North Carolina Administrative Code
Title 15A - Environmental Quality
Chapter 13 - SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT
Subchapter B - SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT
Section .0500 - DISPOSAL SITES
Section 13B .0562 - BENEFICIAL FILL
Current through Register Vol. 38, No. 18, March 15, 2024
(a) "Beneficial fill" means a fill activity to level or bring an area to grade for the beneficial purpose of stabilizing the land or improving the land use potential using only inert debris waste.
(b) A solid waste management permit is not required for beneficial fill that meets the following conditions:
(c) Soil generated from properties where there has been no known release of contaminants shall not be subject to regulation as a solid waste. This Rule and the solid waste permitting requirements under this Subchapter shall not apply to fill activities solely consisting of soil generated from properties where there has been no known release of contaminants.
(d) This Rule and the solid waste permitting requirements under this Subchapter shall not apply to fill activities solely consisting of soil generated from properties where there has been a release of contaminants, if the soil meets unrestricted use standards for soils as defined in G.S. 130A-310.65.
(e) Fill activities using solid waste as the fill material that do not meet the requirements of this Rule are subject to permitting as a solid waste management facility in accordance with this Subchapter.
Authority
G.S.
130A-294;
Eff. January 4,
1993;
Readopted Eff. January 1,
2021.