{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-143-215.126","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143-215.126","heading":"Civil penalties.","body":"(a)\tThe Secretary of Environmental Quality may impose an administrative penalty on a person who constructs a wind energy facility or wind energy facility expansion without obtaining a permit under this Article or who constructs or operates a wind energy facility in violation of its permit terms and conditions. Each day of a continuing violation shall constitute a separate violation. The penalty shall not exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000) per day.\n(b)\tThe Secretary of Environmental Quality, irrespective of all other remedies at law, may institute an action for injunctive relief against a person who constructs a wind energy facility without first obtaining a permit under this Article or who constructs or operates a wind energy facility or wind energy facility expansion in violation of its permit terms and conditions. (2013-51, s. 1; 2015-241, s. 14.30(v).)","path":["Chapter 143. State Departments, Institutions, and Commissions","Article 21C. Permitting of Wind Energy Facilities."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_143/GS_143-215.126.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:22:33Z","sha256":"034aac34d14b417b0c4b57eaafbb55a9c2bd7ef5b4e1f55c2894b9f656192d64","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-143-215.125a","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-143-216-through-143-228.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}