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29078
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This is the second installment of a three-part investigation into North Carolina’s hog-farming industry. This article examines the environmental impacts hog farming has had over the last two decades, particularly on waterways such as the Neuse River.
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Indy Week (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57), Vol. 34 Issue 24, July 2017, p10-15, il, por Periodical Website
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29085
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This is the third of a three-part investigation into North Carolina’s hog-farming industry. The article discusses ways to make the multi-billion-dollar hog industry more sustainable, both for the environment and the state’s rural population, and the political and financial reasons those steps have not been taken.
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Indy Week (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57), Vol. 34 Issue 25, July 2017, p11-16, por Periodical Website
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19721
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Sludge refers to a byproduct from wastewater treatment facilities deposited in a designated field on Grove Road in western Orange County. Resident Dot Watson and the Sewage Sludge Action Network have raised concerns about the adverse health effects related to exposure to these biosolids. The case is also being presented to Alamance County where three elementary schools located near such dumping sites.
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Indy Week (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57), Vol. 30 Issue 21, May 2013, p11, il Periodical Website
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16378
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Syringes, test tubes, X-ray machines, operating tables, computers, and other veterinary waste lie in an illegal dump near a stream that feeds Ellerbe Creek which runs across the county of Durham.
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Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 29 Issue 13, Mar 2012, p5, 7, f Periodical Website
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26350
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The North Carolina Wildlife Federation has provided formal opposition to a proposed poultry operation in Hyde County. Waste disposal would put the Pocosin Lakes and Mattamuskeet National Wildlife Refuges at risk.
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Friend of Wildlife (NoCar Oversize SK 431 F74x), Vol. 52 Issue 3, Fall 2004, p2
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5798
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Funding waste disposal programs for certain large items, such as tires and appliances, is a challenge for local governments. To deal with this problem, North Carolina introduced an innovative program, the \"advance disposal tax,\" or taxes consumers pay on certain items when they are purchased. North Carolina was one of the first states to institute this tax. Hughes discusses why the state chose this approach and the features of the program.
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Popular Government (NoCar JK 4101 P6), Vol. 68 Issue 2, Winter 2003, p17-23, il, f
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25267
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Many people have potential hazardous waste in their homes, the problem is educating them on the proper disposal methods and then ensuring they use those methods to dispose of the materials.
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Currents (NoCar TD 171.3 P3 P35x), Vol. 22 Issue 1, Winter 2003, p12, il
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16933
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In recent years, like many small North Carolina communities, Hookerton (on the southern bank of Contentnea Creek in Greene County) has seen a precipitous decline in its economic and population base. Thus, its wastewater treatment system is in disrepair. But Hookerton has latched on to the duckweed wastewater treatment system that uses duckweed lagoons as bioreacters to generate clean water.
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North Carolina Geographer (NoCar F 254.8 N67), Vol. 9 Issue , 2001, p71-83, bibl, f
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34314
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In July, Smithfield Foods, Inc. and North Carolina Attorney General Mike Easley announced that they had reached an agreement for phasing out open-air hog lagoons and spray fields in North Carolina. Smithfield will pay $15 million to North Carolina State University to develop environmentally superior waste disposal technologies within two years. Some details of the agreement are provided in this article.
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28740
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This bulletin discusses three decisions of the courts of appeals regarding North Carolina local governments' attempts to control the disposal of solid waste by using measures crafted to avoid the discriminatory aspects of flow avoid the discriminatory aspects found invalid in that case.
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Local Government Law Bulletin (NoCar KFN 7830 A15 L6), Vol. Issue 71, Nov 1995, p1-5, f
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25212
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During the North Carolina Coastal Federation symposium on Integrated Coastal Wastewater Management, many activities including a forum were held with many coastal agencies attending.
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Currents (NoCar TD 171.3 P3 P35x), Vol. 13 Issue 2, Winter 1994, p4
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28732
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A central legal question in most lawsuits challenging flow control has been whether a flow-control ordinance, which directs solid waste generated within a local government’s boundaries, violates the commerce clause of the United States Constitution. Implications to solid waste management in North Carolina are discussed.
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Local Government Law Bulletin (NoCar KFN 7830 A15 L6), Vol. Issue 59, June 1994, p1-3, f
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34215
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In December 1992, the North Carolina Environmental Management Commission adopted revisions to rules governing waste treatment systems that do not discharge to surface waters. The rules require that animal production operations above specified sizes file with the Division of Environmental Management certification that they have obtained and implemented approved plans for managing their waste.
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34224
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On June 30, the North Carolina Commission for Health Services adopted amendments to the state’s Solid Waste Management Rules. Changes were needed for North Carolina to be approved by the Environmental Protection Agency to implement its own solid waste management program. There are significant changes for local governments that operate landfills that receive household and other types of non-hazardous solid waste.
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28368
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The Triangle area’s landfills are filling up. While recycling household items has become more common, two-thirds of what goes into landfills comes from industrial and commercial waste. Efforts are underway to try to recycle waste from these companies by finding markets for the used materials. While the market for recycled materials is growing, the problem is that many of these materials do not need to be produced in the first place.
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Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 10 Issue 16, April 1992, p11-12 Periodical Website