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WARREN COUNTY
PCB LANDFILL
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COMMMUNITY OUTREACH
AND INVOLVEMENT PLAN
Prepared for:
North Carolina
Department of Environment
and Natural Resources
Division of Waste Management
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Barnes, Ferland and Associates, Inc.
March 2000
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1.0
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COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND INVOLVEMENT
PCB LANDFILL DETOXIFICATION
TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................................... .
PURPOSE 3
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT APPROACH ...................................................... 4
3 .1 Outreach Components ..................................................................................... 4
3.2 Structure For Involvement ............................................................................. 7
3.3 Role of the State .............................................................................................. 8
3.4 Detoxification Project Contractor .................................................................. 8
3.5 Primary Community Stakeholders ............................................................. ..14
3.5.1 Local .................................................................................................. 14
(1) Warren County Commissionffown of Warrenton ........... ..14
(2) Economic Development Commission .............................. ..14
(3) Warren Family Institute ...................................................... 16
(4) Warren County School System .......................................... 17
(5) Warren County Health Department ................................... 18
3.5.2 State ................................................................................................... 19
(1) North Carolina Institute of Minority
Economic Development ....................................................... 19
(2) Religious Community····························:····························· 19
3.5.3 National ............................................................................................ 20
(1) National Environmental Justice Advisory Council/
Environmental Protection AgencY ..................................... 20
(2) National Institute of Environmental Health
Sciences 21
4.0 ECONOMIC BENEFIT ........................................................................................... 22
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4.1 Short Term ................................................................................................... 22
4.2 Long Term ..................................................................................................... 22
IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULE 24
MANPOWER NEEDS AND COSTS .................................................................... 25
7.0 SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION ........................................................................ 26
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COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND INVOLVEMENT
PCB LANDFILL DETOXIFICATION
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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FIGURES
1. Site Location Map
2. Structure to Ensure Community Involvement
TABLES
1. Matrix of Contacts
APPENDICES
I. Information on Potential Stakeholders and Project Partners
1-A. Warren Family Institute
1-B. North Carolina Institute of Minority Economic Development, Inc.
1-C. Warren County Statistics
1-D. Department of Labor
1-E. Warren County Economic Development Commission
1-F. The Rural Center
1-G. Warren School System and Community Colleges
1-H. North Carolina Council of Churches
1-I. National Environmental Justice
1-J. National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
2. List of Potential Vendors, Suppliers and Subcontractors
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COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND INVOLVEMENT
PCB LANDFILL DETOXIFICATION
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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LIST OF ACRONYMS
Base Catalyzed Decomposition
Citizens Advisory Board
BCD
CAB
CERTL
CPMSA
DBE
EDC
Centers of Excellence for Research, Teaching and Learning
Comprehensive Partnership for Mathematics and Science Achievement
Disadvantaged Business Enterprise
Economic Development Commission
Environmental Protection Agency EPA
ETG/BFA ETG Environmental, Inc. / Barnes, Ferland and Associates, Inc. (BF A
Environmental)
HAZWOPER Hazardous Waste Operations
NEJAC National Environmental Justice Advisory Council
NIEHS National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
NSF National Science Foundation
OSHA Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Landfill PCB Landfill
PCB Polychlorinated Biphenols
RFP Request for Proposal
SBA Small Business Administration
State State of North Carolina
WETP Worker Education and Training Program
WTDB Workforce Training and Development Bureau
ETG Environmental, Inc. / BF A Environmental, Inc. lll March 2000
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1.0 INTRODUCTION
Detoxification and redevelopment of the Polychlorinated Biphenols (PCB) Landfill is
recognized by the State of North Carolina (State), the Citizens Advisory Board (CAB)
and the ETG Environmental, Inc./Bames, Ferland and Associates, Inc. (ETG/BF A)
design team as the best long-term solution to eliminate the PCB Landfill (Landfill) in
Warren County, N.C. It is also the only mechanism that fully satisfies the promise made
by Governor James B. Hunt to the citizens of Warren County in 1982. The Governor's
commitment to Warren County involved two activities: 1) detoxification when
technology was feasible, and 2) economic stimulus to help offset the years of economic
disincentive to residents and businesses resulting from the existence of the Landfill. A
map showing the location of the Landfill is given in Figure 1.
In February 1996, the Joint Warren County/State PCB Landfill Working Group, the
predecessor to the CAB, hired science advisors to aid in the assessment of the Landfill
and determine the most feasible technology for detoxification. The Working Group was
a blue ribbon panel consisting of state environmental officials, local politicians and
community representatives. The Working Group's mission has been accomplished and
has been replaced by the CAB. The detoxification technology selection began with an
evaluation by the science advisors that screened numerous potential detoxification
technologies, following strict guidelines set by the community. Gas phase chemical
reduction and base catalyzed decomposition (BCD) are the two technologies that were
selected for the Phase I testing, which included performance of bench/ pilot scale testing
of contaminated soil from the Warren County Landfill. After a detailed evaluation of the
results, BCD was selected as the preferred technology, with ETG receiving the contract
to perform Phase II, which consisted of a preliminary design for the Landfill
detoxification.
ETG Environmental, Inc./ BFA Environmental, Inc. 1 March 2000
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On May 26, 1999 ETG was selected to perform the final design services for the Landfill
detoxification (Phase III) in accordance with the approved preliminary design. ETG
subsequently entered into a subcontract with Barnes, Ferland and Associates, Inc. (BF A
Environmental) to be the lead design sub-consultant.
The results of the Phase I and II activities are documented in formal reports submitted to
the state and community. They are available for review at the Warrenton Library and the
PCB Landfill office.
The Working Group recognized that true environmental justice considers the needs of the
affected community first. Accordingly, the Joint Working Group specified that a formal
plan for the community outreach and involvement in the detoxification process be
developed and included in the final design. This document represents that plan.
During the preparation of this plan, however, it was understood that the resources and the
needs of the community may change and function in a dynamic manner. As such, in an
effort to maximize participation of the community, this report may be modified or
amended throughout the detoxification process.
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2.0 PURPOSE
This document is a compilation of pertinent information, resources and programs which
may be used to facilitate and/or enhance the positive impact of the project on the Warren
County community. It presents an approach to maximize local business involvement and
economic benefits associated with the detoxification and redevelopment of the Landfill.
It should be used as a guide by the selected contractor to involve the Warren County
citizens in the detoxification process. It is also intended to function as a guide for the
CAB and the state on how various stakeholders can participate and benefit from the
proposed project.
Potential involvement and benefits for community sectors including education, business,
religious, community development, labor and contractors are all discussed.
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3.0 COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT APPROACH
3.1 Outreach Components
The need to maximize community involvement in environmental cleanup projects of this
type has long been recognized by the EPA and is a major tenant of the environmental
justice movement. The joint effort between the state and the Warren County citizens has
already set a precedent by embarking on a collaborative process. This process has
resulted in a successful characterization of the facility as well as the selection of a
detoxification technology including treatment standards (selected by the community) and
preliminary design for the cleanup effort.
Continuing the collaborative effort we propose an outreach program, which provides for
communication and active participation of several community segments. This plan
identifies how existing agency programs can be used to help meet community
involvement plan elements and how those programs jointly can enhance the objectives of
the CAB and assist in achieving the desired results. The six community involvement
plan components are as follows:
A. General Awareness;
B. Education;
C. Job Training, Employment;
D. Subcontracting; and,
E. Local Business Utilization.
Each of these elements will be met and enhanced by performing the following tasks:
1. Community Data Collection;
2. Detailed Research;
3. Program Development;
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4. Implementation; and,
5. Program Monitoring.
The establishment of a program, which focuses on the six components (A-F) with the five
tasks performed for each component, will maximize both short-term and long-term
project related economic benefits for Warren County.
A. General Awareness -The goal of this component 1s to broaden overall
knowledge and awareness of the landfill facility and hazardous/solid waste
management issues. As will be discussed later, this project component fits very
well with ongoing programs, particularly those of the Warren County Health
Department.
B. Education -This component is obviously very broad and will be tailored to
address the needs of several sectors of the community. As an example,
environmental education can be provided to elementary, middle and high school
·. students. Based on discussion with the Superintendent of Schools, this project
can supplement existing educational programs.
Elementary education will most likely be in the form of poster projects, and in the
case of the high school students, in-depth environmental research. This effort,
particularly the portion targeted towards high school students, has a direct overlap
with Warren School's National Science Foundation (NSF) Grant. As a part of
this grant, the school department must introduce students to unique and
challenging environmental science projects. Warren County is part of a
consortium sponsored by the NSF under their Comprehensive Partnership for
Mathematics and Science Achievement Program (CPMSA). The Centers of
Excellence for Research, Teaching and Learning (CERTL) is a subset of that
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program which, based on discussions with the school system, most closely applies
to the use of this project as a learning vehicle.
C. Job Training/Employment -There are several ways which Warren County
residents can and will receive job training in association with the landfill
detoxification. The most obvious is through the selected detoxification
contractor. A significant opportunity for job training and direct employment will
exist for the 18-month life of the project. Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA) training and employment will be made available for
operators, mechanics, electricians and construction laborers to name a few . Based
on the preliminary design, a total of approximately 25 employees will be sought.
Additionally, general training and job development grants are available to non-
profit organizations such as the Warren Family Institute, which can benefit the
community and the detoxification goal.
The Warren Family Institute currently functions as the community involvement
coordinator. Their programs are discussed further in Section 3.5.1 and Appendix
1-A.
D. Subcontracting -Comprehensive community involvement in the project for the
construction phase will include substantial subcontracting opportunities for local
vendors and suppliers. The structure for maximizing this component of the
community involvement approach is provided throughout this document.
Areas for which subcontractors will be sought include: Fuel oil, gasoline,
security, electrical supplies, fencing, electrical construction, electricity,
mechanical construction, sanitary supplies, safety equipment, tools, heavy
equipment, chemicals, monitoring equipment, housing, temporary living, and
food services.
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E. Local Business Utilization -In an effort to increase the potential for the
detoxification and redevelopment project to maximize revenues for local
businesses, it is recommended that the County develop a packet describing
restaurants, accommodations, and activities, that the Warren County area has to
offer. Additionally, an outreach effort will be initiated to inform local businesses
of the potential subcontracting opportunities listed above.
3.2 Structure for Involvement
A framework for community involvement, which continues the project's collaborative
effort, must be established by the CAB. Such a framework could take the form of a CAB
subcommittee. Once this plan is sanctioned by the CAB and the state it should be
utilized as a blue print for community outreach. The subcommittee should contain a
minimum of three CAB members. Additionally, in an effort to maximize coordination, it
is recommended that representatives from the County Manager's office, the Warren
Family Institute, the Economic Development Commission and the Warren County
Schools be invited to participate. This listing is not intended to be all-inclusive.
The conceptual structure for such involvement, key local stakeholders and their roles and
responsibilities is provided in Figure 2.
A key component to any successful outreach program is generation and dissemination of
information. To effectively reach the citizens of Warren County and the project
stakeholders on a regular and reliable basis, a monthly project newsletter should be
developed and distributed to all project personnel and the community at large.
Additionally, a quarterly workshop should be held to obtain feedback from the
community and help address any concerns. The state's public information officer, the
CAB subcommittee, the contractor's program manger, and tli~_ community involvement
coordinator, will shar~ the responsibility of.information generation and dissemination.
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If acceptable to the County Manager, the quarterly workshop can be made to coincide
with regular meetings of the Warren County Commissioners.
3.3 Role of the State
It is the state's responsibility to ensure that the recommendations of this plan, once
approved, be fully incorporated into the project construction documents. The state has,
on several occasions, indicated their intent to involve the local community in the
detoxification project. That intent is strongly reflected in the Preliminary (Phase II)
Design document. However, it is also extremely important that the state indicate the
importance of maximizing local economic development by placing local business
participation goals in Request for Proposal (RFP) and bid documents. It is also important
that the state require that the selected contractor provide an individual on their team
dedicated to community outreach.
3.4 Detoxification Project Contractor
The ultimate success of this program will depend largely on the selected detoxification
contractor and their community outreach program manager. Under the direction of the
state and the CAB, the program manager is responsible for implementing the community
outreach goals. The program manager will work closely with the community
involvement coordinator to focus on the performance of the outreach objectives and
activities. A primary function of the program manager will be to ensure maximum
outreach utilization of local and Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (DBE) sub-
contractors. It is suggested that the program manager use The North Carolina Institute of
Minority Economic Development to facilitate the coordination of minority business
participation. This resource is discussed in more detail in Section 3 .5 .2 and Appendix 1-
B. Appendix 2 of this plan is a list of local and area vendors, suppliers and contractors.
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This list was compiled in an effort to expedite the potential involvement of local firms on
this project.
The Institute of Minority Economic Development should also partially aid in
accomplishing this goal by working with the Region-K Certified Development Company.
This resource is a private, non-profit multi-county agency certified by the Small Business
Administration (SBA) to initiate loans in cooperation with private lending sources under
the SBA 504 loan program. The requirements of this program are outlined in Section
3.5.2 and Appendix 1-C. It is our experience that often when working with minority
businesses such development resources are mandatory.
In addition to work of subcontractors, there will be short-term benefits for individuals
through temporary employment. There will also be long-term benefits associated with
environmental/construction-related training where workers will have obtained a skill that
they can continue to utilize after the project is over. The design contractor has identified
a need for approximately 25 individuals that could be hired and trained from local talent.
This training could work in conjunction with the North Carolina Department of Labor's
Apprenticeship and Training Bureau for high school youth, which combines educational
' rewards with skilled job training.
To help facilitate such training, the program manager should coordinate with the
Department of Labor. The selected contractor should align with the Workforce Training
and Development Bureau (WTDB), Workfirst and the Warren Family Institute
(Community Involvement Coordinator). The WTDB implements job training programs
to provide long-term employment for the unemployed. It works with employers to
develop opportunities for economically disadvantaged youth and adults. It is initiated
throughout the state by local proposals. Appendix 1-D contains additional information
that further discusses these programs. The Warren Family Institute is positioned very
well to take advantage of these opportunities in collaboration with the selected contractor.
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The anticipated areas of training include: OSHA 40-Hour Hazardous Waste Operations
(HAZWOPER) (all field personnel), environmental sampling, heavy equipment
operation, health and safety monitoring, thermal desorption system operation, and
condensate treatment system operation. Supplemental training will also be provided to
electricians, mechanics, welders, truck drivers, and crane operators. Training will be
provided both by the selected contractor and other community stakeholders.
The positions to be potentially filled by local hires can be generally summarized as
follows :
1. Operators/Laborers -Approximately 20 operators/laborers will be required for
the project. Training if necessary should be provided by the selected contractor.
The operators will be trained to run the processing plant. A high school education
and mechanical aptitude/experience with material handling and heavy equipment
in a factory or farming setting will be required.
2. Mechanics -It is estimated that three mechanics will be hired locally to repair
and maintain equipment as necessary. Training will be provided by the selected
contractor. A strong mechanical aptitude and appropriate experience with
heavy/process equipment will be required.
3. Electrician -One licensed electrician will be needed to help provide maintenance
for electrical components of the treatment process and the various support
equipment, as well as for preventative maintenance of the site equipment.
4. Office Assistant -One clerical staff will be needed to assist with everyday office
activities. Some prior experience with general office work will be required.
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The anticipated hourly wage would be $8-$12/hour for operators/laborers, $8-$14/hour
for mechanical/electricians and $7-$10/hour for office staff.
As discussed earlier, in addition to direct hire and training opportunities, a tremendous
benefit will be realized through the use of local suppliers, vendors, and subcontractors.
The following items are anticipated to be required by the selected contractor:
1. Fuel Oil and/or Gasoline
The onsite construction equipment will require a substantial amount of fuel to operate as
anticipated in the preliminary design. Daily to weekly fuel deliveries are anticipated. A
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total of twelve (12) potential suppliers have been identified for the region, four (4) in
Warrenton and eight (8) in Henderson.
2. Electrical
The preliminary design identified the need for both electrical suppliers and electrical sub-
contractors to provide construction services. We have identified a total of twenty (20)
such suppliers and contractors for the region, fourteen (14) of which are in Warrenton
and Henderson.
3. Mechanical Construction
It is anticipated that sub-contractors will be needed to assist with the construction of the
mechanical infrastructure for the detoxification project. Initial research has identified
several companies listed as mechanical contractors in the project area. Additional
screening by the selected contractor will be required to match the suitability of services.
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4. Safety Equipment & Gear
Safety is a primary concern on any construction project particularly on a remedial
construction site. In order to meet the OSHA requirements, various site environmental
safety supplies will be required. Our research has identified seven (7) safety supply firms
in the region. It is anticipated that at least one of these firms could supply the type of
safety equipment required.
5. Heavy Equipment
The construction activities will require the use of several types of heavy equipment.
Research has identified five (5) heavy equipment companies in the region capable of
supplying the type of heavy equipment needed.
6. Food Services
It is anticipated that there will be a great need for food services for on-site personnel.
Several vendors have been identified locally who are capable of supplying an assortment
of food supplies and beverages directly or indirectly to the project work staff.
7. Security
Security is a primary concern on a construction site. Although the site will be occupied
twenty-four hours a day, the need for security services exists. Ten (10) firms providing
security service have been identified. One (1) such consultant is located in Warrenton.
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8. Fencing
Also, to assist in securing the site, the design activities have identified the need for
fencing. Fencing would limit site access and minimize potential for construction related
accidents. Four (4) fencing contractors have been identified.
9. Janitorial Services & Sanitary Supplies
In addition to the labor and construction aspects of this project there is also a need for
sanitary conditions to be maintained with the personnel support zones. Research has
identified four (4) local companies capable of potentially accomplishing this task.
10. Housing & Temporary Living
It is anticipated that there will be approximately ten individuals from out of town
participating on this project. To that end there is a need for temporary housing for the
duration of the project. This presents a great opportunity for local motels/hotels or
suppliers of temporary housing to benefit from the project.
Appendix 2 is a list of the companies identified to potentially participate on this project.
In an effort to truly determine interest and the availability of resources. It is important to
note that although the selected contractor will be required to aggressively reach out to
local firms, all firms utilized must meet the appropriate technical qualifications based on
historical performance on similar activities. Additionally, they must demonstrate a
current capacity to deliver the needed services in an efficient manner.
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3.5 Primary Community Stakeholders
Effective involvement of stakeholders, agencies and the community must occur at several
levels for the project to be most effective. Organizations and persons of interest must be
identified at the local, state and federal level to facilitate participation. A mechanism for
ensuring community involvement is provided in Figure 2. Additionally, to further
expedite outreach activities, phone numbers of key contacts are provided in Table 1.
3.5.1 Local
(1) Warren County Commissionffown of Warrenton
It is important that both Warren County Commissioners and the Town of
Warrenton become involved in all facets of the project. Their ability to
take a leadership role by enacting supportive resolutions and area specific
ordinances will play an important role in the successful funding and
implementation of the project and maximizing the benefits to the
community. In addition, their ability to reach regional legislative
representatives to support the project is critical. It is recommended that
the CAB continuously apprise local elected officials of the project needs
and general status.
(2) Economic Development Commission
It is currently anticipated that the detoxification of the PCB Landfill will
have a measurable positive economic impact to the community. These
benefits will be both short-term and long-term in nature. The employment
opportunities represent short-term benefits that will exist for the 18-month
duration as construction activities commence. Utilization of local
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businesses for supplies, materials and services for the project is also a
short-term benefit. The long-term benefits include the ability of trained
experienced laborers, technicians and mechanics to gain meaningful
employment in the construction and environmental services industry. The
potential economic benefit is further discussed in Section 4.0.
The Warren County Economic Development Commission's (EDC) work
plan (Appendix 1-E) identified five goals for the near term. Two of those
goals can directly incorporate key detoxification project issues. First, the
EDC desires to work with the Warren County School System by
participating in job fairs to ensure students are aware of the industries and
the job potential within the County. The School System Job Fairs and
others like it could also be used to educate residents of the unique
opportunity of the detoxification project. Secondly, the PCB Landfill
project partially satisfies the EDC immediate goal of recruiting an industry
that can provide 50 jobs or two industries of 25 jobs each.
Analysis of the workrorce of Warren County reveals a population of
17,265 of which the median age is 37.1 years old. Individuals are
primarily employed in government, manufacturing and retail trade. The
detoxification project with a projected $3-5 million-dollar direct economic
impact and 25 new jobs will introduce a new industry to the area that will
have a tremendous benefit to a large segment of the community.
An available resource to compliment the detoxification project's goals is
the Rural Economic Development Center, Inc. (Appendix 1-F). One of its
challenges includes raising the level of education by encouraging
entrepreneurs through the development of new firms. This program is
unique because it acknowledges the existence of one man, small service,
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and satellite companies who create 40% of new jobs in the state. As
previously discussed, the potential of this agency to seek out small and
unlicensed firms and help develop them is an important part of this
process.
(3) Warren Family Institute
The fundamental goal of the Family Support Program of the Warren
Family Institute is to help parents acquire the skills to find the resources
they need to be self-sufficient and effectively nourish their families. As a
family centered community development corporation, its mission is to
"engage individuals, agencies and communities in efforts to provide jobs,
housing, education and cultural and recreational activities for all of the
citizens of Warren County".
This agency has demonstrated success in creating jobs, entrepreneurial
development and hands on job skills training in collaboration with Welfare
Reform. This agency collabora.1es with several agencies including Warren
County Schools, the Region K Workforce Development Board, Vance-
Granville Community College and the Warren County Department of
Health. This Institute's mission compliments the project's job and
educational goals. The Institute and its resources are ideal for the role of
facilitator of job development and training for project participants. It is
the ideal position which has led to their receipt of Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) funds to hire a community involvement
coordinator and job develop to bridge the gap between the needs of the
community and those of the detoxification project.
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This agency through its participation in the project may also qualify for
Environmental Justice Community/University Partnership Grants offered
by the EPA. Eligibility includes institutions serving minority communities
who support projects that seek to effectively address local environmental
justice issues through active partnership with any institution of higher
education. The purpose is to link community organizations with
neighboring affiliated academic institutions to address local environment
and public health concerns.
(4) Warren County School System
The North Carolina Education System has quality practical programs to
assist in the training of skilled and unskilled labor. North Carolina
Community Colleges' New Industry Training Program is an economic
development tool that provides company-specified customized training for
new and expanding companies. The development of new and existing
businesses during the project can be completely funded by the state and
will support this program's initiatives for job creation and training.
Warren High School offers both an Earth Science/Physical Science and
Biology course in which students actively participate in laboratory and
research activities. The superintendent of the school system has expressed
an interest to use the detoxification project as an active part of the course
curriculum where students are allowed to experience first hand the
importance of cleanup and the environmental issues which surround the
PCB Landfill. The contractor can provide on-site seminars to local
schools and submit data from the design and operations of the
detoxification to schools for science related research projects. Also, to
assist in the efforts to obtain project funding, it is important that young
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people become involved. Such involvement will also help the Warren
County School system meet the requirements of its current NSF grant.
The Commissioner of Labor also has an Apprenticeship and Training
Bureau for High School Youth in their "Higher Leaming for Higher
Earning" program. The program requires the contractor register the
desired services as an apprentice trade. The program specifically provides
work and training for high school juniors and seniors. It matches very
well with the needs of the contractor as outlined in 3.4. These programs
are further discussed in Appendices 1-D and 1-G.
(5) Warren County Health Department
The Warren Health Institute houses the Warren County Health
Department and other agencies. It acts as a center for health activity for
persons of all ages in the community. The Warren Health Plan and
Warren County Health -Department offer, under one roof, a variety of
services to proil).ote health, prevent disease and treat illnesses.
Health awareness as it relates to environmental toxins is an important
community issue. The health department's role in educating citizens on
illnesses related to toxins is important to controlling possible health
concerns about the detoxification project.
Extensive discussions with key health department representatives revealed
current and proposed waste awareness programs. The ultimate goal of
their program is to have Warren County citizens think every time they
throw away trash. Such a comprehensive waste environmental education
process could be very valuable to the detoxification outreach if the two are
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linked. The siting of the facility was very divisive and contentious;
however, the community and the state have come together in a
collaborative manner to implement the detoxification goal. This unique
partnership provides an important avenue for environmental education.
3.5.2 State
(1) North Carolina Institute of Minority Economic
Development
This institute works to provide high quality consulting services in the area
of managerial and technical assistance for participating firms (Appendix
1-B). Projects include building financial reporting systems, strategic
planning assistance, market analysis and human resource management.
As discussed earlier, it is important that this entity works to identify and
develop local and minority owned firms. The selected contractor must
make this agency aware of their need so the potential detoxification sub-
contractors can become appropriately licensed and certified under this
program. Their objectives compliment the Region K-Certified
Development Company's objective (Appendix 1-C) to provide small
business financing in Warren County and stimulate economic
development by creating one job for every $5,000 in loan funds .
(2) Religious Community
The North Carolina Council of Churches is active in providing support for
the WorkFirst (welfare reform) program through the enactment of the
Jubilee Project. Information about the Council is provided in Appendix 1-
H. Jubilee provides day care, transportation, financial assistance and
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youth programs for former WorkFirst recipients; therefore, helping to
bridge the gap between poverty pnd sustainable employment. The Council
is also active in developing health programs for the children of th~ poor
and disadvantaged. Their information bulletin, "The Church Council
Bulletin" is an available resource to disseminate information regarding the
cleanup and project needs. The council's hands-on community support
programs will compliment the Warren Family Institute in providing
resource services for laborers as well as identifying WorkFirst participants
for jobs and skilled training.
3.5.3 National
(1) National Environmental Justice Advisory Council
{NEJAC) / EPA
The finding of NEJA C's Environmental Justice Urban Revitalization and
Brownfields report supports community participation during all phases of
site remediation. Public participation, community vision, as well as
comprehensive community-based planning are the key recommendations
of the report. In summary, the report illustrates the interrelationships
between people, community, social institutions, government and public
policy. It establishes a framework for functionally bridging the key
components of emerging environmental policy, 1.e., ecosystem
management and community-based environmental protection.
The EPA offers several grants for which community participants may
qualify, summarized as follows: Environmental Education Grants,
Environmental Justice Community/University Partnership Grants Program
and Environmental Justice Grants to Small Community Groups. EPA
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Environr,nental Justice Grants to Small Community Groups enable eligible
community-based non-profit organizations such as grass roots groups and
churches to support projects such as the PCB Landfill detoxification.
Grants may be used for education and awareness programs, environmental
programs, or technical assistance. The CAB and community stakeholders
such as the Warren Family Institute should jointly make application for
such grants. Additional information about Environmental Justice Grants is
provided in Appendix 1-1.
(2) National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
(NIEHS)
The NIEHS, in conjunction with the EPA, sponsors the Worker Education
and Training Program (WETP) which has completed several years of
successful training of urban young adults throughout the United States.
This program places students in environmental and construction-based
jobs in communities effected by environmental issues. Placement of
students in this program will benefit the community economically as well
as educationally. Students who complete the program may also receive
grants for higher education. This highly successful program can be used
as the blueprint for the proposed contractor training activities.
Background information about this program is furnishes in Appendix 1-J.
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4.0 ECONOMIC BENEFIT
4.1 Short Term
As discussed in Section 3.5.1(2), the detoxification project has the potential for
substantial positive potential economic impact in the Warren County area. The short-
term impact consists primarily of approximately 25 new jobs with an average income of
approximately $25,000 per year. For the 18-month duration of the project, this represents
over $750K of increased revenue for the local economy. An additional $2 to 4 million
dollars of goods and services may be purchased from local sources. If local sources don't
exist or are marginal business entities, efforts could be made through the numerous
resources discussed in Section 3.5.2(1) to enhance the strength of the local suppliers so
they can benefit from the opportunity.
Substantial efforts to identify local businesses to provide the products and services
described in this plan and to interface with the various state and federal agencies
referenced herein, will be performed by the selected contractor's program manager.
Additionally, for the duration for the detoxification project the contractor will temporarily
relocate several employees. These individuals will require housing, not to mention, day-
to-day living supplies, all of which could be purchased locally.
4.2 Long Term
After the project is complete Warren County will continue to benefit in many ways. The
individuals hired for the detoxification project will now have highly marketable skills,
which they will take with them to future employers. Moreover, if the skill they have
acquired fits an apprenticeship trade, additional employment opportunities may become
available. Better jobs will lead to better opportunities, education for the children of these
individuals, which in turn will stimulate economic growth and development. Also, once
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the stigma of the PCB Landfill has removed, the tourism, business and residential growth
of the area will likely increase, a trend, which has already begun. The increased
environmental education opportunities described earlier, when enhanced by the County
school system, will result in a core group of environmentally responsible individuals.
The maximization of the potential long-term economic advantages of detoxification must
be fully explored by the CAB with the EDC.
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5.0 IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULE
As indicated by the notes, significant community involvement occurs throughout the
detoxification process from funding through construction. A total of 24 newsletters and 8
community workshops should occur.
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6.0 MANPOWER NEEDS AND COSTS
During the project construction, the CAB and at-large community work tasks will be
significant. They include assistance with coordinating the participation of local and state
stakeholders, as well as assistance with newsletter development meetings and workshops.
In addition to the community involvement coordinator who will be employed by the
Warren Family Institute, a single additional individual dedicated to economic outreach
and community involvement employed by the CAB may be required. The appropriate
applicant would preferably have 3 to 5 years' experience with similar programs. It is
strongly recommended that the state act now to fund such a person through the CAB.
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7.0 SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION
In summary, the Joint State/Warren County PCB Landfill Working Group (now the
CAB) is not only committed to detoxification of the landfill, but also maximizing the
economic and educational benefit to the citizens of Warren County. This Plan
demonstrates that significant involvement of the citizens is not only possible, but also
mutually beneficial. There are several local, state and federal organizations, which share
the mission of true environmental justice for poor communities. The participation of
those organizations is critical to maximize the potential benefits to the community. To
ensure their participation, the CAB must establish a sub-committee whose purpose is
community outreach. Key members of the local community must become active
members of that sub-committee.
Figure 2 outlines a procedure to help ensure community involvement. Table 1
summarizes who the potential players are and their associated roles and contact numbers.
This document is intended to also be used by the selected detoxification contractor as a
guide to maximize the involvement of the Warren County community in the
detoxification construction activities.
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Agency/Organization
State of North Carolina
Department of Environment,
Health and Natural Resources
Warren County Citizens
Advisory Board (formerly the
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Warren Family Institute
Warren County Commission
Warren County Schools
Warren County Economic
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N.C. Rural Economic
Development Center, Inc.
North Carolina Institute
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Coley Springs Baptist Church
Department of Labor
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MATRIX OF CONT ACTS
Project Role and
Responsibility or Potential
Involvement
Overall detoxification project
administration
Facilitator, community
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Community Involvement
Coordinator
Local community leadership
Student involvement and
education
Economic development
Community and business
development
Business development
resource
Community outreach
Apprenticeship Job Training
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Contact
Mike Kelly [phone]
Patricia Backus -[phone]
Dollie Burwell, Co-Chair
[phone]
Henry Lancaster, Co-Chair
[phone]
Cathy Lawrence
[phone]
Loria Williams
(252) 257-31 I 5
Dr. Carlinda Purcell
[phone]
[phone]
Allen Kimball
[phone]
Micro-Carolyn Perry, Director
Capital Access -Phil Black
[phone]
Andrea Harris
Julian Brown
[phone]
Reverend Carson Jones
[phone]
Bill Thorpe
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North Carolina Council of
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The National Institute
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National Environmental
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Environmental Protection
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Outreach
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Environmental Justice
Community Outreach
Grants
Warren County PCB Landfill
Contact
Collins Kilburn
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Joyce Hill
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Acting Director
[phone]
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WARREN FAMILY INSTITUTE
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APPENDIX 1-B
NORTH CAROLINA INSTITUTE OF MINORITY ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT, INC.
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316 W. Edenton Street, 2nd Floor, Suite B, P. 0 Box 27806
Raleigh, North Carolina · 27603
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The North Carolina Institute of Minority Economic Development, Inc. (the Institute), was established In 1986, to
increase the net worth of the state's low-wealth and minority communities. The lnstitute's mission Is to create an
environment of equal opportunity in which compensatory programs are no longer necessary. Today, this mission translates
into three major activities:
□ research to gain an understanding of the overall status of minority communities;
□ capacity~ilding support for community organizations, and
□ specialized managerial and technical assistance provided to emerging minority-OWl'led businesses.
The . consulting services offered by the Institute provide three levels of managerial and technical assistance to minority
businesses. · · ·
The Minority Te_chnical Assistance Program (MTAP) is the lnstitute's premier business development program. HTAP
· Corisulting eff~'rj addresses the major issues facing minority~ businesses:
□ lhier~tion-□ · [)imirilshlng kress_ to Marxets
□ La~ of Management Systems
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In addition ~o th_is In-depth consulting:service; ;_the ~ute provid~ project oriented_ General . Manag~rial Asslst~ce: L .
(GMA). G/tµ Assist~nce consists of business ~unseling arid pjoj~ ~e io firms "with sales under ssoo;ooo iii the :._\.-:
statt~P phase. -Typical projects incl~ ~-vmfi:O', · · · · · · :
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□ , -·Marxef Research ·
□ ' ~ Anal-Jsis . □ locating Rnancing
Rnal'rj, to meet the special needs of the companies in the construction industry, the Institute created the Minqrity ..
Contractors Technical Assistance Program (MCTAP). MCTAP provides MTAP-type services, complemented with nuts & · · bolts assistance, which will include both pre:.t>ld and post-bid services. These services indude, but are not limited .to~--
following: pre-Oid evaluation services, proposal preparation assistance, post-bid follow up criteria and procedures, state
agency contact assistance, a database of upcoming and ongoing state funded projects, post-bid project management
assistance, pre-construction manag~merit assistance, and aid with developing a realistic-timeline and construction budget:
For more information, please con/ad:
Mr. Julian Brown, Vice President of Business Development
North Carolina Institute of Minority Economic Development, Inc.
316 W. Edenton Street,· 2nd Floor, Suite B, Post Office Box 27806
Raleigh, North Carolina 27611
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MANAGING STRATEGIC GROWTH FoR EME~ING MINORITY Bus1NESSES
Minority
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MTAP Consulting is a comprehensive business development strategy that has a substantial positive impact on the minority
business community. The MTAP process, which requires a 9-12 month commitment, encompasses a comprehensive
threej>hase analysis and implementation plan. Ojnamic and sustainable growth has been realized by exposing the dient to
in.creased ·marketand financial opportunities,building stronger internal management systems, and establishing meaningful ·.
partnerships, By creating the needed management systems, MTAP consultants become catalysts for growth and success.
ALL /NFORHAT/Ofl SHARED OUR/NG THE CONSUL TING PROCESS IS KEPT IN THESTR/aEST CONFIDENCE
The programs consist of three Interconnecting phases designed to assist dients with managing sustainable and profitable
growth in an ever-Olanging business environment.
IJ@ajPl,.ise 1 · ORGANIZATIONAL AuDrr
In Phase 1, consultants conduct a comprehensive organizational audit, interviewing the entire staff and producing a detailed
financial analysis of_ the business. A written report will reflect this analysis and discuss specific recommendations.
~ ~PhaseZ INDUSTRY ANALYSIS AND STRATEGIC PLANNING
During Phase 2, consultants conduct an in~pth industry and competitive analysis and identify local and national business
opportlJ~~: · l.ising. the information gained through the organizational audit. and the ind~ analysis, c~!tants faaTrtate ·
• a ser:i~ 9f strategic; planning sessions that focus on measurable goals and action steps for the next threey~.: ·
~Phas~3~ ·.. . IMPLEMENTATION OF STRATEGIC GROWTH PLAN .•.
· Consultants :functj~)~ part of _a managemenneam to prioritize and implement recoin~endati6ns. This t~~!l(hes:,~ ~ -: \
: <>rgan~~ ~ge:p~~'.' Examples oflhas.e 3 pi:ojects indlJde:_ d~loping cash41ow projecti~ns. ~l~atbudgets;_\. :
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--amongJ><>tential i~o~rs.--otdevelop-pricing strategies.-:1n addition to implemeiltinfsystenis;-consultants rnay'assisftne ·_ ',, :
firm inobij_nlng:addition:al:finaoong. _ -· . ··_·_. · 1 · . \ --·_: . -:._ :
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CRITERIA FOR /PARTICIPATIONJN THE MTAP PROGRAM:
□ Annual sales of SS00,000 or more
□ Minimum of 3 employees
□ Two years in existence as a business entity
□ Completion of.formal application
□ Full disclosure of all financial statements
□ One,year commitment of program
□ Strong commitment on behalf of CEO/President
□ There is a $900-fee for participation in the MTAP Program
($300 per phase, due at the end of each phase)
For more information, please contad:
Mr. Julian Brown, Vice President of Business Development
North Carolina Institute of Minority Economic Development, Inc.
316 W. Edenton Street, 2nd Floor, Suite B, Post Office Box 27806
Raleigh, North Carolina 27611
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MTAP Consulting is a comprehensive business development strategy that has had a substantial positive impact on the
minority business_ community. General Managerial ftssistance (GMA) is an integral part of the MTAP Consulting Program.
-Recognizing that a _large percentage of North Carolina's MBEs are ~rms with sales of less than $500,000, and in an effort to
provide managerial services to finris that mig_ht not be seeking ourlonger-term MTAP services, the Institute created GMA.
,AJI of the lnstitute's current Business Development Team Consultants are involved In GMA. Our team has valuable combined
_ work experience of over 60 years in a wide range of industries that is complemented by graduate MBA studies.
GMA assists minority-owned. firms that· are ~king specific project assistance. Our business development specialist will
typically join with management for .1-2 months to provide high quality consulting services in a broad range of functional
areas •. Projects Include building financial reporting systems; strategic planning assistance, market analysis, developing
operations, managing human resources and locating financing sources. With the business owner, we identify work that is
most important to the businesses overall growth •.
.AJI projects must be well~efined. __ lri order to -faalitate this, we complete a project engagement contract prior to starting.
Willingness" to provide relevant finajldal information is also essential •. · The profile of most GMA dients is a firm in existence
for at least 3 months and with strong potential for i~ sales and job growth. .
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Our overall goal in GMA is to play a vital role in :iuf!illi~ ~ AP (onsulting's mission which is to "increase the internal capacity
of minority owned firms to encourage sustain~ growth and i°,b. a:ea~on., .
. ' fo(-m_~;e information, Piease dJ~(ad:
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: North -Carolina Institute of Minoiity:E~kJ>evelopment, Inc.
316 w: Edenton'Street; 2nd Roor; SUite•.B; PoitOffice Box 27806
<Raleigh, North (:arolina _27611 . .
Telephone (919) 835"6041 , Fax[phone]
·. E-mail: ncimed@interpath,com
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. SUSTAINABLE GROWTH FoR MINORITY (ONSTROCTION BUSINESSES
Minority Contractors Technical Assistance Program (MCTAP) was created to address the unique
issues·. faced by finns · in the construction industry. The construction industry has many financial
hurdles which limit the growth of minority owned firms. As with most minority businesses, the lack
of access to capital paralyzes and stymies the full potential of minority contracting finns. Without
. access · to credit, minority-contractors can not efficiently grow their firms · and lack the financial
capacity to perform larger jobs or obtain bondir:ig. This results in minority contractors being
unable to perfocm projects efficiently and profitably due to cashflow difficulties.
Minority
Contractors
Technical
Assistance
Program
•. .Central to the success of the MCTAP is providing· minority contractors with access to project
·• opportunities. Despite the program's intentions of providing valuable assistir)ce to minority·
-· , ·contractors, these efforts are futile without viable marketing opportunities. By dev:eloping
formal relationships and coordinating our efforts with various state agencies and commercial
· · entities, t.he ~ram provides a conduit to market opportunities for the minority contracting ·
·• community.
• MCTAP. proyid~J_n~e~ive-\9~ulting· support and Is complemented by nuts & bolts, technkal 'assistance; '\Whout accessfo 'this business.assistance and "nuts & bolts". technicatassistance,
many minority -~on~dori~uld face problems in positioning and growing thei~ -fi~ toJnc.teased .
· 'profit~iliW :~-aridio#bti}t~~ 'remaining Ii,:~~: ._ try order to. ~ff~ty proviqe,fui(~~ge .. --"nuts & lx)ltsl! teq11\ical<'assis!ance tb miJ19rfu' ¢n~dors, the program ing~des botti .J>re:,b'ifand po_st-bid seiv#s•\ \/•"°::··:: .. . . . . . . ,_. . . . _,· '· ,; :,, .
. < :=.;· ;~Lditioit, the progrmn has ~opted a bask~ Jm~ ol~~i~ ~ '.
. ~'.:._p~edu~ that -are_:~niversaJ to~ a1I co~cti?h busiri~. :.lliF iridu~:ij~,tJ~.~~-rllJI~~:;!~/:,
, .::the .followmg: baste bookkeepmg/accountmg and cost management training util1Z1ng7qff-.the· ,--\-sf.ieir software. pa~ges as. well as· providing liinit~ -CPA consulting ·serv:ices;· pr~ii,lg.· '
•. . scheduling training; :and offering dasses and training sessions that wiU teach simple computer ...
skills as weU as the creation of spreadsheets which are vital to estimating specific trades. . ·
For more information, please con/ad:
Michael{rum, Business Development Specialist
Minority Contractors T echilical Assistance Program (MCTAP)
North Carolina, Institute of Minority Economic Development, Inc.
316 W. Edenton Street, 2nd Floor, Suite B, Post Office Box 27806
Raleigh, North Carolina 27611
Telephone [phone] Fax [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]
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MTAP ConsLDrigg_ Team
ANDilEA L. HAilllIS, Pr1~idl11r
Andrea Harris, one of the founders of the Institute, is the current president. Prior to joining the Institute, Andrea served as
a staff member with the Minority Business Development lv:jency of the North Carolina Department of Commerce, an
associate director of a statewide senior citizens organization, executive director of a rural community action agency, and a
public school math and science teacher. She is a graduate of Bennett College, where she now chairs the alumnae gMng
portion for its capital campaign. Other affiliations include serving as Chair of the Gateway Community Development
Corporation's Board of Directors, and as a board member of the North Carolina Community Development Initiative and the
Vance County Economic Development Commission.
Julian Brown leads the MTAP team as the Vice President of Business Development at the Institute. He is also one of the
founders. He has worked in the minority busi~ development arena for over twenty years. Prior to his current position,
Mr. Brown has:served as President and CEO of the North Carofina Association of Minority Businesses, Director of the North
Carolina Minority Business Development lv:jency, and Executive Vice 'President of the Durham Business and Professional
Chain, Inc~ Mr. Brown chairs:the board of the Minority Business Consulting Program at the Fuqua School of Business at
Duke University. With a strong history of honors and state appointments, fttr.' Brown;has;a proven track record in leading
managerial and technical efforts irfthe minority '.business community. H~ is a graduate of H_ampton University.
CHAJVTEL·M. CAMPBELL,_-(lum1u01111/11;111,11i_f1111"'11/uritr . ..•
· Chcl.lltel Camp_beU is a consultant who •specializes in h;couritirig :and,Rri~~)~\~d~rtion' to consulting for organizations · __
--providing)lOme health :care servjces; She_ has .perfornied .vari9us .fe~b~l~~ies' an4-business development projects>
--domestkally ~<.f int~ti~ly;_ Chantel ;ea,ned herM~at hldi~ ~~:y.# :ajl:enip~asis ori _Rnance and NonP;(O~ •· .
·-Manage~nt~~tie:~•a-0r.rer:se•~.e,xperie~.vmi<:lliricludes~i~:M#lop~ent-withthePeace(p~.strategic ,,._
and internal-planning for a nonprofit,· ar1<Heaching on:tlle Junior ajld · High. SchqoLlevels> As _,an active participanfin .her
.community, Chantel has -directed a career mentoring program for'atjis!< t:eenage,gir1s and a local Habitat for Humanity
chapter. · · · ·
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Helen Carrington is a· consultant who specializes in Marketing and Strategic-Management. She has performed various
marketing studies and business development projects focusing on the hospitality industry. Helen earned her MSM with a
concentration in Marketing from the Krannert Graduate School of Management at Purdue University. Her prior work
experience indudes extensive key positions in the international hotel industry, induding creating administrative structure
for business start-up teams.
T. MICHAEL Cll UM, Ba.ri11,u O1111/11p111111r fl111i111lr1r11i _
Michael Crum is a Management Consultant of the Minority Contractors Technical Assistance Program (MCTAP) of the
Institute: Through MCTAP, Michael focuses his attention and efforts on strengthening the viability and sustainability of
minority-owned construction companies. He pursued his MBA in Economics· at the R.B. Pamplin College of Business,
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. His academic background focused on Community Economic
Development. He worked in management at the Kmart Corporation, where -he directed installations and construction
projects. In addition, Michael has been actively involved in volunteer work with 8 Pueblo, Triangle Business with Russia,
and the YMCA. Students Program.
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L.aShon Harley is a consultant with expertise in taxation, law and telecommunications and other high tech industries. She
has perfonned various industry studies, an organizational audit, created financial statements for clients, and researched
legal and business topics. L.aShon is a JD/MBA graduate of Georgia State University. Prior to pursuing her graduate
education, she pursued a career in Bectrical Engineering at Honeywell Space and Defense and AT&T. ~hon is very active
in youth and young adult development activities in her community.
Jonathan Harrison specializes in consulting to contract manufacturing, distribution/supplies and recycling businesses. He
has been working on projects as diverse as business valuations for retail and construction finns, financing packaging for
real estate development projects, and economic impact analyses for non-profit business and housing developers. M MBA
Graduate from the Yale School of Management, Jooathan's· work experience includes marl(eting management positions with
the Carnegie Hall Corporation and teaching positions with the Xi'an .Institute_ of Economics and Rnance with the.People's
Republic of China He has consulted on small business projects for community .development corporations in New Haven,
CT and New York Oty, NY. .
INES PO~ONI ~S, Barn,,# 01111/gp111111r Qg11111/r1T11r
In . her capacity as an MTAP consultant, Ines Polonius spedaliles in the holne health care and distribution and supply
industries. Her strengths lie in financial analysis and providing strategic planning to entrepreneurs. Ines earned an MBA
and a Masters of Economics from Boston University. Prior to pursuing her graduate work, she worked five years with small
and micro-enterprise development prQjects in Chile, the Dominican Republic, and Gennany. ·
Wic Ware is a consultant wit~ areas ofemphasis centered around manufacturing, retail sat~. financial analysis, operations
management and marketing. He is an expert: irtdistribution and'. logistics •. Wic received his MBA from the Kenan-Flagler
Business School at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.' Hisp'rior job experienclindudes providing independent
c~lting services to small busi~ in the _corrugated box arxl retail book industries •. In addition, Wic held aY~
President position with a ~nandal seivices 1imi in New York, where his duties included:1he management of shareholder
communications. ·
David Willis is a consultant who has developed an expertise in both business and commercial real estate evaluations in
addition to feasibility studies. He is an Accounting and Rnance Specialist. David earned his BA in Accounting from North
Carolina State University. Prior to joining the Institute, he worked as a Corporate Banking Officer, where he established
and maintained a S 1 SMM loan portfolio. He has had experience as a General Manager for a North Carolina based service
company. David's community services includes participation on the Advisory Counsel for the Guilford Country Health
Department and a Mentor for at-risk teens.
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What do. some of our ,lients think!
MTAP Constiti_ng
'We are ITlCNing forward ~ defined goals and a solid business plan ... MTAP gets us much closer to ievefing the playing field.
This_ year, v.or1dng ~ MTAP, we have put together a three year strategic plan. This has never been done t1j the company
before. ~ these strategic goals and solid business plan for 1997, we should do even better than last year."
-Warren H. Arrington, President
American Safety Products
·MTAP is a much needed resource for axnpanies such as mine. As we an know, the more successful minority companies can
become, the bigger economic contribution they vt1ll be able to make."
-Julio Cordoba, CEO
VALCOR, Inc.
'We knew that IHC could not continue ,o run daily in such a haphazard fashion .... Now, 'Mth MTAP, we have finalfy charted a
cour.;e to take us into the twenty4irstcenturyl"
-Peaches Brown, President
lntemational Healthu.re, Inc.
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"We·realize _that MTAP is a~mandatory element in achiewtg -the professionalism,·growth and Mure success of [our
company] and that-is our.goal.·
-Yvonne Anderson , President
Antronix Oistribuiion if Supply, Inc.·
"Three members of the MTAP team worked on the agency evaluations and the costs savings to us were at least $25,000."
-Kathy Chapman, President
Assistant Care Providers, Inc.
"MTAP has assisted in putting systems in place to accommodate growth. We will use the business plan created through
MTAP in our presentations to banks for financing."
-Walter 8. Davis, President
WBD Construdion Company
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Community Outreach and Involvement Plan
APPENDIX 1-C
WARREN COUNTY STATISTICS
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Community Outreach and Involvement Plan
APPENDIX 1-C
WARREN COUNTY STATISTICS
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Warren County
North Carolina
Today, WJ1ITCn County is a thriving rural county that offers a robust tounst and recre.:itiom
environment anchored by the 50,000 acre Kerr Lo.kc in the northwest comer of the county and th
20,000 acre We Gaston in the norlhe:zst corner. ·
An excellent road network of
interstate and US highways make
the county an excellent location
for thase see.king to live in a clCJ1.11,
quiet community and yet remain
within an hours dn·ve of a major
metropolitan o.reJJ.. Residents have
access to a variety of cultural,
recreational, educational and
medical opporlunities. WJ1ITCn
County provides a great location
for distnbution centers that depend on both the highway and I'1111 service.
1he County leadership 1s a strong advocate of economic growth. There is a flurry of economi,
growth occurring with several new industnal plants arriving, several existing plllilts making majo
expansions, a new shopping center being mapped out and two new medical offices arriving. .-
(!Ounty-wide water system is being installed and a hast of potential dients make the next six to twe/Vt
months an exciting time to be investing in the future of the county.
History Location
Founded at the height of the American Revolution, Warren County's 464 square mile.s arc located in th,
Warren County is rich in historical tradition and has scenic, seasonable northeastern Piedmont section o
contributed to North Carolina four governors, six North Carolina. The northern boundary is coterminou:
attorney generals, three Supreme Court judges, and five with the Virginia State line. To the cast and abuttin~
magnates of the tobacco indwtry. The County is named the county boundary arc the counties of Northamptor
for a Massachusetts Doctor-soldier who died fighting and Halifax. The counties of Nash and Franklin arc tc
for independence at Bunker Hill. the south and southeast, while Vance County abut:
One of the first settlers in what was to become Warren
County was William Duke in 1735. Tobacco
immediately became the chief cash crop. In addition,
tar, turpentine, hemp, flax, pork, and beef were
produced for export.
Warren County has, down through the years,
maintained its historical heritage. Throughout the
County arc numerow evidences of a proud past.
Warren County has over fifty properties listed in the
National Register of Historic Properties. Many of-the
families living throughout the County today can trace
their ancestry to once proud leaders of Warren County
and the State of North Carolina. Ninety percent of the
Town of Warrenton's business area has been designated
a historic district listed in the National Register of
Historic Places.
Warren to the west The region in which Warrcr
County is localed is ref erred to as the Northeaslerr
Piedmont Section of North Carolina.
General Topography and Soils:
The topography of Warren County is typical of the
Northeastern Piedmont Gently rolling fields and broad
bottomlands arc crosshatched with ancient streams with
imaginative names like Nutbush, Stonehouse,
Hubquartcr, Hawtrec, and Possumquartcr. The
Roanoke River crosses the northeast section of the
County. The northwest section of the County, around
Manson, Wise, and Warren Plains, is high and flaL
The predominate soil associations in Warren County are
the Cecil, Georgeville-Cecil, Appling Durham and
Appling-I.Duisburg. These soil types cover over 72% of
the County and as a group can be classified as gently
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sloping to steep, well-drained soils with sandy loam
surfaa: layers over finn, red clay to finn silty clay
s_ubsoil_s. The associations offer only slight to moderate
lirmt.ations for development.
Climate
The average the average annual minimum temperature·
40. I° F, with an annual record mean temperature of
59.I°F.
The mountains have an important effect on the
temperature of the central and eastern parts of the st.ate
in the winter. They serve as a partial barrier to many
cold air masses that sweep southward over the interior
of the Nation. The lowest temperatures, therefore, arc
usually caused by air coming down from nearly due
north. Some snow falls in Warren County in the
winters, but is usually light, averaging 9 inches per year.
Such snow usually melts quickly and covers the ground
only a short time.
The average· date of the last occurrence in spring of a
temperature a.s low a.s 32° f is about April l I, and the
average date of the first occurrence of fall is a
temperature a.s low a.s 32° f is near October 25. The
average length of freeze-free growing season is
approximately 197 days. Temperature a.s low a.s
zero is a rarity in Warren County. ··
Rainfall is usually fairly well distributed with an average
annual precipitation of 48.5 inches in Warren County.
July, on the average, has the largest amount of rain
duri~ the year, and October, the lcasL ·
County Facts
The 1990 O:nsus lists the population of Warren County
as 17,265. The incorporated municipalities of
Warrenton, Norlina, and Macon have populations of
949; 996; and 154 respectively.
Total Population 17,265
Male 8,272 47.9%
Female 8,993 52.1%
Median Age 37.1
The Town of Warrenton is the County Seat and is
located at an elevation of 400 feet above mean sea level
at latitude 78!J 08' West and longitude 360 ZS' North
The To~ of Warrenton is governed by an elected
Mayor and Board of Commissioners who appoint a
Town Manager whose responsibility is to advance the
affairs of the Town.
Warren County is governed by a five-member Board of
Commissioners elected on a staggered basis. The
Chairman of the Board of Commissioners is selected by
Warren County
the other members of the Board and is chief executiv,
officer for the County. The chief administrative office
for the County is an appointed County Manager who i
charged with th,
responsibility o
con_ducting the daiJ,
affairs of the County.
Law cnforcemen
throughout the County
excluding th<
incorporated areas o
Warrenton and Norlina, is the responsibility of th<
Warren· County Shcrifrs Department. The Towns O!
Warrenton and Norlina also have a full-time polict
departments 'whose responsibilities include enforcin~
local ordinances and state statutes within the corporat.c
boundaries of each.
Warren County has th.irtccn fll'C departments serving ii
municipalities and rural areas with forty-six pieces of
fire-fighting apparatus. There arc ten rural fire districts
presently certified by the North Carolina Department of
Insurance. All districts arc rated either class 8 or 9. All
fire departments belong to the Warren County firemen'~
Association that provides countywide training exercises
and coordinates countywide fll'C activities.
All departments arc
connected to. a central
dispatch system lhat is
manned 24 _hours a day
by the _ dispatchers of
the Warren County
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Sherif rs OepartmenL Firemen arc· notified of f 1rCS by
tone sirem or air horns.
Warren County anploys a full-time Emergency
Management Coordinator to insure the County's ability
to prepare for and mitigate emergency situations and to
provide for direct response to (and After) emergency
situations. The Coordinator also plans, schedules and
canics out educational programs for the public. The
Coordinator works closely with local government,
business and industries, as well as the general public in
carrying our emergency management activities with
coordination at both the state and federal levels. Also
upon request the Coordinator is available to assist
Warren County busincsscs and industries in the
development of plans to protect life and property on
their sites.
Health Care
Maria Parham Hospital is located within twenty-five
minutes of Warrenton. Excellent hospitals such a.s
Dulce Medical Center, North Carolina Memorial
Hospital, and Wake Medical Center arc located within
forty-five minutes.
A variety of physicians and dentists maintain private
practices in Warren County and new facilities arc also
coming to the county. Two nearby hospitals expect to
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have clinics open by the beginning of 1996. A third
hospital is also beginning to look at the possibility of a
clinic.
The Warren Health Institute, located in Warrenton,
houses the following health care resources: Warren
County Health Department, Warren Health · P_lan,
Warren Wellness Center, Warren Home Health Agency,
and WIC Program. Acting as a center for health activity
for persons of all ages in the community, the Warren
Health Plan (a division of Vance-Warren
Comprehensive Health Plan) and the Warren County
Health Department offer, under one roof, a variety of
services to promote health, prevent disease and treat
illness.
The Vance-Warren Comprehensive Health Plan,
Inc., also operates HealthCo, a regional medical clinic
located in Manson, just off U.S. # 1. Physicians
specializing in Obstetrics/Gynecology, Pediatrics, family ·
Practice, Dentistry, and Internal MediciJte maintain
regular hours at this facility. In addition, a pharmacy is
located on the premises.
Ambulance Service:
Warren County Emergency Medical Service provides
twenty-four hour a day ambulance service staffed by 13
full-time and 12 part-time Emergency Medical
Technicians, and four ambulances. An EMT-I and EMT
rated Emergency Medical Technician respond to every
call.
·Education
Warren County has a consolidated school system.
All schools within the County school
system are accredited by the Southern
Association of Colleges and Schools,
and by the State of North Carolina.
Data released by the State Department
of Public Instruction indicates that
Warren County Schools in 1995
posted a 30-point gain on SAT scores as compared to
1994 test data. Twenty-one points were gained in the
verbal section, and 9 points were gained in .math. It is
significant to note that the number of students tested
increased by 10%, and that the increase in
verbal scores was the tenth highest gain "
by any school system in the state. ~
On the North Carolina End-of-
Course/End-of-Grade testing program,
Warren County log&ed the fourth highest I
gain in overall math performance in the
state for the 1993-94 school year. The system had the
tenth highest gain in the state in reading, and significant
gains on the Writing Test, which is administered to
students in grades 4, 6, and 8. The system was one of
only 20 systems in the state to show improvement in all
performance indicators.
Warren County
Currently, there are five (5) Warren County High
School students attending the prestigious North Carolina
School of Science and Math.
For the past two (2) years, there has been emphasis on
ensuring that schools are safe and orderly for staff and
students. Training in peer mediation has been provided
to all staff and students.
The John Graham C.cnter, an alternative school, opened
Fall of 1995. The school's mission is "to provide
educational opportunities for students whose needs are
not being met in the traditional school setting by
promoting a school climate that fosters academic
excellence, maximum personal growth, and the
development of productive citiz.cns."
Technical Education:
Vance-Granville Community College, located in the area
offers an excellent and varied curriculum and provides
for both industrial and technical training.
A Warren County _Satellite Campus is located in
Warrenton. This facility houses general classrooms, an
ABE/GED learning/testing center, a typing/word
processing lab, processing lab and an administrative
area. There are a host of classes of technical work, self-
improvement and college transfer offered to students.
Colleges/Universities
There are nine (9) colleges and/or universities located
in Raleigh/Chapel Hill, which is approximately an
hour from Warren County. Vast arrays of educational
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and cultural activities arc available through these fine
academic institutions.
North Carolina State University
Duke University
University of North Carolina
North Carolina Central University
Meredith College (Bartist College for Women)
Peace ( Presbyterian Junior College for Women)
SL Mary's Colleg~ (Episcopal College for Women)
Shaw University
SL Augustine's College
Louisburg Junior College is located within twenty
minutes driving time from Warren County.
Financial Resources:
Banks having offices in Warren County have assets
totaling approximately seven billion dollars. Savings
and Loan institutions located in the County has assets in
excess of five million dollars. It should be noted that
there are a number of savings and loan associations
located outside of Warren County that do business
within the County.
Taxation:
Warren County property tax rates are established yearly
on July 1. The current rate is S.90 per $100
valuation. Revaluation is required by state law every
eight years. ·
Municipal tax rates are established yearly in July. The
current rates for Warren County's municipalities are as
follows:
Warrenton S.60 per SI00 valuation
Macon S.30 per SIO0 valuation
Norlina S.50 per SI00 valuation
Business/Industry Recruitment:
The Warren County E:conomic Development is governed
by a nine-member Board of Directors. The Commission
employs a full -time executive director to implement
busin~ and industry recruitment activities in Warren
County and to assist existing industry in expansion.
There is a companion piece to this article that reflects
the most up-to-date economic development growth ..
The Region K Certified Development Company,
Inc. is a private, non-profit agency organized, chanered
and received certification by the Small Business
Administration in I 98 7 to initiate loans in c00pe ration
Warren County
with private lending sources under the SBA 504 loan
program for franlclin, Warren, Vance, Person and
Granville Counties (Region K). for this purpose, the
company will be authorized to sell debentures to a small
business concern with the Small Business
Administration's 100 percent guarantee. Proceeds from
the sale of each debenture are to be used for plant
acquisition, construction, and purchase of fixed assets,
machinery and equipment.
Objectives of the Region K Certified Development
Company are to create jobs, increase the tax base of
local governments, expand business ownership
opportunities, and provide long-term, fixed-asset
financing for ten-and twenty-year lerms. Eligible
borrowers are for-profit corporations, partnerships or
proprietorships. The net worth of the business must not
be in excess of six million dollars and its net profit aft.er
taxes must have averaged less than two million dollars
during the previous two years.
The Warren County Planning Board, as established
by the Warren County Board of Commissioners, is
charged with the administration of Warren County's
Subdivisions Regulations and Zoning Ordinance.
Currently, the Kerr and Gaston Lake areas of Warren
County have been wned and additional areas are under
consideration.
The Towns of Warrenton and Norlina have active
planning boards and wning enforcement personnel.
Shopping
All major type purchases can 6e made either in
Warrenton or Norlina. Warren Corners, a new
shopping mall, is opening in September 1997. In
addition, within a twenty-five minute drive of
Warrenton, there are shopping malls in Henderson,
Roanolc:e Rapids, and Littleton. In just an hour, you're
shopping in Raleigh, Chapel Hill, or R.oclcy Mount.
Housing
Warren County is graced with many beautiful homes
dating from the 18th century to the present.
Warrenton, in particular, boasts a distinctive group of
fine buildings constructed during the I840's and
1850's.
In and around both the towns of Warrenton and
Norlina there are attractive subdivisions with building
lots available. I.and is available on both Gaston and-
Kerr Lakes for residential construction. Many beautiful
subdivisions with available houses arc located on Gaston
Lake.
Churches
All major denominations are well represented
throughout Warren County and include, but arc not
limited to, the following: Catholic, Episcopal, Baptist,
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Methodist, Lutheran, Presbyterian, Pentecostal Holiness,
and Jehovah's Witn~--
Cultural Activities
Warren County is advantageously located with respect
to cultural activities.
Lakeland Cultural Arts Center is located 15 miles east of
Warrenton and features a variety of plays, dinner
theaters, instructional programs, and other fine cultural
activities. Lakeland also offers a school of the
performing arts attracting students from all over the
United States.
History buffs will find Warren County an excellent
location for both sight-seeing and research. Historical
sites abound throughout the County. Warren County
has over fifty properties listed in the National Register of
Historic Properties. The North Carolina Scenic Byways
Program has recently designated a 178 mile route
known as the Lafayette Trail. That route crosses Warren
County.
Events in Warren County arc: Homecoming Gathering
in April, rireworks off the Eaton Ferry Bridge in Jµly, the
Lake Gaston Seafood Festival and Norlina Days in
October and the annually Christmas Parade in
December.
Recreation
The County of Warren conducts a full-time recreational
program administered by the Parks and Recreation
Director. There are a number of baseball and basketball
leagues throughout the County for all age groups.
I.alee Gaston: is 20,000 acres of clear blue, fresh water
with 350 miles of shoreline (34 miles long). The water
of Lalce Gaston has officially been classified "A-2," the
highest rating in the eastern United States. Wat.er levels
vary less than one foot under normal conditions. Lake
Gaston has year-round appeal for quiet dining, fishing,
camping, sailing, golf, or
action recreation (boating,
slciing, dancing). Cottages,
mobile homes and boat
rentals arc available.
Kerr Lalce: is 50,000 acre
impoundment with over 800
miles of shoreline. Over 850
camp.sites are available. Three commercial mannas
provide excellent resources for boaters. Community
buildings with kitchen facilities and picnic shelters are
located throughout the parks for public use. The lake
attracts some three (3) million visitors annually.
North Carolina operates seven (7) state parks along
the lake with two of the parks in the county. Those two
(Z) parks attract over 150,000 visitors CJich yCJir.
Warren County
Civic and Fraternal Organizations
There are a number of civic and fraternal organizations
found throughout Warren County including but not
limited to Warrenton/Norlina Junior Women's Club,
The Warren County Jaycees, Shrine's Club, Rotary Club,
Lions Club, Voluntary Fire Department and many
church organizations.
Hotels and Motels
Hot.el and mot.el units are available near Lake Gaston,
and there are numerous hot.els located within a 15
minute drive of Warrenton.
There are a rtumber of bed and breakfasts in the county.
They are located on Kerr Lake, Lake Gaston, Norlina and
Warrenton.
Highways
Warren County is within ~ reach of both Interstates
85 and 95, with 1-85 crossing the northwest comer of
the county.l!-nd 1-95 being only 15 miles to the east. The
county is crisscrossed by US 401, US 158, US 1, NC 43
and NC 58.
Interstate 85 and US I is central Carolina's nearest route
to large northern markets exiting North Carolina
through Warren County.
Major US Hi_~hways Major NC lntcrsutc Highways
Highways
U.S. I (North-South) NC ◄3 1-85 (in Warren
(Z l.&acs) County)
U.S. 158 (wt-West) NC 58 1-95 (30 miles from
Warrenton) (Z l.&aes)
U.S. ◄01 (North-South) NC ◄ 1-◄0 (50 miles from
(Z Lanes) Warrenton)
Airline Service
Raleig:h/Durham International Airport: Local
commercial air service is provided by Raleigh/Durham
International Airport (RDU) located between Raleigh
and Durham, 55 miles from Warrenton. RDU has
three paved and lighted runways, 3,700 to 10,000 feet
in length.
Oxford/Hender.son Airport: Located 22 miles and 25
minutes from Warrenton. paved and lighted 5,000 foot
runway, paved parallel taxiways, full instrument
landing, jet fuel and complete executive. Maintenance
and hanger spaces are also available.
Nocarva Marina: Located on Lake Gaston, this 1,900
foot grass strip is listed in the Airport Facility Directory.
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Warren County
North Carolina March, 1995
[ MAJOR CROPS I
Tobacco -#1 Major Crop -3,000 acres of land
used in Warren County -approximately $10 mil-
lion dollar revenue.
Soy Beans -6,000 acres ofland.
Wheat -2,600 acres ofland.
Com -1,500 acres ofland.
[ FARMING I
Approximately 6,000 Beef Cows revenue -2-3
million dollars.
Approximately 1,000 Milk Cows
Approximately 35,000 Hogs revenue 2-3 million
dollars.
Approximately 3,000,000 Broilers (chickens)
revenue 1-2 million dollars.
Approximately 90,000 Miscellaneous Chickens
[ WILDLIFE I
Red Fox
Bobwhite Quail
Mink
Squirrel
Mourning Dove
River Otter
Musk.rat
Striped Skunk
Wild Turkey
Raccoon
Rabbit
Mallard Duck
Beaver
Bobcat
Canada Goose
Coyote
White-Tailed Deer
Warren County does not have bears or coyotes.
[ FORESTRY I
Forestry is Warren County's #1 economic
industry -out does tobacco industry -War-
ren County leads the state in the Annual
Value of Harvested Timber Crop worth ap-
proximately $44 million dollars revenue as of
October '94.
Warren County is 464 square miles -
273,000 acres of land area with 195,445
acres of forest land -which is 72% of land
area (forest) for Warren County.
Breakdown:
17.0% land area (forest)
39.2% farmers
2.1 % miscellaneous private/crop
41.2% Individually owned/
private land
.5% Public
[REPRESENTATIVES)
North Carolina House of Representative:
Representative Stan Fox
Representative Michael Wilkens
North Carolina House of Senate:
Senator Frank W. Ballance
U.S. State House of Representative:
Congresswoman Eva M. Clayton
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War~en County
North Carolina
Demographics
(source 1990 Census Report)
Total Population
Median Age
Male%
Female%
37 .1
8,272
8,993
17,265
47.9%
52.1%
Labor Force
(source: NC Employment
Security Commission)
Labor Force (May 1997)
Unemployment Rate (May 1997)
Per Capita Income
Weekly Avg. Wage (1996)
Employment _by Cat.egory
7,000
5.4%
$13,383.24
$ 334.46
Agriculture
Construction
Manufacturing
Trans/Comm/Utilities
Wholesale Trade
Retail Trade
Government
Local
State
Federal
236
283
1,041
145
41
464
1,211
905
263
43
Housing
(source 1990 Census Report)
Median Costs
Owner-Occupied Units
Renter-Occupied Units
General ·
Information
Electric Service:
$48,200
$ 130
Carolina Power and Light
Halifax Electric Membership
Natural Gas:
Available in some areas by Nov. 1997
Other Energy Sources:
Coal and Oil
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Key Trend and Status Indicators
Indicator Years Warren County
Population Change 1990-96 6.2%
Employment Change 1994-95 3.7%
Net Migration 1990-95 4.8%
Real Wages Change 1994-95 2.3%
Business Failure Rate 1995 8.5%
New Business Rate 1995 8.8%
Unemployment Rate 1996 10.1%
Poverty Rate 1990 28.2%
Per Capita Income 1994 $12,591
Average Annual Wage 1995 $17,032
Fiscal Capacity (<=100) 1996 3.6
Avg Age (yrs) of Industrial Plants NA 17
County Score of Key Trend and Status Indicators
Fbpula1on Olange
Errployrrent Olange
!let Mgration
Olange in Real Wages
Business Failure Rate
Jl.ew Business Rate
l.hen"ployrrent Rate
Fbverty Rate
Per Capita hcorre
Average Wage
Rscal Capacity
Average Rant Age
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North Carolina
10.4%
3.1%
5.2%
1.2%
12.1%
14.8%
4.3%
13.0%
$19,567
$24,374
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IL Economic and Demographic Data
Population
Population
Projected Population
1996
2005
Projec:tAC! Ann11;il Growth R;ite 199fi-200S
Labor Force
% Population in Labor Force
% Population Non-White
% Adults w/HS Ec111r.;ition
% Adults w/College Education
Employment and Wages :,:·.-y_~"·~~:;:./,";/:'..~f(~·-: . . .. ; . " .
";ltit@It~i~~'_t,,·:.
Agriculture
Construction
Finan/Ins/Real Est
Government
Manufaciurirog
Services
Wholesale T raof:l
Retail Trade
Tr;m.c;/Com/P11h l_Jtil
Total
218
244
56
1,114
1,262
549
36
419
123
4,024
5.4%
6.1%
1.4%
27.7%
13.6%
090/n
10.4%
100.0%
1996
1996
1995
rn90
1990
1.2%
5.1%
4.2°/4
15.5%
20.7%
5.3%
18.0%
4.7%
100.0"/4
18,331
19,247
O.S%
7,300
39.8%
60.6%
S3 .7%
7.1%
32.1%
17.9%
9.8%
-2.5%
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1.1%
-28.3%
-2.8%
6.0%
3.7%
7,322,318
8,138,759
1.2%
3,796,200
51.8%
242%
70.0%
7.9%
5.1%
1.n;,
2.2°/o
0.2%
5.6%
4.1%
4.9%
1.7%
3.1%
17.4%
Share of County Employment, 1995
Mani.II acturing
Governrrent
28%
Agncuhure
5°10
Nooh Carolin" Ocoartmcnt ofCommacc. i'l<J7 C,,univ •nd Rce1onal ~can,
32%
Retatt Trade
10%
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$12,155
$14.117
$19,137
$19,975 .. ~ ...,""' :S,fl,IL£
$15,090
$16,140
$11,603
$24,349
$17,032
Coostructon
6%
Services
14%
74.2%
58.6%
57.7%
77.1%
63.9%
66.7%
48.9%
83.3%
72.4%
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Warren County
III. Development Capacity, Accessibility, Infrastructure and Resources
0ev;~1 __ ';){>1Tient Capacity Checklist
County Development Program
Local Development CorJX)ration
Chamber of Commerce
Economic Development Plan
80% of population within 10 miles of a 4-lane road
Commercial Airpon within 50 miles
Interstate Highway within 10 miles
Wastewater Treatment Capacity Available
Natural Gas Available
100,000+ sq ft of Industrial Space Available
Industrial Park Sites Available
Nearest Major City (100,000+ population)
Distance to Nearest Major City (miles)
Nearest Commercial Airrx:>rl
Runway Length (feet)
Distance to Nearest Airpon (miles)
Nearest lnterstate(s)
Distance to Nearest Interstate (miles)
% Population within 10 miles of 4-lane road
Available Space in Industrial Buildings (in sq.ft.)
Acreage in Industrial Parks
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Raleigh/Durham International
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Municipal Wastewater Treatment
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Existing Wastewater Treatment Capac11y
Surplus Wastewater Treatment Capacity
2,000.000
1,418.100
109.1
77.4
County Score: Compares per capita wastewater capacity among counties from 1 /lowest) to 100 (highest)
Number of Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plants:
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LINC County Profile
LINC TOPIC REPORT: COUNTY PROFILE
WARREN COUNTY
WARREN COUNTY
Population
Persons/sq mi
County seat : WARRENTON
Pct Net Migration
Live Births
Deaths
Labor Force by place of residence
Employed
Unemployed
Unemp Rate
Nonag Wage/Sal Emp by place of work
Manufacturing Emp
First Qtr Payroll (000s) $
Emp Week of March 12
Industry Investment : New (000s) $
Expanded (000s) $
Industry Employment: New
Expanded
Retail Sales (O00s) $
Sales/Use Tax (000s) $
Acres Harv Cropland
Farm Income (000s) $
AFDC Recipients
Aid to Aged
Aid to Blind
Aid to Disabled
Income: Total Personal (000s) $
Per Capita ($)
Transfer Payments (000s) $
Registered Voters
Democrats
Republicans
Prop Tax Levies (000s) $
Pub School Final Enrollment
First Mo Avg Daily
Community College
Public College
Private College
Active Physicians
Hospital Beds
Infant Deaths
Prison Adm
Parole Pop
Probation Pop
Youth School Adm
Auto/Truck Regist
Traffic Accidents
Persons Injured
Fatalities
Primary Hwy Mileage
Secondary
Source: OFFICE OF STATE PLANNING
Elevation :
1991
17,36~
40.49
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215
204
7,708
6,792
916
11. 9
3,800',
1,190
7,054 $
2,316
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1,196 $
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22,119 $
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$ 10,851
52,740 $
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9,676
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1992
17,460
40.72
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251
7,524
6,779
745
9.9
3,800
1,230
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2,855
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1,475 $
16,200
22,407 $
1,191
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199,317 $
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57,915 $
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1993
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6,589
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1,210
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1,432 $
15,500
25,780 $
1,202
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Co~!}' Rankings Profiles
WARREN COUNTY: Economic Conditions
(definitions)
(Rank all counties by clicking on a measure)
Labor force 1995 ·
Employed, i 995
Unemployed, 1995
Unemployment rate, 1995
Pct . of Non-Ag Wage-and-Salary jobs in
manufacturing, 1995 ·
Average wage per worker, 1995
Per capita income, 1995
Poverty rate. 1989
Food stamp recipiency rate. 1995
Farm income as percent of total personal income.
1995
Harvested cropland as percent of all land, 1995
Gross retail sales per capita. 1995
Commuting ratio. 1990
http ://"rww .osp l.state.nc.us/osplbin/crpmain.cgi/respom
Curr. 1980
County Rank Rank Highest Lowest State
6,965 85 86 325,452 1,820 3,636,200
6,367 85 86 315,557 1,639 3,478,600
598 76 78 9,895 129 l 57,600
8.6 11 20 16.5 19 4.3
32.6 42 47 . 58.0 2.1 25 .0
$17,032 88 88 $33 ,864 $14,706 $24,374
$14,052 97 81 $28 ,520$12,334 $21,079
28 .2 I 28 .2 7.1 13 .0
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72 I 5 4 25.4 0.0 l.9
63 65 58 58.5 0.5 12.9
$3 ,306 95 88 $24,976 $2,165 $12,036
0.7 81 89 1.4 0.4 l.0
Source: North Carolina Office of State Planning
[http://www.ospl.state.nc.usj
Mon Feb 9 14:39: IO EST 1998
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WARREN COUNTY: Overview
History:
• County seat: WARRENTON
• Elevation (ft): 4S I
• Total area (sq. mi.): 443.4
• Land area (sq mi.): 428.6
Warren County was formed in 1779 from Bute County when it
was divided to form Warren and Franklin counties Located in the
northeast section of the state, it is bounded by Northampton,
Halifax, Franklin, and Vance counties. It was named for General
Joseph Warren (174-1-75), Revo1utionary patriot and physician,
killed at Bunker Hill.
WARREN COUNTY : Population and Housing
(definitions) Curr. 1980
(Rank all counties by clicking on a measure)
Population, 199S
County Rank Rank Highest Lowest State
Persons per square mile, 199S
Percent elderly, 199S
Children/elderly persons per 100 persons of
working age, I ?9S
18,137 80 80 577,479 3,812 7,194,238
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16.4 26.6 Percent of families that are single parent, 1990
Average housing value, 1990 $60,618
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WARREN COUNTY: Health Status (definitions)
(Rank all counties by clicking on a measure)
Birth rate, 199S
Percent of births that are low-weight, 199S
Teenage pregnancy rate, average, 1993~9S
Non-elderly death-rate, average, 1993-95
Medicaid eligibles per 1,000 population, 1995
Physicians per 10,000 population, 1995
Hospital discharges per 1,000 population, 1993
Percent of population aged 75 and over, 199S
Curr. 1980
County Rank Rank Highest Lowest State
10.4 86 4 21 .8 8.3 14 l
13 .3 4 4 17 .8 4.2 8.7
10.2 33 2 14 l 2.5 9.4
3.6 28 5 4 .5 1.7 3.0
253.9 15 3 320. l 76. l 157.9
3.3 85 89 27. l 0 .0 7.2
98.4 76 57 169.8 40.8 106.2
8.0 16 9 12.0 1.9 5.3
Persons served in area mental health programs per 1,000
population, 1995 57.3 17 44 107.4 9.7 35 6
WARREN COUNTY : Education Status
(definitions)
(Rank all counties by clicking on a measure)
Percent of adults (aged 25+) with high school
diploma, 1990
High school drop out rate, 1994
Community college enrollment per l,000 adults,
1995
Average SAT score, 1995
Public school final month average daily
· membership, 1995
Per pupil expenditures, 1995
Curr. 1980
County Rank Rank Highest Lowest State
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$5,287
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8 $7,979 $3,987 $4,749
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WARREN COUNTY: Government (definitions) Curr. 1980
(Rank all counties by clicking on a measure)
County government property tax per capita, 1995
County Rank Rank Highest Lowest State
Tax revenue as a pct. of all county government revenue,
1995
Voter registration rate, 1995
Percent registered Democrat, 1995
Percent registered Republican, 1995
WARREN COUNTY: Safety (definitions)
$361
55 I
74 7
89 9
7 5
16 56
58 98
43 40
3 13
98 84
Curr. 1980
$638 $134 $325
72 9 24 .8 583
966 36 8 71.0
942 13 7 56.7
76 .3 4.4 33.4
(Rank all counties by clicking on a measure)
Crime rate 1995
County Rank Rank Highest Lowest State
Prison admission rate, 1995
Subst. reports of child abuse/neglect per 1,000 children,
1995
Youth before court for first time per 1,000 children, I 995
Traffic accident rate 1995
WARREN COUNTY : Economic Conditions
(definitions)
30.4 67 98 122 8 0 0 55 .7
3.5 36 69 6.8 0.3 33
37 .1
22.0
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42 81
84 100
Curr. 1980
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48 6
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6.9 20.8
11.8 29 9
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Labor force, 1995
County Rank Rank Highest Lowest State
Employed, 1995
Unemployed, 1995
Unemployment rate, 1995
Pct of Non-Ag Wage-and-Salary jobs in
manufacturing, 1995
Average wage per worker, 1995
Per capita income, 1995
Poverty rate, 1989
Food stamp recipiency rate, 1995
Farm income as percent of total personal income,
1995
Harvested cropland as percent of all land, 1995
Gross retail sales per capita, 1995
Commuting ratio, 1990
6,965 · 85 86 325,452 1,820 3,636,200
6,367 85
598 76
8.6 I l
32.6 42
$17,032 88
$14,052 97
28.2 1
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7.2 15
6.3 65
$3,306 95
0.7 81
86 315,557 1,639 3,478,600
78 9,895 129 157,600
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81 $28,520 $12,334 $21,079
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WARREN COUNTY :
Environment\Jnfrastructure (definitions) Curr. 1980
(Rank all counties by clicking on a measure)
Water use (gallons per day) per capita, 1990
County Rank Rank Highest Lowest State
100.2
Point source emissions (tons) per square mile, 1995
Percent of homes that heat with electricity( 1990)
Percent of homes that heat with fuel oil, kerosene,
etc ( 1990)
Percent of homes that heat with utility gas( 1990)
Percent of homes that heat with wood( I 990)
Percent of homes that heat with coal, tank gas, solar,
other, and no fuel( 1990)
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Registered vehicles per 1,000 population, 1995
Miles of paved road per square mile, 1995
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WARREN COUNTY: 1994 Employment by Sector
Sector
AGRICULTURAL SERV, FORESTRY, AND FlSHING
MINING
CONSTRUCTION
MANUFACTURING
TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC UTlLITIES
WHOLESALE TRADE
. RETAIL TRADE
FINANCE, INSURANCE, AND REAL EST A TE
SERVICES .
UNCLASSIFlED ESTABLISHMENTS
TOTAL
County Business Pallems
WARREN COUNTY : Transportation
Nearest Commercial Carrier Airport and
Distance from County Seat
Rocky Mount-Wilson 40 miles
Nearest Sea Port and Distance from County
Seat
Morehead City 140 miles
Highway Mileage, 1995
Paved S 12.8 miles
Unpaved 130 2 miles
Primary 99 Smiles
Secondary 543 4 miles
Total 642.9 miles
12
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Employees Pct. of Total
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166 67%
I , I 91 481%
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443 179%
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WARREN COUNTY: 1995 Municipalities and Population
Municipality (or part) Population
NORLINA 1.047
WARRENTON
MACON
976
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Estimates by State Demographer. NC Qffice of Stale Planning
Source: North Carolina Office of State Planning
[http://www.ospl.state.nc.usj
Mon Feb 9 14:40:47 EST 1998
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Warren County Profile
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Warren County'• largest town is
Norlina and the county seat is
Warrenton. Warren County hu a
total area of 443.38 square miles, with
428.62 square miles of land areL
Income
Average Earnings (4th qtr 1995) --S4,129
Per Capita Personal lncome ( I 994 )--S 12,591
Median Family Income (1996) --· $24,500
Gross Retail Sales/
County (Feb l 997) -
Education (county totals)
1990 % HS Graduates --
1990 % College Graduates --
i 996 Enrollment K-8 -
19% Enrollment 9-12 --
Workforce
$4,961,064
53.7-J.
7.1 •;.
2,317
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Nardlwowm
t?..c.n.non1.ic
NC Rank:
95 Population (1996 ) --18,.331 80
98
97 ·
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%Chg 1990-96 --6.2•1.
Population Density -42.75 Per Sq Mile
1996
SAT
Warren County Schools 862
HSw/UNC
Req Courses
50.3-J.
Warren County's Unemployment Rate (March 1997) --5.6•/•
4th Qtr 1995 County Workforce by Industry Group
S«v
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% Population in Labor Force (March 1997) 37.8°/o
Active Job Applicants (4th Qtr 1996) --755
Total Work Force (4th Qtr 1995) 3,790 100.0¾
Agriculture -139 3.7%
Construction --201 5.3 8/o
Finance/Insurance/Real Estate --53 1.4%
Government -1,146 30.2°/.
Manufacturing --1,036 27.3%
Retail/Wholesale Trade --480 12.1•1.
Service --597 15.8%
Transportation/Comm uni cations 138 3.6%
/Public Utilities --
Note: Rankings I = High
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Warren County Profile
Warren County's average temperature in January is 38 degrees F and the average July temperature is
77 degrees F. The average annual rainfall is 45 incheL The county's elevation is 451 feet above sea
level
Taxes
1996 Property Taxes/SH)() Value --S0.8800
Last Valuation Year --1993
Next Valuation Year --2001
Number of Physicians ( 1995) --
Population/Physician Ratio( 1995) --
Population/RN Ratio (1995) --
Population/LPN Ratio (1995) --
Population/Dentist Ratio (1995) --
Number of Banks (1996) --
9
2,011
431
464
3,016
4
Wastewater
Capacity ( 4th Qtr 1996 ) --
Surplus ( 4th Qtr 19%) --
Gal/Day
2,010,000
1,588,970
Natural Gas Service
None Available
Phone Service
Sprint/Carolina
Electric Service.
Halifax EMC; Mecklenbu~ EC; CP&L; VEPCO
Largest Manufacturers
· Glen Raven Mills Inc Norlina
Peele Manufacturing Co Warrenton
Cochrane Furniture Co Inc Warrenton
Carolina Sportswear Warrenton
Atlantic Elbc:ru Venecn LLC Warrenton
Allan tic General Packaging Inc Warrenton
Saber Intl Ltd Warrenton
Georgia-Pacific Corp Manson
Arcola Lumber Co Inc W.arTcnton
Tar Heel Tire Sales&. Service Warrenton
Stearman Forest Products Warrenton
Coleman Pulpwood &. Logging Warrenton
Intl Paper Norlina
Faucett.e's Printing Service Warrenton
Product
YARN&. YARN SPrNNJNG (2281)
YARN & YARN SPINNING (2281)
FURNITURE PARTS&. FRAMES: Wood (2426)
CLOTHING: Outerwear, Knitted (2253)
BOXES: Wooden (2441)
BOXES: Wooden (2441)
BUTTONS (3965)
BOXES: Corrugated, Reinforced&. Cleated (2653)
BARRELS & KEGS: Wooden (2449)
TIRE RECAPPING&. RETREADING (7534)
LUMBER: Logging (2411)
LUMBER: Hardwood (2426)
WOOD CHIPS (2421)
BINDING SVC: Plastic (2789)
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iso 1978 Import/Export
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ISO 1991
100 1996
75 1991
70 1989
60 1984
60 1952
26 1966
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Otncr su21 10 total oc-:,ulat1on: Otncr u tne sue 01 Astan Aaer1c1ns. N.aittve Alllencans. ano Pac111c Islanders: eaoloy•cn1 1n nuiaoer ot Joo:; 1ncluoes . oroor1e1ors ano oart ·t t■c .1oos: eNntngs :>v 1noustry are earntnps of workers -tl'\e su,.1 of wa:,cs 6 s11\ar1es. oroor1etors lt\COllt . ,no citncr laoo< tncoae.
nist or1ca1 oat.a on nousenolos DY aoney 1nco•c or,cic:et ts for 1990 only lfroe U.S. Ocot. of C0&11crcc1 anc:J lS not cons1stent w1tn 11ean nousenolO tot,1 ocrson.11 "'Co•c oata: nouscnolos DY money 1nco11e or,ck.et proJecoons. 1n1-2020. ov •ooos £ Poole are oaseo on 1990 oau on1v: oleuc reaa -1ecMtcal Ocscr10:1011 ot 1nc l99J Ac910,ul ;orccast a'lO (lauoasc·· cCNotcr 2 Of tn1s reoort, tor an eii:olanat1on of oata SOU""CCS . o.ata oe11nit1ons. ano torecast TCtnoos : n1Hor-icat oata a suo)cc~ to revH1on: torecans are uncerta1n ,no future oat.a 1:ay olffcr SL.1Jstantunv tror wooo-.; , Poole :>ro)cct1ons.
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Community Outreach and Involvement Plan
APPENDIX 1-D
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
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ETG Environmental, lnc./BFA Environmental, Inc.
Warren County PCB Landfill
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I I I I I I I " ,--~ :-:· Occupational Safety and Health (OSHA) The Ou.:up<d.1,,n;d S;tft'.l~-;,nd Hc;dth I )1\·1:--11,11 .11!1111111_..:tc·r..._ :ind cnf11rc:<·-..1h1· 1~17.t Cl\x11p;l111111:il S;,f"cl\ .,;ul 11,-. .i,:: \,11ol .\:11,1!, Crlrnl1n;1_ ., l1n,;1dl\· 1nclt1:--1vt· law th.ii .1pplw .. 1 .. ,n11-..1 pn\·;,1.--..(·ctor cn1pl11y1ncnl ,n th,: ~litlt· .111d 11, .di .1~1-1t1 ,, .•• ,f ,Lit,· .,iHI local gvvcrrunc.:nt North Carul1n;1 tur11:1nh t•,11U,u t., 1,nc ,,I tht: 25 state-aclm,n,stered OSIIA pr1,gr;1111~ ,n the· n.,t,un Tilt· Occup;it11,n;,I S;,frtv ;ind 11,·;ilth ll"·,,11,n 1h,,.,,.~1, ,1 _ S,.t,-1, Cornpl1;1n<.T :tnci llc;tlth C1,111pl1~11H·•· Huf,·.,:1-,,,11d111\ ... :11,,,, th;\n :t_(j(H) 111:-.pccllun:-:. a yc;1r Tiu: dn 1,11111 1.-,:1rh1d .. 1il\,·,1,~.1 lions c,f ((1rnpla1nts n1,cidc· hy work,-r ... 111\t· .. l::,:.tl•tt~I .. ,,f \\lo• ... related accodenb and death,;_ rand1,111ly .•t·hedul..cJ lfbJ>1.:1.:t, .. 11, of firms. and follow-up 1nspectinns nf lirm-rir1-n1111.-ly roted for OSHA v1olauons. Worker c,,mpla,nt:; ;ol,.,ut un~;,ft-"' unhealthy working condition;; should he made: ,n wrot,ng t,, thc Occupallonal Safety and Health D1v1,-11m at the, xc,rth Carolina Department of Labor. In add1t1on to enforcing state OSHA ,;afcty and health ,-tan dards. the North Carolina program nffers free ,;en·,ce,; l11 the 180,000 private and public employers under 1t.< Jurisd1ct11·,n through its Consult.alive Services 13ureau. and c-ducauonal and engineering assist.ance through it:; Education. Trainin!!. ;ind Technical Assistance Bureau. By making full u:;e of these nonenforcement services. employers may bring their est.abli;;h-ments into full compliance with OSHA standards. Employer~ may contact the bureaus to receive free aid, including technical assistance or on-site visits. The North· Carolina Occupational Safety and Health standards parallel the federal OSHA ;;tan-dards. The North Carolina standards may be more strict than the federal standards, but they may not be less ,;trict. Serious violations of OSHA standards can res·ult in monetary fine:,; Dates by which .. the violations must be abated accompany each citation. The 1986 General Assembly enacled into law-a new program requiring the registration and inspection of housing provided t.o migrant agricultural workers. Beginning in 1990. everyone who owns migrant housing must notify the Department of Labor about the housing 45 days before migrants are Lo arrive. and the Agricultural Safety and Health Section of the OSH Division will conduct a pre-occupancy inspection of the housing. Migrant housing must meet the OSHA standards plus specific stan-dards for heat. fire protection. and kitchen sanitation. Migrant housing that does not meet the standards can subject owners to fines and abatement requirements. The division administers the North Carolina Hazardou:; Chemicals Right-to-Know Act of 1985 and coordinates a part-nership with the North Carolina Ergonomics Resource Center. which offers comprehensive ergonomic solutions to workplace problems and challenges. Programs such as annual safety awards and Carolina Star recognize employers and employee;; who establish and maintain good safety records. Private Personnel and Job Listing Services Tl..-l'r"·;,tt-l'i·rsonnd S,:1T1<T ()11111· lou·r,~es and n·!!ul.••· :" • \ 11, I"'' .._,,nncl ;,nd pil1 l,-..11n~ ,,-,\it,-.... ''Pt·r;1\111:: ,:' -.. l ·,111.1111;-1 Th,~ :,ct1,·1t,· \\;1, t11nd11t lc·d purs11;1nl I•• ' .. 1.111ilc-u11Ld IY7~J. wlu-11 .i ,,,rnpl1·l\:l,· II<·,\. ;,lt w~ ...... it .. :,> ihc Ccucral As"cmbly W,tlo the ne" l;,w lilni-: add•ll""·': .••· u-rt,011, lor Joh ;.ipploc.int, who u"· flt:r,onnel and I"" I,.,"" .,·n ,c,., th;it ch;iri::<· fn,, l11 .,ppl,c111t-The la" ,pet ,I., '-'"·' t11ntr;,ct rr,p11H·11u·nt, lwl\\'1•1·11 ,1n ;,pplic;1111 .,,Jti _1 .111d .1uthonzL·:--llu· dcp,111111\ nl , •• ,,, .. Pett l1te11--1·d 111,,,n n·c-c:ipl ,,I ;, fortn;,I r,,n,urn,-r \••rnpl;,int \II rharging ;i fee to ·apploc,111t, nru.,l he: 1,cen5ed toy the-,h 1••" 1 m<:nt Currently 7S service,< ,n lhC' st;itc arc und~r dq,.,,; ·•·· 11 t;,I Junsdict10n Serv,res that ;,rc solely emplovrr paid 11,.,.,: ., .. 1 he locensed by the department Training Initiatives The Bureau for Training ln,toalovc:s des,gns and ,mplt-111<·111-model employment and lr;i,nong programs Devclr,ped ,n , l11-•· cooperation with employer:< and industry spec1al,,l~. th,·0, Pf" grams serve target populations across many hu,,nc---.,11d industry sectors. The ,n,t1at1vc, include devel~ping md,, ,1::1.ol ,zed or group models. pilot of demonstration prc,gr;im, .,nd developing or field-testing new processes or tools. -------Workforce Training and Development \ \ The :Workforce Training and Development Bureau implement,; l I innovative job training programs lo provide long-term emplc,va-\bility for the unemployed. The bureau works with employers to develop employment opportunities for economically disad,·an-taged .youth and adults and dislocated workers. The hure.iu \ works to provide individual participants. through tra,n,n!! \ // with transferable job skills. ln1t1ated by local propo~al, frum \ . throughout the state. these programs are designed w place par-/ ticipants in high quality. long-term jobs. J ,______ _---:--·--.. -"" Bo~rds and Commissions -,. \ • Apprenticeship Council • North Caroliria Board of Boiler and Pressure Vessel Rult-~ • Mine Safety and Health Advisory Council • Private Personnel Service Advisory Council • State Advisory Council on Occupational Safety and Health ) Independent Board 0 // • Safety and Health Review Board ") ~ -J-~ VG -.,Jv'; _ ;fo" P,[u _ th u -/1 :J ·. J ,,1 ( ,,,_/"" \ Printed 2198. SM ~·. l) :,· :i.ooo copies or Lhis puhhc du<urnt.·nt ,.-:crUrrnted at a (05,l or ;-111 uf $ t•:--;,t•f copy. Minion Stolemenl I . I h C ol,110 by o 10,oer o \O e. eohhy. lo,r ond produchve North or •:• P,vv1d1n9 fC\pOn\1vc. ellect,ve ond eH,c,en1 \erv1CC\ •:• P,ov,d,ng ond cncou•og,ng quality educo11on and r,o,n,r.g -:-Adm,n,,1cr.n9 loorly our rcgulolory mondoie, -:-Enhonc,ng publ,c conl,dence in 1he Deporlmenl ol lobo• For Further Information ,.. l11form;,l1on .... _. __ .. ________ . _ .· .. .-\d1111n1-l Ltl 1un .-\:_:nrultur;tl S;o!t-ty ;ind Health. .-\pµn·ntoc-1·,-l11p ;rnd Tr;1oning. ll•11lcr, .111d l'n·.-,~urc Vessels H11dg,·1 .,:al \l.,11;,g<'mcnt ( :,,1111nun1c•Hu,11:--I )nag Ti.:.-.\111:,.: H.:..·gulatu,n El,-,·;,t .. r-.rnd .-\,nusement Devices Empl11, llh"llt \kd1<1llon 1-lum,111 Hc,;c,urn·~ L1l><•r :;1,11ubrd, Lolffaf\ . Mine;: and Qu;,rnes. _ ..... ______ . Occupational Safety and Health OS!i Information_ ..... _ .... __ ... I To report an ;.iccident or make a complaint Bureau uf ( ·.,n.,ultative Se!M'ices . Safety Aw:1rd,-.. ___ ..... . Car,,lina S1~,r l'rogram .... . Bun:-:1\1 .,f Eduration. 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[phone] 1-800-LABOR-NC Raleigh area callers. please use local telephone number~. :'Jo,1.h Carolina Department of Labor 4 West Edenton Street H.ileigh. North Carolina 27601-1092 lttlp:llwww.daLslale_nc.uslDOU , '·a-~ ---~ ',,~ rth Carolina partment of Harry E. Payne, Jr. Commissioner of Labor
I •: I I I I I I {I I ·1 I I I :I I I I I I Harry E. Payne, Jr. Commissioner of Labor About the Department The North Carolina Department of Lahor is charged by statute with promoting the "health. safety and general well-being" of more than three million workers in the state. The laws and pro-grams it administers affect every worker-and virtually every person-in the state. · The Constitution of North Carolina provides for the election of a commissioner of labor every four years. The commissioner is the head of the Department of Labor and also serves as a member of the Council of State. North Carolina law gives the commissioner broap regulatory and enforcement powers to carry out the department's duties and responsibilities to the people. The department's history dates back to 1891, when the General Assembly created the Bureau of Labor Statistics. In a reorgani-zation of the state's labor functions in 193 l, the General Assembly laid the groundwork for the Department of Labor's development into an agency with laws and programs affecting a majority of North Carolina citizens. The principal regulatory, enforcement, and informational pro-grams of the department are carried out by its divisions and bureaus. Advisory groups assist the commissiqner with policy development and program planning. The Safety and.Health Review Board of North Carolina is a separate unit, which oper-ates independently from the department. This board. whose members are appointed by the governor. hears appeals of cita· tions and penalties imposed by the department's Division of Occupational Safety and Health <OSHNC). The Department of Labor serves the needs of the workplace. I ts programs, as well as the information it makes available. help industry ·managers, small business owners. manufactunng employees, and all those who labor in North Carolina perform their work safely. For details about the department's programs. call 1-800-LABOR-NC or. in the Raleigh area. 733•7166. Th•· .-\ppn:nl.l<r:-:l11p .ind T,·:,111111:,.: l~un·.111 1•:111)'1,,1, .111d 111111111,JI' ... ., liruad r;ing<· 1l;1ppn·nl1c,·,h1p pr,•~·.-;,111-. d1·,1~·11,·d 1111,-,1111 1•11;r ,u·\"rtLlfl •lt·vcl cr;1h \\ 11rkt·1 ...._ t11 111, ... 1 ! l1t· d•·;1i,: :1d~. ,.; 1,1,tu--1.n,·~ f, ,, ha~h -..ki111·d \,·11rk1·r .... In l~l!H\ ;d11H1,I ~ 11(111, 11111.n, \\t·11· t·nr,,lkd 111 1hc ... ,· prl\,1l,· 111du ... l1., _,1q1p .. ,t,·d 111,,:..:::1.1111,. \,111t..11 .it'C cHithnn1.«·d 1111rh·r .1 PJ:~~J ,t;11c L1\, ,·n.u t1·d ·1,, t•·Lit<: lh4· ,lif' pl~· 0f ...;kdl,·d ,,11rk1·1, \1t 1·111plh.,·11wn1 cl,·111;11ul., ·· •\;-q,n·nllt·,• .... hq1 pr••~r;1111_ .. :1f1' 1·,1;1hl1-,hnl ,,,1h p1t\,tl1 • 11:1il1•'.• ,, ,,, 1111(14-1 th1 ,pi,fl,ftf--.!lljl 11! 1111111 l.dt11J lll.11\:1~:1·1111·1)1 111111?11!11, t 1111-..11111, ,::1 c·ncuut:•~1·---h1~I, --• h,11,I ... 111d,·111 .qq•11·1,;11, ... ,11:! !:i~li ,, :1 ... ,l ~!'Ltdlldl••..;. :,, p111.--.1H· .q1p1t·11t1n.-.--.l11p t!·.~:?i111;: .1-_., ;i1t·;,1, .. !,, ;irqu,n· ,t,•;uh·. fulldl,ng ,·mplovm,·nt .,1 1·xn·ll,·nt v,age" .,nd "·,th c;1nct·r-1k-,·1·l11p11wn1 polnll.1:11 .-\pp,·cri\ln·, !,,-~111 ;,t a li.xcd pcrecnla~t.: of_1oun1t.:~--n1an ra~· and 1·t'.ct·l\·t.: ph,nnt:d wage 1ncre;t:'"\· es as th,•v le;,rn n1·w -k1lb Appr<:ntin·.-;h,p-r11mti1n1: slructur<:d on-the _111h tra1n111g "'1th r!'l;.t.cd t.n:hnicil tr,1111,ng _ furn,shl'U h\ the 1nd1nd11al empl .. v,·r cor at a -:omm11n11y u,llegt: ,,,-lech111c;d ,nstitut<: The h11n·,1u 1:; the admini;;trat(ir in North C<1rol1na uf the National Apprenticeship Act of 19:37. which cr.:ated the mech<1ni-111 to 1::-tahli,;h un1fur111 ,;tand.ird,;_ apprr" •:, ,tpprenl ice· slup pn,~'Tani-thJt 111.-cl e:it.abli,-ht·d nn,.-na. h ;, 11:rnrcls clepu,;-tory. and ,,;sues n,mplet111n r1:rtific;1t,:,; l" cit,1.(•11, __ \\ h<, c1J111plrt,· ·ap.pr1:i1tin·sh1p tra1nin~ Boiler Safety The Boiler Safely Bureau enforce•,-; the Uniform Boiler and Pressure Ves;;d .-\n of North Carolina. This law. which became effective in I 97(i_ ,•xpandcd coverage of Hatutcs that had ex1sH-d since 193;'.. The bureau regulates the construction. 111stallation repair. altcrati1111. ,nspcction. use. and uperatjon of vessels "uh-Ject t11 tht· law The hureau conduct;; periodic 11i;pcct1on,; of ,·c.;;scb un<ler 11., JUri:;diction and moniH,rs inspcccllnn rcpon., by certified in;;urance company inspectors. The bureau main-tains record;; cuncerning the ownership. location. and conditic,n of boilers and pre::;sure vessels being opernted and issues oper-ating certificates to boiler owners and operators whose equip• ment is found to be in compliance with the ac·t More than 84.000 boilers and pres$ure vessels currently are on record with the bureau. Drug Testing Regulation The General Assembly in 1991 enacted into law the Controlled Substance Examination Regulation Act, which protects individ• uals from inadequate controlled substance examinations both before employment and on the job. This act sets out minimum procedural requirements to be followed by employer;; "'h" choose to test employees and applicants for drug use The act provides that examiners have the option of performing on•site screening tests for prospective employees. All other employee drug ,;crcening;; are lo use only approved laboratories when conducting t·x,11111nations. All positive initial•screening re:;uh:; must be confirmed by very specific laboratory procedur<:s Tlw 1-:1,-,,n .. , ·""' .\11111~1·11..-111 llt·v1u· Bi..-cau ,s re;;p<1ns,hlc f11r lh,-rr"pt·r 111,1 . .!l.,1 ,, ,11 .,11d ,;,(,· "fll:ral.111n .. r ;ill cl1:v11tors. esc;1(11l•II' \\11r"kn1.111, 11,q-.1, d11111I," .111l'I''. nu,,·,ng w,,lks .. aen<tl p<1:--:-,;.c11:,.:,·1 II'""""'" -.,1111,,,·111,-nt nth-,. ,nd111cd railw.iys. and liftini; dcv•n·, 1 .. , l"'"i'I, ·,·. ,,I, <1,-.,1,,1,,.,., lh.tl "fJ"r"tl-111 public est;,hli~h•n"nt.• •,-,u-pl 1,-,lt-, .,I !,,,,ld111:_:,, .,11d pnv;,t..:: pl;iccs of employment j\lon· 1li.111 ·!·! ·!1111 •11-1.,·1.t,.,n, ,,rl' r•1nduct1:d annually hy this bureau "l11d1 111 -; ,,,,,:,: : .... k ,,._ pn ,;,d" ,,tfcty c•o<lc ,nspi:cuon proi;ra111 '" :·1t'-i Ii 11 .. \, ,., .. ,.it,--1111111·1·.1 tn'\ p:1 . ...;:,;.t'd h~ thc(;cncral As.,c:111hh 111 l~ISh \:1. , .. :1,;,.111, .. : 1w1 ,1111 ,,anting to erect any cqu1pnll·111 ,;11d1·1 1hi, !,;JI, .,,i .. i11n,d11.'l11111 t·.\rept anluscnH:nt rid<:~-111u .... 1 ,1,l,11111 pl.,11-.,nd .q,pl1c,t11111.-; for approval prior to installation .\n~, n11np;11l\ 11r 1u-1 '"" '"·.11,t,ng t,, opcr.-tte amuscn1cnt devices : .... requ,n·d l•• -111.11111 " luc,tu,n notice in writing to the bureau·., Haleigh of11t,· .,t 1,·.ht liv1· days prior to the intended date ofcipcr;i-llon The lwrc.111 ,nil h,11t· an installation permit, which must be p,,,H-d ,_,n tlw ,,,h ,,te .'\II 11cw inst;_illations. as well as all alter-;1t1on, t,, t·\l,t,ng cq111p111e11t. ;ire inspected. In addition. bureau r><'r~nnel tunclud rc·gular. pniodic inspections of all ride operating c4t11p111ent ,n th.-,late and 111,;pect amusement rides before they ,opt:rilte ill ,-,.ch loc.111011 t::mpinycrs. institutions such as church<:;;_ ;,ml p1w11tc ind,ndual;; who cl,·sire technical assistance in selecting .1nd .in~tall,ng .-«le liflmg dt•,·1ce:-for people with disabilities may ,,r4u1n· help fr,,111 the bu,·cau The bureau also offers architects and huilders a ~1:r-·1t1: of ,·evicwing plans for code compliance on pro-fit•sed 1nstallauon;; of elevators and related equipment. Employment Mediation The Emplovmtnt Med1:1twn Bureau directs the department'~ efforts to rcst1he c,mflicb between employees and managemen~ ,n tlw .-orkplact' Crcau:d by the General Assembly in 1941..thc. hur<::iu ha;; sought tc, hrin~ about voluntary, amicable. and (·xpeditious ~cttkment of d1spute·s between employers and employees that otherwise are likely to result in strikes, ')'•ork slowdowns. or lockouts. Conciliation and mediation are non· binding processes whereby parties to a labor dispute seek the a:;.sistance of a neutral third party to help them settle their dif• ferences Arbitration is a procedure whereby parties, unable to agree on a solution to a problem. indicate their willingness to be bound by the dct:ision of a neutral third party. The department mJ3intains a panel of highly qualified and experienced in4ividuals who ar:e available to arbitrate controversies and grievances. labor Standards The Labor Standards Bureau administers and enforces the 1979 North Carnlina Wage and Hour Act, the Retaliatory Employment Discrimination Act. and statutes regarding the employment of youths under 18 years of age. The state's Wage and Hour Act consolidates four previously separate st.ate laws covering minimum wage. maximum hours, wage payment, and child labor Minimum wage. overtime. and youth employment prons1ons generally apply to all North Carolina businessc~ that are not sub_1ect to the l.j S. Fair Labor Standards Act p.-.111u~ed v;H:alion. su·k p;,.,-. ,,r oth(·J" hcrH·fit.--. Cfl\'l'f ;ill 1 :11!,;., 1-.-s 111 North Carolina 1·xt..-pt tho:-.c: empl,n·,·d 111 li-d,-r;,i -:.,; ;111d l11c.-al J.!OV(·rnrnent Tht· C«·ncrcd f\:---.;1•n1hl, p;1:--:--.,-d .. !.1·:. p1~1--:-"t·cp1n!,.! tlu· "Lill'-... 1111f)IJ11lllll \\;t!,!l' lilt· ..;.;11nt' ., ... :J, .. ;,I 111ir1111H111l \,·;,:,:,: .J\n l·111pl11v«T 11n1-..l \\11rk for 1111,rt· 1h.1:1 h1111r, 1n .in~ w,,rk \\.-tTk \11 q11;d1f, 1'11r 11\·•·1"111111· 11nri•-1 L,w, Y11ulh 1:mpl<,ynwnl u·r1il,c;1tc-;,r,· n·qu,n·d f.,, ·.-... , >-· und!'r 18 ye;1rs uld Th .. ren,lit ;it,·,,,,-,.,,-:,,l;,l,I,· f,,,,,, _,II,,.,, ... ,.< 1;il ,('1T1u· ~1g,:nc1c, .111d 111,111 ... 41111f• ~1 !1t111I -\ -1,·111-:.=-11111p h pn1h1h1tcc.J fr11111 !14._·111~ cnipl,,-.,·d 111, •. , 1.,::1 !,.,, .. 11{tup;1llf1n:-. Thc.:n.: an· d.11h ,ind \\•_-,-kl, 1111111---11·~1:" hn::1k rc.:4u1rl'llH:nls. c111rl :1dd1t1on,,I \,11rk l11n11.1t11,;~-;,,. ;incl 1-'l--.ear•old workers Youth-;,g,· I"!. ,111d I.; ,n,,·. 1:111ploy1:d for ncw.:<paper dcll\--cry f",-,d11i-!1 ;, ,·,,11th ,_-11,:,! .. nl!'nt cert1f1titlC h not required Emplo,·111cnl fur n,:nh-c,11: age 12 1s generally not permitted Full and pa,·ti;d t·\c·mp11,, from the youth employment req111ren11:11t, u11der th,· ·" 1 ., grnnu~d for ccrt;t1n o<.:-cup:-il1on:--. ~uch ,1. ... th,,_ .... <· 111 .,;_;r;l11!\1, ;,nd domestic work The bureau ,n,·c;<llg;ilc.-"·,,,·ker ,,,i:,pi.111' and cullects back w;.ges due employee, The bureau alsc, enforrl'.-the H1:L.1l1;,t .. ,·,· t-:,11pl .. , 11" :ii Ii, criminallon Act This I 9<J·l I;",· pr<,tcct.-c111plu,·,T, "h,, 111 ,: ... faith file or iniuatc 11n ,nqu,n· ,n rclat,.,11 t,, "·co1k1·r-,_.,,11qJt-sat10n claims or e:-c1-c,,;e tht'11· nl!ht-11111!.-r , h,· ~L•k, 11._-. ;::; tional Safety and Health Act. the Mint· :---:tli-t_, .. ncJ He;,lth .-\, or the Wage and Hour Act Investigator-,nipanialk c,,i:n!! all written complaints filed with the dep,1nn1,·111. under th,·"' If a complaint docs not h;n·e merit ;, 11c.:ht-t1,--1Jt· !,-1:1·1 issued to the compl;,1n:111t. who rn;n th,-,, pur,u, !h--, I.,, through litigation If the compla,nt "'f1,u:1d t" ht· ·.:,,i,d !1, 1· bureau. the dep;irtmenl ;1t1c,mpt.:< concil1.1t1r,11 thr .. u...:h 1:1!,.r:n means prior lo i::;.:;uing a nght-to-~ul' lt·lll·r 11r t.1k1n~ i:~\· l·••: plaint to court. Mines and Quarries The Mine and Quarry Bureau enforces the 1~75 Mme Saic and Health Act of North, Carolina and conduct;; a broad progra of inspections, education and training, technical assi;;tance. a, · consultations to implement provisions of the act. Previous Nor· Caroli.na laws on the operations and inspection of mine.; a, quarries in the state date ba1;k to 1897. In 1977 the Li. Congress enacted the federal Mine Safety and Health Ac requiring mine and quarry operators to meet specific standar, designed to achieve safe and healthful ~orking conditions f. the industry's employees. The Mine and Quarry Bureau as;;i3 operators in complymg with the pro,·i,:1011~ of the federal " that require them to train their employee:' in safe working pr cedures. Some 460 private sector mines. quarries. and ~and a1 gravel pit operations employmg more th;in -t.500 citizen.; " under the bureau's Junsdiction The bureau .ilso in,-pen.; :ib;i cloned surface mines for the protection ,,r the [!l'ner,11 puhl, promotes rockhound safetv. and conduct, ,111 c-xµl,.,,,,·t·.' -:if•: course for anyone handling or u;;ing .-xplo,,,·,·,
What Do North Carolina Employers Think About Apprenticeship? "All our Apprentice graduates since 1984 continue their efT]ployment with AMP. Some graduate Apprentices have continuep their education, resulting in promotions to technician positions. The Apprenticeship Program ranked very high with our employees in terms or opportunity and morale.·· · J. DeWill Pace, Senior Manufacturing Engineer /\MP Incorporated. Greensboro. NC ·Apprenticeship Programs have contributed significantly to improvements in our productivity, product quality and plant safety. Safety performance has improved eighty percent in the last five years." M. I Harris, Engineering/Maintenance Manage,· . PCS Phosphate. Aurora, NC "The need for skilled people continues to grow. These needs can be met through Apprenticeship Programs where both companies and employees gain benefits The sponsor company provides growth opportunities while building a strong work force, and the Apprenti<;e earns and learns skills they will keep for life." Doug Hudgston. Tool Room Supervisor . Pass & Seymour, Concord, NC-.-.-: ::~The Ndrth·~r61iti~lff.6itkeship Program has -· :a!lpw~jiltqf~!8~t~pf§jees at the skill l~vel we_ 'need fo:stay c:om~Jitiv.®At:C:the same time, it gives the . > .,Appr~iitic¢,a:wp_fi9.~i~nity to further his career '~\(~ '·and edutatiori>Jli~6'6st~ and the st.ate of North t(lt°~1121•~~=;;; r ':'"':.~:_,><:;.Mlhe Ndrth:Ca;dliR1YAppreliticeship Program has proven to be an unequaled resource fo~ the technical training_ a~d_ s!<!l~i.Qi)'.e!OP.~ent of our ~~ncy ~!~r1J:;ft~~t='.·;~1;:;e~:~~~ among program participants." Robert. H. Brown. Personnel Director Lenoir Memorial Hospildl, Inc., Kinston . ."fC Here Are Just A Few Of Over 800 Apprenticeable Trades Registered With The North Carolina Department Of Labor i;, .. 11111.ng dnc1 Con:.liu{1,0n l1dck') !:1,,:0:l,:·i, _r ,,•1,11,,: •"\-.ii,,,._, . ,,, ",.,, ... L;,._., :·,(111:1 F,hf'Jy!rls, I\.;,,, i•: .. -· (..;ldltCr Heavy Equ1pn-,,:,,1 ():,._. ~1,,1 lnsuldtOf Ldnd Surveyor L,ne Erector Lmoleum dnd Cdrp<>t LG.,, .. Locksmith Millwright Pd,nter P,pefitter/Plumbef Powerl1ne Techniciclr. Remforcing Ironworker 51.,,ned Gldss Gt..,oer 5:ructural lronWO<ker Industrial Trades -~tomotive Machirnst Cloth Cutting Mdchine Operdto, CNC-uithe-Machinist Composer/Conect()( (Conventoo,,.,ll Electric Mo!°' Repairer Fork Lilt Mechanic Gage Mdker Grdnit'. S..wcr (Rotdry S.,w1 H~dvy Equipment ~chdn,c lmdge ,-\ssembler lndustrlill Carpenter lnduStrial 1-\achinc Repairer Instrument .'-\echa0tc Loom Futer ,'\achine F~ Techn•cian •~st"-, ----"Mainter>ance Mechanic Mold Mdker Moulder Machin,e Operat°' Plant Mdintenarii:e Mechanic Ouality Control Technician Saw Filer · · Scanner Operat°' s~ ~ Fabricat()( Tool and Cutter Grinder Tool and Die Maker Toolmaker Water Plant Operator Welder Servi« Trades Nrcraft~ Nrcraft Mechanic Auto Body Repairer Auto Technician Awning Maker Baker B:n<.J(:r•.-!":'(hn,r •.-J•• l',,:111•:<; f\,1,1 "\t-!J,rdl EQlJt(Hl1t·111 T(·,:l1n11 ,.-: Unvk l3,11d"='' Md("h11•~-(Jpt:,i1!1,; i\u-,,nt-;'> .-,".,;( h111t,·..,. r'-\,-, !.,):"'••• { .,.-,l.. t i,.Jlci dn<.J h.'t·..,1.Jl,:,11 · (vl,n(I(-~ ,-,,~,t"lll•! f>t-ntdl 1c( hnl(ldll I >t:vC"k)(lm(.·n1dl l{~rlH:1~·,~:• I.J1l·SCI lnJ':Cl1(1n M\.-c,:li.:111• Dry Cleaner Elecuic Ap;>itdnce Servit. ~: Electrical lns1rumcn1 J.lepa,~e, Electronic Techn,ci.an Farm Equipment MechdnlC Floral ~signer Front End Mechanic Fuel ln1ect,on Servicer Funeral Service Furniture Upholsterer vdS Appliance Servicer 1 ioUcourse Technician Gunsmith tiedlth Cdre Technician ieweler "\arine Equipment Mechanic -~dt Cuner Mot°' Boa1 Mechanic Motorcycle Mechanic Ofr,ce Machin,e Repair Offset Press Operat°' Optical Technician Optician p.,r15 Clerk Photo Retoucher Photo Stripper Photographer Photolithogr apher Phototypesetter Operator Pneudra.:lics Systems Mechanic , Printing Press Operator Radio Repairer Raaio Television Repairer Refrigeration ~nic Rotogravure-Press Operat°' Sewing Machint Repairer Sign Technician· Surgical Technician Traffic Signal Repair~, Truck and Trailer:Body Repairer Truck Driver (Multi-Rear Axle) Venaing Machine MtCchanic Web Press {)pmtoi' .. · X-Ray Technologist_• Public Employment Trades Deputy Sheriff Fire Meo,c Firefighter Paramedic Public Safety Offket Police Officer fur A Complete Listing Of Apprenticeable T @des, Contact The North Carolina Department Of Labor At 1-800-LABOR-NC 8,000 copies of this public docun,en/ u...,., printed di ., COSI of S 1687.00. Of 21 c per CO()<J
'I ~ ~ I 'I I I I I ~I I ;I I t :·c :: I I ·1 I I I I What Is Apprenticeship? ·\111J1•·11l1((:<,il1r ,~ il v•1!,111l,11". ~ySIClll of employee i1,·?1111:1\1 11 { ,,n1'111,i·-..., ,11 !!11· 1111• 1:,111urHJ w1lh techn1c<,I 1!1-...lllll_(H ,11 n,c p(·r~u11 lca,n111q Itw 11,1<1,· ,s called the App,cnt,n· .1;1t1" I,11,ql11 by a ~kdk:tl "''";,,., , allcd a Jow11cyn1c111 l i11· le< i1111, . .;I <"cluCdt,,,,, ,11dv lw ,H1)v1dcd by either the employer. <1 local comrnun,ty college or technical ,nstrtute. rn through correspondence courses The programs usually take 3 to 4 years to complete and require at least 144 hours of related instruction per year Wages typically begin at about one-half the Journey-North Carolina ·s Apprenliceship Program serves a diuerse populalion. including women. minorities. youlhs. and dislocated workers. man rate (but never less than the mini-mum wage) and rise as the Appren-tice progresses. Apprenticeship Programs are registered with the North Carolina Department of Labor Apprentice-ship and Training 8.ureau. The Bureau provides free assistance to the employer and the Apprentice. and certifies the training program and the newly-trained graduate_ What Industries Use Apprenticeship? The U.S Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration currently recognizes over 800 occupations as apprenticeable trades. While nearly every industry can benefit from the Apprenticeship Program. here are some of the more common categories. with examples of trades in each. . "\ ~: '-\.1~1lll,1• ittlllltj ,\ \,:• ! '.ii !\,1 '. )11 ( )! j ll ! I:·, It . f '. 1; i Ii 1:~ f " ' . ' ~'\..,. •,;; I ~\! I ~:.-t.· ~:"''\_ ~,l, . :-_···_ 'j::;,_ /"' ·•t '·" I J, If • ~~ ,, ·1 l I{ , : I I 1 ' ( j 1: ~ ! ' ', ll ! ~ 'r , , : · .. ; ,! t \ I 1 · r t 1 ' I I• ·•\ •. :1 , :I ~~1 •1 ! ,Id') ! it•c::J ! I ( ,Jll j(•( ill l1• i,11\ :!• ,; Elcc1,,c ,ar. Hr,rkla·.-cr (drp<:111(:1 Plur:ib('I 'P,pel,1tt:1 \V,:ld,·1 How Are Apprenticeship Programs Set Up? Together. the employer (or group of employers) meets with the Department of Labor to develop the Standdrds of Apprenticeship·· These include (I) administrative practices. (2) schedule of work processes. ()) related instruction program. and (4) wage schedules The Department of Labor works with each employer to create a flexible program tailored to that employer·s needs. Upon approval of the program by the Department of Labor. the employer recruits employees who enter into a Apprenliceship. by virtue of irs success in preparing skilled workers. helps North Carolina compcre more ef/eowety in rhe glol'dl economy and conrribure~ 10 rl1c Sl<ilc , L'Co110111,c an-dOl'•'IL·11: t &-:--•··-··· .. 'l!ii····•···-··-i ... ~ ~ \,a 11lf'll r\pp1 en11r (·~: 1•: · :1qrc·c·r111··(1: ,_.:,ti1 i~,. jH11q:r1:·1 -.;>i ,n:.,t,! ; I' -.; }f I! I",• ,r i '. H •i l ,:_:;~i · . :1,.111, ;!,,· .-.1,1i--:t·; I.ht cri lf)I< ,vi·(· cHJi ..•. 1:, ·,'JI 1rl--. Q: r:"l")l(i;" I l -. ~-. ··-·· .. .--.. ,. ;q.-.. ··-· &----·-··---'.--... '.<J-.,i-.", :111(1 :,,;;7,.-1: r, ·idH·<l 1; 1 --,l( ,t ; !' • r){ ·f I• ,(~h '. Ji J' • '" reviews check tile employees advancement a11d evalualt ,.c;,l' ,ncreases A Department Con-,uhant ,-; also availahlc: 10 p:, ,,.-J, assistance and monitor the programs compt,ance w,th :-,f' agreed upon Standards ·· Once training rs complete. the Department ot Labr,, ,ssues a nationally recognized C·,r,j,,·,,r,· r,{ (:p:;•i,·;,.-,, the program graduate. Why Establish An Apprenticeship Program? Apprenticeship is an excellent way to obtain h19h-qudl1ty. skilled craftspersons. Employers direct the training. so Apprentice employees become familiar with the employer·s work processes. equipment and policies during the training program. While some of the training provided is generalized instruc-!.:.e ~i;;~l;l(\ .::1r:!Ii:~:/\ ., .,:,. ,· . . .. ... ,~. --:1~-?.f 9 s i(api . "'i .,;..i·~· ,,cc::aa,"I ·-.. :t' =• " f ..... ,~• " ~. ,.1:-~ [Y;,~~-;-;;i;},_~1! ~-_,_, -. . ..,,._,,. ,Q. a: tion. reports indicate more than E.~1->erlS agree. /\pprenlio:,hi;; half of the skills learned in l1a:< the fJ0Ce111ia! ro OC•h·.'i, Apprenticeship are company specific. So the sponsoring employer certainly receives great benefits. Employers who offer career advancement opportunities such as Apprenticeship. report higher morale. better motivation and increased job satisfaction. If Apprenticeship sounds promising lo you. call the North Carolina Department of n11111i:1uus ,ndui-tnc:--!h;.:~·;..·!J4 mc:ecing rhe need, ot" ,:·.:;.-:,1,,, ni(·~ .-111d citizc,i,; see~·,:•,: "1:,1i.-quc1lily·goods ,1n<.f >'t'll 'ICt:S ;·.:;,. l•fl&I MIN 1· 1"' Labor al 1-800-LABOR-NC. and one of our representatives will be happy to discuss how Apprenticeship can benefit vou. High School/Youth Apprenticeship Program One way companies remain compet,1,ve ,s 10 ,nvc~• ,n the quality of their employees. and the H,gh Schonl Youth Apprenticeship Program helps them do that l h,, ,r,dustry•drrven education and career tra,ning prr,qram lets companies participate in the training of students before they enter the workforce. which reduces emplc.,ycc-turnover and the cost of training and retraining new employees later. How Does It Operate? • The apprentice enters a high school/ youth apprentice-ship in their junior or senior year. • The apprentice works on a part-time basis dur,ng the school year and full-time in the summer. • The apprentice·s work-based learning is monitored and evaluated by the employer. • Related academic and technical instruction is coord,. nated by the school to connect work-based and school-based learning. • After graduating from high school, the student moves into an adult apprenticeship program and continues his/her education. usually at a local technical i commu-nity college. • When the apprentice successfully completes the required number of !:lours of work-based learning and related classroom instru~on, certification of occupa-tional and academic mastery is awarded. • Toe apprentice has the option1of entering the work-fmce ·and/ or continuing~her education_ "The NC Apprenticeship Program· is a perfect vehicle for par.ipepng the employer .with)he ~al school system. Community College. and the State: This unique consor -tium gives the best students a fast track to a successful career in many traditional occupations and gives partici-pating companies first pick of these great candidates. At ACCUMA Corporation. we believe the future leaders of our company and industry can come from this program·· Robert. D_ Bourbeau. Engineering Manager ACCUMA Corporalion. Slatesuille. NC
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Community Outreach and Involvement Plan Warren County PCB Landfill
APPENDIX 1-E
WARREN COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION
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PRESS RELEASE
Warren County Economic Development Commission
130 N. Main St., P.O. Box 804, Warrenton, NC 27589
Contact: Allen Kimball
Phone: [phone]
FAX: [phone]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
EDC WORK PLAN FOR '98
Warrenton, NC, March 13 --The Warren County Economic Development Commission devoted
a part ofits last two meetings toward the development of a strategy and work plan for 1998.
At its October meeting, the Commission met with representatives of the Research Triangle
Institute(RTI) to discuss strengths of weakness of the county and how these factors impact on
economic development. The R Tl is conducting a strategic study for the Research Triangle
Regional Partnership(RTRP) to determine the focus of the RTRP marketing effort. Warren
County is of course one of the 13 counties in the RTRP and as such can take advantage of the
guidance that the study will contained.
Based on the focused effort of the October meeting, the EDC thel'!l devoted a portion of its
meeting in November to reviewing the work of 1997 and discussing several goals for the 1998
year.
The Commission noted the success of the effort to acquire natural gas and the fact that work
should began in 2Q98. The Commission heard an update on the water efforts within District 1
and the water and sewer efforts for the DOT Welcome Center Project. This project will of course
provide water and sewer capability to both the Oine and Wise exits on 1-85 and aid in the
economic development of those two areas. The Commission was please with the expansion effort
made earlier in the year at Cochrane Furniture and the opening of the Warren Comers Shopping
Center. Together they provided a number of new jobs not only to the primary breadwinner of the
family, but to a number of young people seeking part time employment.
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In looking forward to the new year, five items were targeted for emphasis by the Commission.
They include:
1) Working with the Warren County School System, there is a need to conduct an early
spring job fair to insure that students are aware of the industries and the job potential within the
county.
2) Recognizing the huge tourism potential, and based on the use of the 1-85 Welco_me
Center, the lake recreational area and other attractions, there is the need to reach the more than
2,000,000 visitors stopping in the county each year. Thus the need to have some form of a travel
brochure on the county available with a target date of May and National Tourism Week.
3) As a drawing card for this tourist potential, there is the need to develop an outlet for
Warren County Handicrafts currently produced through the cottage industry effort.
4) Continuing to work with.the county effort to bring water, sewer and natural gas to the
Manson Road interchange, there is a need to develop interstate accommodations to this exit on
1-85 as a priority and to give assistance to the development of the remaining three exits.
5) Continue our work on industrial recruitment with focus on two areas:
a. There is the need to begin the development of a formal industrial park.
b. There is the need to recruit at least one industry providing 50 jobs or two
industries of 25 jobs each.
These goals seem attainable and the Economic Development looks forward to working with
various elements of the county and municipal governments, merchants associations and others for
these accomplishments.
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Warren County Economic Development Commission
EDC ·update
email: [e-mail]
February 4. 1998 / Volume 3
Warren Come~ Spearheads
-Retail Growth .
Warren County's newest retail project
of some $5 million investment is well on
its way to creating the projected 150 new
jobs. Elsewhere across the county a new
restaurant, drugstore, automotive supply
store, mini-storage facilities; real estate
offices and boat storage facilities are all
being added.
Local SA rs Rising .
Warren County High School students'
SAT scores are up I 8 points this year: 7 I
points this decade. Portends a very train-
able workforce'
New Tax Incentive for
Historic Preservation
In January 1998, residential proper-
ties joined commercial properties eligible
for a taxt credit of 25 percent. To be eligi-
ble, properties must be listed in the Na-
tional Register of Historic Places or a
contributing property in a National Regis-
ter historic district. Properties of both
types are available in the county.
18 ACRES PRIME INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY
Water. Sewer. Natural Gas and Rail. 2 Mies from Interstate
Wouldn't
you drive
1 hour
to save
$60,000
an acre?
PO Box 804, Warrenton. NC 27589 919-257-3114
carpe diem (ka:rpe di'em) {Latin, seize the day} makt: the most of present opportunities
With 1.5 million visitors stopping annually at the Nt Welcome Center located on
1-85 and the county's parks which are part of Kerr Lake State Recreation Area, the 6th
largest tourist attraction in the state, not to mention all the antique hunters and history
buffs coming to Warrenton each weekend, Warren County has fantastic opportunities for
1ourism developers! Four I-85 interchanges, 45 minutes from the 1-95 corridor and ad-
vantageously positioned at a midway point for travelers heading from northeast metro-
politan areas to Florida attractions make Warren County a natural choice for
development as a vacation stopover-better yet, a destination'
Our calendar is filling with cultural and civic events drawing larger crowds each
year. From the Lake Gaston Seafood Festival and the Haliwa-Saponi Pow-Wow to our
"down home" downtown festivals and parades, visitors are treated to enriching and en-
joyable experiences, And then there's access to over 70.000 acres of sparkling water in
Lake Gaston and .Kerr Lake and all the recreational opportunities such as bass fishing
tournaments, sailing regattas, camping and swimming'
Entrepreneurial Spirits! Commercial/Tourism Developers! WHERE ARE YOU?!
Infrastructure Improvements in the
Works for Much of Warren County
Water, Water, Everywhere!
Construction is well underway on the
extension of public water into the county's
rural areas.
The S4 million
contract for the 1st
District will be fol-
lowed by signups in the
2nd District, and engi-
neering work in the 3rd
District. These water
projects represent ap-
proximately S 15-20
million investment.
Frontier Utilities to Provide
Natural Gas to Warren
Soon, industries will
have yet another reason
to locate in Warren
County. The North
Carolina Utilities Com-
mission awarded rights
to Frontier Utilities to
bring gas to the county
in the first quarter of '98.
. NCDOT To
Wulen US 158
Welcome Center in su11th1Fes1er11 lfnrr,-n ( ,-,,mr, A North Carolina De-
Contracts are expected to be awarded
in early '98 for the NC Department of
Transportation's $2 million extension of
water and sewer to serve 2 of the county's
Interstate 85 interchanges, as well as the
North Carolina Welcome Center in Wise.
An additional project is underway for an-
other ex.it on 1-85.
$750,000
partment of Transportation project will
provide a -t-lane divided highway connec-
tion between 1-85 and 1-95 across the
northern part of the state. adding luster to
Warren County's excellent existing road
system that Expansion A--fanagement
Magazine describes as emblematic of
NC's outstanding transportation network
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Community Outreach and Involvement Plan
APPENDIX 1-F
THE RURAL CENTER
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FACT SHEET
The Rural Center
The Rural Economic Development Center was established in 1987 to lead the state's movement to
build economic strength in the state's 85 rural counties. The center is a private, non-profit
organization dedicated to the development of innovative, but practical strategies to prepare the
state's rural communities to prosper in the years ahead.
In pursuit of this mission, the center
1) conducts research into rural issues;
2) tests promising rural development strategies;
-3) advocates for policy and program innovations;
4) trains and informs rural leaders;
5) secures and directs resources to rural communities; and
6) administers business finance and community development programs.
Highlights
Access to Capital. To accelerate the growth of small and medium size businesses, the center joined
with 27 North Carolina banks, the General Assembly, and members of Congress in 1994 in launching
the North Carolina Capital Access Program. The program is expected to produce $32 million in
business loans.
Loans for Micro Businesses. To boost self-employment and growth of rural areas' smallest
businesses, the center established the N.C. Microenterprise Loan Program, now the largest micro
lending program in the nation. Through funding from the General Assembly and Ford and Mott
foundations, the program has made loans worth more than $3 million and is operating in 78
counties.
Infrastructure Improvements. To help rural communities upgrade their water and sewer facilities,
the center joined with the legislature in establishing the Supplemental and Capacity Grants Fund.
The fund has provided $7 million in matching grants to 1.00 organizations, allowing them to
obtain $15 7 million in federal grants. These grants will result in $1 30 million in private investments
and more than 9,100 jobs.
Work Force Preparation. The center worked in partnership with educators in Richmond County to
demonstrate an advanced training program for high school and community college students called
TechPrep. The program is now operating in nearly all North Carolina school systems, reaches
100,000 students, and serves as a model for schools throughout the nation.
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RURAL ROU1 ES
Forum speakers outline nine
challenges facing rural North Carolina
National rankings consistently place North Carolina's
business climate at or near the top on a variety of
measures. For Tom Bradshaw there's just one problem.
"Not everyone has shared the benefits," he said,
referring to the gap between the state's urban and rural
areas.
Bradshaw, chairman of N.C. Citizens for Business and
lndustry·and vice chair of the Global Transpark, kicked
ofi the Rural-Cente"r's annual forum last month.
Approximately 250 rural leaders from across the state
attended the event Nov. 5-6 in Raleigh.
After teasing the audience about impending news
of investments in the Transpark, Braqshaw outlined·
two of the major challenges he sees for improving the
economic and social conditions of rural North Carolina.
In a plenary session that followed, moderated by center
vice chair Valeria Lee, other North Carolina leaders
honed in on additional challenges facing rural
communities.
Challenge No. 1 Compete globally
Not so many years ago, people in Raleigh considered
Durham to be their major competitor, Bradshaw
recalled. That was at a time, too, when the South
benefited from "runaway companies" that located here
because of low taxes and low land costs. Those days no
longer exist. "Your job," Bradshaw said, "is to recognize
there really is one economy: a global economy."
Challenge No. 2 Invest in infrastructure
The key to North Carolina's current prosperity goes
back to the Clean Water Act of 1971, Bradshaw said
That act unleashed a flood of federal money that
enabled local communities to build the water and sewer
systems that led to business and residential growth .
Today, many North Carolina communities are faced
with conditions similar to those they saw in 1970
environmental threats and building moratoria re5ulting
from inadequate infrastructure. "We need $11 billion in
water and sewer improvements, but we couldn't get a SI
billion bond issue out of the legislature," Bradsh<1w sa id .
He ca lled on the legislature, in the next short se5sio11 . to
\end the bond referendum to a statewide ballot
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Challenge No. 3 Grow and
retain existing business
North Carolina has become the No. I
state i_n recruiting business by creating a
coalition of government, business and
academia to support industry, N.C.
Secretary of Commerce Norris Tolson
said. What all must remember, though, is
that recruitment is only a small part of
the picture. "We must retain and grow
ex isting industry," he said, "because 80
percent of new jobs come from
companies already here."
Challenge No. 4 Recognize the
demands of leadership.
Billy Ray Hall, president of the Rural
• Center, encouraged the audience to
consider the paradox faced by rural
leaders: unlimited demands and a limited
set of fellow leaders. "In rural North
Carolina, interesting things happen to
leaders," he said. "They grow up, do well
and get promoted to other areas .... We
grow our children and educate them, and
they leave to go to other places to work."
As a result, ~rat leaders who stay in their
commun_ities may have to shoulder a
burden that elsewhere would be shared
by I 5 or 20 people.
Challenge No. 5 Solve rural
transportation problems.
Growing companies need workers, and
a low unemployment rate makes it
difficult to fill positions. The solution lies
just out of reach, said Ann Gaither.
chairperson of J.H. Heafner Tire
Compa ny. "There are people in th e
community who would make good
t'lllployees if they could get there. but
they don't have reliable transportation,"
,Ile ~aid. What's needed are ru ral transit
progra111s that are cost-effective and that
recognize commerce doesn't stop at the
count,· line. "It will take so111e turf "·ars,"
,Il e ,a id , "but we need to rethink tli i\"
Duri~g a forum break, Winfall mayor Fred Yates greets Commerce Secretary
Norris Tolson and Kelly King, chairman of the Rural Center board of directors.
Challenge No. 6 Preserve the
integrity of rural life.
Gaither operates a company that is
the leading tire distributor in the
Southeast and that just doubled its size
by purchasing another company in Los
Angeles, but she has no plans to move
the company headquarters from
Lincolnton. She loves living and working
in rural North Carolina. In the push to
build rural economies, she said, people
should remember to preserve what's
good. "What we pay attention
to will define who we are in rural North
Carolina." she said.
Challenge No. 7 Raise the
level of education .
Nearly every North Carolina citizen
lives within 30 miles of a communitv
college or satellite campus. opening ~ide
opportunities for technical and liberal
arts education for both rural and urban
residents. But "rural and urban resident s
are not eq uivalent when thev start so it's
a greater cha lll'ngl' w take 11{em (rural
rl'sidentsl forward ... said Martin
Lancaster . tile"' \ll'lll \ new president.
Although rural rn111nnmities arc making
progress in edul';it 1011.tl achievement
the,· continul' tll t;tll further behind ·
relati,·t· to urlian .trl',I\.
Challenge No. 8 Close the gap.
In the midst of overall state prosperitv
lie pockets of longstanding neglect and ·
disenfranchisement, said Abdul Sm
Rasheed, president of the N.C.
Community Development Initiative, l~c.
"There is great unemployment and a
great mismatch between industrial
recruitment and the skills of individuals,"
he said. "We need to meet people where
we find them." One solution for
community development corporations is
to build businesses from within, he said.
but even those efforts must be tied iri to
the larger economy.
Challenge No. 9 Lend a hand.
Rural Center Chairman Kelly King
reflected on his own fortunes and those
of others attending the forum , peop le
who grew up priming tobacco but 110,"
wear busi ness suits and work in offices.
Whether they live in the countrv or in
a city. he said, they share both the
opportunity and responsibi litY Ill
improve conditions in rural \iortil
Carolina . Morally. he said , it i~ right for
those who have prospered tll gi,L' ll;1d tu
til l' rnmmunity. "Economica lh . ·· ill' \;11d.
"it i\ J manda te because wh att''l'r
IH1 \i 1ll'SS vou are in, you wili 11L'' l'r liL·
allle tu do ,HIV better than till' L·ll11d1tin11,
111 wll 1d1 vou opera tl'."
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Encouraging Entrepreneurship
Workshop moderator Albert A. Delia. ,mooate vice chancellor and director
of Regional Development Services. East Carolina University; Panelist: Brent
Lane. principal investigator, ECU study of successful rural entrepreneurs.
Unicorns could become a growth industry for rural ~orth
Carolina. A study of small, last-growing companies may help
rural economic developers encourage their growth.
The companies are nicknamed unicorns because they are
largely invisible. They often operate out of obscure quarters, thev
sell to markets outside the local community, and with small
management teams, their owners and operators tend to be too
busy to participate in local civic life. Unlike the mythical animal.
however, these unicorns are real. They account for about 3
percent of all North Carolina companies, but 40 percent of all
new jobs created in the state.
, An ECU study identified nearly 400 firms in the state's 85
rural counties that fit the criteria for unicorns, including local .
headquarters and at least S2 million in annual reviews, and
found them to be widespread.
Among the general findings:
• The average company was I 0.6 years old and had S 7 . .S
million in annual revenue and 59 employees.
• Nearly 30 percent of the companies were in manufacturing.
• North Carolina's traditional industrial base, including
textiles and wood products, provides fertile ground ior thesl'
growth companies.
• Company founders tend to be established industry veterans.
and most are long-time residents of the communities in
which they build their companies.
• The companies' revenue growth is faster than job growth.
• Local financing spurs their development.
Location decisions may grow out of local advantages, such as a
natural resource or local expertise, but also may be based on the
quality of life. Cost factors seldom play a large role.
The economic impact of these companies is greater than the
number of employees would indicate because:
• They sell higher value-added products and services.
• The export market brings monev into the communitv
• Local headquarters keep wealth in the community
• Local financing distributes wealth throughout the local
economy.
For these reasons, communities would be well-served to
encourage unicorns' growth. yet existing economic de,·e lop111l'11t
plans seldom suit their needs. Because the companies need to
accommodate fast growth . for example, the companies arl'
unlikely tenants for the shell buildings that manv commu11it1.:.•-;
promote. In addition, most govl'rnment -backed incenti , l'
programs are targeted toward business and industry that l fl'<lll
'iig11ificant numbers of jobs; unicorns. in contrast, focu ~ u,1
rL'\'l'flll(.' growth and haw not been qualified ior incenti, l'
packages
,cc Workshops <,,,,,,,.,.:< -1
Most memorable quote: Senator John Kerr -,.
Sen. Kerr speaking at "Clean Water" workshop. To
his right, Sen. Charles Albertson, moderator.
"Down our way
· ·there are thr~e things I think most of
us take on faith. One is that so long
as you make your peace with your god
before you die, even at th~ latest hour,
you'll be saved. Two is that if you turn
'.• .. :_
on that tap, you'll getsafef clean
drinking w~ter. And ~ee:is that if you
flush the john, it will £vork. They don't
know where it will go, but they believe
that.
"Those three things have one thing
in common: Nobody wants to pay the
price to ensure that any of these things
will happen. Nobody gets really
interested in making atonement before
they get sick. Nobody wants to give to
the church. And nobody wants to pay
for water and sewer."
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Balancing Jobs and
the Environment
Workshop moderator: Billy E. Caldwell,
associate director, N.C. Cooperative Extension
Service; Panelists: Mike Williams, director,
NCSU Animal and Poultry Waste Management
Center; Steve Hodges, extension leader, . -
NCSU Department of Soil Science; Larry G.
Jahn, wood products specialist, NCSU College
of Forest Resources.
The best way to handle North
Carolina's animal waste problem may be
to make money from it. That applies not
only to hog waste lagoons, but also to
litter from poultry houses, carcasses of
dead animals, and feathers, bones and
other assorted remnants at processiAg
plants. All of these products are
potentially valuable resources that can be
turned into nutrients for animal feeds,
fertilizers and fuel.
Animal waste issues consumed a large
part of the workshop discussion. While
acknowledging some problems, however,
participants praised the environmental
protection efforts of farmers and
foresters. They said, for example, that 95
percent of the state's foresters comply
with best management practices designed
to protect the environment and that
more than 4,200 people have taken a
course required for operators of animal
waste lagoons.
With both animal waste and
agricultural runoff, the essential problem
is that farmers are "importing" more
nutrients-that is, bringing more feed
and fertilizer onto the farm-than they
are "exporting," through sales and
shipments. The NCSU Animal and
Poultry Waste Management Center is
evaluating the effectiveness and
feasibility of SO different projects for
turning what is currently farm waste into
valuable resources. The development of
these resources is expected to create
many new small businesses in rural areas.
European producers provide some
models. Denmark. where hog farms are
more highly concentrated than in North
Carolina . collects manure at centralized
facilities and turns it into fuel. A large
poultry producer in The Netherlands has
learned how to profit from its waste. It
uses dried poultrv litter to neate a
fertili zer specificall\ suited to the
James Sears, Rural Center board member, engages in debate during forum.
requirements of French vineyards. After a
year of operating the waste-recovery
system, the producer was making more
money off manure than eggs. Previously,
it had been faced with closing down a
400,000 layer operation because it
couldn't meet tight ammonia emissions
standards.
Farmers and foresters, however, are
not the only ones facing environmental
conflicts. Cities, golf courses,
homeowners and industries also are
players, and problems will only worsen
so long as development is encouraged
without consideration first being given to
environmental impacts.
Increasing Exports
Workshop moderator: Carol Conway, director
of international programs, Southern Growth
Policies Board; Panelists: Raymond Farrow,
managing director, World Trade Center North
Carolina; Scotti Clements, assistant vice
president for international banking services, First
Citizens Bank; Robert B. Green, president, HG
International Corporation.
1\Jorth Carolina manufacturers lag
behind their potential in exports.
.\I though the state ranks eighth in
manufacturing capacity, it is only the
I 0th largest exporter. Currentlv U
percent of the state domestic product
co mes from exports.
lv1ost foreign sales now go to Canada .
lapan and \t1exico. but the gre;:itest futur e
growth is e.xpected in countries \'l,·hcrc
the middle classes are growing . such a,
\outh .\frica. l'olami and .-\rgrnti11,1.
Economic development planners
should encourage exports, which account
for one-third of all economic growth.
Exporting companies also tend to offer
higher-paying jobs, to adopt more
advanced technologies and to be more
efficient.
Several pieces of advice were offered to
would-be exporters.
• For information on getting started,
check out the U.S. and N.C. departments
of Commerce, the N.C. Small Business
and Technology Development Centers.
the World Trade Center, the N.C. World
Trade Association, and N.C. community
colleges, which offer classes in exporting.
• Develop a marketing and sales plan.
and start slowly -with one or two
markets. Among the facte>rs to be
considered are products. pricing,
packaging, finance , insurance and
method oi shipment.
• Technology can be the great
equalizer. Individuals can do a great deal
of research on markets and government
services thro.ugh the Internet.
• Establish a relationship with a bank
with international expertise.
• Network. Meet other exporters at
co nferences and seminars.
• Get help. Although you can do it ,111
\Ourse lf. the Lietails of shipping. custom
~1ocumentation and pavment procedure,
c;111 be complex ;ind time-consuming:
therefore. cu nsicler 1\"orking through a
reputahll' international trading compan,
or l'\[lllrt IIIJll.lgl'lllL'lll co111p;111\·.
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Ensuring Clean Water
Workshop moderator: Sen. Charles W.
Albertson; Panelists: Sen. John Kerr; John R.
(Bobby} Blowe, Construction Grants and Loans
Section, N.C. Department of Environment and
Natural Resources; Jerry Perkins, Public Water
Supply Section, N.C. Department·of Environment
and Natural Resources; Tim Richards, assistant
director, Western Carolina University's Mountain
Resource Center; John Soles, director, N.C. Rural
Water and Sewer Initiative.
Forum participants attending th e
workshop on Ensuring Clean Water heard
dramatic evidence of the need for water
and sewer investments in rural North
Carolina, followed by a sobering
assessment of public willingness to pay
for the investments.
The evidence included data from the
Rural Center's Rural Water and Sewer
Initiative. For example:
• North Carolin·a·s 85 rural counties
need about $4 billion in water and sewer
investments to carry them to the year
2020. This includes $ 1.75 billion in water
system construction and $2.58 billion for
sewer systems.
• In the 30 western counties, 62 percent
of the region's 6,820 miles of water lines
wiH be obsolete by the year 2020.
• Overall, sewer syste_ms in western
counties are handling approximately 90
percent of their permitted capacity.
• Financing all of the water and sewer
needs in the 30 western counties would
entail indebtedness of more than $9,000
per connection.
• Federal assistance for infrastructure
investments has declined dramatically and
today accounts for only 22 percent of
water and sewer construction costs. This is
down from a high of 75 percent.
• Commercial banks and investment
houses now finance a substantial porti on
of urban infrastructure projects, but lo~, or
non-existent credit ratings prevent the
neediest of rural areas from taking
advantage of the private market.
Despite the widespread nature of the
problem, public reaction has been limited
and mostly has responded to recent
environmental crises. The political climJll'
for cutting taxes makes government act 1l111
more difficult. Workshop speakers
stressed th at new and innovative
financing must he deve loped to meet tile
need of rural co mmunities. A $1 billion
statewide bond i~sue will be considered
again in th e -;pring tn address th e prllhk-111
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A Sound Basic Education
Workshop moderator: Ran Coble, executive
director. N.C. Center for Public Policy Research;
Panelists: John Dornan, president, Public School
Forum of North Carolina; William G. {Gerry)
Hancock, general counsel, Low Wealth Schools
Funding and Equalization Consortium; Edwin
Speas. senior deputy attorney general, N.C.
Department of Justice.
The N.C. Supreme Court redefined the
debate over public school funding last
July -refocusing the debate from
funding to the quality of education being
provided by the public school system.
Parents and school boards in five low-
wealth school districts have sued the
State of North Carolina, charging that the
formula for funding education violated
the state constitution by denying
students in poor districts an equal
educa tion.
( )n July 24 , the Supreme Court ruled
that th e suit should go to trial and sent
the suit back to N.C. Superior Court for
lull consideration. The decision
wntained three important opinions:
• The funding formula does not violate
the co nstitution.
• nw constitution does require the state
t(l 11ro\·ide a sound basic education.
• lill' rnnstitution does not require equal
111111(1rtunit\· to educati onal program s
lie\ tind those necessa ry for a so und ha,ic
t·duL".i t inn.
I llt' corn erstone of this landmark
dl'l 1,ion is its definition of a \o und l>asic
l'du(,1t i\ln. The court sa id .i sound ha-;ic
nlut·.itiun mu st provide stu lkll l\ \,·itll
the knowledge and skills to function in a
complex and rapidly changing societv. to
make infornied choices about issues. w
engage in post.secondary education or
vocational training, or to compete with
others in further education and work.
Many specifics remain to be decided
Left open were questions of responsibilitv
(how much rests with the state or
counties), components (are school
facilities or equipment important
elements of a sound basic education).
and measurements (do end-of-year tests
or some other measurement determine
whether children are receiving an
adequate education).
Final disposition of the suit is likelv to
be a long time off. The trial in Superi_or
Court can be expected to begin within
the next year and a half.
Modernizing Our Factories
Workshop moderator: 1-Parker Chesson.
chairman. N.C. Employment Security
Commission; Panelists: Walter Plosila, former
executive director. N.C. Alliance for Compet1t1ve
Technologies; Thomas W. Stephenson, NCSU
Industrial Extension Service; Scott Ralls. director.
Economic Development Services, N.C.
Community College System.
Na tional trend s that predict smaller
manufacturing employment could pm, v
to be especia lly significant for :\Jort h
Carolina. which has the nation 's highl')t
percentage of workers in manufacturin ~
Manufacturi ng currently provities abClut
one-fifth nt all jobs in ~orth CarolinJ.
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Forum Workshop Highlights 6
Modernizing frum pages
average wages. Manufacturing companies
often anchor small-town economies.
Although North Carolina factories
appea r to be efficient (they account ior
28 percent of the gross state product),
there are causes for concern. North
Carolina factories are often assembly-line
operations with little R&D, and seven out
of 10 employ no engineer on site. This
makes it difficult for companies to adopt
new technologies, which may be
necessary to meet modern demands ior
high-quality products and short turn-
around times.
Where modernization once meant
technological investment, today it's just
as likely to refer to improving the
knowledge and skills of workers. In fact,
at least one study has shown that high -
performance companies:
• Make investments in training and
education.
• Involve employees in decision
making.
• Promote team work.
• Believe in information sharing.
• Base compensation on performance.
Some attention is being given to the
growth of manufacturing clusters as an
economic development strategy. Clusters
are groups of businesses in related .
industries. North Carolina, for example,
boasts large clusters of manufacturers of
wood products, automotive parts and
hosiery.
Hosiery provides an example of how
these companies, many of which are
small, may strengthen their futures
through cooperation. Twenty-three
hosiery manufacturers have formed a
research and development consortium to
address areas of common concern.
Communicating Electronically
Workshop moderator: Barbara Levine, director.
Connect NC; Panelists: Herbert Crenshaw, Jr ..
director for economic development, BellSouth;
Jon Hamm. general manager for business
development. Sprint; Jim Stokoe, assistant
director. Land of Sky Regional Council.
No rth Caro lina's drive to develop the
best telcwrnmunications infrastructure in
the natin11 has paid oif. panelists said . .-\II
of th e state\ phone companies have
com mitted to providing access to the
North Carolina Information Highwa,.
Planning Im the Information Highwa,·
Jonetta Bonds, Rural Center staff, shows off quilt display at "RC's Country Store," a
popular feature of the 1997 forum.
and for school technology improvements
also has positioned North Carolina
institutions to take advantage of federal
initiatives, including regulations thar
require telecommunications providers to
offer rural schools, libraries and hospitals
low-cost rates. Many of those institutions
used their plans to apply for some of the
$2.65 billion in federal telecommuni-
cations grants to be awarded early next
year.
Organizations cited for progressive use
of telecommunications technology
include the Guilford and Catawba
County school systems, the East Carolina
University School of Medicine, the
Western Piedmont Council oi
Governments, and Beaufort County
Community College.
Careful planning should be part of any
technology initiatives, whether at the
community or business level. Organi-
zations and businesses should be aware
that investments in technolO!,'Y are not
one-time expenses. Instead , they should
be included in ongoing capital and
operating budgets. Training and cost-
sharing partnerships will help make the
most efficient use of the investment.
Telecommunications infrastructure is
a consideration ior location -see king
industries: 80 percent s;I\· it 's an
important factor in their c1ecision-
making. It also opens till' door for new
industries. The so-ca lled hack office
industri es-such as caulug sales
companies. reservatiom cl'n ters. Jnd
da ta-processi ng Cl'nter,-Me C\ploding.
The dark cloud hanging over these
developments is deregulation. It remains
unclear how deregulation will affect rural
communities or what it will mean fur
universal service.
Conquering Distance
Workshop moderator: Sanford Cross, director.
Public Transportation Division, N.C. Department
of Transportation; Panelists: Kathy McGehee.
program consultant, N.C. Division of Social
Services; Terry Keene, Work First supervisor.
jobnston County Department of Social Services;
Russ Kenney, Randolph County transportation
director.
Up to 40 percent of rural transportation
needs are not being met, according to the
state's Transit 2001 Commission. The
search for solutions promises to be
difficult.
Moving Work First participants intn
the labor iorce. ior example, require'i
recognition that parents mav nec<.1
transportation to their children 's d;I\ lJfl'
as well as to work. Similarly. many tr.11hit
plans now include groups s.uch as till'
elderly or people on public assistance. hut
others in the community also arc
hampered by lack of transportation . •
Challenges in indi vid ual count it·, , .tr\.
meaning nn one solution is likeh· tt> ,wrk
everywhere. Possible options inclu1.k
programs to help low-income pl'tipk liu,
or r<.·n t cars. n>lunteer transportatit111
program~. ,·an pooling and ta\ llrl',1!,;, l\lr
rural co 111111uters. To be successiul.
programs ,lwu ld consider thl' lll'l'th, ,1
people 1\"110 "·or!-; off-hours anti "·vd1.·111.h
and t IH 1,1.· "·IH1 nms count,· 11111.·, 11, '" •rk
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Cl~ve Simpson accepts leadership award from Rural Center President Billy Ray Hall. . . ' .
Simpson recognized as outstanding leader
Cleveland Simpson, chairman of the
Pender County Board of Commissioners,
received the first Outstanding Rural
Leadership Award Nov. 5 during the
annual meeting of the Rural Economic
Development Organization (REDO).
Rural Center President Billy Ray Hall
presented the award. which was created
by the center and REDO to recognize
outstanding leadership efforts by an
individual who has graduated from the
Rural Center's leadership development
program.
A native of Pender County. Simpson
returned home after retiring from a career
that included achieving the rank oi
colonel in the U.S. Air Force and serving
as professor and chairman oi the
department of aerospace studies at the
University of Maryland and N.C State
University. At home, he quicklv became
involved in civic life. serving on the
Pender County Pri s0n Board and the
Board of Health. the latter as vice
chairman. He was first l'il'Cted to the
B0ard oi Commissiu11L·rs in 19lJ➔. The
complex challenge, lacing his count\ led
him to seek solutions through the Rural
Center's Rural Eco110111ic l)c\·elopment
Institute. He graduated in till' ,11ri11g of
1995.
In addition to chairing the county
commissioners, Simpson today serves
on the Governor's Jobs for Veterans
Committee, the Lower Cape Fear Water
and Sewer Board, the Southeastern
Economic Development Commission,
and the N.C. Association of County
. Commissioners. He also is president of
· the Currie Community Action Group, a
civic group dedicated to enhancing
community awareness and action in
many civic areas, with special emphasis
on issues relating to children.
Approximately 60 rural leaders
attended the REDO meeting, which
included an address by Wayne
McDevitt, secretary of the N.C.
Department of Environment and
Natural Resources, and group
discussions of issues involving physical
infrastructure, work force development.
education, jobs, land-use planning and
orderly sustainable growth.
Officers elected for the new year
include: Sandi Gambill. president;
Cleveland Simpson. vice president;
Bobby Todd, secretary; and Herman
Little, treasurer. Joining the board are
Tessi Hollis. Scott Hamilton. Greg
Godard, An11 Woodford . Vicki Cogg111,.
Dot Kellv and Patrick Woodie
21 CDCs send representatives
to Rural Center workshop on
fund-raising perspectives
· Representatives.of community
development corporations received
insight into successful fund-raising
during a workshop organized by the
Rural Center. Twenty-one organizations
that participate in the center's CDC
program were represented at the event
Nov. 5.
Providing different perspectives on
what funders seek were: Danyelle
O'Hara, who works in program
development and foundation fund-
raising for the Center for Community
Self-Help in Durham; Phillip Cates, a
consultant in economic development
and director of area development for the
Salvation Army of Durham, Orange, and
Person counties; and Dr. Thornell Page
of the Administration for Children and
Families in the U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services' Office of
Community Services.
The workshop was the second of two
technical assistance programs the Rural
Center offered for CDCs this year. The
workshops were organized through a
partnership with the CDC Association,
the N.C. Division of Community
Assistance and the U.S. Department of
Housing and Urban Development.
Another series of workshops is being
planned for 1998.
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Six join Rural Center board of
directors; officers re-elected
I ilL· llural ( ent<.:r Board of I lirector<; welcomed <;Ix new
111l·11tlK'r~ at Ih Nov('rnber meeting: Classaral Delorl'\ l'rl',ton
< ,1 C . .iry. Ben Cray of Camden. Raeford Daughtry of \ewton
< ,rove. HJrry Russdl of Raleigh. Joseph Crocker oi Wimton-
\all'rn and Larry Wooten of Kaleigh .
lh(' board also re-elected as officers Kelly S King.
dtd1rma11; Valeria Lee. first vice chair; William Veeder.
\L·cond vice chair; Katharine McKee. secretary; and Edmund
\\"cock. treasurer.
loining the officers on the executive committee are L H.
.-\bander. Lois Britt, Sandra D. Gambill, Bill Gibson. James
11. I lyler Jr.. Joseph Stanley. William W. Staton and Billy Ray
H,tll. pre<iident of the center.
Here is more information on the new board members
Russell is executive vice president for the North Carolina
< ornmunity College System . He previously served six years a~
1neo;1dent of Southwestern Community College in Syh·a and
l1dd several positions at Piedmont Technical College in
(;recnwood. S.C.
Gray is supervisor of the Camden County Water
I >epartment. Since retiring from a 20-year career in the U.S.
.-\rmv. ( ,ra\' ,11\0 ha, hdd p0\1t iom a<; a ( :c1mdl'n ( :ountv
L<llllillI\\1<1I1L·r .ind ;1, till'< .,1111dl·Jl td.\ ,upcrvi,or
< rotl..t·r 1, ,1 \'Ill' 1nt·\1Lk11t 111 \\.1d1ov1a lld11!...111d thL· l>anl..\
,tatnv1d\' < , ,InII1tu11t\ lk111\·nt1nL·11t \tt .iL.11111111,tr.itllr I k
tru,tlT\ lor \VL·,tt·m ( :.imlin,r lln1\('f\ity
Wootl'II ".1\\1\t,111t to till' prl'\1dcr1t ol lltl' \.(. 1-;irm llurL:au
Federation I It InL·\·1ou,I\ IJnm-d tohacco. ~rain cror\ and
,ovlx·am I k ha\ rLn·1vt·d man y !arming honor,; and has
,erved a, chJ1rn1a11 of thL· l11tl'rllJt1rn1al lohacco Crolq:rs·
.'\<;<;OCiJIIOll
f're,to11 1, t hl' 111,111,1gL·r < ,1 L 111rn11unit\· dl'ltloprnt:nt tor
Carolina l'ower ,111t.l l.iglt1 < <• \Ill' previous!\ worked with
Bristol-Mvef\. Site It.is \t•r\·t·d rn1 the board of Triangle Family
Service\ and 011 thl' hu,1lll'" ,1dv1'inrv council of St . .-\ugustine·s
College
[)auglttrv t\ t ha1rm,111111 tliL· \.i111p\<Hl Cou nt\ ~Odfd of
Cornrni'iSt(Hll'f\ lk 1.irI11, 100 .iun and 01,I1'i and opL:rate~
[)aughtrv I-arm Suppl\ Ile 11.1, ,l·r\ l'LI on the SampSl>n County
Board of Hraltlt and hct·n ;ictI\T 1,·1th local economic
drvelopmen t orgJ II i 1_;11 ic ,n,
The new hoard llll'lllht·r, rl'placl' retiring members Marcy
Onieal. Harold Sdl.ir,. 1 >alt()II \k \Ire. [)ale Carroll and Bert
Wayne
The North Carolina Rural Economic
Development Center is a private, non-profit
corporation whose mission is to stimulate
economic growth and job creation in the
state's rural areas.The center is funded by
both public and private sources and is
governed by a SO-member board of directors.
Officers are Kelly S. King, chair; Valeria Lee,
1st vice chair; Bill Veeder, 2nd vice chair;
Katharine McKee. secretary; Edmund Aycock.
treasurer: Billy Ray Hall. president. Editorial
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1 staff: Elaine Matthews. editor; Gamet Bass.
i writer: Steve Gaj. design; Linda Schepers,
production manager. Inquiries should be
directed to: Editor. 4021 Carya Drive. Raleigh.
NC 27610 Tel.[phone]. RURAL
ROUTES is a quarterly publication with a
circulation of 3,500. All rights reserved.
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Raleigh. NC 27610 PAID
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Community Outreach and Involvement Plan Warren County PCB Landfill
APPENDIX 1-G
WARREN SCHOOL SYSTEM AND COMMUNITY COLLEGE
ETG Environmental, Inc./BFA Environmental, Inc. March2000
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EARTH SCIENCE 3040
SEMESTER COURSE
PREREQUISITE: PHYSICAL SCIENCE & UIOLOGY
DESCRlPTION: Earth science is a study of the earth--its matter. features. processes. and
place in the universe. This class requires that students actively participate in laboratory
activities. be willing to do research. and have a better than average knowledge of math
Science project required .
CHEMISTRY 3050
SEMESTER COURSE
PREREQUISITE: COMPLETION OF BIOLOGY AND COMPLETION OR
CURRENT ENROLLMENT IN ALGEBRA II
DESCRIPTION: This is an introductory survey course of the characteristics and
interactions of matter based on an understanding of atomic structure. The modern
framework of chemistry is emphasized. Science project required.
ADVANCED CHEMISTRY 3051
SEMESTER COURSE
PREREQUISITE:-COMPLETION OF CHEMISTRY & ALGEBRA II
DESCRIPTION: This course is designed to prepare those students majoring in science
and related fields for introductory college chemistry courses. This course expands upon
the topics of chemistry and cover areas that are normally included in an introductory
college course.
PHYSICS 3060
SEMESTER COURSE
PREREQUISITE: COMPLETION OR CURRENT ENROLLMENT lN
ADVANCED MATH OR CALCULUS
DESCRIPTION: Physics seeks to develop an integrated introduction to the basic
principles of physical laws through the presentation of specific problems The physicists'
view of the natural world is the major point of emphasis. Science project required
ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY 3023
SEMESTER COURSE
PREREQUISITE: CHEMISTRY I
DESCRIPTION: This is an introductory course emphasizing the gross structure and
functiqn of living organisms with emphasis on the anatomy and physiology of humans
This course is designed for the student who desires to know more about structure and
function and who has successfully completed biology.
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] [ North Carolina
COMMUNfl'Y
COLLEGES:
In Training For _Y6u
More than 10 vears ago, :'forth Carolina crca1('cl ., 11e" k111cl 111 noi1<1111ir de\'clop111e11L tool:
companv-specilic customized training. We ,vere 1he lir'i ,;i,11e 111 r\'cogni,.e Lh,11 1r.1ining people
for specific jobs in specific companies was a lq{itirnatt· e111erprise for a respunsibk and responsi,·e
govcrnmem. North Carolina Community Collq:t:·, \n, l11d11s1n· Training Program is a win-win-
win situation which is as relcvam Lo today's complex .1nd ,ophis1ica1eci operations as i1 \\"<IS Lo that
first modest program in 1958. The new jobs art a ·"11 ,-f,,r 1ht: community. a skilled and
motivated workforce is a "win· for the compam. and 11c\\· skill, 10 meet the challenges of a new
job arc a "win· for the individual.
Good training leads a long list of advantages. Ad,a111.1)(n 1h.11 have put :\onh Carolina a1 the top
in the nation for new plam sitings in four ou1 ol the l.1,1 tin· 1e,irs. sustaining a trrnd that has
made us a leading manufacturing stale. The surprisi11)( f,1n ts 1h,11 no other s1a1e ha., a higher
proportion of its workforce employed in mam1fant11111)( 1,pera1ions. Other advantages that make
us a hard-to-ignore option arc an ideal location ,,ithi11 c.1s1 reach of the world's major m;irkets
and the transportation systems to reach them; equi1,1hle ,md cunsis1ent tax policies; some of the
nation ·slowest construction and operating com: a puhlic uni,·ersitv ~")'stem that is the envy of the
Southeast; and an abundam, bright, and !oval workforce. In short. a dvnamic and supportive
business climate 1ha1 makes North Carolina a smart n11"c for ,ou.
No matter where vou are in the siate,_you're onlv a :{(~minute drive from one of North Carolina's
58 community colleges. The second largest svstem in 1he United States, these schools serve an
average of 750,000 adults each year with a 1,ide range ,,f programs-from a three-hour course LO
a two-year associates degree. Last year more than 17.'>.IHl<l people were enrolled in 239 differem
technical and vocational cuniculums.
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"We wanted Festa labs.
they got Festa tabs. We
wanted robotics. they got
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Rosemary h Qan
Human Resourt:t$
ITT Automotive
Asheville NC
"We are convinced that
there is no better way
of leveraging tax dollars
than by applying them
lo training resources
the way the Department
of Community Colleges
d oes.
Paul Jadol
Genenil Mana9er
b u111Qartner, Inc:.
Mebane NC
"We were up to speed at
least six months ahead of
projections ...
Auvalene MaGee
Tn;ininQ and EduCJlion
First Data
Charlotte NC
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®'t. How do community colleges.deliver this training to companies?
All t1,1ini11g pn,gr;un, an· arl1111n"tned h,· the n111m(u11ity c:olll'l(C serving the area 111 ,dud, 1h1"
n mlpan\ is lot4:lted. f"h1, lttctl une-<m◄lnc: c:01111<:<.:tion g,uar;11Hec:s const;tnt attention ~tnd pn,inpt
n:spons,:. (;. ••d ni-1romn o;(:f\itt rlri,·l', our husincs.,. _1ust lil:.e it does yours. Ont' rli,i,iron 111 1ht·
""tc111·s tentral ,,llicc is dcdicated cxcl11si,dv t11 111ec1.ing your training needs. n ,c np!'nc:nn·d
,md pro1c:ct-tt·,tt·d pr1oft·ssionals in this ollicl' hdp the loGtl collq:es desil(n and ro1x-r,t11· rnst1111111.-d
tr.ii11i111( prc,gr.1111, l,,r nl'." ;111d t'xpandinl( tnrnpanies.
~ Who's eligible for this workplace training service?
You are ... if \"Our co111pall\ neatcs at k,L\I I'.! new production johs in th!' \l,llt:. &,1111 .111. 11111 c.111
1;ilc ad,anLdl(l' 11f th ,, a,,;ird-,,inni11g progra111 at no charge.
~-Who pays for the training?
The St.it<: of \onh C;,rolina finances this pn))(r.im completely. There arc no kdnal fund, 1111"1,hl'd
Th,· \un h ( ~m,lina l<'gislat ure appropriatcs money directly to the Department of ( :11111111un,1,
Collegcs for th!' exclus1n-purpose of pro,iding this innov-,uivc training hent:fu to nn, .ind
expanding n,mpanit'<.
~ Who determines the content of the training program?
Wt· do-togt'thcr. Tht" final design is tht· rc:su lt of a partnership betwccn vou and us. Our
industrial training ,pcrialists ,,ill ,isit one of mur t'xis1ing operations to swdy th<' j11h skills. 1,·ork
schc:dules. produnion proct:s.ses and an\" other pcn inem v-.triables. Tht:n. in consuh.ation 1,ith 1011r
production and training pt'.rsonnel. we ·11 prepare a proposal based on your specific trai ning needs.
e What kinds of jobs can this program address?
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The ,·ersa1ili1y nf ,,ur ,,orl:.place training sci.ice is ,inually unlimited. Flexible and rnstom•
designed it can accommodate almost anv job found in a manufaccuring or sen in· compall\ If a
joh can he defined and arranged into a logical learning sequence. we can trdin someone to do it.
How long does the training program last?
A.< long as it needs 10. There are no arbitrary Ii mi IS governing the length of a single course or the
d ur.ition of an entire projen. Length of courses is determined by the nature of the jobs and the
skills 1hev require. The duration of the project is determined primarily by vour worl:.force size and
your hiring schedule. Some programs can be completed in a few weeks: others mav la.st a fe"' ,ears.
Who furnishes the instructors?
Typicalh-. companies prefer to use some of tht:ir o,,TI experienced personnel as instrnnors. In
other ca.\t's. th,· loc,1 college ma, a.s.<ign some of its regular faculcy or recruit special instructor,
Rel(ardks.< ,,f ,.·hn1: thn romc fro111. all instrnnors are paid by the s1.11c. Thne·s n·cn an ;1ll<l\,.i11ce
for instructors w tran·I to and from vom existinl( locations.
Do instructors receive any special training?
Because we bdit",t· 111,trunors are the single most critical elemem in the t1~1ining pron·ss.
each prospeni,·e i11;1runor is encoural(cd to participate in an ins1ruc1or developrnt:nt "'' ,rkshop
These: seminars u,u.ilh· last l\,·o to r"·e days and are conducted at no cost 10 1·ou b'" our ,ufl
devd, ,pmcnt spt·ci;11i;is.
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ng, talk to the folks who invented it.
~ Must trainees be employed by the participating company while in training?
:--io1 111·tT,s.trih·. ( l11r training S<:nin· offers a variety of emplovtn<·nt/t:nroll111en1 options not found
111 man,· <,thn sta1,·,. Empl< ,q-es can Ix· 1rained hdorc the).-re hin:d (pre~·rnplovmem training) o,
;1ftn 1hc, .. r .. hired (pos1-e111pl"'mcm 1r,1ining). Usually. prograrns an· designed to include both
options This , .. ·rs.ttili1y allo,_·, '" to rt:SJK1nd to almost any worlplM..-siuwion. Our cxpen staff
,,ill help n111·,<:1,·n 1he appn,.trh that h<·,1 '.'l'ilS vour needs.
@: How are trainees recruited and selected?
:\onh Carolin;,·, ._.,,rkplan· iraming scnicc makes a conscious dlnn not to infringe on your
rigl11 of ,<:1,·nion. l\u1 to hdp ,·,,u find the best possible emplovees. our Emplovment Security
( :ommission ,,·ill n·cr11it. ><T..-cn dnd refer to you those applicanlS who meet your criteria.
l're-ernplm111c111 da...st:s can ;tis,, tw an effective selection tool.
$ Are trainees paid during the training period?
The answer tu this depends on "·hether you use pre-emplovmem or post-employment training.
During pre-emploiment da.sses. trainees are not paid. But by definition. post-employment classes
arc conducted aher the trainees are hired and on your pa\Toll. So. in neither case do we pay
trainees· ,,,ages.
• Does the state provide any equipment?
Yes. \Ve can prmide standard equipment normally associated with ,·ocational and technical
training (lathes. welding machine,. measuring insl.fl.lments. computers. etc. I. However. you are
expected to furnish anv equipment spccialiled to your particular producLs or processes.
$ Does the state provide any training aids, such as videos and manuals?
We certain Iv do. Our \ledia 0e,dopment Office uses an extensive network of award-winning
communications professionals tu \\'rite and produce video programs and training manuals.
Working closely with you, our specialists tailor materials m suppon your training goals. Since you
will have sole ownership and control of these materials, you may be asked to share the costs.
e Is there a provision for classroom 111aterials?
All Glassroom materials such as texts, workbooks and some computer-based packages are provided
bv the stale. i\dditionally. we ma, negotiate a reimbursement of up to 50% of non~lvageable
production materials used in the u-.ining efforL
• How long may a company qualify for this state assistance?
Our workplace training senicc ,,a., developed to encourage companies III ueate more jobs for
\onh Carolinians. So. m1ining ,,ill continue as long as vou create new jobs. Anv expansion that
produces additional johs ,,ill rcacti,,ue uur training senicc. "'hethcr i1·, ano1her shift. an enlarged
plant or a ne"' product lin<". \V<,.rc here to help vou gro,,
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200 West Jones Street. R.akigh. "sC: 276()3-1337. phone: (919 I 7'.13-70~ l. Fax: [phone].
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clear that above tax incentives
and all the other gimmicks. that
a good vocational training
program and a willing workforce
are the best attractions that a
state can offer and North
Carolina has both ...
Don Kintz
Human Resourtes
Leno1 China
Kinston NC
.. The main thing was the
training issue for us. It seems
to be an exceptionally good
program.
Rudy Williams
Manaoer. North American Oper1lioni
The Schlegel Co<i,ontion
Reidsville NC
"With the commitment of the
state to provide training to our
new employees, we have been
and wilt be able to expand our
business lurther. ··
Robert F. Deaelbacft
Employee Relations Manaoer
Stabilus
Gastonia NC
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Since 1958,
North Carolina
has invested
approximately
$80,000,000 to
train more than
300,000 people
for over 3,200
new and
expanding
companies.
Wherever you go
in North Carolina
you'll find a
community
college ready
to help you
discover and
apply creative,
pracUcal solutions
to your workplace
training puzzles.
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Opponunin Emplu~t'r
The Original: North Carolina's Industrial Training Service
Community Colleges Working for You
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Community Outreach and Involvement Plan Warren County PCB Landfill
APPENDIX 1-H
NORTH CAROLINA COUNCIL OF CHURCHES
ETG Environmental, Inc./BFA Environmental, Inc. March 2000
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February 12, 1998
REPORT
NORTH CAROLINA COUNCIL OF CHURCHES
.. 1J07 GLENWOOD AVENUE -SUITE 162
RALEIGH. N.C. 27605
(9191828-6501 ANO 828-6542
George Reed, Editor
Summary of News from the General Assembly
Uninsured Children
Some 223,000 children in North Carolina lack health
insurance of any kind. About 139,000 of them live in ·
families making less than 200% of the federal
poverty line.
Under legislation passed by Congress last year,
North Carolina is eligible for almost $80 million in
federal money to be used to provide health care for
these children. The state must put up another $27
million and come up with an acceptable health care
plan. This plan can involve expanding Medicaid or
setting up a separate state program or some
combination of the two. North Carolina has until
Septe~ber 30 to submit and get approval for a plan.
or 1t will lose this year's money.
Medicaid off~rs the advantage of already being set
up. It operates efficiently and has real bargaining
power in negotiating prices with providers.
Opponents of Medicaid expansion don't like the fact
that it is an entitlement (which means the state must
cover all who are eligible). If the non-entitlement
method is used. the state can stop paying for health
care if its money runs out.
A quirx in the federal law means that the only way to
cover the children of public employees is by
Medicaid expansion. A separate state program
cannot cover them.
A proposed plan from Secretary of Health and
Human Services David Bruton would cover all
children in families making up to 200% FPL.
Chil~re~ of public employees would be covered by
Med1ca1d. Everybody else would be in a Medicaid
"look-alike" that would have the same benefits but
would not be an entitlement. •
A counterproposal was been offered by Rep. Lanier
Cansler (R_-Asheville), who argues that more time is
needed to study the financial impact of the state
plan. His proposal is to raise Medicaid limits so that
all children over one year of age are covered up to
133% FPL. (Children under one are already covered
up to 185% FPL) Under Rep. Cansler's proposal,
this plan could be submitted for federal approval,
thus guaranteeing that North Carolina not lose this
year's money. A more complete plan, covering
additional children could be submitted at a later date.
Suggested Action-Contact your legislators and ask
them to support Sec. Bruton's plan. The issue has
already received extensive study. Uninsured
children need access to health care now. There's no
reason for them to go without health care when
federal money. which has been collected from
taxpaying North Carolinians, is so readily available.
Blue Cross Conversion
Blue Cross has come out publicly in support of the
creation of one or more foundations, funded by the
company's stock. to be used to meet the health care
needs of North Carolinians. This, of course, would
take place only if Blue Cross decides to convert to a
for-profit company.
While this is an important step for Blue Cross to take
and sounds like what health care advocates and the
philanthropic community have been calling for,
details remain to be worxed out. Most importantly,
the foundation(s) must:
1. receive 100% of the stock.
2. be completely independent of Blue Cross.
3. have a broad health care purpose.
And More ...
For details on these issues. plus info about electricity
deregulation and juvenile justice, please read on.
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children above 150% of FPL: $3 for physician
visits. $5 for outpatient hospital visits. $3 for
drugs, and $20 for non-emergency visits to
emergency rooms
6. Extensive outreach to locate uninsured children.
7. The children of public employees would be
covered through an expansion of Medicaid which
only covered them.
As you evaluate the proposals regarding a State
Children's Health Insurance Program, here are some
points to keep in mind:
• There are some real advantages to Medicaid
expansion, as opposed to a separate plan. The
system is already in place and operates quite
efficiently. (Administrative costs are about 4%.)
Because of the number of children involved
(435,000 already on Medicaid), it has significant
purchasing power in negotiating prices with
providers. The primary objection to a Medicaid
expansion is that it is an entitlement and that the
state might be committing itself to more
spending than it expects or wants. But the
General Assembly could always vote to make
changes in the program to reduce its costs. And
one could argue that children should be entitled
to adequate health care.
• The children of public employees need to be
covered. State employees in ttie bottom ten pay
grades have minimum salaries ranging from
about $16,000 to about $19,000. There are
about 22,500 employees in these categories. To
cover children not already eligible for Medicaid,
the cheapest option is to pay about $2,600 for
coverage under the State Employees' Health
Plan. Children of public employees need health
care just as much as children of those in the
private sector. II would be unconscionable for
the state to create a system that excludes the
children of its own lowest-paid employees.
• The l;>enefits .pack~ge should be as complete as
that offered by Medicaid. This especially
impacts children ·with special needs. The
benefits package for the State Employees Health
Plan (which could be used as a benchmark if the
state chooses to set up its own SCHIP plan) does
not cover eyeglasses or hearing aids. In
addition, some therapies are not available to
children with developmental disabilities unless
the therapies will produce significant
improvement. Therapies which maintain a
current level of function and therefore prevent a
regression in ability would not be covered.
• All children in the same family need to have the
same benefits and the same coverage, whether
through a Medicaid expansion or through a
separate SCHIP program. Imagine the
confusion of having one child eligible for
Medicaid (with one set of benefits and
participating doctors) and another, older child
(with a different set of benefits and doctors).
Proposal in Trouble -Action Needed
In last week's meeting of the Governor's Commission
and this week's meeting of the Joint Legislative
Oversight Committee on Health Care, an alternate to
Dr. Bruton's plari has surfaced. Rep. Lanier Cansler
(R-Asheville) has expressed concern that SCHIP
plans are moving too fast, that more time is needed
to study the financial impact of SCHIP. His proposal
is to raise Medicaid limits for children 6-18 to 133%
FPL, submit the plan for federal approval so that this
year's money can be drawn down, and then prepare
and submit a more complete plan at a later date.
Of course, the problem with this proposal, even
assuming that Dr. Bruton's plan is finally adopted, is
that it means that many of our state's uninsured
children will continue for months or a year without the
access to health care that they need, at a time when
federal money is available to pay most of the cost of
covering them. This is money that has come from
North Carolinians, through income and other federal
taxes; there's no good reason .for it to go to help kids
in California or Arkansas. And, as noted earlier, the
SCHIP issue has already received months of
intensive, high-level study. It's hard to imagine what
additional information could be gathered that would
make a difference in the final program.
At least three bodies will have input into the decision
about SCHIP. They are:
Governor's Commission:
Lt. Gov. Dennis Wicker
Sen. Tony Rand (D-Fayetteville)
Sen . Bill Martin (D-Greensboro)
Sen . Jim Forrester (R-Stanley)
Rep. Jim Black (D-Matthews)
Rep. Lanier Cansler (R-Asheville)
Rep. Leo Daughtry (R-Smithfield)
Joint Legislative Oversight Committee:
Sen. Tony Rand, co-chair (D-Fayetteville)
Rep. Lanier Cansler, co-chair (R-Asheville)
Sen. Jim Forrester (R-Stanley)
Sen. Wib Gulley (D-Durham)
Sen. Fletcher Hartsell (R-Concord)
Sen. Beverly Perdue (0-New Bern)
Sen. Bob Rucho (R-Matthews)
Sen. Leslie Winner (D-Chartotte)
Rep. Joni Bowie (R-Greensboro)
Rep. Debbie Clary (R-Cherryville)
Rep. Jim Crawford (0-0xford)
Rep. Theresa Esposito (R-Winston-Salem)
Rep. Edd Nye (D-Elizabethtown)
Rep. Thomas Wright (D-Wilmington)
Joint Appropriations Subcommittee on HHS:
Sen. Bill Martin, co-chair (D-Greensboro)
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Vol. 55, No. 3 October 1997 North Carolina Council of Churches
Jubilee Project Sets Sail
Mr. Barbara Z. EarlrAnd Rrv. Char/rs M. Smirh Mr. Kathy Putnam and Mr. U¾iynr M. Wearhm
On che cumulcuous ocean of w~lfare
reform, chac gigancic and grudging
deconscruccion of public assistance w
che needv in our cime, one small and
trim crafc has sec ics face againsc che
scorm. Chriscened rhe Jubilee project
of rhe Norch Carolina Council of
Churches, ic seeks co navigace boch the
currenc of mercy and che scream of
JUSCICe.
As described by ics direccor Barbar:i
Earls, an accivisc social worker and
Uniced Mechodisc, Jubilee meecs wich
church leaders and Deparcmencs of
Social Services co enable joinc auion 111
che face of changes in che welfare
syscem. Jubilee documencs whac cht
churches are already doing co alleviace
poverry and provides craining for
helpers and advocaces from che fai1h
communirv. lcs biblical name lubilee
reminds chac che righceous co,,:,mun1cy
aces co eliminace poverty racher char1
welfare. In Lcvicicus and
Deuceronomy, che Jubilee year c:111~ for
forgiving debcs, freeing slaves. re1urn111 ~
properry !O ics original owners. wd
allowing land co lie fallow anJ resr
_Pranically. according w ics ch :111 c:r.
Jubilee 1ncends "co build cap:1Ci1 v
among Norch Carolina churches .111 J
faich groups co exercise che cwo ll:io \ nl
our faich uadiuons-mercy anJ ril,t'f
for 'che least among us' and the
prophecic call w leaders co refr:1i11 110111
oppres;ion .. , le gachei-s che voices of
religious communicies co cell rhe crurh
about whac they can and cannoc do in
che face of governmenc cutbacks. le
Jocumencs che successes and failures of
welfare reform.
The summer of 1997 saw Jubilee .
Juive in Wilson Counry, che firsc of its
(0uncv projeccs. As funding permics,
Wilson will be joined by Bladen,
Caldwell. Clay. Durham, Guilford, and
Hereford councies. Each counry project
begins wich a local advisory board-
including WorkFirsc parcicipancs and
Olher communiry scakeholders who
guide organizing and documencacion.
In Wilson . communicy leaders were
cuntaned by Kachy Pucnam, Jubilee
tteld (Oordinacor, and Wayne Wearhers,
jubilee summer incern who is also
PresiJrnc of che Black Seminarians
Un1un a1 Duke Diviniry School.
Weachers surveyed churches co find
our whar their resource needs were and
what they were already doing co assist
poor people. He found an array of
ser vices in place, including day care,
\"Ourh programs. che C ROP walk,
1 r:1 n•q)Orcation, financial assiscance co
Lhun.:h members and che broader
u 11nmun11v. help wich minrscnes chac
oper:ue a shelcer and soup kHchen.
cu 11s1ru cuon wich Habicac for
I {uman11,·. Jnd assiscance for migrant
fJ rrnworkers. Mosr ch u rchn su;,.t·veJ
wished co increase their work wirh poor
people, and half of chem wanced more
training for cheir congregacions in order
co do so.
The Wilson communicy has decided
co hold monchly meecings. In Augusc .
church leaders heard presencacions from
Department of Social Services Direccor
Glen Osborne and WorkFirsr
coordinacor Susan Parker. The lauer
introduced four women who had
moved from welfare co work, and chev
recounced some of che joys and pirfalis
of getting off welfare. One was a 59
year old grandmocher who had landed
a decenc job buc was subsequencly laid
off; she also has no cransporcacion or
help co look afcer her eleven year old
granddaughcer afrer school. A mocher
of rwo children who spenc seven years
on welfare. which gave her $272 a
monch. now earns $31 I a week ac a
cemporary job. which she hopes will
become pcrmanenc.
A chird woman got d full cime job
afcer five years on welfare anJ began w
buy a house; now she is anxious
because she was cue back co part umc
work and ha s since been laid off. The
fourch woman's husband got a job in
Smichtteld but had no driver's liccn sc
and no cransporcacion there from
Wilson; he w:1s unable ro find anoch cr
employee wh o rraveleJ lO Srnichfield
from Wilson .1 11d could give hirn a r,de
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WELFARE REFORM
AND THE CHURCH
A Study-Action Guide on
WELFARE, WORKING, AND POVERTY
IN NORTH CAROLINA
Produced by Project JUBILEE of the NC Council of Churches.
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requirement of a charitable trust. A group of non-
profits has gone to court to recover assets which the
non-profits say are owed to the public.
Maine has passed a law requiring Blue Cross (and
other non-profit hospital and medical service
companies) to place at least 90% of their assets,in a
charitable trust if they convert. ·
New York -Empire BCBS formed several for-profit
subsidiaries and announced plans to convert its
assets to those subsidiaries. Empire would then
become a tax-exempt charitable foundation. Empire
has offered to transfer 100% of the initial stock of the
for-profit company to the charitable foundation. with
the understanding that the foundation would reduce
its ownership in the for-profit over a period of years.
Virginia agreed to let its Blue Cross merge with a
stock corporation. only requiring $175 million (of a
value of $1 to $1 .5 billion) be placed in the state's
treasury, not even in a charitable foundation .
The Commission's meeting last week included
surprising and encouraging testimony from Ken Otis.
CEO of BCBS.
In prepared remarks. Otis stated: "(A]t the time of
conversion. we would support the. creation of one or
more foundations, funded by stock, for the charitable
purpose of serving the health needs of North
Carolina citizens." He added that Blue Cross had
come to this conclusion after a "fresh,
comprehensive study of the conversion issue." and
he recommended California as a model.
But. as noted by Adam Searing of the Health Access
Coalition. "It's not over yet. folks." Or. as Sen. Tony
Rand noted, "The devil is in the details." Issues that
need to be watched include:
1. Charitable trust of 100% of Blue Cross value.
While Otis talked of "the value" of the company,
he never said the words ·one hundred percent".
The clear implication of what he said was that he
was talking about the full value, but no one on
the study commission asked him to state it
specifically. The win-win situation for both Blue
Cross and the foundation is simple: Blue Cross
gets to keep 100% of its assets to continue to
provide health coverage to its customers. and
the foundation gets 100% of the stock created in
the conversion to continue the non-profit public
service mission of Blue Cross.
2. Any foundation created should be independent.
The money from this foundation comes as a
result of the investments the public and
philanthropists have made over the years in the
nonprofit NC Blue Cross. (The NC Health
Access Coalition has learned that the ea rly
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assets of Blue Cross came, in the 1930's. from a
variety of philanthropic sources, including a
$25,000 grant from the Duke Endowment and
thousands of dollars in credit extensions and
cash from Duke and Watts Hospitals, both of
which were non-profit.) A charitable foundation
created with this money needs to be totally
independent of a new for-profit Blue Cross.
3. Any foundation should have a broad health
mission. This foundation, in keeping with the
principles on which NC Blue Cross was
established. should seek to improve the access
to health care for all North Carolinians.
However. remember that a foundation like this
can be expected to last a century or more. The
health needs of North Carolinians may be much
different 50 years from now than they are today.
That is why a broad mission to improve health,
coupledwith a strong, independent, and publicly
representative board, will allow the foundation to
identify key health needs of our State as the
years go by and address these needs in the best
ways possible.
Voting members of the Study Commission are:
Sen. Tony Rand, co-chair (D-Fayetteville)
Rep. Leo· Daughtry, co-chair (R-Smithfield)
Sen. Betsy Cochrane (R-Advance)
Sen. Howard Lee (D-Chapel Hill)
Sen. Bever1y Perdue (D-New Bern)
Rep. Jerry Dockham (R-Denton)
Rep. Lyons Gray (R-Winston-Salem)
Rep. Biil Hur1ey (D-Fayetteville)
Mr. Torn Lambeth (representing
philanthropies)
Dr. Charles Sanders (representing the
business community)
Dr. Carolyn Ferree (representing the medical
community)
Mr. William Patterson (representing Blue
Cross)
Electricity Deregulation
Deregulation of the sale of electricity is one of the
most complex issues coming down the pike. While
legislative proposals are not likely before the 1999
session. a committee is busy gathering information.
About ten states have already adopted deregulation
plans, and there seems little debate at this point that
North Carolina will join the list sometime. Currently
the sale of electricity is a regulated monopoly. For
example, in the area served by Duke Power
Company, only Duke can sell electricity. The bottom
line on deregulation is that it would permit many
companies which generate electricity to sell their
electricity throughout North Carolina.
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Community Outreach and Involvement Plan Warren County PCB Landfill
APPENDIX 1-1
NATIONAL ENVIRONMENT AL JUSTICE ADVISORY COUNCIL (NEJAC)
ETG Environmental, lnc./BFA Environmental, Inc. March2000
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healthfinder(r) -National bnwonmental Justice Advisory Councll
healthf inder®
organization resource details
National Environmental Justice Advisory Council
Organization URL(s)
mailto:environmental-justice-epa@epamail. epa. gov.
http://es.epa.gov/oeca/oej/nejac/
Other Contact Information
Acting Director, Office of Environmental Justice
401 M Street, SW (MC 2201A)
Washington, DC 20460
[phone] (FAX)
[phone] (Voice)
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The National Environmental Justice Advisory Council (NEJAC) is a federal advisory committee that
was established by charter on September 30, 1993, to provide independent advice, consultation, and
recommendations to the Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on
matters related to environmental justice. The NEJAC is made up of25 members, and one Designated
Federal Official (DFO), who serve on a parent council that has six subcommittees. Along with the
NEJAC members who fill subcommittee posts, an additional 39 individuals serve on the various
subcommittees.
http://www.healthfinder.gov/text/orgs/hr2722.htm 12/8/99
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Environmental
Justice Grants:
Small Grants
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University
Partnership (CUP)
Grants Program
State and Tribal
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Justice (STEJ)
Grants Program
Environmental
Justice Through
Pollution
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Grants Program
Grants Offered
By EPA
EJ Fact Sheet
--Small Grants
EPA Grant
-Writing Tutorial
Environmental Justice Small Grants Program
OVERVIEW
The Office of Environmental Justice's Small Grants Program
was established in 1994 to provide financial assistance to
eligible community groups (i.e., community-based/grassroots
organizations, churches, schools, other non-profit
organizations, local governments, tribal governments that are
working on or plan to carry out projects to address
environmental justice issues. The guidance provided below
outlines the goals and general procedures for applicants and
awards.
Fiscal Year 2000 (October 1, 1999 -September 30, 2000)
In FY 2000, EPA's Office of Environmental Justice will make
available approximately $1.6 million to assist
community-based/grassroots organizations and tribal
governments working on local solutions to local environmental
problems under the Small Grants Program. Of this amount,
$600,000 is available for superfund projects only. The ceiling
for any one grant is $15,000 for non superfund projects or
$20,000 for superfund projects. Applications must be
postmarked no later than Friday, March 3, 2000 to qualify for
the FY 2000 program.
For further information about this program, please visit EPA's
website at http://www.epa.gov/oeca/main/ej/grants.html or call
our hotline at 1-800-962-6215. ·
• Office of Environmental Justice Small Grants Program -
Application Guidance FY 1999 (pelf format)
• 1998 List of Small Grant Recipients (pelf format)
• 1997 List of Small Grant Recipients (pdf format)
• 1996 List of Small Grant Recipients (pdf format)
• 1995 List of Small Grant Recipients (pelf format)
• 1994 List of Small Grant Recipients (pdf format)
• Success Stories: Emerging Tools (pdf format)
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Community Outreach and Involvement Plan Warren County PCB Landfill
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Hazardous Waste Worker Training
In its first decade, the NIEHS Worker Education and
Training Program (WETP) brought together over 100
organizations to train nearly one million workers throughout
th~ country in hazardous waste operations and emergency
response. l)nder WETP, community colleges, government
agencies, community-based organizations, academic
institutions, labor unions, and labor-management groups
have formed training partnerships in all 50 states. Training
under WETP has been provided through cooperative ,
agreements with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA), the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), and the U.S.
Department of Transportation (DOT).
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Emergency Response
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Emergency responders are trained under WETP to save lives, contain
hazardous materials incidents, and protect themselves and others from
harm in the case of a HazMat disaster. Over thirteen million hours of
essential, life-saving training have been delivered to workers in all 50
states. Innovative teaching techniques and course materials developed
under NIEHS grants are now being used by trainers across the country.
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The Minority Worker Training Program (MWTP}, besides delivering hazardous
materials training to a wide range of workers throughout the country, helps trainees
develop basic life skills, literacy skills, and job skills necessary to compete in a
changing labor market.
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Superfund Job Training Initiative
Partnerships involving NIEHS, EPA, and community-based organizations have provided
specialized training to people living around Superfund sites. Since partnerships began in 1996,
the program has worked to revitalize comrr;iunities and guide minority youth along job paths in the
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l?lew:,, iffw:,;;,~ • .,:.cc~;;: ... :..:~.-;.,,-~.~,.-~.--~---,-,~---,~···"·•··•-,_,.~ •. ..,.;..~,_, .. ;, .. _ .. , .... ,.,..,_ ..... -.•. I I I I I I I I -I I ~I I I .... . . 1·-1 I A "win-win" proposition For the nation: fewer cases of work-related accidents and illness There is "a high probability that occupational injuries and diseases are being prevented as a result of the NIEHS program, and the prevention of even a few catastrophic events easily justifies the investment in training." -The Dement Commission. For economically disadvantaged youth: new, life-enhancing opportunities "I used to work in a barber shop. Now I'm a carpenter's apprentice. This program has dou-bled my earning capacity in a year." -Carpenter's apprentice, New Orleans, Louisiana, trained under the MWT Carpenter Apprenticeship Program. For communities: a way to revitalize neigh-borhoods contaminated by pollution ''This training means I will be able to help keep future generations from becoming poisoned by lead." -Environmental technician, trained by DePaul University, Chicago, Illinois, under WETP-EPA SuperJTI. ---,-"'"!"""---~;.~.,j1:~ For workers: the knowledge needed to pro-tect themselves and their families from the risks of hazardous materials '1Before HazMat training, I used to] walk over corrosive substances that left rocks clean and then wear the same boots to walk through the house over carpeting where my baby daughter was learning to crawl. I would never do that now." -Railway carman, trained by The George Meany Center for Labor Studies, Silver Spring, Maryland. , 1·:-.'._._---.....,,..I n-e -_-,_ ~ ~ ii . L✓ _l_; l I.~] '_;¥!"" ·t ~ .1 fl /· • ~ J _l\ _ ~--For businesses: lower accident rates, and savings on workers' comp premiums "For Bechtel and other safety-conscious con-tractors, the benefits of employing NIEHS-trained employees show up in lower accident rates and reduced workers' compensation premiums ... " -Stew Burkhammer, Principal Vice President and Manager of Corporate Environmental, Safety and Health Services, Bechtel. ... .---._~-"' •. , M . ~; ' "" '"'\ _,,, ... -I ~·_'--·' ,_.·_._: t: :~ -~ .?4_ JL .f. ,., .. -~ l . ~ •·-, -u· -r··1·. . l_ --: . ,l< C -I l :\ _:_ -.... -. _I •. ~-~, Y-'1, ~ ~~~ :;, ... ···•·· ·••.•·--·-.. · .. · ........... ,, .. )· It -j}--1 ~ ! •~j ' ,i, :~ i'.• ,~ ~i . ~ d"f :~. ift.f
f1••.-·.•.,-.--.~·-· .... I I I I I I .,;-<:' .. I I I I I 1,., I". ---I I I I • ,--.......,._..,,.~--.. -...-,".'O"'"'"'.'."'"'(""--":"'·"':···. . • -•.•• ----••••.•. ~ .•••• ' _,,.,,,....,..._.....,.._....._-.:-,c-,,-.-:~----~::-.. -:--.-;--;:·-:-:--:---·-.-:-:------....-----... Setting trends nationwide Besides serving as a model for the development of hazardous materials training courses through-out the country, WETP has surpassed all of the objectives set forth by Congress. The program has addressed every target group identified by the legislators, as well as other workers covered by u.s: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regulations. The NIEHS awardees have conducted courses in all 50 states. WETP has led the way in developing innovative curricula based on the use of "worker trainers" and hands-on, site-specific training. These results have con-sistently been achieved at a cost that is negli-gible compared to the expense associated with most commercially available HazMat _ training programs. Workers and businesspeople alike say WETP has dramatically reduced the number of serious injuries, illnesses, and cited safety violations reported at workplaces inv~ved in the program. Nationwide, although the number of hazardous waste and emergency response workers has grown sharply, the number of work-related HazMat injuries and accidents has remained low, a fact attributed by many to the positive impact of the NIEHS Worker Education and Training Program. The independent review board that evaluated WETP in 1995 found it "cost-effective pecause the costs of even a small number of work acci-dents quickly add up to more than the yearly cost of the entire NIEHS training program ... [In] one case, the costs associated with an incident involving the improper operation of an incinerator reached an estimated $50 million in medical expenses, lost wages, and environmental damage. By contrast, the NIEHS program costs approximately $20 million per year." (i· -~ 'i<;!~ tr.;
~ I I I ' I .I :I I I -r I :1tf"]· ,~ ~-. . i~ ' ;1 ~ ,-,~ ... -· ,_ 'If,;,_, Today: • nearly one million people have been trained under NIEHS grants to universities, commu-nity colleges, trade unions, joint labor-man-agement organizations, and grass-roots worker health and safety groups; • over 150 cutting-edge health and safety courses have been developed by the recipients of these grants, the NIEHS awardees; • over thirteen million hours of essential, life-saving training, much of it hands-on and demonstration-based, have been delivered to workers in all 50 states. "' \{ JI_ j t i ... :i.. ~~ 1-: t~ --,..:;:i : ij 'I r I I I j "-· ~-· ~-;· ,;-:-·-·-· -...... . . i~ ' ~ ,c<,,.."'•. __ ,,..-. .... 1:; t ,, ii ~\ .~t \!' . 'J (~ .. ,~ li ___ .·1~ :,_·,/"'"•-, al · ~ ' .--·~··::-: .. :-·/'}., ✓--~·~~~ 'i}-J;,,..j :j ··--~. ~ d ....E~. ~ ~-~ ii . I ' . -. .::\ lf .11 .... ,,_ ,tf~. JI I,: ~-..JI:. ~ ''i -~ ~-t b €~ ~& ti \t. ..... --;,, . i--. , ~. ·i", .,.~J ~ .. ;, tt '!< ·;. ·~ ~ ...... '".tt. ~-\'} 1li'! ,~ t ~ ;t ~ ~~ ~~ ~. -"" *· ,~ -~ ;1 \l r ( 1; f ;• 1,
. --:..-:·.-.·-. -·· I;-., ... ,--.•-·.-..,. I I I I I I 1 · .. 't;~;\.P'.d >t.•· tit>·· I I I I I l,f,.,.:-,, . ::;---<~·.-:?-· .::_: .. I,._:'.· I I I I :l 't1ar1Ks to the ~t -., oc1d_ to keep c Protecting communities ... "In most of the area people slept with their windows open. They had no awareness at all of the spill until the next morning, when they woke up with chest discomfort, burning eyes and difficulty breathing." - A doctor describes the symptoms experienced by local residents after the July 1991 metam sodium spill in Dunsmuir, California, when a train car rup-tured, spewing 20,000 gallons of toxic herbi-cide into the Sacramento River. Part of WETP's work is training professional emergency response teams a_nd others who may be called upon to act in an emergency. In Dunsmuir, California, railroad workers, untrained in emergency response, were first on the scene of the ch~mical spill. They tried to recover the rail cars involved and suffered long-term health damage as a result. Local police, who directed the evacuation of-residents, were not equipped with protective gear, reportedly so as not to alarm the community. Residents were inappropriately evacuated to a high school located in the wind path of the toxic fumes. Prison inmates, untrained and without protective gear, were told to wade into the Sacramento River, in direct contact with the spilled pesticide, to collect dead fish and other debris. In each case, inadequately ·• • • • -.-..:' .• -. .-.• _.,_.._.._.-.-..-\:-.•.~ •• ,. ~ ..... •-• •··•••·,_ .. _c, • -• -trained individuals exposed themselves and others to harm. Protecting those present at the scene of hazardous materials incidents is the focus of many courses developed by the NI EHS awardees. Two HazMat spills in a Northern California hospital were safely contained in 1999 by workers trained under an NIEHS award to the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Education & Support Fund. In one case, the blockage of a major sewage line flooded several areas of the hospital with raw sewage. Workers who had completed an 8-hour awareness 11~: ~,1 s/-, t-~--~\ -I t I I J • ......-;;__ . , ~ ,' -,1 ~-~ .1,_ .... ,, . .,t. gir· 1_. ,I . ~ .. .,1/ . I l . EL..-... --_.,,. class conducted by the SEIU at Kaiser Permanente facilities were among the first to respond: they secured the area and called for the appropriate personal protective equipment. The second incident involved a spill of steris, a chemical used to sterilize hospital instruments. Again, workers who had completed the NIEHS-supported training course were first on the scene: their prompt response protected patients and other hospital workers from the potentially harmful effects of the spill. 1 ~ ' (
Jne·y Kr1ew to ra~J-)I<JlY sana ~ -L -, ... -t"··--/' ,~,:., i i I:. . ; '• ,---•-"'~, '. .. . ! l,) ____ I ~, ... · I ... and the envTronment Members of the Duluth Fire Department were participating in a course run by the AFSCME Training Institute, one of the NIEHS awardees, when a major benzene spill occurred. The city was sealed off and evacuat-ed. A trainer assumed the role of "on-site supervisor," while the fire fighters, using air monitoring equipment supplied in the training program, took to the streets as the official emergency response team. Duluth City offi-cials, impressed by the way the emergency had been handled, decided to extend the pro-gram to other municipal employees, including workers of the Duluth Department of Water and Gas. A short time later, these same work-ers responded to an oil spill on a major road leading into Duluth. Thanks to the training course, they knew to rapidly sand the road to keep cars from sliding and prevent the oil from running off into the ground. The benefits of training can be expressed in terms of lives saved and injuries and illnesses averted; they can also be measured in terms of property protected. A case in point: the explosion of a 1,500-pound hydrogen system on August 8, 1992, at an oil refinery in Wilmington, California. In 1984, after a similar explosion followed by a fire at the plant burned for 24 hours, company management and the Oil, Chemical, and Atomic Workers Union (OCAW, now PACE) introduced an emergency response training plan under the auspices of the NIEHS program. The company also purchased emergency bunker gear to aid in isolating fuel sources and started holding monthly drills for workers and the local fire department. Experts present at the scene in 1992 confirmed that thanks to the training, workers knew how to protect themselves, the company, and members of the surrounding community from harm. -..._ \,: -i: ~ @; \ __ ,~ •·,;. '.;.'. "'£;. .;::;.-~ t~ 11: .. -~: i~ ;-.. ·: I .·r· l .· i I 1i J I 1: i: " i: I: ! r I· i I I
· 1w·.·.,-•.•~-~•.'-I ·1 I I I I ,,, I I I I I '\\:··· :.y,., .. : .. ,. I I I I I l i i· ! .;,g ';,;{s~t Reducing the risks Workers who handle toxic substances clearly face high levels of risk. In creating WETP, Congress targeted three categories of Americans in need of special coverage: • workers involved in hazardous waste site cleanup; • workers involved in the treatment, storage or disposal of hazardous waste; • emergency responders. Developing and delivering training to these groups is complicated by their varied nature: included are scientists and backhoe operators, factory workers and chemical workers, health inspectors and laborers, fire fighters and emergency medical technicians. The educa-tional levels of cleanup workers are also var-ied, and training providers must ensure that complex information can be delivered effec-tively, even in cases when English is not the trainee's O?tive language. .~~ '.''f~ -~~rt _;_J} • -..... -. •••••• •••••• <.,. -••• -.· ••• < .·:-z .• .·'-The risks faced by workers at hazardous waste sites are especially numerous and complex. They may include chemical expo-sure, fire, explosion, oxygen deficiency, radia-tion, electric shock, and heat stress. -People responding to toxic spills or cleaning up long-buried waste often encounter mix-tures of unknown materials: for example, rail-road workers trained under one NIEHS grant say they are routinely exposed to "dirty dirt," piles of earth contaminated with unidentified hazardous materials, sometimes including radioactive waste, shipped by rail to be treated and stored. Another target group addressed by WETP is comprised of workers with "collateral" HazMat duties: these include chemical work-ers w~o may be called upon to respond to leaks, spills and other emergencies in plants, hospital workers exposed to medical waste, and sanitation workers, who may come into contact with unlabeled HazMat containers in the course of trash collection, or with toxic fumes during waste incineration. -~i~
:1; 1, ·, 11 ,,, 11 I I :I I :1 I ·1 ~ ,f I 11 I :,1 I . l '.I I ;fffeIS~l@9 lives . ...-t.:: ___ -~;, .. _;:;"ttl~ . •\,:•Th<fris'J(s of CQJ)fined spaces •-2~~-::~-:1 J•"f· __ . Tvy~~~,~yv York Department of Trans1portation .':' \:Worl<ers'iv,l~re saved from almost certain death when-remembering what they had learned in a course conducted by the New York/New Jersey Consortium, an NIEHS awardee-they hesitated before undertaking a job that would have required them to enter a confined space. Because air does not move in and out of con-fined spaces freely, deadly gases may be trapped inside. Remembering what they had learned in the training course, the Department of Transportation workers got monitors to test the air before entering. They found levels of hydrogen sulfide gas that would have been lethal without respirators. The dangers of digging up long-buried waste While doing cleanup work at a military site, a worker traine~by The Midwest Consortium discovered 40Q)t,linders of pentaborane. When he consl\ed refer~nce mat~~!~ls that com_r;nende_e:.t;m th~rtfp.l~~~flass, eri?lihad .t3e~{i! olid ·:oc eijuel arf~1~_ould ighite sly. • -rker w~_,,~Q1e.t9Jmple-l ise afio · nd handli-~g'e-· sa6, hi _. ~-n lif~nd the fl.es of rs at-?jfhe s1t~I, ~ ~-~'J!;,i ""?I!; ~ ~ .... :::··~~ ·---r·i ~~ ..-,...:....~,.· --r--:::-~~:-~·:·-::~:~--,~-:.-· .. ·.· -.-.,,~---· ·-.o,. I I I ·~t :.i~ (1~~ Training for emergencies On February 24, 1997, a fire broke out at a metal company in Toledo, Ohio, when a hose broke, spilling hydraulic fluid over red hot steel bars and high voltage equipment. The workers had been trained by the United Auto Workers International Union. They immediately began to evacuate the plant. "We were very fortunate not to have anybody hurt," said the UAW plant chairman. "It was due to the training, the alarms, and people's knowledge of how flammable hydraulic fluid is ... " ';·J;: ''\f~( ':f 1f ! 1( l P.
~ .~~-;~~~'.-~~a::.<. ~ : : ':· _· -~ , ·-c. I I I l ·:· I iliV,1iIS;,'t:::t({:/i£W>'.·. :··· C t· ·.; ... ~: _· ~-. : 1:. f'":.'··' ~-.. I: f· . · .. r·· ·-.---1:\ > I i'/ ....... . ,~! il':'.t~L. I~\.· . ~ .. I I ·Jltl fi?k~.ft;'•· . ,c ,. ,, ·~;i~(\ _,..~,;-~~!i?_~~1f~f=~-~;;-~~~-~~"":"-:-:~-o/~-=-1--~?;:-f: .. ·~"--~~--~--~~~~~~~~ .. :-~-::-.~:~ =-~~-~-:---·.·)·.--·:_---:,,~.--~:::--::~·:·-·, Partnerships make it work Within the framework of WETP, small businesses have joined forces with universi-ties and-government agencies, labor unions have forged .partnerships with managers and contractors, community colleges have estab-lished a national training consortium. A variety of organizations have undertaken joint devel-opment of site-specific curricula to address the differences in preparation, language and work skills that may characterize individual trainee groups. The California/Arizona Consortium, for example, is a partnership of academic institutions that develop courses and deliver training in Spanish as well as in -English. To fuel such alliances, representatives of corporaUons, small business, labor, academia and government meet twice a year for health and safety workshops. Participants in the January 1997 workshop called WETP a "win-win" proposition that benefits workers, busi-ness, and government agencies alike. In the words of former WETP director Denny Dobbin, "High quality health and safety train-ing for workers involved with hazardous mate-rials is good public policy. It enhances job skills, helps reduce health care costs by pre-venting work-related injury and illness 9.~1~. contributes to a cleaner, safer environAAe!'bt.. ." ,1.:.:,·, Here are just a few examples of the many partnerships forged under WETP: • DOE, contractors Lockheed Martin and MK Ferguson, and the United Brotherhood of Carpenters: the group logged 2.5 million "safe man-hours" in the cleanup of DOE's Oak Ridge Reservation nuclear weapons site; • Foster Wheeler Environmental Corporation, Laborers-AGC, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters and the International Union of Operating Engineers: each year, this joint venture helps Foster Wheeler save thousands of dollars per worker in training and other costs; • Webb Tools, Inc., and DePaul University: a hazard communication and HazMat training program delivered by the University to the company's 200 workers, most of whom spoke only Polish or Spanish, convinced OSHA to halve penalties for health and safety violations previously levied against the company; • Libbey Inc., the American Flint Giass Workers Union, the International Chemical Workers Union Council, an· International Association of Machinists' local and a Glass, Molders, Pottery, Plastics and Allied Workers local: the five have traineda~orker-trainers at Libbey's Toledo, Ohio, &:r[cl,~hreveport, Louisiana, plants; this group~l~aine~-fli};;Do_w_ delivering site-specific . health ftL~ safeWrMra1rnng to workers and . t:1~i -;54 .,
managers throughout Libbey, on topics including HazCom, lockout-tagout, and confined spaces; • A drive to increase the representation of minorities and women in the Knoxville work-force that saw East Tennessee Mechanical Contractors join forces with the Knoxville Building Trades Council and the United Brotherhood of Carpenters Health and Safety Fund, to launch a program of life skills training, practical support, and haz-ardous materials training for low-income minority applicants; • Petrochemical company Sunoco joined forces with the OCAW to implement an incident investigation program in its Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania, refinery; • The University of Alabama at Birmingham, along with paper mill Union Camp of Franklin, Virginia, and the United Paperworkers International Union (now PACE), implemented an employee-run HazMat training course credited with resulting in a string of 1. 7 million hours without a single lost-time accident; • Laborers-AGC Edµcat'ion and Training Fund and British Nuclear Fuels, Ltd., have trained hundreds of workers at DOE's Oak Ridge facility, saving the government and ---~· contractor thousands of dollars. .... I:\ ~~ •·~;,, i &¾, ·"~~-~,; . ,-. ,,., .. ,. .... ,.. · ·•·• •·••"-~•••• •• cc,;c,~-· · '" -~High quality health and satetyf ! training for vvorkers involved ,, with hazardous materials is good public policy. It enhances job skills, helps reduce health care costs by preventing work-related injury and illness and contributes to a clean e ,··•~•-nm '.:;ti ···" . '' ·-:; ~~-:•d. ~·--if;--:
ff T$WZ2'. • _ .·. . · I I I ~. ' . ~,;I¾s~1~i:;:vrr:;;,,r\'~;"> · ,::' !~:· . ·. _:i~. \ ;,. !i.. ~;..: • ¥ ~ ·~ ., .. -:.-::~--·_ .·:-.:-.~.•-:.-' ~ ;-,Y::f:: lt:; ~ ·ii : il-'.-J~ -;{~., " .. r, x -:!, ~;J ~), :~~._,;,.X:. J~ V }• it J;, l:i'a\, .,, u~~""';"' ~ .... :::1.;tJ~7~tb .,(;·v· ~.-tT i\ ~l_ '1'.' •;ts. :~~@;..;_, I :;~:t£f' ~-. ,.. -:~:-~: ... -;:--:,-:-:.-.-,;~:. ~-;,:;: ;},:-;.' .~. ~#.;·.s·:,.~ l)~-t:_t· it,, "M d I" . I a e; <i: _Qurr1eL1 a :''· ~i. '•• "':/} ':~~ ~~ ·,;.~H,~·:,\ ;f. i:,; ~ '· . .,_.::,•_'!f,_~ ·:· ·i--r-.~ lrrke~pi~g wj!h qingressj~ object,ive t~at Ws_W~eie a§ theltra1IE~~r for tijzard~-M,~ materials training throughout the country, the NIEHS awardees have developed over 150 , -~~~Mat an~ e~ergency r~onse. *.~ur~~~, o'n CopJi;s ran11 · ~0mfh~~'s'ttf~ba;tem~n~b ;, azardous ,;st! s~ irn~~tibrf!"he coffler;; t?.'.-es of TA · wl,f_e1yJBs :, bY,tot'tr. ; ,irams ac J;t co~nide•pract,cal ~p,onstra!ons, site-specific training, and the use of peer trainers: these are course leaders who are or who once were employed, in a non-supervisory capacity, in one branch or another of hazardous waste handling or emer-gency response. The extensive use of peer trainers in NIEHS-supported programs represents a break with much of established training prac-tice. Most of the peer trainers have been involved in the transportation, handling, or storage of hazardous waste for at least 10 years, and have been in the workforce, on average, about 15 years. Some NIEHS · programs rely mainly on full-time worker train-ers, others on part-time worker trainers still employed in industries with hazardous waste. Some are curriculum-driven, relying on learn-ing materials that anyone can use, with mini-mal -training, to deliver a consistently excellent training course. Others seek to provide trainers with enough skills and knowledge to ensure that they can offer an excellent course with whatever materials are at hand. Among the reasons for using peer trainers: • they have high credibility with most workers; • they build leadership skills and help create "safe_ty watchdogs" in the workforce; =:J~ -;, . :.;. • they,,can often deliver the same training as professionals with emphasis on the most pres~'fng safety issues and at lower cost. Training takes place in the classroom, in break areas, or on the job. By enlisting HazMat workers as trainers and taking advantage of their practical knowledge of and direct experience with dangerous materials and processes, these programs raise the quality of training. Using worker trainers helps make safety a widely accepted shop floor practice. All the NIEHS awardees require that their trainers complete a variety of basic courses in ~dult education and teaching techniques. . Some programs offer annual refresher trair:1ing on an optional or a mandatory basis. Many programs provide networks to help trainers st~y _in contact with each other and with ' _,/!',;,• training mentors. .--.• -. --.---. --. -----~--.--.--.---,-~-... ·'II ,, -~ m . ! ' ...,~ '~-1::1~ ...... -.-,,.;~--
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r:.::-,,.::,:,._::>-. I 1· I I I I-Jf~3:\'~i,~;1'J::fJ.·:'_;;;'';~·;: ,; K ·si· :··.• ' .. I·,:,.·.··· I I i I ~,,..,.,.,,."lt; J ' I I .• '!t: .. -:-K,.'l' ;~~:--~~-~":-_.')f{.;0~;-~::."' :.·· .· ·-.... ·_..: .... ':.-· ;:_ .. ;;=:-%=~;. _ .... -~~~-~~~:.:':7':·_:~¥-~f~~~:¢::~f?-.. ~---.. _-.. r~~-hA!W ~-~ ';if:" ··:-:->. ...._ The EPA Program Gongress created WETP to deal with cleanup and emergencies associated with hazardous waste removal, containment, and emergency response, in areas including the highly polluted Superfund sites listed on EPA's National Priorities List, other public and privately owned contaminated sites, treatment storage and disposal facilities, and transporta-tion networks. ,-~ ~ I I ~--~---. . . --~ -.· ,. ~-, .. .i·:-:. -,;:. _,.,..:.; 1{J~1 ,:,,;,Q ~-~ll-~,:=· ~: t: i;• ~ti --~( l -· ' ' -·-..r., ,n ' ,;!I>· 11 'i'¼t'. I ti ti t t! -~i~~ :~ Many of the nearly one million workers trained under the interagency agreement between NIEHS and EPA have worked on Superfund sites, some come into contact with hazardous materials transported from these sites, while others have worked at "RCRA" industrial treatment, storage and disposal facil-ities. Many other workers trained under the EPA program have found jobs at urban "Brownfields." The New England states, for example, are home to nearly 100 Superfund sites and 49 Brownfields pilot projects; the New England Consortium, one of the NIEHS awardees, has provided HazMat training to over 11 ,000 people. \~..i> \~/f ?:·rtJ ~~ I ,c.--~~ .. 'tt,_...,.. \· i}·. "',; "' '£>;.;., ...._ ... ..>, ; ,. " -:o':"'.·t;,"""~ ~; ~ • i.'i!! "ffi ~~ t~~-·).• !:' ., t .... :.:.~•.: -~ '~ . i· :; ~:-.,. ,l -~r.;~-~ '/. .,,~ l-.·-···-·--·.~ -.·.-.-~~:.~· '.t -~\ Jl 1g lti 'tc/i , .,., ... ,,
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f ,_:.;;.,,::,:;,_~--~=-·-s .. --. I I I I I ;I ;ft .·•· -.. L· I . ; ·1 I :1 I ;· ' 1 1 l ! ·.t! 1 l1;\L. ·.·· ·• · .....•...• ".)J'.St l1~f !\l•> i~ ;i!f' ~-~ ·I : I I I • ·' ·• .: . .•· : ' \?it<;i• . ..· The Minority t9rkerTraining Progra_m (MWTP) . . . .. ----. ' \''>':., ';\f I ·•/I I 'i• \ "I'm grateful to Jackson State Universtity and the Minority Worker Training Program for giving me the chance to get a_ job that pays enough money for me to take care of myself and my two children.• -Robin Carter Seven ofthe NIEHS awa}de~s focus: ib whole or in part on training· low-income,, · · minority youth for jobs in ehvirorime·ntal ·-reme-diation. Beside~ delivering HazMat courses to a wide range of workers throughout the ~oun-try, MWTP helps trainees develop the basic life, literacy, and job _skills necessary to com-pete in the labor market. The MWTP awardees are: Alice Hamilton Occupational Health Center, Center to Protect Workers' Rights, Clark Atlanta University, DePaul University, Jackson State University, Laborers-AGC Education and Training Fund, and the New Jersey/New York Consortium. By the end of its third year, the program had recruited and trained almost a thousand young· adults in worker health and safety for environ-mental cleanup. To date, MWTP has targeted 12 cities: Atlanta, Baltimore, Chicago, Cleveland, Los Angeles, Memphis, Minneapolis/St. Paul, New Orleans, New York, Oakland, San Francisco, and Washington, DC. i ~ 1 ~\,:--o-· -_ r1t~·v v·· ·\10· -_ r I I ( ' I ·~ .. · ·,., . ,jj f ' . ·.-:-:::'·:~·--::-·--.. --... _,..,..,_ ......... ---~--~~·:--:-~.~·---:--~-:,~~-... ~~---... :~~--·~·-1:<·---:··~--:-----·.:-•--·--.-•. --.,.:.:.•.•·~···'t,..~ -~~. •' •·. ·,;,-::,,:; .. In fiscal year 1998, 240 minority students received over 146,000 contact hours ol train-ing in 20 subjects. One hundred and fifty-six of them are now employed, a placement rate of 65%; some of the remaining 35% have gone on to higher education. The jobs they hold are in the environmental field, in general construction, and in lead, asbestos and haz-ardous waste remediation. Eighty-four percent are African American, 14 percent are Hispanic, one percent are Pacific Islanders and one percent are Asian, including Cambodians and Laotians. According to data compiled by one awardee, the New York/New Jersey Cons9rtium, wages earned by its trainees equal or exceed the total costs of training. Graduates of the 1995-96 and 1996-97 pro-grams have earned significant incomes: the earliest graduates earned a median annual income of $17,215, before benefits, with a maximum of $44,315. Over the course of two program cycles, the students earned a com-bined pre-benefit total of $386,000, roughly equal to the total award to the Consortium for a single year of training. t, \Zl t ~' ~; ;1~ fl \"'.':. i, :t-,J 1..:, . ,'"<.~ ~ r ~\ 'i:. ( ( .... )_··,'_·. .. · . ~ .. -' ,,
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National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
111 TW Alexander Drive
Maildrop EC-25
Research Triangle Park. NC 27709
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Web Site: http://www.niehs.nih.gov/wetp
Joseph T. Hughes Jr., Director
Sharon Beard, Industrial Hygienist
Patricia Thompson, Program Analyst
Joyce Hill, Secretary
National Clearinghouse
for Worker Safety and Health Training Under the auspices of Ruth Ruttenberg & Associates. Inc .. and the George Meany Center for Labor Studies
5107 Benton Avenue. Bethesda, MD 20814
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Community Outreach and Involvement Plan Warren County PCB Landfill
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LIST OF POTENTIAL VENDORS, SUPPLIERS AND SUBCONTRACTORS
ETG Environmental, Inc./BF A Environmental, Inc. March2000
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Temporary Housing/Hotels and Motels
Budget Host Inn
North Garnett Street
Henderson, NC 27536 [phone]
Comfort Inn
112 Parham Road
Henderson, NC 27536 [phone]
Days Inn
1052 Ruin Creek Road
Henderson, NC 27536 [phone]
Holiday Inn
200 Sims Street
Henderson, NC 27536 [phone]
Howard Johnson
200 Parham Road
Henderson, NC 27536
Quality Inn
IH 85 & Parham Road
[phone]
Henderson, NC 27536 [phone]
Scottish Inn
1759 North Garnett Street
Henderson, NC 27536 [phone]
Colonial Inn
3157 Georgia Road, US 441 , 23 South
Franklin, NC 28734 [phone]
Barber's Motel
3108 Georgia Road
Franklin, NC 28734 [phone]
Carolina Motel
625 Georgia Highway
Franklin, NC 28734 [phone]
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Country Inn Town
I 277 East Main Street
Franklin, NC 28734 [phone]
I Days Inn
1320 East Main Street
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Forest Cove Cottages
I 75 Forest Cove Road
Franklin, NC 28734 [phone]
I Franklin Motel
1 7 West Palmer Street
Franklin, NC 28734 [phone]
I Franklin Square Motel
660 Highlands Road
I Franklin, NC 28734 [phone]
Franklin Terrace
I 159 Harrison Avenue
Franklin, NC 28734 [phone]
I Ivy Bed & Breakfast
331 North Main Street
Warrenton, NC 27589 [phone]
I Fencing Contractors
I Franklin Fence
120 Chavasse A venue
Henderson, NC 27539 [phone]
I Hargrove' s Fencing/Installing
370 North Lee Avenue
I Henderson, NC 27536 [phone]
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Fence Rite Fencing
237 Buckskin Lane
Henderson, NC 27536 [phone]
I American Heritage Fence Co.
Wake Forest, NC [phone]
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2836 US 158 Bypass
Henderson, NC 27536 [phone]
I Kennametal Inc.
139 Warehouse Road
Henderson, NC 27536 [phone]
I Safety Consultants
I Cary Pacific Technologies Inc.
541 7 Denberg Lane
Raleigh, NC 27615 [phone]
I Dimensions IN Occupational
6512 Six Forks Road #402A
I Raleigh, NC 27615 [phone]
LA Weaver Company
I 308 East Jones Street
Raleigh, NC 27601 [phone]
I North Carolina Operation Lfsvr
1500 Carson Street
Raleigh, NC 27608 [phone]
I Safety & Health Consulting Service
4904 Waters Edge Drive #240
I Raleigh, NC 27606 [phone]
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Employment Agencies/Clerical
Employment Security Commission
945 West Andrews Avenue #D
I Henderson, NC 27536 [phone]
I Griffin Staffing Service
900 South Garnett Street #A
Henderson, NC 27536 [phone]
I Employment Security Commission of North Carolina
109 South Hall Street
I Warrenton, NC 27589 [phone]
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Industrial Staffing, Inc.
. Warrenton, NC 27589 [phone]
I Monarch Services, Inc.
113-1/2 Main Street
Oxford, NC [phone]
I Staff Mark
323 South Chesnut Street
I Henderson, NC 27536 [phone]
Oils -Fuels
I Rosemart Food Stores
1205 West Andrews Avenue
I Henderson, NC 27536 [phone]
Amoco Food Shop
I 230 East Macon Street
Warrenton, NC 27589 (52) 257-1461
I ODOM Motor Service
120 North Main Street
Warrenton, NC 27589 [phone]
I Warrenton Exxon
223 South Main Street
I Warrenton, NC 27589 [phone]
Bowers & Burrows Oil Company
I 136 Partin Street
Henderson, NC 27536 [phone]
I CHEX Heating Oil
220 Flemingtown Road
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Falkner Coal & Oil Company
I 109 East Spring Street
Henderson, NC 27536 [phone]
I Mc Cracken Oil & Propane Company
560 Dabney Drive
Henderson, NC 27536 [phone]
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I 946 West Andrews Avenue# A
Henderson, NC 27536 [phone]
I Rose Oil Company
Highway 158 West
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AAA Gas & Appliance
632 North Main Street I Warrenton, NC 27589 [phone]
I Ameri Gas
2946 US Hwy. 158 N
Henderson, NC 27536 [phone]
I Equipment
I C.G. Alston Backhoe & Septic
Route 4
Box 593
I Warrenton, NC 27589 [phone]
Duncan-Parnell Inc.
I 201 Glenwood A venue
Raleigh, NC 27603 [phone]
I OCE Engineering Systems
4000 Blue Ridge Road
Raleigh, NC 27612 [phone]
I Dominion Equipment & Supply Co., Inc.
585 Industry Drive
I Henderson, NC 27536 [phone]
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I Harris Equipment Company
P.O. Box 565
Warrenton, NC 27589 [phone]
I Barn Construction Equipment
560 Saterwhite Point Road
I Henderson, NC 27536 [phone]
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I Henderson Insulation Company
RR 1 Box 56F
Warrenton, NC 27589 [phone]
I Atlantic Coast Mechanical Inc.
5804 Lease Lane
I Raleigh, NC 27613 [phone]
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Bolton Corporation
919 West Morgan Street
Raleigh, NC 27603 [phone]
I Capital Mechnical Contractors
1032 Hammell Drive
I Raleigh, NC 27603 [phone]
Cecil Davis Plumbing Inc.
I 2413 Paula Street
Raleigh, NC 27608 [phone]
I Century Contractors, Inc.
2640 Yonkers Road #0
Raleigh, NC 27606 [phone]
I Frank's Maintenance
204 Grand A venue
I Raleigh, NC 27606 [phone]
Inline Plumbing Contractors
I 819 Purser Drive
Raleigh, NC 27603 [phone]
I MCC Mechanical
5504 Commercial Avenue #10
Raleigh, NC 27612 [phone]
I Rowland Contracting Inc.
3812 Tarheel Drive #C
I Raleigh, NC 27609 [phone]
Southern Comfort HV AC
I PO Box 17084
Raleigh, NC 27619 [phone]
I Triangle Test BALANCE/ANALYSIS
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I Raleigh, NC 27615 [phone]
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Depend-O Insulation Company
I 2694 Vicksboro Road
Henderson, NC 27536 [phone]
I Hughs Insulation Inc.
72 Eileen Court
Henderson, NC 27536 [phone]
I Quality Insulation Company
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132 Carey Chapel Road
Henderson, NC 27536 [phone]
I Insulation Technologies
PO Box 90784
Raleigh, NC 27675 [phone]
I Insulating, Inc.
1212 Home Court
I Raleigh, NC 27603 [phone]
Fore Most Insulation Company
I 8628 Barefoot Industrial Road
Raleigh, NC 27613 [phone]
I Ellington Insulation Company
2004 Brentwood Road # 11
Raleigh, NC 27604 [phone]
I Complete Building Solutions
6010 Triangle Drive
I Raleigh, NC 27613 [phone]
All County Contracting, Inc.
I 8400 Lakewood Drive
Raleigh, NC 27613 [phone]
I 31-W Insulation Company
4718 Fayetville Road
Raleigh, NC 27603 [phone]
I Electrical Contractors
I Ark Electric
125 Hoyl Lane
I Henderson, NC 27536 [phone]
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Bill Newton Electric
I 133 Ranes Drive
Henderson, NC 27536 [phone]
I Martin's Plumbing & Heating Co.
140 South Main Street
Warrenton, NC 27589 [phone]
I Chavis & Son Electrical Services
RFD3
I Henderson, NC 27536 (252) 492-202 l
I Satterwhite Electric
211 Brodie Road
Henderson, NC 27536 [phone]
I Jeffries Electric Co.
45 Cokesbury Court
I Henderson, NC 27536 [phone]
Mid-South Electric Service
I 2707 Dabney Road
Henderson, NC 27536 [phone]
I Weeks Construction Co.
266 Welcome A venue
Henderson, NC 27536 [phone]
I Wilson Electric Co. of Henderson
21 7 South William Street
I Henderson, NC 27536 [phone]
A B Electrical Service Company Raleigh
I 10220 Six Forks Road
Raleigh, NC 27615 [phone]
I A L Beach Electric Company
3237 Banks Road
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Raleigh, NC 27603 [phone]
Jimmie Ikner Electrical Services
526 Old Warrenton Road
I Henderson, NC 27536 [phone]
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Holt Coleman Electric
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WarreJ:}ton, NC 27589 [phone]
I Code Electric Inc.
3301 Glen Royal Road
I Raleigh, NC 27612 [phone]
Contact Electric of Raleigh
I 330 Dupont Circle
Raleigh, NC 27603 [phone]
I Electric Express
1310 Fairview Road
Raleigh, NC 27608 [phone]
I Electrical Equipment & Supply
I Electrical Equipment Company
1410 Diggs Drive
Raleigh, NC 27603 [phone]
I Triangle Electric Supply of Henderson
336 E. Montgomery Street
I PO Box 1315
Henderson, NC 27536 [phone]
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I Power Equipment Plus, Inc.
PO Box 1529
I Henderson, NC 27536 [phone]
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I TCT Rentals
4979 NC39 Hwy.
South Henderson, NC 27536 [phone]
I Security Consultants/Security Guards
I AHNER Security, Inc.
Henderson, NC 27536 [phone]
I ABF/Sentry Watch Inc.
4938 Windy Hill Drive #A
I Raleigh, NC 27609 [phone]
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Alarms Plus
I 3200 Glen Royal Road # 107
Raleigh, NC 27612 [phone]
I Murray Guard Inc.
5400 Glenwood A venue
Raleigh, NC 27612 [phone]
I Pinkerton Security & Investigation
311 7 Poplarwood Court
I Raleigh, NC 27604 [phone]
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Security Forces, Inc.
5209 Oak Park Road
Raleigh, NC 27612 [phone]
I Staff One
21 Glenwood A venue # 105
I Raleigh, NC 27603 [phone]
Allied Security Inc.
I 100 East Six Forks Road #303
Raleigh, NC 27609 [phone]
I Employee Security Company
624 West Jones Street
Raleigh, NC 27603 [phone]
I Faulkner Security
5720 Creedmoor Road
I Raleigh, NC 27612 [phone]
Contractors/General
I Ashland Construction Company
460 Atlantic A venue
I Raleigh, NC 27604 [phone]
Franklin Construction
I PO Box 123
Henderson, NC 27536 [phone]
I H. G. Reynolds
PO Box 209
Henderson, NC 27536 [phone]
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I 656 Walter Powen Road
Henderson, NC 27536 [phone]
I Vance Construction Company
4197 Raleigh Road
Henderson, NC 27536 [phone]
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J.L. Williams Construction Co., Inc.
I 1200 Spring Valley Lake Road
Henderson, NC 27536 [phone]
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I C & C Enterprise Inc. of Warren County
314 South Garnett Street
I Henderson, NC 27536 [phone]
I Johnson's Block & Concrete Co., Inc.
1873 NC 39 Hwy.
South Henderson, NC 27536 [phone]
I McDaniel Construction Co., Inc.
624 Corbitt Road
I Henderson, NC 27536 [phone]
Quality Plus Services, Inc.
I RFD9
Henderson, NC 27536 [phone]
I Ruby Collins Inc.
280 Regional Water Lane
Henderson, NC 27536 [phone]
I Terra Form Construction, Inc.
513 Yadkin Street
I Henderson, NC 27536 [phone]
Excavating Grading Hauling
I K.H.P Trucking/Landscaping, Inc.
P.O. Box 129
I Macon, North Carolina 27551 [phone]
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I 214 Louisburg Road
Warrenton, NC 27589 [phone]
Mobile [phone]
I Faulkner Grading & Landscaping Inc.
45 Faulkner Town Road
I Henderson, NC 27589 [phone]
Pearce's Backhoe Service
I 525 Welcome Avenue
Henderson, NC 27589 [phone]
I Harris Equipment Company
OFC Warrenton-Norlina Road
I Warrenton, NC 27589 [phone]
Food Services/Restaurants
I Ann's Kountry Kitchen
Norlina Road
I Warrenton, NC 27589 [phone]
Burger Barn
I 328 East Macon Street
Warrenton, NC 275-2368 [phone]
I Hardee's
Highway 158
Warrenton, NC 27589 [phone]
I Subway Sandwiches & Salads
305 East Macon Street
I Warrenton, NC 25789 [phone]
Warren Restaurant
I 139 South Main Street
Warrenton, NC 27589 [phone]
I Gray's Gourmet
2107 North Garnett Street
Henderson, NC 27589 [phone]
I Kerr Lake Caterers
73 7 Rock Mill Road
I Henderson, NC 27589 [phone]
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I Pinkney' s Bakery & Catering
811 Carver School Road
Henderson, NC 27589 [phone]
I Southern Caterers
501 Wakefield Avenue
I Henderson, NC 27589 [phone]
Sanitation/Sanitary Supplies
I Janitorial/Cleaning/Garbage Collection
Waste Industries, Inc.
I Baltimore Road
Warrenton, NC 27589 [phone]
I Waste Industries, Inc.
520 West Ridgeway Street
Warrenton, NC 27589 [phone]
I Waste Industries, Inc.
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Highway 43
Warrenton, NC 27589 [phone]
I Palmers Cleaning Service
111 West Franklin Street
Warrenton, NC 27589 [phone]
I North Henderson Janitorial Service
429 Vanco Mill Road
I Henderson, NC 27536 [phone]
Williams Janitorial Service
I 307 Kings Road
Henderson, NC 27536 [phone]
I Toilets -Portable
Baily Company
I 520 Skenes A venue
Henderson, NC 27536 [phone]
I A Fresh Potti
649 Lake View Road
Henderson, NC 27536 [phone]
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S.S.T., Inc.
33 Brickyard Run
Warrenton, N.C. 27589
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