Public Comment - Support_20210408 (47)

Strickland, Bev
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Dear NC Environmental Management Committee,
We owe clean water to everyone, especially to our future generations to prosper and be healthy throughout
North Carolina.
I am writing in support of the proposed temporary wetland rules 15A NCAC 02H .1301 (Revision) and 15A
NCAC 02H .1400 (.1401 through .1405). I also ask that you make these rules stronger and Permanent to better
protect North Carolina's irreplaceable wetland ecosystems.
Wetlands are Critical to our state?s resilience. They act as filters for our drinking water and sponges to help
contain flood water. Wetlands are nurseries for fish and provide habitat for countless birds and other animals.
I?m writing in support of a temporary to permanent rule to protect North Carolina wetlands that are no longer
protected by federal law. However, the proposed rule in front of the EMC does not go far enough to preserve
our depleted wetlands; the threshold for permitting should be a quarter -acre, not a half -acre. A half -acre
threshold will allow for a cumulative loss of wetlands that would be devastating to water quality and our
ability to manage water during hurricanes and storms.
I ask that you vote in favor of a temporary to permanent rule of protection for wetlands that sets the
threshold for permitting at one quarter -acre or lower.
Thank you for considering my comments.
Sincerely,
Hayden Fink
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Hendersonville, NC 28792
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