In June 1996, North Carolina Senate Bill 1217 was ratified, thus forming a multiagency committee to address issues and concerns related to animal waste management and the 15ANCAC 2H .0200 the -Waste Not Discharged to Surface Waters regulations. Members of committee include two representatives from the Natural Resources Conservation Service, North Carolina Department of Environment, Health and Natural Resources-Division of Water Quality, North Carolina Department of Environment, Health and Natural Resources-Division of Soil and Water Conservation, the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and the North Carolina State University Cooperative Extension Service. The primary responsibility of the Interagency Group is to answer questions from the more than four hundred technical specialists in North Carolina so as to accelerate the certification process for animal waste management facilities. The questions and answers will be periodically published in a Guidance Document.

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