A woman checks her mailbox on a flooded street in the North Chase neighborhood in northern Wilmington following Hurricane Dorian. (Port City Daily/Mark Darrough)
SOUTHEASTERN N.C. The North Carolina Coastal Federation has announced the creation of an action plan for statewide government leaders and developers to help curb flooding and water pollution.
The “
Action Plan for Nature-Based Stormwater Strategies” focuses on ways to promote natural designs to reduce flooding and improve water quality in new developments, stormwater retrofits, roadways, and working lands.
“North Carolinians are increasingly affected by damage and disruptions from flooding. More rain means more water running off the land, carrying pollutants and debris into rivers and to the coast,” according to the document.
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It seems like yesterday, but it was actually last summer when the United States Environmental Protection Agency and Army Corps of Engineers published the Navigable Waters Protection Rule, effective June 22, 2020 (the Rule ).
The Rule s publication completed the two-step process to repeal and replace the 2015 Clean Water Rule. The Rule replaced the Clean Water Rule s definition of waters of the United States with one that provides an arguably smaller scope of protections for these waters. As expected, several states (including North Carolina) raised legal challenges to the Rule during the second half of 2020. Colorado, however, was the only state that obtained a stay of the Rule.
Friday, February 5, 2021
It seems like yesterday, but it was actually last summer when the United States Environmental Protection Agency and Army Corps of Engineers published the Navigable Waters Protection Rule, effective June 22, 2020 (the Rule ).
The Rule s publication completed the two-step process to repeal and replace the 2015 Clean Water Rule. The Rule replaced the Clean Water Rule s definition of waters of the United States with one that provides an arguably smaller scope of protections for these waters. As expected, several states (including North Carolina) raised legal challenges to the Rule during the second half of 2020. Colorado, however, was the only state that obtained a stay of the Rule.
President Joe Biden's pick to lead the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency told senators on Wednesday that he's committed to implementing the new administration's climate change directives while also boosting the economy, and said if he's confirmed, he'll be "driven by science and the rule of law."