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34353
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On January 15, the North Carolina Rules Review Commission (RRC) met to consider revisions made by the Environmental Management Commission to the NPDES Stormwater Phase II rules in response to earlier rejections. After listening to special interest groups, the RRC passed a motion to disapprove rules in the stormwater program. However, it is still unknown which specifically which rules the motion applied to.
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Water Resources Research Institute News
(NoCar HD 1694 N8 N48x), Vol. Issue 345, Jan/Feb 2004,
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34354
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In North Carolina, where sanitary sewers are separate from sewers that carry stormwater, wastewater treatment capacity has not been a priority issue because only extreme rainfall events might threaten treatment capacity. A proposed Environmental Protection Agency policy would allow wastewater blending of primary and secondary treatments as long as permit limits are met. North Carolina does not currently have a blending policy, but may consider a policy that would recognize varying circumstances statewide.
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Water Resources Research Institute News
(NoCar HD 1694 N8 N48x), Vol. Issue 345, Jan/Feb 2004,
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34355
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At the March 11, 2004 meeting of the North Carolina Environmental Management Commission, complaints were filed against the NPDES Stormwater Phase II rules rejected by the Rules Review Commission (RRC). The implications of the RRC action mean that North Carolina has failed to meet federal requirements to adopt procedures for state designation of owners and operators of storm sewer systems that must obtain permits.
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Water Resources Research Institute News
(NoCar HD 1694 N8 N48x), Vol. Issue 346, Mar/Apr 2004,
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34356
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Sherry MacQueen, the new source water protection coordinator in the North Carolina Public Water Supply Section, discusses the condition of all public drinking water sources and local partnerships to protect streams, reservoirs, and wells that supply public drinking water systems. MacQueen also discusses assessments of risk to drinking water sources and the state’s Water Supply Watershed Protection program.
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Water Resources Research Institute News
(NoCar HD 1694 N8 N48x), Vol. Issue 347, May/June 2004,
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34357
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In the 2004 appropriations act, the North Carolina General Assembly allocated funds that pay for cleanup of contamination from leaking underground storage tanks and provide financial assurance for owners and operators of commercial underground storage tanks. A study is being conducted on the desirability and feasibility of altering or eliminating the role of the State in providing funding for cleanup of contamination from leaking petroleum tanks.
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Water Resources Research Institute News
(NoCar HD 1694 N8 N48x), Vol. Issue 348, July/Aug 2004,
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34358
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Following recent drought conditions, many North Carolina communities are developing water conservation plans and identifying backup water sources. Increasing development in some mountain watersheds is resulting in hydrologic changes, including increasing storm water runoff, erosion and sediment transport, unstable streambanks, and loss of flood plains. These changes will result in more frequent floods with greater impacts to low-lying communities.
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Water Resources Research Institute News
(NoCar HD 1694 N8 N48x), Vol. Issue 349, Sept/Dec 2004,
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34359
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North Carolina’s state regulatory commissions jointly developed a unified plan for protecting and enhancing coastal fish habitat. The Coastal Habitat Protection Plan will guide decisions affecting six designated types of coastal fish habitats in North Carolina.
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Water Resources Research Institute News
(NoCar HD 1694 N8 N48x), Vol. Issue 349, Sept/Dec 2004,
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34360
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Water providers and customers in North Carolina learned invaluable lessons from the record drought that reached its peak in the summer of 2002. Mandatory conservation measures were widespread and many people became good at rationing water. In spite of conservation efforts, municipal water providers in Orange County and other communities have increased their rates.
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Water Resources Research Institute News
(NoCar HD 1694 N8 N48x), Vol. Issue 349, Sept/Dec 2004,
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6390
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While the federal government continues to roll back regulations controlling sanitary sewage overflow (SSO), North Carolina's SSO program is one of the country's toughest on sewage spills. The article discusses the program and includes a list of regulations for securing a wastewater collection system permit.
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Water Resources Research Institute News
(NoCar HD 1694 N8 N48x), Vol. Issue 344, Nov/Dec 2003,
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34344
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The North Carolina Environmental Management Commission directed the Division of Water Resources to conduct a Capacity Use Investigation of the area in and around Bladen County, and to provide a report and recommendations. Dewatering of the Upper Cape Fear Aquifer underlying the area appears to be imminent, and without declaring a Capacity Use Area, the Commission has no authority to limit groundwater withdrawals from the aquifer.
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Water Resources Research Institute News
(NoCar HD 1694 N8 N48x), Vol. Issue 339, Jan/Feb 2003,
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34345
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The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) alters more wetlands and riparian areas and undertakes more compensatory mitigation than any other single entity in the state. In March 2002, the second of two reports on evaluation of mitigation sites and the mitigation program was published. The East Carolina University researchers who conducted the evaluation discussed significant weaknesses in NCDOT’s mitigation program and offered recommendations for restoration and improvement.
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Water Resources Research Institute News
(NoCar HD 1694 N8 N48x), Vol. Issue 339, Jan/Feb 2003,
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34346
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According to the North Carolina Drought Monitoring Council, above-normal precipitation since September associated with the El Niño warm event in the Pacific has significantly reversed drought conditions across North Carolina. The State Climate Office expects above normal precipitation through the spring, which should allow water supplies across the state to be in much better condition than last year.
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Water Resources Research Institute News
(NoCar HD 1694 N8 N48x), Vol. Issue 339, Jan/Feb 2003,
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34347
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The North Carolina Department of Transportation (DOT) is responsible for most of the activities undertaken to compensate for impacts to wetlands and streams. To help improve these efforts, the new Ecosystem Enhancement Program will absorb the North Carolina Wetlands Restoration Program and certain mitigation-related operations within the DOT. The new program aims to identify impacts to wetlands and streams very early in the roadway planning process.
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Water Resources Research Institute News
(NoCar HD 1694 N8 N48x), Vol. Issue 340, Mar/Apr 2003,
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34348
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A North Carolina State University project that measured nitrogen, phosphorus and sediment exports from six different land uses in Wake County in the Upper Neuse River Basin, found that nitrogen exports were typically greater than those in previously published reports. Researchers also found that rainfall in the drainage basins contained significant concentrations of nitrogen that often accounted for a considerable portion of the total nitrogen export from all land uses. The export rates illustrate the increase in pollutant associated with development and emphasize the need for implementing best management practices in developed areas.
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Water Resources Research Institute News
(NoCar HD 1694 N8 N48x), Vol. Issue 340, Mar/Apr 2003,
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34349
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Speakers at the Water Resources Research Institute’s Annual Conference on April 1 discussed water use laws in North Carolina and the future implications of the state’s current water laws and policy. They also discussed the economic value of water resources, water rights and access to water supplies, and water quality improvement.
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Water Resources Research Institute News
(NoCar HD 1694 N8 N48x), Vol. Issue 341, May/June 2003,
p1-4
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