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Qualification Codes for Peak Flow Data
Peak Discharge Qualification Codes
1 -discharge is a maximum daily average
2 - discharge is an estimate
3 discharge affected by dam failure
4 - discharge less than indicated value, which is minimum recordable discharge at this site
5 - discharge affected to unknown degree by regulation or diversion
6 - discharge affected by regulation or diversion
7 - discharge is an historic peak
R - discharge actually greater than indicated value
O - discharge due to snowmelt, hurricane, ice-jam or debris dam breakup
A - %,ear of occurrence is unknown or not exact
R - month or day of occurrence is unknown or not exact
C - all or fart of the record affected by urbanization, mining, agricultural changes, channelization, or
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f) - hale diwharge changed during this year
F, only annual maximum peak available for this year
Gage Height Qualification Codes
I - gage height affected by backwater
2 - gage height not the maximum for the year
3 - gage height at different site and/or datum
4 - gage height below minimum recordable elevation
5 - gage height is an estimate
- gage datum changed during this year
Annual Peak Gage Height Qualification Codes
I - gage height affected by backwater
3 - gage height at different site and/or datum
5 - gage height is an estimate
6 - gage datum changed during this year
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# US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
# PEAK FLOW DATA
#
# Station name BROWN CREEK NEAR POLKTON, N. C.
# Station number: 02127000
# latitude (degrees, minutes, and seconds)...... 350210
# longitude (degrees, minutes, and seconds)..... 0800842
# state code .................................... 37
# county code ................................... 007
# district code ................................. 37
# hydrologic unit code .......................... 3040104
# drainage area (square miles) .................. 110.00
# contributing drainage area (square miles).....
# gage datum (feet above NGVD) .................. 216.00
# base discharge ............. ..... 810.00
# Gage heights are given in feet above gage datum elevation.
# Discharge is listed in the table in cubic feet per second.
#
# Peak flow data were retrieved from the
# National Water Data Storage and Retrieval System (WATSTORE).
# processed into RDB table Thu Jun 6 04:33:16 EDT 1996
#
' 4 Format of table is'as follows.
# Lines starting with the ff character are comment lines describing the data
# included in this file. The next line is a row of tab-delimited column
names. The next line is a row of tab-delimited data type codes that
# describe the width and type of data in each column. All following lines
# are rows of tab-delimited data values.
# NOTE: The header above is from an original file which has
# has been further processed by IL-SWR web retrieval
# software on Wed Apr 30 12:25:44 EDT 1997.
# Dates are now in MM/DD/YYYY format.
# Data are available via the World-Wide Web at
# http://h2o.usgs.gov/swr/NC/
# Explanation of qualification codes is available at
# http://h2o.usgs.gov/swr/NC/display.cgi?text=qualcodes.html
# ----Date Range In File----
1 10/01/1907-09/30/1971
Type Date PeakDischarge DischargeCodes GageHt GageHtCodes HighestSince
In 10d 6n 12s 8n 4s 2n 2n 8n 4s
3 08/00/1908 16100 7 17.40
3 07/00/1916 13600 7 16.70
3 09/00/1928 11300 7 16.00
3 04/07/1936 4820 13.07
3 06/05/1937 1940 10.35
3 07/27/1938 1870 10.63
3 07/21/1939 3960 12.50
3 08/14/1940 492 6.17
3 07/11/1941 2880 11.63
3 05/23/1942 1950 10.71
3 03/08/1943 1270 9.65
3 03/20/1944 3960 12.46
3 09/18/1945 17300 17.68
3 12/31/1945 1180 9.40
3 04/16/1947 1920 10.56
3 02/14/1948 1790 10.50
3 08/22/1949 3000 11.70
3 03/23/1950 503 6.33
3 08/03/1951 995 8.86
3 08/31/1952 7000 14.28
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02/15/1953 1640 10.29
01/23/1954 2040 10.81
04/15/1955 2240 11.03
03/17/1956 1720 10.43
06/10/1957 1050 9.44
01/26/1958 2220 11.10
04/13/1959 4220 12.70
02/14/1960 2220 11.14
02/25/1.961 2220 11.12
03/13/1962 1920 10.77
05/29/1963 1920 10.62
04/09/1964 2610 11.37
10/06/1964 2750 11.48
03/05/1966 1950 10.73
08/25/1967 3000 11.69
01/12/1968 2110 10.92
02/23/1969 1380 9.91
03/23/1970 1050 9.53
03/04/1971 3220 11.81
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H 02127000 3502100800842013737007SW 3040104 110.00
N 02127000 BROWN CREEK NEAR POLKTON, N. C.
Y 02127000 810.00
2 02127000
3 02127000 190808 161007 17.40
3 02127000 191607 136007 16.70
3 02127000 192809 113007 16.00
3 02127000 19360407 4820 13.07
3 02127000 19370605 1940 10.35
3 02127000 19380727 1870 10.63
3 02127000 19390721 3960 12.50
3 02127000 19400814 492 6.17
3 02127000 19410711 2880 11.63
3 02127000 19420523 1950 10.71
3 02127000 19430308 1270 9.65
3 02127000 19440320 3960 12.46
3 02121000 19450918 17300 17.68
3 02127000 19451231 1180 9.40
3 02127000 19470416 1920 10.56
3 02127000 19480214 1790 10.50
3 02127000 19490822 3000 11.70
3 02127000 19500323 503 6.33
3 02127000 19510803 995 8.86
3 02127000 19520831 7000 14.28
3 02127000 19530215 1640 10.29
3 02127000 19540123 2040 10.81
3 02127000 19550415 2240 11.03
3 02127000 19560317 1720 10.43
3 02127000 19570610 1050 9.44
3 02127000 19580126 2220 11.10
3 02127000 19590413 4220 12.70
3 02127000 19600214 2220 11.14
3 02127000 19610225 2220 11.12
3 02127000 19620313 1920 10.77
3 02127000 19630529 1920 10.82
3 02127000 19640409 2610 11.37
3 02127000 19641006 2750 11.48
3 02127000 19660305 1950 10.73
3 02127000 19670825 3000 11.69
3 02127000 19680112 2110 10.92
3 02127000 19690223 1380 9.91
3 02127000 19700323 1050 9.53
3 02127000 19710304 3220 11.81
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077rl The Cily o,;l cheville, Town of 13e111e1, City of lirevard, Town of ('hapel Hill, City of.
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Station Information
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Upper Pee
02127000 j 350200 j 0800900 I Anson Dee
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Period of record:
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YADKIN-PEE DEE RIVER
BASINWIDE WATER QUALITY
MANAGEMENT PLAN
May 1998
Prepared by:
North Carolina
Division of Water Quality
Water Quality Section
P.O. Box 29535
Raleigh, NC 27626-0535
[phone]
document was approved.and endorsed by the NC Environmental Management Commission on
14, 1998 to be used as a guide by the NC Division of Water Quality in carrying out its Water
Quality Program duties and responsibilities on the Yadkin-Pee Dee River Basin.
Cover Photo Credits
Top Left: Skyline of Winston-Salem, Wachovia Bank
Bottom Left:
Right:
• A general water quality document is being prepared to supplement this and other basin plans.
Two appendices in the draft plan were moved to this new document.
300 copies of this public document were printed at a cost of $3,344.00 or $11.15 per copy.
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5 hapter 2 - General Basin Description
2.2 COMPARISON OF STATE AND FEDERAL HYDROLOGIC AREAS
The Yadkin-Pee Dee River basin is divided into seven major hydrologic areas (8-digit hydrologic
units) by the U.S. Water Resources Council and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). These
major hydrologic areas are further subdivided into seventeen subbasins by DWQ for management
purposes (denoted by 6-digit numbers). Table 2.1 presents a comparison between the USGS
hydrologic units and DWQ's subbasins codes.
Table 2.1 Hydrologic Divisions in the Yadkin-Pee. Dee River Basin
Major Tributaries USGS -digit D u asiii -digit
Hydrologic Units Codes (Fig 2.2)
Upper Yadkin River
Stoney Fork, Reddies Creek, 03040101 03-07-01
Roaring River
Mitchell River
Fisher River 03040101 03-07-02
S. Dee Creek
Ararat River 03040101 03-07-03
Rock Lake
Muddy Creek 03040101 03-07-04
S. Fork Mudd Creek
Dutchman reek 03040101 03-07-05
Yadkin River
Hunting Creek, Rocky Creek 03040102 03-07-06
Third Creek, Second Creek
Abbotts reek 03040103 03-07-07
Lower Yadkin River 03040103 03-07-08
adin Lake 03040104
Lake Tillery
Uwhame River 03040103 03- 7-
Carawa Creek
Blewett Falls Lake
Brown Creek 03040104 03-07-10
Mountain Creek
Rocky River 03040105 03-07-11
Coddle Creek
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Dutch Buffalo reek 03040105 03-07-12
Irish Buffalo Creek
Big ear reek 03040103 03-07-13
Lon Creek 03040105
Richardson reek 030-40105 - 7-1
Lanes Creek 03040202*
Little River 03040104 03-07-13
Hitchcock Creek 03 0201 03-07-l
Jones Creek 03040201 03-07-17
* - An insignificant portion of this HU is within NC and is therefore not included
in the land cover information in Section 2.4.
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Chapter 3 - Causes of Impairment and Sources of Water Pollution
3.2.1 Sedimentation
Introduction
Erosion is a natural process by which soil and rock material is worn away by rain, wind, and ice.
Natural erosion occurs on a geologic time scale, but the process can be greatly accelerated when
human activities alter the landscape. The sediment produced by erosion generally winds up in the
surface waters.
Some of the activities that increase sediment loads to waterbodies include: construction activities,
unpaved private access roads,' state road construction, golf courses, uncontrolled urban runoff,
mining, timber harvesting, agriculture, and livestock operations.
Some of the adverse impacts of sediment include:
• Streambank erosion: Streams with high sediment load have a much greater potential to scour
the streambank. Also, as the streambed fills in with sediment, the stream will widen to carry
the flow. Streambank erosion causes the loss of valuable property.
• Damaged aquatic communities: Sediment damages aquatic life by destroying stream habitat,
clogging gills, and reducing water clarity.
• Polluted water: Sediment often carries other pollutants with it, including nutrients, bacteria,
and toxic/synthetic chemicals. This pollution can also threaten public health if drinking water
sources and fish tissue become contaminated.
• Increased costs for treating drinking water: Sedimented waters require costly filtration to make
them suitable for drinking. Water supply reservoirs lose storage capacity when they become
filled with sediment, necessitating expensive dredging efforts.
Programs and best management practices aimed at addressing sedimentation are briefly described
in Chapter 5. General recommendations to reduce sedimentation are listed in Chapter 6, Section
6.5.
North Carolina does not have a numeric water quality standard for suspended sediment. However
all point source dischargers must at a minimum meet federal effluent guidelines (e.g. 30 mg/1 for
domestic dischargers) for total suspended solids (TSS). The biochemical oxygen demand (BOD)
limits required for most point sources usually necessitate a degree of treatment that assures the
removal of solids to a level below federal requirements. A TSS limit of 10 mg/1 is required for
discharges to those High Quality Waters (HQW) which are trout waters or primary nursery areas,
and a limit of 20 mg/1 is required for discharges to other HQWs.
North Carolina has adopted a numerical instream turbidity (measurement of water clarity) standard
as follows:
• 50 Nephelometric Turbidity Units (NI'U) in streams not designated as trout waters;
• 25 NTU in lakes and reservoirs not designated as trout waters;
• 10 NTU in trout waters.
Land disturbing activities are considered to be in compliance with the standard if approved best
management practices have been implemented.
E ct. Qf Sedimentation
Sedimentation is often divided into two categories: suspended load and bed load. Suspended load
is composed of small particles that remain in suspension in the water. Bed load is composed of
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over a whole watershed or county or state area and thereby give the impression that the problem is
less significant than it actually is in the immediate area. It makes much more sense from a
management perspective to target sediment reduction in a high impact area from 40 tons/acre to 2
tons/acres, rather than reduce erosion from cropland in general from 6.5 to 6.3 tons/acre. This
points to the need for targeted management efforts coupled with a monitoring strategy which
effectively measures sediment transport under both average and extreme conditions.
Table 3.3 USLE Erosion on Cultivated Cropland in North Carolina
1982 1987
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_ 1992
ro land Area (1, acres) 6,31 .7
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While there is an overall 10-year downward trend statewide in the erosion rate on agricultural
lands, the erosion rate per acre and the 10-year trends vary by region as shown in Table 3.4. The
greatest decline in erosion is seen in the Southern Piedmont and Sand Hills with a small uptrend in
the tidewater area and a significant increase in the mountains. In the mountain region, it is noted
that while the 10-year trend is up, the five-year trend from 1987 to 1992 was down. The reasons
for the dramatic changes in the mountain basin erosion rates are not fully known.
Table 3.4 North Carolina Erosion on Major Land Resource Areas (MLRA)
1982 1987 1 92
Blue Ridge Mountains 12.7 2 1 .3
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Carolina and Geor is Sand Hills 6.0 5. 5.1
Southern Coastal Plain 3. 1 4.0
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Tidewater Area 1.4 1.5 .
Sedimentation Trends in the Yadkin-Pee Dee River Basir:
A number of streams in the basin are impaired by sedimentation. These include the Ararat River,
Fourth Creek, Brushy Fork, Hamby Creek, Brown Creek, Coddle Creek, Goose Creek
Richardson Creek, Lanes Creek, Hitchcock Creek and North Fork Jones Creek. The water quality
of many other streams in the basin is threatened by sedimentation and erosion. The following
discussion on erosion, sediment loads, USGS gaging station data and sediment' fate and transport
relates specifically to the Yadkin-Pee Dee River basin. Suggested general management strategies
for reducing sedimentation are presented in Chapter 6, Section 6.5.
Historic Frosion Rates, in the Basin
In 1979 the USDA conducted an erosion and sediment inventory for the entire Yadkin-Pee Dee
basin. While the results of this inventory do not necessarily reflect erosion rates in the mid-1990s,
they do provide us with a picture of historical conditions. Based on 1978 land use data, the USDA
study estimated erosion from agricultural and urban areas, as well as other sources.
As shown in Table 3.5, erosion rates ranged from 5.6 tons/acre per year in Yadkin County to 1.5
tons/acre per year in Montgomery County. Erosion rates were considerably higher for subbasins
and counties in the upper portion of the basin than for most areas in the lower basin.
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Chapter 4 - Water Quality in the Yadkin-Pee Dee River Basin
Table 4.6 Summary of Ambient Monitoring System Station Data Excursions from the NC
Water Quality Criteria by Total Samples. January 1992 to December 1996.
NUmbar --- - Classifies Total Extras Excrsas
02111000 YADKIN R AT NC HWY 268 AT PATTERSON NC C Tr 247 2 0.8
02111180 ELK CREEK AT NC HWY 268 AT ELKVILLE NC B ORW 187 5 2.7
02112000 YADKIN RIVER AT WILKESBORO NC C 236 3 1.3
02112120 ROARING RVR AT SR 1996 NEAR ROARING RVR NC B WSIV 214 5 2.3
02112152 YADKIN RIVER AT SR2327 AT ROARING RIVER NC WSIV 91 10 11.0
02112250 YADKIN RIVER AT US HWY 21 BUS AT ELKIN NC C 178 3 1.7
02113850 ARARAT RIVER AT SR 2019 AT ARARAT NC C 178 6 3.4
02114101 ARARAT RIVER AT SR 2080 NEAR SILOAM NC WSIV 89 3 3.4
02114450 LITTLE YADKIN RVR AT US HWY 52 AT DALTON NC WSIV 255 10 3.9
02115360 YADKIN RIVER AT SR 1605 AT ENON NC WSIV 330 22 6.7
02115856 SALEM CK AT A FLLEDGE WTP AT W-S NC C 70 6 8.6
02115860 MUDDY CREEK AT SR 2995 NR MUDDY CREEK NC C 238 7 2.9
02116500 YADKIN RVR AT US 64 AT YADKIN COLLEGE NC WSIV 260 6 2.3
02118000 SOUTH YADKIN RVR AT SR 1159 NR MOCKSVILLE WSIV 279 13 4.7
02118500 HUNTING CREEK AT SR 2115 NEAR HARMONY NC WSIII 220 10 4.5
YAD108E FOURTH CREEK AT SR 2308 NEAR ELMWOOD NC C 60 6 10.0
02120521 THIRD CREEK AT SR 1970 NEAR WOODLEAF NC WSIV 233 21 9.0
02120780 SECOND CK AT US HWY 70 NEAR BARBER NC WSIV 292 19 6.5
02120975
02121031 GRANTS CR AT SPENCER
YADKIN RIVER AT NC HWY 150 NEAR SPENCER NC C
WSv 247
103 12
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9.7
0212140080 TOWN CREEK AT SR 2168 NEAR DUKE NC (CRANE CREEK) C 214 11 5.1
0212147355 RICH FORK AT SRI 900 NEAR THOMASVILLE NC C 241 26 10.8
2
9
0212148889 HAMBYS CRK AT SR 2790 NEAR HOLLY GROVE NC C 68 2 .
33
02121500 ABBOTTS CREEK AT SR 1243 AT LEXINGTON NC C 273 9
02121602 ABBOTS CRK AT NC 47 NR COTTON GROVE NC B WSv 379 22 5.8
6
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0212160350 ABBOTTS CK AT SR-2294 NR SOUTHMONT DURACE B WSIV 585 21 .
0
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02122500 YADKIN RIVER AT SR 1002 AT HIGH ROCK NC B WSIV 241 12 .
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Nutrient data for the mainstem sites are shown in Figures 4.7 through Figure 4.10. Total
phosphorous distributions are shown in Figure 4.7, with the highest concentrations at the Yadkin
College site. The distribution of.nitrate/nitnte nitrogen and total Kjeldahl nitrogen (Figures 4.8 and
4.9) are similar in appearance, with the highest nitrogen concentrations at the Yadkin College and
Spencer (below the South Yadkin River confluence) stations. The higher concentrations of
nutrients at both of these sections may be indicative of the higher erosivity rates in the upper
portion of the basin. Both of these sites are demonstrating the concentrations of nutrients entering
High Rock Lake just downstream. In addition, the High Rock station just downstream of High
Rock Lake indicates the highest concentrations of ammonia nitrogen (Figure 4.10).
Summary of Yadkin-Pep Dee River Tributary AMS Sites
Figure 4.11 shows the distribution of dissolved oxygen concentrations from the Yadkin-Pee Dee
River tributaries. There are four tributaries with noticeably lower dissolved oxygen levels (more
than 25 percent of the samples were below the acceptable level of 5 mg/1). These sites are on
Brown Creek and Marks Creek and two sites are on Abbotts Creek.
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each year for a total of nine sampling events. Of the nine sampling events, two were oligotrophic,
five were mesotrophic, and two were eutrophic.
Lake Bunch was most recently sampled on August 23, 1994. The lake was oligotrophic and fully
supporting its designated uses.
Back Creek Lake (Lake Lucas)
Back Creek Lake (also called Lake Lucas) is the primary water supply for the City of Asheboro.
The reservoir is part of a public park where fishing, boating, and swimming are common.
Hypolimnetic aerators have been installed near the water intake structure to improve the quality of
the water before it is withdrawn for treatment. The watershed is drained by Back Creek and
Greenes Branch. Approximately half of the drainage area is wooded and the rest is cultivated.
Back Creek Lake was sampled by DWQ on July 27, 1989. The concentration of iron was greater
than the state water quality standard of 1 mg/l. Chlorophyll a was greater than the state water
quality standard of 40 µg/1 at the upstream and mid-lake sampling sites (58 and 81 µg/1,
respectively). Back Creek Lake was sampled on August 23, 1994. Back Creek Lake fully
supports its uses.
Lake Reese
The City of Asheboro impounded the Uwharrie River and Caraway Creek to form Lake Reese, a
water supply also used for recreation. Farms and residential areas exist in the drainage area and
bordering the lake shore near the upper end of the lake. Lake Reese is only used after the primary
water supply (Back Creek Lake) has a three-foot drop in level. The lake was sampled by DWQ on
August 7, 1989 and all parameters were within acceptable ranges. On August, 25, 1994, Lake
Reese was again monitored. Lake Reese was borderline eutrophic and fully supporting its uses.
Aquatic Toxicity Monitoring
One facility in this subbasin currently monitors effluent toxicity as per a permit requirement. That
facility is Furniture Illustrators, Inc.
4.3.10 Pee Dee River from Lake Tillery Dam to Blewett 'Falls
(Subbasin 03-07-10)
Description
This subbasin consists of the portion of the Pee Dee River and its tributaries (with the exception of
the Little River in Subbasin 03-07-15) from the Rocky River confluence to the dam at Blewett Falls
Lake (Figure 4.33). Although the subbasin is located entirely in the piedmont ecoregion of the
state, Brown Creek (the largest tributary to the Pee Dee in this subbasin) and many of its tributaries
have coastal plain characteristics and very little flow during the summer. In contrast, Mountain
Creek and its tributaries have good flow during the summer and are located in hilly topography
more typical of the piedmont. Land use in this Subbasin is primarily a combination of forest and
agriculture. The town of Wadesboro is the largest urban area. This subbasin contains 8 permitted
dischargers all of which are small (<0.5 MGD).
Overview Of Water Quality
There are currently two ambient monitoring stations located in this subbasin: Brown Creek at SR
1627 near Pinkerton, and the Pee Dee River at NC 109 near Mangum. Elevated levels of
manganese and iron were observed at both locations and are indicative of nonpoint runoff.
Four macroinvertebrate samples have been collected in subbasin 10 since 1983. Sampling was
conducted at Brown and Mountain Creeks in 1996. A sample collected on Brown Creek received
a Fair bioclassification, most likely due to the effects of nonpoint runoff and reduced flows during
the summer. Mountain Creek, which generally has good flow during the summer, received an
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Excellent bioclassification. Prior special studies produced a Good-Fair rating for Lick Creek in the
upper portion of the Brown Creek drainage and a Poor rating for Savannah Creek. No flow was
observed at either site during 1996 investigations.
Fish community assessments were performed at 3 sites during 1996. NCMI ratings ranged from
Fair-Good at Cedar Creek to Good-Excellent at Mountain Creek. Fish community ratings in upper
Brown Creek and lower Cedar Creek indicated effects from siltation, habitat degradation, and
nutrient enrichment. Mountain Creek was one of only six streams in the Yadkin basin with an
NCIBI rating of Good-Excellent. Fish tissue samples were collected at Blewett Falls Lake during
1996. Sixteen samples composed of bass, crappie and catfish were analyzed for metals
contaminants. Mercury levels exceeding FDA and EPA criteria were detected in one catfish
sample.
Potential HOW/ORW Streams
The macroinvertebrate and fish data collected from Mountain Creek at SR 1150 indicated Excellent
water quality for the stream. Based on this information, the Mountain Creek catchment could be
resampled, if petitioned, to determine if the stream warrants reclassification to HQW/ORW.
Lakes Assessment Program
Blewett Faller e
Blewett Falls Lake is a run-of-the-river impoundment. Land use is mostly forested, with some
agriculture and a small amount of urban development. As is true of the other Chain Lakes in North
Carolina, Blewett Falls Lake receives the majority of its inflow from the discharge of the upstream
reservoir, Lake Tillery. See Section 4.2.3 for more characteristics of the lake.
Blewett Falls Lake was one of. 16 North Carolina lakes assessed in 1973 for the National
Eutrophication Survey (USEPA, 1975). Survey data indicated that the reservoir was eutrophic.
However, because of the short retention time (approximately seven days), Blewett Falls Lake more
closely resembled a slow-moving, over-enriched river.
Blewett Falls Lake was previously sampled in 1981 through 1986. During this period, the
reservoir was predominantly eutrophic. In 1981, percent oxygen saturation (182.9%) was greater
than the state water quality standard of 110% for dissolved gases. The chlorophyll a value of 43
ug/1 was greater than the state water quality standard of 40 µg/1. In 1982, chlorophyll a (40 µg/1)
was at the state water quality standard limit for this parameter and the lake was hypereutrophic. In
1983 the lake showed a dramatic change to mesoWophic conditions. Blewett Falls Lake was most
recently sampled by DWQ on July 26, 1994. The lake was eutrophic but fully supporting its uses.
Aquatic Toxicity Monitoring
One facility in this subbasin currently monitors effluent toxicity as per a permit requirement. That
facility is Ellerbe WWTP, which had one test failure in both 1995 and 1996.
4.3.11 Upper Rocky River and Coddle Creek (Subbasin 03-07-11)
Description
This subbasin includes the uppermost reach of the Rocky River watershed, primarily in Cabarrus
County (Figure 4.34). This reach runs approximately 25 river miles from its headwaters near
Mooresville to its confluence with Irish Buffalo Creek. This subbasin contains the urban areas of
Mooresville and Concord.
Coddle Creek, a large tributary of the Rocky River, and many of its smaller tributaries are
classified as water supply (WS-II). All other tributaries and the entire Rocky River in this
Subbasin have been given a C water use classification.
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Chapter 6 - Water Quality Concerns and Reconuttended Management Strategies
Table 6.3 Partially Supporting or Not Supporting Monitored Waters in the
Yadkin-Pee Dee River Basin*
Subbasin Waterbody Use Potential Recommended Mgt. Strategy*
Support Sources
Rating
030703 Ararat R. PS NP,P Actions by loc,,d governments and agencies are needed to
below Mt Airy reduce NPS pollution. The Division will continue to evaluate
instrearn data submitted h the City of Mount Airy.*
030703 Lovills Cr. PS NP Further investigation is necessary to determine actions
at SR 1371 needed.*
030703 Heatherly Cr. PS & NP,P Continued monitoring will quantity improvements with the
NS removal of the Pilot Mountain WWTP discharge.*
030704 Reynolds Cr. PS NP,P Sequoia WWTP should submit an engineering alternatives
analysis.*
030704 Salem Cr. - PS NP Action by Forsyth County and the City of Winston Salem
Middle Fork are needed to improve water quality. DWQ will reevaluate the
model to determine of wasteload allocation should be revised.*
030704 Grants Cr. PS P,NP DWQ will monitor for improvement after the City of.
Salisbury's discharges are eliminated. If the creek is still
impaired a fter the Salisbury discharge is removed. DWQ will
identify other point sources of pollution and the options for
these sources.*
030706 Fourth Cr. PS NP Pollutant sources must be identified, along with methods to
below reduce nutrient loading.*
Statesville
030707 Brushy Fork PS NP Additional activity by local governments and agencies and the
at SR1810 Non ant Source Team are needed.*
030707 Hamby Cr. NS NP,P No new dischargers of oxygen-consuming wastes should be
at I-85, permitted. Thomasville and Lexington should serve as
SR2031 region,d WWTPs for future wastewater needs.*
(Abbotts Cr.
watershed)
030708 Lick Cr. PS P,NP New dischargers, including the Town of Demon's proposed
at SR2351, outf?all, should receive advanced tertiary limits for oxygen-
NC8 consuming wastes.*
030708 Little Mtn Cr. PS NP,P New or expanding discharges should receive advanced tertiary
limits for oxygen-consuming wastes under the current zero
flew regulations. Low dissolved oxygen levels will be
evaluated and appropriate actions pursued during FERC
relicensin g.*
030710 Pee Dee R. PS NP New or exp,utding discharges to the Pee Dee River below Lake
below Lake Tillery should meet limite no less stringent than 15 mg/l
Tillery BUDS, 4 mg/l NH3N and 5 mg/l DO. Appropriate mitigative
actions will be pursued during FERC re licensing.*
030710 Brown Cr. PS NP No new discharges should be permitted in this watershed.*
at SR1627
030711 upper NS NP New or expanding dischargers above Mallard Creek should
Rocky River (a purr- receive limits of 5 tng/I ROD and 2 mg/1 NH3N. New or
tion is expanding dischmrges below Mallard Creek will receive total
rated BODu limits 32 mg/l. Model results will be used to evaluate
support specific scenarios for future allocations in the river.
threat- The City of Charlotte and Cabarrus and Mecklenburg
elaed) Counties should investigate pollution sources and develop
miti??atinn tans to rotect the river from further degradation.*
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examining the possibility of upgrading its treatment units and/or relocating its outfall to the Pee Dee
River.
Recomme.ndatinn.c:
Observations from regional office personnel indicate that Clarks Creek has low flow during dry
periods. Considering the limited flow available for the assimilation of wastewater, it is
recommended that further evaluation and updated flow information from USGS be obtained if the
discharge remains, or new discharges locate to this creek.
J. Uwharrie River Watershed (Subbasin 03-07-09)
This subbasin consists of the Uwhariie River and its tributaries. Monitored lakes include McCrary
Lake, Lake Bunch, Back Creek Lake and Lake Reese. This subbasin has no impaired waters,
although considerable sedimentation is evident on the upper portion of the watershed and many of
these waters are support threatened (Refer to Chapter 4, Section 4.5). Problems in these
headwaters are attributed to land use and urbanization.
Caraway Creek (Support Threatened)
The largest discharger, Countryside MHP, has a permit to discharge 0.015 MGD into a UT to
Caraway Creek., a class WS-I11 stream. The UT has an estimated 7Q10 and 30Q2 flow equal to
zero. Occasional instream DO violations, as low as 4.6 mg/1, have been reported by the facility
during the period 1994-1996.
Recommendations:
If no practical alternatives to discharge are available, it is recommended that Countryside MHP's
wasteload allocation be modified to advanced tertiary limits for oxygen-consuming wastes under
current zero flow procedures.
K. Pee Dee River from Lake Tillery Dam to Blewett Falls Dam
(Subbasin 03-07-10)
This subbasin includes the Pee Dee River and its uibutaries from the Lake Tillery dam to the
Blewett Falls Lake dam, with the exception of the Rocky River (subbasins 03-07-11, to 03-07-14)
and the Little River (subbasin 03-07-15). The largest tributaries in this subbasin are Brown Creek
and Mountain Creek. The Pee Dee River and Brown Creek are impaired waters (Refer to Chapter
4, Section 4.5).
Pee Dee River below Lake Tillery (Partially Supporting)
The Pee Dee River below Lake Tillery is impaired due to low DO levels. The cause of the
substandard DO levels appears to be related to hypolimnetic discharges from CP&L's hydroelectric
facility on Lake Tillery.
Recommendations:
DWQ, in coordination with the NC Division of Water Resources, will explore mitigative actions to
correct this problem when the facility comes up for FERC relicensing in 2008. In addition, new or
5 mn this `ubbasin should meet limits no less stringent
expanding discharges to the rPee Dee River
than 15 mg/1 BODS, g
insources tends and to NPS
Additional activities and resources are needed to identify impairment
management strategies for this waterbody. As resources allow,
management strategies for this waterbody for the second Yadkin-Pee Dee River Basin Plan (refer
to Section 6.3.3). In addition, local efforts are needed to develop a plan to reduce nonpoint source
pollution for the Pee Dee River.
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Brown Creek (Partially Supporting)
Brown Creek, the largest tributary in this subbasin, is susceptible to low flow during dry summer
conditions. Although there are no permitted dischargers in its drainage area, Brown Creek
received a Fair bioclassification rating in 1996. Low instream DO concentrations have been
reported at the ambient station at SR 1627 near Pinkerton. Water quality appears to be negatively
affected by a combination of low stream flow dining dry periods and nonpoint source pollution
during wetter periods. Sedimentation is also a probable cause of impairment.
Recommen(larions:
It is recommended that no new discharges be permitted in the Brown Creek watershed. In
addition, additional activities and resources are needed to identify impairment sources and to
develop management strategies for this waterbody. As resources allow, DWQ intends to develop
NPS management strategies for this waterbody for the second Yadkin-Pee Dee River Basin Plan
(refer to Section 6.3.3). In addition, local efforts are needed to develop a plan to reduce nonpoint
source pollution for this creek.
L. Upper Rocky River and Coddle Creek Waterslieds (Subbasin 03-07-11)
This suhbasin includes the headwaters of the Rocky River to above its confluence with Irish
Buffalo Creek. Coddle Creek is the major tributary. Most of the waters in this Subbasin are
Support Threatened (Refer to Chapter 4, Section 4.5). The Rocky River and Coddle Creek are
impaired waters.
Rocky River/Mallard Creek at SR11 42 (Partially Supprnti ,) and Dye Branch
Dye Branch and the headwaters of the Rocky River are significantly impacted by Mooresville's
discharge, which has had frequent toxicity failures. In 1993, DWQ completed a field-calibrated
dissolved oxygen model for 47.6 stream miles of the upper Rocky River area in subbasins 03-07-
from its headwaters to the confluence with Muddy Creek (NCDEM, 1993b),
11 and 03-07-12
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The modeled area includes portions or Dye Branch and Mallard Creek, as well as the Rocky River
The model was developed to evaluate tilt; assimilative capacity of the river and to assess
mainstem
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the interaction between three major dischargers: Mooresville (into Dye Branch), the Charlotte-
Mecklenburg Utilities District's Mallard Creek WWTP and the Rocky River Regional WWTP (in
subbasin 03-07-12) operated by Caban-us County. Fecal colifoi-m bacteria levels and
sedimentation are also problem parameters in the Rocky River.
Recommen(kitions:
Model results indicate that Mallard Creek and the Rocky River upstream of Mallard Creek have
limited assimilative capacity and that new or expanding dischargers, if permitted, should receive
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Mooresville and the CMUD-Mallard Creek W WTPs. Model results also indicate that
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oxygen-consuming wastes in the upper and middle reaches of the Rocky River.
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Chapter 6 - Water Quality Concerns and Recommended Management Strategies
Table 6.15 Recommended TMDLs and Management Strategies for Addressing Oxygen-
Consuming Wastes with Reference to Subbasin Summaries.
Map Ref- Subbasin Receiving Stream Management Strategy Clip. 6
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1 030704 Grants Creek If DO violations continue after Salisbury has relocated, 6.3.4-E
other sources of pollution will need to be identified.
2 030704 Salem Creek & Reevaluate QUAL2E model to determine if the 6.3.4-E
Muddy Creek wasteload allocation for the Archie Elledge Plant should
be revised.
3 030705 Cedar Creek To aid in assessing the assimilative capacity, additional 6.3.4-F
water quality data should be collected before permitting
new dischargers.
4 030706 Second Creek Field calibrated model should be considered for assessing 6.3.4-G
(North) the potential impact of new or expanding dischargers.
5 030707 Rich Fork No additional loadings of oxygen-consuming wastes 6.3.4-H
should be permitted.
6 030707 Abbotts Creek No new dischargers of oxygen-consuming wastes should 6.3.4-H
watershed be permitted. Thomasville and Lexington should serve .
as regional WWTPs for future wastewater needs.
7 030708 Mountain Cr. arm Low dissolved oxygen levels in the Mountain Cr. arm 6.3.4-I
of Lake Tillery of Lake Tillery will be evaluated. Appropriate actions
will be pursued during FERC relicensin .
8 030708 Upper Lake Tillery Low dissolved oxygen levels in the upper reaches of 6.3.4-I
Lake Tillery will be evaluated. Appropriate actions will
be pursued during FERC relicensin .
9 030708 Clarks Creek Further evaluation and updated flow information should 6.3.4-I
be obtained if the Mt. Gilead discharge remains, or new
discharges locate to this creek.
10 030708 Yadkin River Low dissolved oxygen levels below High Rock Lake 6.3.4-I
dam will be evaluated and appropriate actions pursued
during FERC relicensin .
11 030710 Pee Dee River New or expanding discharges to the Pee Dee River 6.3.4-K
below Lake Tillery should meet limits no less stringent
than 15 mg/l BOD5, 4 mg/l NH3N and 5 mg/l DO.
Appropriate mitigative actions will be pursued during
FERC relicensin .
12 030710 Brown Creek No new discharges should be permitted in this 6.3.4-K
watershed.
13 030711 Mallard Cr & New or expanding discharges, if permitted, should 6.3.4-L
Rocky R. receive limits of 5 mg/l BOD and 2 mg/l NH3N.
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Mallard Creek equal to 32 mg./I.
15 030712 Goose Creek Field calibrated model will be developed to evaluate 6.3.4-M
assimilative capacity of the creek. .
16 030712 Crooked Creek Before any new outfalls ace permitted, it is recommended 6.3.4-M
that additional chemical/physical data be collected to aid
in assessing the assimilative capacity of the proposed
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17 030712 South Fork No additional loads of oxygen-consuming wastes will be
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North Carolina Wildlife Resources Comni,&sionKE
312 N. Salisbury Street, Raleigh, North Carolina 27604.1188, 919-733-3391
Charles R. Fu11u ocd, E.xcc-utivc Director
MEMORANDUM
TO: Allen Davis
US Army Corps of Engine ?W ingtop
FROM Owen F. Anderson, mont Region Coordinator
Habitat Conservation Program
DATE: November 20, 1998
SUBJECT: Public Notice for Chambers Development of North Carolina, Solid Waste Landfill,
Anson Coun*.y, Wadesboro, Brown Creek, Yadkin-Pee Dee River, Action In
?99800592
Staff biologists with the Wildlife Resources Commission have conipieted a review of the
subject notice to assess impacts on wildlife and fishery resources in the area. Our comments are
provided in accordance with provisions of the Clean Water Act of 1977 (33 U.S.C. 466 et sea.), and
the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act (48 Stat. 401, as amended; 16 U.S.C. 661-667d).
The applicant proposes to discharge fill material into 0.49 acre of wetlands and waters of the
United States, including 3,730 linear feet of jurisdictional perennial and intermittent streams for
ct struction of a solid waste landfill. The site is located up slope of Brown Creek and Pinch Gut
Creek.
"l'lze wetlands to be impacted are characterized as headwater forests and scrub/shrub
wetlands. 'lltc proposed mitigation is for wetland creation at a 2:1 ratio for 0.49 acre of wetland fill.
The proposed mitigation site is located adjacent to Brown Creek adjacent to existing wetlands.
There are five natural communities recorded in the Natural Heritage database for the area
along Brown Creek on or adjacent to the landfill property. It is not clear from the Public Notice if
this applicant owns this property along Brown Creek, The five community types known from the
r7oodplain and slopcs of brown Creek arc Piedmont Mountain Swamp Forest, Piedmont Mountain
Scmiperrnancnt Impoundment, Floodplain Pool, Piedmont /Mountain Bottomland and
Piedmont/Mountain Levee Forest.

Solid Waste Landfill
Anson Co. 199800592
We are very concerned about the siting of this landfill along Brown Creek adjacent to areas
that have significant fish and wildlife habitat value. We believe this project has the potential to
affect adversely a regionally important natural resource and tourist site.
The information included with the Public Notice is not sufficient for our staff to determine if
wetland impacts have been minimized or what secondary adverse impacts will result from the
issuance of this permit. We recommend permits not be issued until the project and issues are
discussed in a comprehensive environmental document. State and federal resource agencies and the
public should have an opportunity to review the environmental document and to provide input.
We have the following comments. recommendations and requests to assist with preparation
of an environmental document.
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November 20, 1998
The Pee Dee Wildlife Refuge is located approximately five miles downstream and provides
various habitat types that are regionally important to a diverse assemblage of game and nongame
fish and wildlife species. The refuge is especially,iM.. Cta.mi$t"go y°wa-tcrfnw d a sh!-refs'
Additionally, the refuge provides breeding habitat for the federally and state endangered red-
cockaded woodpecker. There are also records of bald eagle and peregrine falcon using the refuge.
Additionally, the refuge provides habitat for numerous other species of plants and animals from
various taxa. Besides being important biologically, the Pee Dee Refltge provides sip,nificant
recreational opportunities, which include hunting, fishing and wildlife observation. Therefore, the
refuge is regionally important for tourism.
t. Provide descriptions of fish and wildlife resources within the project area, and a listing of
federally or state designated threattned, endangered or special concern species. When
practicable, potential borrow area to be used for project construction should be included in
the inventories. A listing of designated. species can be developed through consultation with:
The Natural IJeritage Program, NC Division of Partin and Recreation, PO Sox 27687,
Raluigh NC 27611, PH: [phone].
2. Provide clarification of the ownership of the areas adjacent to the important high quality
habitat along Brown Creek and how the important natural communities in this area will. be
protected from direct or indirect impacts associated with the landfill. It is recommended that
this important riparian habitat and other buffers be but into a conservation easement.
3. Provide a description of the existing habitat conditions at the proposed creation wetland site
and a detailed mitigation plan, We have concerns about the potential impacts to emisting
high quality terrestrial and aquatic habitats.
4. Provide a discussion of the impacts the operation of this landfill will have on the Pee Dee
Wildlife Refuge and area fish and wildlife. This should include issues such as increase truck
traffic, additiowd infrastructure (e.g., now or improved roads and other facilities associated
with landtll operation), nuisance wildlife sea gulls) and effects on other non-nuisance
species, which could be attracted to the landfill.
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5. Provide a clarification of the plant species associated with the perenninl and intermittent
streams to be impacted.
6. Provide information on how the 3,730 feet of stream will be mitigated. We request that an
effort be made to locate stream mitigation sites in the lower Yakdia-Pee Dee Basin of North
Carolina, especially the Brown Creek subbasin. Stream restoration reaches should be
similar in characteristics to natural, stable reference reaches. We recommend the methods of
Rosgen (1996) be followed for stream restoration.
7. Provide a discussion of what measures will be put in place to prevent erosion and
sedimentation to surface waters and how these devices will be maintained. include the
specific width of buffers to be left along streams and wetlands.
8 Provide a discussion of how leaehate from the landfill will be treated and how stormwater
from the site will be managed.
9. Provide a description and a cover type map showing acreage of upland wildlife habitat of the
project site including those areas along Brown Creek.
10. Discuss the extent to which the project will result in loss, degradation or fragmentation of
wildlife habitat (wetlands and uplands). Impacts for alternative sites or designs should lee ,,.
11, Discuss any measures proposed to avoid or reduce impacts of the project or to mitigate
unavoidable habitat losses. The management of the buffers is especially relevant.
We appreciate the opportunity to review this permit application. If you need further
assistance or additional information, please contact me at [phone].
Literature Cited:
Rosgen, Dave. 1996. Applied River Morphology, Witdlaud Hydrology, Pagoas springs. 843 pp.
cc, Mark Cantrell, Biologist, USFWS Asheville
Dan Frisk, Refuge Manager, USFWS, Pee Dee NWR
John Parker, Coastal Management
John Domoy, Wetland Scientist, Division of Water Quality
Melbta McGee, Environmental Coordinator, OLTA
Steve Hall, Zoologist, Natural Heritage Progmm
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s United States Department of the Interior
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FISH AND W LDLUM SERVICE
3 Asheville Field Office
160 Zillicoa Street
Asheville, North Carolina 28801 MNovember 20, 1998

Colonel Terry R. Youngbluth
Wilmington District Engineer
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
P.O. Box 1890
Wilmington, North Carolina 28402-1890
Dear Colonel Youngbluth:
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Subject: Permit application by Chambers Development of North Carolina, Incorporated, to fill
0.49 acre of wetlands and 3,730 linear feet of streams west of Wadesboro in Anson
County, North Carolina (Action ID No. 199800592)
This is the response of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) and the Department of the
Interior to the public notice dated October 22, 1998, for a permit application submitted by
Chambers Development of North Carolina, Incorporated, to impact waters of the United States in
conjunction with the construction of a new municipal solid waste landfill west of Wadesboro in
Anson County, North Carolina. This report is based on a site visit and a review of the public
notice and is submitted in accordance with the provisions of the Fish and Wildlife Coordination
Act, as amended (16 U.S.C. 661-667e), and the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended
(16 U.S.C. 1531-1543) (Act).
The project will impact 0.49 acre of wetlands and 3,730 linear feet of9as nnia and intermittent
stream channels. Impacted wetlands are associated with headwater and above-headwat- er
streams. The stream impacts will result from filling of the dendritic network of narrow
intermittent and perennial stream tributaries to Pinch Gut Creek. 'Stream and wetland impacts
will be mitigated by the applicant at a minimum ratio of 2:1 adjacent to an existing
stream/wetland tributary to Brown Creek southwest of the tract. The purpose of the work is to
construct a new municipal solid waste landfill for Anson County, consisting of approxima elv Ni
140 acres. The landfill will be situated on a 1,200-acre tract, with the required 300-foot buffer
from property lines and 500-foot buffer from private residences and wells. No details !=
provided relative to the construction of ancillary facilities and.infrastructure (access roads, utility
lines, wash fact hies, etc. .
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We are concerned about th, a ouantitv of wetlands _and streams impacted and theptential effects
to water quality from the proposed landfill. The Brown Creek subbasin. received a air"
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bloc lassificatiou_frorn,_the.-N'orih..Carolina..Dzvision..czf_..?ter._Quaiity. Nonpoint-source pollution
is a current problem in the Brown Creek subbasin. We are also increasingly concerned about the
loss and fragmentation of upland habitat due to projects such as this; we offer here some
measures to minimize these adverse effects but expect we will seek mitigation for impacts to
upland habitat for future projects.
Natural Communities. The proposed project is adjacent to, and upstream of, several excellent
examples of natural community types that are dependent on natural hydrologic regimes and are
not common in North Carolina. These natural communities are piedmont levee forest (vegetative
assemblages on seasonally or intermittently flooded natural levees and point bar deposits on
flood plains), piedmont bottomland forest (vegetative assemblages on flood plain ridges and
terraces adjacent to river channels), piedmont swamp forest (vegetative assemblages on
back-swamp deposits and sloughs), and flood plain pool (depressions in abandoned river
channels on flood plains holding water much or all of the year). Natural communities like these
provide habitat for a variety of animals, such as game species (white-tailed deer, raccoon,
cottontail rabbit, gray squirrel); Neotropical migratory birds (Kentucky warbler, Swainson's
warbler, downy woodpecker, towhee, Carolina wren, mockingbird, white-throated sparrow,
common grackle, blue jay); and numerous butterflies, amphibians (frogs, salamanders), and
fishes (sunfishes, darters, rosyside dace).
Proximity to Pee Dee National Wildlife Refuge. The proposed landfill is close to the Pee Dee
National Wildlife Refuge (Refuge). Situated on the banks of the Pee Dee River in the southern
portion of the lower piedmont, the Refuge's 8,443 acres range from bottomland hardwood forest
to upland pine. This diverse wildlife habitat also includes abandoned fields, naturally reforested
areas, cultivated land, and over a dozen ponds and creeks. The primary objectives of the Refuge
are to provide wintering habitat for Canada geese and ducks, provide sanctuary for wood ducks,
protect and enhance habitat for the endangered red-cockaded woodpecker, and provide
interpretation and recreational opportunities for the public. The Refuge attracts thousands of
waterfowl annually, including blue wing teal, mallards, ring neck ducks, Canada geese, and snow
geese, and provides important habitat for the American woodcock, snipe, and red-cockaded
woodpecker. The endangered red-cockaded woodpecker is a year-round resident, and the bald
eagle and peregrine falcon (both threatened) are transient visitors. Twenty-eight species of
mammals can be found, including beaver, bobcat, fox, white-tailed deer, raccoon, opossum,
squirrel, rabbit, and pine vole. The Refuge bird list contains over 170 species, including
bobwhite quail, mourning dove, Canada geese, and prothonotary warblers. There are also over
56 reptiles and amphibians, including Fowler's toad, eastern musk turtle, six-line racerunner, and
rough green snake.
Based on the proximity of the pro p ed landfill to the refuge _we are„q.,, 4q. concemed about the
in erect a fects to the Refuge from the.issuance,of..lhi .p.ermt., We are particularly concerned
'about-fl:ie potential impacts of this proposed landfill on migratory birds and mobile carnivores.
Nonnative or gregarious flocking birds are often attracted to uncovered or windblown waste at
landfill sites. Will flocking sea gulls be attracted to the landfill? We are also quite concerned
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about the potential for carnivores to be attracted to the site. We believe that daily cover
management and fencing may address some of these wildlife issues. Are detailed operational
plans available? What. type of fencing will be installed at the proposed landfill? What will be
the fence monitoringtrepair schedule? These questions and issues need to be addressed in the
environmental document developed for this permit.
Aecomm=ndations. We are providing the following general recommendations for incorporation
into the project plans to minimize the impacts of this project on fish and wildlife:
1. All storm-water outlets should drain through a vegetated upland area prior to
reaching any stream or wetland areas. Sufficient retention designs will allow
for the slow discharge of storm water, attenuating the potential adverse effects
of storm-water surges, thermal spikes, sediment, nutrient, Rnd chemical
discharges.
2. Adequate measures to control erosion and sedimentation should be employed
throughout the project. Frequent maintenance of these devices is critical to
their proper function in order to minimize sediment discharge from the
construction site. Perimeter erosion control devices should be installed prior
to any clearing and grubbing activities.
3. Daily cover management should be sufficient to minimize attraction of
carnivores or birds.
If plans for appropriate wetland and stream mitigation are completed and approved by the
Service prior to, and implemented at least concurrently with, construction, we do not object to
issuance of a permit for this project. We do want to review and comment on these plans prior to
permit issuance.
Wetland Mitigation. Plans for the proposed wetland mitigation at the tributary to Brown Creek
should be submitted for our review immediately, because we have many doubts about its .
feasibi.li . What type of wetland will be created? Will the wetland rely on groundwater or
over-bank flooding for hydrology? How will the wetland function relative to the piedmont
semipermanent impoundment downslope? Will the railroad grade affect hydrology at the
mitigation site? We recommend preservation of the remainder of wetlands on the tract through a
permanent, registered easement.
ream Miti ap tion. Since we have been disappointed with recent compensatory stream
mitigation efforts for other projects, we request the opportunity to review all stream channel
relocation/restoration designs and field delineations prior to construction and prior to the
diversion of water. We believe a successful stream mitigation plan will need to first describe
what the natural channel is relative to the principles of fluvial geomorphology as well as what
functional relationships it will have relative to upstream and downstream aquatic communities.
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Since the watershed area of the proposed mitigation site is inadequate to support perennial stream
channels, we do not agree th,.„ a the crcation/r,?t=tipp.. of,MgW channels here will be
commensurate with the proposed impacts. We can assist in identification of more appropriate
stream channel segments for restoration within the Brown Creek watershed area. We agree that a
2:1 ratio of mitigation to impacts is appropriate for the proposed stream impacts. We
recommend the following elements be included in any stream mitigation plan for this project:
Riparian vegetation should include native woody species, such as alder (Alnus
spp.) and black willow, as well as Arundinaria, sedges, grasses, and rushes.
Exotic vegetation should be screened from any plant material. Large woody
species will provide thermal cover as well as deep bank-stabilizing root
systems along any constructed or reconstructed stream channel.
2. Stream channel construction and vegetation establishment should take place
prior to the diversion of water into the new channel. Sequential construction of
segments and temporary pipe diversions can be utilized to ensure channel
stability. We would like to have an opportunity to inspect stream segments for
stability prior to the water diversion.
3. Stream channel design should mimic slope, riffle slope, pool slope, valley
slope, meander geometry, sinuosity, cross-sectional dimensions, entrenchment
ratio, bed material (pebble count), and bank-full discharge of a nearby
reference reach of a stable stream of the same classification (Rosgen 1996).
Bank-full dimensions should be generated based on those of an appropriate
reference reach and/or the latest discharge/channel dimension relationship
developed for the piedmont (we can supply a copy of these curves if needed).
We would like to review the final design of the stream channel restoration and
relocations.
4. Monitoring should continue for at least S years following channel construction.
Annual reports should be submitted to the resource agencies. Resource
agencies should be notified of problems with success or function of the stream
mitigation within 30 days of detection.
5. An appropriate regional conservation organization should hold title to the deed
restrictions on the mitigation site. The title to the conservation easement
should be conveyed along with an endowment for future monitoring,
management, and any contingencies to ensure a perpetual net increas' in
stream channel function in the project area. Since North Carolina law
currently requires the filing of conservation easements every 30 years, t't.°
endowment should make provisions for the required legal filing.
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6. The remaining tributaries to Pinch Gut Creek and Brown Creek within the should be set aside in a permanent conservation easement. property
7. We recommend enhancement of the riparian buffer on the west side of Brown
Creek with bottomland hardwood species. Plantings should extend at least
100 feet from the stream.
8. The final mitigation plan should provide details relative to what measures will be
taken to control watershed conditions and prevent sediment pollution and increased
water discharge that would potentially negate efforts at the stream mitigation site(s).
The latest draft "Guidelines for stream relocation and restoration in North Carolina," by the
North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission, is a good guide to proper stream restoration and
relocation work.
Based on a review of our records and our knowledge of the site, we concur with the
determination that there will be no effect to listed species. Therefore, we believe the
requirements under Section 7 of the Act are fulfilled. However, obligations under Section 7 of
the Act must be reconsidered if. (1) new information reveals impacts of this identified action
that may affect listed species or critical habitat in a manner not previously considered, (2) this
action is subsequently modified in a manner that was not considered. in this review, or (3) a new
species is listed or critical habitat is determined that may be affected by the identified action.
Please do not hesitate to contact Mr. Mark Cantrell of our staff at 828/258-393.9, Ext. 227, if you
have any questions regarding our comments. We have assigned our Log Number 4-2-99-013 to
this project; please refer to it in all future correspondence directed to us concerning this matter.
Sincerely,
Brian P. Cole
State Supervisor
cc:
Refuge Manager, Pee Dee National Wildlife Refuge, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Route 1,
Box 92, Wadesboro, NC 28170
Mr. Allen Davis, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Wilmington District, P.O. Box 1890,
Wilmington, NC 28402-1890
Mr. Owen Anderson, North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission, 1142 I-85 Service Road,
Creedmoor, NC 27522
Mr. John Dorney, North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Division
of Water Quality, 4401 Reedy Creek Drive, Raleigh, NC 27607
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North State Legal Services, Inc.
114 West Corbin Street
PO Box 670
Hillsborough, NC 27278
[phone]/Fax: [phone]
Brenda Ford Harding
Program Director
November 19, 1998
VIA FAX AND MAIL
Mr. Allen Davis
Department of the Army
Wilmington District, Corps of Engineers
Post Office 1890
Wilmington, NC 28402-1890
FAX: [phone]
Re: Action ID No. 199800592
Dear Mr. Davis:
1-800-672-5834
Toll-free Number
We represent citizens in Anson County and CACTUS, a county-wide citizens organization, who
request a public hearing to consider the application to discharge (ill material into wetlands on a
tract located above and beyond headwaters of Brown Creek and Pinch Gut Creek, North of
Boylin Road and US Highway 74, four miles west of Wadesboro, in Anson County, North
Carolina. The purpose of this dredge and fill is to construct a landfill.
This landfill proposal has been a long-standing topic of community concern. Many people are in
opposition - over 3,000 local citizens have signed a petition opposing the landfill as Currently
sited. We understand that many citizens have requested a public hearing. There is enough
substantial public interest, as well as technical flaws in the application, to warrant a public
hearing.
Ol'the highest concern presently is the fact that alternative sites for the proposed landfill would
not result in such significant damage to the environment as this site. Since the proposed landfill
is not a water-dependant activity, the applicant has the burden of showing that Icss`°
environmentally damaging alternatives are not available. Tile applicant has not and cannot
show that there is not a site available in Anson County to put a landfill that would not impact
wetlands.
A Legal Services of North Carolina Program
Service Alamance, Anson, Caswell, Chatham, Moore, Orange and Richmond Counties
A . -.
Mr. Davis
November 19, 1998
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The citizens we represent have presented many other issues. It is very important that they be
given it public hearing so that their concerns can he addressed and they can have the ability to
present their conlnlents on the proposal to ISSUC the permit. Other concerns include the
following:
1. Wetland impact understated or under reported. Because the company is
using a multi-phased approach to development, the total extent of the impacts on
wetlands are being concealed. Tile acreage of wetlands impacted set forth in this
permit is only for Pll;ISc i of the landfill. Thus, the impacts on wetlands are being
piece-nicalcd. The tot;tl acreage of' wctl;uufs which cc ill he Significantly itltpactcd
through dredge or fill activities throughout every phase of the landfill must<be
considered in its entirety.
In addition, it is unclear why the quantity of impacted wetlands has fluctuated
from the 1.68 acres in Nationwide Permit No. 26 (action 199203131) to the 0.49
acres stated in the most recent application.
2. Flooding. The landfill is situated in a 100-year flood plain and has it local
history of frequent hooding. The landfill will increase flooding in the
surrounding area and downstream, the effects ol'which cannot be discounted as
the surrounding area is densely populated.
3. Water Quality Impacts. This landfill will be situated between two streams
and runoff from the landfill will impact water quality and degrade downstream
uses. The most severe affects of such degradation will be in the PceDec National
Wildlife Refuge, which is located directly downstream from the proposed landfill
and is home to 22 endangered, threatened, or species of special concern. The
applicant should have to analyze the impact of the landfill on this refuge.
In addition, the leachate from the landfill will drive up the BOD loading at the
water treatment facility downstream, which is currently almost at loading
capacity. Thus, the landfill will have a critical impact on water quality
downstream.
There will also be impacts on groundwater since the soils on site are not
completely impervious. There are over 140 wells within close proximity and the
associated risks ofcontaminated groundwater arc unacceptable.
The guidelines to Sections 404(b)( I ) require that, for it site like that of the proposed landfill, the
applicant clearly demonstrates that there are no practicable alternate sites that are less
environmentally damaging. The site must be the least destructive available to the applicant and
there has been no showing to date that any alternate sites were examined by the applicant or the
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Mr. Davis
November 19, 1998
page 3
Corps. As shown above, the proposed activities in the wetlands -including all phases of the
landfill - have a significant and adverse impact on water quality. The proposal to mitigate the
wetlands should not be considered until the Corps has determined that the activities in the
wetlands arc unavoidable.
Please notify us of your decision whether to hold a public hearing on this matter and any other
decision you make on this permit. Thank you for your consideration.
Sincerely,
ohn Runkle, Private Co-Counsel
Attorney At Law 911--q y2 0600
M an Ea hardt Breen
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ANSON COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
ROOM 30 • ANSON COUNTY COURTHOUSE
WADESSORO. NORTH CAROLINA 28170
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
ANNA BAUCOM. CHARMAN. 106 6RM SL WADEINA0. N0 26170
ROSS STREATER. VICE CHARMAN P. 0. Box 32L MoWec roe 26110
LEE G. ALLISON. RT. 2. BOX 11. PEACY6AN0. NC 26133
HERMAN K. UTTLE. RE 1. Box 325. WADESBORO. NC 26170
MARY L MCLENDON. P. O. BOX 1104 WADPSBORO. NC 26170
BOBBY MOORE.P.0.SOXnANSONVUNC2B= June 16, 1998
BILL TRACKER. 666 WEST /VL WADEMM. NC 26170
Mr. Dexter R. Matthews, Chief
Solid Waste Section
Division of Waste Management
North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
401 Oberlin Road, Suite 150
Raleigh, North Carolina 27605
STEVEN D. CARPENTER. COUNTY MANAGER
PHONE [phone]
FAX (704) 69"135
GEORGE C. BOWER. A. ATTORNEY
PHONE [phone]
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Received
° Solid Waste
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Re: Franchise Granted to Chambers Development of North Carolina, Inc.
Dear Mr. Matthews:
This is in response to your request for the Board's opinion on the validity of the franchise (the
"Franchise") for a municipal solid waste landfill issued to Chambers Development of North Carolina,
Inc. ("Chambers") on March 5, 1997. At its meeting on June 10, 1998, the Board authorized me, upon
consultation with our attorneys, to respond on behalf of the Board. We are firmly of the opinion that
the Franchise is valid.
Factual Background
This all began in 1991. Charged by law with responsibility for providing solid waste disposal
facilities to meet the needs of the community, the Board in 1991 considered (in an open, public
process) the available options for meeting those needs. On June 4, 1991, the County entered into an
agreement (the "Agreement") with Chambers, which was and is a duly organized and existing North
Carolina corporation. The Agreement established a process for selecting and approving a site and for
constructing and operating a sanitary solid waste landfill (the "Landfill") and included provisions for
free and reduced rate disposal service for the citizens of the County and other compensation.
Later in 1991, the Board (in an open, public process) approved the landfill site (the "Site")
selected by Chambers. In May 1992 Chambers filed its application for a site suitability determination
and, after substantial investigation and inquiry, your Department issued a notice in early 1996 that the
Site was suitable. The notice also advised Chambers that it should obtain a landfill franchise from the
County to conform to a new statutory requirement that did not exist in 1991, and that evidence of the
franchise should be included with Chambers' application for a permit to construct.
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On August 12, 1996, Chambers filed its application for a permit to construct, and asked the
County to grant the franchise. After a widely attended public hearing on November 18, 1997, and
after consideration at two regular meetings, the Board on March 5, 1997, adopted the ordinance
granting the Franchise to Chambers and incorporating by reference the terms and conditions of the
1991 Agreement.
The County's Agreement is with Chambers. The Franchise was granted to Chambers. This is
so even though majority ownership of the capital stock of Chambers has changed at least twice since
1991. During 1996, Chambers became a wholly owned subsidiary of USA Waste Services, Inc. and
changed its name, but not its corporate existence, to Chambers Waste Systems of North Carolina, Inc.
In June 1997, Chambers became a wholly owned subsidiary of Allied Waste Industries, Inc., a
financially strong, publicly traded corporation. The County was notified of both ownership changes
and has objected to neither of them. In fact, our minutes reflect that the Board was advised of the
Allied Waste acquisition no later than June 16, 1997, and that representatives from Allied Waste
attended no fewer than five meetings of the Board during June and July. At no time was it ever
suggested that the franchise be reconsidered or withdrawn. Indeed, at the meeting on July 17, 1997,
immediately following a discussion about Allied Waste, the Board unanimously approved a motion
authorizing the County Manager "to call the state and ask them to expedite the permit process." In
other words the Board, with full knowledge of Allied Waste's relationship to Chambers, has already
ratified and confirmed the continued viability of the Franchise.
The County has no reason to believe that Chambers is less able to perform its obligations
under the Agreement today than it was in June 1991 when the Agreement was entered into or in
March 1997 when the Franchise was granted. Indeed, the County has every reason to believe that is
will receive its promised landfill within a reasonable time after your Department approves Chambers'
application for a permit to construct, which was filed almost two years ago.
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The County has endeavored both (i) to discharge its contractual obligations under the 1991
Agreement and (ii) to satisfy all of the new and old statutory requirements necessary to
achieve the Board's objective of providing the solid waste disposal facility in Anson
County. The Agreement contains no provision prohibiting the transfer of Chambers'
stock or, for that matter, the assignment of Chambers' rights under the Agreement. In
1991, Chambers was not required to obtain a franchise from the County, only its
"approval:" To avoid any dispute over the applicability of the 1994 statute requiring a
franchise in connection with new permit applications, Chambers requested and, on March
5, 1997, obtained the Franchise. Neither the Franchise nor the statutes authorizing the
County to issue franchises contain any prohibition against, or other reference whatsoever
to, a change of ownership of the franchisee. N.C.G.S.153A-46, 153A-134 and 153-136.
Instead, the statutes simply authorize counties to grant franchises to "one or more
persons."
2. Your letter of June 5, 1998, on this subject, suggests that the provisions of "other statutes"
should perhaps be used to discern the legislative intent of the franchise statutes. We
respectfully disagree and hope that you will, upon further consideration, also disagree. You
cite in your letter the references in N.C.G.S. 130A-294(b) to "parent," "subsidiary" and
"affiliate" as terms that should be read into or granted onto the statutory franchise
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provisions in N.C.G.S. Chapter 153A. Yet those terms were not even added to the statute
until April 17, 1997, after the Board granted Chambers its franchise on March 5, 1997. The
session law adding those terms expressly provided that they would apply only to an
"application for a permit submitted on or after [April 17, 1997]". Moreover, when the
General Assembly added those defined terms to Chapter 130A of the General Statutes it
did not, even though it could have, added them to Chapter 153A.
3. More importantly, the provisions of Chapter 130A (relating to the solid waste management
by your Department) can be reconciled with the provisions of Chapter 153A (relating to
the powers of counties, including the granting of franchises) without construing the
statutes as invalidating a franchise upon a change of ownership of the franchisee. The two
provisions of Chapter 130A cited in your letter relate to your Department's ability (I) to
require adequate financial assurances for the operation and closure of a permitted landfill
and (ii) to deny a permit to an applicant on account of prior violations of laws by the
applicant or related entities. Nothing in the franchise process diminishes your
Department's capacity to exercise its authority under those provisions. Without
invalidating an existing franchise or requiring that a county consider the issuance of new
franchise following a change of ownership, your Department may still, and certainly will,
require appropriate financial assurances before issuing permits to construct or to operate.
N.C.G.S. 130A-294(b), cited in your letter, describes in elaborate detail the various forms of
assurances that may be used to demonstrate requisite financial responsibility. If the assets
of Chambers alone are insufficient to satisfy the Department's requirements, it may and
will require further assurances, which might include an inquiry into the net worth of
Chambers' parent corporation. Similarly, if there is evidence that Chambers' new parent
corporation has violated applicable laws, your Department has reserved jurisdiction under
N.C.G.S. 130A-309.06(b), also cited in your letter, to consider that during the permit
approval process. No evidence has come to the attention of the County indicating that
Chambers will be unable to satisfy the requirements concerning both financial
responsibility and compliance with laws. Neither inquiry requires a new franchise.
4. You refer also in your letter to what you infer to have been the intentions and purposes of
the General Assembly in 1994 when it imposed the franchise requirement in connection
with sanitary solid waste facilities. In summary, you suggest that the requirement was
imposed (i) to evidence local government approval, (ii) allow citizens to participate in
decisions regarding the location and operation of a landfill, and (iii) to consider the demand
that will be made on local infrastructure and governmental services. You suggest
appropriately that those decisions should be informed by knowledge concerning the
identity, stability and experience of the owner/operator. We do not disagree, but instead
submit that those functional purpose have been and will continue to be satisfied without
invalidating the Franchise by reason of the change of ownership of the franchisee. The
same North Carolina corporation was awarded a contract in 1991, obtained Board approval
of the Site in1991, obtained a site suitability notice from your Department in 1996, received
the Franchise in 1997, and invested hundred of thousands of dollars in furtherance of its
contractual obligations under the Agreement. Over the thirty-year life of the Franchise,
there will inevitably be changes in Chambers' ownership and in the ownership of
Chambers' parent corporation (publicly traded) and changes in the financial condition of
both Chambers and its parent corporation. 'Those changes do not invalidate either the
Franchise or the Agreement. Moreover, a fully informed Board has already ratified the

Franchise (and the Agreement incorporated therein by reference) since the acquisition of
Chambers by Allied Waste.
5. Declaring the Franchise invalid by virtue of the statutory construction arguments outlined
in your letter would appear to raise both fairness and due process issues from Chambers'
perspective, and would clearly result in further delays to the County in its efforts to obtain
the benefits of its 1991 Agreement and 1997 Franchise, including but not limited to,
adequate solid waste disposal facilities and relief from current expenditures on behalf of the
citizens of Anson County.
We respectfully request that you give effect to our opinion and to the action of the Board in
authorizing my submission of this letter to you.
We hope that you will proceed with the award of a permit to construct at the earliest possible
date following Chambers' satisfaction of your Department's requirements, including those relating to
financial responsibility and compliance with applicable laws by Chambers and its related entities.
If you should have questions about this letter, please feel free to tzornmunicate with me, the
County Manager, or our regular and special attorneys, George C. Bower, Jr. of Wadesboro and Robert
C. Sink of Charlotte.
Very truly yours,
0, -4- ? IL?C?rr?-
Anna H. Baucom
Chair, Anson County Board of Commissioners
cc: Members of the Board
Steve D. Carpenter, County Manager
George C. Bower, Jr.
Robert C. Sink
Brian Card
' Ydbet- acres in Ar,:.ort:ille; et<.
Record Floo& Follow away building, including the I
,- I ter mill office, aTUi rolled down Ellison R, and >Ilo7•?1,,'n :VIc `.,
Coastal Tropical Storm. 1 Hitchcock creek in westOn Rocking- Alonzo Pegucs;
i ham. There the Highway 74 bridge etc. L
was submerged. Two railroad tres-
(Continued from front page., ties were washed -oust, including the Farin Accident Fat,
Blewett Fula. Electric-driven fac- Seaboard main Line bridge.
tones in Wadesboro and d9cinity' were
idly on 'faraday while the ppWeT As a result, Wadeaboro has bp?n The. average time
company a loss bc:?
made connections to c,t.her. i without Seaboard railway:aervice;;?,?r about
per farmer. in . . 1943 was
sources.. Owing to the long circuits i three days. For sumo reason, trains accidents
re .
required, a drop, in voltage held the I from Charlotte and Atlanta have per building ca. A fa fi t rri
larger mills -•o part-time operation'' been turned back at :Monroe. This minutes during the us t.Yi ` day in i
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-yesttrtieyT- 1oe?i1. hat?_of cOllLge.,..caused much diffirulby,.. States •The cost of farm
Yoe-Bend
manager,. says that tlla" st'*' ly`of especially through disruption of,mail talsmound a quarter of..a mill
isylentif$1, and that I service.. The Atlantic Coast Line And- lars: each'laY• • • . The tractor,
electric power,
the v+Q - irregularity . will be• -eor- • Winsto> - alem.-Southbdund rnaasi Qf._ year-?6>rrrd :machine is in
N •;..- ,, ncft. run mail?ov 7, ar 'Pas senger more fatal cidents than an;
coarse,
rec =•sosm. {
o 'Wadesboro.,?
.. farm iha:.
citement was caused Tues trains int cliitie in all states re
A " r sen a rumor got going that, An unofficial„ report` yesterday this information.... Of all f.:
,'she Blewett Falls dam might give ! stated that the Seaboard's bridge irriAla, horses caused the m
way. The power company people ,nv ; over the Pee .Dee was considered un juries. More people we>
t'nere was never any real grounds for i safe, and that..Arains ;,would '.not be by accidents in farm homes ul.
this :fear. Highway department su run across Jt;'t ntil #^ orough inspec- year _,than were 'killed in the
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'fie l tiorr-could be-road ` : , -? ___ Chicago fire, ttie sinking of
tliorities; -- ovreveY,_did keepY the
San Francisco ear
traffic off Morrison bridge on High- r May gaud been Record. tanio,.
way 74 itsr a while just to be pn the Tfie rivers :antY creeks in thisilo..Qd and fire, and the Johnstowt
i
.safe slcmr- I ungnes Bona y le a gne-st e w com me every Pexs
Damage to Highways. marks since the :"big flood" of .130$, state of-Kansas were infured, t
travel ugh _the_.c our-+ ---heze • bout-#he-
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ty became thoroughly disrupted on: wheither or not the 1945 flood was the million and 'a half in w
Tuesday. Riotous Rocky river,. worse than the 1908 freshet. Exact fered by farm residents in tr..
plunging four to five feet over fligh-' comparison is hardly possible, since States last year. Nation,.
way 52 .bridge, washed out 19 feet of the Bleweitt Falls power plant and tha Council.
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the embankment on the Stanly coun- large highway bridges have been in.
ty side of the river. Highway work- ? stalled since 1808; hence the mea. - Penicillin, henwuorbde futt;.
ers a temporary structure in I urements at such places do not show de drug, may
por„limited one-way traffic yes exact differences. treatn8nt 0 animal a 8 asesl sailme ays
terday. evenin r}' OIder :citizens in'; thQ ,upper; par?q as ': t!?1.
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109 was very badly the°`count isve pointed out` a few G.iJ a ?s+ v ete rn arian of },
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county 1 laces that they recall having laeon Colleg^G? agricultural experin
knoe7ted :;out on the. Richmond
side`ihk Pee Dee:' At last reports, ; overrun bg a?arter in 1908, but wh?oh tion
- -tbieaiadway had. not been openecl?-- . `the- resent-flood did not-quite aaver? ,
--- :-7, first-ctr?off-wfien--mss= tt¢t e-enaterly-=t}-sou
creak: overran it. near Peachland, be- however, residents say that many; WANT ADVRTIS
came impassable - &t- the new Brown places have:_been covered which were
Ads, inserted in this+ cola
creek bridge near Polkton early not flooded in 1905
ca with order, except th.
Tuesday` :. Two highway department --- ----- - r U {? t hat!et.Gic
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trucks--from t13e nssrby-pri sen er camp r?
ice y '`karie ads charged
civlhan:: truck 'slipped off and turned ?te8# 'tXnar ay .net terms. If ad is "key
upside down in the flood-its driver, ??`• replies to 6e handled thro
said to m blr. n. E. Henry, of Wades Rockingham. A flood flashed newspaper, a service fee of
born, jumped in time to ague himself. . be charged additions on v;
cued to travel I through the rain soaked fields Hof -
Highway 74 was op 1, We
Tuesday evening. st Rockingham Monday as, .the ' dam burst At the Ledbetter Mill- pond FOR SALE,--10 head of W
and six ewes. J. P.
Secondary roads-, especially those about 8:30 A. M. A torfent of warp, lambs peachland, N. C.
crossing Lanes, and, Brown creeks, rolled over the-cotutrysidij poured into
became iMpassable almost every-' the pee bee'-'Mill llio i pond and burst NOT?Ch?--All persona m
wb ?r .•The li r?e Diamond Hill lo
? t :80 A• M
daillthereabout 11
Lan r ook? i-iidit?> Su ge F. n s? busted; in the :9'ti
gar w ? k: , z t.
yur,` ``"iet `Police f:. 3 'AllennIte>GY??#d,:dia not respoitl
town ?y?pahed, .avstay. Brown crW,c I that 'hb libCs had been lost rn '="thL "to help?.?clean off same, plea
flood but that dairyge would be: as donation to George Preslar
vrashed:out the fl11 on both sides of y
41 ?rl?cso jr (4i nt? r, (,•?,'i-: ^_C1`'.' 1i. S.T., ct:i F•' NT. C.. RTld holn Ic('C rl t1)
, e
i,ridge dust of I'eachlarli to I Aivh ar:i:cn; liyuu;• :iisc; 6 ..
throw water about -four feet deep suspended on payrneut $15 an.i
over the y?vement and atop traffic of b counts on condition that hti: vi u-
early Monday afternoon..:, Next came dates no law, especially prol-iil: tits;:
word that Pee Dee river was rising laws,'for two years and appear<. it
and had thrown backwater to meet a any time on notice to show ?: oc;:! l,•_
freshet on a creek on the. Richmond havior anti compliance. Prays: fu
county side of the Highway 109 judgment ••vus Continu<<j n ' U.::
bridge -to stop traffic between; Wades. , eouuts.
boro and Mount Gilead.
t ? Curt ine Smith and irer
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Brown creek v.,us the next wes i'
Lie ur Nezzie Sturdivattt; as5.:u;: w
course -to join the rampage, rolling 1 deadly weapon; each •l munch:,
across Highway 74 to block travel be- i pended on payment $10 arid
tween Wadesboro and Polkton on with :$2.50 each to be paid throui;i1
Monday night. '.1. the clerk of- court for doctor bill:A of
Before Tuesday moxnrngt.?the river3 Maly 1I,ouise Smith, on. condition that
and smaller.: streams„• alY 'became tor- no 1?,w is violated and that good be-
rents of destructiottt'` ' I havior; is observed for a year.
: Rocky; river foamed- over the big

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took the county
casualty of the floo _when:, ity washed
away the steel girder` bridge at the
Crump Mill crossing, which was tiia
newest large bridge touching Anson
county..
The great Pee Dee began to roar
-with the accumulated volume of :its
tributaries Monday.- night, and by
Tuesday noon swept its tides toward
the highest mark on'record.
r River Reaches Peak. .
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Ngmination of Mr. Oscar E. Ross!
` ba'ipoatmast?er at Ansonville was,
Iiio?ed last week by the. United
tat$ lSeriate.: !Kr., Ross, one of 1
AnsovYlle!s leading business men,
was appointed by President Truman
several weeks ago.
Superior Court
Superior court for trial of crimimi.
cases .in Anson county is to convent-
Monda.y morning, with Judge John 11.
Clement, of Walnut Cove, presiding.
and ..Solicitor Edward Gibson, of
Laurinburg, prosecuting. The dock(.:
.:.is of ..About average length for these
The d rise un
Pee-Dee con#riuu? to
'- til early Tuesday tight, then: the timesi With no (.saes of very unusurr
' flood slackened. Many rumor's. and inter'. st
guesses have been currents o` the:;r
"ATOMIC"
+'5"'?' `f t "t height of the water?Qtirolt?a Power R NG D r .:
w ,- e T SLANG WORD.
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ref Falls ni', ° r ?r--, Paris daily Fi
< '? f da ' atrts highe{ifh'`' `
the sin
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flow flooded the B1 weal ow cgs, „ s. 0J t i
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ta= '" „ erh'ouse, :g`ettting 1liea"c1en«tf?g. g ya Lr.? zi?ench language,
` cite' the ew French adjective
building, ' Wand, of t •course; . stoppmK.I:
" elechric generation there. Thin: "atonic" as, a horrible example of
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height, to :be exact,. was lour feet and-' corrA'pt speech.
TT e. French use their new adjeett.,
7 - 11:'inches-'.ltigher" -than, the setpreviouDecems.:: thus;
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- record, at •,Blewett Fal?
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over plaii't, m1i we son- "Vaul TII, "reft? is- morning to,.
P hi home?in Crisfield, Md., after
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ESTABLISHED 1881.
Rain And Floods Hit
This Section Heavily
Farmers and Others Sustain Severe
bosses in Last Week's Wet Weath-
er and High Water-Other Sections
Are Hit Harder.
Since the heavy rains and destruc-
tive freshets of the first of last week,
1wople of Anson county and other
sections have been busy checking up
on their losses.
While thousands of dollars in dam-
age to roads and' bridges' . cannot he
disregarded, the loss to'farmers and
stock raisers is the worst feature *f
the flood in this county.' `
Experts of the various agricultural
organizations have been at work in
an effort to calculate the , damage,
but no official figures have yet been
tabulated.
In response to an inquiry, County
Farm Agent J. W. Cameron told The
?1. & I. yesterday that the agricul-
tural damage is so great that it is not
estimable. He went on to say:
"All crop; on lowlands are practi-
cally a total loss. Corn on the up-
lands is damaged very badly due to
the fact that the eats were heavy,
the ground was soft after so much
rain, and hence there is more corn on
the -ground than we have ever seen
before.
"I think a conservative estimate of
the damage to upland corn would%e
around 20 percent, and I !.woul&say
the damage to upland cotton would be
15 to 20 percent-and in many.in-
stances more. Lespedeza is badly
Llama; -d' due to the facrthat-ftwa',
blown over ;ind much of it will he
hard to harvest either for Ceed or for
hay,great c]eal:„w.ill.elt}te?:,x?.
account'f hedd'ing.o, :n
rot' on
Grazing also is badly damaged, e
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to overflowing leaving much mu n
the grass to make it unpalatable d
not, so good for livestock.
"I would like to :gay again thatthe
damage is Kreat and inestimable, as
it 14 t hf• •,i nrst flood we have had."
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Deluges Sweep Country.
From this Summary, it can be seen
th-it Anson county has loot hundreds
of thousands of dollars in its current
crops alone. No accurate money val-
ue can be set, in fact, until the final
crop reports ure made next sprinvtr.
As stated in this newspaper last
week, several head of livestock were
drowned and swept away in thou
len creeks and rivers. Evan vet 'the
stock growers have not.triished
checking their herd; to be = sure. of
their standing.
Added to the farm losses,. the
county must fi ure the da to
public and indul trial installatio
The Carolina Power;*& Likht Co.,
with its flooded Blewett Falls ]ant,
and the other public utilities-- will
add
thousands of dollars to the high-wa-
ter bill, with reconstruction or reha-
bilitation of their propdrties.
The working time loss figures no
small item. The Seaboard Railway
had its main line through Wadesbnro
blocked from Tuesday through' to
Friday at noon. As a result, -no mail
or express could be handled through
usual channels. 'Readers.,of.The.,X- &
1. in many placec.faj1ed tb ?teegive
their newspapers pntIl?^ty? 'ter .
'than usual, tom o'n'f" ??x r In
other field, 'the large mi? :en
by electricity in thi area"`los 'co si'd-
enable. time while -the power° ;systems
were,being readjustd.
While the large hit-rhways have
been made passable, there are sev-
eral broken places in ..country, roads
which must have rebuilding .iobs.Aorte
.,before vehioltes can travel' freely.
Some time will elapse' before large
bridges, such as the Rocky river,
Lanes creek and Brown creek strue-
tutes. gait be replaced. Here, again,
no defitititc estimate of the cost is yet
available.
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Worse Damage Elsewhere- Food Inspectors Look
Fven thouuh the flood dairrage in Over Flooded, Regions.
Anson county is distressing--evon
%vorse, perhans, than our citizens
have yet realized--this section leas Raleigh, septentbcr 24. - Dr. C.
cliffere,l lightly compared with otbo «'. ('?m,tahle, heart of the ;,'tatc• Aix-
pbweq. riculturc Department's pure food rli•
The damage at our neighbor town vision, said that his entire :staff ot•
of Rockineham, where the Ledbetter food inspection has been sent into the
clam broke to thrown an overwhel- flooded areas of the State to examine
mini tide through a ,ereat factory clip- foocl damaged by water.
trict, has been estimated over a mil- „We want -to protect the residents
lion dollars. of these areas against poison food,
Even worse has been the experience and at the same time we are - eaIger
in the easterly part of.. North:, Ca,•o to assist in alvayglnq a>,muc? 40A S
C'oristalea
lina. After the frpshpts in theh;Y'ee pOSSible," said ;Dr. .
i?ee valley had subsided, the: past Eel thalt much ofl'thao4?d#}
ward rivers kept. xcsing..-:Mh& Cane; (lhmaged per m.anentland?x,., since
Fear river spread before last= week-; the public against eating nth. withou'
end to a width of three or four miles close examination,
in places. lts waters rope almost to
the famouG old market house in the
center of Fayetteville.
Army forces from Fort Rrar.R an.l
other military centers worked over-
time to rescue neople marooned in the
hieh waters. Many peoplo were sav-
ed by the u-e of Armv "weasels"- -
amphibious machines which rim „n
water and land- equally well. High-
1%vav patrolmen. and other officers
were on day and night duty until
Monday of this week, when the worst
danger was considered past. Even

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The;Anson Record Messenger`&Jn't*lligencer, Wednesday.,, A&-i i.
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ALL.RECORDS BROKEN
HIGH WATER DOES IMMENSE
DAMAGE.
Unprecedented Floods Destroy Many
Thonsands of Dollars Worth of Corn
and Cottou--County Brldge@ !!wept
Away and Washouts on Railroads
Prevent Running. of Trains.
Nothing like it has ever before
.been known. The Sherman freshet
of 1865, the record rainfall with with
which all freshets before and since
are compared, has at last been eclips-
ed. The Great. Pee Dee reached a
stage, yesterday, from three to four
feet higher than it did in 1865, and
Rocky river, Lanes Creek, Richard-
son creek, Brown creek, Jones creek
and the lesser creeks of the county
have been from four to eight feet
higher than they were in that year.
The damage to crops alone can
scarcely be computed. Lands never
before covered by water have been
inundated, and every acre of land on
Rocky and Pee 'Dee rivers and the
larger creeks.subject to overflow, Is a
total loss. It would take from $50,-
0001',to.$75,000, at present prices,. to
44 "the corn which has been sw.,q'
Amy.

%I'Al?ItiHLiOHO ISOLATNO.
\Va(Ie.shoI.o ltas been ahlst„t
'solitlCti Si?u'c' Til('-Ally 111ght. Wutii,-
Ouf -- 011 t)(,th thc' Stub yard and (A)ast
Lint- ruilroadl i mukc it illlpossi.hlt, to I
run irains t,vOX Lhos e roads. T1iO I
town is u1so t•ut oil' from the country
in every direction escel,t by way of
the Lilesville and 5tanbac:k ferry
roads. There are three washouts be-
tween \Vade:sboro and Morvett M)
the Coast Line, but it is thought pos-
eible that road will be able to run u
train through to Wadesboro t6ln' 6'r=
row or next day. All trains in N.bI rte
Carolina on the -Seaboavd have±l een
annulled"and the agent here of that
road has no idea when to expect a
train. A dispatch received at ten
o'clock thl4 morning froln Pee Dee
?brought.,.lihe pews that the wooden
.pant of the bridge over Pee Dee river
was wasned away. This is the por-
t16n of the bridge that epans DeBer-
ry':s island, and is of considerable
length.
The raint'ult colr meoced Wedne-.-
day afternoon. of last week with u
hard shower. Thursday, Friday and
Saturday afternoons 'there was also
considerable precipitatson. Sunday
ternoon about 4 o'crok black clouds
8 j V 1
`.thered: and tie fiol`yga=t the.;
dies were opened; and ren°a n d
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open, with ouly short antermisslons,
until yesterday afternoon - 'It; rained
Sync =.
Without a inotrlent's cessation (iuri`iig
the nights of SPUnday7 lklon(i'ay and
Tuesday, the 1)reel pitation during
that tinie behig unhrK-ts dented.
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tate?I 1?hct?i th . dallia k! tc?
Crc I?? h.1 ; Inc e n i111n1en•+e. Thi!re it re
fe\t• [',!rul( I !-+ ill the' t'Mlltty NVIM haVe
not a ['e\e• acn,s on river, creek or
branch hottolus planted ill something,
therVfurc' - the 108'1 will liv more or
less generally distributed. Of course
persons who own lands on Pee 1)ee
and Rocky river, and the larger
creeks will he the _,re•alcst sufferers.
perIIul„ .111'. .1 as. ,\. I,citk, of tlii;
1?laI•e, ?ViII If ! t11e- IIk!11,Vic'st. lctclset iII
thk; ?eeli?ln. A t Iva-it 100 ,tc•rvs ill' 108
tltlc ['111'111 ill 1?ichnl()nd and M011t-
?c?1ne1'? VMIDtic.; al•c under arc: uudcr
water and it cotlscrvative -stimate
plac(- hip lass it 5,000 I1u81101ti of corn
and _'011 hulc•s of cotton. Cumpara-
tivcly speukin;; ncit a great many
fartllcry will li);(, nlnc b eclt.tdtl, t1mugh
\l c8-try. Joht1 It. anti I,. L. Little, of
A118onvillu, R. E'. Little, and J. 1).
t:Iurllcr,'of this place, are exceptions,
fta all Of d"10,111 have much cotton land
under grater. In every section of
the county the corn crops in reach of
high water have; been totally destroy-
ed.
MANY IIKIDe;FS WA3IIF.U AWAY.
It will take several thousand dol-
Iar8 to replace the bridges in the
county that have been washed away.
Starting with Lanes creek,the bridges
at Old Lanesboro, Caudle's mill, Dia-
mond Hill and the Ithody ford are
all wove.
The bridge over Richardson creek
at the Perry slate-the only bridge
over that etrearn in thie county--is

now on the .vuy to Georgetown, S. C.
()n Brown creek the steel bridge
on the Ansonville road and the bridgo
at the J. It. Littlo Mill are the only
ones left standing, and the latest
news in regard to the last named
bridge wily to the effect that it was
atioat, but would prubably not be
washed away..
Over Jones trek, the Rob os n
bridge in Gulledge township has been
wasbed clown stream 16 feet, and the
bridges at Maynard's and Allen's
hills, in 1YR rven township, are gone.
The bridge over this creek on the
Wadesboro and Morven road in still
in and it is thought the Sellers
bridge will also weather the storm.
Many bridges over the smaller
streams of the county have doubtless
succumbed to the fury of the water.
Diggs Bros. well known fartners
of the Cairo. neighborhood, not only
had nitich corn destroyed but suffered
the loss of 20 head of cattle as well.
The cattle were in a pasture near the
river and could not be rescued.
The river, yesterday, at Ble'' &U
Falls was 31 feet high and :Mill rig
ing. Nearly all the machinery there
was under water and the loss on this
account may be heavy, though, a.i
yet, this can not be told definitely.
The news today is th4t both Pee
Dee and Rocky rivets, and all the
lesser streams, are gradually falling.
GREAT DAMAGE' AT ItOCKINGTIA.11.
It i8 reported here that Midway,
Great Falls end Steel's mills at Rock-
ingham, have suffered greatly, the
second floors of all of them, it is said,
having been flooded. The 14. & I.
has endeavered to verify this report,
but has been unable to reach Roch-
inghain either by telegraph or long
distance lphone.

SUMMARY OF DEMOGRAPHICS
FOR PROPOSED
BROWN CREEK LANDFILL SITE
FACTS GATHERED BY
CONCERNED CITIZENS OF ANSON COUNTY
1992
The Second MOST Populated Site (1 mile radius or 2 mile
radius) in Anson County. Site Located on U.S. 74 Four Lane
Highway with Railroad Track Running through the Property and
Bound by Brown Creek and Pinch Gut Creek which Flows into Four
Counties Water Supply.

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ON PROPOSED BROWN CREEK LANDFILL SITE
A volunteer on each road agreed to gather facts and fill out the
name of each family living on the road and information requested
on the fact sheet. See a sample copy attached to this summary.
This was done within a two-mile radius of the proposed site. The
volunteers did not take this task lightly since they wanted the
information to be as accurate as possible. Some of them spent
several days gathering the information.
The data was separated into a 1-mile radius of the site footprint
and a 1- to 2-mile radius, then a total within a 2-mile radius.
The following items and data are reasons why the landfill should
not be located on the proposed site:
1. The County Commissioners did very little, if anything, in
the selection process. It was left up to Chambers which
promised that the State and Federal Government would make
the selection of the site.
II. The County Commissioners signed an Agreement on,the 4th of
June, 1991, stating the following:
Page 1. Item 1. The Landfill.
"The County shall further enact an ordinance or
resolution indicating the County's consent to the
Landfill site that Chambers has made application
for."
There was no consideration of people living, working, and
attending school in the area; nor any consideration of
their future real estate values.
III. Brown Creek is the main stream flowing through the county
.and borders the landfill site.
A. The Brown Creek Soil Conservation District (first in
America) is known as the Brown Creek District because
it embraces the area of the Brown Creek Watershed.
(1) A plaque sign honoring Hugh H. Bennett is located
on the side of U.S. 74 in front of the proposed
landfill site.
(2) The Brown Creek District was established in 1937
by a ballot vote of the farmers located in the
Brown Creek Watershed. The election was over-
whelming in favor of creating the Brown Creek
District.
B. Brown Creek flows into the Pee Dee River which has the
Blewett Falls Reservoir just downstream. Anson County
and portions of three other counties in North Carolina
and South Carolina get their water supply from Blewett
Falls.
C. Several thousand acres are flooded along Brown Creek
swamps during heavy rains.
D. Brown Creek flows through the middle of the Pee Dee
Wildlife Refuge which is downstream from the proposed
landfill site.
IV. Households on Well Water:
A. 1 mile radius of proposed site ................... 63
B. 1-2 mile range of proposed site .................. 85
C. Total within 2 mile radius ....................... 148
V. Depth of Wells and Springs:
A. Major spring on the proposed site has a large concrete
pipe in it and water standing within 12 feet of the
highest point of the proposed site. The spring is
located near the center of property.
B. Wells located near the proposed site are very shallow,
10 to 20 feet deep.
C. Wells located within 1 mile radius range, from 10 to
75 feet deep.
D. Wells located within 1 to 2 mile range are 30 to 90
feet, except for one which is 150 feet deep.
VI. Number of Households:
A. 1 mile radius .................................... 203
B. 1-2 mile range ................................... 299
C. 2 mile radius - Total 502
VII. People Giving in Households and at Prison Camps:
A. 1 mile radius .................................. 1,515
B. 1-2 mile range 892
C. 2 mile radius - Total .......................... 2,407
VIII. Employees - 18 Businesses:
A. 1 mile radius .................................... 139
B. 1-2 mile range ................................... 141
C. 2 mile radius - Total ............................ 280
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IX. Nurseries - 4:
A. 1 mile radius ................................... .. 34
B. 1-2 mile range ................................... .. 57
C. 2 mile radius - Total ........................... .. 91
X. Public School - Students and Employees:
A. 1 mile radius ....................... ....... . 335
B. Total .............. ........................... . 335
XI. Anson Community College - Students and Employees:
A. 1 mile radius ................................... . 0
B. 1-2 mile range .................................. . 900
XII. North Carolina State Employees
(Other than the School System): RADIUS OF
1-2 Mile Total
N.C. State Employees 1 Mile Range 2 Miles
A. Prison Camp (Old) 66 - 66
B. New Prison Camp 286 - 286
C. School Bus Garage - 9 9
(98 buses and service trucks)
D.. N.C. Dept. of Transportation 53 - 53
E. N.C. Highway Patrol Station 9 - 9
(border site)
F. N.C. Driver's License Office 1 - 1
6,900 issued last year
(border site)
XIII. Several Large Farms Located Within a Two Mile Radius:
A. Livestock: Heads
(1) 1 mile radius .............................. 421
(2) 1-2 mile range ............................. 139
(3) 2 mile radius - Total ...................... 560
XIV. Poultry:
A. 1-2 mile range .......................... 55,000 Heads
XV. GRAND TOTAL LIVING, WORKING, ATTENDING PU
NURSERIES, AND COMMUNITY COLLEGE:
A. 1 mile radius .................................. 2,438
B. 1-2 mile range ................................. 1,999
C. 2 mile radius - Total .......................... 4,437
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SUMMARY
As you can see from the above information, plus other information
covered in other reports, this certainly is the wrong location
for a regional landfill site.
It affects far too many people's lives, homes and real estate
values, disturbs traffic flow patterns around the N.C. Highway
Patrol Station, Prison Camps, N.C. Driver's License Office, and
N.C. Department of Transportation.
It has the potential of polluting the water supply of four (4)
counties.
There are several isolated sites in the county where only 1, 2,
or less than 5 families would be affected. They could be
compensated for their loss. The soil type is suitable and the
water table is lower, plus the sites do not drain directly into
Brown Creek which is feeding into Pee Dee River near four
counties' water reservoir.
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Department of Justice
P. O. BOX 629
RALEIGH
27602.0629
March 9, 1998
Ramona Cunningham O'Bryant, Esquire
Smith Helms Mullis & Moore, L.L.P.
Attorneys at Law
Post Office Box 21927
Greensboro, North Carolina 27420
Re: Chambers Waste Systems/Anson County franchise
for a sanitary landfill
Dear Mona:
REPLY TO:
Nancy E. Scott
Environmental Division
Phone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
Enclosed is a copy of the advisory memorandum regarding the status of the Anson
County franchise for the proposed Chambers Waste Systems landfill; I faxed a draft of the memo
to you last week. Although I understand the reluctance of your client to seek a new franchise
from Anson County, particularly when the name of the corporation proposing to operate the
landfill has not changed since the existing franchise was issued, I believe that requiring the
franchise to reflect the new ownership of the corporation regardless of any corporate name
change is a consistent approach to meeting the intent of the statute and the rule.
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DAVID M. GRIFFITH AND ASSOCIATES, L.TD.
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES TO THE PUBLIC SECTOR .
C1100 LOGGER COURT, SUITE D-100
RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA 27609
[phone] - FAX [phone]
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FROM: J 0141,3 C , "Z uSe_ TEVIE:
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We are transmitting
(including this cover sheet).

Comments:
LING-RaL I e 19h 9198788592 F. 02
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DAVID M. GRIFFITH/ & ASSOCIATES, LTD.
1100 Logger Court, Suite 0-100 Raleigh, North Carolina 27609 [phone] FAX [phone]
February 26, 1991
Mr. Al Leonard
Anson County Manager
Courthouse
Wadesboro, North Carolina 28170
Dear Mr. Leonard:
This letter is in response to your request for review of the proposed contrac-
tual agreement for a private firm to construct and operate a landfill in Anson
County. The following comments are linked to specifically referenced paragraphs:
Paragraph 1:
Reference the statement "Chambers agrees to provide disposal site air space
on mutually agreeable terms and conditions in the event that the landfill is not avail-
able at the time of closing the existing site under 'Subtitle V requirements." This
leaves the issues open as to how far the County would have to transport solid waste
and how much Chambers would charge for disposal. It would appear that more
specific wording on these issues should be in the contract to make this sentence
meaningful.
Paragraph 2(a):
First sentence: The proposal flow control ordinance addresses residential
and commercial solid waste, but does not address industrial solid waste. Recom-
mend industrial waste be brought under the flow control ordinance if commercial
waste is included. Otherwise, commercial establishments will see this as unfair
treatment.
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Last sentence, first paragraph: Depending on the volume and profit margin
of the landfill operation, the rates charged commercial and industrial customers
could be greater than alternative choices for those firms, even with the host fee
reduction. In order to prevent those firms from becoming captives to this agree-
ment, recommend they be charged the normal rate reduced by the host fee reduc-
tion, but not to exceed a specified amount. Recommend this be set at not more than
$35.00 a ton in 1991 dollars with inflation rate increases for future years.
Last sentence, second paragraph: Recommend adding the sentence "Scrap
tire sites will meet all facility requirements of 15A NCAC 13B.1106 (c) and opera-
tional requirements of 15A NCAC 13B.1107."
Paragraph 3
Line 6: Recommend adding "or the County" after the word Chambers to
provide the County a degree of control over the type waste accepted at the landfill.
Paragraph 5:
First sentence: The County should consider establishing some lirrut to the
time Chambers has to meet its commitment, so that the County has the chance to
select another alternative even if Chambers is not willing to stop pursuing a permit.
The County should probably consider limiti.ztg_the pursuit of a permit to two years
and becoming operational to three years.
Second sentence: If Chambers still has air space, it may elect to continue to
operate its landfill even if the County does not extend the contract.
Line 21: Insert the words "per year".
Last sentence: The County might be better served to ask for a percentage of
revenues rather than dividing the profits. Initially, there probably will not be any
profits. Furthermore, the party accruing costs can often control profits.
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Paragraph 7:
3
Recommend Chambers keep records on recycling and the County have the
right to audit those records.
Paragraph 8(d):
Recommend Chambers be required to answer complaints in writing within
one week and provide the County an information copy of the responses.
Paragraph 14:
V Recommend a performance bond of at least $5,000,000.
The following comments are general in nature;
a. The agreement does not specify who will own the land. The implica-
tion is that Chambers will own the land. This should be stated explicit-
ly in the contract.
b. The County should require a camera at the gate or scales to photo-
graph each vehicle entering the landfill.

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c. The County should require Chambers to establish an escrow account
and place in that account annually sufficient funds to cover closure
costs and 20 years of long term monitoring associated with the amount
/ of solid waste landfWed during each year.
d. The County can better assure its citizens of environmental protection
by:
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(1) Providing a full time on-site landfill inspector paid by the
County and requiring Chambers to allow the inspector free
access to any landfill operation at any time.
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(2) Contracting an outside environmental engineering firm to take
/ quarterly samples from monitoring wells and requiring Cham-
bers to allow access to those wells with a Chambers employee
and the County inspector accompanying the person doing the
monitoring.
e. Multi-family households should be defined as residential households
so as to not categorize their waste as commercial if it is the intent of
the County to classify those households as residential.
?DMG further recommends that the contract be reviewed by a law firm that
has attorneys who specialize in environmental work.
Very truly yours,
John C. House
Senior Manager
JCH:kc
VANCE E. GULLEDGE
UtiL..c. AGminlatritor
HUGH JAMES
w. J Dutrlbutlon
Sc-r Couecuon's Supv.
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An son ' County Utilities
907 N. Washington St. - Wadesboro, N. C. 28170
PHONE: [phone]
PHONE: [phone]
FAX: [phone]
January 28, 1997
Distribution: Steve Carpenter
Subject: Solid Waste Management Plan
From: Vance E. Gulledge
As we discussed, the Comprehensive Solid Waste Management Plan for Anson County must be
completed prior to July 1, 1997. If it is not complete, the state may elect to begin withholding sonic state
revenues from the County and all Municipalities within the County.
ANN STURCILL
Sccrcl.uy III
Since 1991, all of the Municipalities and Anson County have been considered to be operating
` from the same plan of action. Since the contract with Chambers appears to be in jeopardy, our total plan
is now in jeopardy and must be addressed immediately. Therefore, The Anson County Utilities Advisory
Board plans to spend the next few months in revisiting solid waste and revising our solid waste plans.
Since all municipalities within Anson County had elected to participate in the County's plan and
not prepare their own separate plan, the Utilities Advisory Board has decided to hold their first work
session on February 18, 199.7, at the Water Department, and has invited all of the Municipalities to send
representatives to participate in the very important planning.
The Anson County Commissioners need to appoint the Utilities Advisory Board, one
representative from each Municipality and as many other representatives as they see fit to become
members of the Comprehensive Solid Waste Management Team.
As A Footnote: This is the way that we arrived at the contract with Chambers, so if the present
Board does not wish to handle this plan in the same fashion or do not wish for this project to be handled
by the Utility Department, please let me know.
Enclosure:
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Comprehensive Solid Waste Management Plan 1111
North Carolina House Bill 859, enacted on October 1, 1996, requires
each unit of local government to prepare a 10 year comprehensive
Solid Waste Management plan.
Plan Due by July 1, 1997
All Local Governments Have the Following Responsibilities:
1) Annual determination of the full cost for solid waste management; informing the
users of their share of these cost.
2) Determination of the adequacy of collection services and disposal capacity to meet
needs and address any deficiencies.
3) Development of a 10-year plan that demonstrates a good faith effort to achieve the
State's 40 percent reduction goal and comply with the State's Comprehensive Solid
Waste Management Plan.
4) Preparation and submittal of an annual status report.

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COUNTY OF ANSON
SOLID WASTE DATA:
1) Because of sub-title D regulations, the minimum size property that anyone could
construct a landfill upon would be approximately 50 acres.
2) If Anson County elects to construct landfill facilities, between 150 and 200 acres
would be needed.
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3) The estimated costs for Anson County to construct adequate landfill facilities would
be between $5,000,000.00 and $7,000,000.00. This would add approximately
$500,000.00 per year to the normal operating cost of a landfill. The normal operating
costs for a landfill of this size would be approximately $1,000,000.00 per year plus the
added debt payments for the initial investment.
4) If Anson County has a total landfill costs of $1,500,000.00 per year and 18,000 tons
per year for disposal, the TIP FEE WOULD HAVE TO BE $83.33 PER TON.
5) If Anson County elects to continue hauling and disposal in Montgomery County, the
tip fee will have to be increased to a minimum of $45.00. This will result in the
household charges increasing from the present $64.00 per household to approximately,
$92.75. This represents no change in the current program, just the added costs related
to higher tip fees for the coming year.
6) If Anson County elects to continue disposal in Montgomery County, a new Transfer
Station will have to be constructed prior to April, 1998 and a constpction/ demolition
and yard waste disposal option will also need to be developed..The:Posts for
construction of a new Transfer Station would be between $500,000:00 and
$ 1,000,000.00. The costs for establishing a construction/demolition option would be
in the same range as the costs for a transfer station, No method for paying these costs
has been determined.

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part' G` Ad(Iui19ton Eriv:ronnientyi• Inc
ATTN:
FROM:
DATE
RE:
Me, Diane Lee .?1?,
Kenneth Lowder'," Genara? Manager
February 6, 1997
UWHARRIE ENVIRONMENTAL, INC.
REGIONAL LANDFILL AND RECYCLING
per cur conversation today,
our regior_aJ. landfill. Disposal
will be $20.54 per ton for waste
would be subject ?9??an annual 3%
effective July,
At. the present tame
landfill is at a cost of
CDI increase w_ll
P. :=
I am forwarding informa. 'ion on
into the Sub-title D facility-
from Anson County. ThiS Price
with the first increase
disposal into the. vertical expaRsio 1e
$20.43 per ton for Anson County.
be applied in July, 1997.
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Our facility also operates a "State Of t'he dirt" recycling
centeY. We would be happy to discuss your recycling needs as
well as landfill disposal.
please accept this will give us the opportunity to continue
a
facility. We hope yoU will g
to serve Anson County.
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whose child we are tracking calls
to thank us for our efforts to help
keep the children of Anson County
healthy," Oakes said.
Franchise approval means
things, will start moving
By Sandy Bruney
News Editor
Being cast as the "bad guy"
would upset most people, but Steve
Roberts of USA Waste/Chambers
hopes to change his image by
simply doing his job.
Area manager for Chambers,
Roberts was present at the Anson
County Commissioner's March 5
meeting during which the landfill
franchise agreement was ap-
proved. A militant group made
heir displeasure with the decision
known in no uncertain terms.
But, said Roberts, "a good dozen
people apologized to me for the
way people reacted."
"A couple of people were off the
wall, but most of the folks were
civil," he said.
The crowd was made up of "typi-
cally nice folks who were there for
a reason," Roberts said. "They
honestly don't believe well do what
we said.,They don't trust us. We
have to gain their trust and that's
what we intend to do."
it's important w l riberis that
the company keep its word, be-
cause from opening to closing, " I'll
still be here,' through it all," he
said.
Approval of the franchise means
things will start moving now,
Roberts said. " A lot of things were
on hold (by the state) until we got
the franchise. They wouldn't look
at ours (construction permit)
seriously until the franchise pas-
sed."
Now that it has passed, the state
will "work more intensely toward
getting things done," Roberts said.
It could be from two-five months
before the construction permit is
awarded, Roberts said, as Cham-
bers works to provide the addi-
tional information the state re-
quires - and possibly do more
drilling.
"The wells they said were instal-
led improperly were proper in
1991. The specs have changed. We
will have to rebore them or recase
them according to new specs,"
Roberts said.
jury List
The following Anson County
residents have been called for jury
duty in Superior Criminal Court
for the week of March 17:
ANSONVILLE - Jack Mac
Brown, Eva Lorraine Carelock, An-
thony Lashone Dunlap, Timothy
Eugene Richardson, Elizabeth Bal-
lard Ross.
LILESVILLE - Anthony Bryan
Barber, Lucille Byrd, Mary Lynn
Childress, Margaret Freeman
Clark, Paul Monroe Covington,
Walter Jerome Dalton, Alonzo Wil-
lard Dunlap Jr., Christopher An-
gelo Loukos, Harriet Leak Pratt,
Edith Ratliff, Joshua Rorie Jr.,
Aaron Lurenzo Tillman.
McFARLAN - Jo Earline
Freeman, Ethel Cash Leamon.
MORVEN - Belinda A. Craw-
ford, Cornell Gaddy, Sylvia Mae
Jeter, Pamela Bennett Lindsey,
Betsy Montgomery Little,
Stephanie Evelyn Little, Hazel
Coleman Powe.
Dennis Jr., Jerry Glenn Fincher,
Phyllis Gaddy, Ramelle Helms
Harrington, Cathy Curran Hooks,
Cheryl Christian Ingram, Melody
Lashon Medley, Donald Wilson
Parker, Leroy Taylor Jr., Brenda
Hildreth Vaughn.
WADESBORO. - Robbie Mae
Beachum, Jennifer Delores Ben-
nett, Kelly Lorraine Buchanon,
James Louis Burns, Jerry Lee
Connelly, Edna Mae Dean, Shirley
Ruth Dunlap, David Michael Ed-
wards, Edwin Eugene Faulkner,
James Vernel Flowers, Eula Little
Gaddy, Mary Smith Gaddy, Lachet
Towand Garris,. Michael Anthony
Gondolfo, Tammy Evette Hailey,
James Fredrick Hanna, Wil-
liamson Mach Harkey.
Also, Joyce Meachum Henry,
Carlita Brown Hildreth, Crystal
Fincher Hildreth, Franklin Leon
Hildreth, Tamera Horne Hildreth,
Eddie Lee Howell, Julia H. Howell,
Janie Louise Liles, Kathleen
The Anson County Democratic
Party will be holding precinct
meetings differently this year.
The meetings will be held during
a two-week period instead of on
the same day as previously con-
ducted. This is the first time the
state Democratic Party has al-
lowed precinct meetings to be held
this way, said Gloria Overcash,
chairman of the Democratic Party. "
A resolution endorsing the deci-
sion was passed at the State Ex-
ecutive Committee meeting in
Raleigh on Feb. 15.
Overcash said the purpose of the
change is to give the county and
precinct leaders greater control
over the time and date of precinct
meetings.
"My hope is greater numbers of
people in Anson County will be-
come involved in precinct politics
and that more precincts will be or-
ganized," said Overcash.
Business at the . precinct
meetings will include the election
of precinct officers and county con-
vention delegates.
The Anson County Democratic
Convention will be held at 9:30
a.m. April 26 in District Courtroom
No. 2 of the Law Enforcement
Building.
Discussion will also focus on the
importance of having precincts or-
ganized, the sustaining member-
ship fund, and an announcement
on congressional redistricting from
the N.C. State Senate Plan.
Libba Evans, chairman of the
N.C. Democratic Party, said one of
the major resources of the Demo-
cratic Party is the diversity of its
people.
"Now more than ever as a party,
we need to turn our attention to
broadening our message and scope
to include everyone. There is no
place more effective for achieving
this goal than on the precinct
level," said Evans.
county, state ana na
will fail," she said.
For more informatic
precinct chairman l cor
For a list of the chairm
telephone numbers, se
page 11A.
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If you have
Letters to the editor pc? 1 9
Good luck to new community college
(Editor's note: The writer is president of Stanly
Community College.)
On behalf of the entire faculty and
staff at Stanly Community College, let
me wish the best of luck to the
trustees, faculty and staff of the new
community college in Union and
Anson counties. For almost 20 years
Stanly. Community College played a
key role in the community college pro-
gram in Union County, so it is a some-
what bittersweet occasion as SCC for-
mally bows out of that relationship.
However, we have always understood
and supported the efforts to provide a
stronger community college presence
in Union County. Our position has
always been we would do what the
Union County commissioners wanted
us to do and what the state Board of
Community Colleges would allow us to
do. We think that we have a record of
service to the county for which we can
be proud of over these past 20 years.
But, that is now history and we wish
the very best to Union County and its
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from the Union County commissioners
and the residents of the county, the
new college can't be anything but suc-
cessful.
Michael R. Taylor
Albemarle
Hogan's remarks harm
purpose of Vision 20/20
As I understand the purpose of
Vision 20/20, input is desired from all
residents of Union County, regardless
of sex, race, or party affiliation. The
remarks of GOP chairman Mike
Hogan do nothing to broaden the
appeal for varying opinions. The fund-
ing for Vision 20/20 comes from all of
us taxpayers. Paul Standridge and his
fellow county commissioners are to be
commended for rising above partisan
politics in selecting John Ashcraft,
who is eminently qualified, as co-
chairman of Vision 20/20. Why does
local politics have to be partisan any-
how?
creeks that discharge into the Pee Dee
River. This was so that if an overflow
of waste occurred, it would be noticed -
quickly - but not before it had pollut-
ed the creeks and the Pee Dee River. (I
could hardly believe that was the rea-
son when I heard the explanation,
since that would pollute our water sup- -
ply, which comes from the Pee Dee
River.
Brown Creek overflows its banks
many times when there is rain for
many days. Since no one will know
what kind of trash is hidden in out-of-
state, or even out-of-county garbage,
there could be pollutants that will join
with the drinking water for Anson
County, for water we pipe to Richmond
and Union counties, and for South Car-
olina towns that border the Pee Dee.
Since others would be affected by
this, I thought their officials might
want to know about it.
For more information call (704) 826-
8116, the office of CACTUS.
Judy and Shorty Almond
Wadesboro -

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ber of areas which we could only 13 in Anson County which will consid- Decalogue is a shield; it's a shield
dream of offering when we were er permits for a landfill for primarily against ignorance. I feel blessed that
involved in the county. North and South Carolina. This could we have this shield. It is my fervent
Again, our best wishes to the new later be enlarged to any area Cham- prayer that more of us will use it.
trustees and the faculty and staff of bers/Allied Waste serves. Mary B. Rorie
the new college. With strong support The landfill is bordered by two Monroe
;plan would put North Carolinians in bondage
additions and renovations to Memorial
Hall, $19.4 million on a child develop-
ment center and $7.4 million on a
Le herbarium at UNC-Chapel Hill; $25.8
gh- million for fine and performing arts cen-
ter and $6.9 million for additions to uni-
versity center at Western Carolina; $26.3
million for a fine arts building and con-
tions and additions to the student union
and $3.5 million for a "North Carolina
Center for Creative Retirement" at UNC
Asheville; and $10.5 million for a music
and theater complex for the N.C. School
of the Arts, to be built off-campus on
Roanoke Island. That's just to name a
very few.
stand why we need $3 billion."
Being able to extract an explanation
for cockeyed legislation is apparently
one of the advantages of being married
to a lawmaker. It's too bad Basnight and
the gang can't extend to the rest of us
the courtesy of explaining our universi-
ties' sudden need for more than $4 bil-

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Anson residents, speak out about landfill
The multi-state landfill is not a done
deal, nor.a dead issue as many citi-
zens in Anson County think.
The joint state public hearing will
be Tuesday at 7 p.m. in the Anson
County Courthouse, Courtroom No. 1.,
second floor.
The. Division of. -Waste Management
and the Division of Water Quality will
be conducting the two hearings.
It is extremely important that you
let the officials of these two state divi-
sions know your concerns about a
multi-state landfill by being present,
speaking about your concerns and
giving them in written form before
Aug. 6.
Anson County had no input in the
selection of the site. Chambers Devel-
opment of N.C. selected the site for
other reasons than safety: (1) large
tract of land owned by corporation
outside Anson County; (2) U .S. High-
way 74; and (3) railroad next to site.
Some of the major safety problems
are listed below:
• Historical flooding on site. The 100-
year flood plain line is shown incor-
redtly. Many people, including myself,
have seen it flood several hundred feet
further on each side of Brown Creek
than what is shown.
' • High water table especially during
wet seasons.
• Flooding in the future will be
worse due to approximately 7 feet fill
next to bridge on Cameron Road
which is approximately 1/4 mile
below where Brown Creek and Pinch
Gut Creek join.
• Multi-million dollar study over a
five-year study period on the Yadkin
Pee Dee River Basin states in several
tables that no new discharges should
be allowed in the Brown Creek water-
shed due to poor water quality
already'and low flow in dry periods.
• Fault line running through the
major part of the footprint.
• Diabase dikes on the landfill site.
• Brown Creek flows through the
wildlife refuge down stream.
• Multi-county water supply just
below where Brown Creek flows into
Pee Dee River.
• Anson County waste water treat-
ment and sewer problems.
The potential site encompasses the
second most populated area of the
county.
• No control by the county.
• There are many problems with
Chambers Development of N.C. and
their many failed promises which are
too numerous to cover here.
Please attend, bring your family and
friends to the state dual public hear-
ing on Tuesday at 7 p.m. in courtroom
No. 1 in the courthouse.
Bobby Briley
Polkton
Protect Anson
County from
Chambers' dump
Anson County closed our landfill in
April 1991.
Since that date we have trucked our
trash outside the county at very rea.
sonable rates.
In 1991 Chambers Development of
N.C. was chosen to build a landfill in
our county. An advisory committee,
appointed by the commissioners, had
no say and was not consulted.
Chambers of N.C. was supposed to
build several trash collections sites in
our county. They did not. They were
built with your tax dollars. Yet, Cham-
bers gave more than $5o,ooo dollars to
a ball field in the Polkton area. Is this
buying their way?
With an open-ended contract the
'trashy company, after many years, is
trying to get a permit to dump on
beautiful Anson County. The trash
will come from anywhere. It will con-
tain hazardous waste. It will be a lia-
bility to our county - not an asset.
The proposed dump is to be built
near creeks that flow directly into the
county water intake.
It is very, important that you and
your friends attend the state public
hearing Tuesday at 7 p.m. at the
Anson County Courthouse and show
'our protection of our county.
Eloise Rywak
Wadesboro
Let's see what the
Bible says about
homosexuality
(Editor's note: This leiter is in reference ro a col-
umn by staffwhte?Ydrnie Budzick about fiigdamen'-
talists' stand against' hornosexuality.)
Jamie, I'm an 86-year-old lady and
I've lived a long time. I'm soon going
home to God and my family who have
already gone.
Yes, Jesus died for all people, the
fornicator, homosexuals, adulterers ,
and all other sins. We can not con-
demn anyone except ourselves. I have.
tried to live by the Bible. Let us see
what the Bible says about homosexu
als.
Leviticus 18:22: "Those shall not lie
with mankind as with womankind, it
is an abomination."
Leviticus 20:13: "If a man also lie -
with mankind, as he lieth with a
woman, both of them have committed,
an abomination: They shall surely be,
Put to death; their blood shall be upon
them."
Romans 1:26-28: "For this cause God -
gave them up unto vile affections. For
even their women did change their
natural use into that which is against
nature:
`And likewise also the men, leaving
the natural use of the woman, burned
in their lust one toward another; men
with men working that which is
unseemly and receiving in themselves
that recompense of their error which
was meet.
"And even as they did not like to
retain God in their knowledge, God
gave them over to a reprobate mind, to
do those things which are not conve-
nient."
Please read these for yourself. Don't
take my word.
Jamie, God loves you. We are all
born in sin, but God says in his word, ,
"Choose this day whom you will serve;
God or mammon?"
So I can't condemn you any more .
than you can condemn me.
God loves you, so do I.
Avis Shaw
Monroe
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Letters to the e itor
Anson residents, speak out about landfill
The multi-state landfill is not a done
deal, nor a dead issue as many citi-
zens in Anson County think.
The joint state public hearing will
be Tuesday at 7 p.m. in the Anson
County Courthouse, Courtroom No. 1.,
second floor.
The Division of Waste Management
and the Division of Water Quality will
be conducting the two hearings.
It is extremely important that you
let the officials of these two state divi-
sions know your concerns about a
multi-state landfill by being present,
speaking about your concerns and
giving them in written form before
Aug. 6.
Anson County had no input in the
selection of the site. Chambers Devel-
opment of N.C. selected the site for
other reasons than safety: (1) large
tract of land owned by corporation
outside Anson County; (2) U.S. High-
way 74; and (3) railroad next to site.
Some of the major safety problems
are listed below:
• Historical flooding on site. The 100-
year flood plain line is shown incor-
rectly. Many people, including myself,
have seen it flood several hundred feet
further on each side of Brown Creek
than what is shown.
• High water table especially during
wet seasons.
• Flooding in the future will be
worse due to approximately 7 feet fill
next to bridge on Cameron Road
which is approximately 1/4 mile
below where Brown Creek and Pinch
Gut Creek join.
• Multi-million dollar study over a
five-year study period on the Yadkin
Pee Dee River Basin states in several
tables that no new discharges should
be allowed in the Brown Creek water-
shed due to poor water quality
already and low flow in dry periods.
• Fault line running through the
major part of the footprint.
• Diabase dikes on the landfill site.
• Brown Creek flows through the
wildlife refuge down stream.
• Multi-county water supply just
below where Brown Creek flows into
Pee Dee River.
• Anson County waste water treat.
ment and sewer problems.
• The potential site encompasses the
second most populated area of the
county.
• No control by the county.
• There are many problems with
Chambers Development of N.C. and
their many failed promises which are
too numerous to cover here.
Please attend, bring your family and
friends to the state dual public hear.
ing on Tuesday at 7 p.m. in courtroom
No. 1 in the courthouse.
Bobby Briley
Polkton
Protect Anson
County from
Chambers' dump
Anson County closed our landfill in
April 1991.
Since that date we have trucked our
trash outside the county at very rea-
sonable rates.
In 1991 Chambers Development of
N.C. was chosen to build a landfill in
our county. An advisory committee,
appointed by the commissioners, had
no say and was not consulted.
Chambers of N.C. was supposed to
build several trash collections sites in
our county. They did not. They were
built with your tax dollars. Yet, Cham.
bers gave more than $50,000 dollars to
a ball field in the Polkton area. Is this
buying their way?
With an open-ended contract the
trashy company, after many years, is
trying to get a permit to dump on
beautiful Anson County. The trash
will come from anywhere. It will con.
tain hazardous waste. It will be a lia.
bility to our county - not an asset.
The proposed dump is to be built
near creeks that flow directly into the
county water intake.
It is very important that you and
your friends attend the state public
hearing Tuesday at 7 p.m. at the
Anson County Courthouse and show
your protection of our county.
Eloise Rywak
Wadesboro
Let's see what the
Bible says about
homosexuality
(Editor's nore: This letter is in rclcrcn<( m ., col-
umn by sraff writer Tannic Rudnick ;thow Iundanwn-
talists' sand against hornosrxuality )
Jamie, I'm an 86-year-old lady and
I've lived a long time. I'm soon going
home to God and my family who have
already gone.
Yes, Jesus died for all people, the
fornicator, homosexuals, adulterers
and all other sins. We can not con-
demn anyone except ourselves. I have
tried to live by the Bible. Let us see
what the Bible says about homosexu-
als.
Leviticus 18:22: "Those shall not lie
with mankind as with womankind, it
is an abomination."
Leviticus 20:13: "If a man also lie
with mankind, as he lieth with a
woman, both of them have committed
an abomination: They shall surely be
put to death; their blood shall be upon
them."
Romans 1:26-28: "For this cause God
gave them up unto vile affections. For
even their women did change their
natural use into that which is against
nature:
'And likewise also the men, leaving
the natural use of the woman, burned
in their lust one toward another; men
with men working that which is
unseemly and receiving in themselves
that recompense of their error which
was meet.
"And even as they did not like to
retain God in their knowledge. God
gave them over to a reprobate mind, to
do those things which are not conve-
nient."
Please read these for yourself. Don't
take my word.
Jamie, God loves you. We are all
born in sin, but God says in his word,
"Choose this day whom you will serve,
God or mammon?"
So I can't condemn you any more
than you can condemn me.
God loves you, so do I.
Avis Shaw
Monroe
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- can go hand- Anson County Hospital a sponge like that? There's no cheap is true, why have a contact that has name is Jody.
?orsc than the earns family's thanks way. Monitoring wells tell you after been broken, or even vote on the is- the favorite ai
the fact, but by the time you find a sue? because she v`
has cause to I T the would like Editor: to thank all of the medi- plume, you have an expensive mess. Best not to forget our county man- nice.
to the count Look at the numbers. The county ager, Steve Carpenter. He did such a But the on(
y cal staff and EMTs who came to give
us aid on Jan. 1. That was the day generates about four pounds of gar- good job of telling USA Waste what always made
dentity of the father took a turn for the worse. my bage per person per day. The cap on they could sue for. You five commis- from her 13 d
er, can be re- From the time we arrived at Anson tons per day is 750, growing at 10 sioners failed to take the time to check was that thing
investigating percent for 10 years. In 2007, Anson that there are 3,400 people that live to go her way
County Hospital until he passed away could be accepting 1,945 tons per day, and work in a one-mile radius from older and dor
on the morning of Jan. 9, my father hich at four pounds
c no proof of was given the best medical service t? per person per the dump (counting the prison depart everything an
day means accepting the garbage for ment), and 5,400 people in a two-mile that everythtr
I if the report any person could get. Thanks to all
nearly a million people per day, if radius. Jody's way, st
vldes immu- of the nurses who were so patient and lass about h(
USA Waste doesn't run up the ton- Ninety percent of us are not asking c
arch. made sure he was comfortable. discreet)
Wage. others to give their lives for free gar- Y.
mposes civil I will always give thanks to Dr. The garbage from Anson Count While Jody
iowever, that Niazi and the nurses who worked so y bage disposal. Of course they. were
would be less than three percent of not asked in Fayetteville either. ing prize eggs
up in a court hard on that morning to save his life. the total. Worse, the count will have Wicker's mot!
But it was not to be. We must all learn y Twenty people have died from gases
if a person to take our share grief. That is a no say over whether the tons per day from the landfill there since 1980. Of fighting over
c iby failure to part take our could be increased. Of course USA course the landfill didn't recognize dyed creation
Waste will try to up the amount, and the problem until local people went stepped on or
-isequence of All of my love and praise will al-
ways be with the nice ladies who the decision will be made in Raleigh, to Washington on the matter. As a re- of the sooner
where their lobbyists will win. sult, 24 families and one church were around. I hav,
if the report work with the CAP program and have Anson Count needs a lace to put and somewha
)rt this to the so much love and patience for their y p relocated.
;hich will in- its trash, but that doesn't mean be- Again, I would like to say [have would argue t
clients. Naomi Slatt and Stephanie coming a dumping ground for a mil- not heard anyone say that they p- though they v
otective cus- Herrin, you were right there that o
morning. I looked around and you lion people. If that's the only answer, posed a countywide landfill. We feel arguement. I t
the wrong people are asking the ques- as citizens that we have been sold out pronounce vi(
c to the child were there. So again, I will say thank tions. Bringing in a giant corporation eb>$%dYed, boi
rd adoption), you from the bottom of my heart, and to USA Waste. One of our county
children are may God bless all the medical staff that already has your politicians in- commissioners has made the state- chewed on or
timidated to haul in a fifth of the ment that in one of his meetings in I was working
,ing out, teen at Anson County Hospital.
state's trash will be the worst thing Washington he was told, "If USA lion factor.
P.S. We will always love Phyllis that ever happened to the county. I Waste owns the land the county has But Jody, al
its. McLendon, who was the nurse who hate to see Anson County turned into no conuol conspirators,'
my agencies cared-foc..him at homer an environmental sacrifice area so would scound
People have come from other mega
>cst. Second. The family of Joe Diggs, easily. plastic e tha
orven 7 dump areas and given their time and P $$
The economic battle now is for the spent their own money to tell you lute Aunt Sara
Don't turn Anson into high-wage jobs in the next decades. what damage these companies will do collect from ev
environmental saerif a Professionals are no longer tied to the to your county. In some cases they happened to b
To the Editor: city, and the quality of life in rural even talked personally with you with pocket cl-
As a former citizen of Anson places attracts good jobs. This land- county commissioners, and you re- made the egg
County with with degrees in environ- fill will be a drag on economic devel- fused to listen. thus, very vale
Jdressed the mental science and math, I'd like to opment for decades. If the dump has Land values near the landfill will eyes.
ib ... Anson share my views on the proposed waste an "odor footprint" of three miles ra- go down 25-35 percent. Our commis- In 1 8 years
.4 million in dump. It's a bad idea for several rea- dius, this means reducing property sioners have been wined and dined hunting on th(
am. sons. Without excellent reason, I values for 28 square miles, around and have not been in mega dump ar- in Hartwell, G,
R.V (Grace) would retire any leaders short-sighted seven percent of the county. eas where people suffer from county to never find t
ice as acting enough to support this. One of the wonderful) things about commissioners' mistakes. had, I would 1-
)ro until the The dump means local loss of con- this country is that often, when the We will not sit idly by and let some editorial about
-manent one. trol. The decisions will be made in a little guys are right, and they fight mega dump get rich at our expense. of proper East,
... Mrs Ruth boardroom. with no interest in Anson hard, they win. This is a fight for the We know that this was a done deal the local paper
McKinnon County except as .a dumping ground. future of a region. No one with the from the beginning. No one has given time just wasn
:gion Auxil- Corporate America is ruthless, par- county's best interests in mind will ac USA Waste a bad name - they have My vJaywa.
e ... Mrs. W. ticularly the garbage business. They ceps a million people's garbage. It will earned their name themselves by their have hunted o
d friends to have well-paid staffs expert at bully- Worsen the quality of life, and bring actions. together. They
wing of daf- ing and misleading small, rural and little in return. Arkansas has just won a court case hunters of the,
he Sandhlls inexperienced governments. Anson Jim Hurst \1 to keep USA Waste out. Of course Easter Sunday
ayetteville. County can never match the techni- Asheville y? USA Waste has appealed the case. Yet without me re:
Jim Davis, cal and legal expertise of USA Waste. eople will suffer for \ our county commissioners uphold my cousin Tor.
egtster and The corporate garbage business rou commissioners' mistakes USA Waste in everything they do. play dodge-eg
finely uses litigation to have its way. o ditor• A few weeks back I went to the tip overs. And ho
If the county government is running Mary Mc on, Lee G. Allison, I end of the county to buy a calf from a gracefully sau:
scared now, will that ever change? If would like to thank both of you for dairy farm. This is•a family operated the grand priz
threats work, when will USA Waste, your stand on the landfill or dump, business. EPA is giving this farm a This Easter,
stop threatening? When the dump hits whichever you would like to call it. hard time because there may be a run- brand-new hu
five square miles? Ten square miles? Steve Roberts, I would like to thank off from the barn near a stream of a surprise of 0
When the odor becomes unhealthy for you, you have proven to be a great water. Here, near the banks of Brown family. They' n
CPA people in Polkton and Wadesboro? leader. You can be sure Anna Baucom, Creek, our county commissioners are little prize of ti
A landfill will bring a little money Bill Thacker, Ross Streater, Hennan pushing for a mega dump where wa- world - their fi
and lots of problems. Landfills leak. Little and Bobby Moore will help you ter will flood into the Pee Dee River While I am
122'West Wade Street • P.O. Box 1103 * Wadesboro, N. Ce, 28170 • 704-694-2480 * Fax 704-694
Suspects Still At Large
By Marlene Tanner
Landfill Battle Ongoing
Local environmentalists may have won the bat-
tle, but the war is far from over.
Anson-County Commissioners voted to reject a
14 meeting. Even though-the :franchise` was denied'in
a split vote of 4-3, Chairman Ross Streater and Steve
Roberts, a USA Waste official, said the issue is not
dead.
January 17, three days after the vote, USA attor-
neys drafted a letter giving-the board until its -sched-
uled Februaryand;JVlarch rrwetingssto+pc9eFtthe fran-
chise. Ordinance: has'to go,th taghAWp.15y old rgad-
ings to be considered official. The letterthreatens''Le-
gal remedies" unless the board votes to grant the fran-
chise to USA Waste.
USA Waste bought Chambers Development in
June 1995. Chambers Development. made an agree-
ment with the county in 1992 allowing construction of
a landfill. The question now is:, had Chambers al-
ready violated the contract with.-Anson County before
its acquisition by USA Waste?
Citizens Against CheWfcals and Underground
Storage (CACTUSO claims-,that it did. According to
CACTUS, Chambers Development breached the con-
tract when they allegedly stopped working on the pro-
ject before being bought by USA Waste. CACTUS
president Denise Lee claims the problem is not having
a county landfill, the problem is USA Waste's environ-
mental background, according to the January 29 An-
son Record.
Regardless of how anyone feels about USA
Waste, the county could be forced to at least consider
the landfill franchise once more. USA Waste could fill
a lawsuit against the county for breach of contract,
which could cost as much as $20 million. The letter
sent to commissioners from USA Waste states that
chambers "has incurred significant, expense in the
planning of the landfill" and "will suffer loss of profits
wPil into the eight figures."
CACTUS held a protest march against USA
Waste January 28 in downtown Wadesboro. CACTUS
also met January 29 at Anson Community College to
hear activist Lula Jean McDonald of Fayetteville. Mc-
coot4 to *zie 5
Shortly before 1 p.m., a black male, approxi-
mately 5 feet 7 inches tall and 160 lbs. entered the
bank. The suspect produced a handgun and forced a
teller to let him behind the counter.
The robber took an undisclosed amount of cash
and then ran out the door. Police said a car was wait-
ing. Police have no description of the get=away car
driver but said the car was a red, small, four-door, pos-
sibly a Honda Civic. It had slightly tinted windows and
a North Carolina issued tag beginning with . W:`
Sellers said that based on witness statements
and police search results, he believe the suspects
turned off Hwv. 52 on to Grassy Island Road. This
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driver's license or other picture I.D.
3. For y-qur,convenience and to save;;time you
should complete a marriage license application which
the Register of Deeds w th'
completed and back to th o
plan to come in to get y : o e
typed and ready and you will not have to waitBe'sure`
to use full names on your application and not initials.
Both parties must sign the license in the presence of
the Register of Deeds, Assistant or Deputy. Be sure to
answer every question.
4. If you are recently divorced, please bring a
copy of your recorded divorce documents.
5. The fee set by the State for the license is $40.
$5 of this goes to the Children's Trust Fund and $20
goes to Domestic Violence programs.
6. Following your marriage, certified copies of
" your Certificate of Marriage may be obtained from the
Register of Deed's office for a fee o'r $3 each. You will
need this if the bride wished-,to change her name on
s her driver's license or social',security card. It is re-
quired that the license be returned to this;office within
10 days after. the wedding and must be signed by the
minister and both witnesses on both copies.
7. After obtainipg.your license to marry, if for any
reason the date, place of -marriage or officiant
changes, please notify the office immediately. Correct
information must be on the license.
8. Licenses are issued Monday through Friday,
8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. You are encouraged to obtain
t your license a few days before the wedding in cdse
there is a problem with your forms.
Landfill cont'd
Donald's speech was a way of showing people what
happens to a community when a landfill comes, ac-
cording to Denise Lee.
County Commissioners will meet at 9 a.m.. Tues-
day, February 4, in Little Theatre.at the Anson County
Library. If the franchise isn't brought up during the
Tuesday meeting, it could still be put on the agenda
later in the month.
According to county manager, Steve Carpenter,
the issue can be brought to the floor by any one of the
commissioners who voted against it. Those commis-
sioners are: Lee Allison, Anna Baucom, Mary McLen-
don and Bobby Moore.
Commissioners :Hemnan ;LittleBill Thacker and
Ross Streater, vvoted irt.favor'dithe frandiise.. r ?r,
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.Above, Sarah Slechta, left,
helps Samantha Wade
with her hand position
dutritin her, viola. lesson
l l control
nis Layton said. school improvement plans also came
"What we. don't need .is. more, laws," back to autonomy. , Plyler said family
Dodson said '1,46uld love'to :have:.more education and involvement needs to be a
autonomy to piitchase:off state contract, focus• of. legislation.
-and •lease where that's" a good deal:" School board member Sandy Rorie
Union Countyfs part of a piloi$i..ogram pointed out that Union County's socioeco-
to allow school systems 'to purchase ` nomic diversity creates the need for dras-
equipment and supplies localiyJfdt is cost tically different approaches to parent and
effective: However, : a; recent: attempt: to : ` school involvement.
purchase. two ;vans < rarh a'1oca1 dealer
was thwarted se regulations requir Cultural and language. diversity is also
ing any purefrase Ov'er'- $10,000, to be app' becoming- more of a factor. According to
proved'by thee.§thte • - Yti?
The-$10,000?iiimit was set u1 1990,; and
legislators at yesterday4s'megting agreed;..
that limit is '-obsolete 'Dodson; t66kf it a -
step further`>"T "don'fJhl" k ,v ought-to.
have. to- get' approV'al fram ` Raleigh.'_ at
all'! he said:...;
Discussion of family. 'involvement and
Dodson there are currently 390 non-
En-glish-:speaking students in Union County
schools: They. represent 17 different lan-
guages, with the majority speaking
Spanish.
The need for improved technology was
also discussed yesterday. "Technology
doesn't replace teachers, but it empowers
them to do a better job," Dodson said.
deal
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WADE 0 0 -?ir, 7 it ve last
night, Anson County commissioners shot
down a proposed ordinance that would
grant a franchise to USA Waste for con-
struction of a regional landfill.
The 4-3 vote brought cheers from an audi-
ence'of more than 100 residents opposed to
the landfill. Voting against the franchise
were commissioners Lee Allison, Anna Bau-
com, Mary McLendon and Bobby Moore.
But the chairman of the board of commis-
sioners and USA Waste officials said the
issue isn't dead, yet.
Company officials said they still feel like
there is a contract between USA Waste and
the county, despite the vote.
If the franchise is left denied, "the county
will.end up in a big lawsuit," commissioner
Chairman Ross Streater said. "I understand
they might could still build the landfill with-
out the franchise, and then the county would
get nothing."
Under the current contract, the county
would receive '$100,000 when the landfill
begins operation and could reap $200,000 to
$300,000 in host fees the first year of
operation.
"We need to sit down with the county and
see were we can go," said Steve Roberts,
general manager of Chambers USA Waste
in Anson County. "That's a lot of money
coming into the county.
"There are no hard feelings at this point,"
he said. "We want to settle it peacefully."
The company hasn't pursued an legal ac-
tion, yet, he said. "We haven't given any
tliotfght:ao• _*legal action. The opposition
tiaa ney,er denied that-the county needs a
laatiO14l At- this point we will sit back and
punt:"
Since the ordinance was shot down on fts
first reading, it will not be back on the
agenda for a second reading, as it would
have if passed,
But USA Waste or any commissioner
could request the item be placed on an agen-
da at a 'future meeting..
The chairman sets the agenda for the
meeting, but Streater said he would not
place the franchise on the agenda for a vote
without a request.
The vote against the franchise came after
a closed session to preserve the client attor-
ney privilege.
A scheduled presentation by Bill Camp-
bell with the Institute of Government at the
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
about landfills was never made, but Camp-
bell was invited into the closed session.
"This has been a very difficult situation,"
said Commissioner Baucom just before the
vote was called. "It seems we have a situa-
tion where we have an agreement with a
company. Two lawyers tell us it has been
breached, and three say it hasn't."
"If the last five=and-a-half years are pre-
dictors of the next 20, I have serious con-
cerns," Baucom said. "But if we don't pass
this, we have serious consequences. I vote
with what information I have here and what
little wisdom I have gained in life."
In the end, Baucom was the swing vote
that shot down the franchise.
Voting in favor of granting the franchise
were Streater and commissioners Herman
Little and Bill Thacker.

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JOHN D. SIMMONS/Staff
Jay Higginbotham, a member of the Anson County environmental group CACTUS (Citizens Against Chemical
Toxins and Underground Storage), pulls vines away from ap old farm silo that shows high-water flood
marks. The silo sits in the area where Chambers was supposed to open a landfill.
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS
Sealed proposals will be received
until 2:30 PM, on JULY 2, 1996, in
the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Govern
meat Center, 14th Floor Conference
Room, for the construction of
STORM WATER MAINTENANCE
FY-97A.-Project No. 514-96-125, at
which time and place bids will be
opened and read aloud.
Contract Documents can be obtained
from CITY OF CHARLOTTE ENGI-
NEERING AND PROPERTY MAN-
AGEMENT, 14TH FLOOR MAP
ROOM, 600 E. FOURTH ST, CHAR-
LOTTE. NC 28202-2844.
Contract Document charge: E25.0Q1
Non-refundable.
The Ciry of Charlotte reserves the
right to nllea any and all proposals.
Legal Notices
GASTON COUNTY,
NORTH CAROLINA
NOTICE OF PUBLIC AUCTION
SURPLUS LANDFILL EQUIPMENT
The Gaston County Board of Com.
missioners have declared surplus
and made available for public bid
various makes and models of landfill
equipment
A Public Auction, for landfill equip-
ment will be held Friday. June 14th.
1996, at 10:00 am at the Gaston
County LandM, Philadelphia Church
Roatl, Dallas, North Carolina. Bid-
ders may inspect equipment 30 ml-
nutes pnor to the beg mmng of the
sale.
All units will be sold as is "we is
with no guarantees. Payment may
be mad by cash or approved
check
The County reserves the right to re.
lea any old
For more information, contact the
County Public Works Department at
866-3105.
LP6040814
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS
Sealed P(000Sala will be received
until 2;30 PM, on 20 JUNE, 1906,,n
the Chanone-Mecklenburg Govern
ment Center. 12th Floor Conference
Room for the conslructgn of TRAF-
FIC SIGNAL LOOP DETECTOR IN-
STALLATION, PROJ. #514-911-123
at which time and place bids will be
opened and read .bud.
This project includes traffic control:
trenching, 2- PVC and ngid conduit:
lead-in -V: sew cutting of asphalt
and concrete pavement: embedded
signal detector loop wire: pull box in.
siallanon and site restoration.
A Pre-Bid Conf•r•nc• Is sch•d.
ul•d for 13 JUNE, 1996 at 11:00
AM in the CMGC 121h floor Con.
tracts conference Room to provide
an opportunity for prospective 'Dd-
ders to present any questions they
have about the bidding.
Spectfications can be obtained from
the CITY OF CHARLOTTE ENGI.
NEERING DEPT, 14TH FLOOR MAP
ROOM, 600 E. FOURTH ST. CHAR.
LOTTE. NC 28202. Bidding docu-
ments are alsc in the AGC and
Dodge plan rooms. Charlotte. N.C.
The City of Charlotte reserves the
right to reject any and all proposals.
the engineer's estimate for this pro-
160 is
For more information contact Ga
King, Contract Estimator at IQ
LP6040798
estimated cost to bulb this pro-
,ect rs SQUE?'STIONS 000. REGARDING THIS REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS
FOR
PROJECT, CONTACT TOM CAMP- The City of Charlotte. Department of
BELL AT 704-336-3617, MONDAY Aviation, is seeking proposals for a
THROUGH FRIDAY, FROM 8,00 AM, single vendor to have the exclusive
TO 5.90 PM. right to the long distance service for
LP6040914 the public pay telephone conces.
son at the Charlotte-Douglas Inter-
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS national Airport. Terms of contract
Sealed Proposals will be received shall be for 12 months renewable for
hill 3:00 PM, on JULY 2. 1996, in an additional 12 months at the sole
the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Govern option of the City. This proposal on.
mail Center, lath Floor Conference compasses long distance operator
Room: for the construction of services for approximately 271 pub-
STORM WATER MAINTENANCE FY. lic pay phones located throughout
97 B. Protect N0-514.96.126, at the airport terminal
which time and place bids will be
opened and read aloud. Interested parties may obtain a ccm1
Contract Dowmehts can be ob- plete set of proposal documents
tained from CITY OF CHARLOTTE from the Aviaeon Director s Office at
ENGINEERING AND PROPERTY Charlotte-Douglas International Air.
MANAGEMENT 14TH FLOOR MAP port. 5501 Josh Birmingham Park.
RDOM. 600 E. FOURTH ST. CHAR. way. Charlotte. NC 28214. Sealed
LOTTE. NC 28202-2844. Proposals will be accepted in the
Contract Document charge: same location until 12:00 Noon on
S25. 1NM etundable. June 27, 1996. A Pre-Proposal Con
The City of Charlotte reserves the ference will also be held at Char.
right to reject any and all proposals.:. lotto-Douglas International Airport.
The estimated cost to build this pro main terminal buddingg third floor
r $350.000. conferenc1996. Oussrions, e room at 2:00 fro PM
R's QUESTIONS REGARDING
THIS PROJECT. CONTACT TOM estad parties will be addressed at
CAMPBELL AT 704.3363617. MON. this time and. it requested. a walk.
DAY THROUGH FRIDAY. FROM 8:00 through of the terminal burldw j will
A.M T05:0o PM. be conducted.
LP!G40839 LP6040784
ADVERTISEMENT
On or about 31 May 1996, plans and specifications for Repairs Ic IHI Cranes
# 39.020. and #39-022. North Charleston Terminal Stale Pier 15. and
Cranes x39.018. and #39.019. Wando Watch Terminal. State Pier 41. Char.
lesion South Carolina. will be available for distribution to qualified contractors
by the South Cara State Ports Authority.
A Debid conference will be held on 16. June 19%. at 2:00 p.m. at the Win
do Activity Center. Building 419. 400 Long Point Road. Mount Pleasant.
South Carolina.
Bids will be received at the Wando Activity Center, Building 419. WO Long
Point Road. Mount Pleasant. South Carolina. until 3:00 p.m . June 28. 1996.
at which time there will be a public opening of bids at the Wando Activity
Canter. Mi Pleasant. South Carolina.
This project mVolvea four (4) container cranes tar the South Carolina State
Ports Authority . Two (2) cranes are located at the North Charleston Terminal.
the other two (2) cranes are, located at the Wando Welch Terminal. Work un-
der this contract includes repair andlor removal of damaged components
and replacement with new steel and fasteners for the cranes handrails and
platforms Concurrent with the structural repairs, specific areas of the cranes
will be cleaned and repainted. Repaired components and areas will be paint
ed by SCSPA's painting contractor. Additionally, the (cots on the machinery
and electrical houses are to be replaced
Most of the areas are elevated and will require personnel lifting equipment for
access. Due to the degree of corrosion on some of the areas. after cleaning
by the painting contractor. Inspection of these areas will be required, Coordi.
nation with the Owner for these inspections and the painting contractor will
be required.
Requests lot Cootraclof.D_mii from partie...irur.es>od in biddino anm
Notices j
NOTICE
BRANCH Of
Application of
Bank & Trust Cc
leigh, Wake Court
olina, for authorit}
a branch at 2230 V
Boulevard, Charlo-.
burg County, Noitl
be known as th
house Office," ha
with the Comm
Banks to be proci
cordance with R1
3C.0201..
The public is in,
mit written comm
application to the (
er of Banks, Pos'
10709, Raleigh, N(
27605-0709. The
period on this apt
end 14 days from
publication. The Cc
of Banks wili col
ments, receives;
comment period.
COMMISSIONEr
1P6040783
NOTICE OF BRA NC
Application of First-(,;
Trust Company, Raleigh
North Carolina, for auth,
a branch at 2230 We,sti
yard, Charlotte, Meck!L
North Carolina to be kn
"Westinghouse Office", ha:
the Federal Deposit Itlsu
tion to be processed in a
FDIC Rules and Regs, Secs
Any person wishing to cr
application may file his or
to writing, with the the Federal iieposit Insu
tion at its Regional Gffice
1600, One Atlantic Cent
Peachtree Street, N.E., A
30309-3449, before pros:,
placation has been comp!-
will be completed no ea, -ii:
day following either the d,i
quired publication nr thr
of the application fo the i-
is later The pe,. iod -na, t
the Regional f;:rl cu;: t.
nonconficientiai hair: • -,'1 ''t
file is available for Lfishc•
day following the requc:,:
may be inspected in the
gional Office durir: n;
hours. Photocopies of inn
nonconftdentiai portion:
File will be made avail2hic
schedule of charges for
be obtained from the Re-;
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By JOHN HECHINGER
Staff Writer
POLKTON -In 1991, a big
garbage company sold a little
N.C. community on a way to
control its budget: a $10 million
landfili near this Anson County
town.
Though it involved trash, the
deal sounded sweet. Anson
households would be able to
dispose of their garbage for free.
What's more, the company -
Chambers Development -
would pay the county several
hundred thousand dollars a year
in fees.
But Chambers let the commu-
nity down, county officials say.
A year after signing the con-
tract to build the landfill, Cham-
bers plunged into financial tur-
moil, including an admission of
false profits, shareholder law-
suits: and investigations by the
Securities and Exchange Com-
mission and the Internal Reve-
110 bill fails to pass
S.C. SUILate
by deadli"LtUn,* may revive next .year
By NANCY STANCILL
Staff Writer
A South Carolina anti-HMO bill
that generated a heated statewide
debate about the rights of patients
in managed care died in the S.C.
Senate, but supporters have vowed
to resuscitate the proposal in Janu-
ary.
S.C. Sen. Ty Courtney, R-Spar-
tanhurg, co-sponsored the bill,
which would allow patients to use
physicians outside a health mainte-
nance organization's network
,without being penalized.
The S.C. bill stirred intense in-
crest in North Carolina, where
,roues like the N.C. Medical Soci-
,ty have been watching it closely to
;aug - the reaction of physicians,
,oliticians and the public.
"It is certainly a concept that is
Company seeking more Mecklenburg business
didn't perform as promised in Anson County
supported by some physicians in
North Carolina, but we believe that
there are other means to raise
specific issues of concern about
HMOs," said Stephen Keene, the
N.C. Medical Society's governmen-
tal affairs director.
"We have not made any deci-
sions about our 1997 legislative
agenda," Keene added.
It's virtually certain that the bill
will surface again soon in South
Carolina.
"I anticipate the bill will be filed
early next session," said Courtney.
He said it failed to pass by a June 1
deadline because advocates ran
out of time. The legislative session
ends this month.
We keep hearing all kinds of
horror stories about HMOs," said
Courtney. He predicted that the
proposal will attract even more
supporters by the time the General
Assembly convenes in January.
Donna Thorne, a spokeswoman
for Blue Cross and Blue Shield of
South Carolina, said the HMO
industry is pleased the bill failed,
saying the proposal would "gut';
managed care.
"We fully expect another assault
next year," said Thorne.
At least eight other states have
passed similar legislation, S.C. offi-
cials said. And many states are
considering other measures to
limit the powers of HMOs, which
have drawn some consumer com-
plaints as they've developed larger
market shares.
Please see HMO / page 4B
Polkton
Rockingham,
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nue Service. Company officials
say those problems are resolved
and behind them because Cham-
bers has a new owner.
Today - at a time when
chambers hopes for a major
expansion in Mecklenburg
County - the Anson landfill still
hasn't been built. It's been five
years and counting.
Meanwhile, Anson had to shut
its own landfill in'1994 because
of stricter new' environmental
laws. So, the county has spent
more than $1:5 million since to
ship the waste to another land-
fill. For the last two years, each
Anson County household had to
pay a special $75 fee to cover
that cost.
People are screaming mad,"
said Lawson Hardison, who
pays $900 a year for the dozen
Anson County mobile homes he
owns. "But we're just helpless."
Anson officials say their expe-
rience with Chambers is a cau-
tionary tale for Mecklenburg
County. In Charlotte, the com-
pany grabbed the spotlight last
month when community leaders
and commissioners protested its
plan to build a transfer station in
See CHAMBERS / page 5B
Body piercing studios' safety
eyed after waste left in public
Associated Press
MYRTLE BEACH - Poten-
tially hazardous medical waste
from body piercing has been
found near Myrtle Beach's
oceanfront, bringing questions
about the safety practices of
the city's piercing studios.
"If DHEC (state regulators)
saw what some of these area
businesses are doing, they
would faint," said Illya Erwin,
a body piercer at Blondie's
beachwear store, one of more
than a dozen shops on Ocean
Boulevard that offers body
piercing.
The two bags of medical
waste - which included
bloody gauze and cotton
swabs - were found Wednes-
day near a trash compactor
close to Ocean Boulevard,
which is just north of the
Myrtle Beach Pavilion amuse-
ment park. The refuse had
been placed in red bags
marked "Biohazard."
Myrtle Beach Sanitation Di-
rector Linda Ladd said officials
from the state Department of
Health and Environmental
Control indicated that the
waste was from a body pierc-
ing operation.
The medical waste from
body piercing studios could
transmit diseases, such as
AIDS and hepatitis, because it
See PIERCING / page 4B
- -- •.. a a wllwuuvn slie on Prison Camp Road near Polkton Photos by JOHN D. SIMMONS/Staff
.
Lawson Hardison pays $900 a year for garbage disposal for,the
dozen Anson County mobile homes he owns. "People are
screaming mad," Hardison said. "But we're just helpless."
fing Black History Month
inning essays
History Month, The Anson Record is pleased to bring
e winning essays from a contest held in honor of Dr.
King's birthday. Each school was given a subject taken
'Bridging the Gap." Following are the winning essays
politics. In future editions, the essays will cover race
omics, age, religion, education, health and disability.
1 Still Have a Dream
By Michael Smith
n Luther King Jr. were still living, I think he would say
i should be treated equally. This is how I think he would
say it:
I have a dream that one day all women will be
treated equally and with respect, so that a little
girl's parents will not have to worry about their
children being raped when they walk to the bus
stop.
Parents will not have to worry about their
daughters not being able to get high-paying jobs
because of discrimination in the workplace. All
A be able to support themselves and their children. The
vork and support their children and wives so they would
,o on food stamps just to get something to eat.
:e to see a world with women presidents, lawyers, high-
igures and no sexual harassment or abuse. Men, please
ial harassment to women.
at I think Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. would say if he were
1997,
s in the fifth grade at LilesvilIe Elementary School.
Bridging the Gap in Politics
By Nona B. Bennett
ican government is a government of laws, not of a person
president. The laws of this nation are created by the elec-
resentatives of localities. To be repre-emu.
)ple must participate in the election
herwise, they are not represented. To ",
tcipation, no barriers to voting can be
Letters
Waste runoff will bring
landfill to all ba c yards
e Editor:
I would like to offer my opin-
ions in response to the anony-
mously-written article regarding
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handsome profit on the sale of meeting they said nothing. 1 14-
some land.
Just think, when Brown Creek
and the other waterways around
here bring the runoff and con-
tamination to your home and your
back yard, then you can be a
The people attending e an
fill meetings are good people and
did not appreciate being called
watchdogs and NIMBYs.
God tells us to watch and pray
and I am doing both. Hope you
are.
the proposed landfill, which ap- NIMBY too.
eared in your paper Jan. 22. Barbara Baca Mary Winfield
lkton
P gener
given
p
you call me a NIMBY (Not In Polkton o
like Ashe County,
Anson T11
My Back Yard). I'm very proud. Anson County is ,
l id , ul own landfill begat
of my "back yard" and am here write s ae c yard eou
E i or
Th satan
hi
by choice, not birth. Anson
County needs a landfill, so why To TI1e itor.
I would like to thank Commis- .
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o
In 1991 our County Officials es- ng
t
dreg
not build one that we can con-
USA sioners Lee Allison, Anna Baucom, timated the construction costs for
landfill could
Count mur(
trol? Who will police what
ose Mary McLendon and Bobby y
an Anson
from $5-10 million. was
was i
Waste brings here? They prop
urchase 1,400 acres along
to Moore for their decision to vote
USA Waste a
rantin
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" range
Ashe County, population 23,500 I t
p
Brown Creek and build a bridge
k g
o g
No
franchise.' (approximately the same as
constructed their
t
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C maki
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B
s
over the railroad tracks so truc
will not be backed up on U.S. 74, I am one of those citizens who
referred to as a NIMBY (Not y
,
oun
Anson
own Subtitle D lined landfill in u
Tl
waiting to get into the landfill. To was
in M Back Yard) in the Jan. 22 edi- 1993 to dispose of 65 tons per day
ner- w.an'
me that means they plan on a lot torial. It is true I live in the Polkton (slightly more than Anson ge
s) for 8-10 years at a cost of $1.3
t begs

to
to
of activity.
At a recent commissioners area, but I have lived in Anson
County for 45 years andI consider e
a
million.
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wou
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meeting, Dr. James Sims com-
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t
i any landfill site in Anson County Why such a drastic diffrence
ost for Ashe County is less
Th had
she
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mented
ested inthat Anson USA WCountyaste is
because
sted to be in my backyard.
I understand it is The An-
Also e c
than $40 /ton. There is an annual 7
"they think we are poor, rural,
or
b ,
son Record policy that all letters to solid waste fee per private house-
ld of $30/year (Anson County
h ans,
to r
e po
and ignorant. We may the editor must be signed or they o
over $60 per house-
a had
and rural, but we are not igno- will not be printed.;.-The editor y
citizens p
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this the best our county can
I should extend to us the courtesy
r articles also. I refer
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Private citizens of Ashe County Wh
staff
s
t do to bring in revenue? Are we e
ng
of sign
again to the Jan. 22 edition and the
'
" take solid waste to four drop-off-
(Anson County has six the
d willing to sacrifice our homes,
our land and water for a few dog- s
It
article on page 4A entitled'
d t believe the majority want centers
convenience centers). cot
nig
must work together to see that all citi-
le opportunity for representation. Geo-
'.istinctions and area non-sup-
lot exist. The citizens of one town must
id aid the citizens of another town to
e democratic process works. There can not be any "town
1 bias divides a county, state and country. Nor should race,
r personal opinion be used as a means of denying a citizen
a vote.
realized it took work to make America live up to its poten-
,r is a student at Anson Community College.
Way it Was
ago - Union and Anson car stopped ... Brownie Girl Scou
303 visited Gaddy's Wil
officials discussed an in-
the water supplied to Troop
Goose Refuge in Ansonville to se
County from Anson the Canada geese ... David Lee
Polkton received a scholarshi
- and the price ... Anson
h standout Amy Jarman
i from local banks to attend a tw
g
)red along with 150 other week Short Course in Mode
ithletes by Gov. Jim Mar- Fanning at N.C. State Universi
University of North Caro- 50 years ago - Virginia (Je
udle of Peachland became th
C
hapel Hill ... Jewell Jones
ted to chair Heart Sun-
i a
first woman pharmacist fro
n
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the Anson County Heart Anson County ... Ansonians we
t f
tion... Tony Moore was or
asked to support a reques
riation
of the Year" for the Anson approp
develop and
funds to
squad.
rs ago - Julian Jesse Garris Morrow Mountain State Park
The Women's Society of Christi
,sboro totaled his own car Service of Wadesboro First Me
.ised $500 damages to a
train when he hit it. Garris odist sponsored a clothing coll

lice he just couldn't get his e
tion for the people of Poland.

f I
lars? Are we willing to bear this
b ha, o
to pay for being wrong."
Commercial and industrial cus-
fee at the
in
ti
p e
stigma for years to come and
the laughing stock of surround- As subscriber to the paper we
ight to know whose opin- g
pp
tomers pay a
landfill of $401ton for solid waste,
o-
m ing counties?
The recent announcement of have a r
ion this is and who can speak for
909 people in the
r 23
th $20/ton for demolition waste.
Ashe County offers recycling of
)
. possible development along the ,
e
the o
county. aluminum, newspaper, glass,
ti
l
e Pee Dee River brought excite- Anson County deserves better c.
as
cardboard and p
mmissioners
c
m ment to everyone. Lets work to-
ether to bring only wholesome than to be a dumping ground for
I' think Anson
tes
al st .
o
Ashe County
voted down a regional landfill,
re
an g
businesses here.
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a
sever
County should provide for Anson preferring to take care of its own
son County should fol-
A
te on
You suggest that CACTU County an d let other counties and n
waste.

in tihue to act as watchdogs. Why
our figures)
are the other 23,909 (y states do the same.

Doris Bennett low suit.
Dirt industry attracts dirty in-
y
•.•
people in the county so compla-
Polkton
dustry. There is a secondary lead
an
lt_ cent -could it be that dreadful Editor's note: Editorials are tradition- smelter with options to purchase
This
Cut Road
ec- ignorance that USA Waste is ally unsigned because they.reflect the .
land on Boggan
wants to locate near a
counting on? position of the newspaper and not any company
Attend meetings, get facts, hear one writer. o
an
ty
a
t
large landfill.
A USA Waste need
the horror stories of such things
l0 to ?7IB - as embalming wastes dumped in
fair day's wages for a fair day's work: it is as just a demand as landfills, the stench of rotting
ed men ever made of government. It is the everlasting right of man." garbage, the smoke from fires
Thomas Carlyle, 1795-1881 caused by spontaneous combus-
tion - and then make up your
P.O. Box 959 M 210 East Morgan Street
Wadesboro, North Carolina 28170
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mind.
Our commissioners have made
their decision after much delib-
eration and they. deserve our
support. Do we work together to
build our own county landfill, or
do we succumb to scare tactics
and then suffer the conse-'
Where were people who
favored landfill
To The Editor.
I am one of the NIMBY's and
watch dogs from Polkton that
someone wrote about in the Jan. 22
edition of The Anson Record.
I. would like to say I had rather
be a watchdog than to be a dog that.
slept for five years, then woke up
barking that 100-200 people in
Polkton should not be. allowed to
decide for the other 23,900 people.
quences? The only ones to profit Where were the people who favor
OUR MISSION from a multi-county /state land- the landfill when they had two
fill would be USA Waste and county-wide meetings about the
HEANSONRECORDS published withprideforthepeople ofWadesbWro those who are hoping to turn a landfill? If they attended either
Why oes
1,400 acres for an 150-acre land-
fill? It is obvious they plan for
expansion.
If Anson County grants this
company a franchise we are sell-
ing our citizens short. Call the
Anson County Commissioners
and ask them to vote against a
franchise for USA Waste Inc.
Anson County CACTUS will
meet at 7 p.m. on Feb. 13, in
Courtroom No. 1. The public is in-
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Page 4A - The Anson Record, Wednesday, February 19,1997
View.
i,int
sponsored by the National Associa-
Letters
Continued from Page 4A
Writer computes future
benefits/losses on landfill
To The Editor.
Evaluating the economic ben-
efits to the county versus the tan-
gible economic loss in a three to
four mile radius of the landfill
footprint and you have a $5.8
million loss. Many tangible items
are not included plus there are
many intangible losses which
will be addressed later.
The NPV (net present value) of
all the benefits figured at the
maximum volume for the entire
20 years discounted only by five
percent net of the CPI (consumer
price index) would amount to
S22,009,000. This would amount
to only $917 for each of the the
24,000 citizens of Anson County
for the entire 20 years, or stated
another way, $45.85 for each of
the 20 years up front per citizen,
big deal.
The average of $1,100,000 per
year at current NPV is a much
higher number than Steve Rob-
erts of U.S.A. Waste has indicated
the county would receive. Just
remember, for each $100,000 re-
ceived by the county it is worth
34.17 per citizen in the year it is
received. Something promised as
far out as 20 years is not worth
;Huth today.
Item 10 in the Agreement out-
lines that Chambers will cooper-
ate with developers and county
officials to encourage industrial
levelopment around the landfill.
cambers/ U.S.A.Waste will use
is best efforts to develop a mini-
num waste stream of 600 tons
per day from the industrial devel-
opment as outlined in item 10 of
the Agreement.
Most likely, the high generators
of solid waste would locate in An-
son County (maybe near you) to
keep from paying a tipping fee to
Anson County.
Using 600 tons per day with no
increase provided for in the Agree-
ment (another way to come back
for more volume as the companies
grow), the host.. fees to Anson
County would be reduced by
$4,719,000, which was discounted
by five percent to arrive at a net
present value. This loss in host fees
would bring the loss to over $10.5
million when comparing the re-
duced benefits of $17,290,000 to
the county with the $27,812,000
loss to citizens in the area and
other expenses to tax payers.
The loss of host fees due to high
generators of solid waste indus-
tries moving into the county
would have to be offset by hiring
of employees and property taxes
on the industries, which our lead-
ers might waiver or reduce.
The type of industries which are
high generators of solid waste are
usually highly mechanized in pro-
cessing and handling equipment
and normally have chemicals in-
volved in obtaining or reclaiming
saleable products from the solid
waste. The companies would hire
very few employees plus the work
place would be undesirable for our
citizens to work in.
Property taxes would be a ben-
efit, but would more than be off-
set by further devaluation of sur-
rounding properties. .
Certainly no competent busi-
ness people would enter into a
business deal. knowing the eco-
nomics as described above. In ad-
dition are many negative factors
that will affect people in the area.
Items considered in calulating the
benefits to Anson County were
discounted by a low five percent
or less to put the value at net
present value. The discount rate
is net of CPI (consumer price in-
dex).
Net Present Value For 20 Years
shown below:
A. Maximum host fees - five
percent discount = $8,261,000.
B. Benefit of * free household
solid waste fee five percent dis-
count = $6,197,000.
C. Employees - net gain of 15
employees used $25,000, 75 per-
cent take home pay, three percent
discount = $4,184,000.
D.(1) Engineer back pay - three
years= $150,000.
(2) Engineer $,50;000 for all 20
years, five percent = $623,000.
Note: Could be nothing for years
when host fee is above $500,000.
E. Initial host fee = $100,000.
F. Household hazardous waste
20 years - $25,000 per year five
percent = $312,000.
G. Property taxes - figured on
$15 million five percent discount
$1,559,000.
H. Treatment of leachate at wa-
ter waste treatment plant. Hope
to break even = 0.
I. Donations to county organi-
zations (estimated) $50,000 each
year - five percent discount
$623,000.
Total net present value for 20
years = $22,009,000.
Summary Of Devaluation Of
Properties:
Devaluation will occur early in
the life of the landfill and may be-
come worse if major problems
develop.
. A. 150 acres footprint becomes
worthless, even a liability - $2,400
per acre = $ 360,000.
B. Area within one mile radius
- 3,100 acres x$800 per acre
$2,480,000.
C. Survey 1992 homes within
one mile radius 203 homes x
$20,000 = $4,060,000
D. Area between one mi'e and
two mile radius, 2110 .i;es X
$15,000 $4,485,000.
The Way it Was ...
• 10 years ago - A major snow
•torm hit Anson County, closing
)ffices, businesses, industries
:nd schools. Freezing rain turned
nto 1.5 inches of snow ... Anson
unior High School's 9th grade
;irls placed second in the confer-
nce championship, falling 46-36
Hoke ... Taunya Land, a fresh-
ian at the University of North
.arolina, was named to the golf
yam.
• 25 years ago - Everything was
1. making U.S. Highway
r ;ane from Wadesboro to
i.-ee I , river ... Gaye Brock
irlFct '1-1!ss Anson Techni-
i irnsti!µ!e and Denise Ingold
t; st rtnner up ... The Bow-
man Bearcats took the Southeast-
ern 3A Conference championship
with a 52-45 win over Pembroke
•50 years ago - Dr. B.A. Krantz
of State College was on the pro-
gram for farm machinery service
day at Blalock Motor Sales ... The
Town of Wadesboro purchased 150
parking meters. By charging. one
cent for 12 minutes and five cents
for two hours, it was expected the
revenue would pay for.. a patrol-
man on special traffic duty ...
George Ross took first place and
won six golf balls in a tournipent
held at the Country Ch_ t J. Reg-
ister won second plat, d three
golf balls.

See Letters
Continues ?age 5A
F. Area within two to three mile
radius of footprint - 11,100 acres X
$300 per acre = $330,000.
G. Homes within two to three
mile radius of footprint - estimated
245 homes x $10,000 = $2,450,000.
H. Area within three to four mile
radius of footprint - 15,150 acres x
$150 = $2,272,500.
I. Homes within three to four
mile radius of footprint, estimate
180 homes at $5,000 = $900,000.
J. State, county most likely will
have to make improvements to
U.S. Highway 74 at the entrance,
probably after several major ac-
cidents. Estimated cost after talk-
ing with DOT engineer, (low num-,
ber) tax funds = $1,000,000.
K. Additional maintenance of
roads in the county due to heavy
trucks over 20 years - assumed five
percent discount offset by in-
creases, tax-funds = $1,800,000
L. Additional county and state
monitoring of landfill over 20
years, $300 per day using 300 days
per year discounted at five percent,
tax funds = $1,122,000.
Total devaluation in area plus
tax funds = $27,812,000.
Comparing net present value of
benefits to county with upfront es-
timated devaluation and cost
shows a $5.8 niillion loss to
citizens of Anson County which is
more than enough to build a coun-
ty landfill.
The $5.8 million loss does not in-
clude any loss on businesses or
other structures in the area and no
loss for the rest of the county long
term, which may happen.
Intangible losses to the county
are listed below which cannot be
measured in dollar loss.
Quality of life to citizens;
Highway accidents (loss of life);
Increased truck traffic;
Odors;
Dust and wind-blown litter;
Deterioration of surface and
groundwater which affects public
health, economics of entire county
and natural beauty of our county;
Release of methane and toxic
and dangerous gases that can pose
a threat to public health, and lead
to explosions and toxicity of plants;
Increased vectors, insects,
rodents and birds; and
Dirty industry attracts dirty in.
.
dustry.
Loss of potential growth could be
the greatest loss of all. The upper
part of county was starting to grow
prior to the landfill issue coming
back to life. The project has stop-
ped new up-scale homes planned
on Cameron Road. Some have star-
ted moving out of the area.
The limited access by-pass plan-
ned to enter Highway 74 near
Forest Hills High School to Char-
lotte would have had a major im-
pact on bringing businesses and
management-type people to the
county. I have heard three families
who have recently moved into this
county from other areas and built
new homes state that they would
not have moved to Anson County if
they had known about the landfill.
All three families live several miles
from the proposed site.
Tell your commissioners to stop
being intimidated by USA Waste
and fight back on the breaQ? ed
contract while they can still.sgvg
the county from 'becoipjrg gveri
more depressed in the fi ur'4:.
Bobby Briley, chairman.
Citizen's Advisory Board
Letters to the Editor
> ?R

Water Problems
Wadesboro makes
improvements .on waterlines
I
t
Lan,dfill passe;
By Kimberly Harrington an Ansonian, you're a USA-Was-
Staff Writer ter!" she said.
Anson County Co mmissione.rs;. A • mob of -opponents crowded
voted .' to : approve 'the ,landfill . around; the commissioners during-
franchise with USA Waste ;despite :a recess, yelling, "You have no
passionate outcries from a crowd of' ='friends.1a Anson!.'.County, you abet-
atleast 200. people. ter pack up° and 'leave" and "You
The motion to accept the landfill will-regret what you did tonight:"
franchise was made by Commis- , Expecting a disturbance, Anson
sioner Herman -Little at the com- . County Sheriff Jim. Sellers, Deputy
missioners' March 5 meeting. The Roy Gaddy, Wadesboro Police Chief
motion.was,ge,conded by Commis-.' Bobby Usxey , and Captain Mike
sinner $i11 Thacker and passed 5-2: Smith were on hand.
Voting in favor were Commis- ` Sheriff Selleralad to fend away
sioners Bobby Moore. 'Anna, Bau- angry citizens who squared,off al-
com, Ross Streater,.: Little and ; most nose4o-nose with members of
Thacker. Voting;agaiilst, the motion the commission.
were Commissioners ary Mc- , . Citizens then verbally -attacked
Lendon and Lee Allison: , Steve Roberts, area . manager for
Denise Lee, president of CAC- USA Waste, Eric. Porr, district
TUS (Citizens,. Against Chemical manager of :USA'Waste Services of
Toxins and. Underground, Storage), North.Carolina, and this reporter.
jump4A up to the "microphone. and Allison and MQ4ndon,: on the
yelled: to commissioners, "We will other hand, were met by hand
see you incourd" . shakes:of gratitude:
Lee said. CACTUS, which,ada-
ti
'
s
' . Final 1
as
p '
y,
,- oppo
ed the
landfill
nnt .
hart Yiise w# 17SA Waste, plans
'to stie the Axison.County; Board ,of
Opponents waved signs, hung
Commissioners on the basis of a 'posters on the courtroom walls and
North Carolina law which discus- placed „colorful placards at the
ses franchises regulating fees. commissioners' table to express
Lee said, "If you do.this (approve their final pleas..
: "Sell bonds and
Some` signs read
the franchise), we believe you're ,
acting
contrary to the North Car ,
,
" Listen
build our own landfill, and "Listen
.
i1a la » to the u
?..,,
if,3tv+7t tlt.?s; yre not.. ere'vexe '2 citizex??; !k
agenda scheduled to appear to talk
,- about the landfill. issue. Cl'airmans
`/ (?
h O
isit Streater allowed oaclr. only three
Blount
ev
minutes to talk The
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V .
j
was the timekeeper.

results in John Smith gave results of a poll
taken in Baucom's and Moore's disc
tricts, where he ; said the majority
`
e sn
a p e e. ' s , surveyed were against'the landfill
Ann' Caudle,` who lives on An-
V sonville-Polkton , Road, told . com
t u re
r a a p
reoapture missioners Polkton will -get the
"brunt of the. •traffic" from the
landfill operation. ;
A prisoner was captured three She .'provided,figures on the
volumn of traffic that already pas.
days after his escape.
Jeffrey Willis, 33, escaped from ses through the town of Polktonon
(ACC)
Anson Correctional Center 'various days m alone-hour .period::
`
.
on March "1 by scaling a•fence. she counted 350 cars, 1E
Once'.
umber` trucks, one train; and five
He was noticed, missing by pri-
son officials during a count at' 7 schoo7, buses ,;Another day,'Ahexe
p.m., said Bobby-Burleson; super- were 49 lumber trucks in one, hour
"This -is "a big skeleton that car.
intendent ofACC --
;' apprehended on
,
Willis was.
' be put in your closet, and some da3
.
'hometown of Hick-
_4 In his
March :. its gonna come out, she said:
ory by the Hickory Police A,epart- °' Jim Sims, who has been a:voca
$urleson :
meat; sad opponent ? in ;previous .. meetings
i
,
He has been transferred to the > compared the threat .of a lsui
Mecklenburg' Correctional "Center from USA Waste o.,Chicken 1ittle
who thought the sky was, falling
in Huntersville.
Willis is serving the'.third year of
a 14-year sentence for:armed.rob- '
bery.
TT_

Anson Senior High baseball '
team looks forward to an `J
exciting season. See Page 2B..
Established 1955 The Messenger - Inteiligencer Established 1881
Vas-
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Combined 1979
LANDFILL FURY Opponents of the county's landfill franchise March 5. Above, a crowd-of opponents,. bombard,the .commis
th USA Waste fiercely expressed their outrage after Anson sioners'table during a brif recess after the vote. .
)f a poll
' wi
County commissioners voted to approve the franchise 5-2 on
s dis-
re
aajority down "The landfill will be less than three established yet, and thAt, they County is yet to come"
id h
ll. end .
"We're not turkeys, we will not miles from the largest school in submitted readings from w is that e
Commissioner- Allison sa
no in-
d learned that ,there are
h
An
on
com- be bullied. There is nothing to this.,
id
t
h this county. No other county would
this to their children."
d were destroyed. ,
"What are you trying to pull over .
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o th now time to come forward
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falling County Board of Education, said
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a
childhood disease, has been repor- infants and children who have not
or who have not
been immunized ., the disease. This may be accom-
paned or followed by vomiting. It
t.ed in Anson County. ,
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sioners' table during a bri
Moore's dis- County commissioners voted to approve the franchise 5-2 on
the majority
the landfill down. "The landfill will be less than three established yet, and tha' they County is yet to come
.
lives on An- "We're not turkeys, we will not
miles from the largest school in
submitted readings from w is that
Commissioner; <Allison said he

told com- be bullied. There is nothing to this, this county. No other county would were destroyed. had learned that thereare no in-

gill get the lawsuit," he said.
' do this to their children." "What are you trying to pull over temtate commerce regulations on
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already pas- three minutes to Sims and Michael and Natural Resources. stayed away because. he wanted Waste'spees'orly waste from
f Polkton on Livingston gave up one minute. The letter cited deficiencies and them to do their job, but. it was North and South Carolina; Allison . '-
our period. Sims continued again, this time erroneous information given by now time to come forward. said companies have a way of get- ; .
50 cars, 16 talking about the commissioners' . USA Waste (Chambers) to the Carpenter favored Anson County ting around contracts.
.in, and five trip to Charleston, S.C., to tour a state. building . its own landfill. "I .don't "I dorr't want to see Anson Coun-
day, there USA Waste landfill. He said a The letter said that USA Waste . know what color horse USA Waste
in one hour. woman toured a landfill operation presented ground water levels, will be riding gn ... but if you turn See Commissioners.
on that can in Virginia and she was impressed from a well that hadn't even been to them, the Apocalypse of Anson Continued on Page 12A
id some day - but the officials knew she was
.e said.
eemeetings, coming.
went back and discovered he had
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Children not immu
nized at risk .
was falling County Board of Education, said
By Sandy Bruney theria, pertussis and tetanus), but lowed by a whooping or crowing
News. Editor the child is not immune until after sound as the child tries to draw in
Whooping cough, a preventable the third or fourth shot. Therefore, abreath that is characteristic of
childhood disease, has been repor- infants and children who have not the disease. This may be accom-

tnd more precious.
's rate of development
Florida and Califor-
xt 15 to, 20 years, the
-ease by about 20
- along Interstate 85
t, a non-profit organi-
is. And that's why
Anson and the other
nefit from the
periy while maintain-
ieritage that we enjoy.
Lakes Project offi-
n heritage and nature-
mall, high-tech indus-
natural resources in a
s and a local lending
ed research teams at
NC-Charlotte last year
ism and outdoor
;ntory the Uwharrie
i tourism resources,
;onomy over the next
nities and barriers-to
ected Sept. 23-24.
s, is that we need jobs
See if we can, indeed,
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Let your
voice be heard
Editor:
We will have the opportunity to be
heard on July 13 at the courthouse of
the state public hearing on the pro-
posed landfill.
Even though the commissioners
signed contracts, they don't have the
authority to issue permits.
The N.C. Division of Solid Waste
will seek public comment on a per-
mit to construct the landfill to serve
Anson County and regions beyond.
The N.C. Division of Water Quality
will seek. public comment on a wet-,
lands permit which would allow
Chambers/Allied:.WAs.te.to destroy..
existing wetlands on the site.
Just as the Gum Springs commu-
nity has had to put up with falling
trash from garbage trucks, now all
of N. C. 74 will be littered. After
Chambers asks permission to en-
large, they'll be able to accept gar-
bage from faraway states. New York
City would be happy to have a place
to send their trash.
We need to come and learn and
make our feelings known. This is our
county and our land and water. If
permits are issued, we could appear
but cannot complain about any-
thing that was not brought out at
the meeting.
Come and let your voice be heard.
This is not former commissioners
with closed ears. These are state
agencies with listening ears.
Judy and Shorty Almond
Wadesboro
Please take
a stand
Editor.
As a citizen of Anson County, I am
greatly concerned about our future.
Anson County is my home and I
would like it to be a county that
future generations will be proud of.
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A few people in Anson County
think a landfill will be just what we
need; that is untrue. This will not be
just an Anson County landfill
(dump), this will be a multi-state
landfill. We will be getting North
Carolina and South Carolina's trash,
and who knows where else it will
come from, maybe New York.
We have an opportunity to let the
N.C. Division of Solid Waste and the
N.C. Division of Water Quality
know that we do not want this multi-
state landfill by attending a N.C.
state public hearing on Tuesday, July
13.at 7 p.m. at the Anson County
Courthouse.
. Please.take a stand and show our
state officials that we do not want
this multi-state landfill.
Don't wait, thinking it is not im-
portant. If you call Anson County
home, it is important, and you need
to be at this meeting.
Ann Caudle
Who will
check trucks?
Editor.
Do you ever throw flashlight bat-
teries into your garbage? How about
your kitchen cleaners? Or maybe
paint cans or supplies. Most of us
have done it in the past but these are
illegal substances and there is no
easy way to stop them. This is a
minor offense compared to the kinds
of things that will be coming in from
all the states that will be sending us
their garbage. If this landfill opens
Chambers (Allied Waste) will have
salesmen in the field contracting
with everyone they can to take their
garbage and bring it to Anson
County. They are here only for profit.
Who is going to check every truck
that brings a load to see if it is
illegal?
When you dispose of garbage what
do you put it in? Black plastic bags.
When you tie the top of this bag, who
knows what is inside? No one but
you. Chambers (Allied Waste) will
not have any reason to check it be-
cause that would cut down on their
profit, so who is going to check it?
Only Chambers (Allied Waste)
people and the truck drivers will be
allowed into this landfill. Industry
knows this secret also and that is
why they are putting anything into
the garbage they want to get rid of.
In, 1991, our county commission-
ers signed a contractthat said Anson
County would get paid a set amount
for every ton of garbage that went to
the landfill. In the contract, this
amount would never go up. Are you
paying the same amount now to have
your garbage picked up that you
were paying in 1991? 1 don't think
so. Do you remember a few years
ago, the $75 per household fee that
was tacked on to your county taxes
for garbage collection sites? Will you
ever get this money back? When will
this fee stop? If Chambers (Allied
Waste) comes in here and stays,20
years, Anson County will get the
same amount ofmoney the 20th year
that we get the first year.
Let your voice be heard at the
courthouse in Wadesboro at 7 p.m.
on Tuesday, July 13.
Lee R. Harris
Polkton
May be
historic event
Editor:
July 13,1999 will probably go down
in history for Anson County because
there will be a public hearing at 7
p.m. in the Anson County courthouse.
The N.C. Division of Solid Waste
will seek public comments on a per-
mit to construct the landfill and the
N.C. Division of Water Quality will
seek the same on a wetlands permit,
which would allow Chambers Allied
Waste to destroy existing wetlands
on the site:
This proposed site is bordered by
two creeks that flow through the Pee
Dee Wildlife Refuge and discharge
into the Pee Dee River, above our
water intake.
Allied Waste wants to dump at
least 11 million tons of garbage in
Anson County over a 20-year period.
We would have no control from where
or what hazardous waste would en-
ter intothis landfill.
This would not only affect Anson
County but Union and Richmond
counties and South Carolina. We
need to protect our children's future
and not to be sold for 30 pieces of
silver.
Please attend this public hearing
and bring a friend. Your support will
make a difference.
Richard A. Pinkston
Wadesboro
Landfill not
a dead issue
Editor:
The multi-state landfill is not a
done deal nor a dead issue as many
citizens in Anson County think.
The joint State Public Hearing
will be held on Tuesday, July 13, 7
p:m. in the Anson County courthouse,
courtroom No. 1, second floor.
The Division of Waste Manage-
ment and the Division of Water
Quality will be conducting the two
hearings.
It is extremely important that you
let the officials of these two state
divisions know your concerns about
a multi-state landfill by being
present, speaking about your con-
cerns and presenting them in writ-
ten form before August 6.
Anson County had no input in the
selection of the site. Chambers De-
velopment of N.C. selected the site
for other reasons than safety. (1)
Large tract of land owned by corpo-
ration outside Anson County. (2) U.S.
Highway 74 and (3) railroad next to
site.
Some of the major safety problems
are listed below:
(1) Historical flooding on site. The
100-year flood plain line is shown
incorrectly. Many people have seen
it flood several hundred feet further
on each side of Brown Creek than
what is shown, including myself.
(2) High-water table, especially
during wet seasons.
(3) Flooding in future will be worse
due to approximately seven feet fill
next to bridge on Cameron Road.,
which is approximately one-fourth
mile below where Brown Creek and
Pinch Gut Creek join.
(4) Multi-million-dollar study over
a five yearstudy period on the Yadkin
Pee Dee River Basin states in sev-
eral tables that no new discharges
should be allowed in the Brown Creek
watershed due to poor water quality
already and low flow in dry periods.
(5) Fault line running through
themajor part of the footprint.
(6) Diabase dikes on the landfill
site.
(7) Brown Creek flows through the
Wildlife Refuge down stream.
(8) Multi-county water supply j ust
below where Brown Creek flows into
Pee Dee River.
(9) Anson County waste water
treatment and sewer problems.
(10) The potential site encom-
passes the second most populated
area of the county.
(11) No control by the county.
(13) There are many problems with
Chambers Development ofN.C. and
their many failed promises, which
are too numerous to cover here.
(14) Please attend, bring your fam-
ily and friends to the state dual pub-
lic hearing on Tuesday, July 13, at 7
p.m, in courtroom No. 1 in the court-
house.
Bobby Briley
Polkton
What will our
children think?
The landfill issue can be discussed
for years and I could throw out many
statistics that you have already read
about. But instead, ask the county
commissioners how many of them
will have land adjoining the landfill
and will look forward to leaving it to
their children and grandchildren?
Will the commissioners look forward
to their children or grandchildren
playing in the stream close to the
field or eating vegetables from a
garden near the field?
The one thing that really matters
to most parents is that their chil-
dren have better than they did. Ask
yourself first, will your children
profit by decreased air, water and
wildlife quality and increased in the
noise surrounding the landfill? Sec-
ond, will your children thank you for
a contribution or begrudge the curse
you have handed down to them?
Billy G. Wright
Polkton
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