House committee substitute to the 2nd edition makes the following changes.

Removes the proposed amendments to GS 113A-57(3) (mandatory standards for land-disturbing activity pertaining to land-disturbing activity that will disturb more than one acre of land).

Amends GS 113A-60 (pertaining to local erosion and control programs) as follows. Now authorizes a local government to establish a fee for acceptance and administration of an NPDES General Permit No. NCG01000 (NCG01) (was, fee for the review of an erosion and sedimentation control plan and related activities) from persons initiating land-disturbing activity in their jurisdictions. Makes clarifying changes. Changes the requirements for an approved local sedimentation control program, including the requirements for an NCG01, from meeting and not exceeding the requirements for stormwater discharges from construction activities set forth under the 2022 Clean Water Act National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) general permit for stormwater discharges from construction activities to requirements under State law. Makes conforming changes. Removes the provision for the fee for issuance of NCG01 and the distribution of those fees.

Makes conforming changes to the Department of Environmental Quality’s required submission to the US EPA to account for statutory changes described above.