Source:  NC Pork Council, 9/18/09

The current State General Permit for swine waste management system operation will expire on September 30, 2009. The Division of Water Quality is currently getting the new permits (certificates of coverage) ready for mailing and plan to have them in the mail to you by the last week of September. In the event that you do not receive your new certificate of coverage by October 1, 2009, you will continue to be covered under your current permit until such time as you receive the new certificate of coverage.
 
If for some reason you did not submit an application for coverage under the new permit, you would not be covered after September 30, 2009. Anyone in that situation should immediately contact the Division of Water Quality regional office for assistance in resolving that situation.
 
If you have not received your new Certificate of Coverage by October 15th, it is suggested that you notify the Division of Water Quality regional office staff.