143-212. Definitions.
Unless a different meaning is required by the context, the following definitions apply to this Article and Articles 21A and 21B of this Chapter:
(1) "Area of the State" means a municipality, a county, a portion of a county or a municipality, or other substantial geographic area of the State designated by the Commission.
(2) "Commission" means the North Carolina Environmental Management Commission.
(3) "Department" means the Department of Environmental Quality.
(4) "Person" includes individuals, firms, partnerships, associations, institutions, corporations, municipalities and other political subdivisions, and governmental agencies.
(5) "Secretary" means the Secretary of Environmental Quality.
(6) "Waters" means any stream, river, brook, swamp, lake, sound, tidal estuary, bay, creek, reservoir, waterway, or other body or accumulation of water, whether surface or underground, public or private, or natural or artificial, that is contained in, flows through, or borders upon any portion of this State, including any portion of the Atlantic Ocean over which the State has jurisdiction. (1987, c. 827, s. 152A; 1989, c. 727, s. 218(103); 1989 (Reg. Sess., 1990), c. 1004, s. 19(b); 1991 (Reg. Sess., 1992), c. 1028, s. 1; 1997-443, s. 11A.119(a); 2015-241, s. 14.30(u), (v).)
Structure North Carolina General Statutes
North Carolina General Statutes
Chapter 143 - State Departments, Institutions, and Commissions
Article 21 - Water and Air Resources.
§ 143-211 - Declaration of public policy.
§ 143-214.1 - Water; water quality standards and classifications; duties of Commission.
§ 143-214.2 - Prohibited discharges.
§ 143-214.2A - Prohibited disposal of medical waste.
§ 143-214.2B - Storage of waste on vessels.
§ 143-214.3 - Revision to water quality standard.
§ 143-214.4 - Certain cleaning agents containing phosphorus prohibited.
§ 143-214.5 - Water supply watershed protection.
§ 143-214.7 - Stormwater runoff rules and programs.
§ 143-214.7A - Stormwater control best management practices.
§ 143-214.7B - Fast-track permitting for stormwater management systems.
§ 143-214.8 - Division of Mitigation Servicesestablished.
§ 143-214.9 - Division of Mitigation Servicespurposes.
§ 143-214.11 - Division of Mitigation Servicescompensatory mitigation.
§ 143-214.11A - Flood storage capacity restoration and enhancement.
§ 143-214.12 - Division of Mitigation ServicesEcosystem Restoration Fund.
§ 143-214.13 - Division of Mitigation Servicesreporting requirement.
§ 143-214.14 - Cooperative State-local coalition water quality protection plans.
§ 143-214.15 - Compensatory mitigation for diverse habitats.
§ 143-214.21 - Riparian Buffer Protection ProgramRiparian Buffer Restoration Fund.
§ 143-214.22 - Riparian Buffer Protection ProgramDepartment may accept donations of real property.
§ 143-214.23A - Limitations on local government riparian buffer requirements.
§ 143-214.24 - Riparian Buffer Protection ProgramCoordination with River Basin Associations.
§ 143-214.26 - Nutrient offset credits.
§ 143-215 - Effluent standards or limitations.
§ 143-215.1 - Control of sources of water pollution; permits required.
§ 143-215.1A - Closed-loop groundwater remediation systems allowed.
§ 143-215.1B - Extension of date for compliance with nitrogen and phosphorus discharge limits.
§ 143-215.2A - Relief for contaminated private drinking water wells.
§ 143-215.3 - General powers of Commission and Department; auxiliary powers.
§ 143-215.3C - Confidential information protected.
§ 143-215.3D - Fee schedule for water quality permits.
§ 143-215.3E - Expired December 31, 2020.
§ 143-215.5 - Judicial review.
§ 143-215.6 - Recodified as §§ A through C.
§ 143-215.6A - Enforcement procedurescivil penalties.
§ 143-215.6B - Enforcement procedurescriminal penalties.
§ 143-215.6C - Enforcement procedures; injunctive relief.
§ 143-215.6E - Violation Points System applicable to swine farms.
§ 143-215.8B - Basinwide water resources management plans.
§ 143-215.8D - North Carolina Water Quality Workgroup; Rivernet.
§ 143-215.9 - Restrictions on authority of the Commission.
§ 143-215.9B - Systemwide municipal and domestic wastewater collection system permit program report.
§ 143-215.9C - Use of certain types of culverts allowed.
§ 143-215.9D - Agricultural operation investigations confidential.
§ 143-215.9E - Initial consideration of complaint.
§ 143-215.10A - Legislative findings and intent.
§ 143-215.10C - Applications and permits.
§ 143-215.10D - Operations review.
§ 143-215.10E - Violations requiring immediate notification.
§ 143-215.10G - Fees for animal waste management systems.
§ 143-215.10H - Swine integrator registration.
§ 143-215.12 - Declaration of purpose.
§ 143-215.13 - Declaration of capacity use areas.
§ 143-215.14 - Rules within capacity use areas; scope and procedures.
§ 143-215.15 - Permits for water use within capacity use areas - Procedures.
§ 143-215.17 - Enforcement procedures.
§ 143-215.18 - Map or description of boundaries of capacity use areas.
§ 143-215.19 - Administrative inspection; reports.
§ 143-215.22 - Law of riparian rights not changed.
§ 143-215.22A - Water withdrawal policy; remedies.
§ 143-215.22B - Roanoke River Basin water rights.
§ 143-215.22H - Registration of water withdrawals and transfers required.
§ 143-215.22L - Regulation of surface water transfers.
§ 143-215.24 - Declaration of purpose.
§ 143-215.26 - Construction of dams.
§ 143-215.27 - Repair, alteration, or removal of dam.
§ 143-215.28 - Action by Commission upon applications.
§ 143-215.28A - Application fees.
§ 143-215.29 - Supervision by qualified engineers; reports and modification during work.
§ 143-215.30 - Notice of completion; certification of final approval; notice of transfer.
§ 143-215.31 - Supervision over maintenance and operation of dams.
§ 143-215.32 - Inspection of dams.
§ 143-215.32A - Dam Safety Emergency Fund.
§ 143-215.33 - Administrative hearing.
§ 143-215.34 - Investigations by Department; employment of consultants.
§ 143-215.35 - Liability for damages.
§ 143-215.36 - Enforcement procedures.
§ 143-215.37 - Rights of investigation, entry, access, and inspection.
§ 143-215.40 - Resolutions and ordinances assuring local cooperation.
§ 143-215.41 - Items of cooperation to which localities and the State may bind themselves.
§ 143-215.42 - Acquisition of lands.
§ 143-215.43 - Additional powers.
§ 143-215.44 - Right of withdrawal.
§ 143-215.45 - Transfer of right of withdrawal.
§ 143-215.46 - Exercise of right of withdrawal.
§ 143-215.47 - Effect of right of withdrawal on discharges of water.
§ 143-215.48 - Determining streamflows.
§ 143-215.49 - Right of withdrawal for use in community water supply.
§ 143-215.50 - Interpretation with other statutes.
§ 143-215.54 - Regulation of flood hazard areas; prohibited uses.
§ 143-215.54A - Minimum standards for ordinances; variances for prohibited uses.
§ 143-215.55 - Acquisition of existing structures.
§ 143-215.56A - Floodplain Mapping Fund.
§ 143-215.57 - Procedures in issuing permits.
§ 143-215.58 - Violations and penalties.
§ 143-215.59 - Other approvals required.
§ 143-215.60 - Liability for damages.
§ 143-215.61 - Floodplain management.
§ 143-215.62 - Revolving fund established; conditions and procedures.
§ 143-215.65 - Reports required.
§ 143-215.66 - Monitoring required.
§ 143-215.67 - Acceptance of wastes to disposal systems and air-cleaning devices.
§ 143-215.69 - Enforcement procedures.
§ 143-215.70 - Secretary of Environmental Quality authorized to accept applications.
§ 143-215.71 - Purposes for which grants may be requested.
§ 143-215.72 - Review of applications.
§ 143-215.73 - Recommendation and disbursal of grants.
§ 143-215.73A - Water Resources Development Plan.
§ 143-215.73B - Water resources development grants administration.
§ 143-215.73F - Shallow Draft Navigation Channel Dredging and Aquatic Weed Fund.
§ 143-215.73J - Deep Draft Navigation Channel Dredging and Maintenance Fund.
§ 143-215.73M - Coastal Storm Damage Mitigation Fund.
§ 143-215.74F - Program authorized.