NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1979 SESSION

CHAPTER 1199

SENATE BILL 792

AN ACT TO AMEND G.S. 143-214. 1(d)(4) PERTAINING TO WATER QUALITY STANDARDS AND CLASSIFICATIONS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 143-214.1(d)(4) is rewritten to read as follows:

"(4)      In revising existing or adopting new water quality classifications or standards, the Commission shall consider the use and value of State waters for public water supply, propagation of fish and wildlife, recreation, agriculture, industrial and other purposes, use and value for navigation, and shall take into consideration, among other things, an estimate as prepared under Section 305(b)(1) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act amendments of 1972 of the environmental impact, the economic and social costs necessary to achieve the proposed standards, the economic and social benefits of such achievement and an estimate of the date of such achievement;".

Sec. 2.  This act is effective July 1, 1980.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 25th day of June, 1980.