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Electrical Membership Corporation voted to allow significant modifications to the water supply watershed protection rules.
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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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2267
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While the state feels it is doing a good job of water-quality protection, a top-ten EPA rating on pollutants released into the ecosystem causes environmentalists and citizens groups to question the state's support of anti-pollution regulations.
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Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 13 Issue 16, Apr 1995, p12-15, il Periodical Website
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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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Friend of Wildlife (NoCar Oversize SK 431 F74x), Vol. 44 Issue 2, Spring 1996, p2-6, il
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3531
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Components of the Clean Water Responsibility Act (HB 515) limit nitrogen and phosphorous levels in wastewater discharges and allow the SBI to enforce and investigate felony violations.
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Southern City (NoCar Oversize JS 39 S6), Vol. 47 Issue 10, Oct 1997, p8-9
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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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North Carolina (NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 56 Issue 2, Feb 1998, p38, il
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3584
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Aggressive legislation improved water and air quality over the last twenty-five years so that it now exceeds or meets strict Federal standards. To achieve even greater results, more serious attention needs to be given to non-point source pollution.
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North Carolina (NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 56 Issue 2, Feb 1998, p36-37,39-41,44-45, il
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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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Southern City (NoCar Oversize JS 39 S6), Vol. 48 Issue 4, Apr 1998, p1,3-4, il
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4058
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On July 1, 1999, Phase II of the Division of Water Quality's enforcement policies dealing with wastewater overflows and discharge permit violations becomes effective. Permitted wastewater treatment facilities number 1,629 statewide, of which 300 are municipal. In 1998, under Phase I, 407 violations were assessed resulting in $1.5 million in fines.
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Southern City (NoCar Oversize JS 39 S6), Vol. 49 Issue 1, Jan 1999, p1,6, il
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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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Southern City (NoCar Oversize JS 39 S6), Vol. 49 Issue 1, Jan 1999, p10, il
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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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Currents (NoCar TD 171.3 P3 P35x), Vol. 21 Issue 1, Winter 2001, p1, 6
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5474
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The Clean Water Management Trust Fund was established by the 1996 North Carolina General Assembly. The fund monies can be used to \"acquire land or easements for riparian buffers to restore wetlands, repair failing wastewater treatment systems, and improve stormwater controls.\" Powell discusses how funds were used in the Dupont State Forest, Mitchell River, and the Edenton Bay Watershed Restoration Plan.
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5478
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Sediment, or loose dirt, sand, and rocks, that flows into streams, often from construction sites, is the state's prime water pollutant. Hajian discusses what the town of Southern Pines and the state are doing to deal with this problem.
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Southern City (NoCar Oversize JS 39 S6), Vol. 52 Issue 2, Feb 2002, p4, il
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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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