02 NCAC 59E .0105. TECHNICAL SPECIALIST DESIGNATION

(a)  As required in 15A NCAC 02H .0217, the Commission designates the following individuals or groups of individuals as Technical Specialists, to assist owners in animal waste management plan development and certification.  No rights are afforded to Technical Specialists by this designation.  Technical Specialists are defined as:

(1)           Individuals who have been assigned design approval authority or installation approval authority by the USDA, Soil Conservation Service, the NC Cooperative Extension Service or the NC Department of Agriculture;

(2)           Professional engineers subject to "The North Carolina Engineering and Land Surveying Act" as rewritten by Session Laws 1975, c. 681, s. 1, and recodified; and

(3)           Individuals with demonstrated skill and experience in the design or installation of animal waste management system BMPs.

(b)  Design approval authority or installation approval authority of Technical Specialists may be for specific BMPs or a system of BMPs to be applied to complete an entire or a portion of an animal waste management plan.

(c)  Those individuals not designated in Subparagraphs (a)(1) or (2) of this Rule must:

(1)           Meet the minimum qualifications established by the Commission for each BMP or system of BMPs;

(2)           Provide to the NPS Section of the Division an "Application for Designation as a Technical Specialist" and evidence of demonstrated skill and experience required for a BMP or system of BMPs for which they are requesting Technical Specialist designation.  This documentation must be received by the second Wednesday of the first month of the quarter in order to have the application reviewed for designation that quarter; and

(3)           The individual may provide additional information and request that their approval authority be updated based on new evidence of skill and experience.

(d)  A copy of the minimum requirements for skill and experience will be available at the District field office.  The NPS Section of the Division will provide a list of designated Technical Specialists to all Districts, after each Commission meeting where action was taken concerning Technical Specialists.  The list will specify the BMPs or system of BMPs which the Technical Specialist has designed or installed.  The individual will be notified of the Commission action.

 

History Note:        Authority G.S. 106-840; 106-850; 139‑4;

Temporary Adoption Eff. December 9, 1993 for a Period of 180 Days or Until the Permanent Rule Becomes Effective, Whichever is Sooner;

Eff. March 1, 1994;

Transferred from 15A NCAC 06F .0105 Eff. May 1, 2012.