GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1993

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HOUSE BILL 1139

Short Title:  Delay Watershed Protection Rules.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Representatives J. Brown; Berry, Brawley, and Decker.
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Referred to:  Environment.
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April 19, 1993

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO DELAY THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE WATERSHED PROTECTION RULES ADOPTED BY THE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT COMMISSION AND TO DIRECT THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, HEALTH, AND NATURAL RESOURCES TO HOLD COUNTY-BASED EDUCATIONAL SESSIONS TO EXPLAIN THE NEED FOR AND IMPACT OF THE WATERSHED PROTECTION ACT.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  Section 5 of Chapter 426 of the 1989 Session Laws, as amended by Section 1 of Chapter 471 of the 1991 Session Laws, reads as rewritten:
"Sec. 5.  (a)	The Environmental Management Commission shall adopt water supply watershed classifications and applicable management requirements as required by G.S. 143-214.4(b) no later than 1 January 1991.
(b)	The Environmental Management Commission shall publish the proposed classification of all existing water supply watersheds under the classifications adopted pursuant to G.S. 143-214.4(b) no later than 1 January 1992.  The Environmental Management Commission shall complete the classification of all existing water supply watersheds no later than 1 July 1992.
(c)	Every local government shall submit a local water supply management and protection ordinance to the Environmental Management Commission for approval according to the following schedule:
(1)	Municipalities with a population of 5,000 or more, by 1 July 1995.
(2)	Municipalities with a population of less than 5,000, by 1 October 1995.
(3)	Counties, by 1, January 1996."
Sec. 2.  No rules adopted by the Environmental Management Commission to implement the Watershed Protection Act shall take effect before July 1, 1995.
Sec. 3.  The North Carolina Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources shall hold county-based education sessions to explain the needs for and impacts of the Watershed Protection Act.
Sec. 4.  This act is effective upon ratification.