A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to establish compliance and enforcement requirements for holders of groundwater withdrawal permits in certain capacity use areas.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 143‑215.16 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:
"(i)	Every person who is required by this Part to obtain a permit for withdrawal of water in the Central Coastal Plain Capacity Use Area shall achieve the reductions in withdrawals as specified in 15A NCAC 2E .0503(6) without withdrawing, selling, or transferring water to other users; provided that the termination of any existing authority to withdraw and sell or transfer water for such purpose shall not take effect before January 1, 2011. The Department shall revise each permit in effect on October 1, 2009, to preclude any further withdrawal, and selling, or transferring of water after January 1, 2011. Any permit issued or renewed after October 1, 2009, shall prohibit the withdrawal, sale, or transfer of water to achieve the reductions in withdrawals specified in 15A NCAC 2E .0503(6) for Phase II and Phase III."
SECTION 2.  G.S. 143‑215.17 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:
"(d)	In addition to any other penalties or remedies specified in this section, any person who is required by this Part to obtain a permit for withdrawal of water in the Central Coastal Plain Capacity Use Area and who fails to meet the deadlines specified in 15A NCAC 2E .0503(6) shall be required to reduce his or her withdrawals prior to the next phase by the total amount of water that the person withdrew in excess of the applicable groundwater reduction requirement for the prior phase."
SECTION 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law.