COASTAL 



TIDINGS 



The N. C. State Ports Authority purchased 

 600 acres in Brunswick County 



New Port Site in 

 Brunswick County 



The property for the new North 

 Carolina International Port in Brunswick 

 County now belongs to the N.C. State Ports 

 Authority. 



In Apnl, the Ports Authonty closed on 

 the purchase of a 600-acre undeveloped 

 industrial site on the west bank of the Cape 

 Fear River. The site is nine miles from the 

 Atlantic Ocean and adjacent to the Military 

 Ocean Terminal Sunny Point and Progress 

 Energy's Brunswick Nuclear Plant. 



Conceptual plans for the new port 

 include a major international terminal, which 

 would catapult North Carolina into the 

 ranks of major U.S. ports. The new facility 

 would have a capacity of 1 .5 million 20-foot 

 equivalent container units, 4,000 linear feet 

 of berthing and an industnal park for distri- 

 bution centers or related operations. 



"The new terminal will multiply the 

 number of jobs already generated by the 

 ports, both local and statewide," says Ports 

 Authonty Board Chairman Carl J. Stewart 

 Jr. He estimates more than 48,000 jobs 

 locally and statewide are related to activities 

 at current state ports in Morehead City and 

 Wilmington. 



Several projects are required before the 

 new port can open, including dredging the 

 navigational channel, design and construc- 

 tion of terminal facilities and working with 

 state and federal authonties to ensure 

 highway and rail access. 



Navigational access and construction 

 is expected to begin in 2013. 



To learn about the new port site, visit 

 the Web: www.ncports.com. — A.G. 



Survey 

 Finds Public 

 Misunderstands 

 Stormwater 



Results from a recent 

 stormwater survey sponsored by the 

 N.C. Department of Environment 

 and Natural Resources (DENR) finds 

 that most North Carolinians are not 

 educated about stormwater runoff, 

 the pnmary source of water pollution 

 in our state and across the nation. The 

 survey also finds that many residents 

 are unaware how their daily activities 

 may be polluting local water supplies. 



Administered by East Carolina 

 University's survey center in August and 

 September 2005, the survey generated 

 1 ,000 complete responses from people 

 across the state. The findings have a 

 95 percent confidence level, say DENR 

 officials. Survey data will be used to 

 tailor education efforts to a variety of 

 demographic groups depending on 

 their needs. Among the findings: 



37 percent of respondents 

 knew that stormwater receives no 

 treatment before a storm drain carries 

 it to nearby creeks, streams or rivers. 



40 percent of respondents 

 washed their own vehicles, but one- 

 third washed in the driveway. 



5 percent of respondents 

 applied fertilizer to their lawns 

 monthly, which is excessive. 



Most respondents didn't clean 

 up after their pets, but women scoop 

 the poop more than men. 



To learn more about stormwater, 

 or to take on online quiz testing your 

 knowledge about stormwater, visit 

 DENR's stormwater resources online 

 at www. ncstormwater. org. — K.A. 



4 Coastwatch I Early Summer 2006 I www.ncseagrant.org 



