Comments on: Editor’s Forum http://outerbanksvoice.com/2010/03/08/editors-forum-what-does-it-take-to-clean-a-ditch/ Outer Banks news, discussion and opinion, OBX news, Duck, Southern Shores, Kitty Hawk, Kill Devil Hills, Nags Head, Manteo, Hatteras Island news. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:27:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Worker http://outerbanksvoice.com/2010/03/08/editors-forum-what-does-it-take-to-clean-a-ditch/#comment-654 Worker Mon, 08 Mar 2010 20:19:17 +0000 http://outerbanksvoice.com/?p=5343#comment-654 Even after the permit is issued to clean the ditch. There is a period where the permit can be challenged by a third party. The third party sues the permitting agency stating that the permit is in violation of a state or federal regulations (ditch empties into SA waters "protected waters"). Then, there is an administrative law judge, the rule writing committee for the state, superior court, etc. Aside from this the people issuing the permits are not focused on assisting you through the permitting process but how to use the regs to stop the issuance of your permit. They are often young far left anti development environmentalists. Then if they are unable to stop you they go to an environmental group to bring them up to speed on your permit. North Carolina Coastal Federation, and Southern Environmental Law Center in the end will make sure that that ditch dumping into SA waters is not cleaned out. Even after the permit is issued to clean the ditch. There is a period where the permit can be challenged by a third party. The third party sues the permitting agency stating that the permit is in violation of a state or federal regulations (ditch empties into SA waters “protected waters”). Then, there is an administrative law judge, the rule writing committee for the state, superior court, etc.

Aside from this the people issuing the permits are not focused on assisting you through the permitting process but how to use the regs to stop the issuance of your permit. They are often young far left anti development environmentalists. Then if they are unable to stop you they go to an environmental group to bring them up to speed on your permit. North Carolina Coastal Federation, and Southern Environmental Law Center in the end will make sure that that ditch dumping into SA waters is not cleaned out.

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