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Chapter 143 - State Departments, Institutions, and Commissions.
Article 21 - Water and Air Resources.
- Section 143-211 - Declaration of public policy.
- Section 143-212 - Definitions.
- Section 143-213 - Definitions.
- Section 143-214 - Repealed by Session Laws 1973, c. 1262, s. 23.
- Section 143-214.1 - Water; water quality standards and classifications; duties of Commission.
- Section 143-214.2 - Prohibited discharges.
- Section 143-214.2A - Prohibited disposal of medical waste.
- Section 143-214.2B - Storage of waste on vessels.
- Section 143-214.3 - Revision to water quality standard.
- Section 143-214.4 - Certain cleaning agents containing phosphorus prohibited.
- Section 143-214.5 - Water supply watershed protection.
- Section 143-214.6 - Repealed by Session Laws 2004-195, s. 3.1, effective August 17, 2004.
- Section 143-214.7 - Stormwater runoff rules and programs.
- Section 143-214.7A - Stormwater control best management practices.
- Section 143-214.8 - Ecosystem Enhancement Program: established.
- Section 143-214.9 - Ecosystem Enhancement Program: purposes.
- Section 143-214.10 - Ecosystem Enhancement Program: development and implementation of basinwide restoration plans.
- Section 143-214.11 - Ecosystem Enhancement Program: compensatory mitigation.
- Section 143-214.12 - Ecosystem Enhancement Program: Ecosystem Restoration Fund.
- Section 143-214.13 - Ecosystem Enhancement Program: reporting requirement.
- Section 143-214.14 - Cooperative State-local coalition water quality protection plans.
- Section 143-214.15 through 143-214.19 - Reserved for future codification purposes.
- Section 143-214.20 - Riparian Buffer Protection Program: Alternatives to maintaining riparian buffers; compensatory mitigation fees.
- Section 143-214.21 - Riparian Buffer Protection Program: Riparian Buffer Restoration Fund.
- Section 143-214.22 - Riparian Buffer Protection Program: Department may accept donations of real property.
- Section 143-214.23 - Riparian Buffer Protection Program: Delegation of riparian buffer protection requirements to local governments.
- Section 143-214.24 - Riparian Buffer Protection Program: Coordination with River Basin Associations.
- Section 143-214.25 - Expired.
- Section 143-214.25A - Riparian Buffer Protection Program: Surface Water Identification Training and Certification Program.
- Section 143-214.26 - Nutrient offset credits.
- Section 143-215 - Effluent standards or limitations.
- Section 143-215.1 - Control of sources of water pollution; permits required.
- Section 143-215.1A - Closed-loop groundwater remediation systems allowed.
- Section 143-215.1B - Extension of date for compliance with nitrogen and phosphorus discharge limits.
- Section 143-215.1C - Report to wastewater system customers on system performance; publication of notice of discharge of untreated wastewater and waste.
- Section 143-215.2 - Special orders.
- Section 143-215.3 - General powers of Commission and Department; auxiliary powers.
- Section 143-215.3A - Water and Air Quality Account; use of application and permit fees; Title V Account; I & M Air Pollution Control Account; reports.
- Section 143-215.3B - Repealed by Session Laws, 2005-454, s. 8, effective January 1, 2006.
- Section 143-215.3C - Confidential information protected.
- Section 143-215.3D - Fee schedule for water quality permits.
- Section 143-215.4 - Mailing list for rules; procedures for public input; form of order or decision; seal; official notice.
- Section 143-215.5 - Judicial review.
- Section 143-215.6 - Recodified as 143-215.6A through 143-215.6C.
- Section 143-215.6A - Enforcement procedures: civil penalties.
- Section 143-215.6B - Enforcement procedures: criminal penalties.
- Section 143-215.6C - Enforcement procedures; injunctive relief.
- Section 143-215.6D - Additional requirements applicable to certain municipal wastewater treatment facilities.
- Section 143-215.6E - Violation Points System applicable to swine farms.
- Section 143-215.7 - Effect on laws applicable to public water supplies and the sanitary disposal of sewage.
- Section 143-215.8 - Repealed by Session Laws 1973, c. 698, s. 13.
- Section 143-215.8A - Planning.
- Section 143-215.8B - Basinwide water quality management plans.
- Section 143-215.8C - Repealed by Session Laws 2005-386, s. 2.1, effective December 1, 2005.
- Section 143-215.8D - North Carolina Water Quality Workgroup; Rivernet.
- Section 143-215.9 - Restrictions on authority of the Commission.
- Section 143-215.9A - Reports.
- Section 143-215.9B - Systemwide municipal and domestic wastewater collection system permit program report.
- Section 143-215.9C - Use of certain types of culverts allowed.
- Section 143-215.10 - Repealed by Session Laws 1973, c. 1262, s. 23.
- Section 143-215.10A - Legislative findings and intent.
- Section 143-215.10B - Definitions.
- Section 143-215.10C - Applications and permits.
- Section 143-215.10D - Operations review.
- Section 143-215.10E - Violations requiring immediate notification.
- Section 143-215.10F - Inspections.
- Section 143-215.10G - Fees for animal waste management systems.
- Section 143-215.10H - Swine integrator registration.
- Section 143-215.10I - Performance standards for animal waste management systems that serve swine farms; lagoon and sprayfield systems prohibited.
- Section 143-215.10J - Reserved for future codification purposes.
- Section 143-215.10K - Reserved for future codification purposes.
- Section 143-215.10L - Reserved for future codification purposes.
- Section 143-215.10M - Reports.
- Section 143-215.11 - Short title.
- Section 143-215.12 - Declaration of purpose.
- Section 143-215.13 - Declaration of capacity use areas.
- Section 143-215.14 - Rules within capacity use areas; scope and procedures.
- Section 143-215.15 - Permits for water use within capacity use areas - Procedures.
- Section 143-215.16 - Permits for water use within capacity use areas duration, transfer, reporting, measurement, present use, fees and penalties.
- Section 143-215.17 - Enforcement procedures.
- Section 143-215.18 - Map or description of boundaries of capacity use areas.
- Section 143-215.19 - Administrative inspection; reports.
- Section 143-215.20 - Repealed by Session Laws 1987, c. 827, s. 173.
- Section 143-215.21 - Definitions.
- Section 143-215.22 - Law of riparian rights not changed.
- Section 143-215.22A - Water withdrawal policy; remedies.
- Section 143-215.22B - Roanoke River Basin water rights.
- Section 143-215.22C through 143-215.22F - Reserved for future codification purposes.
- Section 143-215.22G - Definitions.
- Section 143-215.22H - Registration of water withdrawals and transfers required.
- Section 143-215.22I - Repealed by Session Laws 2007-518, s. 2, effective August 31, 2007, and applicable to any petition for a certificate for a transfer of surface water from one river basin to another river basin for which preparation of an environmental assessment or an environmental impact statement has begun on or after August 31, 2007.
- Section 143-215.22J - Repealed by Session Laws 2004-195, s. 3.1, effective August 17, 2004.
- Section 143-215.22K - Repealed by Session Laws 2004-195, s. 3.1, effective August 17, 2004.
- Section 143-215.22L - Regulation of surface water transfers.
- Section 143-215.23 - Short title.
- Section 143-215.24 - Declaration of purpose.
- Section 143-215.25 - Definitions.
- Section 143-215.25A - Exempt dams.
- Section 143-215.26 - Construction of dams.
- Section 143-215.27 - Repair, alteration, or removal of dam.
- Section 143-215.28 - Action by Commission upon applications.
- Section 143-215.28A - Application fees.
- Section 143-215.29 - Supervision by qualified engineers; reports and modification during work.
- Section 143-215.30 - Notice of completion; certification of final approval.
- Section 143-215.31 - Supervision over maintenance and operation of dams.
- Section 143-215.32 - Inspection of dams.
- Section 143-215.33 - Administrative hearing.
- Section 143-215.34 - Investigations by Department; employment of consultants.
- Section 143-215.35 - Liability for damages.
- Section 143-215.36 - Enforcement procedures.
- Section 143-215.37 - Rights of investigation, entry, access, and inspection.
- Section 143-215.38 - Short title.
- Section 143-215.39 - Public policy.
- Section 143-215.40 - Resolutions and ordinances assuring local cooperation.
- Section 143-215.41 - Items of cooperation to which localities and the State may bind themselves.
- Section 143-215.42 - Acquisition of lands.
- Section 143-215.43 - Additional powers.
- Section 143-215.44 - Right of withdrawal.
- Section 143-215.45 - Transfer of right of withdrawal.
- Section 143-215.46 - Exercise of right of withdrawal.
- Section 143-215.47 - Effect of right of withdrawal on discharges of water.
- Section 143-215.48 - Determining streamflows.
- Section 143-215.49 - Right of withdrawal for use in community water supply.
- Section 143-215.50 - Interpretation with other statutes.
- Section 143-215.51 - Purposes.
- Section 143-215.52 - Definitions.
- Section 143-215.53 - Repealed by Session Laws 2000-150, s. 1.
- Section 143-215.54 - Regulation of flood hazard areas; prohibited uses.
- Section 143-215.54A - Minimum standards for ordinances; variances for prohibited uses.
- Section 143-215.55 - Acquisition of existing structures.
- Section 143-215.56 - Delineation of flood hazard areas and 100-year floodplains; powers of Department; powers of local governments and of the Department.
- Section 143-215.56A - Floodplain Mapping Fund.
- Section 143-215.57 - Procedures in issuing permits.
- Section 143-215.58 - Violations and penalties.
- Section 143-215.59 - Other approvals required.
- Section 143-215.60 - Liability for damages.
- Section 143-215.61 - Floodplain management.
- Section 143-215.62 - Revolving fund established; conditions and procedures.
- Section 143-215.63 - Short title.
- Section 143-215.64 - Purpose.
- Section 143-215.65 - Reports required.
- Section 143-215.66 - Monitoring required.
- Section 143-215.67 - Acceptance of wastes to disposal systems and air-cleaning devices.
- Section 143-215.68 - Repealed by Session Laws 1987, c. 827, s. 188.
- Section 143-215.69 - Enforcement procedures.
- Section 143-215.70 - Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources authorized to accept applications.
- Section 143-215.71 - Purposes for which grants may be requested.
- Section 143-215.72 - Review of applications.
- Section 143-215.73 - Recommendation and disbursal of grants.
- Section 143-215.73A - Water Resources Development Plan.
- Section 143-215.74 through 143-215.74B - Recodified as Article 72 of Chapter 106, G.S. 106-850 through G.S. 106-852, by Session Laws 2011-145, s. 13.22A(t), effective July 1, 2011.
- Section 143-215.74C through 143-215.74E - Repealed by Session Laws 1995 (Regular Session, 1996), c. 626, s. 13.
- Section 143-215.74F - Program authorized.
- Section 143-215.74G - Applications.
- Section 143.215.74H - Assistance.
- Section 143-215.74I - Projects.
- Section 143-215.74J - Reserved for future codification purposes.
- Section 143-215.74K - Reserved for future codification purposes.
- Section 143-215.74L - Reserved for future codification purposes.
- Section 143-215.74M - Recodified as Article 73 of Chapter 106, G.S. 106-860, by Session Laws 2011-145, s. 13.22A(x), effective July 1, 2011.
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