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5 <br />Environment Legislative Proposals <br />Priority Goals as Determined by NCACC Board of Directors <br />1. Enhance river basin monitoring and streamline rule-making -Enhance monitoring for all river <br />basins in North Carolina and review the rule-making process to enhance regional cooperation. <br />2. Streamline water supply reservoir permitting -Seek legislation to streamline local water supply <br />reservoir permitting without sacrificing the scientific rigor of Environmental Impact Assessment <br />and ensure adequate opportunities for public and local official comment. <br />3. Authorize County Oversight of Bio-Solids Disposal -Support legislation to authorize counties to <br />regulate, but not prohibit, bio-solids application activities, including the acceptable "classes" of <br />bio-solids for application and the prohibition of bio-solids application in certain environmentally <br />sensitive areas. <br />Other Goals <br />• Clarify Yard Waste Facility Runoff Statutes -Seek legislation to clarify that runoff from yard <br />waste staging areas at county landfills does not require wastewater treatment. <br />Create Study Commission on Horizontal Drilling, Hydraulic Fracturing and Uranium mining - <br />Seek legislation to create a Study Commission on horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing for <br />shale gas deposits and uranium mining. <br />