Bill Summary for S 410 (2017-2018)
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AN ACT TO ESTABLISH A PROGRAM FOR THE LEASING OF PUBLIC BOTTOM AND SUPERJACENT WATER COLUMN FOR MARINE AQUACULTURE, TO REQUIRE THE DIVISION OF MARINE FISHERIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY TO REQUEST THE ISSUANCE OF FEDERAL RULES TO ALLOW MARINE AQUACULTURE IN FEDERAL WATERS OFF THE COAST OF THE STATE, AND TO ESTABLISH ADDITIONAL TRANSPARENCY REQUIREMENTS FOR MEMBERS OF THE MARINE FISHERIES COMMISSION.Intro. by Cook, Sanderson, Tillman.
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House committee substitute makes the following changes to the 4th edition.
Adds a new section to the act to authorize the Division of Coastal Management of the Department of Environmental Quality and the State Property Office to negotiate an agreement with appropriate federal agencies for the State to assume responsibility for acquiring dredged material easement sites for maintenance dredging of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway between the Beaufort Inlet and Virginia border in exchange for a reduction in size and possible change in location of the current dredged material disposal easement sites. Sets out additional requirements for the agreement.
Amends GS 143-215.73F(b) to allow funds in the Shallow Draft Navigation Channel Dredging and Aquatic Weed Fund to also be used to provide funding for siting and acquisition of dredge disposal easement sites associated with the maintenance of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway north of Beaufort Inlet and south of the Virginia border under a Memorandum of Agreement between the State and federal government.