Senate committee substitute to the 1st edition makes the following changes.
Makes organizational changes so that the content of the previous edition of the act is now placed under Section 1 of the act. Converts whereas clauses into legislative findings.
Adds the following new content.
Section 2
Includes legislative findings regarding the elimination of the Haw River, Deep River, and Contentnea Creek subbasin designations.
Amends GS 143-215.22G, to now include the Haw River (2-1) and Deep River (2-2) basins in the Cape Fear River basin, and the Contentnea Creek basin (10-2) in the Neuse River basin.
Section 3
Amends Section 15 of SL 2020-18 (Specify that the TMDL Transport Factor Applies when Offsetting Certain Permitted Wastewater Discharges) to allow the TMDL transport factor exceptions from subsection (a) of that bill to apply to all wastewater discharge permit applications for local governments in the Neuse River basin. Allows the Environmental Management Commission (Commission) to use the Department of Environmental Quality's (Department) watershed modeling for the Neuse River basin to adopt new transport zones and delivery factors by rule once the Department has completed the watershed modeling. Eliminates the requirement for the Department to provide the Commission a list of qualified professionals from which the Commission can select at least two to validate the completed watershed modeling before the Department can use the modeling to adopt the new transport zones and delivery factors.
Makes conforming organizational changes. Amends the act’s titles.

Statutes affected:
Edition 2: 143-215.22G