{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-139-54","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 139-54","heading":"Purposes for which grants may be requested.","body":"Applications for grants may be made for the nonfederal share of small watershed projects for the following purposes in amounts not to exceed the percentage of the nonfederal costs indicated:\n(1)\tLand rights acquisition for impounding or retarding water - fifty percent (50%).\n(2)\tEngineering fees - fifty percent (50%).\n(3)\tAnticipated future and present water supply needs in conjunction with watershed improvement works or projects as described in G.S. 139-37.1 - fifty percent (50%).\n(4)\tInstallation of recreational facilities and services (to include land acquisition) as described in G.S. 139-46 - fifty percent (50%).\n(5)\tConstruction costs for water management (drainage or irrigation) purposes, including utility and road relocations not funded by the State Department of Transportation - sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66 2/3%).\n(6)\tConservation and replacement of fish and wildlife habitat as described in G.S. 139-46 - seventy-five percent (75%).\n(7)\tRehabilitation or improvement of water resources structural measures in accordance with criteria established by the Natural Resources Conservation Service of the United States Department of Agriculture pursuant to the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act of 1954, as amended by the Small Watershed Rehabilitation Amendments of 2000 (Pub. L. No. 106-472, 114 Stat. 2007), codified at 16 U.S.C. § 1001, et. seq.; the Dam Safety Law of 1967, G.S. 143-215.23, et. seq.; and rules adopted pursuant thereto - fifty percent (50%). (1977, 2nd Sess., c. 1206; 1979, c. 1046, s. 2; 2002-176, s. 3.)","path":["Chapter 139. Soil and Water Conservation Districts.","Article 4. Grants for Small Watershed Projects."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_139/GS_139-54.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:22:07Z","sha256":"d0ad24e057fcec9126ba8f0968d50a235170a7af89bf5b8ac8d4d1ebffaf927b","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-139-53","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-139-55"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}