North Carolina § 113A-56 - Jurisdiction of the Commission.

§ 113A-56. Jurisdiction of the Commission.

The Commission shall have jurisdiction, to the exclusion of local governments, to adopt rules concerning land-disturbing activities that are: Conducted by the State. Conducted by the United States. Conducted by persons having the power of eminent domain other than a local government. Conducted by a local government. Funded in whole or in part by the State or the United States. The Commission may delegate the jurisdiction conferred by G.S. 113A-56(a), in whole or in part, to any other State agency that has submitted an erosion and sedimentation control program to be administered by it, if the program has been approved by the Commission as being in conformity with the general State program. The Commission shall have concurrent jurisdiction with local governments that administer a delegated erosion and sedimentation control program over all other land-disturbing activities. In addition to the authority granted to the Commission in G.S. 113A-60(c), the Commission has the following authority with respect to a delegated erosion and sedimentation control program: To review erosion and sedimentation control plan approvals made by a delegated erosion and sedimentation control program and to require a revised plan if the Commission determines that a plan does not comply with the requirements of this Article or the rules adopted pursuant to this Article. To review the compliance activities of a delegated erosion and sedimentation control program and to take appropriate compliance action if the Commission determines that the local government has failed to take appropriate compliance action. History (1973, c. 392, s. 7; c. 1417, s. 4; 1987, c. 827, s. 130; 1987 (Reg. Sess., 1988), c. 1000, s. 4; 2002-165, s. 2.5; 2006-250, s. 2.) Local Modification. - City of Raleigh: 1989 (Reg. Sess., 1990), c. 1043, s. 1. Editor's Note. - Subsection (a) was amended by Session Laws 1987 (Reg. Sess., 1988), c. 1000, s. 4, in the coded bill drafting format provided by G.S. 120-20.1 . It has been set out in the form above at the direction of the Revisor of Statutes. For conditional or temporary exemptions to this section, see the Editor's notes under G.S. 113A-1 . Effect of Amendments. - Session Laws 2006-250, s. 2, effective September 1, 2006, added "other than a local government" at the end of subdivision (a)(3); in subsection (c), inserted "that administer a delegated erosion and sedimentation control program" in the first sentence, added the second sentence, and added subdivisions (c)(1) and (c)(2); and made minor stylistic changes.