Bill Summaries: H643 EXEMPT CCPCUA FROM IBT REQUIREMENTS.

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  • Summary date: Jun 30 2011 - View Summary

    AN ACT TO EXEMPT CERTAIN TRANSFERS OF WATER IN THE CENTRAL COASTAL PLAIN CAPACITY USE AREA FROM INTERBASIN TRANSFER CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS. Summarized in Daily Bulletin 4/5/11 and 5/9/11. Enacted June 24, 2011. Effective June 24, 2011.


  • Summary date: May 9 2011 - View Summary

    House committee substitute makes the following changes to 1st edition. Clarifies that Section 1 of the act will expire if the cumulative volume of interbasin transfers in the CCPCUA, initiated on or after August 31, 2007, by any person without a certificate for an interbasin transfer on or before the effective date of the act, exceeds 8 million gallons per day (previously 30 million). Makes a clarifying change, and makes a conforming change to the title.


  • Summary date: Apr 5 2011 - View Summary

    Provides that a certificate issued pursuant to GS 143-215.22L (regulation of surface water transfers) is not required for a transfer of water from one river basin to another river basin to supplement groundwater supplies in the 15 counties designated as the Central Coastal Plain Capacity Use Area (CCPCUA).
    Amends Section 7 of SL 2007-518, as amended, deleting the provision concerning interbasin transfer certification for the CCPCUA.
    Directs the Environmental Review Commission (Commission) to review the state water supply laws, and to specifically consider whether the policies supporting the interbasin transfer and capacity use area laws are consistent. Directs the Commission to report any findings and recommendations to the 2012 General Assembly. Specifies that the act applies to any transfer of water from one river basin to another to supplement groundwater supplies in the CCPCUA initiated on or after the date the act becomes law. Provides that the act will expire if the cumulative volume of interbasin transfers in the CCPCUA exceeds 30,000,000 gallons per day. Provides that any interbasin transfer in the CCPCUA initiated while the act is effective will not require certification upon expiration of the act.