A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to direct the department of environmental quality to study the requirements for intrabasin transfers, as recommended by the environmental review commission.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  The Department of Environmental Quality shall study whether all of the requirements for an interbasin transfer are necessary and appropriate for intrabasin transfers within the same river basin. The Department shall specifically consider whether the requirements for intrabasin transfers should be adjusted based on the topography and geographic regions of the State. The Department shall report the results of this study, including any recommendations, to the Environmental Review Commission no later than December 1, 2016.
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.