North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 15A - Environmental Quality › Chapter 07 - Coastal Management › Subchapter J - PROCEDURES FOR PROCESSING AND ENFORCEMENT OF MAJOR AND MINOR DEVELOPMENT PERMITS, VARIANCE REQUESTS, APPEALS FROM PERMIT DECISIONS, DECLARATORY RULINGS, AND STATIC LINE EXCEPTIONS › Section .0200 - APPLICATION PROCESS › Section 07J .0204 - PROCESSING THE APPLICATION

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
(a) On
				  receipt of a CAMA major development and/or dredge and fill permit application
				  by the Department, a letter shall be sent to the applicant acknowledging
				  receipt.
(b) Application processing
				  shall begin when an application is accepted as complete. Before an application
				  will be accepted as complete, the following requirements must be met;
(1) a current application form must be
				  submitted;
(2) all questions on the
				  application form must be completed or the letters "N/A" must be placed in each
				  section that does not apply;
(3) an
				  accurate work plan as described in
				  15A NCAC
				  07J .0203 herein must be attached to all CAMA
				  major development and/or dredge and fill permit applications;
(4) a copy of a deed or other instrument
				  under which the applicant claims title must accompany a CAMA major development
				  and/or dredge and fill permit application;
(5) notice to adjacent riparian landowners
				  must be given as follows:
(A) Certified return
				  mail receipts (or copies thereof) indicating that adjacent riparian landowners
				  (as identified in the permit application) have been sent a copy of the
				  application for the proposed development must be included in a CAMA major
				  development and/or dredge and fill permit application. Said landowners have 30
				  days from the date of notification in which to comment. Such comments will be
				  considered by the Department in reaching a final decision on the
				  application.
(B) For CAMA minor
				  development permits, the applicant must give actual notice of his intention to
				  develop his property and apply for a CAMA minor development permit to all
				  adjacent riparian landowners. Actual notice can be given by sending a certified
				  letter, informing the adjoining property owner in person or by telephone, or by
				  using any other method which satisfies the Local Permit Officers that a good
				  faith effort has been made to provide the required notice;
(6) the application fee must be paid as set
				  out in this Subparagraph:
(A) Major
				  development permit - Application fees shall be in the form of a check or money
				  order payable to the Department. The application fee for private,
				  non-commercial development shall be two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00). The
				  application fee for a public or commercial project shall be four hundred
				  dollars ($400.00).
(B) Minor
				  development permit - Application fees shall be in the form of a check or money
				  order payable to the permit-letting agency in the amount of one hundred dollars
				  ($100.00). Monies so collected may be used only in the administration of the
				  permit program;
(7) any
				  other information the Department or local permit officer deems necessary for a
				  review of the application must be provided. Any application not in compliance
				  with these requirements will be returned to the applicant along with a cover
				  letter explaining the deficiencies of the application and will not be
				  considered accepted until it is resubmitted and determined to be complete and
				  sufficient. If a local permit officer receives an application for a permit that
				  the local permit officer lacks authority to grant, the permit officer shall
				  return the application with information as to how the application may be
				  properly considered; and
(8) for
				  development proposals subject to review under the North Carolina Environmental
				  Policy Act (NCEPA),
				  G.S.
				  113A-100 et. seq., the permit application
				  will be complete only on submission of the appropriate environmental assessment
				  document.