GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1997

H	1 

HOUSE BILL 475

Short Title:  Wastewater Improvement Permits/AB.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Representatives Hurley; Baddour and Watson.

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Referred to:  Environment.

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March 10, 1997

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE LOCAL BOARDS OF HEALTH TO ESTABLISH LOCAL PROGRAMS THAT PROVIDE FOR PRELIMINARY EVALUATIONS OF PROPOSED SITES FOR WASTEWATER SYSTEMS THAT ARE NOT BINDING ON THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, HEALTH, AND NATURAL RESOURCES OR THE LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND TO PROHIBIT ANY OTHER PRELIMINARY SITE EVALUATIONS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 130A-336(a) reads as rewritten:
"(a)	Any proposed site for a residence, place of business, or place of public assembly in an area not served by an approved wastewater system shall be evaluated by the local health department in accordance with rules adopted pursuant to this Article.  The local health department shall not perform an evaluation of a proposed site until an application for an improvement permit for a specific site is submitted in accordance with rules adopted by the Commission.  When conducting an evaluation of a proposed site, the local health department shall not review or assess acreage and shall not conduct soil mapping.  The local health department shall evaluate each individual site and either issue or deny the improvement permit.  Except as provided in G.S. 130A-335(c1), a preliminary or a provisional evaluation shall not be performed.  An improvement permit shall be issued in compliance with the rules adopted pursuant to this Article.  An improvement permit shall include:
(1)	For permits that are valid without expiration, a plat or, for permits that are valid for five years, a site plan.
(2)	A description of the facility the proposed site is to serve.
(3)	The proposed wastewater system and its location.
(4)	The design wastewater flow and characteristics.