A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to authorize and fund public workshops to educate professional engineers and soil scientists regarding the INTERPRETATION and implementation of the new stormwater permit requirements.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  The Department of Environment and Natural Resources may hold at least six regional workshops designed and developed to educate professional engineers and soil scientists regarding stormwater permit applications and the interpretation and implementation of the new requirements for stormwater permits under S.L. 2006‑246, which implements the federal phase II stormwater management requirements, and 15A NCAC 02H .1020, the Universal Stormwater Management Program.  At least four of these workshops shall be located within the 20 coastal counties.  Additional workshops may be scheduled if enrollment is filled during the first six workshops.  The workshops may begin no later than September 1, 2007, and shall be concluded within a reasonable time consistent with the purposes of this act. These workshops shall provide specific information applicable to actual situations typically encountered in stormwater permitting. These workshops shall provide sufficient detail and transfer of information, interpretation, and knowledge such that public health, safety, and welfare regarding proposed stormwater systems shall be ensured by adequately addressing all applicable stormwater permitting issues relative to implementing G.S. 143‑214.7, S.L. 2006‑246, and 15A NCAC 02H .1020.
SECTION 2.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources the sum of twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) for the 2007‑2008 fiscal year to conduct the workshops authorized by Section 1 of this act.
SECTION 3.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2007.