NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1975 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 647

SENATE BILL 912

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND THE SEDIMENTATION CONTROL ACT OF 1973 CONCERNING THE DEFINITION OF "WORKING DAYS"; LAND-DISTURBING ACTIVITIES DURING CONSTRUCTION THAT MAY AFFECT LAKES OR WATERCOURSES; AND PRECONSTRUCTION CONFERENCES.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 113A-52(11) is hereby amended by adding the words "or soil conditions" after the words "weather conditions" so that the sentence shall read:

"(11)    'Working days' means days exclusive of Saturday and Sunday during which weather conditions or soil conditions permit land-disturbing activity to be undertaken."

Sec. 2.  G.S. 113A-57(1) is hereby amended by adding the words "during periods of construction or improvements to land" after the words "(1) no land-disturbing activity" so that line 1 of subdivision (1) shall read:

"(1)      No land-disturbing activity during periods of construction or improvement to land shall be permitted in proximity to a lake or".

Sec. 3.  G.S. 113A-51 (Preamble) is hereby amended by adding thereto at the end thereof the following sentence:

"In recognition of the desirability of early coordination of sedimentation control planning, it is the intention of the General Assembly that preconstruction conferences be held among the affected parties, subject to the availability of staff."

Sec. 4.  This act shall become effective upon its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 17th day of June, 1975.