North Carolina Administrative Code
Title 15A - Environmental Quality
Chapter 02 - ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
Subchapter T - WASTE NOT DISCHARGED TO SURFACE WATERS
Section .1100 - RESIDUALS MANAGEMENT
Section 02T .1108 - SETBACKS

Universal Citation: 15A NC Admin Code 02T .1108

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 6, September 16, 2024

(a) For residuals treatment and storage facilities, the following setbacks in feet shall be as follows:

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

(b) For land onto which Class A bulk residuals are applied or stockpiled, the following setbacks in feet shall be as follows:

Liquid Residuals

Cake Residuals

Each private or public water supply source

100

100

Surface waters such as intermittent and perennial streams, perennial waterbodies, and wetlands

100

25

Surface water diversions such as ephemeral streams, waterways, and ditches

25

0

Groundwater lowering ditches where the bottom of the ditch intersects the SHWT

25

0

Each well with exception of monitoring wells

100

100

Bedrock outcrops

25

0

(c) For land onto which Class B residuals are applied or stockpiled, the following setbacks in feet shall be as follows:

Surface Application by Vehicle

Surface Application

Injection / Incorporation by Irrigation

Each habitable residence or place of assembly under separate ownership or not to be maintained as part of the project site

400

400

200

Each habitable residence or place of assembly owned by the permittee, the owner of the land, or the lessee or operator of the land to be maintained as part of the project site

0

200

0

Each property line

50

150

50

Public right of way

50

50

50

Each private or public water supply source

100

100

100

Surface waters such as intermittent and perennial streams,

perennial waterbodies, and wetlands

32.8

32.8

32.8

Surface water diversions such as ephemeral streams, waterways, and ditches

25

25

25

Groundwater lowering ditches where the bottom of the ditch intersects the SHWT

25

100

25

Subsurface groundwater lowering drainage systems

0

100

0

Each well with exception of monitoring wells

100

100

100

Bedrock outcrops

25

25

25

Top of slope of embankments or cuts of two feet or more in vertical height

15

15

15

Each building foundation or basement

0

15

0

Each water line

0

10

0

Nitrification field

0

20

0

(d) For the construction and operation of surface disposal units, the following setbacks in feet shall be as follows:

Each habitable residence or place of assembly under separate ownership or not to be maintained as part of the project site

400

Each property line

50

Public right of way

50

Each private or public water supply source

100

Surface waters such as intermittent and perennial streams, perennial waterbodies, and Wetlands

100

Surface water diversions such as ephemeral streams, waterways, and ditches

25

Groundwater lowering ditches (where the bottom of the ditch intersects the SHWT)

100

Subsurface groundwater lowering drainage systems

100

Each well with exception of monitoring wells

100

Each water line

10

(e) 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.

(f) Setbacks to property lines established in Paragraphs (a), (c), and (d) of this Rule shall not be applicable if the permittee, the entity from which the permittee is leasing, or the entity that executed the notarized landowner agreement in 15A NCAC 02T .1104(c)(4) owns both parcels separated by the property line.

(g) 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 (d) of this Rule.

Authority G.S. 143-215.1; 143-215.3(a);
Eff. September 1, 2006;
Readopted Eff. September 1, 2018.

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