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A/P STUDY STAFF
<br />Randall Waite, Project Director, (919) 733 -0314
<br />PO Box 27687, Raleigh, NC, 27611 -7687
<br />Joan Giordano, Public Involvement Coord., (919) 946 -6481
<br />PO Box 1507, Washington, NC, 27889
<br />Joe Hollowell, Local Government Liaison, (919) 4824578
<br />202 Terry Avenue, Edenton, NC, 27932
<br />COMMITTEE CHAIRS
<br />Policy Committee - 12 Members
<br />Jonathan Howes, Secretary, NC DEHNR, (919) 733 -4984
<br />PO Box 27687, Raleigh, NC, 27611 -7687
<br />Ray Cunningham, US EPA, Atlanta, (404) 347 -4450
<br />345 Courtland Street NE, Atlanta, GA, 30365
<br />Technical Committee - 24 Members
<br />Steve Levitas, Deputy Secretary, NC DEHNR, (919) 7334984
<br />PO Box 27687, Raleigh, NC, 27611 -7687
<br />Bowman Crum, US EPA, Atlanta, (404) 347 -4450
<br />345 Courtland Street NE, Atlanta, GA, 30365
<br />Citizens Advisory Committees - 60 Members
<br />Derb Carter (Pamlico CAC), Chapel Hill, (919) 967 -1450
<br />137 E. Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514
<br />Brewster Brown (Albemarle CAC), Winton, (919) 332 -5921
<br />PO Box 527, Winton, NC, 27896
<br />TENTATIVE TIMELINE FOR COMPLETING CCMP
<br />March - May 14 - CCMP second draft revised
<br />May 17 - July 9 - Revised draft reviewed by APES
<br />committees; third draft printed and delivered
<br />July 12 - August 13 - Public review of third draft
<br />August 16 - 20 - Formal public meetings on third draft
<br />August 23 - September 17 - Final draft written, reviewed
<br />September 20 - November 5 - Final revisions made
<br />November 8 -12 - CCMP printed
<br />November 15 - CCMP sent to Governor and EPA Administrator
<br />Buffer Strivs
<br />The CCMP recmmends that the state prohibit new
<br />ground - disturbing activities in a'!20 =foot strip along:.: 'th
<br />shoreline of all perennial :streams (not drainage' d1 ches)v.
<br />Grasses, shrubs and trees along shvrelmes help trap::
<br />sediment; :nutrients and other pollutants that run off Of
<br />upland areas down to waterways A0 foot vegetative,
<br />buffer would reduce about 2090 of the :nuthents! and.40
<br />of the sediment entering waterways.
<br />Cost -Share Initiatives
<br />The state durrently helps farmers pay. for expenses incurred
<br />when they use ".Best Management Practices"
<br />their farms. BMPs are designed to help reduce the runoff
<br />of soil; farm chemicals, and animal wastes into waterways;
<br />However, many:riore BMP projects are.apphed for tlan`
<br />can.be funded each year, so ;the' CCMP recommends,
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<br />expanded funding for the program in order to increase<its
<br />effectiveness. The- CCMP also. recommends that similarly
<br />operated cost -share programs be established.. for
<br />commercial fishing operations and non- agricultural land
<br />usesiao encourage sounder environmental practices m those
<br />industries:
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