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County Moves Ahead Of State With LPP Sewer System Rules I'.Y TKRKY POPK Brunswick County's ahead of ttic stale in regulating low pressure pipe sewer systems that are getting hlameil for polluting groundwater and coastal nursery areas. A policy lor permitting LPP systems was unani mously approved by the Brunswick Counts Board ol Health Monday, 10 months ahead ol when new state regulations are expected to begin. "I think it's excellent." said Rosetta Short, ol Long Beach, who has lobbied the health board lor stricter control over LPP systems. LPP systems were developed in the early P>SDs and approved by the stale as an alternative lor soils where traditional gravity-led septic tank systems do not tunc tion. Such systems must be wired am! equipped with a mechanical pump. They also contain a series ol small pipes that make better use of top soils for drainage fields. "I'd like to commend the board for gome ahead, be cause the suite may postpone it again," said Ms, Short, who is president of the Brunswick Counts Board ol Realtors and also serves on the Coastal Resources Advisory Council. I he N.C". Health Services Commission plans to im plement new rules in July llW2, requiring owners to contract with someone certified to inspect and to oper ate LIT systems be lore a permit can be issued. I lie procedure approved Monday requires the same standard, providing the maintenance contractor has suc cessfully completed a 24-hour subsurface sewage opcr ator workshop sponsored by either the N.C. Department of Environmental Management or the Brunswick County Health Department. Board members also voted to ask Brunswick County Commissioners to fund an additional environ mental health specialist position to "I ill the need that is now created" by the adoption of the new policy. At it> August meeting, the board voted to place a moratorium on the issuance of new LPP permits until a policy was in place "to ensure their proper mainte nance." I he environmental health committee met to dralt the new policy, which w ill take effect immediately and remain in effect until the new state regulations arc in place. The moratorium was only 111 place about a month, but a number of residents remain concerned, saul Ricky Parker of Supply, past chairman ot the health board ami also owner of a septic tank business. "Articles in the paper give I.PP systems a bail rap." said Parker. He said he received about 50 phone calls I rom concerned clients alter the moratorium was an nounced. Parker said there is no solid evidence that I.PP sys terns pollute coastal waters. ? "The only thing I have found, as a contractor, is thai they do need maintenance," he said. The policy requires maintenance contractors to in spect LPP systems yearly, to inspect the nitrification fields for erosion or surfacing ol eflluent. to maintain a permanent vegetative cover, to maintain a traffic barri er. to check the controls and pumps monthly, to Hush the laterals and manifolds ai least four limes a year and to check the pressure head and reset it alter flushing the lines. The system owner is required to inspect the nitrifi cation field monthly for erosion and surfacing ol el I I n cnl. to maintain vegetative cover and maintain a traffic harrier over the system. Inspection reports are to he submitted alter the first month's operation ami at least twice each year as re quired hy the N.C. Sewage Rules. Hnvironmcntal Health Supervisor John Crowdcr said Monday the department now has a backlog of 190 applications lor septic tank permits, .<8 percent of which have been pending 10 days or more. The backlog for on-site soil evaluations formed with the resignation of two environmental health spe cialists last month. In other business, the board: ? Delayed action on a proposed seafood ordinance that will regulate the handling and preparing of lish and oth er seafood products hy county vendors. ? Heard that Brunswick County Sheriff John Carr Davis is willing to assign detectives to help animal control of ficers investigate animal abuse cases. ? Heard a report on the adult health program from Nancy Lcdgctl. covering hypertension and osteoporo sis. and the need to educate the public of their dangers. T Raids Net Marijuana Plants, Stolen Buick And Old Still Officers sei/ed 148 marijuana planus with an estimated street value of S366.4IX) and discovered a stolen car ami an abandoned liquor still during a county wide marijuana eradication land and air search last week. No arrests were made during the search, said Li. David Crocker, chief of the Brunswick County Sheriff's Department narcotics unit, as officers on the ground had to keep pace with the two helicopter teams in the air. hut follow-up in vestigations have begun. "We anticipate making three ar rests this week." he said. Of the MS plants pulled up. SI were sinscmilla. with a total street value estimated at S25l>.2(H>. or an average of S3. 2(H) per plant. Crocker described sinscmilla as a very potent, seedless marijuana hy brid with a higher than usual street value. Value per plant, he said, is calculated by the suite on the basis that the average plant yields about one pound of marijuana. Sinsemilla's street v.ilue is S3.2(X) a pound, he said. The balance of the plants were estimated to have a street value of SI ,?K) each, totaling $107,200. Crocker said the Sept. l?-12 joint air-land ojvrauon was uxmlinatcd hy the SKI. It involved Air National Guard spoilers and pilots certified by the stale's eradicauon spotters school. ami field support hy the sheritl's department narcotic ami detective divisions. Plants sei/ed ranged from IS inches to as much as 15 feel tall, av eraging N to 10 feel in height. Officers also recovered, in ihe Cedar Hill Road area ol Phoenix, a Buick thai had been stolen from a Wilmington residents approximate ly one month ago in that same area. Headlights hail been broken oul and the tags and keys removed, said Crocker. An abandoned still found in a wotuled area behind Water Street in Navassa is not believed to be con nected with several arrests made this past July for possession and transport of non taxp.ud liquor. Brunswick County ABC Officer Francis Michael Speck said the still appeared to have been out of opera tion for at least a year. The still, a submarine type in which the copper worm is sub merged in a 55-gallon drum, was "well camouflaged." said Speck. No arrests are expected in rela tion to the still seizure. Local Men Arrested For Drugs Shallottc Police arrested two lo cal men lor cocaine possession last Friday ? one of two drug busts offi cers made during the week. Police Chief Rodney Cause said the men were arrested after Officer Carey Cask ins stopped a vehicle on N.C. 179 at 4 a.m. last Friday. Officers seized approximately THE BRUNSWICK&EACON Established Nov. 1. 1962 Telephone 754-6890 Published Every Thursday At 4709 Main Street Shallotte, N C 28459 SUBSCRIPTION RATES IN BRUNSWICK COUNTY One Year $10.36 Six Months $5.55 ELSEWHERE IN NORTH CAROLINA One Year $14 80 Six Months $7 90 ELSEWHERE IN U.S.A. One Year $15 95 Six Months $8 35 Second class postage oaid at the Post Office in Shallotte. N.C 28459 USPS 777-780 five grams of cocaine, a small bag of marijuana, a .25 -caliber automat ic gun and SI 55 in cash. Clause said. Ouis Loren/o Hill. 21. anil Jesse Addison "Bud" Graham. 2f>. both ol Route 2. Shallotte. were charged with felony possession of cocaine and possession with intent to sell and deliver cocaine. Cause said police also charged Hill w ith simple possession of mari juana and carrying a concealed weapon. On Sept. 10, Shallotte Police charged two other men with drug possession after stopping a vehicle on Holden Beach Road and finding about two ounces ol marijuana. Gause charged Marty Keith Hankins, 23. of Route 2, Supply, and Scott Crcighton Bryant, 21, of Shallotte, w ith felony possession of marijuana. Bryant also was charged with maintaining a vehicle for the pur pose of selling marijuana. Gause said police made both ar rests after receiving information that the suspects would be driving through Shallotte w ith drugs in their possession. HOW TO SUBSCRI3E TO THE BRUNSWICK j^BEACON POST OFFICE BOX 2558 SHALLOTTE. NORTH CAROLINA 28459 NOTICE: Reliable or consistent delivery cannot be guaranteed since this newspaper must rely on the U.S. Postal Service lor delivery. We can only guarantee that\ your newspaper will be submitted to the post office In Shallotte on Wednesday of the week of publication, In time for dispatch to out-oi-town addresses that day. j ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION RATES BY MAIL: In Brunswick County j6 30 _?5 30 N C Sales Tax 38 32 Postage Charge 3 68 3 68 TOTAL 10.36 9.30 Elsewhere In North Carolina J6 30 j5 30 N C Sales Tax 38 32 Postage Charge 8 18 8 18 TOTAL JI4.86 13.80 Outside North Carolina J6 30 j5 30 Postage Charge 9 65 9 65 TOTAL 15.95 14.95 Complete And Return To Above Address Name f\< ' "SS City. State Zip 'O a <1>^L Brunswick county planning oept map] VOTERS WILL decide Nov. 5 if the new redisricting plan Brunswick County Commissioners chose Monday is the one residents want. This map shows the new districts and their populations as determined by the Brunswick County I'lanning Department. Story on I'age I -A. Weather Remain Soulh Brunswick Islands resi dents can expect a gradual transition to more fall-like weather. Shallotte Point meteorologist Jackson Canady expects warmer than usual weather to continue for now, highlighted with scattered pe riods of cooler temperatures "Overall we should have warmer than usual weather on the average." said said Canady. "There may be some periods of cooler tempera tures, but overall 1 expect we will be on the warmer side of the norm for this time of year." Canady anticipates temperatures ranging from about the mid-60s at On Warm Side night into the upper 80s during the daytime, with no more than three quarters inch of rainfall. For the week of Sept. 10-16, Canady recorded a high of 95 de grees on Sept. 12 and a minimum low of 66 degrees on both Sept. 10 and 11. A daily average high of 91 de grees combined with an average nighdy low of 70 degrees for a daily average temperature of SO de grees ? about 5 degrees above nor mal for this time of year. Canady measured .14 inch of rainfall at his home near Shallotte Point. Issues Added To Ballot (Continued From Page 1-A) Hobbs of Shallouc Point on the board's vote to fire Houston and Associates of Shallouc, engineers of a project that will route water lines to the Point. Holden said the matter is in litigation and cannot be dis cussed. "I'm not going to comment fur ther on this," said Holden. "There's a firm working on the project at this time." ?Took no action on raising the county's building inspection lee by S5. The increase has been mandated by House Bill 37, said Holden. "What happens if we don't?" asked Commissioner Jerry Jones. The state will still want its money, said Ledgett. ?Tabled three appointments to the Brunswick County Keep America Beautiful Board. ?Appointed LarTy Prince of Long Beach to the Brunswick County Airport Authority, to fill the vacan cy of Johnny Vereen, who resigned. ?Voted to give two surplus vehicles to the Brunswick County Board of Education, to be used for an auto mechanics class at West Brunswick High School. BCC Registration Stable This Fall | Fall registration at Brunswick I Community College remains stable, with 741 students enrolling for cur riculum courses this fall, as of last Friday, compared with 748 a year ? ago. BCC President Michael Reaves said he was pleased that a mandated increase of more than 40 percent in community college tuition rates did not keep new or continuing students from enrolling tins tall Full-time students paid SI6I tuition this quar ter compared to S 1 1 3 before. Enrollment in the general educa tion program increased nearly 10 percent from last lall, from 169 slu j dents to 1X4. General education ma jors comprise one-fourth of the col lege's total curriculum enrollment Students who lake approved courses receive transcripts from both BCC and the University of North Carolina at Wilmington, which makes it easier to transfer to other lour-year schools. 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