82a-1608.   Local nonpoint source management plan required; water conservation plan. (a) If state financial participation is approved for a multipurpose small lake project, the state conservation commission shall require a local nonpoint source management plan for the watersheds draining into the proposed lake. Such plan shall be submitted to and approved by the state conservation commission before any state funds may be used for the proposed project.

      (b)   If public water supply storage is included in such a project, the sponsor shall have a water conservation plan which has been submitted to and approved by the chief engineer.

      (c)   Any funding provided by the state shall include money necessary to pay for cost-sharing expenses incurred for nonpoint source management pursuant to the plan required by subsection (a).

      History:   L. 1985, ch. 342, § 8; L. 1991, ch. 290, § 8; July 1.