§ 113A-119. Permit applications generally. - North Carolina Statutes

§ 113A‑119.  Permitapplications generally.

(a)        Any person required to obtain a permit under this Part shallfile with the Secretary and (in the case of a permit sought from a city orcounty) with the designated local official an application for a permit inaccordance with the form and content designated by the Secretary and approvedby the Commission. The applicant must submit with the application a check ormoney order payable to the Department or the city or county, as the case maybe, constituting a fee set by the Commission pursuant to G.S. 113A‑119.1.

     (b) Upon receipt of any application, a significant modification to an applicationfor a major permit, or an application to modify substantially a previouslyissued major permit, the Secretary shall issue public notice of the proposeddevelopment (i) by mailing a copy of the application or modification, or abrief description thereof together with a statement indicating where a detailedcopy of the proposed development may be inspected, to any citizen or groupwhich has filed a request to be notified of the proposed development, and toany interested State agency; (ii) by posting or causing to be posted a noticeat the location of the proposed development stating that an application, amodification of an application for a major permit, or an application to modifya previously issued major permit for development has been made, where theapplication or modification may be inspected, and the time period for comments;and (iii) by publishing notice of the application or modification at least oncein one newspaper of general circulation in the county or counties wherein thedevelopment would be located at least 20 days before final action on a majorpermit and at least seven days before final action on a permit under G.S. 113A‑121or before the beginning of the hearing on a permit under G.S. 113A‑122.The notice shall set out that any comments on the development should besubmitted to the Secretary by a specified date, not less than 15 days from thedate of the newspaper publication of the notice or 15 days after mailing of themailed notice, whichever is later.  Public notice under this subsection ismandatory, except for a proposed modification to an application for a minorpermit or proposed modification of a previously issued minor permit that doesnot substantially alter the original project.

(c)        Within the meaning of this Part, the "designated localofficial" is the official who has been designated by the local governingbody to receive and consider permit applications under this Part. (1973, c. 1284, s. 1; 1977, c. 771, s. 4; 1983, c.307; 1985, c. 372; 1989, c. 53, c. 727, s. 132; 1989 (Reg. Sess., 1990), c.987, s. 1.)