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Environment Steering Committee
Updated Jan. 24, 2012
Chair
- Jimmy Clayton, Person County Chairman of the Board
NCACC Staff
- Amy Bason, Legislative Counsel
Members and Intergovernmental Partners
- Jack Best, Wayne County Commissioner
- Robert "Bob" Davis, Scotland County Chairman of the Board
- Matthew Delk, Union County Assistant Manager
- Barry Edwards, Catawba County Utilities & Engineering Director
- D. Scott Elliott, Pitt County Manager
- Alice Gordon, Orange County Commissioner
- Allen Hardison, Coastal Regional Solid Waste Management Authority Executive Director
- Richard Hayes, Lee County Commissioner
- Kathryn Jolly, Rowan County Director of Environmental Management
- Walter Marshall, Forsyth County Commissioner
- Jim Matheny, Montgomery County Commissioner
- Christine Mele, Pamlico County Commissioner
- Lance Metzler, Rockingham County Manager
- Julius Owens, Rutherford County Chairman of the Board
- Bernadette Pelissier, Orange County Chairman of the Board
- David Plyler, Forsyth County Commissioner
- Jennifer Roberts, Mecklenburg County Commissioner
- Cary Saul, Mecklenburg County Land Use & Environmental Services Director
- Lowell Siler, Durham County Attorney
- Marcie Smith, Gaston County Solid Waste and Recycling Administrator
- Lynette Tolson, N.C. Association of Local Health Directors Executive Director
- Betty Lou Ward, Wake County Commissioner
- Andrew Webb, McDowell County Commissioner
- Mary Wells, Nash County Commissioner
- Gayle Wilson, Orange County Solid Waste Director
- David Wood, Cherokee County Vice Chair
- Joe Zublena, N.C. State Associate Dean for Extension
Recent reports
PowerPoints and handouts from Jan. 24, 2012, meeting:
Cabarrus hosts six steering committee meetings (September 2011)
Six of the NCACC's seven steering committees held meetings on Aug. 18 during the Annual Conference in Cabarrus County.
Watershed rules wield major impacts on development (June 2010)
During its May 26 meeting in Raleigh, the Environment Steering Committee heard reports on the recently adopted Jordan Lake and Falls Lake rules, an update on biosolids from an official with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), and an update on the electronics recycling laws that are set to go into effect Jan. 1.
DENR seeks 'good faith effort' from counties on ban (March 2010)
State officials say enforcement of landfill ban on certain items doesn't involve searches, fines
Proposed ozone standard could impact up to 55 counties (November 2009)
Depending on how far Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lisa Jackson lowers the National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) for ozone, 55 North Carolina counties could be at least partially included in designated nonattainment zones when the new rule is made permanent in August 2011.
Rich Ducker: A Summary of Growth Management Techniques (Word doc)
Aug. 11, 2009, Environment Steering Committee Legislative Update (PDF)Comments on proposed changes to groundwater standards in Title 15A NCAC.2L.0202 (June 2009)
Committee opposes stormwater proposals (May 2008)
Stormwater proposals worry coastal counties (March 2008)
Drought not all La Niņa’s fault (February 2008)
NCACC President: Redouble water conservation efforts (November 2007)
Steering committees meet, set focus on ’08 issues (October 2007)
Solid waste bill grabs attention of Environment Committee (April 2007)
Environment committee OKs nutrient offset goal (March 2007)
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