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I~y registered or certified mail, and the notice shall specify the reasons for the assessment. If the person assessed fails to pay the amount of the assessment to the I~epartment within 30 days after receipt or' notice, or such longer period~/torto exceed-180 days, as lile Conln'lJssion maY specify, the CommisSion may i0stitUte a Civil aclion in tile superior court of the coanty in which the viOlatiOn occurred or,' in tile discretion of the Commission, in the superior court of the county in Which the pe!'son assessed resides or has his or its principal place of business, to recover the amount of the assessment. ^ civil penalty pt' not more than ten thousar~.d dollar's ($10,000) per month may be assessetl by the Commission against any local government which fails to adopt or enforce a water supply ~.vatershcd protection ~rograrn as required DY P.S. 143'214.5. No snch penalty shall be imposed.against a Iocai government until the Commission has assumed the respdnsiDilit~, for administering and enforcing the local water supply watershed protection program. Civil penalties shall be imposed pursuant to a uniform schedule _adopted by the Commission. The:schedule of civil penalties shall !~e based on acreage and other relevant cost factors and Shall be designed to recoup the costs of administration and enforcement." Sec. 5. (a) The Euviromntmtal Management Commission shall adopt water su )ply watershed cla.~sifications and applicable management requirements as reqt~ired by G.S. 143-214.4('0 no later tllan I January 1991, (b) Thc Environmental Management Commission shall publish the proposed classificatiou of all existing water supply watersheds under the classifications adopted purstmm to G.S. 143-214.4(b) no later than 1 January 1991. The Environmental Management Commission shall complete the classificatiOn of all existing water supply watersheds no later than I January 1992. (.c) Every local government shall submit a local water supply management and protection ordinanct: to the Environmental Management Commission for approval by I July 1992. Sec. 6. The Environmental Management Commission shall submit written reports on the implementation of this act to the Environmental Review Commission on a quarterly basis beginning I January 1990. Sec. 7. This act shall not affect the validity of any local ordinance relating to watershed protection adopted prior to the effective date of this act. Sec. 7.1. Nothiug herein contained shall be construed to obligat,e the General Assembly to appropriate fund.s to implement the provisions of this act.