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SWF PHOTO BY SUSAN USHEt Island Draws National Attention Twenty-seven people from across the United States and North Carolina attending the National Coastal Management Conference in Wilmington visited Bird Island last week. The group included Rees Poag, whose family is seeking permits to develop the barrier island southwest of Sunset Beach. Bird Island Preservation Society board members Walker Colder, Minnie Hunt and Frank Nesmith described the role of marshes in maintaining the natural balance of the coastal system, barrier island dynamics and inlet migration, rare and endan gered species assiKiated with the undeveloped island, and the proposed protection of the island through public acquisition. Above , Nesmith (right) points out the proposed path of a private bridge from Sunset Beach to the island. Board Votes To Allow Bed-ln-Fill Septic Systems BY ERIC CARLSON After a three month moratorium uii pcmtib, byuilci) Will again be al lowed to use "bed" type septic field systems on small lots covered with fill material, the Brunswick County Health Department decided Monday night The move came as a result of an in-house study that found the sys tems commonly used in high-densi ty residential areas and local beach communities work as well as other housohold sewage treatment meth ods. Of (he 1K6 "bed-in-fill" septic systems permuted in the past ten years, only four have failed to oper ate properly. Health Director Mic hael Rhodes told the board at its reg ular meeting TWo of those were in stalled in the least desirable "Clavs 3" soils Brunswick stopped issuing per mits for bed septic systems in fill material after state health officials informed the county that doing so would violate sewage treatment reg ulations. After meeting with repre sentatives of the N.C. Division of Environmental Health and Natural Resources, Rhodes ordered a study of bed-in-fill systems to gauge their effectiveness. "TiiJi'c appears to be no adverse effects from the use of bed systems as permitted by the Brunswick County Health Department," the study found "No appreciable differ ence can be found between bed sys tems installed in fill and those in natural soil." On lots where space permits, the health department normally requires a "trench" scptic field system These employ a system of gravel-lined ditches that let effluent flow out of a scptic tank and into the ground through perforated pipes. In bed systems, which take up less room, the pipes are buried in a bed of gravel. The state allows such disposal methods in natural soils, but recently interpreted existing rcg ulations to determine that bed sys tems could not be used on filled land. Disturbed soils compact 2nd drain differently from natural soils. Strict enforcement of the state regulations would have prevented construction on hundreds of unde veloped coastal housing sites in Brunswick County. It would have required many land owners to install more complicated and expensive treatment facilities. "Brunswick County has a large number of lots and subdivision plat ted from the 1970s and before. Space is a major problem on these lots," the health department study says. Allowing bed-in-fill systems "will result in lots being permitted that were platted in the early 1970s and before." Rhodes' recommendations, which were approved unanimously, suggest that bed-in-fill systems only be per mitted in Class 1 and Class 2 soils. In other business Monday night, the health board heard a presentation from lawyer Benedict Del Re on be half of septic tank contractor Clay ton Robinson, who has an ongoing dispute with the health department over its decision not to approve a septic system he installed in the Riv erside II subdivision. Robinson has demanded that the county reimburse him SI, 500 for moving the septic system, saying he was not given proper information by health department personnel before installing the original system. The board has told Robinson that it has no authority to reimburse him or to waive state septic requirements. In an Aug. 8 letter, Steve Stein beck, head of on-site wastewater services for the N.C. Department of Environmental Health and Natural Resources, informed Rhodes of his determination that Robinson in stalled the septic field closer to the edge of the property than was indi cated "on the reverse side of the im provement permit." Steinbeck said state regulations require that "any septic tank system installed on this lot shall be a mini mum of 10 feet from any property line." DOT Plans Signal For Busy Grissettown Intersection A full traffic signal is planned for a busy Grissettown intersection that was the scene of two collisions only hours apart Labor Day, one of which involved New Hanover County Sheriff Joe McQueen When the four-laning of U.S. 17 to the South Carolina line was under design, DOT planned to install a flashing light at the intersection of N.C. and U.S. 17, rather than the interchange or full signal alternatives sought by some local residents. However, Doug Bowers of the N.C. Department of Transportation division office in Wilmington said the DOT reassessed the intersection "two or three months" ago as the four-laning projcct neared comple tion, and decided a full signal is needed there "We looked at the traffic volume again and decided a light is needed and warranted," he said. "The inter section docs have an accident histo ry and there has been development there since the highway improve ment project began " In January 1992, four Albemarle residents were killed at the intersec tion when their car was struck by a dump truck. The new light will be actuated, re sponding to detector loops laid in the pavement to let the signal con troller know where traffic is, instead of working on a time cycle. Cost should be in the S25.000 to S30,(XK) range. Bowers said installation of this signal and a signal at the intersection of U.S. 17 and Union School Road are being expedited "as fast as we can." There are no plans to install a full signal at the intersection of U.S. 17 and Old Shallotte Road, at the south end of the U.S. 17 bypass. Treatment For Back Pain For 86 million Americans , chronic pain is a way of life. 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