North Carolina SB 513: Modify Rqmts. for Wind Energy Facilities.

Bill Text

GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2025
S 2
SENATE BILL 513
Agriculture, Energy, and Environment Committee Substitute Adopted 5/7/25

Short Title: Modify Rqmts. for Wind Energy Facilities. (Public)
Sponsors:
Referred to:
March 26, 2025
*S513-v-2*
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
AN ACT TO ESTABLISH ENHANCED PUBLIC NOTICE REQUIREMENTS FOR 2
PROPOSED WIND ENERGY FACILITIES AND TO REQUIRE WIND ENERGY 3
FACILITIES TO INSTALL LIGHT-MITIGATING TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS. 4
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 5
SECTION 1. G.S. 143-215.119 reads as rewritten: 6
"§ 143-215.119. Permit application requirements; fees; notice of receipt of completed 7
permit; public hearing; public comment. 8
(a) Permit Requirements. – A person applying for a permit for a proposed wind energy 9
facility or proposed wind energy facility expansion shall include all of the following in an 10
application for the permit: 11
(1) A narrative description of the proposed wind energy facility or proposed wind 12
energy facility expansion. 13
(2) A map showing the location of the proposed wind energy facility or proposed 14
wind energy facility expansion that identifies the specific location of each 15
turbine. 16
(3) A copy of a deed, purchase agreement, lease agreement, or other legal 17
instrument demonstrating the right to construct, expand, or otherwise develop 18
a wind energy facility on the property. 19
(4) Identification by name and address of property owners adjacent to the 20
proposed wind energy facility or proposed wind energy facility expansion. 21
The applicant shall notify every property owner identified pursuant to this 22
subdivision located within 1 mile of any property boundary of the facility by 23
registered or certified mail or by any means authorized by G.S. 1A-1, Rule 4, 24
in a form approved by the Department. The applicant shall also notify the 25
board of commissioners for each county and the governing body of each 26
municipality located within 20 miles of the proposed facility. The notice shall 27
include all of the following: 28
a. The location of the proposed wind energy facility or proposed wind 29
energy facility expansion and the specific location of each turbine 30
proposed to be located within one-half mile of the boundary of the 31
adjacent property owner.located. 32
b. A description of the proposed wind energy facility or proposed wind 33
energy facility expansion. 34
(5) A description of civil air navigation or military air navigation routes, air traffic 35
control areas, military training routes, special-use air space, radar, or other 36

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military operations that may be affected by the construction or operation of 1
the proposed wind energy facility or proposed wind energy facility expansion. 2
(6) Documentation that addresses any potential adverse impact on military 3
operations and readiness as identified by the Department of Defense 4
Clearinghouse pursuant to Part 211 of Title 32 Code of Federal Regulations 5
(July 1, 2012 edition) and any mitigation actions agreed to by the applicant. 6
(7) Documentation that the applicant has either (i) submitted Federal Aviation 7
Administration Form 7460-1 for the turbines associated with the proposed 8
wind energy facility or proposed wind energy facility expansion or (ii) 9
initiated an informal review by the Department of Defense Siting 10
Clearinghouse of the proposed wind energy facility or proposed wind energy 11
facility expansion. If the applicant has submitted Federal Aviation 12
Administration Form 7460-1 in order to fulfill the requirements of this 13
subdivision, the applicant shall provide any determination reached by the 14
Federal Aviation Administration at the time the application is submitted to the 15
Department. If the Federal Aviation Administration has not made a 16
determination at the time the application is submitted to the Department, the 17
application shall include a description of the status of the applicant's 18
engagement with the Federal Aviation Administration and the Department of 19
Defense Siting Clearinghouse. 20
(7a) Documentation that the applicant has filed a request with the Federal Aviation 21
Administration for approval to install and use a light-mitigating technology 22
system at the proposed wind energy facility or proposed wind energy facility 23
expansion in compliance with the requirements of G.S. 143-215.121.1. 24
(8) A study of the noise impacts of the turbines to be associated with the proposed 25
wind energy facility or proposed wind energy facility expansion. 26
(9) A study on shadow flicker impacts of the turbines to be associated with the 27
proposed wind energy facility or proposed wind energy facility expansion, 28
unless the turbines will be located in a sound or in offshore waters. 29
(10) A study of the impact of the proposed wind energy facility or proposed wind 30
energy facility expansion on natural resources and uses