S704 - COVID-19 Recovery Act . (SL 2020-3)

Overview: Sec. 4.18 of 2020-3 authorized an individual licensed as a soil scientist to prepare signed and sealed soil and site evaluations, specifications, plans, and reports for the site layout, construction, operation, and maintenance of a wastewater system without needing any further certification from the North Carolina On-Site Wastewater Contractors and Inspectors Board. While this section was effective, a licensed soil scientist was also authorized to conduct all necessary inspections, certifications, and approvals, including the issuance of the final inspection and report. Such authority was at the direction of the owner of a proposed on-site wastewater.

EFFECTIVE DATE: This section became effective May 4, 2020, and expired August 1, 2020. However, the expiration of this section does not prevent a licensed soil scientist acting under this section's authority from completing a proposed wastewater system begun before this section expired.