19A NCAC 02B .0510      VEGETATION IN ENCROACHMENT AGREEMENTS

When vegetation on highway right‑of‑way is involved with utility installations, the encroachment application shall be referred to the Area Roadside Environmental Engineer for investigation and approval before final approval of the encroachment.  Encroachment agreements will not be approved until matters pertaining to the cutting or trimming of vegetation on highway right‑of‑way have been settled, and then permission for allowable cutting and trimming will accompany the approved encroachment agreement with the utility.

History Note:        Authority G.S. 136‑18(5); 136‑18(10); 136‑93; 136‑18(9);

Eff. April 3, 1981;

Amended Eff. October 1, 1993;

Pursuant to G.S. 150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without substantive public interest Eff. September 6, 2016.