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34235
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In October, the North Carolina Pesticide Board reviewed an evaluation of the state’s pesticide regulation program conducted by the North Carolina Center for Public Policy Research and watched a videotape on aerial application of pesticides, a primary target of the policy center’s criticism. The study concludes that the state needs to curb violations by crop dusters and exterminators, assess harsher fines on repeat violators, and achieve more balance on the boards that oversee pesticide use.
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Water Resources Research Institute News
(NoCar HD 1694 N8 N48x), Vol. Issue 290, Nov/Dec 1994,
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34236
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A decision made in June by the North Carolina Court of Appeals will require the Environmental Management Commission to reconsider its decision to proceed with the controversial Randleman Dam project. This article reviews the Randleman debate, water quality concerns, and the Appeals Court decision.
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Water Resources Research Institute News
(NoCar HD 1694 N8 N48x), Vol. Issue 294, July/Aug 1995,
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34237
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At its June 8 meeting the North Carolina Environmental Management Commission approved proceeding to rulemaking on several surface water reclassification proposals, amendments to air quality permit exemptions, watershed protection rules. The commission will investigate the feasibility of new rules to require self-monitoring and reporting by operators of animal waste systems.
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Water Resources Research Institute News
(NoCar HD 1694 N8 N48x), Vol. Issue 294, July/Aug 1995,
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34238
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In an update of a 1991 study, scientists at North Carolina State University report that counties in the Piedmont and Coastal Plan produce more nutrients in animal waste than the crops grown in the counties can take up. The Extension Service will begin discussions with livestock producers about the need to consider dispersing livestock operations to prevent nutrient “saturation” or containment in localized areas.
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Water Resources Research Institute News
(NoCar HD 1694 N8 N48x), Vol. Issue 294, July/Aug 1995,
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34239
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Heavy late-spring and early-summer rainfall in the Piedmont and Coastal Plain of North Carolina has sent high volumes of nitrogen-laden freshwater down the Neuse River. This has resulted in numerous, small, localized crab and fish kills and several sizeable algae blooms in the estuary near Morehead City.
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Water Resources Research Institute News
(NoCar HD 1694 N8 N48x), Vol. Issue 294, July/Aug 1995,
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34240
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In a study designed to support ongoing implementation of the Tar-Pamlico River Basin Nutrient Management Strategy and its nutrient trading program, scientists at the Center for Environmental Analysis at Research Triangle Institute suggest that targeting efforts to control agricultural nonpoint pollution at specific sources offers the best opportunities for reducing nutrient loading to the river. They suggest focusing on small land areas rather than whole counties or watersheds.
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Water Resources Research Institute News
(NoCar HD 1694 N8 N48x), Vol. Issue 294, July/Aug 1995,
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34241
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At the request of the Town of Enfield, the North Carolina Division of Water Resources’ Water Supply Assistance Section recently conducted a study of water use in the Fishing Creek drainage area to determine if there is a need to regulate water use in the Tar River basin. The study finds that while existing wells do not produce large quantities of water, better location and construction could lead to higher well yields. Of greater significance is the occurrence of radioactive radon gas in the region’s groundwater.
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Water Resources Research Institute News
(NoCar HD 1694 N8 N48x), Vol. Issue 294, July/Aug 1995,
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34242
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In October, Secretary of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources Jonathan Howes requested that the North Carolina Environmental Management Commission reexamine the plan approved in 1993 for managing nutrients in the Neuse River. Water quality in the Neuse has experienced poor conditions and an angry public hearing prompted the Commission to revisit its management strategies.
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Water Resources Research Institute News
(NoCar HD 1694 N8 N48x), Vol. Issue 296, Nov/Dec 1995,
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34243
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In October, the North Carolina Environmental Management Commission approved a temporary rule that requires owners or operators of leaking underground storage tanks to show through risk assessments that the leaks pose a threat to human health or the environment to be eligible to receive reimbursement for cleanup from the state’s Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund. This article discusses the rule and earlier efforts of the trust fund.
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Water Resources Research Institute News
(NoCar HD 1694 N8 N48x), Vol. Issue 296, Nov/Dec 1995,
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34244
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In a research project submitted to the National Fire Academy as part of the Executive Fire Officer Program, Raleigh Assistant Fire Chief Earl F. Fowler recommends that municipal fire officials prepare themselves and their cities to make decisions that can avert environmental disaster in the case of large scale fire suppression operations. Fowler says the City of Raleigh and fire departments across the state need to develop policy and procedures to protect local water ways from pollution by fire-fighting runoff water.
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Water Resources Research Institute News
(NoCar HD 1694 N8 N48x), Vol. Issue 296, Nov/Dec 1995,
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34245
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A federal appeals court decision in a groundwater contamination lawsuit expected to have broad implications for toxic tort actions in North Carolina has turned out to be something of a legal curiosity, according to attorney Craig Bromby of Hunton & Williams. The case of Carroll versus Litton Systems, Inc. pertained to whether any amount of chemical contaminant moving from one person’s property into another person’s groundwater constitutes a legal trespass and whether a company is liable for increased risk of disease. However, the ruling’s opinion is unpublished and citation is limited.
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Water Resources Research Institute News
(NoCar HD 1694 N8 N48x), Vol. Issue 296, Nov/Dec 1995,
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34246
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The North Carolina Environmental Management Commission adopted legislative proposals and a “green” budget, which includes funding for efforts to restore water quality in the Neuse River. The goal is to reduce and hold the line on nitrogen loading in a river basin where a rapid increase in human and animal populations shows no signs of abating. Recommendations include restoration of riparian buffers and wetlands.
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Water Resources Research Institute News
(NoCar HD 1694 N8 N48x), Vol. Issue 299, May/June 1996,
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34247
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The Water Resources Research Institute has been active in supporting research that addresses key scientific questions of concern for the management of water quality in the Neuse River. In this article, Kenneth Reckhow, director of the institute, discusses dealing with the water quality issues and the uncertainty in scientific studies.
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Water Resources Research Institute News
(NoCar HD 1694 N8 N48x), Vol. Issue 299, May/June 1996,
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34248
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On May 1, the North Carolina Soil and Water Conservation Commission adopted new technical standards for animal waste systems. Changes to the standards include the requirements that all future lagoons have emergency spillways, all lagoons be precharged, a trench be dug to investigate for tile drains, and liners be continually inspected to insure proper compaction and permeability.
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Water Resources Research Institute News
(NoCar HD 1694 N8 N48x), Vol. Issue 299, May/June 1996,
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34249
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The North Carolina Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources appointed a task force in 1995 to study and formulate a program to address the technological, managerial and financial viability of public water systems. Recommendations by the North Carolina Small Systems Viability Task Force are summarized in this article.
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Water Resources Research Institute News
(NoCar HD 1694 N8 N48x), Vol. Issue 301, Sept/Oct 1996,
p4-5
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