GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1987 SESSION

CHAPTER 267
HOUSE BILL 514

AN ACT TO AMEND G.S. 130A-335 (c) AND (d) CONCERNING APPROVAL OF LOCAL BOARD OF HEALTH SANITARY SEWAGE SYSTEM RULES.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 130A-335(c) is amended by redesignating subsection (2) as subsection (3) and by inserting the following as a new subsection (2):
"(2)	The local board of health has adopted by reference the sanitary sewage system rules adopted by the Commission, with any more stringent modifications or additions deemed necessary by the local board of health to protect the public health; and".
Sec. 2.  G.S. 130A-335(d) is amended by adding the following at the end of the subsection:  "The Department shall review its findings under subsection (c) of this section upon modification of the Commission's sanitary sewage system rules.  The Department may deny, suspend, or revoke the approval of local board of health sanitary sewage system rules upon a finding that the local sewage rules are not as stringent as the Commission's rules, are not sufficient and necessary to safeguard the public health, or are not being enforced.  Suspension and revocation of approval shall be in accordance with G.S. 130A-23."
Sec. 3.  Local board of health sanitary sewage system rules approved by the Department on or before the effective date of this act shall remain approved until approval is suspended or revoked in accordance with this act.
Sec. 4.  This act is effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 2nd day of June, 1987.