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Title
Hazard Mitigation in North Carolina
Date
1/1/1995
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State of North Carolina
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North Carolina Emergency Mmanagement Division
Floodplain - Doc Type
Flood Mitigation/Flood Warning/Watershed Restoration
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<br /> <br />Port Facilities - A Key Element of the Transportation Infrastrncture. <br /> <br /> <br />Often overlooked is the role and contribu- <br />tion of port facilities in a national and <br />regional transportation system, including <br />the economic impact of these facilities, As <br />reflected in Figure 1.6, Ule North Carolina <br />Ports System provides over 80,000 jobs <br />and oe-Mly $300 million in tax revenues <br />state",ide. As North Carolina businesses <br />increasingly become a part of the global <br />economy, port facilities ",ill continue to <br />play an important role in the state's <br />economic and commercial growth. <br />Among the state's exports that exit through <br />the port system: forest products, food, phosphate, woodpulp, and general merchandise. <br /> <br />North Carolina Economy <br />EJ Advantage W.OI <br />.Ca~...P._"'h", <br />!ElPie<l""""tTrl8<l <br />. R......rCflT....<>g.. <br />I!!:Ponolw,lrninglon <br />:Jl3fotr;o.Tronopafl< <br />.~ort".....l<I'" <br /> <br /> <br />TotaIJob."ao,700..1 <br />T...R""""u""=S293~ <br /> <br />Figure 1.6 North Carolina Port Systems - COlltributioll to <br />tbe States Ecollomy <br /> <br />The port system is statewide, vvith inland railroad service provide'll by CSX Intennodal and Norlolk <br />Southern to the Charlotte Inland Terminal and the Piedmont Triad Inland Tenninal, Business interrup- <br />tion due to nalnral disasters is a concern, and a priority of the North Carolina Ports System. The <br />planning effort of the State Port at Wilmington is featured in Chapter 4. <br /> <br />. to promote lond use planning practices that encourage new infraslruclUre elements <br />and critical facilities to be located in are:L~ that arc not susceptible to the effecl~ of <br />nalUral hazards <br /> <br />. to promote tbe selective rebabilitation of existing criticalfacllities that are most <br />vulnerable to nalUral hazards (e.g" electric power) <br /> <br />Chapter 4 - Sustainable InfrastruclUre and Critical Facilities - showcases several electric utilities that have <br />laken proactive steps to minimize future losses from nalUral hazards, Each sustained damages during <br />Hurricane Fran in 1996, but suffered minimal losses during Hurricaoe Floyd due to the implementation of <br />mitigation measures. <br /> <br />SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENT <br /> <br />When the forces of natural hazards - high ",inds, stonn surge, ground shaking, flooding, and ice stonns - <br />come into cootact vvith the "human envirooment" (buildings, utilities, infr:L~tructure), environmental <br />degradation can occur, often on a significant scale. <br /> <br />A lasting impression of Hurricane Floyd is the environmental costs that were borne by farmers, business <br />owners, utility operators, and the citizens of the communities thal were in the path of the flooding and high <br />winds, Environmental losses can be organized under two categories: <br /> <br />Environmental impacts, which refer to environment damages and losses from spills, leaks, and rele-ases of <br />hazardous materials into land, air and water, Types of damages and losses include: <br /> <br />. spills and releases of hazardnus materials <br /> <br />. rele:L~e of contaminants from damages to solid W:L~te facililles, hazardous waste sites, <br />and underground storage tanks <br /> <br />t7 <br />
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