North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 15A - Environmental Quality › Chapter 13 - SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT › Subchapter C - INACTIVE HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE OR WASTE DISPOSAL SITES › Section .0300 - VOLUNTARY REMEDIAL ACTION OVERSIGHT BY REGISTERED ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTANTS › Section 13C .0303 - APPROVAL OF REGISTERED ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTANTS

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
(a) To
				  qualify for Department approval as an REC, an applicant shall complete and
				  submit a Request for Approval form, available from the Department,
				  demonstrating that the applicant meets the requirements contained in this
				  Section. The Request for Approval form shall set forth the qualifications of
				  all persons the applicant wishes to qualify as RSMs and shall contain notarized
				  signatures of representatives of the applicant.
(b) Applicants shall supply the names and
				  telephone numbers of previous government and industry clients and copies of
				  actual work products to verify experience, if requested by the Department. The
				  Department may require applicants to supply additional information to clarify
				  what is provided on the Request for Approval form. Those applicants not
				  complying with such requests shall not be approved to perform work pursuant to
				  the rules in this Section.
(c) An
				  REC shall notify the Department if the nature of its business changes, if it no
				  longer meets the requirements for approval under this Section or if it
				  discovers that any information it submitted in any Request for Approval is or
				  was incorrect no later than 30 days subsequent to the discovery of the
				  occurrence.
(d) If a
				  Department-approved RSM leaves the employment of an REC or changes employment
				  within an REC, an REC shall, no later than 30 days prior to the change, submit
				  the name and qualifications of another person to perform the role of the RSM.
				  If an REC does not receive 30 days of notice by an RSM of the RSM's intended
				  change in employment, the REC shall notify the Department within 24 hours of
				  the RSM providing such notice and shall within 30 days of the RSM's notice to
				  the REC, submit to the Department the name and qualifications of another person
				  to perform the role of the RSM. The Department shall determine whether the
				  proposed replacement qualifies as an RSM per the requirements set forth in Rule
				  .0304. An REC may propose amendments to its approval as an REC to add or delete
				  RSMs. An RSM that changes employment from an approved REC shall require a new
				  approval by the Department before working as an RSM with another REC.
(e) The Department shall notify applicants in
				  writing whether they are approved to conduct business as an REC or RSM. No
				  applicant may represent itself, or work, as an REC or RSM without written
				  Department approval.
(f) An REC's
				  approval shall be valid for five years unless revoked earlier by the
				  Department.
(g) The Department
				  shall make available to the general public a list of all approved
				  RECs.
Authority
					 G.S.
					 130A-310.12(b);
Eff. April 1, 1997;
Readopted Eff. July 1,
					 2020.