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EMC Approves Riparian Buffer Requirements for Tar-Pamlico Basin

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34303
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The North Carolina Environmental Management Commission adopted a rule requiring the preservation of vegetated buffer areas along intermittent and perennial streams, lakes, ponds and estuarine waters throughout the Tar-Pamlico River Basin. The Commission also approved the Catawba River Basinwide Water Quality Plan and discussed a schedule for adopting riparian buffer requirements for that basin.