A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to amend or repeal various environmental reporting requirements, as recommended by the environmental review commission.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  Subsection (e) of G.S. 143B‑279.12 is repealed.
SECTION 2.  Subsection (c) of G.S. 143B‑279.13 is repealed.
SECTION 3.  Article 7 of Chapter 143B of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:
"§ 143B‑279.15.  Report on one‑stop permitting program and express permitting program.
No later than 1 March of each year, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources shall report to the Fiscal Research Division of the General Assembly and the Environmental Review Commission on the one‑stop permits for certain environmental permits program established by G.S. 143B‑279.12 and the express permit and certification reviews program established by G.S. 143B‑279.13. The report shall include:
(1)	The number of environmental permits subject to G.S. 143B‑279.12 that took more than 90 days to issue or deny, the types of permits those were, the reasons for the extended processing time of those permits, and how the time within which the permit was actually issued or denied compared with the projected time frame provided to the applicant by the Department as provided by G.S. 143B‑279.12. Based on the data gathered in this subsection, the Department shall include recommendations regarding permit time frames for all major permits issued by the Department.
(2)	Findings on the success of the express permit and certification reviews program established by G.S. 143B‑279.13 and any other findings or recommendations, including any legislative proposals that it deems pertinent."
SECTION 4.  This act is effective when it becomes law.