1. (a) The setbacks for irrigation sites shall be as follows:

   Spray Drip

2. (feet) (feet)

   Each habitable residence or place of assembly under separate ownership

   or not to be maintained as part of the project site 400 100

   Each habitable residence or place of assembly owned by the

   permittee to be maintained as part of the project site 200 15

   Each private or public water supply source 100 100

   Surface waters such as intermittent and perennial streams, perennial waterbodies, and

   wetlands 100 100

   Groundwater lowering ditches where the bottom of the ditch intersects the SHWT 100 100

   Surface water diversions such as ephemeral streams, waterways, and ditches 25 25

   Each well with exception of monitoring wells 100 100

   Each property line 150 50

   Top of slope of embankments or cuts of two feet or more in vertical height 15 15

   Each water line from a disposal system 10 10

   Subsurface groundwater lowering drainage systems 100 100

   Public right of way 50 50

   Nitrification field 20 20

   Each building foundation or basement 15 15

3. (b) Treatment and storage facilities associated with systems permitted under this Section shall adhere to the setback requirements in Section .0500 of this Subchapter except as provided in this Rule.
4. (c) Setback waivers shall be written, notarized, signed by all parties involved, and recorded with the county Register of Deeds. Waivers involving the compliance boundary shall be in accordance with 15A NCAC 02L .0107.
5. (d) Setbacks to property lines established in Paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Rule shall not be applicable if the permittee, or the entity from which the permittee is leasing, owns both parcels separated by the property line.
6. (e) Habitable residences or places of assembly under separate ownership constructed after the non-discharge facilities were originally permitted or subsequently modified are exempt from the setback requirements in Paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Rule.

History Note: Authority G.S. 143‑215.1; 143‑215.3(a);
Eff. September 1, 2006;
Readopted Eff. September 1, 2018.