BILL DRAFT 2003-SYz-21 [v.4] (4/29) 

 Environmental Reports Amendments 



1 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 



2 AN ACT TO AMEND VARIOUS ENVIRONMENTAL REPORTING 



3 REQUIREMENTS, AS RECOMMENDED BY THE ENVIRONMENTAL 



4 REVIEW COMMISSION. 



5 The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 



6 SECTION 1. Article 4 of Chapter 113 A of the General Statutes is amended 



7 by adding a new section to read: 



8 " S 113A-67. Annual report 



9 The Department shall report to the Environmental Review Commission on the 



10 implementation of this Article on or before 1 October of each year. The Department 



11 shall include in the report an analysis of how well the implementation of the 



12 Sedimentation Pollution Control Act of 1973 is preventing the sedimentation of streams, 



13 rivers, lakes, and other waters of the State. The report shall also include a review of the 



14 effectiveness of local erosion and sedimentation control pro|grams. " 



15 SECTION 2. G.S. 1 13A-235(c) reads as rewritten: 



16 "(c) Report. - The Department shall report on the implementation of this Article 



17 to the Enviroimiental Review Commission no later than 1 Nov e mb e r October of each 



1 8 year. The Department shall maintain an inventory of all conservation easements held by 



19 the Department. The inventory shall be included in the report required by this 



20 subsection." 



21 SECTION 3. G.S. 1 1 3A-241 (c) reads as rewritten: 



22 "(c) The Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources shall report to the 



23 Governor and the Environmental Review Commission on or before 1 S e pt e mb e r 



24 October of each year on the State's progress towards attaining the goal estabUshed in 



25 this section." 



26 SECTION 4. G.S. 143-2 15.1 07C(b) reads as rewritten: 



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