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fegt S'-Th Pirquimans County This k the sixth of series of weekly summaries prepared by the Legislative lUff of the Ib ttltate of Government on the work of the North Carolina General Assembly of 1971. It Is confined to discussions ' of matter of general Interest. Environmental Protection and Natural Resources Management LTtae early and mld-1960's were alow yours for Carolina sup porters of conservation legislation. Following a burst of legislative activity on : water conservation in 1959, came a long, dry haul from 1960 to 1967. Since ' 1967, however, the Statehouse has witnessed a minor revolution in legislative responsiveness or environmental concern - to the credit of the General Assembly, a revolution that stems from native roots and is not merely a Tar Heel slice of the national ecological yeast. A combination of diligent pre legislative planning and virgorous legislative leadership generated a wealth of con servation lawmaking in both the 1967 and 1969 sessions - notably, the water use control laws, water pollution control reforms, and a new air pollution control law i i 1967, and the estuarine protection program of 1969. The 1969 session left to its interim study com missions major assignments to scrutinize the need for legislation on such topics as pesticide control, mining reclamation, and water resources problems. In each of these areas important legislative recommendations have been developed, which either already have been or soon will be before the 1971 Assembly. And, of special significance, a large group of experienced leaders in conservation legislation has returned this year to the General Assembly. Legislation to protect the environment and promote wise management of resources ranks high on the agenda of this Assembly. Governor Scott has alerted the lawmakers to expect a special message from him on the subject in mid-March. During the early weeks of the session House Water and Air Committee Chairman Norwood Bryan put his committee members through the paces of a series of seminars on the fun damentals of environmental protection and resource management. Bryan has also Introduced a group of early bills nn such matters as oil and gas I rrfl ,4'rds. yrl Isf miZALALALSlialia 2JB UUUIa Frigidaire f'J r 1 iguwire ) i iKJ Washer W TSMi I I One Only! Green. NX 4 V Nt-v v-MrM Model r-M-M-inn 2 V0 3 DO ro 123 TN . AjJ WAN flUU iTT Frigidaire Automatic T U i tjl j .1 .If OUR Defrost 2-door with V FRIHinAIRP Uwm LJ S 10Wb. lire top freezer. Tr nDVCD Model fa " 1 ' '0000Jt 'J wide! oAutomitic Defrost VS. WtK I VI-S FINANCING ft " i u mi rr"" MootiDAN. i j;i.r.k "::."- - i j wit. i i a n w Vauji . s Lir-tMm'r&ttEE& Pavment : -'M ly J mv . luJ I (11,900 ITU'S It 201 volt) CHECK FRIGIDAIRE'S 3-WAY GUARANTEE! 5,000 ETU to 30,000 BTU Weekly, Hertford, Hs C, Thursday, March 4, 1971 ."A-- A well regulation, the pending estuarine planning study, the environmental impact of new industrial locations, and con trolling nutrients in detegents (H 33,H116,HU7,H118,HU9). The heaviest going on the conservation front now centers in the Senate Conservation and Development Committee, which has been hard at work for several weeks on a program of local and regional water management developed by the Legislative - Research Com mission in preparation for this season. Senate C & D Committee Chairman Gordon Allen served during the 1969-71 interim as Chairman of the LRC study committee on water and air resources. He has laid before the unusually capable and ex perienced Senate C 4 D Com mittee the fruits of this study commission work. (Other current legislators who served on the interim water and air STAFF HICKORY SMOKED SLICED BACON 69 lb. j GWALTNEY'S all meat I FRANKS . . . . . . 59' pound! BALLARDS BISCUITS EXTRA LARGE EGGS.. 39' MRS. FILBERTS MAYONNAISE COCA - 3 QT. BOTTLES 1.00 CELERY...... 10 Stalk GRAPEFRUIT 3 29' J. C. BLANCHARDS & COMPANY ipnTPnn si A nuAHIC JIOC CAAf GAS DRYER V&J rL. JL SI) copper f '119.00 KL ka V jA d iV fDurablt 4 unnn K"n .Zl? " UOWn .. 1 PRESEASON SALE . . . frigidaire air co:iditio;jers PRICES START AT . . . study group include . Senators Patterson, Reed and Staton, and Reps. Bryan, Messer, Stevens, and Stewart.) First out of the committee stalls to the Senate floor was a bill to provide legal protection for water users who have built upstream reservoir storage and who wish to utilize the stream below the reservoir as a conduit to convey the stored water to downstream withdrawal points, (S 113). Several years ago, looking forward to the need for arrangements of this sort in connection with such reservoirs as Kerr Scott and New Hope, the NC Department of Water & Air. Resources spotted some possible weaknesses in the suprorting legal structure. The Department then initiated a background research project on the subject, which was made available to the Legislative Research Com mission in 1970. An LRC study subcommittee headed by Sen. I 4-8-OZ. PACKAGES 39 WITH $5.00 j OR MORE j DOZ. i i WITH $5.00 I OCit OR MORE l pt jar mnn order ! I COLA I I 1 QT. TAB FREE j i Press Cart tven en budget model Frigidairt rroper temperiture, cycle-end cool-down, save you ironing Gentlt Flowing Heat. Dries fabrics fresh, soft No stoop, Dacron lint scrien FACTORY WMKm ON ALL SALES - UJ Frank Patterson shaped the bill now pending on this subject, regarded by State Water Authorities as a vital link in their efforts to forge an orderly program of water resources management,: Prompt Senate passage last week moved the bill to the House, where it now reposes in committee. 1 For the past two weeks Senate C & D has been wrestling with a patkage of bills aimed at coping with the consequences of un controlled suburban small water mil Low Down Payment 298.00 wt HARDWICK GAS RANGE '157.00 MODEL 4616 ALL D.V.tf.GED APPUAMCES MUST GO! GAS & APPLIANCES system development (S 131, S 167, S 168, S 169). In recent years very small systems serving such areas as isolated subdivisions and mobile home courts have been growing in number at an average rate of 24 per month. As of June 1, 1970 there were 1782 public water supplies serving 10 or more persons each; of these, about 14S0 served less than 1,000 persons each. State public health and water officials have ex pressed strong concern at the hazards these systems pose to public health and the barriers they raise to development of reliable and effective water service. Pained complaints from PLUS HASKELL'S FACTCaY-ONED SEHViCE homeowners and trailer court residents about unsatisfactory water service from small, un- derdesigned and ui-maintainea systems have become common fare for many public officials. Several years of studies and meetings have produced some nronosals that BDDear to satisfy the affected State agencies - a long-range program to promote the development of large regional svstems. coupled with efforts to slow down the spread of small systems. (Today a iinai bill was introduced to complete the package - S 187 H 330 which would extend the existing authority of the Board of Water WHITE'S DRESS SHOP 1946 197 TSLtt't Vuu SUfi. 7a k25d AwdHimy 25 Vuut TKtotk 5ti lid 6(1 REFRESHMENTS ML BE SERVED 1946 1971 THUESBAY, SATO MAY w,T XJ' k Air Resources to review and administratively approve trans watershed diversions.' Under present law this procedure ap plicable also to city and county water systems serving regional needs, but with one important limitation - onlyexcess water1' which has been impounded could be diverted, thereby protecting the natural streamflow of basins of origin.) ?;! 't - , In committee this past week Senate C & D members heard rebuttal to the small systems bil) from some small water system operators. The issue that is being joined here may not have the dramatic appeal of some of the i Ml ItXNl UU Ml li'l 1 Refrigerator mm wm Frigidcire's SidDy-Sid3 - - L'J 1 1 ; mil -Mi 1 d- DIG! ' - more nulbictted ecological Jcl . of the recent past But th... water supply proposals raise, -a very concretely the ' hard; f questions of quality, liability; I public health, cost and prac-: ticabillty that will echo 1C countless encounters of conf servation and development i values this session and for yearn; ; The 1971 Assembly has mNf traversed 33 weekday sessions ' about one-fourth of the wayv through the session, if recent"! V. exnerlence la anv ffulde. At thi! ' reading the session is moving alj' a gooa pace. X I I J WW Will rriiriffairA 1 15111011 c m - Ui t 1019 N. Road St. ....................... Elizcbeth City - Phone -ZTZ Edanton-Hsrtford H:;hway , .......... I !:rtfcrd, N. C. - H --5 f X.
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