The sedimentation of streams, lakes and other waters of this State constitutes a major pollution problem. Sedimentation occurs from the erosion or depositing of soil and other materials into the waters, principally from construction sites and road maintenance. The continued development of this State will result in an intensification of pollution through sedimentation unless timely and appropriate action is taken. Control of erosion and sedimentation is deemed vital to the public interest and necessary to the public health and welfare, and expenditures of funds for erosion and sedimentation control programs shall be deemed for a public purpose. It is the purpose of this Article to provide for the creation, administration, and enforcement of a program and for the adoption of minimal mandatory standards which will permit development of this State to continue with the least detrimental effects from pollution by sedimentation. In recognition of the desirability of early coordination of sedimentation control planning, it is the intention of the General Assembly that preconstruction conferences be held among the affected parties, subject to the availability of staff.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 113A-51
Preamble
Known as the Sedimentation Pollution Control Act
The act spans §§ 113–113 (26 sections).
Applied in 5 court decisions — leading case 146 N.C. App. 449 - Whiteside Estates, Inc. v. Highlands Cove, L.L.C. (2001)
Most recently applied in 219 N.C. App. 462 - Applewood Properties, LLC v. New South Properties, LLC (March 2012)
1973, c. 392, s. 2; 1975, c. 647, s. 3.
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