Existing development is defined in Rule
				  15A NCAC
				  02B .0276; and
(b) To protect the water supply, aquatic
				  life, and recreational uses of Falls Reservoir.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 15A - Environmental Quality › Chapter 02 - Environmental Management › Subchapter B - SURFACE WATER AND WETLAND STANDARDS › Section .0200 - CLASSIFICATIONS AND WATER QUALITY STANDARDS APPLICABLE TO SURFACE WATERS AND WETLANDS OF NORTH CAROLINA › Section 02B .0279 - FALLS WATER SUPPLY NUTRIENT STRATEGY: WASTEWATER DISCHARGE REQUIREMENTS

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The following is the NPDES wastewater discharge management
					 strategy for the Falls of the Neuse Reservoir watershed (the Falls
					 watershed):
(1) PURPOSE. The purpose
				  of this Rule is to establish minimum nutrient control requirements for point
				  source wastewater discharges in the Falls watershed in order to restore and
				  maintain water quality in the reservoir and protect its designated
				  uses.
(2) APPLICABILITY. This Rule
				  applies to all wastewater treatment facilities discharging in the Falls
				  watershed that receive nutrient-bearing wastewater and are subject to
				  requirements for individual NPDES permits.
(3) DEFINITIONS. For the purposes of this
				  Rule, the definitions in
				  15A NCAC
				  02B .0276 and the following definitions
				  apply:
(a) In regard to point source
				  dischargers, treatment facilities, and wastewater flows and discharges,
(i) "Existing" means that which was subject
				  to an NPDES permit as of December 31, 2006;
(ii) "Expanding" means that which has
				  increased or will increase beyond its permitted flow as defined in this Rule;
				  and
(iii) "New" means that which
				  was not subject to an NPDES permit as of December 31, 2006.