House committee OKs revised Jordan Lake cleanup rules
RALEIGH (AP) — A North Carolina House committee has set up a vote on legislation that postpones cleanup of a key water supply for several cities but also doesn't cost hundreds of millions of dollars.
A House judiciary committee on Monday approved a bill overruling measures to clean up Jordan Lake that the state Environmental Management Commission approved last year.
The committee instead approved a compromise between developers and environmentalists that looks for lower-cost ways of reducing stormwater runoff into the lake.
Opponents wanted to avoid forcing cities from making shopping centers and office parks reduce or filter the pollution carried by rainwater.
The bill next moves to a vote in the full House this week.
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