This subchapter shall not apply to the following land-disturbing activities:
(A) Activities, including the breeding and grazing of livestock, undertaken on agricultural land for the production of plants and animals useful to man, including, but not limited to:
(1) Forages and sod crops, grains and feed crops, tobacco, cotton and peanuts.
(2) Dairy animals and dairy products.
(3) Poultry and poultry products.
(4) Livestock, including beef cattle, sheep, swine, horses, ponies, mules and goats.
(5) Bees and apiary products.
(6) Fur producing animals.
(B) Activities undertaken on forestland for the production and harvesting of timber and timber products and conducted in accordance with best management practices set out in Forest Practice Guidelines Related to Water Quality, as adopted by the Department. If land-disturbing activity undertaken on forestland for the production and harvesting of timber and timber products is not conducted in accordance with Forest Practice Guidelines Related to Water Quality, the provisions of this subchapter shall apply to such activity and any related land-disturbing activity on the tract; and
(C) Activities for which a permit is required under the Mining Act of 1971, G.S. Ch. 74, Art. 7.
(D) Land-disturbing activity over which the state has exclusive regulatory jurisdiction as provided in G.S. § 113A-56(a).
(E) For the duration of an emergency, activities essential to protect human life.
(1989 Code, Title V, Ch. 51, Art. XVII, § 1702) (Ord. passed 11-14-1995; Ord. 2021-03, passed 6-8-2021)