North Carolina General Statutes 139-54. Purposes for which grants may be requested
Applications for grants may be made for the nonfederal share of small watershed projects for the following purposes in amounts not to exceed the percentage of the nonfederal costs indicated:
(1) Land rights acquisition for impounding or retarding water – fifty percent (50%).
Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes 139-54
- following: when used by way of reference to any section of a statute, shall be construed to mean the section next preceding or next following that in which such reference is made; unless when some other section is expressly designated in such reference. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
- state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories, so called; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the said district and territories and all dependencies. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
- United States: shall be construed to include the said district and territories and all dependencies. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
(2) Engineering fees – fifty percent (50%).
(3) Anticipated future and present water supply needs in conjunction with watershed improvement works or projects as described in N.C. Gen. Stat. § 139-37.1 – fifty percent (50%).
(4) Installation of recreational facilities and services (to include land acquisition) as described in N.C. Gen. Stat. § 139-46 – fifty percent (50%).
(5) Construction costs for water management (drainage or irrigation) purposes, including utility and road relocations not funded by the State Department of Transportation – sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66 2/3%).
(6) Conservation and replacement of fish and wildlife habitat as described in N.C. Gen. Stat. § 139-46 – seventy-five percent (75%).
(7) Rehabilitation or improvement of water resources structural measures in accordance with criteria established by the Natural Resources Conservation Service of the United States Department of Agriculture pursuant to the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act of 1954, as amended by the Small Watershed Rehabilitation Amendments of 2000 (Pub. L. No. 106-472, 114 Stat. 2007), codified at 16 U.S.C. § 1001, et. seq.; the Dam Safety Law of 1967, N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143-215.23, et. seq.; and rules adopted pursuant thereto – fifty percent (50%). (1977, 2nd Sess., c. 1206; 1979, c. 1046, s. 2; 2002-176, s. 3.)