15A N.C. Admin. Code 2E.0501

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 13, January 2, 2025

Section 02E .0501 - DECLARATION AND DELINEATION OF CENTRAL COASTAL PLAIN CAPACITY USE AREA

The area encompassed by the following 15 North Carolina counties and adjoining creeks, streams, and rivers is hereby declared and delineated as the Central Coastal Plain Capacity Use Area:

(1) Beaufort

(2) Carteret

(3) Craven

(4) Duplin

(5) Edgecombe

(6) Greene

(7) Jones

(8) Lenoir

(9) Martin

(10) Onslow

(11) Pamlico

(12) Pitt

(13) Washington

(14) Wayne; and

(15) Wilson.

The use of ground water requires coordination and limited regulation in this delineated area for protection of the public interest. The intent is to protect the long-term productivity of aquifers within the designated area and to allow the use of ground water for uses at rates which do not exceed or threaten to exceed the recharge rate of the aquifers within the designated area.

15A N.C. Admin. Code 02E .0501

Authority G.S. 143-215.13;
Eff. August 1, 2002;
Readopted Eff. January 1, 2022.

Authority G.S. 143-215.13;
Eff. 8/1/2002.

Readopted by North Carolina Register Volume 36, Issue 15, February 1, 2022 effective 1/1/2022.