§ 143-215.6D. Additional requirements applicable to certain municipal wastewater treatment facilities. - North Carolina Statutes

§ 143‑215.6D. Additional requirements applicable to certain municipal wastewater treatmentfacilities.

(a)        As used in this section, "municipal" and"municipality" refer to any unit of local government which operates awastewater treatment plant.  As used in this section, "unit of localgovernment" has the same meaning as in G.S. 130A‑290.

(b)        A municipality that operates a wastewater treatment plantwith an influent bypass diversion structure and with a permitted discharge offive million gallons per day or more into any of the surface waters of theState shall maintain a notification list of units of local government whichhave requested to be on such list.  Any unit of local government withterritorial jurisdiction over or adjacent to any part of the surface waters ofthe State located within 100 miles downstream from the point of discharge froma municipal wastewater treatment plant to which this section applies asmeasured along the path of the stream, and any unit of local government whichwithdraws water from such surface waters to supply water to the public, mayrequest the municipality operating the wastewater treatment plant to includethe names of appropriate officials of the unit of local government on thenotification list required by this subsection.  The municipality operating suchmunicipal wastewater treatment plant shall give notice of each instance whenuntreated or partially treated wastewater is diverted so as to bypass thewastewater treatment plant to each person on the notification list at least 24hours before any such instance which is planned or anticipated and within 24hours after any such instance which is unplanned or unanticipated. (1989 (Reg. Sess., 1990), c. 951, s. 2, c. 1075, s.6.)