(a) Costs associated with the management of a local Implementation and Enforcement Program will be recovered on a per permit basis established by the Secretary unless specified elsewhere in this Rule.
(b) The per permit reimbursement rate has been set in consideration of local costs, such as salaries, office supplies, copying, mailing and telephone use, and funds made available to the Division of Coastal Management. These rates are set as follows:
(1) All county permit-letting authorities are eligible to receive seventy-five dollars ($75.00) for each processedpermit.
(2) All municipal permit-letting authorities are eligible to receive fifty-five dollars ($55.00) for each processed permit.
(3) For multi-unit programs involving a county and a municipality, the higher county rate applies, however, programs involving two or more municipalities will use the municipal rate.
(4) Mandatory follow-up inspections are required when the permitted activity is completed, and such inspections will be documented on a form specified by the Secretary; the follow-up inspection fee received by all local governments is set at forty dollars ($40.00).
(c) Funds for field and office equipment have been made available for the first four years of the permit program. Due to funding limitation, no further funds will be allocated for the purpose.
(d) Training costs for Local Permit Officers (LPOs) at the Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources annual training session are limited to a maximum of one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00)/LPO upon submittal of proper receipts. No funds will be provided for attendance at CRC meetings.
History Note: | Authority G.S. 113.4-112; 113.4-124; |
Eff. December 10, 1977; | |
Amended eff. May 1, 1990; October 1, 1982; May 20,1980; August 1, 1978. |