State and National LID Work
The federation has worked on the state and national levels to promote low-impact development.
State Coastal Stormwater Rules and LID
The federation worked with concerned citizens and other organizations in 2008 to upgrade the state’s failed program to control stormwater pollution on the coast. We lobbied the N.C. General Assembly, which passed major changes to the rules that should lessen stormwater pollution from new development, especially along shellfishing waters. To help meet the standards of the new rules, the N.C. Division of Water Quality will be requiring developers to consider LID techniques in certain development scenarios and will require them in others.
Community Conservation Assistance Program
The federation works with the N.C. Soil and Water Conservation Districts to help implement the Community Conservation Assistance Program (CCAP), a statewide incentive-based program to install LID techniques on existing development to help treat polluted stormwater runoff and improve water quality. CCAP was started by local soil and water conservation districts to educate landowners on water quality and stormwater management and as a way to treat polluted stormwater runoff and ultimately improve the water quality of our state’s waterways. It is a voluntary, incentive-based program that installs various stormwater reduction and prevention measures on urban, suburban and rural lands not directly farmed.
National LID Conference
In March 2007, the federation was an official sponsor of the second National LID Conference, which was held in Wilmington. Federation staff organized several conference sessions and one of four field trips offered at event that was attended by 500 people.
International LID Conference
In November 2008, Todd Miller, the federation’s executive director, presented a paper on LID and coastal waters at the International Low Impact Development Conference in Seattle, Washington.
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