§ 87-87 – Authority to adopt rules, regulations, and procedures.
87-87. Authority to adopt rules, regulations, and procedures. The Environmental Management Commission shall adopt rules governing the location, construction, repair, and abandonment of wells, the operation of water wells or well systems with a designed capacity of 100,000 gallons per day or greater, and the installation and repair of pumps and pumping equipment. The Environmental […]
§ 87-88 – General standards and requirements.
87-88. General standards and requirements. (a) Prior Permission. – Prior permission shall be obtained from the Environmental Management Commission for the construction of (i) any water well or of well systems with a designed capacity of 100,000 gallons per day or greater; and (ii) of any well in a geographical area where the Environmental Management […]
§ 87-89 – Existing installations.
87-89. Existing installations. No well or pump installation in existence and in use on July 6, 1967, shall be required to conform to provisions of subsection (a) of G.S. 87-88, or any rules or regulations adopted pursuant thereto not inconsistent with the provisions of this Article; provided, however, that any well now or hereafter abandoned, […]
§ 87-90 – Rights of investigation, entry, access and inspection.
87-90. Rights of investigation, entry, access and inspection. The Environmental Management Commission or Department shall have the right to conduct such investigations as it may reasonably find necessary to carry on its duties prescribed in this Article, and for this purpose to enter at reasonable times upon any property, public or private, for the purpose […]
§ 87-91 – Notice of violation; remedial action order.
87-91. Notice of violation; remedial action order. (a) Whenever the Environmental Management Commission has reasonable grounds to believe that there has been a violation of this Article or any rule adopted pursuant to this Article, the Environmental Management Commission or Department shall give written notice to the person or persons alleged to be in violation. […]
§ 87-83 – Short title.
87-83. Short title. This Article shall be known and may be cited as the North Carolina Well Construction Act. (1967, c. 1157, s. 1.)
§ 87-84 – Findings and policy.
87-84. Findings and policy. The General Assembly of North Carolina finds that improperly constructed, operated, maintained, or abandoned wells can adversely affect the public health and the groundwater resources of the State. Consistent with the duty to safeguard the public welfare, safety, health and to protect and beneficially develop the groundwater resources of this State, […]