Comments on the Ocean Isle Beach ETJ Request

By Frank Williams | July 21, 2023 | Comments Off on Comments on the Ocean Isle Beach ETJ Request

by Frank Williams As noted in the meeting recap linked here, the Board of Commissioners voted to approve the Town of Ocean Isle Beach’s Extraterritorial Jurisdiction (ETJ) expansion request at our most recent meeting. If you’re not familiar with the concept of an ETJ, it is an area outside of a city or town’s voting…

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NaCo: Final “Waters of the US” rule comes up short

By Frank Williams | June 4, 2015 | Comments Off on NaCo: Final “Waters of the US” rule comes up short

The National Association of Counties distributed the following on June 1, 2015: by Julie Ufner, Associate Legislative Director, National Association of Counties The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) an­nounced their final Clean Water Rule: Definition of Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule, which would increase the number of…

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NaCo Preliminary Analysis of “Waters of the US” Rule

By Frank Williams | June 4, 2015 | Comments Off on NaCo Preliminary Analysis of “Waters of the US” Rule

The National Association of Counties distributed the following on May 27, 2015: After more than a year of voicing serious concerns and calling for clarity on the federal proposal to redefine “waters of the U.S.,” the National Association of Counties (NACo) has expressed disappointment that counties went unheard in the final rule that the U.S.…

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