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Section
143-211
Declaration of public policy.
Section
143-212
Definitions.
Section
143-213
Definitions.
Sections
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Repealed by Session Laws 1973, c. 1262, s. 23.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.
Sections
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Repealed by Session Laws 2004-195, s. 3.1, effective August 17, 2004.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
143-214.7B
Fast-track permitting for stormwater management systems.
Section
143-214.7C
Prohibit the requirement of mitigation for certain impacts; establish threshold for mitigation of impacts to streams.
Section
143-214.8
Division of Mitigation Services: established.
Section
143-214.9
Division of Mitigation Services: purposes.
Section
143-214.10
Division of Mitigation Services: development and implementation of basinwide restoration plans.
Section
143-214.11
Division of Mitigation Services: compensatory mitigation.
Section
143-214.11A
Flood storage capacity restoration and enhancement.
Section
143-214.12
Division of Mitigation Services: Ecosystem Restoration Fund.
Section
143-214.13
Division of Mitigation Services: reporting requirement.
Section
143-214.14
Cooperative State-local coalition water quality protection plans.
Section
143-214.15
Compensatory mitigation for diverse habitats.
Sections
143-214.16 through 143-214.19 - through 143
214.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
143-214.23A
Limitations on local government riparian buffer requirements.
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; report discharge of untreated wastewater to the Department; publication of notice of discharge of untreated wastewater and waste.
Section
143-215.2
Special orders.
Section
143-215.2A
Relief for contaminated private drinking water wells.
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.
Sections
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
143-215.3E
Expired December 31, 2020.
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.
Sections
143-215.8
Repealed by Session Laws 1973, c. 698, s. 13.
Section
143-215.8A
Planning.
Section
143-215.8B
Basinwide water resources management plans.
Sections
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
143-215.9D
Agricultural operation investigations confidential.
Section
143-215.9E
Initial consideration of complaint.
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.
Sections
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.
Sections
143-215.22C through 143-215.22F - 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.
Sections
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
143-215.27A
Closure of coal combustion residuals surface impoundments to render such facilities exempt from the North Carolina Dam Safety Law of 1967.
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; notice of transfer.
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.
Sections
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.
Sections
143-215.68
Repealed by Session Laws 1987, c. 827, s. 188.
Section
143-215.69
Enforcement procedures.
Section
143-215.70
Secretary of Environmental Quality 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
143-215.73B
Reserved for future codification purposes.
Section
143-215.73C
Reserved for future codification purposes.
Section
143-215.73D
Reserved for future codification purposes.
Section
143-215.73E
Reserved for future codification purposes.
Section
143-215.73F
Shallow Draft Navigation Channel Dredging and Aquatic Weed Fund.
Section
143-215.73J
Deep Draft Navigation Channel Dredging and Maintenance Fund.
Section
143-215.73M
Coastal Storm Damage Mitigation Fund.
Sections
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.
Sections
143-215.74A - 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.
Sections
143-215.74B - 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.
Sections
143-215.74C through 143-215.74
E - 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
143-215.74L
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.
Section
143-215.74k
Reserved for future codification purposes.