GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1997

S	1 

SENATE BILL 1313*

Short Title:  Improve Sedimentation Control.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Senators Kinnaird; Albertson, Blust, Cochrane, Foxx, Horton, Jenkins, Lucas, Odom, Perdue, Phillips, Reeves, and Weinstein.

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Referred to:  Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources.

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May 27, 1998

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO STRENGTHEN THE SEDIMENTATION POLLUTION CONTROL ACT OF 1973, AS RECOMMENDED BY THE SEDIMENTATION CONTROL COMMISSION AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW COMMISSION.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 113A-57(2) reads as rewritten:
"(2)	The angle for graded slopes and fills shall be no greater than the angle which can be retained by vegetative cover or other adequate erosion-control devices or structures. In any event, slopes left exposed will, within 15 working days or 30 calendar days of completion of any phase of grading, whichever period is shorter, be planted or otherwise provided with ground cover, devices, or structures sufficient to restrain erosion."
Section 2.  G.S. 113A-65.1(d) reads as rewritten:
"(d)	The directives of a stop-work order become effective upon service of the order.  Thereafter, any person notified of the stop-work order who violates any of the directives set out in the order may be assessed a civil penalty as provided in G.S. 113A-64(a).  A stop-work order issued pursuant to this section may be issued for a period not to exceed five days."
Section 3.  This act becomes effective 1 October 1998.