The following definitions apply in this Article:

(1) Department. – Department of Environmental Quality.

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Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes 77-125

  • 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

(2) Large vessel marina. – A marina that has docking facilities and has more than 10 wet slips for vessels of 26 feet or more that have marine sanitation devices. The term includes privately and publicly owned marinas and anchorages.

(3) Marine sanitation device. – As defined in 33 U.S.C. § 1322. The term does not include “portable toilets” as defined in this act.

(4) Portable toilet. – A self-contained mobile toilet facility and holding tank for sewage.

(5) Pumpout facility. – The term includes stations affixed permanently to a dock, mobile stations mounted to a golf cart or hand truck, direct slipside connections, pumpout vessels, and tanker trucks.

(6) Sewage. – Treated or untreated human waste. As used in this act, the term includes effluent produced or held by any type of marine sanitation device.

(7) Vessel. – As defined in N.C. Gen. Stat. § 75A-2 (2009-345, s. 1; 2010-180, s. 21(b); 2015-241, s. 14.30(u).)