Bill Summary for H 1057 (2013-2014)

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Jun 25 2014

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View NCGA Bill Details2013-2014 Session
House Bill 1057 (Public) Filed Wednesday, May 14, 2014
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT TO DIRECT THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES TO STUDY THE STATUTES AND RULES GOVERNING INTERBASIN TRANSFERS AND TO DIRECT THE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT COMMISSION TO STUDY THE STATE'S POLICY FOR ESTABLISHING THE QUANTITY OF SURFACE WATER TO BE PROTECTED FOR ECOLOGICAL INTEGRITY AND TO REPORT TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF HYDROLOGIC MODELS PROPOSED FOR USE IN ESTABLISHING THE WATER QUANTITY TO BE RESERVED FOR ECOLOGICAL FLOW.
Intro. by Hager.

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House amendment #2 amends the 2nd edition, as amended, as follows.

Deletes the provision requiring the Environmental Management Commission (EMC) to defer action on any basinwide hydrologic models while the study required by the act is underway and until the General Assembly has adjourned the session following submission of the EMC's report to the Environmental Review Commission (ERC).

Provides instead that while the study required by the act is underway and until the General Assembly has adjourned the session following the submission of the EMC's report to the ERC, the EMC shall only consider or approve basinwide hydrologic models under GS 143-355(o)(6) that do not include ecological flow based on the November 2013 report, "Recommendations for Estimating Flows to Maintain Ecological Integrity in Streams and Rivers in North Carolina," as a component of the model. Also prohibits the Department of Environment and Natural Resources and the EMC from making ecological flow determinations based on that same report.