{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-143b-279.3","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143B-279.3","heading":"Department of Environmental Quality - structure.","body":"(a)\tAll functions, powers, duties, and obligations previously vested in the following subunits of the following departments are transferred to and vested in the Department of Environmental Quality by a Type I transfer, as defined in G.S. 143A-6:\n(1)\tRadiation Protection Section, Division of Health Service Regulation, Department of Health and Human Services.\n(2),\t(3) Repealed by Session Laws 1997-443, s. 11A.6.\n(4)\tCoastal Management Division, Department of Natural Resources and Community Development.\n(5)\tEnvironmental Management Division, Department of Natural Resources and Community Development.\n(6)\tRepealed by Session Laws 2011-145, s. 13.25(b), effective July 1, 2011.\n(7)\tLand Resources Division, Department of Natural Resources and Community Development.\n(8)\tMarine Fisheries Division, Department of Natural Resources and Community Development.\n(9)\tRepealed by Session Laws 2015-241, s. 14.30(lll), effective July 1, 2015.\n(10)\tRepealed by Session Laws 2011-145, s. 13.22A(c), effective July 1, 2011.\n(11)\tWater Resources Division, Department of Natural Resources and Community Development.\n(12)\tRepealed by Session Laws 2015-241, s. 14.30(lll), effective July 1, 2015.\n(13)\tAlbemarle-Pamlico Study.\n(14)\tOffice of Marine Affairs, Department of Administration.\n(15)\tEnvironmental Health Section, Division of Health Services, Department of Health and Human Services.\n(b)\tAll functions, powers, duties, and obligations previously vested in the following commissions, boards, councils, and committees of the following departments are transferred to and vested in the Department of Environmental Quality by a Type II transfer, as defined in G.S. 143A-6:\n(1)\tRepealed by Session Laws 1993, c. 501, s. 27.\n(2)\tRadiation Protection Commission, Department of Health and Human Services.\n(3)\tRepealed by Session Laws 1997-443, s. 11A.6.\n(4)\tWater Treatment Facility Operators Board of Certification, Department of Health and Human Services.\n(5)\tto (8) Repealed by Session Laws 1997-443, s. 11A.6.\n(9)\tCoastal Resources Commission, Department of Natural Resources and Community Development.\n(10)\tEnvironmental Management Commission, Department of Natural Resources and Community Development.\n(11)\tAir Quality Council, Department of Natural Resources and Community Development.\n(12)\tWastewater Treatment Plant Operators Certification Commission, Department of Natural Resources and Community Development.\n(13)\tRepealed by Session Laws 2011-145, s. 13.25(e), effective July 1, 2011.\n(14)\tNorth Carolina Mining Commission, Department of Natural Resources and Community Development.\n(15)\tAdvisory Committee on Land Records, Department of Natural Resources and Community Development.\n(16)\tMarine Fisheries Commission, Department of Natural Resources and Community Development.\n(17)\tRepealed by Session Laws 2015-241, s. 14.30(lll), effective July 1, 2015.\n(18)\tRepealed by Session Laws 2013-360, s. 14.3(j), effective August 1, 2013.\n(19)\tRepealed by Session Laws 2015-241, s. 14.30(lll), effective July 1, 2015.\n(20)\tSedimentation Control Commission, Department of Natural Resources and Community Development.\n(21)\tRepealed by Session Laws 2011-145, s. 13.22A(d), effective July 1, 2011.\n(22)\tRepealed by Session Laws 2015-241, s. 14.30(lll), effective July 1, 2015.\n(23)\tRepealed by Session Laws 1997-286, s. 6.\n(c)\t(1)\tRepealed by Session Laws 2002, ch. 70, s. 1, effective July 1, 2002.\n(2)\tThere is created a division within the environmental area of the Department of Environmental Quality to be named the Division of Waste Management. All functions, powers, duties, and obligations of the Solid Waste Management Section of the Division of Health Services of the Department of Health and Human Services are transferred in their entirety to the Division of Waste Management of the Department of Environmental Quality.\n(3)\tRepealed by Session Laws 2011-145, s. 13.3(i), effective July 1, 2011.\n(d)\tThe Department of Environmental Quality is vested with all other functions, powers, duties, and obligations as are conferred by the Constitution and laws of this State. (1989, c. 727, s. 3; 1989 (Reg. Sess., 1990), c. 1004, s. 31; 1991, c. 342, ss. 16(a), (b); 1993, c. 321, ss. 28(a), (b); c. 501, s. 27; 1995 (Reg. Sess., 1996), c. 743, s. 20; 1997-286, s. 6; 1997-443, ss. 11A.6, 11A.123; 2002-70, s. 1; 2007-182, s. 1; 2011-145, ss. 13.3(i), 13.25(b), (e), 13.22A(c), (d); 2012-143, s. 1(d); 2013-360, s. 14.3(j); 2014-4, s. 5(c); 2015-241, ss. 14.30(u), (lll).)","path":["Chapter 143B. 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