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Tuesday, 14 April 2009 11:32

New Policy and/or Guidance for BMP Manual
The Division of Water Quality has posted ten new policy and/or guidance documents regarding such issues as; Biorentention, Closed Sand Filters, Deep Wet Detention Ponds, Swales, and Constructed Wetlands in the State’s stormwater program and the BMP Manual. These new policy and/or guidance documents affect the following Stormwater programs (Coastal SW, HQW, ORW, Ph. II, etc.) and will be implemented per the "Schedule of Immediate Actions" located at the end of each document. All of these actions should be captured and merged into the BMP Manual at the next available update. To read and familiarize yourself with these important updates, you can click on each one below or visit http://h2o.enr.state.nc.us/su/state_sw_notices.htm.

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Impervious Parking Requirements Now in Effect

Friday, 03 April 2009 08:39

If you are building or developing in Duplin, Bladen, or Sampson County or other rural areas in the state you need to be aware that starting April 1st 2009 new regulations went into effect that will place limitations on the percent of impervious areas for vehicular parking areas. For this rule to apply the development project must contain at least one acre of “vehicular surface area” which, by definition in the statute, includes: "means of ingress and egress to the area where passenger vehicles are parked” and “any median, traffic island, or other traffic control device or structure contained wholly within the vehicular parking area. The Division of Water Quality has prepared a web-based Interactive Map

for Stormwater Permitting Areas to help development activities determine whether they are covered by a post-construction permitting program or other stormwater permitting requirements. By using the Interactive Map system, you should be able to determine whether an area, or an address, in question must comply with the provisions of the new parking surface statute. Basically, if the area in question is covered by any color other than gray, the area must meet other state or federal stormwater requirements and is exempt from the new statute provisions. However, if the area is covered by a gray overlay, the requirements of this new statute apply. For additional information about this new rule and the overall implementation click here

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Judge Issues Stay on Beach Plan

Monday, 23 March 2009 13:47

COASTAL HOMEOWNERS INSURANCE UPDATE

UPDATE: JUDGE ISSUES STAY ON BEACH PLAN SURCHARGES/DEDUCTIBLES
While we have been pursuing General Assembly action on this issue, there are also legal actions occurring concurrently. As you may know, Dare County is spearheading an effort of Coastal Counties which have filed suit on these increases (Dare County v. NC Department of Insurance, 09 CVS 1980). On Friday, Judge Pittman issued a stay finding that the Commissioner did not act according to law, in that he did not create a record supporting his findings nor did he use proper procedure, including convening a hearing, as the General Statutes contemplate. The Court issued the stay making no findings with respect to the substance of the Commissioner’s decision, finding only that the Commissioner used unlawful procedure. The result is that the Commissioner, if he wishes to, can revisit the issue using proper procedure to create a record for the action. If the Commissioner properly creates a record for his decision, appeal of the decision would be to the NC Court of Appeals.