(a)        This Article applies to activities regulated under environmental laws, including all of the following provisions of the General Statutes, and rules adopted thereunder:

(1)        Article 7 of Chapter 74.

(2)        Chapter 104E.

(3)        Article 25 of Chapter 113.

(4)        Articles 1, 4, and 7 of Chapter 113A.

(5)        Article 9 of Chapter 130A, except as provided in subsection (b) of this section.

(6)        Articles 21, 21A, and 21B of Chapter 143.

(7)        Part 1 of Article 7 of Chapter 143B.

(b)        This Article shall not apply to activities regulated under the Coal Ash Management Act of 2014 under Part 2I of Article 9 of Chapter 130A of the N.C. Gen. Stat. and rules promulgated pursuant to that Part. ?(2015-286, s. 4.1(a).)