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ALBEMARLE—PAMLICO Comprehensive Conservaon 3 ESTUARINE STUDY and Management Plan A Summary of Recommended Management Actions ! Objective D:Reduce the risk to aquatic life and human health from aiming toxic contamination Goal: Restore, maintain or enhance water quality in the Albemarle Pamlico region so tbse It is fit for fish,wlldtlfe and Management Action 1: Increase efforts to assess and recreation. monitor the extent of estuarine sediment contamination, fish and shellfish contamination,and water quality violations;and to identify Objective A:Fully implement a basirtxide approach to water the muses and sources of these problems. quality menagemrnL Management Action 2: Continue to issue fish advisories as necessary to protect public health. Improve communication and Management Action 1: Develop basinwide plans to education about the risks associated with consuming contaminated protect and restore water quality on each river basin by 1999, fish and shellfish. coinciding with the Division of Environmental Management Water Management Action 3: Remediate toxic contamination Quality Section's basinwide schedule. The plans should include Where nrrAccary and feasible. planning for basinwide wetland protection. Management Action 2: Establish total maximum daily Objective E Evaluate indicators of environmental stress in the loads (TMDLS) and associated control strategies for all impaired estuary and develop new techniques to better assess water streams in the Albemarle-Pamlico region. qua S degradation. Management Action 3: Have all discharge permits renewed on a simultaneous schedule by river basin by 1999. Management Action 1:Continue to monitor and evaluate Management Action 4: Consider the potential for long- environmental stress indicators, including algal blooms, fish kills, term growth and its impacts when determining how a basin's assimilative and fish and shellfish din ays. similative capacity will be allocated Management Action 2:Improve techniques for evaluating Management Action 5:Improve the scientific models for the overall health of estuarine waters. understanding the estuarine system,human impacts on the system, Management Action 3: Develop and adopt better and the viability of alternative management strategies, indicators of shellfish contamination as soon as possible. Management Action 6: Continue long-term • comprehensive monitoring of the A-P system to assess its health and . s ;f`°® � a >x @ to target problems. • Objective B:Reduce bashrwide nonpoint source loading of Goal: Conserve and protect vital fish and wildlife habitats and sediments,nutrients,and tatitas maintain the natural heritage of the Albemarle-Pamlico region. Management Action 1: Develop and implement a ObjectiveA:Promote regional planning so protect and restore • . nonpoint source pollution control strategy for each river basin by vital habitat in the APES region 1999 as part of the basinwide management plans. Management Action 2: Expand funding to implement Management Action 1:Develop ecosystem protection and ,.. nonpoint source pollution control plans,particularly for agriatlmra] restoration plans for each river basin in the APES region by 1999. best management practices (BMPs) through the North Carolina Such plans should set coordinated priorities for habitats and critical Agriculture Cost Share Program.Develop a broader Water Quality and target areas most vital to the survival of wildlife,fisheries Cost Share program by 1995. Expand the cost-share program to an natural heritage. gr _ include wetlands restoration.Increase targeting of coat share funds W Management Action 2: Develop and maintain eccmate problem areas, maps and records of wetlands, fisheries habitats, and natural • communities, as well as occurrences of federal and state-listed Management Action 3: Continue to research alternative septic systems and other new BMPs to control nonpoint pollution. endangers and their habitats. Management Action 4: Strengthen current enforcement Management Action 3: Expand programs for the programs dealing with ground and surface water quality violations advanced identification of wetlands on a regional basis. from nonpoint sources. Management Action 5: By 1995, require all logging Objective B Maintain re and enhance the function and operators to submit a notice of intent to harvest prior to harvesting values of that habitats as necessary for the:an rtw!of wildlife, operations.Notice would be filed with the state forester. fisheries,and natural heritage of the region. Management Action 6: By 1995, enhance atormwater - • - runoff control by developing new regulations as needed and by - Management Action 1: Bring areas.with the highest strengthening eroating ones to protect water quality in all waters of .. Priority for protection into public ownership and/or management. the state by 1995. Expand.funding for public acquisition of important natural areas. Management Action 7: By 1995, implement an Management Action 2: Promote private stewardship of interagency State marinas policy that addresses marina siting and vital habitats through incentives and technical assistance to integrates BMPs through permitting and better education. landowners,local governments,and other interested parties. Management Action 3: Enhance the ability of state and Objective C:Reduce basims4de loadings of pollution from point federal agencies to enforce existing wetland'regulatory programs by 501,11M. 1995. . Management Action 4:Strengthen regulatory programs to Management Action 1: Promote pollution prevention protect vital fisheries habitats, which include submerged aquatic planning and non-discharge alternatives,where feasible,for all point vegetation,shellfish beds,and spawning areas,by 1995. sources to reduce the volume and toxicity of discharges. Management Action 5:Enhance the capacity of existing Management Action 2: Expand and strengthen the efforts to restore wetlands and vital fisheries habitats.Develop and National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permitting implement a wetlands restoration program by 1995. enforcement program.Increase site inspections and review of self- Management Action 6: Establish an effective wetlands monitoring data to improve facility compliance by 1995. mitigation program to compensate for unavoidable permitted wetlands losses by 1995. 1