{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-143b-293.6","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143B-293.6","heading":"North Carolina Oil and Gas Commission - quasi-judicial powers; procedures.","body":"(a)\tWith respect to those matters within its jurisdiction, the Oil and Gas Commission shall exercise quasi-judicial powers in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 150B of the General Statutes.\n(b)\tThe chair shall appoint a Committee on Civil Penalty Remissions from the members of the Commission. No member of the Committee on Civil Penalty Remissions may hear or vote on any matter in which the member has an economic interest. In determining whether a remission request will be approved, the Committee shall consider the recommendation of the Secretary or the Secretary's designee and all of the following factors:\n(1)\tWhether one or more of the civil penalty assessment factors in subsection (b) of this section were wrongly applied to the detriment of the petitioner.\n(2)\tWhether the violator promptly abated continuing environmental damage resulting from the violation.\n(3)\tWhether the violation was inadvertent or a result of an accident.\n(4)\tWhether the violator had been assessed civil penalties for any previous violations.\n(5)\tWhether payment of the civil penalty will prevent payment for the remaining necessary remedial actions.\n(c)\tThe Committee on Civil Penalty Remissions may remit the entire amount of the penalty only when the violator has not been assessed civil penalties for previous violations and when payment of the civil penalty will prevent payment for the remaining necessary remedial actions. (2012-143, s. 1(b); 2014-4, s. 4(a).)","path":["Chapter 143B. Executive Organization Act of 1973.","Article 7. Department of Environmental Quality.","Part 6A. North Carolina Oil and Gas Commission."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_143B/GS_143B-293.6.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:22:43Z","sha256":"f6c2f263682b4aa97a4a11787383141a22e234b5ed7bd6cac60468480c72edea","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-143b-293.5","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-143b-294-through-143b-297.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}