Source: NCDA&CS, 10/31/18

Dear Commodity Leaders,


Below is Executive Order 81 terminating the state of emergency and transportation waiver for Hurricane Michael ONLY. 

All Executive Orders for Hurricane Florence that have not already been rescinded (i.e. evacuation orders) remains in effect that includes the State of Emergency and any Transportation Waivers!


Thank you,


TINA L. HLABSE | GENERAL COUNSEL |NC Dep't of Agriculture & Consumer Services|

919-707-3013 (office)

919-733-1141 (fax)

ROY COOPER GOVERNOR
October 31, 2018
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 81
NOTICE OF TERMINATION OF EXECUTIVE ORDER NOS. 74, 75 and 77
WHEREAS, Executive Order No. 74, Declaration of a State of Emergency by the Governor of North Carolina, issued on October 10, 201 8, declared a state of emergency in the following North Carolina counties: Alamance, Anson, Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Caswell, Chatham, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Davidson, Davie, Duplin, Durham,  Edgecombe, Forsyth, Franklin, Gates, Granville, Greene, Guilford, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lee, Lenoir, Martin, Montgomery, Moore, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Orange, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Person, Pitt, Randolph, Richmond, Robeson, Rockingham, Sampson, Scotland, Stokes, Surry, Tyrrell, Vance, Wake, Warren, Washington, Wayne, Wilson, and Yadkin ("the Emergency Area") due to the impacts from the remnants of Hurricane Michael; and

WHEREAS, Executive Order No. 75 as amended, Temporary Suspension of Motor Vehicle Regulations to Ensure Restoration of Utility Services and the Transportation of Essentials, issued on October 10, 2018, waived the maximum hours of service for drivers transporting supplies and equipment  for utility restoration and essentials in commerce, and, with the concurrence of the Council of State, temporarily suspended size and weight restrictions on vehicles supporting utility restoration and carrying essentials on the interstate and intrastate highways due to the impacts from the remnants of Hurricane Michael; and

WHEREAS, Executive Order No. 77, Amending Executive Order Nos. 74 and 75, amended Executive Order Nos. 74 and 75 to expand the Emergency Area to include all 100 counties in the State of North Carolina to support all response and recovery efforts.

NOW, THEREFORE, by the authority vested in me as Governor by the Constitution and the laws of the State of North Carolina, IT IS ORDERED:

Section 1.
Pursuant to N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-19.20(c), the state of emergency declared in Executive Order No. 74, the transportation waivers in Executive Order No. 75 and the amendment of the Emergency Area in Executive Order No. 77 are hereby terminated immediately.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto signed my name and affixed the Great Seal of the State of North Carolina at the Capitol in the City of Raleigh, this 3 1 st day of October in the year of our Lord two thousand and eighteen.

Roy Cooper Governor