GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA SESSION 1999 



1 classified as follows: from county road 1412 in Scotland County 



2 downstream to the junction of the Lumber River and Back Swamp. 



3 shall be classified as scenic; from the junction of the Lumber^ 



4 River and Back Swamp downstream to the junction of the Lumber 



5 River and Jacob Branch and the river within the Fair Bluff town 



6 limits shall be classified as recreational; and from the junction 



7 of the Lumber River and Jacob Branch downstream to the North 



8 Carolina-South Carolina state line, excepting the Fair Bluff town 



9 limits, shall be classified as natural. 



10 That segment of the Cullasaja River in Macon County beginning 



11 at the United States Forest Service property boundary below the 



12 spillway of the Lake Sequoyah Dam and extending downstream 



13 through the Cullasaja Gorge within the Nantahala National Forest 



14 for 7.5 miles shall be a scenic river in the North Carolina 



15 Natural and Scenic River System." 



16 Section 2. This act does not create an additional water 



17 quality standard or basis for decision-making for any increase in 



18 the quantity of waste discharged from the wastewater treatment 



19 plant that the Town of Highlands currently operates and that 



20 discharges into the Cullasaja River. 



21 Section 3. This act is effective when it becomes law. 



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