(a) The purpose of this Section is to establish procedures for risk-based assessment and corrective action sufficient to:
- (1) protect human health and the environment;
- (2) abate and control contamination of the waters of the State as deemed necessary to protect human health and the environment;
- (3) permit management of the State's groundwaters to protect their designated current usage and potential future uses;
- (4) provide for anticipated future uses of the State's groundwater;
- (5) recognize the diversity of contaminants, the State's geology and the characteristics of each individual site; and
- (6) accomplish these goals in a cost-efficient manner to assure the best use of the limited resources available to address groundwater pollution within the State.
- (b) Section .0100 of this Subchapter shall apply to this Section unless specifically excluded.
History Note: Authority G.S. 143-215.2; 143-215.3(a)(1); 143-215.94A; 143-215.94E; 143-215.94T; 143-215.94V; 143B-282; 1995 (Reg. Sess. 1996) c. 648,s. 1;
Recodified from 15A NCAC 02L .0115(a);
Amended Eff. December 1, 2005;
Readopted Eff. June 1, 2019.