2009 North Carolina Code
Chapter 143B - Executive Organization Act of 1973.
§ 143B-279.2. Department of Environment and Natural Resources - duties.

§ 143B‑279.2.  Department of Environment and Natural Resources – duties.

It shall be the duty of the Department:

(1)        To provide for the protection of the environment;

(1a)      To administer the State Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Task Force and coordinate State participation activities in the federal outer continental shelf resource recovery programs as provided under the OCS Lands Act Amendments of 1978 (43 USC §§ 1801 et seq.) and the OCS Lands Act Amendments of 1986 (43 USC §§ 1331 et seq.).

(1b)      To provide for the protection of the environment and public health through the regulation of solid waste and hazardous waste management and the administration of environmental health programs.

(2)        Repealed by Session Laws 1997‑443, s. 11A.5, effective August 28, 1997.

(2a)      To provide and keep a museum or collection of the natural history of the State and to maintain the North Carolina Biological Survey; and

(3)        To provide for the management of the State's natural resources.

(4)        No later than February 1 of each odd‑numbered year, to review all fees charged under any program under its authority to determine whether any of these fees should be changed and submit a report to the House and Senate Appropriations Subcommittees on Natural and Economic Resources and the Fiscal Research Division that includes all of the following:

a.         The most recent Biennial Fee Report submitted by the Department to the Office of State Budget and Management.

b.         A list of each fee charged under any program under the Department's authority that, for each fee, identifies the program, if any, and the division of the Department, if any, that is supported by the fee; the total expenditures for each program supported by fees; an evaluation of any inflationary change since the last change to the amount of the fee; and any other information deemed relevant to this review.

c.         The Department's findings resulting from its review under this subdivision and any recommendations to increase or decrease any of these fees.  (1989, c. 727, s. 3; 1993, c. 321, s. 28(c); c. 561, s. 116(e); 1997‑443, s. 11A.5; 2009‑451, s. 13.1A.)