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34266
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Eighty-four more cities and urbanized counties in North Carolina and all construction sites larger than one acre will be required to get permits and manage storm water runoff under rules proposed by the United States Environmental Protection Agency in January. The Phase II Storm Water regulations will expand the national program to regulate storm water discharges as point sources under the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES).
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Water Resources Research Institute News
(NoCar HD 1694 N8 N48x), Vol. Issue 310, Mar/Apr 1998,
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34267
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The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) have concluded their assessment of North Carolina’s Coastal Nonpoint Pollution Control Program and how well it conforms to regulatory requirements. The state’s program was given “conditional approval” and will have five years to meet their conditions.
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Water Resources Research Institute News
(NoCar HD 1694 N8 N48x), Vol. Issue 310, Mar/Apr 1998,
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34186
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In November, the Environmental Protection Agency promulgated final rules and regulations setting up the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) stormwater permitting program. The scope of the program was expanded to include unincorporated urban areas with 100,000 or more population which have separate storm sewer systems. This change means that Cumberland County joins Charlotte, Raleigh, Durham, Greensboro, and Winston-Salem on the list of North Carolina urban areas that must comply with stormwater control programs.
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Water Resources Research Institute News
(NoCar HD 1694 N8 N48x), Vol. Issue 267, Jan/Feb 1991,
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4078
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in October, 1999, an Environmental Protection Agency regulation requiring municipalities to report the quality of the drinking water to their citizens goes into effect. Items to be reported include where the water comes from, the contaminants it contains, and the health effects of any contaminants.
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17512
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After recognition of the problem in 1893, numerous amendments, and studies, and a troubled beginning with the 1949 General Assembly, the Stream Pollution Bill finally passed in the House in 1951, reshaped to meet previous objections.
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7811
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In 1995, massive fish kills in the Neuse River focused national attention on the state, and the public demanded that the state clean up the waterways. In response to the outcry, Senator Marc Basnight of Dare County proposed an innovative and effective environmental initiative that is now known as the Clean Water Management Trust Fund. Basnight argued that the General Assembly should provide incentives and assistance to local governments, landowners, and others to protect and restore water quality. Holman examines what has been accomplished in the last decade. Grants from the fund have improved 142 wastewater collection and treatment systems and have funded 102 buffer, stream, and wetland restoration projects.
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34143
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The Legislative Research Commission’s Committee on Watershed Protection has recommended to the 1989 General Assembly two bills aimed at providing reliable and safe water supplies. The bills outline standards for point and nonpoint pollution controls and propose the development of a state water supply plan.
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Water Resources Research Institute News
(NoCar HD 1694 N8 N48x), Vol. Issue 255, Jan/Feb 1989,
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33298
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As the House and Senate work to reauthorize the Clean Water Act, one of the amendments they will be considering is directed at maintaining water quality in estuaries. The Water Quality Renewal Act of 1985, contains an amendment put forth by North Carolina Representative Walter B. Jones to establish a program for maintaining estuarine water quality. The amendment gives special consideration to Albemarle Sound and Pamlico Bay in selecting estuaries of national significance.
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Water Resources Research Institute News
(NoCar HD 1694 N8 N48x), Vol. Issue 232, Dec/Jan 1986,
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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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5337
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The North Carolina Environmental Management Commission approved rules in 2002 to \"reduce nutrient input of nitrogen and phosphorus to the Pamlico estuary.\" Gannon provides a summary of the rules including buffer protection, nutrient management, stormwater, and agriculture.
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3583
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While the public perceives municipalities and industries as the main river polluters, sediment is the major culprit. The General Assembly passed the Sedimentation Pollution Control Act in 1973. It was upgraded in 1997 to address points not covered.
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2240
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A comparison of animal waste regulations relating to drinking water wells in North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and Georgia reveals that North Carolina has the least restrictive regulations of the four states.
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Water Resources Research Institute News
(NoCar HD 1694 N8 N48x), Vol. Issue 292, Mar/Apr 1995,
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2917
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For years, Governor James B. Hunt, environmentalists, and private citizens have been urging the General Assembly to act to protect the coastal ecosystem, but it took hog spills, fish kills, and closed waters to cause legislators to act.
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3695
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The N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources' new enforcement policies for wastewater overflows include reporting releases immediately and giving regional offices more authority. Policies become effective July 1, 1998.
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34168
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As required by Section 319 of the Water Quality Act of 1987, North Carolina has compiled and submitted two nonpoint source (NPS) assessment reports. The reports identify navigable waters of the state impacted by nonpoint source pollution, and lays out plans to control the pollution. The Division of Environmental Management applied to the Environmental Protection Agency for funds to implement water control programs.
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Water Resources Research Institute News
(NoCar HD 1694 N8 N48x), Vol. Issue 261, Jan/Feb 1990,
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