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1 <br /> • 219 <br /> ADMINISTRATION - ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ACT TO1: 25 . 0100 <br /> CHAPTER 25 - NORTH CAROLINA ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ACT <br /> SECTION . 0100 - GENERAL PROVISIONS <br /> . 0101 STATEMENT OF PURPOSE <br /> . 0102 SCOPE <br /> . 0103 DEFINITIONS <br /> . 0104 DESIGNATION OF LEAD AGENCIES <br /> . 0105 DETERMINATION: FILING ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT <br /> . 0106 PROCEDURE FOR APPEAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL FINDING <br /> History Note: Statutory Authority G.S. 113A-1 through <br /> 113A-10: <br /> Eff. February 1, 1976; <br /> Readopted Eff. February 27, 1979; <br /> Repealed Eff. February 1, 1986. <br /> . 0107 STATEMENT OF PURPOSE <br /> This Chapter establishes procedures for compliance with the <br /> North Carolina Environmental Policy Act, Article 1 Chapter 113A of <br /> the General Statutes, (NCEPA) . NCEPA establishes policy and <br /> contains action-forcing provisions for carrying out that policy. <br /> Therefore, to the fullest extent possible all agencies' policies, <br /> rules, and regulations, shall be interpreted and administered in <br /> accordance with the purposes and policy set out in G.S. 113A--2 and 3 <br /> in this Chapter. Agencies shall adopt procedures to supplement or <br /> to carry out the provisions of this Chapter in a consistent, timely, <br /> and expeditious manner including continuous monitoring of all agency <br /> actions to assure compatibility with the policies of NCEPA. <br /> History Note: Statutory Authority G.S. 113A-1 through <br /> 113A-10: <br /> Eff. February 1, 1986. <br /> . 0108 SCOPE <br /> (a) This Chapter is applicable to any situation where there <br /> is: <br /> (1) an expenditure of public monies; and <br /> (2) an action by a state agency subject to this Chapter; <br /> and <br /> (3) a potential environmental effect upon either natural <br /> resources, public health and safety , natural beauty, <br /> or historical or cultural elements of the state's <br /> common inheritance. <br /> NORTH CAROLINA ADMINISTRATIVE CODE 01/08/86 25-3 <br /> ADMINISTRATION -- ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ACT TOl: 25 . 0200 <br /> responsibility will be sought. Where no agreement is reached among <br /> the agencies, the secretary of the department, with the advice of <br /> the Environmental Policy Act Advisory Council, shall designate the <br />