The Coastal Resources Commission is to consider next week approving amending updated inlet hazard boundaries, ocean erodible areas and inlet hazard areas erosion rate setbacks.
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Panel takes new look at beach erosion-control structures
Special report: As beach erosion alarms sound up and down the North Carolina coast and Outer Banks houses continue to fall into the ocean, policymakers are once again eyeing the science behind the state’s longstanding hardened structures ban.
Coastal commission holds off changing septic system rules
The North Carolina Coastal Resources Commission is holding off on amendments to oceanfront septic tank rules to give the state’s environmental and health departments time to collaborate on the rulemaking process.
CRC OKs bigger sandbag structures at Figure Eight properties
The N.C. Coastal Resources Commission recently granted a variance that allows several Figure Eight Island property owners to have larger than typically allowed sandbag revetments installed along their waterfront properties to hold back erosion.
Commission to consider action on septic tank, sandbag rules
The Coastal Resources Commission is scheduled to consider during its meeting Feb. 25-26 proposed changes to rules for septic tanks, permit fees, using sandbags to protect public roads, and a general permit to replace existing bridges and culverts.
Ocean Isle seeks to modify permit, nourish beach at east inlet
Officials in Ocean Isle Beach seek federal approval to have up to 70,000 cubic yards of sand placed east of the Brunswick County town’s terminal groin where erosion gnaws at the shoreline in front of a luxury neighborhood.
State seeks public comment on ‘The Point’ transfer funding
The Division of Coastal Management has opened for public comment a proposal to use no more than $50,000 to cover closing costs associated with the transfer of nearly 100 undeveloped acres at the south end of Topsail Island.
Science panel to begin hard structures on coastlines report
The Coastal Resources Commission’s science panel will meet Thursday to begin planning a report on the effects of hardened structures on coastlines.
Rules commission OKs Jockey’s Ridge AEC designation
The Rules Review Commission approved last month language reinstating Jockey’s Ridge as an area of environmental concern.
CRC votes on language, again, to protect Jockey’s Ridge
The Coastal Resources Commission during its regular meeting last week voted on proposed language that changes the “Description” of Jockey’s Ridge to the “Designation” in an attempt to satisfy the most recent Rules Review Commission’s objection.
Ocean Isle Beach landowners get OK to build sandbag wall
Petitioners were granted permission to build a sandbag wall to protect their oceanfront properties at The Pointe in Ocean Isle Beach, with a stipulation that the public area of the beach remain unimpeded by the structure.
CRC to hear latest objection on proposed Jockey’s Ridge rules
Department of Environmental Quality Secretary Reid Wilson plans to address the Coastal Resources Commission during its meeting Nov. 19-20, when members will hear the most recent objection to proposed rules on Jockey’s Ridge designation.
Coastal commission readopts rule protecting Jockey’s Ridge
The rule, which ensures sand in Jockey’s Ridge State Park is kept within the park’s boundaries, now returns to the state Rules Review Commission.
Oak Island residents say oceanfront lots unsuited for homes
Oak Island homeowners who have watched across the street as the protective oceanfront dune created by beach nourishment washed away time after time are pleading with officials to bar houses from being built there.
Coastal Commission rejects effort to drop rules lawsuit
Coastal Resources Commissioner Jordan Hennessy garnered only two other votes last week for his effort to withdraw from the commission’s successful lawsuit challenging the state Rules Review Commission, which is set to appeal the ruling.
Coastal commission OKs limited use of wheat straw bales
The North Carolina Coastal Resources Commission has changed an oceanfront development rule to allow wheat straw bales be used under certain conditions as an alternative to sand fencing to try and fend off erosion, a move environmental and wildlife groups oppose.
