North Carolina General Statutes 143-215.10E. Violations requiring immediate notification
(a) Any employee of a State agency or unit of local government lawfully on the premises and engaged in activities relating to the animal operation who observes any of the following violations shall immediately notify the owner or operator of the animal operation and the Division:
(1) Any direct discharge of animal waste into the waters of the State.
(2) Any deterioration or leak in a lagoon system that poses an immediate threat to the environment.
(3) Failure to maintain adequate storage capacity in a lagoon that poses an immediate threat to public health or the environment.
(4) Overspraying animal waste either in excess of the limits set out in the animal waste management plan or where runoff enters waters of the State.
(5) Any discharge that bypasses a lagoon system.
(b) Any employee of a federal agency lawfully on the premises and engaged in activities relating to the animal operation who observes any of the above violations is encouraged to immediately notify the Division. (1995 (Reg. Sess., 1996), c. 626, s. 1.)
Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes 143-215.10E
- following: when used by way of reference to any section of a statute, shall be construed to mean the section next preceding or next following that in which such reference is made; unless when some other section is expressly designated in such reference. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
- lagoon: includes a lagoon as defined in N. See North Carolina General Statutes 143-213
- state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories, so called; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the said district and territories and all dependencies. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
- Waste: shall mean and include the following: