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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143-212 (2026)

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Unless a different meaning is required by the context, the following definitions apply to this Article and Articles 21A and 21B of this Chapter:

(1) "Area of the State" means a municipality, a county, a portion of a county or a municipality, or other substantial geographic area of the State designated by the Commission.

(2) "Commission" means the North Carolina Environmental Management Commission.

(3) "Department" means the Department of Environmental Quality.

(4) "Person" includes individuals, firms, partnerships, associations, institutions, corporations, municipalities and other political subdivisions, and governmental agencies.

(5) "Secretary" means the Secretary of Environmental Quality.

(6) "Waters" means any stream, river, brook, swamp, lake, sound, tidal estuary, bay, creek, reservoir, waterway, or other body or accumulation of water, whether surface or underground, public or private, or natural or artificial, that is contained in, flows through, or borders upon any portion of this State, including any portion of the Atlantic Ocean over which the State has jurisdiction. (1987, c. 827, s. 152A; 1989, c. 727, s. 218(103); 1989 (Reg. Sess., 1990), c. 1004, s. 19(b); 1991 (Reg. Sess., 1992), c. 1028, s. 1; 1997-443, s. 11A.119(a); 2015-241, s. 14.30(u), (v).)

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 5 cases, 1956–2020 · leading case: Phillips v. Hassett Mining Co., 92 S.E.2d 429 (N.C. 1956).

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Phillips v. Hassett Mining Co., 92 S.E.2d 429 (N.C. 1956). “*23 G.S. 143-212(3) (d) merely defines the word “waste.”

State v. Pallet, 198 S.E.2d 433 (N.C. 1973). “G.S. 143-212 creates the Department of Water and Air *709 Resources.”

Request for Declaratory Ruling by the Env't Mgmt. Comm'n v. Env't Mgmt. Comm'n, 573 S.E.2d 732 (N.C. Ct. App. 2002). · cites it 13× “N.C.G.S. § 143-212(6) (2001) (emphasis added).”

Sound Rivers (N.C. Ct. App. 2020). · cites it 4× “See N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143-214.1 (2013), see also N.”

— N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143-212(3) — 1 case

Phillips v. Hassett Mining Co., 92 S.E.2d 429 (N.C. 1956). “*23 G.S. 143-212(3) (d) merely defines the word “waste.”

— N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143-212(6) — 1 case

Request for Declaratory Ruling by the Env't Mgmt. Comm'n v. Env't Mgmt. Comm'n, 573 S.E.2d 732 (N.C. Ct. App. 2002). “N.C.G.S. § 143-212(6) (2001) (emphasis added).”

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