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>From the Sierra Club weekly update:</div>
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We knew about the anti-trees bill but what is new is an attack on sedimentation control -- an idea that is in the wrong direction when there is research onto how land clearing can be done better to keep carbon tied up longer (I don't have a specific reference
for this, but doing better on development practices is one of the recommendations about how NC wild and working lands can contribute to reducing climate change)</div>
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We probably don't need to tell the Durham delegation about this, but it you have friends in other parts of the state, please pass this on.</div>
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House Rep. to protect water by opposing H 489 “Building Code & Development Reg Reform” and to protect trees by opposing H 496 “Property Owners’ Rights/Tree Ordinances”.</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2021/h489" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:12pt; background-color:transparent; font-variant-numeric:normal; font-variant-east-asian:normal; text-decoration-line:underline; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre-wrap">H
489</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt; background-color:transparent; font-variant-numeric:normal; font-variant-east-asian:normal; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre-wrap"> “Building Code & Development Reg Reform” would be harmful to sediment control
efforts that are all about protecting water quality. Land development comes with impacts that must be managed, including the potential for sediment to run offsite, destroying streams and polluting rivers. H 489 would undercut local sediment programs by capping
permit fees, transferring liability to uninformed homeowners, and erasing core responsibilities of developers and builders. The bill is scheduled for a House vote Monday evening. </span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2021/h496" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:12pt; font-variant-numeric:normal; font-variant-east-asian:normal; text-decoration-line:underline; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre-wrap">H
496</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt; background-color:transparent; font-variant-numeric:normal; font-variant-east-asian:normal; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre-wrap"> “Property Owners’ Rights/Tree Ordinances”
</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:rgb(34,34,34); background-color:transparent; font-variant-numeric:normal; font-variant-east-asian:normal; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre-wrap">would prohibit communities from adopting tree protection ordinances
that regulate the removal of trees from private property without the express authorization of the General Assembly.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:rgb(34,34,34); font-variant-numeric:normal; font-variant-east-asian:normal; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre-wrap">
</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:rgb(34,34,34); background-color:transparent; font-variant-numeric:normal; font-variant-east-asian:normal; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre-wrap">This would make it more difficult for local governments to protect
large historic trees, tree buffers, and natural flood and erosion control on private property. </span></p>
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