GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1983 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 171

HOUSE BILL 221

 

AN ACT TO ALLOW THE COASTAL RESOURCES COMMISSION TO ISSUE GENERAL PERMITS UNDER THE COASTAL AREA MANAGEMENT ACT AND UNDER THE DREDGE AND FILL LAW.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  A new section is added to Chapter 113A of the General Statutes G.S. 113A-118.1 to read:

"§ 113A-118.1.  General permits. - (a) The Commission may, by rule, designate certain classes of major and minor development for which a general or blanket permit may be issued. In developing these rules, the Commission shall consider:

(1)       The size of the development;

(2)       The impact of the development on areas of environmental concern;

(3)       How often the class of development is carried out;

(4)       The need for on-site oversight of the development; and

(5)       The need for public review and comment on individual development projects.

(b)       General permits may be issued by the Commission as rules under the provisions of G.S. 113A-107. Individual developments carried out under the provisions of general permits shall not be subject to the mandatory notice provisions of G.S. 113A-119."

Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 13th day of April, 1983.