Agenda - 11-23-2015 - Item E.1 - Abstract - Session Law Effects

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131 cluster box units whereupon the associated built-upon area supporting the cluster box units shall be considered incidental and shall not be required in the calculation of built-upon area for the development for stormwater permitting purposes. "SECTION 46.(b) This section is effective when this act becomes law and expires on December 31, 244-5-,- 2017, or when regulations on cluster box design and placement by the United States Postal Service become effective and those regulations are adopted by local governments, whichever is earlier." STUDY EXEMPTING LINEAR UTILITY PROJECTS FROM CERTAIN ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS SECTION 4.21. The Department of Environment and Natural Resources shall study whether and to what extent activities related to the construction, maintenance, and removal of linear utility projects should be exempt from certain environmental regulations. For purposes of this section, "linear utility project" means an electric power line, water line, sewage line, stormwater drainage line, telephone line, cable television line, data transmission line, communications-related line, or natural gas pipeline. For purposes of this section, "environmental regulation" means a regulation established or implemented by any of the following: (1) The Department of Environment and Natural Resources created pursuant to G.S. 14313-279.1. (2) The Environmental Management Commission created pursuant to G.S. 14313-282. (3) The Coastal Resources Commission established pursuant to G.S. 113A-104. (4) The Marine Fisheries Commission created pursuant to G.S. 14313-289.51. (5) The Wildlife Resources Commission created pursuant to G.S. 143-240. (6) The Commission for Public Health created pursuant to G.S. 130A-29. (7) The Sedimentation Control Commission created pursuant to G.S. 14313-298. (8) The North Carolina Mining and Energy Commission created pursuant to G.S. 14313-293.1. (9) The North Carolina Oil and Gas Commission created pursuant to G.S. 14313-293.1. No later than March 1, 2016, the Department shall report the results of this study, including any recommendations, to the Environmental Review Commission. REPEAL DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES IDLING RULES SECTION 4.24. The Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources shall repeal 15A NCAC 02D .1010 (Heavy-Duty Vehicle Idling Restrictions) on or before March 1, 2016. Until the effective date of the repeal of the rule required pursuant to this section, the Secretary, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, the Environmental Management Commission, or any other political subdivision of the State shall not implement or enforce 15A NCAC 02D .1010 (Heavy-Duty Vehicle Idling Restrictions). AMBIENT AIR MONITORING SECTION 4.25.(a) The Department of Environment and Natural Resources shall review its ambient air monitoring network and, in the next annual monitoring network plan submitted to the United States Environmental Protection Agency, shall request the removal of any ambient air monitors that are not required by applicable federal laws and regulations and that the Department has determined are not necessary to protect public health, safety, and welfare; the environment; and natural resources. SECTION 4.25.(b) No later than September 1, 2016, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources shall discontinue all ambient air monitors not required by applicable federal laws and regulations if approval from the United States Environmental Protection Agency is not required for the discontinuance and the Department has determined that the monitors are not necessary to protect public health, safety, and welfare; the environment; and natural resources. SECTION 4.25.(c) Nothing in this section is intended to prevent the Department from installing temporary ambient air monitors as part of an investigation of a suspected House Bill 765-Ratified Session Law 2015-286 Page 57