Be it ordained by the Mecklenburg County Board of County Commissioners (while exercising the powers of a board of health, which powers it has assumed and conferred upon itself by action taken pursuant to G.S. 153A-77) that the following regulations governing the storage, collection, transporting and disposal of solid waste, for the protection of the public health, are hereby adopted pursuant to authority granted by the Solid Waste Management Rules promulgated by the North Carolina Department of Human Resources pursuant to Article 13B, Chapter 130 of the General Statutes of North Carolina. These regulations shall apply throughout Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, including, but not limited to, all cities, towns, hamlets and villages whether incorporated or unincorporated.
SECTION 1:
DEFINITIONS As used in this section, the term:
A. "Cell" means compacted solid waste completely enveloped by a compacted cover material.
B. "Disposal" means the discharge, deposit, injection, dumping spilling, leaking, or placing of any solid waste into or on any land so that such solid waste or any constituent thereof may enter the environment or be emitted into the air or discharged into any water, including groundwaters.
C. The term "Environmental Health Director" shall mean and include the Mecklenburg County Environmental Health Director or his authorized agent.
D. "Floodplain" means the lowland and relatively flat areas subject to a one percent or greater chance of flooding in any given year.
E. "Garbage" means all putrescible wastes, including animal offal and carcasses, and recognizable industrial by-products, but excluding sewage and human waste.
F. "Hazardous waste" means a solid waste, or combination of solid wastes, which because of its quantity, concentration, or physical, chemical or infectious characteristics may: (1) cause or significantly contribute to an increase in mortality or an increase in serious irreversible or incapacitating reversible illness; or (2) pose a substantial present or potential hazard to human health or the environment when improperly treated, stored, transported, or disposed of, or otherwise managed.
G. "Incineration" means the process of burning solid, semi-solid or gaseous combustible wastes to an inoffensive gas and a residue containing little or no combustible material.
H. "Open burning" means any fire wherein the products of combustion are emitted directly into the outdoor atmosphere and are not directed thereto through a stack or chimney, incinerator, or other similar devices.
I. "Open dump" means a solid waste disposal site which is not a sanitary landfill or an incinerator.
J. "Person" means an individual, corporation, company, association, partnership, unit of local government, or other legal entity.
K. "Putrescible" means solid waste capable of being decomposed by microorganisms with sufficient rapidity as to cause nuisance from odors and gases, such as kitchen wastes, offal and carcasses.
L. "Radioactive waste material" means any waste containing radioactive material as defined in G.S. 104E-S (14).
M. "Recycling" means the process by which recovered resources are transformed into a new product in such a manner that the original products lose their identity.
N. "Refuse" means all non-putrescible waste.
O. "Resource recovery" means the process of obtaining material or energy resources from discarded solid waste which no longer has any useful life in its present form and preparing such solid waste for recycling.
P. "Runoff" means the portion of precipitation that drains from an area as surface flow.
Q. "Sanitary landfill" means a facility for disposal of solid waste on land in a sanitary manner in accordance with Article 13B of Chapter 130 of the North Carolina General Statutes and this regulation.
R. "Sediment" means solid particulate matter both mineral and organic, that has been or is being transported by water, air, gravity, or ice from its site of origin.
S. "Siltation" means sediment resulting from accelerated erosion which is settleable or removable by properly designed, constructed, and maintained control measures and which has been transported from its point of origin within the site land-disturbing activity and which has been deposited, or is in suspension in water.
T. "Sludge" means any solid, semisolid, or liquid waste generated from a municipal, commercial, institutional, or industrial wastewater treatment plant, water supply treatment plant, or air pollution control facility or any other such waste having similar characteristics and effect.
U. "Solid Waste" means any hazardous or non-hazardous garbage, refuse, sludge from a waste treatment plant, water supply treatment plant, or air pollution control facility and other discarded material, including solid, liquid, semisolid, or contained gaseous material resulting from industrial, institutional, commercial, and agricultural operations, and from community activities. Such term does not include: (1) fowl and animal fecal waste; (2) solid or dissolved material in a. domestic sewage and sludges generated by the treatment thereof in sanitary sewage disposal systems which have a design capacity of more than 3000 gallons or which discharge effluents to the surface waters; b. irrigation returns flows; and c. wastewater discharges and the sludges incidental thereto and generated by the treatment thereof which are point sources subject to permits granted under Section 402 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended (PL 92-500), and permits granted under G.S. 143-215.1 by the Environmental Management Commission; or (3) oils and other liquid hydrocarbons controlled under Article 21A of Chapter 143 of the North Carolina General Statutes; (4) any radioactive material as defined by the North Carolina Radiation Protection Act, G.S. 104E-1 through G.S. 104E-23; or (5) mining refuse covered by the North Carolina Mining Act, G.S. 74-76 through G.S. 74-68, and regulated by the North Carolina Mining Commission (as defined under G.S. 143B-290).
V. "Solid waste collector" means any person who has been permitted by the Environmental Health Department and who collects or transports solid waste.
W. "Solid waste disposal facility" means land, personnel, equipment, or other resources used in the disposal of solid wastes.
X. "Solid waste disposal site" means any place at which solid wastes are disposed of by incinerations, sanitary landfill or any other method.
Y. "Solid waste generation" means the act of process of producing solid waste.
Z. "Solid waste management" means purposeful, systematic control of the generation, storage, collection, transport, separation, treatment, processing, recycling, recovery and disposal of solid waste.
AA. "Solid waste management facility" means land, personnel, and equipment used in the management of solid waste.
BB. "Spoiled food" means any food which has been removed from sale by the United States Department of Agriculture, North Carolina Department of Agriculture, Food and Drug Administration, or any other regulatory agency having jurisdiction in determining that food is unfit for consumption.
CC. "Storage" means the containment of solid waste, either on a temporary basis or for a period of years, in such a manner as not to constitute disposal.
DD. "Treatment" means any method, technique, or process, including neutralization, designed to change the physical, chemical, or biological character or composition of any solid waste so as to neutralize such wastes or so as to render such waste non-hazardous, safer for transport, amenable for recovery, amenable for storage, or reduced in volume. Such term includes any activity or processing designed to change the physical form or chemical composition of solid waste so as to render it non-hazardous.
EE. "Unit of local government" means a county, city, consolidated city-county, sanitary district, or other local political subdivision, authority or agency of local government.
FF. "Vector" means a carrier, usually an arthropod, that is capable of transmitting a pathogen from one organism to another.
GG. "Water supply watershed" means an area from which water drains to a point or impoundment, and the water is then used as a source for public water supply.
HH. "Water table" means the upper limit of the portion of the ground wholly saturated with water.
II. "Working face" means that portion of the land disposal sites where solid wastes are discharged, spread, and compacted prior to the placement of cover material.
SECTION 2: GENERAL CONDITIONS
A. All solid wastes shall be stored, collected, transported, separated, processed, recycled, recovered, and disposed of in a manner consistent with the requirements of these rules. The Environmental Health Department is responsible for the enforcement of these regulations and encourages cooperation from the individuals, municipalities, sanitary districts, and private enterprise.
B. No radioactive waste material shall be collected and transported, stored, treated, processed, disposed of or reclaimed, except as specifically authorized by a radioactive material license issued by the Division of Facility Services, Department of Human Resources.
C. Hazardous waste shall only be disposed of at a solid waste disposal facility which is permitted to receive the specific hazardous waste or which is authorized specifically to receive the hazardous waste pursuant to Section 12-P of this regulation.
SECTION 3: SOLID WASTE STORAGE AND ACCUMULATION
A. The owner or occupant of any property shall be responsible for the sanitary storage of all solid waste accumulated on the property.
B. Garbage shall be stored in either durable rust resistant, non-absorbent, water-tight, rodent proof, and easily cleanable containers with a close fitting fly-tight cover, when applicable, and with adequate handles or bails to facilitate handling, if needed, or other types of containers acceptable to the Environmental Health Department and conforming to the intent of this section.
C. Refuse shall be stored in durable containers or as otherwise provided in this section. Where garbage is stored in combination with refuse, containers shall meet the requirements for garbage containers.
D. Hazardous waste shall be stored as prescribed in the applicable state or federal rules.
E. All containers for the storage of solid waste shall be maintained in such manner as to prevent the creation of a nuisance or insanitary condition. Containers that are broken or otherwise fail to meet this rule shall be replaced with acceptable containers. Refuse too large or otherwise not suitable for storage in containers shall be stored in a nuisance free manner.
F. No person shall permit the accumulation of solid waste on any land, developed or undeveloped, or in, under or outside any building, occupied or unoccupied. No person shall accumulate or permit the accumulation of any lumber, boxes, barrels, bottles, cans, bricks, stones, containers, old appliances, old automobiles, or similar objects and/or materials. Certain useful objects and materials as firewood and building materials may be stored on a premises provided, they are maintained in a neat and orderly manner.
SECTION 4: SOLID WASTE COLLECTORS--PERMITTING, COLLECTION AND TRANSPORTATION
A. PERMITTING
1. No person shall collect, transport, or dispose of solid waste or refuse without a written permit from the Environmental Health Director: Provided, that this subsection 4(A) shall not apply to any person disposing of rubbish, garbage and refuse in an approved manner from his own residence.
2. The Environmental Health Director shall issue such permit only when, upon inspection, he finds that the facilities, equipment and proposed operating methods of the applicant are in compliance with the requirements of these regulations.
3. The Environmental Health Director is authorized and directed to refuse to issue any permit to collect, transport, or dispose of solid waste or refuse whenever he finds upon inspection of the facilities, equipment, and proposed operating methods of the applicant that such facilities, equipment, or proposed operating methods are not in compliance with the requirements of these regulations.
4. Every truck or other vehicle used for collecting and transporting solid waste and/or refuse shall have plainly visible and easily legible decals or lettering showing the name, address and/or telephone number of the owner.
5. It is required that before any person shall obtain a permit to collect solid waste, he shall submit to the Environmental Health Department of Mecklenburg County:
(a) a performance bond upon terms to be determined by the Director of Environmental Health in the sum of not less than $2,000.00, which shall be kept in force at all times;
(b) written evidence of liability insurance in an amount to be determined by the Director of Environmental Health covering such damages as may be done to the premises of anyone upon which he may enter for solid waste;
(c) the provisions of this subparagraph 4(A)
(5) shall not apply to any person disposing of rubbish, garbage, or refuse in an approved manner from his own business.
B. COLLECTION AND TRANSPORTATION
1. No person shall collect, transport, or dispose of solid waste or refuse except in a manner approved by the Environmental Health Director as being safe and sanitary.
2. Vehicles or containers used for the collection and transportation of garbage, or refuse containing garbage, shall be covered, leakproof, durable, and of easily cleanable construction. These shall be cleaned as often as necessary to prevent a nuisance or insect breeding and shall be maintained in good repair.
3. Vehicles or containers used for the collection and transportation of any solid waste shall be loaded and moved in such a manner that the contents will not fall, leak, or spill and shall be covered when necessary to prevent blowing of material. If spillage should occur, the material shall be picked up immediately by the solid waste collector and returned to the vehicle or container and the area properly cleaned.
4. The solid waste collector shall be responsible for the satisfactory collection and transportation of all solid waste to a permitted disposal site or facility.
5. The solid waste collector shall transport to a site or facility only those solid wastes which the site or facility is permitted to receive.
C. APPEALS
1. Whenever, upon inspection of the facilities, equipment or operating methods of any person collecting, transporting, or disposing of solid waste and refuse, the Environmental Health Director finds that conditions or practices exist which are in violation of the provisions of these regulations, the Environmental Health Director shall give notice in writing to such person that unless such conditions or practices are corrected within ten (10) days the operating permit of such person will be suspended. At the end of such ten day period the Environmental Health Director shall make a reinspection, and if he finds that such conditions or practices have not been corrected, he shall give notice in writing to such person that his permit has been suspended. Upon receipt of notice of suspension, such person shall immediately cease to collect, transport, or dispose of solid waste or refuse. No such permit shall be reinstated by the Environmental Health Director until he finds upon reinspection that all provisions of these regulations have been complied with, except that following a hearing as hereinafter provided such permit may be re-instated by order of the Board of County Commissioners (or its designee).
2. On written petition from a person whose permit to collect, transport, or dispose of solid waste and refuse has been suspended, the Board of County Commissioners (or its designee) shall hold a hearing at which time such person shall be given an opportunity to show that his permit should not have been suspended. No such hearing shall be held unless written petition therefore shall have been filed in the office of the Environmental Health Director on or before the tenth day following the day on which such permit was suspended. It shall be the duty of the Environmental Health Director to communicate the request to the Chairman of the Board of County Commissioners as soon as practicable. Such hearing shall be held by the Board of County Commissioners (or its designee) as soon as practical but no later than 30 days following receipt of such petition by the Chairman. After such hearing, the Board of County Commissioners (or its designee) may either revoke or re-instate such permit, depending upon its finding as to whether these regulations have been complied with. If no such petition is filed on or before the tenth day following the day on which such permit was suspended, the permit shall be deemed automatically revoked.
3. When any person has made application for a permit to collect, transport, and dispose of solid waste, and the Environmental Health Director has refused to issue a permit to the applicant, the applicant may file a written petition for a hearing before the Board of County Commissioners (or its designee). Petition for hearing must be filed with the Environmental Health Director within ten (10) days after the refusal of the Environmental Health Director to issue the permit. It shall be the duty of the Environmental Health Director to communicate the request to the Chairman of the Board of County Commissioners as soon as practical. The Board of County Commissioners (or its designee) shall act upon the petition as soon as practical but no later than 30 days after its receipt by the Chairman; and at the said hearing, the Board (or its designee) shall grant or refuse to grant the permit, depending upon compliance with these regulations.
SECTION 5: SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT FACILITIES
All solid waste management facilities shall be operated in conformity with these rules and in such a manner as to prevent the creation of a nuisance, insanitary condition, or potential public health hazard.
SECTION 6: DISPOSAL OF SOLID WASTE
The disposal of solid waste shall be by approved methods. The following methods or any combination thereof are currently approved. Any approved method or site may be subject to disapproval because of improper management of the particular site, the development of alternate technologies which better protect the public interest in healthful and efficient disposal of waste, or other good cause. (1) Sanitary landfill; (2) Approved incinerators; or (3) Disposal by other sanitary methods which may be developed and demonstrated to be capable of fulfilling the basic requirements of these regulations and which have been approved by the Division of Health Services, North Carolina Department of Human Resources, and Mecklenburg County Environmental Health Department.
SECTION 7: PERMITS REQUIRED
A. No person shall establish a solid waste disposal facility without first obtaining a permit from the Division of Health Services, North Carolina Department of Human Resources and the Mecklenburg County Environmental Health Department.
B. A permit to operate a solid waste disposal facility shall be issued by the Division of Health Services, North Carolina Department of Human Resources and the Mecklenburg County Environmental Health Department after site and operational plans have been approved and it has been determined that the facility can be operated in accordance with this section so as to provide reasonable protection to the ground and surface water as well as the public health.
SECTION 8: INFORMATION FOR SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL SITE APPROVAL
For review, one copy of all data and correspondence requested in the North Carolina Department of Human Resources Division of Health Services, Solid Waste Management Rules (North Carolina Administrative Code 10C .0109 Information for Solid Waste Disposal Site Approval) shall be provided to the Mecklenburg County Environmental Health Department. Upon receipt of notice that a permit is being sought for a facility in Mecklenburg County or any incorporated area thereof, the Director of Environmental Health shall contact any of the following local agencies which have possible jurisdiction over the site and method of disposal and solicit their comments for forwarding to the North Carolina Department of Human Resources:
1. Executive officer of a municipality in which the site is to be placed, or if the site is to be an unincorporated area, the executive officer of Mecklenburg County.
2. Zoning department of the local government in whose jurisdiction the site is to be placed.
3. The erosion control department of the local government in whose jurisdiction the site is to be placed.
4. Environmental Health Department
5. The Engineering Department of the local government having jurisdiction over the proposed site.
This provision is designed to insure a full representation of local views on disposal site placement and operation. However, the failure of the Director to contact any agency or failure of an agency to approve or comment upon a site or method shall not serve to invalidate a permit otherwise issued by the North Carolina Department of Human Resources in accordance with its own procedures.
SECTION 9: INFORMATION FOR OPERATIONAL PLAN APPROVAL
For review, one copy of all data and correspondence requested in the North Carolina Department of Human Resources Division of Health Services, Solid Waste Management Rules (North Carolina Administrative Code 10C .0110 Information for Operational Plan Approval) shall be provided to the Mecklenburg County Environmental Health Department.
SECTION 10: MONITORING REQUIREMENTS
For review, one copy of all data and correspondence requested in the North Carolina Department of Human Resources Division of Health Services, Solid Waste Management Rules (North Carolina Administrative Code 10C .0111 Monitoring) shall be provided to the Mecklenburg County Environmental Health Department.
SECTION 11: REPORT
For review, one copy of all data and correspondence requested in the North Carolina Department of Human Resources Division of Health Services, Solid Waste Management Rules (North Carolina Administrative Code 10C .0112 Report) shall be provided to the Mecklenburg County Environmental Health Department.
SECTION 12: OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR SANITARY LANDFILLS
Any person who maintains or operates a sanitary landfill site shall maintain and operate the site in conformance with the following practices unless otherwise allowed by the Division of Health Services, North Carolina Department of Human Resources in granting the required approval:
A. Operational plans shall be approved and followed including monitoring and reporting requirements specified for the site.
B. Solid waste shall be restricted to the smallest area feasible and compacted as densely as practical into cells. A proper slope on the working face shall be maintained.
C. Solid waste shall be covered after each day of operations or as specified by the Division of Health Services, North Carolina Department of Human Resources, with a compacted layer or at least six inches of suitable cover.
D. Within one month after final termination of disposal operations at the site or a major part thereof or upon revocation of a permit by the Division of Health Services, North Carolina Department of Human Resources, the area shall be covered with at least two feet of suitable compacted earth adequately sloped to allow surface water runoff in a controlled manner without excessive on-site erosion and off-site siltation. The Division of Health Services, North Carolina Department of Human Resources may require further action to be taken in order to correct any condition which is or may become injurious to the public health.
E. The finished surface of the filled area shall be seeded with native grasses or other suitable vegetation immediately upon completion or as soon as practical but no later than thirty days. If necessary, seeded slopes shall be covered with straw or similar material to prevent erosion.
F. Adequate on-site erosion control measures shall be practiced.
G. No off-site siltation will be allowed.
H. An attendant shall be on duty at the site at all times while it is open for public use to assure compliance with operational requirements and to prevent the entrance of hazardous waste onto the site.
I. The approach road to the site shall be of all-weather construction and maintained in good condition.
J. Dust control measures shall be implemented where necessary.
K. Surface water shall be diverted from the operational area.
L. Solid waste shall not be disposed of in water.
M. Open burning of solid waste is prohibited.
N. Equipment shall be provided to control accidental fires or arrangements shall be made with the local fire protection agency to immediately provide fire-fighting services when needed.
O. Spoiled foods, animal carcasses, abattoir waste, hatchery waste, and other animal waste delivered to the disposal site shall be kept separate from other solid waste and shall be compacted and covered immediately.
P. No hazardous or liquid wastes shall be accepted or disposed of in a sanitary landfill except as may be permitted by the Division of Health Services, North Carolina Department of Human Resources.
Q. Effective vector control measures shall be applied to control flies, rodents, and other insects or vermin when necessary.
R. Appropriate methods such as fencing and diking shall be provided to confine material subject to be blown by the wind within the area. At the conclusion of each day of operation, all windblown material resulting from the operation shall be collected and returned to the area by the owner or operator.
S. Signs providing information on dumping procedures, the hours during which the site is open for public use, and other pertinent information shall be posted at the site entrance.
T. Signs shall be posted stating that no hazardous or liquid waste can be received without written permission from the Division of Health Services, North Carolina Department of Human Resources.
U. Traffic signs or markers shall be provided as necessary to promote an orderly traffic pattern to and from the discharge area and to maintain efficient operating conditions.
V. Prior to termination of operation of a sanitary landfill site the Division of Health Services, North Carolina Department of Human Resources and Mecklenburg County Environmental Health Department shall be notified in order that a site inspection may be made by the Division of Health Services to determine compliance with closing procedures before earth moving equipment is removed from the property.
W. Once a solid waste disposal site has been closed in accordance with the requirements of the Division of Health Services, North Carolina Department of Human Resources, further necessary maintenance shall be the responsibility of the owner.
SECTION 13: INCINERATOR OPERATION
A. All incinerators shall be designed and operated in a manner so as to prevent the creation of a nuisance or potential health hazard and must comply with the requirements of Subsection C of this Section and rules of the Division of Environmental Management, North Carolina Department of Natural Resources and Community Development, and the Mecklenburg County Environmental Health Department, Air Quality Division.
B. Construction of an incinerator shall not be instituted prior to the approval of site plans by the Division of Health Services, North Carolina Department of Human Resources and the Mecklenburg County Environmental Health Department, Air Quality Division and the receipt of a permit. Such plans must be accompanied by a written approval of the incinerator from the Mecklenburg County Environmental Health Department, Air Quality Division, and by a written statement from the unit of local government having zoning authority that the proposed incinerator site has been approved.
C. Each proposed incinerator installation shall be in compliance with the following criteria:
(1) The incinerator plant shall be so situated, equipped, operated, and maintained as to minimize interference with other activities in the area.
(2) All solid waste to be disposed of at the site shall be confined to the dumping area. Adequate storage facilities shall be provided.
(3) Effective vector control measures shall be applied to control flies, rodents, and other insects or vermin.
(4) Equipment shall be provided in the storage and charging areas and elsewhere as needed or as may be required in order to maintain the plant in a sanitary condition.
(5) All residue from the incinerator plant shall be promptly disposed of at an approved sanitary landfill site.
(6) Upon completion of construction of the incinerator facility and prior to initial operations, the Division of Health Services, North Carolina Department of Human Resources and the Mecklenburg County Environmental Health Department, Air Quality Division, shall be notified in order that an inspection may be made of the facility to determine conformance with the approved plan and with the applicable provisions of these rules.
D. Major reason for permit denial by the Division of Health Services, North Carolina Department of Human Resources and the Mecklenburg County Environmental Health Department:
(1) Submission of incomplete information;
(2) Lack of air quality permit from the Mecklenburg County Environmental Health Department, Air Quality Division.
(3) Lack of written statement from local unit of government regarding compliance with zoning requirements.
SECTION 14: VARIANCES
A. In order to avoid undue hardship, promote the effective and reasonable application and enforcement of these rules, the Mecklenburg County Environmental Health Department may grant variances from the requirements of these rules in accordance with such procedures and conditions as it may prescribe and which are in agreement with State regulations. Each application for variance shall be examined on the basis of conditions prohibiting full compliance.
B. Variable factors such as population density, daily or seasonal loadings, nature of wastes, location of facility or facilities, water table conditions, topography, soil and geology, climate, land use, stream reservoir classification are to be taken into account in determining the degree of variance, if any, which may be allowed.
C. When request for variances involve quantitative values, appropriate departmental reviews will be held prior to approving such variances.
SECTION 15: NONCONFORMING SITES AND FACILITIES
A person operating or having operated an open dump for disposal of solid waste shall immediately convert to a sanitary landfill or close the site in accordance with the following requirements:
A. Implement effective rat control, including baiting for at least two weeks after closing, to prevent rat migration to adjacent properties.
B. Compact and cover existing solid waste on-site if suitable. Final cover for the entire area shall be two feet or more of suitable compacted earth.
C. Remove and place solid waste in a suitable site or facility if present site is not suitable.
D. Implement erosion control measures by grading and seeding.
E. Post signs indicating the dump site closure.
F. Record the disposition of the burial of solid wastes on such sites on the public records of the Register of Deeds of Mecklenburg County. This record will reflect the location, extent and depth of the solid waste buried.
SECTION 16: PENALTIES AND REMEDIES
A. Any person who violates any of these regulations or who willfully does any act prohibited by any of these regulations shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punishable by a fine not to exceed fifty dollars or imprisonment not to exceed thirty days, or both as provided by G.S. 130-203.
B. The Environmental Health Director may, as provided by G.S. 130-205, bring a proceeding in the Superior Court of the county in which the violation of these regulations exist for its abatement, and the Superior Court may upon hearing and for good cause shown enjoin the continuance of the condition violating these regulations, irrespective of all other remedies at law.
SECTION 17: PRIOR RULES AND REGULATIONS REPEALED
All ordinances, rules and regulations heretofore adopted by the Mecklenburg County Board of Health or the Mecklenburg Board of County Commissioners which are in conflict with these regulations are hereby repealed.
SECTION 18: SEVERABILITY
If any provision or clause of these regulations shall be declared invalid, such declaration shall not invalidate any other provision or clause of these regulations.
SECTION 19: EFFECTIVE DATE
These regulations shall be effective as soon as appropriate notices have been given as directed by G.S. 130-17(d). The Clerk of the Board is directed to give such notices and to certify on the official copy of these regulations that said action has been taken.
Adopted on the 21st day of September , 1981.
Date posted on Courthouse door: September 24, 1981 .
Dates of Publication: September 24, 1981 , October 2, 1981 .
I certify that the notices required by G.S. 130-17(d) were posted and published on the dates shown above. The 6th day of October , 1981. IS/ Hazel H. Hatley Signature Clerk of Board
For questions or comments, contact Dennis Salmen.
