{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-143b-298","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143B-298","heading":"Sedimentation Control Commission - creation; powers and duties.","body":"There is hereby created the Sedimentation Control Commission of the Department of Environmental Quality with the power and duty to develop and administer a sedimentation control program as herein provided.\nThe Sedimentation Control Commission has the following powers and duties:\n(1)\tIn cooperation with the Secretary of the Department of Transportation and Highway Safety and other appropriate State and federal agencies, develop, promulgate, publicize, and administer a comprehensive State erosion and sedimentation control program.\n(2)\tDevelop and adopt on or before July 1, 1974, rules and regulations for the control of erosion and sedimentation pursuant to G.S. 113A-54.\n(3)\tConduct public hearings pursuant to G.S. 113A-54.\n(4)\tAssist local governments in developing erosion and sedimentation control programs pursuant to G.S. 113A-60.\n(5)\tAssist and encourage other State agencies in developing erosion and sedimentation control programs pursuant to G.S. 113A-56.\n(6)\tDevelop recommended methods of control of sedimentation and prepare and make available for distribution publications and other materials dealing with sedimentation control techniques pursuant to G.S. 113A-54. (1973, c. 1262, s. 39; 1977, c. 771, s. 4; 1989, c. 727, s. 218(137); 1997-443, s. 11A.119(a); 2015-241, s. 14.30(u).)","path":["Chapter 143B. Executive Organization Act of 1973.","Article 7. Department of Environmental Quality.","Part 8. Sedimentation Control Commission."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_143B/GS_143B-298.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:22:43Z","sha256":"f5aba2caabd1e9d420604f4088857684835fae2a928107335f72641018501510","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-143b-294-through-143b-297.1","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-143b-299"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}