N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143-214.21
Riparian Buffer Protection Program: Riparian Buffer Restoration Fund
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Current — April 1, 2022
As of June 1, 2021
The Riparian Buffer Restoration Fund is established as a nonreverting fund within the Department. The Fund shall be treated as a special trust fund and shall be credited with interest by the State Treasurer pursuant to G.S. 147-69.2 and G.S. 147-69.3. The Riparian Buffer Restoration Fund shall provide a repository for monetary contributions to promote projects for the restoration, enhancement, or creation of riparian buffers or to construct approved alternative measures that reduce nutrient loading as well or better than a riparian buffer that is lost and for compensatory mitigation fees paid to the Department. The Fund shall be administered by the Department. Moneys shall be expended from the Fund only for those purposes directly related to the restoration, acquisition, creation, enhancement, and maintenance of riparian buffers or to construct approved alternative measures that reduce nutrient loading as well or better than a riparian buffer. Compensatory mitigation fees paid into the Fund in connection with the loss of riparian buffers in a river basin and the interest earned on those fees may be used only for projects in that river basin.
The Riparian Buffer Restoration Fund is established as a nonreverting fund within the Department. The Fund shall be treated as a special trust fund and shall be credited with interest by the State Treasurer pursuant to G.S. 147-69.2 and G.S. 147-69.3. The Riparian Buffer Restoration Fund shall provide a repository for monetary contributions to promote projects for the restoration, enhancement, or creation of riparian buffers or to construct approved alternative measures that reduce nutrient loading as well or better than a riparian buffer that is lost and for compensatory mitigation fees paid to the Department. The Fund shall be administered by the Department. Moneys shall be expended from the Fund only for those purposes directly related to the restoration, acquisition, creation, enhancement, and maintenance of riparian buffers or to construct approved alternative measures that reduce nutrient loading as well or better than a riparian buffer. Compensatory mitigation fees paid into the Fund in connection with the loss of riparian buffers in a river basin and the interest earned on those fees may be used only for projects in that river basin.
History
(1998-221, s. 1.5(b); 1999-448, s. 2; 2005-443, s. 1.)
Management of Water Quality in the Jordan Watershed. - For provisions pertaining to water quality rule-making for the Jordan Watershed pursuant to Session Laws 2009-216, ss. 1 and 3-8, as amended by Session Laws 2009-484, ss. 6(b), (c), 7, and 8, see the note at G.S. 143-214.7.
Water Quality and Quantity in the Upper Neuse River Basin. - For provisions pertaining to protection and restoration of water quality and quantity in the Upper Neuse River Basin, Falls Lake, and other drinking supply reservoirs pursuant to Session Laws 2009-486, see the notes at G.S. 143-214.1 and G.S. 143-215.
Jordan Lake Riparian Buffer Rules. - For provisions pertaining to the Jordan Lake Riparian Buffer Rules, see note for Session Laws 2013-395, s. 2(a), (b), under G.S. 143-214.20.
Delay Jordan Lake Rules and Jordan Lake Session Laws. - For provisions pertaining to Delay Jordan Lake Rules and Jordan Lake Session Laws, see editor's note to Session Laws 2013-395, s. 1(a), (b) under G.S. 143-214.7 and G.S. 143-215.1.
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