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011111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111.11.11mmiffimilmmim <br /> invir r mont 1110 111 114 <br /> 111109011.1„princiol 1111 <br /> 000 10 op 000 olog op 0 op 000 0-010000111111111111111111101111100-0010-0.00- 001 00 <br /> INECEICEICIEMEMICEICEICEICEICEICEICEICEICEICEEI <br /> Guiding Principles <br /> • Public policy on environmental protection must recognize <br /> that all physical human activities have an impact on the en- <br /> vironment, and provide recognition that there must be a bal- <br /> ance between those activities and the environment. <br /> • Enhancements to the environment laws of North Carolina <br /> should be justified by verifiable scientific evidence and based <br /> on a clear rationale and purpose for regulatory change. <br /> • State agencies responsible for developing administrative <br /> rules to implement federal and state policies should involve <br /> local governments in the process at the earliest stages of de- <br /> velopment and should proceed only after thorough analyses <br /> of health, environmental and fiscal risks and impacts. <br /> • State agencies issuing permits for activities that affect the <br /> environment should give local governments ample opportu- <br /> nity to comment on proposed permits for consistency with <br /> local plans and policies. <br /> • If state law delegates responsibility to local governments <br /> for implementing, monitoring and enforcing environmental <br /> policy, the state should provide optimum flexibility and dis- <br /> cretion in setting fees at the local level to carry out these <br /> responsibilities. <br /> Goals <br /> ENV-1: Seek legislation to study and fund a comprehen- <br /> sive statewide approach to control invasive aquatic noxious <br /> weeds in the state's waters. <br /> • This rapidly growing aquatic weed has spread among many <br /> of the state's lakes, inhibiting tourist and recreational activi- <br /> ties and clogging water treatment plants. Eradication is ex- <br /> pensive and difficult. <br /> fill1HIMMOMMOMMOMMMNOMMMMM Net surimummossummussu <br /> ploommommommonommoromm <br /> Hoopplilo, 040,1 <br /> HANImmommommommOdommOar OlAtiOrio0110 wetty rorcidmmmmmmmmmmmmNo <br />