The polluters are hoping for a belated Xmas present orgy:
The state tightened the standard for shellfish waters in 2008 by requiring that runoff be treated if the hard, constructed surfaces exceed 12 percent of the building site. There was an attempt during the session last year to roll back the threshold to old standard of 25 percent.
Miller said there are some changes to the stormwater rules that might make sense, but he was disappointed to see the state move backwards. “We’re still losing ground when it comes to water quality,” he said.
These percentages might seem small to the casual observer, or even to advocates from urban and suburban Piedmont areas. But the coast is a totally different animal, and shellfish populations were seriously stressed under the old (failing) system. Another potential rule change will have a devastating effect on third-party legal intervention:
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