North Carolina § 143B-279 - 17. Tracking and report on permit processing times.

§ 143B-279. 17. Tracking and report on permit processing times.

The Department of Environmental Quality shall track the time required to process all permit applications in the One-Stop for Certain Environmental Permits Programs established by G.S. 143B-279.12 and the Express Permit and Certification Reviews established by G.S. 143B-279.13 that are received by the Department. The processing time tracked shall include (i) the total processing time from when an initial permit application is received to issuance or denial of the permit and (ii) the processing time from when a complete permit application is received to issuance or denial of the permit. No later than January 1 of each odd-numbered year, the Department shall report to the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Agriculture and Natural and Economic Resources, the Fiscal Research Division of the General Assembly, and the Environmental Review Commission on the permit processing times required to be tracked pursuant to this section. The Department shall submit this report with the report required by G.S. 143-215.3A(c) as a single report. History (2012-187, s. 13(a); 2015-241, s. 14.30(u); 2017-10, s. 4.12(b); 2017-57, s. 14.1(n).) Editor's Note. - Session Laws 2012-187, s. 13(b), provides: "The Department of Environment and Natural Resources shall inventory all permits, licenses, and approvals issued by the Department. The Department shall provide a list of all permits, licenses, and approvals to the Environmental Review Commission no later than January 15, 2013, and shall recommend which of the permits, licenses, and approvals that are not subject to a reporting requirement on permit processing times should be subject to that requirement." Session Laws 2017-10, s. 4.12(c), provides that the first combined report required by 2017-10, s. 4.12(b), which added the requirement to this section, shall be submitted to the Environmental Review Commission and the Fiscal Research Division no later than January 1, 2019. Session Laws 2017-10, s. 5.1, is a severability clause. Effect of Amendments. - Session Laws 2015-241, s. 14.30(u), effective July 1, 2015, substituted "Department of Environmental Quality" for "Department of Environment and Natural Resources" in the first sentence. Session Laws 2017-10, s. 4.12(b), effective May 4, 2017, substituted "January 1 of each odd-numbered year" for "March 1 of each year" in the next-to-last sentence; and added the last sentence. Session Laws 2017-57, s. 14.1(n), effective July 1, 2017, in the next-to-last sentence, inserted "the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Agriculture and Natural and Economic Resources," and made a stylistic change. PART 2. BOARD OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.