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34181
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Recent revisions to rules governing the kinds and concentration of wastes industries may discharge to publicly owned treatment works are expected to have significant impacts on some industrial users in North Carolina, particularly in the larger metropolitan areas. New regulations will bring more industrial dischargers into pretreatment programs, and prohibit septage dumping into sewer lines.
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Water Resources Research Institute News
(NoCar HD 1694 N8 N48x), Vol. Issue 266, Nov/Dec 1990,
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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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33354
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North Carolina is one of the major waste-producing states in the nation, yet, the number of facilities for treatment and storage of hazardous wastes in North Carolina continues to decline. Reasons for the decline are siting limitations, strict regulations, and high cost of liability insurance. Closure of facilities has led to other problems and concerns.
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Water Resources Research Institute News
(NoCar HD 1694 N8 N48x), Vol. Issue 235, May/June 1986,
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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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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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15896
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Low-level radioactive (LLRW) waste is produced by several different categories of generators and consists of a broad range of materials. Although LLRW contains relatively small amounts of radioactivity, it constitutes the largest physical mass of nuclear waste generated. The management of LLRW has always been problematic and certain techniques need to be reevaluated.
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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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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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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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Water Resources Research Institute News
(NoCar HD 1694 N8 N48x), Vol. Issue 325, Sept/Oct 2000,
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508
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Finding safer and less expensive ways to manage municipal solid waste is an important challenge facing many cities. Unit pricing is one of the latest attempts to reduce costs.
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33197
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With landfills in North Carolina counties filling up fast, officials are looking to alternative methods of waste disposal. Mecklenburg County is investigating waste-to-energy plants that would take garbage and burn it to produce steam and electricity or ferment it to produce ethanol, a gasoline additive.
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Water Resources Research Institute News
(NoCar HD 1694 N8 N48x), Vol. Issue 228, July 1985,
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31690
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Despite laws against dumping and littering, the North Carolina countryside is being polluted by a proliferation of trash. In many cases, the trash dumps exist because there is no provision in the community for garbage and trash collection and nowhere else to dispose of it. This article discusses the problem and efforts to build sanitary landfills.
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