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33482
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The North Carolina legislature is expected to take action on legislation concerning use of phosphate detergent, low-level radioactive waste disposal, hazardous chemical waste treatment and hazardous waste orphan site cleanup, leaking underground storage tanks, landfill regulation, and pesticide contamination.
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Over the next several years, the Environmental Protection Agency will push for increased use of biological toxicity testing to complement chemical-specific analyses of toxic water pollutants. North Carolina has been a leader among the authorized state programs in the use of biological testing to monitor and control toxics, largely because the state has in-house effluent monitoring capability.
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33484
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A two-year research project sponsored by the Water Resources Research Institute is aimed at developing a procedure for identifying toxic chemicals in effluent from municipal waste water treatment plants. Researchers hope to establish a standard procedure which can be widely used for wastewater discharge monitoring and control.
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33485
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This article presents two views of the water market. Kenneth D. Frederick, director of Resources for the Future’s Renewable Resources Division, discusses an economic approach establishing water rights that can be sold and remove restrictions on how and where water can be used. David Moreau, director of the University of North Carolina Water Resources Research Institute, discusses how the water market in North Carolina and other eastern states differs from the west.
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33486
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The North Carolina Division of Environmental Management revised their 1985 report on animal operations and water quality to include recommendations that could bring about an increase in the number of North Carolina animal operations designated “concentrated” and thereby potentially subject to National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit regulations. The recommended changes would also result in better data for determining the impact animal operations have on the state’s water quality.
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33487
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The North Carolina Division of Emergency Management and the National Weather Service are developing the Integrated Flood Observing and Warning System (IFLOWS), which will give residents of seventeen mountain counties one-half to three hours warning of flash-flood conditions. The system is designed to predict flash flooding in areas characterized by steep slopes and narrow valleys where flash flooding is likely to occur.
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33488
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This article presents new water resources legislation in North Carolina. The bills enact the new North Carolina Clean Water Revolving Fund Act of 1987, pollution control permit fees, and a wastewater treatment works permit or bond.