GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA SESSION 1999 



1 that EEPA, or the Secretary may enter into that EEPA on behalf of 



2 the State. 



3 (c ) Where an agency has jurisdiction over environmental 



4 matters in a region of the State and administers environmental 



5 laws, either directly or through the adoption of regulations for 



6 that region, the director of that regional agency shall possess 



7 the authorities and functions that the Secretary has under this 



8 Article, including the authority to enter into an EEPA for the 



9 pertinent region if the EEPA will affect or modify environmental 



10 laws administered by the regional agency. 



11 " § 113A-245. Contents of proposed EEPA project. 



12 Any person owning or operating a facility subject to regulation 



13 under the environmental laws may be a sponsor. A trade 



14 association or other authorized representative of owners or 



15 operators of facilities subject to environmental laws may be a 



16 sponsor for a programmatic EEPA for multiple facilities. Any 



17 person who is a sponsor shall submit to the Department the 



18 following information and any other information requested by the 



19 Secretary or a director designated under G.S. 113A-244; 



20 ( 1 ) A statement that describes how the proposed EEPA is 



21 consistent with the purpose of this Article and the 



22 criteria for approving an EEPA under G.S. 



23 143-215. 115G. 



24 ( 2 ) For a site-specific EEPA, a comprehensive 



25 description of the proposed environmental 



26 excellence project that includes the nature of the 



27 facility and the operations that will be affected, 



28 how the facility or operations will achieve results 



29 that represent environmental excellence, and the 



30 nature of the anticipated results. 



31 ( 3 ) For a programmatic EEPA, a comprehensive 



32 description of the proposed environmental 



33 excellence project that identifies the facilities 



34 and the operations that are expected to 



35 participate, how participating facilities or 



36 operations will achieve results that represent 



37 environmental excellence, the nature of the results 



38 that will be achieved, and the method to identify 



39 and document the commitments made by individual 

 4 participating facilities. 



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