{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-143-215.10i","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143-215.10I","heading":"Performance standards for animal waste management systems that serve swine farms; lagoon and sprayfield systems prohibited.","body":"(a)\tAs used in this section:\n(1)\t\"Anaerobic lagoon\" means a lagoon that treats waste by converting it into carbon dioxide, methane, ammonia, and other gaseous compounds; organic acids; and cell tissue through an anaerobic process.\n(2)\t\"Anaerobic process\" means a biological treatment process that occurs in the absence of dissolved oxygen.\n(3)\t\"Lagoon\" has the same meaning as in G.S. 106-802.\n(4)\t\"Swine farm\" has the same meaning as in G.S. 106-802.\n(b)\tThe Commission shall not issue or modify a permit to authorize the construction, operation, or expansion of an animal waste management system that serves a swine farm that employs an anaerobic lagoon as the primary method of treatment and land application of waste by means of a sprayfield as the primary method of waste disposal unless:\n(1)\tThe permitting action does not result in an increase in the permitted capacity of the swine farm, as measured by the annual steady state live weight capacity of the swine farm; or\n(2)\tThe Commission determines that the animal waste management system will meet or exceed all of the following performance standards:\na.\tEliminate the discharge of animal waste to surface water and groundwater through direct discharge, seepage, or runoff.\nb.\tSubstantially eliminate atmospheric emission of ammonia.\nc.\tSubstantially eliminate the emission of odor that is detectable beyond the boundaries of the parcel or tract of land on which the swine farm is located.\nd.\tSubstantially eliminate the release of disease-transmitting vectors and airborne pathogens.\ne.\tSubstantially eliminate nutrient and heavy metal contamination of soil and groundwater. (2007-523, s. 1(a); 2020-18, s. 11.)","path":["Chapter 143. State Departments, Institutions, and Commissions","Article 21. Water and Air Resources.","Part 1A. Animal Waste Management Systems."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_143/GS_143-215.10I.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:22:33Z","sha256":"4dd7cd4940d93ea6883d9995336aaab7c6ab109300243eb6f4f203174b965481","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-143-215.10h","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-143-215.10j"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}