. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. Coastal Zone Management Act in 1990, it gave coastal states an ultimatum: come up with a plan to protect the coast from nonpoint source pollution or risk losing federal money. Congress had concluded that these waters were not being pro- tected by the existing programs of educa- tion, demonstration projects and volun- tary application. Stronger measures are needed to prevent degradation of coastal waters that support their uses and restore those that don't — the goals of the plan. DEM and the Divi- sio
. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. Coastal Zone Management Act in 1990, it gave coastal states an ultimatum: come up with a plan to protect the coast from nonpoint source pollution or risk losing federal money. Congress had concluded that these waters were not being pro- tected by the existing programs of educa- tion, demonstration projects and volun- tary application. Stronger measures are needed to prevent degradation of coastal waters that support their uses and restore those that don't — the goals of the plan. DEM and the Divi- sion of Coastal Management are in charge of drafting the plan by July 1995. And since DEM already has a strong statewide program that has met some of the elements of a coastal nonpoint plan, the agen- cies involved believe North Carolina is well poised to meet Congress's man- date. But some tailoring will be needed for cer- tain nonpoint sources. The state's first task is to launch across-the-board measures to control runoff from agriculture, urban and newly developing areas, forestry operations, marinas and hydromodification projects. Then, if these measures are inadequate, the state will identify where existing land uses are impairing waters and where expanding land uses are threatening to impair. These areas, usually adjacent to coastal waters, will be designated "criti- cal coastal areas" if the management measures cannot adequately restore or protect them. The big hitters identified in this analysis will be subject to additional management measures. The plan will be reviewed by EPA and the National Oceanic and Atmo- spheric Administration. "It's very clear from the direction things are going ... there is a clear legal imperative and mandate to do much more than we are currently doing to address nonpoint source pollution and integrate it into the point source program," Carter Trees and grass grow tall over the narrow back reaches ofHewletts Creek.
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