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LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF NORTH CAROLINA LEAGUE OF '1'0MEN VOTERS OF NORTH CAROLINA "CO`LMEI:TS PUBLIC HEARINGS N.C. E- NVIRONMENTAL I•.ANAGEMENT C0 :::9ISSIOI� (EfiC ) PROPOSED RECLASSIFICATIONS AND AtIEI•:DMENTS TO RULES FOR SURFACE i•;ATER SUPPLY WATERSHEDS PURSUANT TC THE RE;�U1R_*: 3E.NTS OF HE 150 August 15,1991 at Ralezgn, N.C. The League of Women Voters of N.C. strongly supports State Government role as set forth in HB 156 and worked for its passage in the 1989 Legislature. HB 156, Water Supply 'Iatershed Protection Act, established a cooperative program between the state and local ccvernments to protect and anhance tine cuality of the state's Su_face Water Drinking :water Suoclies. .:e commend t hard work of the Environr:,entat I•;a ae.nent Cornrnission that passed good regulations in December 1990 after tare recommen- dations of the ;rater Supply Watershed Protection Advisory Council. ;:e do not want to see them weakened. HB 156 was written without a stated goal but we suggest a goal of "Minimal degradation over the next 20 vears" which has been stated as a coal is several watar qu-21i ;✓ reservciz studies in the state. r The reco,=ended four proposed :rater Supply Classi_ications provide flexibility for local governments to provide the highest water protection possible decending on their local wat- srshed cnaracter -- istics. it is sugcested that the state use the te,m "Most Protective Appropriate" classification. rater Supply `� :atershecs of local governments that have already reached the nigher classifications should automatically continue in that protective class. It will be im?ortanL to encour :�e local cove,nments to write local orYw- nances that will provide a protective land use plan for their present and future water supplies. Citizens need to take oast in .forming the watershed ordinance and to know that regulations in a protective local ordinance once adopted will continue to be in place. Local covernmenis that have testy_ onsibi i tv for a protection Or.^.cra `or a porticn of a watershed in their jurlsdiction, but not their water supply, shoulc work re,ionally with that water supply aovern- Ment throuch interlocal asreemenz which s :•could include monitorinc. The position of-the League of Womnen Voters of Forth Carolina is for WATER SUPPLY PROTECTICI•1 TIz` i•;ILL PREVENT PCLLUTION. 1. '.';e support the one -Nile Critical Area as well as the five -mile Protected Area. 2. We support the rules on wastewater discharges and limits on development densities. The most ef:ective practice for' highest water protection is low density development oarticularly in the Critic _--1 anc PrctecteC arses . tOr.^water _ 101aing aCrOSS pert" u 5 surfaces sL'Ch _=s r^G_` t :- , - __ng lots an: _ Qu=S =!C n5 4 C :C' _'J �- 2 n is that c--.n result In Serious - . ^.pac- ;ter: avatar Cua l i CV . tBu, ZE.?.r zones are also needed to Prevent damage from episodic events such as spills and- e ::tra heavy storm run -off. 3. We support the 100 foot buffers on oerennial streaMs. 801 Oberlin Road Suite 325 Raleigh, N.C. 27605 919/839-5532