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2011 North Carolina General Statutes
Chapter 153B Mountain Resources Planning Act.
153B-2. Definitions.

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NC Gen Stat § 153B-2
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153B‑2. Definitions.

The following definitions apply in this Chapter:

(1) Commission. The Mountain Resources Commission created by this Chapter.

(2) Council. The Mountain Area Resources Technical Advisory Council.

(3) Important mountain resources. The natural and cultural resources of the mountain region of Western North Carolina, including, but not limited to, State and federal public lands, wildlife habitat, farms, forestland and rural landscapes, mountain vistas, mountain streams and rivers, mountain lakes, and historical and archeological resources.

(4) Mountain region of Western North Carolina. The area encompassed by the counties of Alexander, Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Cleveland, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, Yadkin, and Yancey in the State.

(5) Secretary. The Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources. (2009‑485, s. 1; 2010‑142, s. 14.)

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