NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1979 SESSION

CHAPTER 566

SENATE BILL 666

AN ACT TO GIVE THE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT COMMISSION AUTHORITY TO ALLOW ADDITIONAL DISCHARGES TO MUNICIPAL WASTE TREATMENT SYSTEMS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 143-215.67 as the same appears in the 1978 Replacement Volume 3C of the General Statutes is amended by denominating the existing paragraph as subsection (a) and by adding a new subsection (b) to read as follows:

"(b)      The Environmental Management Commission may authorize a unit of government subject to the provisions of G.S. 143-215.67(a) to accept additional wastes to its waste‑disposal system upon a finding by the Environmental Management Commission (i) that the unit of government has secured a grant or has otherwise secured financing for planning, design, or construction of a new or improved waste disposal system which will adequately treat the additional waste, and (ii) the additional waste will not result in any significant degradation in the quality of the waters ultimately receiving such discharge. The Environmental Management Commission may impose such conditions on permits issued under G.S. 143-215.1 as it deems necessary to implement the provisions of this subsection, including conditions on the size, character, and number of additional dischargers. Nothing in this subsection shall be deemed to authorize a unit of government to violate water quality standards, effluent limitations or the terms of any order or permit issued under Part 1 of this Article nor does anything herein preclude the commission from enforcing by appropriate means the provisions of Part 1 of this Article."

Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 14th day of May, 1979.