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The Brunswick County Health Department last
month be^an enforcing a five-yea r-old state health
regulation involving septic systems after the department was notified that it was misinterpreting the law.
The regulation prohibits the conistruction of septic
systems under driveways.a situatii)n that may be difficult to avoid on small lots, say cc ninty and town of-
paved area to an other location on the lot, Crowder said,
"The actual drainage field or septic tank system
can't be located
under the driveway," he explained,
The regulatii in, which has been in effect since 1982,
refers to drivewsivs of all types and surfaces, Crowder
said. He noted tllat the county had misinterpreted the
law by assuming it referred only to paved driveways,
,
"Wewerethi nking, by "driveway,' they were
ing a paved drivi
Crowder said.
Septic sysitems aren't permitted under
He said the county's new enforce!ncnt position does
septic tank peri:ints have already
not affect lots where
been issued.
"If it's already been done
according to the
health director, we will leave those situations alone.
unless it's determined that there's ;>otne type of problem," Crowder said.
But to obtain a permit now, buiilders may lie required to supply "plot plans," to show how the lot will
meansway,"be
finals.
Brunswick County Environmerital Health Supervisor John Crowder said the health (iepartinent changed its position on the regulation Nov 18, after the N.C.
Division of Health Services clarifiesd its official interpretation of the regulation.
The law reads, in part: "Septic tank systems shall
not be located under paved areas or driveways."
However, solid cast iron pipe 01r other sewer pipe
can »c used to convey effluent undc:r the
driveway or
driveways.paveid or not.due to the "compaction of
the soil and pos ;sible damage to the system itself,"
Crowder said. The weight could cause (the septic
system) to fail."
After receiviirig notification from the state, Crowder
sent "informatio rial memos" on the regulation to town
administrators and town building inspectors
throughout the c<junty, he said.
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Say They 'Misinterpreted' Septic Tanlk Law
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developed, he said.
"There have been some probli.'ins with finding
where lots are real smallI," Crowder said,
"Builders may have to cut back to s mailer driveways
and have more green area."
Holden Beach Building Inspects r Dwight Carroll
said the regulation would have an i inpact on mainly
canal lots at Holden Beach, except tl lat no septic tank
permits have been issued for canal lot s there in the past
few months due to other state health standards.
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"On u 50 by 100 fci«t lot. I don't see how you're going
to net a driveway, se:ptic took and water system in a 50
by 25 foot area." < a rroll said, referring to the size of
most front yards on < anal lots at flolden Beach,
Various setback i equirements further decrease the
septic tank, he said,
Sunset Beach Toiwn Administrator Linda Fluegel
last week said she do<?sn't anticipate any problems with
the regulation at Sun set Beach.
-She said septic tanks now can be placed on the
ocean side of oceanfrc >nt lots at Sunset Beach, while
tic systems are local at the rear of most other lots
there.
She said only oni? builder has applied for a septic
tank permit at Sunse t Beach since the county changed
its position on the ret;ulation last month,
The builder had to file a plot plan, and the permit
was approved, she sa id.
amount of space avalliable for a
seped
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CrtL;e Bomb
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Robs Cal abash U<IB Bonk
BY KAHN ADAMS
Law enforcement agencies in
North and South Carolina Tuesday
night remained on the lookout for an
armed suspect who earlier in the day
robbed the Calabash branch of
United Carolina Bank and left behind
what he said was a bomb.
leather jacket and dark "Ben aluthorities also were investigating
he possibility that the suspect could
Hogan" golf cap. 1
Peters indicated that a video Ilave left the area on foot or by boat.
camera inside the bank might have
After arriving on the scene,
heriff's deputies closed Ivey High
photographed the suspect. s
"If we do have a picture, we will Sstreet to traffic, while local, state
make it available." Peters said Tues- aind federal investigators waited for
he explosives team to arrive from
day. t
i:;t.
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iiighinghouse
said the suspect ^ * IlllllllglUIl.
Units from the Calabash Volunteer
local" because the
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bank employees did not recognize I 'ire Department and Rescue Squad
afternoon until a Wilmington Police him. v
vere on standby at the scene.
Department explosives team
No radio communications were
to Peters, the robbery
According
that the device left inside the occurred around 12:110 m.
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illowed
within 50 yards of the bank
p
Tuesday
bank was not an explosive.
at he UCB branch bank, which is ' lue to speculation that radio traffic
According to UCR Area Executive 10' uled on lvey High Street. 1
could possibly detonate the "bomb."
A1 I <aughinghou.se, none of the four
Peters said the suspect showed
The explosives team arrived at the
bank employees was harmed. No employees a
and "indicated bank .11 ...iiui'd. '.0 p.m. jihV completed
handgun
customers were inside the bank at that there was a bomb" before
d., .ork in approximately an hour.
the time of the robbery.
with an "unknown" amount of
p.-ters said the tet.oi "made an
I <aughinghou.se said Tuesday
cash.
of the device to make sure
that he did not know exactly
"The suspect was last seen walking it was not an explosive."
how much money was taken, but that away from the bank toward the
He would not describe the device
it was a "nominal amount."
Peters said.
itself,
waterfront,"
although he confirmed that a
The robbery is under investigation
Ilarge manila envelope was "part of it
Immediatelv after fh»« pnhhnriby the FBI, since bank robbery is a
the fake bombi"
federal offense.
reported, sheriff's deputies and
to I.aughinghouse, two
FBI Special Agent Terry Peters of policemen from surrounding ; Accordingrobberies
have occurred
ittempted
Wilmington described the lone municipalities set up roadblocks on , it the Calabash UCB branch
over the
suspect as a white male,
highways leading out of Calabash.
>ast several years, the first in
f
,2lv 50 years old, wearing a dark
Peters said Tuesday night that t
1981.
Lawmen and onlookers waited
toncuiv
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fnr
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"evidently is not
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determined
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UCB AREA EXECUTIVE A1 I.aiigl linghouse (right)
'alks with Brunswick County Sheriltf Jolm C. I)avis
(left I and I>et. I.indsey Walton shortly after lawmen ari
rived on the scene of Tuesday's armed bank robbery in
Calabash.
Whitevilk Man Sentienced In
Cocaine Clase; Prose'cutor's
Prepare 1ro End 'Pha se One'
BY RAHN ADAMS
A Whiteville man.one of 37
to be used in the state.
people
indicted in Brunswick County on
charges in June and
July.received a split sentence last
week after pleading guilty in August.
Meanwhile, the 13th District
office is preparing to
the "first phase" in its
Wolak said
That grand jury indicted 33 persons
in June, following approximately
cocainefour
months of investigation.
inuicimenis were nancied down in
both June and
defendants.
July for
two of the
Attorney's
Court records show that all but five
complete
of the
of major drug trafficking
defendants have entered
investigation
in Brunswick f'nnntv liv hnnnfnltv
prosecuting the last of those 37 cases
by mid-February, according to
Special Assistant District Attorney
Bill Wolak.
Last Wednesday in Whiteville,
William Irvin Peal IV, 24, received a
12-year prison sentence, with six
months active and 11'a years
suspended, Wolak said. Peal also was
sentenced to five years of probation
and a $1,000 fine.
Judge Napoleon Barefoot Sr.
down the sentence following a
45-minute sentencing hearing in
County Superior Court, Wolak
said.
On August 31, Peal pleaded guilty,
as indicted, to conspiracy to traffic in
cocaine and trafficking by possession
of cocaine, with both charges
more than 400 grams of the
substance.
His spntoncini'
rnntiniiprl frr»m
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examination
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Study Well (Contamination Near Ash
He pointed out that many of the
defendants were charged with
in kilogram (2.2 pounds)
quantities of cocaine, which has a
street value of $1,600 to $2,500 per
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contaminated with gasoline and
several others are being in-
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residents
strange
trafficking
August
ainalvsis
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of water samples taken Nov.
who started complaining vestigated.
He said that additional wells in the
about the
smell of their well
Ideath Marie Rowe, who first in- airea investigated this week Carol
by
water in
were confirmed last formed the Brunswick
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Health > liller of the N.C. Division of
County
month
state
and
local
health
by
Some
17
defendants
guilty pleas.
who
Department of the strange smell of v
were
ounce.
pleaded guilty are awaiting
her water four months ago, was in- f ound not to be Management
contaminated.
to Bob Jamieson,
According
formed in mid-November that her
"There was no indication of
An investigative grand jury "can
regional
manager for the N.C. well was contaminated.
>etroleum
achieve
better
and
he said.
p
much
broader
of
According to the Brunswick County results" since it can compel Department Natural Resources Jamieson said the presence of She feels contamination,"
satisfied that it affected
and Community Development, at gasoline was confirmed the
Clerk of Court's office, three
by health j ust this one well."
testimony, he said.
least one well in the community is department
Kamtsiklis of
following
laboratory
(See ASH. Page2-A)
Dale Varnam of Supply and
Richard Woods of Calabash.are
awaiting trial.
Sheriff John C. Davis said two
lev:1
defendants.Alan Dale Brooks of
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Shallotte and Francisco Navarro of
Fort Myers, Fla..remain fugitives.
Enironmental
agencies.
sentencing.
Wilmington
defendants.Fotios
Greenville,
saiasarawHMB
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term
to
begin Jan. 11,
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When asked to explain his
reference to a "first phase," Wolak
said, "It means the investigation i
major drug trafficking) will
iiiiul-
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with the next regular
session set for Feb. 8.
"I have about half tof the
scheduled for sentencing on
the 11th of January, and the bulk of
the remainder on Feb. 8th," Wolak
said. "That will dispose of this first
involving
controlled
ptiase
until
County
Superior
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undercover
resulting in the indictments of 37
suspects would have required an
"astronomical" amount of funds for
undercover drug buys.
handed
of Brunswick
special
ColumbusSuperior
Court is scheduled
County
the Nov. 16 term of Brunswick
the next
Superior Court
available session of
Court in
the 13th District, which was last week
in Whiteville.
According to Wolak, Peal faced a
maximum sentence of 80 years in
prison, and a mandatory minimum
sentence of 70 years and a $500,000
fine.
However, Barefoot reduced Peal's
sentence last week after finding that
the defendant had provided
assistance to the state in its drug
investigations, Wolak said.
Peal was one of six persons who
were indicted July 20 as a result of
work by a special investigative grand
jury in Brunswick County- the first
leaving
afternoon
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there will be a phase two.
three and four, as long as the
continues.
assume
investigation
"They (the initial drug cases i have
turned out very well so far," he said.
"Something the public should know is
that by using the (special
grand jury process,
there was no money expended for
undercover buys, so there was
substantial
investigative)
a
savings."
Yulefide Celebr a ted In Calabash
A Christmas
flotilla on the Calabash Hliver
K«imca iiuii cuiiTuunmeni nunng at
capped off an afternoon of food,
Feed the Hungry Children
Festival in Calabash. Above, Jolly Old St. Nlek waves to festival-goers from
actually
tnday's
S1AI1 PHOIO B* »AMN ADAM,
the (leek (if his "sleigh," which w;is spoinsured hy the Calnbnsh VFW Post,
Yiiu'll find the story :ind more photo eieverage of the festival on Page 1-lt.
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