North Carolina water fact sheet footnotes
1 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). 2013. Water: Streams. Accessed at https://archive.epa.gov/water/archive/web/html/streams.html.
2, 9 Declaration of Jovian Sackett at 8-9, South Carolina Coastal Conservation League v. Wheeler, No. 2:20-cv-01687-BHH (D.S.C. May 21, 2021), ECF No. 119-50.
3 John Flescher, New Rule May Strip Pollution Protections from Popular Lakes,
Washington Post, Sept. 27, 2020. Accessed at https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/new-rule-may-strip-pollution-protections-from-popular-lakes/2020/09/27/46ee5922-00c6-11eb-b92e-029676f9ebec_story.html.
4, 5, 6, Calculations from EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS). 2020. Accessed at https://ofmpub.epa.gov/apex/sfdw/f?p=108:1:::NO::: AND U.S. Census Bureau (USCB). 2020 Population and Housing State Data. Accessed at
7, 8 EPA and U.S. Department of the Army. 2018. Economic Analysis for the Proposed Revised Definition of “Waters of the United States”. p219-221. Accessed at https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2018-12/documents/wotusproposedrule_ea_final_2018-12-14.pdf.
10 EPA and U.S. Department of the Army. 2015. Economic Analysis of the EPA-Army Clean Water Rule. p53-54. Accessed at https://www.epa.gov/sites/default/files/2015-06/documents/508-final_clean_water_rule_economic_analysis_5-20-15.pdf
11 U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and U.S Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau. 2011. National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife Associated Recreation – North Carolina. p5-8. Accessed at https://www.census.gov/prod/2013pubs/fhw11-nc.pdf.
12, 14 National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS). 2015. Fisheries Economics of the United States. U.S. Dept. of Commerce, NOAA. p13, 132, 150. Accessed at https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/16121
13 Jane Harrison, Amy Pickle, Tibor Vegh, and John Virdin. 2017. North Carolina’s Ocean Economy. Duke University and Sea Grant North Carolina. p8,12. Accessed at https://ncseagrant.ncsu.edu/ncseagrant_docs/products/2010s/NC_Ocean_
15 TNS TravelsAmerica and U.S. Travel Association. 2017. Tourism Economic Fast Facts. Accessed at https://partners.visitnc.com/contents/sdownload/69272/file/2017-Economic-Impact-Fast-Facts.pdf.
16 Brewers Association. 2020. Economic Impact by State. Accessed at https://www.brewersassociation.org/statistics/economic-impact-data/ AND https://cdn.brewersassociation.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/01131257/2020-State-Breakdown.pdf.
17 Fruit Growers New. 2017. https://fruitgrowersnews.com/news/north-carolina-wine-grape-industry-approaches-2-billion/.