Section 143-215.126 - Civil penalties(a) The Secretary of Environmental Quality may impose an administrative penalty on a person who constructs a wind energy facility or wind energy facility expansion without obtaining a permit under this Article or who constructs or operates a wind energy facility in violation of its permit terms and conditions. Each day of a continuing violation shall constitute a separate violation. The penalty shall not exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000) per day.(b) The Secretary of Environmental Quality, irrespective of all other remedies at law, may institute an action for injunctive relief against a person who constructs a wind energy facility without first obtaining a permit under this Article or who constructs or operates a wind energy facility or wind energy facility expansion in violation of its permit terms and conditions.N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143-215.126
Amended by 2015 N.C. Sess. Laws 241,s. 14.30-v, eff. 7/1/2015.Added by 2013 N.C. Sess. Laws 51,s. 1, eff. 5/17/2013.