North Carolina · statute · N.C. Gen. Stat. ch. 113 · 292 active provisions
Meaning of terms. In this Article, unless the context otherwise requires, the expression "Department" means the Department of Environmental Quality; "Secretary" means the Secretary of Environmental Quality. (1925, c. 122, s. 3; 1973, c. 1262, ss. 28, 86; 1977, c. 771, s. 4; 1989, c. 727, s. 218(47); 1997-443, s. 11A.11…
Duties of the Department. (a) It shall be the duty of the Department, by investigation, recommendation and publication, to aid: (1) In the promotion of the conservation and development of the natural resources of the State; (2) In promoting a more profitable use of lands and forests; (3) Repealed by Session Laws 1977,…
Powers and duties of the Department. The Department shall make investigations of the natural resources of the State, and take such measures as it may deem best suited to promote the conservation and development of such resources. It shall have the protection of lands and water supplies; it shall also have the care of r…
Pollution Prevention Pays Programs. There is established within the Department a non-regulatory technical assistance program to be known as the Pollution Prevention Pays Program. The purpose of this program is to encourage voluntary waste and pollution reduction efforts through research and by providing information, te…
Recodified as § 143B-435 by Session Laws 1977, c. 198, s. 26.
Promotion of seashore industry and recreation. (a) Repealed by Session Laws 1973, c. 1262, s. 28. (b) The following powers are hereby granted to the Secretary and may be delegated to the administrative head of an existing or new division of the Department as herein authorized: (1) through (3) Repealed by Session Laws 1…
Publications. The Department shall publish, from time to time, reports and statements, with illustrations, maps, and other descriptions, which shall adequately set forth the natural and material resources of the State for the purpose of furnishing information to educate the people about the natural and material resourc…
Recodified as § 143B-436 by Session Laws 1977, c. 198, s. 26.
Recodified as § 143B-437 by Session Laws 1977, c. 198, s. 26.
Cooperation with agencies of the federal government. The Department is authorized to arrange for and accept such aid and cooperation from the several United States government bureaus and other sources as may assist in completing topographic surveys and in carrying out the other objects of the Department. The Department…
Agreements, negotiations and conferences with federal government. The Department is delegated as the State agency to represent North Carolina in any agreements, negotiations, or conferences with authorized agencies of adjoining or other states, or agencies of the federal government, relating to the joint administration…
Department authorized to receive funds from Federal Power Commission. All sums payable to the State of North Carolina by the Treasurer of the United States of America under the provisions of section 17 and other sections of the Federal Water Power Act shall be paid to the account of the Department as the authorized age…
Cooperation with other State departments. The Department is authorized to cooperate with the North Carolina Utilities Commission in investigating the waterpowers in the State, and to furnish the Utilities Commission such information as is possible regarding the location of the waterpower sites, developed waterpowers, a…
Cooperation with counties and municipal corporations. The Department is authorized to cooperate with the counties of the State in any surveys to ascertain the natural resources of the county; and with the governing bodies of cities and towns, with boards of trade and other like civic organizations, in examining and loc…
Cooperation of counties with State in making water resource survey. The board of county commissioners of any county of North Carolina is authorized and empowered, in their discretion, to cooperate with the Department or other association, organization, or corporation in making surveys of any of the natural resources of…
Notice to Department before beginning business of manufacturing products from mineral resources of State. Every person, firm or corporation engaging in the manufacture or production of any product from any natural resources, classified as mineral products, shall before beginning such operation, or if already engaged in…
Bureau of Mines; mineral museum. The Governor and the Council of State are hereby authorized, in their discretion and at such times as the development of the mineral resources and the expansion of mining operations in the State justify and make reasonably necessary, to create and establish as a part of the Department a…
Designated employees commissioned special peace officers by Governor. Upon application by either the Secretary of Natural and Cultural Resources or the Secretary of Environmental Quality, the Governor is hereby authorized and empowered to commission as special peace officers such of the employees of the Departments as…
Powers of arrest. Any employee of either the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources or the Department of Environmental Quality commissioned as a special peace officer shall have the right to arrest with warrant any person violating any law or rule on or relating to the State parks, lakes, reservations and other l…
Cooperation between law enforcement agencies. Special peace officers employed by either the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources or the Department of Environmental Quality are officers of a "law enforcement agency" for purposes of G.S. 160A-288, and each Department shall have the same authority as a city or cou…
Oaths required. Before any employee of either the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources or the Department of Environmental Quality commissioned as a special peace officer shall exercise any power of arrest under this Article, the employee shall take the oaths required of public officers before an officer authori…
Recodified as § 113-270.2A. §§ 113-100 through 113-109. Repealed by Session Laws 1979, c. 830, s. 1. §§ 113-109.1 through 113-109.5. Reserved for future codification purposes. Article 7A. Safe Distances for Hunting Migratory Wild Waterfowl. §§ 113-109.6 through 113-109.8. Repealed by Session Laws 1979, c. 830, s. 1. Ar…
Application of Article. Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in this Article apply throughout this Subchapter. (1965, c. 957, s. 2.)
Definitions relating to agencies and their powers. The following definitions and their cognates apply to powers and administration of agencies charged with the conservation of marine and estuarine and wildlife resources: (1), (2) Repealed by Session Laws 1979, c. 830, s. 1. (2a) Contracted licensing system vendor. - An…
Definitions relating to resources. The following definitions and their cognates apply in the description of the various marine and estuarine and wildlife resources: (1) Repealed by Session Laws 1979, c. 830, s. 1. (1a) Animals. - Wild animals, except when the context clearly indicates a contrary interpretation. (1b) Bi…