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49 <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 Blo-Solids Disposal—Support legislation to authorize counties to <br /> regulate, but not prohibit, bio-solids application activities,including the acceptable 'classes" of <br /> blo-solids for application and the prohibition of blo-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 />