H1030 - 2016 Appropriations Act. (SL 2016-94)

Overview: Sec 14.13 of S.L. 2016-94 establishes the following nutrient management policies:

• Terminates the Jordan Lake Nutrient Mitigation Demonstration Project (SolarBee Project).
• Directs the Chief Sustainability Officer at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to designate an entity to oversee a continuing study and analysis of nutrient management strategies for Jordan Lake and Falls Lake.
• Directs the Environmental Management Commission to modify its schedule and process for review and readoption of the existing Jordan Lake rules and Falls Lake rules to take into account the results of the study of nutrient management strategies.
• Directs the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) to study alternative technologies for in situ approaches to nutrient management in Jordan Lake and Falls Lake.
• Provides that impervious surface added in a city or county within the Jordan Lake watershed after July 26, 2013, and prior to December 31, 2020, will not be counted as built-upon area for purposes of a city's or county's calculation of nutrient loading targets.
• Directs DEQ to study issues related to nutrient impact fees and other water quality impact mitigation programs in Jordan Lake and Falls Lake.
• Provides that the Jordan Lake rules with effective dates between July 1, 2016, and October 15, 2019, must not become effective and provides that the Falls Lake rules with effective dates between July 1, 2016, and October 15, 2022, must not become effective.
• Provides that stormwater treatment practices that have been approved by the Chesapeake Bay Commission for Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) compliance in the Chesapeake Bay watershed must be allowed for TMDL compliance in the Jordan Lake and Falls Lake watersheds.

This section became effective July 1, 2016.