106-678. Authority to regulate fertilizers.
No county, city, or other political subdivision of the State shall adopt or continue in effect any ordinance or resolution regulating the use, sale, distribution, storage, transportation, disposal, formulation, labeling, registration, manufacture, or application of fertilizer. Nothing in this section shall prohibit a county, city, or other political subdivision of the State from exercising its planning and zoning authority under Article 19 of Chapter 160A of the General Statutes or Article 18 of Chapter 153A of the General Statutes or from exercising its fire prevention or inspection authority. Nothing in this section shall limit the authority of the Department of Environmental Quality or the Environmental Management Commission to enforce water quality standards. Nothing in this section shall prohibit a county, city, or other political subdivision of the State from adopting ordinances regulating fertilizers to protect water quality, provided that the ordinances have been approved by the Environmental Management Commission or the Department of Environmental Quality as part of a local plan or National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit application and do not exceed the State's minimum requirements to protect water quality as established by the Environmental Management Commission under Part 1 of Article 21 of Chapter 143 of the General Statutes. Nothing in this section shall prohibit a county or city from exercising its authority to regulate explosive, corrosive, inflammable, or radioactive substances pursuant to G.S. 153A-128 or G.S. 160A-183. (2014-113, s. 2.4(b); 2015-241, s. 14.30(u).)
Structure North Carolina General Statutes
North Carolina General Statutes
Article 56 - North Carolina Commercial Fertilizer Law.
§ 106-656 - Purpose of Article.
§ 106-658 - Enforcing official.
§ 106-659 - Minimum plant food content.
§ 106-660 - Registration of brands; licensing of manufacturers and distributors; fluid fertilizers.
§ 106-662 - Sampling, inspection and testing.
§ 106-663 - False or misleading statements.
§ 106-664 - Determination and publication of commercial values.
§ 106-665 - Plant food deficiency.
§ 106-666 - "Stop sale," etc., orders.
§ 106-667 - Seizure, condemnation and sale.
§ 106-668 - Punishment for violations.
§ 106-669 - Effect of violations on license and registration.
§ 106-670 - Appeals from assessments and orders of Commissioner.
§ 106-671 - Inspection fees; reporting system.
§ 106-672 - Declaration of policy.
§ 106-673 - Authority of Board of Agriculture to make rules and regulations.
§ 106-675 - Publication of information concerning fertilizers.
§ 106-676 - Sales or exchanges between manufacturers, etc.