{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-143-215.14","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143-215.14","heading":"Rules within capacity use areas; scope and procedures.","body":"(a)\tFollowing the declaration of a capacity use area by the Commission, it shall prepare proposed rules to be applied in said area, containing such of the following provisions as the Commission finds appropriate concerning the use of surface waters or groundwaters or both:\n(1)\tProvisions requiring water users within the area to submit reports not more frequently than at 30-day intervals concerning quantity of water used or withdrawn, sources of water and the nature of the use thereof.\n(2)\tWith respect to surface waters, groundwaters, or both: provisions concerning the timing of withdrawals; provisions to protect against or abate salt water encroachment; provisions to protect against or abate unreasonable adverse effects on other water users within the area, including but not limited to adverse effects on public use.\n(3)\tWith respect to groundwaters: provisions concerning well-spacing controls; and provisions establishing a range of prescribed pumping levels (elevations below which water may not be pumped) or maximum pumping rates, or both, in wells or for the aquifer or for any part thereof based on the capacities and characteristics of the aquifer.\n(4)\tSuch other provisions not inconsistent with this Part as the Commission finds necessary to implement the purposes of this Part.\n(b)\tIn adopting rules for a capacity use area, the Commission shall consider the factors listed in G.S. 143-215.15(h). (1967, c. 933, s. 4; 1973, c. 1262, s. 23; 1981, c. 585, s. 5; 1987, c. 827, ss. 154, 168.)","path":["Chapter 143. State Departments, Institutions, and Commissions","Article 21. Water and Air Resources.","Part 2. Regulation of Use of Water Resources."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_143/GS_143-215.14.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:22:33Z","sha256":"828179af87c9cc7c6e85aa744c75cae9de1d62ce7f8ee301df98b3916feb422e","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-143-215.13","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-143-215.15"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}