GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1983 SESSION

CHAPTER 489 
HOUSE BILL 787 

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE USE OF COMMERCIAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT OPERATION FIRMS. 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  Chapter 90A of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read: 
"§ 90A-45.  Commercial wastewater treatment operation firms. – (a) Every person, firm, or corporation, municipal or private, owning or having control of a wastewater treatment works may contract with a responsible commercial wastewater treatment works operation firm for operational and other services of that firm, and that firm shall designate an employee as the operator in responsible charge. Such designee and other licensed employees of the firm shall be responsible for the total operation and maintenance of the wastewater treatment works. Contractual firms shall not be limited as to the number of facilities, distance between facilities, location of office or residence, frequency of visits, utilization of local persons who are not certified, or other internal management procedures. 
(b)	Any employee designated by the firm as operator in responsible charge must obtain certification from the Wastewater Treatment Plant Operators Certification Commission and must comply with all of the requirements specified in Chapter 90A and the rules and reasonable standards of the Commission, applicable to all operators in responsible charge, designed to assure satisfactory operation of wastewater facilities." 
Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification. 
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 10th day of June, 1983.