North Carolina Administrative Code
Title 15A - Environmental Quality
Chapter 02 - ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
Subchapter T - WASTE NOT DISCHARGED TO SURFACE WATERS
Section .0500 - WASTEWATER IRRIGATION SYSTEMS
Section 02T .0506 - SETBACKS
Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 6, September 16, 2024
(a) The setbacks for irrigation sites shall be as follows:
|
Spray (feet) |
Drip (feet) |
|
|
Each habitable residence or place of assembly under separate ownership or not to be maintained as part of the project site |
400 |
100 |
|
Each habitable residence or place of assembly owned by the permittee to be maintained as part of the project site |
200 |
15 |
|
Each private or public water supply source |
100 |
100 |
|
Surface waters such as intermittent and perennial streams, perennial waterbodies, and wetlands |
100 |
100 |
|
Groundwater lowering ditches where the bottom of the ditch intersects the SHWT |
100 |
100 |
|
Surface water diversions such as ephemeral streams, waterways, and ditches |
25 |
25 |
|
Each well with exception of monitoring wells |
100 |
100 |
|
Each property line |
150 |
50 |
|
Top of slope of embankments or cuts of two feet or more in vertical height |
15 |
15 |
|
Each water line from a disposal system |
10 |
10 |
|
Subsurface groundwater lowering drainage systems |
100 |
100 |
|
Public right of way |
50 |
50 |
|
Nitrification field |
20 |
20 |
|
Each building foundation or basement |
15 |
15 |
|
(b) The setbacks for treatment and storage units shall be as follows: |
(feet) |
|
|
Each habitable residence or place of assembly under separate ownership or not to be maintained as part of the project site |
100 |
|
|
Each private or public water supply source |
100 |
|
|
Surface waters such as intermittent and perennial streams, perennial waterbodies, and wetlands |
50 |
|
|
Each well with exception of monitoring wells |
100 |
|
|
Each property line |
50 |
(c) Achieving the reclaimed water effluent standards established in 15A NCAC 02U .0301 shall permit the system to use the setbacks set forth in 15A NCAC 02U .0701(d) for property lines, and the compliance boundary shall be at the irrigation area boundary.
(d) Setback waivers shall be written, notarized, signed by all parties involved, and recorded with the county Register of Deeds. Waivers involving the compliance boundary shall be in accordance with 15A NCAC 02L .0107.
(e) Setbacks to property lines established in Paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Rule shall not be applicable if the permittee, or the entity from which the permittee is leasing, owns both parcels separated by the property line.
(f) Habitable residences or places of assembly under separate ownership constructed after the non-discharge facilities were originally permitted or subsequently modified are exempt from the setback requirements in Paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Rule.
Authority
G.S.
143-215.1;
143-215.3(a);
Eff. September 1, 2006;
Amended Eff. June 18, 2011;
Readopted Eff. September 1, 2018.
