North Carolina General Statutes Chapter 159G. Water Infrastructure § 159G-25. Expenditure for emergency corrective action at a wastewater treatment works

(a) The Department may use revenue in any account of the Wastewater Reserve to provide funds for emergency corrective action at a wastewater treatment works under the circumstances set out in this section.  The amount expended in a fiscal year for corrective action under this section may not exceed two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000).  An expenditure for emergency corrective action is authorized only under the following circumstances:

(b) The Department may bring a civil action against the holder of the permit for the wastewater treatment works to recover the amount expended from the Wastewater Reserve for the emergency corrective action.  The amount recovered in a civil action must be credited to the account in the Wastewater Reserve from which the funds were expended.