S508 - 2023 Budget Technical/Other Corrections. (SL 2024-1)

Overview: Section 4.13 of S.L. 2024-1 amends Section 12.11 of S.L. 2023-134, which made several changes to statutes governing air quality permitting, to: (i) require the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ), no later than July 1, 2025, to prepare and submit to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) for approval by that agency a proposed North Carolina State Implementation Plan amendment based on the changes to the air permitting program set forth in Section 12.11 of S.L. 2023-134; and (ii) provide that the changes set forth in Section 12.11 of S.L. 2023-134 become effective on the first day of a month that is 60 days after the Secretary of Environmental Quality certifies to the Revisor of Statutes that the USEPA has approved the amendment to the North Carolina State Implementation Plan submitted by DEQ. The Secretary must provide this notice along with the effective date of the provision on DEQ's website and by written or electronic notice to current holders of air permits issued by DEQ. Once effective, the section applies to applications for new air permits and for modifications of existing permits received on or after the effective date.

This section became effective retroactively to July 1, 2023.