BILL DRAFT 2003-LHz-216A (v.6] (5/10) 

 Hatteras Village/Temp. Unvegetated Beach Area 



1 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 



2 AN ACT TO DESIGNATE AS TEMPORARY UNVEGETATED BEACH AREAS 



3 CERTAIN OCEANFRONT AREAS ON HATTERAS ISLAND WHERE THE 



4 VEGETATION LINE WAS DESTROYED BY HURRICANE ISABEL AND THE 



5 REMNANTS OF THE VEGETATION LINE WERE BURIED BY THE 



6 CONSTRUCTION OF AN EMERGENCY BERM, AS RECOMMENDED BY 



7 THE ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW COMMISSION. 



8 The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 



9 SECTION 1. For purposes of implementing Article 7 of Chapter 113A of 



10 the General Statutes and rules adopted pursuant to that Article and notwithstanding any 



1 1 provision of that Article or those rules to the contrary, there are hereby designated as 



12 temporary unvegetated beach areas those oceanfront areas on Hatteras Island west of the 



13 new inlet breach in Dare County in which the vegetation line as shown on North 



14 Carolina Department of Transportation aerial photographs dated 2 June 2003, was 



15 destroyed as a result of Hurricane Isabel on 18 September 2003, and the remnants of 



16 which were subsequently buried by the construction of an emergency berm. This 



17 designation shall continue imtil stable, natural vegetation is reestabUshed or imtil the 



18 area is permanently designated as an unvegetated beach area pursuant to 15A NCAC 



19 07H .0304(4)(a). 



20 SECTION 2. This act is effective when it becomes law and expires when a 



21 permanent rule that makes the designation set out in Section 1 of this act becomes 



22 effective. 



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