. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. Ringside at the battle of The Loophole The malady has been diagnosed, but some say the patient may expire before authorities stop feuding and agree on how to treat it. Much of coastal North Carolina is fouling itself with the flushing of its toilets. There are no fewer than four heavyweight agencies in the fray: the Division of Environmental Management, the Division of Health Services, the Coastal Resources Commission and the Environ- mental Protection Agency. Each claims to champion the sam
. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. Ringside at the battle of The Loophole The malady has been diagnosed, but some say the patient may expire before authorities stop feuding and agree on how to treat it. Much of coastal North Carolina is fouling itself with the flushing of its toilets. There are no fewer than four heavyweight agencies in the fray: the Division of Environmental Management, the Division of Health Services, the Coastal Resources Commission and the Environ- mental Protection Agency. Each claims to champion the same cause: protecting the environment and ensur- ing the welfare of the population. The main event has been billed as the "health departments versus the ; County health departments, under Health Services, are battling Environmental Management for the authority to govern sewage disposal in their communities. Presently, con- struction of a sewerage system with a capacity larger than 3,000 gallons a day requires a permit from Environ- mental Management. Permits for smaller systems are let by local health departments. Both sides are bitter over what editorial writers have described as "The ; The Loophole allows some builders to skirt authority and construct waste-disposal systems. State Environmental Management officials say The Loophole exists because local health departments don't stand up to local building interests. "Local health departments are a lot more subject to local pressures," says Stan Taylor, Environmental Manage- ment's acting coordinator for permits and engineering. "After all, many of these water-quality problems came about because they weren't handled ; Taylor says that in many growing coastal communities, condominium complexes and other developments are avoiding Environmental Manage- ment's structures by providing each living unit or building with its own septic tank. Local health departments can issue
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