\nThere is hereby created the Sedimentation Control Commission of the Department of Environmental Quality with the power and duty to develop and administer a sedimentation control program as herein provided.\nThe Sedimentation Control Commission has the following powers and duties:\n(1) In cooperation with the Secretary of the Department of Transportation and Highway Safety and other appropriate State and federal agencies, develop, promulgate, publicize, and administer a comprehensive State erosion and sedimentation control program.\n(2) Develop and adopt on or before July 1, 1974, rules and regulations for the control of erosion and sedimentation pursuant to G.S. 113A-54.\n(3) Conduct public hearings pursuant to G.S. 113A-54.\n(4) Assist local governments in developing erosion and sedimentation control programs pursuant to G.S. 113A-60.\n(5) Assist and encourage other State agencies in developing erosion and sedimentation control programs pursuant to G.S. 113A-56.\n(6) Develop recommended methods of control of sedimentation and prepare and make available for distribution publications and other materials sedimentation control programs pursuant to G.S. 113A-56.\n(6) Develop recommended methods of control of sedimentation and prepare and make available for distribution publications and other materials dealing with sedimentation control techniques pursuant to G.S. 113A-54. (1973, c. 1262, s. 39; 1977, c. 771, s. 4; 1989, c. 727, s. 218(137); 1997-443, s. 11A.119(a); 2015-241, s. 14.30(u).)
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