Oc BY SUSAN USHE United Carolina Bank will invest million in sanitary sewer bonds s< Town of Ocean Isle Beach. Meeting in special session Mom sieners authorized Mayor Ild recently for the In other busim mayor and town day, town commis- agreement from tl ane ?uiliiigiuii io IsTiu Use plan updi siuie wiui ui/D. mayor isuuing? nd account number meeting would be i rp]oacoH nn Jnlv 30 nitrnrvco nt nnn..i. ucted by the Locai Odell Williamson, h- the wastewater tr? ers to area financial near Laurinburg 5 to submit proposals The mayor has connections to the i Brunswick Coun- quistions must be ens Savings & Ix>an mit their design p > time frame was to kage, the mayor inAt the board's r um check with Jess s'on on expandini contents of the two beach led to a Williamson on em ndicate that bought Sand has built u| ies of certificates of were built last yee :count for the town let' and a dragline he bond proceeds is fend the groins ai original CAMA Ijco Johnson Jr., is schedule the worl luidity to meet its having the groins 1 earn a maximum of sand that m af time the town will ^J.S. Army Corps > The groins exe ?. of municipal cash back" against the nents ranging from *? be the "best be, it securities bought He disagrees w a variety of money Duke University g arepared by Joseph cal1 for leaving t t officer, and Bruce state, allowing th< nt, listed specific artificial eros unds. 1 nave ver> 1 Disposa BioGro Systems Inc. project manager in Roanoke, Va.. and assisting agronomist on the Wilmington project. Wanucha and County Engineer Dan Shields said the sludge is rich in nutrients such as nitrogens and potash, making it a soil-builder and fertilizer desired by fanners. Wanucha said BioGro's contract with the City of Wilmington calls for the company to haul sludge from the Northside and Southside wastewater treatment plans four times euch year, liauling a combined total of roughly four million gallons of the li queous waste byproduct annually. While Wanucha told The Brunswick Beacon that BioGro had delayed dumping sludge in the county pending word from Tuesday's meeting, state officials said that was not the case. The firm has already dumped nearly one million gallons of sludge in Brunswick County, according to Jamieson. County Engineer Dan Shields said the state has agreed to provide the county operations plans, dumping site maps, monitoring well locations and results of lab analyses of samples taken periodically from the wells. Also the state is to ask BioGro officials to contact the county. BioGro made initial contact with Ciegg several inouuis ago regarding a "septage" dumping permit, Clegg told commissioners. The county did not near irom ine urm again until Monday, when BioGro asked to send agronomy manager Tim Griffith and agronomist Cal Sheenan to Tuesday's meeting. County Planner John Harvey advised them the meeting was to be between the two governments only. Wanucha said BioGro wanted its representatives present to answer questions. Brunswick County commissioners became aware of the City of Wilmington's plans to dispose of its sludge in Brunswick County a month after the permit was isr-ued June 4 by the N.C. Department of Natural Resources and Community Development. The county wasn't given any advance notice of the application. Notification that the permit was issued was received by the county health department on June 6. The Redecorate Your Home l ~ \ -Quality Upholstering FgUy ?Shell & Grass Wallpapt -Custom Country Curtail ^ -Custom Drapes & Bed: P|i. Mini & Vertic JG&M1 Of Of Of A MA#f XXf J 1 MAINSTftffT SHAilOTTI 5 TO EXTEND EA ?sfs Sewer J ich developer Odell Williamson is J >cal UCB board of directors. ss, the board also authorized the ' clerk to sign an $8,000 grant offer ! tie state toward preparing the town's 1 lie. : :on advised that another special called within the next few days for the Needed are an eight-acre tract for ;atment plant and a pump station site Jtreet. proposed a trade-off of the land for ; system, rather than cash. The accompleted before the engineers sublans for state review. Town 'Fights Back' egular meeting last Tuesday, discusSi the groins off the east end of the verbal assault by developer Odell rironmental interests, p around the base of the sroins. which \r to help reverse erosion near the in; can now work far enough out to exlother 25 to 50 feet as allowed in the permit. Commissioners agreed to * after tabor Day, with the idea of ready to accept an estimated 30,000 lay be available in the fall through the of Engineers. mplify the town's intent to "fight ocean so that Ocean Isle can continue ach around." Williamson said, ith scientists such as controversial eologist Orrin Pilkey, whose theories he barrier islands in their natural ; shifting of sands, rather than erec;ion controls. ittle respect for them when they turn I Permit I notice wasn't forwarded to the county attorney's office until June 24, Shields said. At their July 3 meeting, commissioners went on record opposing the permit and its handling. Wanucha said BioGro was not try ing to be secretive or go behind the county's back in obtaining the permit. Hather, he said, it followed state permitting procedures, which do not require notification of the local government. To obtain a almtlnr permit In Virginia, he said, the the company would have to notify the local government affected, advertise the dumping site(s) and possibly hold a public hearing. Under the permit to the City of Wilmington, levels of nitrogens, pH, phosphate, potassium, and the metals cadmium, mercury, lead, copper, zinc, chromium, nickel and chlorides will be monitored regulariy Clegg would prefer the word "shall" to "should," said Shields, DOIT YOURSELflERS ^ _ . I HI ttiMh T ftf We're headquartert for: Hardware Lumber Plumbing #T00U Paint ''Pi' Electrical ^ K? Storm deari & windows Building materials 1 /. . ... \ ?/ an Affordable Price! ?Oelmar Mini-Blinds >r -Lambrequins ns -Headboards spreads -Cornices at Blinds 40% Off Interiors Owhirs - IS rlAJH IXPfttiHCi V? 9100 MON?ll?5? SAT* 13 V THE B ST-END GROINS Bond Proceeds V around and tell you to abandon what you've got." Referring to the beach grasses and sand fences recently added at Ocean Isle, he continued, "There's no such thing as letting the public get out and trample everything you've got and make it nothing except a sand f lat and then think you're going to have a beach." So instead, Ocean Isle will keep on fighting and "doing it right," he said, with anti-erosion measures ranging .roir. groins tu icguuiuons to deep pccp.c c.? i..c dunes?"contrary to that group that would like to stop all development and destroy all the beach just because one or two of them want it right by themselves." 'Pick & Choose' Mayor I^aDane Bullington also questioned certain ef forts to regulate development on the beach, criticizing Coastal Resources Commission efforts to adopt regulations that would regulate the impact of development on coastal waters. Rather than basing its actions on "facts," the commission is "picking and choosing" from controls enacted by other coastal states without knowing whether they work or not, she suggested. "It's to everyone's interest that water quality be maintained, but it's also to everyone's interest that regulations are made based on facts and not conjecture." She said the Environmental Management Commission was concerned that the CRC was acting faster than available data warrants. "I would hope there would be more coordination and see that what is done can be coaservation, not necessarily stagnation and total preservation." The CRC has looked at stormwater runoff plans developed by the states of Maine, Maryland, South Carolina. Minnesota and Wisconsin. At a recent CRC meeting Division of Coastal Management Assistant Director Ralph (.'antral said these states arc concerned that their regulations are inadequate, though all are more restrictive than existing North Carolina regulations. n-? rcaises rroce where the state recommends that a mium has been statement "should" be attached to "care should b< deeds to the property noting that chain crops are g sludge with heavy amounts of cad- health hazards." fCTES CEBl FURN VBA*MC*LAYAWAY*CASH*6 MM V * PHOTO FROM SHOWROOM FIOOR The best ofl furnishing: Largest selection ol New arrival of oil accessories with gr Larry Williams, Manager Coastal Plaza, Shallotte I RUNSWICK BEACON, Thursday, July 18, 1985?Page 3-A j Vith UCB At the CRC's September 5-6 meeting in the Morchead City area, staff will present for consideration and public reaiuig opv-v-im- icguianuiuj ixiscu on ruies aaopieu oy the other states. A CRC subcommittee has endorsed policy guidelines that no development with a "high probability in degrading water Quality'' WOUlu be permitted within an AEC, or area of environmental concern. Controls might include measures such as setback and buffer re"?irenv?nt?. nf Honsitv on imDorvious surfaces, and requiring a stormwater management plan, Mayor Bullington said. Other Business In other business, the board: Heard from Building Inspector T.D. Roberson that 13 building permits were issued in June, with $4,750 in fees collected for construction valued at $324,300. Also, 24 CA.MA permits were issued, with fees of $6,080 collected. In the first six months of 1985, he said, the town has handled 131 CAMA applications, as many as it handled throughout 1984. learned that the town has qualified for a better fire insurance rating following a recent survey. The change means businesses and residents will probably qualify for lower premiums. Agreed with Odell Williamson's recommendation to seek underground locations where possible when Atlantic Telephone Membership Corp. installs additional buried feeder and distribution cables this fall, and to coordinate the installations with construction of the sewer system. The town will obtain comments from contractors and engineers for the system on the plans, which were submitted for the town's review. Agreed with Attorney Elva Jess' proposal to ask the zoning board to consider an amendment to the town's zoning ordinance to allow public utility substations as a permitted use in single-family residential areas. This would eliminate having to obtain conditional use permits from the board of adjustments for sewer pumping stations and the like. A public hearing Ls planned just before the town board's next regular meeting. durol Issue i applied and that No root or leaf crops for public con? taken when food sumption can be grown on the land rown due to possible where the sludge is being applied, but cover vegetation is required. QNTS1 TIED ITURE nut CAME AC rACU.IUCTALrr mmrr ?"*-? wwii-iivihhi uiii/ii ' '^ ^ _ if iw 'Ml MUMVMC* MACOH the beach's s and more.... f lamps in the area. paintings and eat selections. A-QAQ^ 50 Co,le9e Rd Wilmington 392-6565