Nutrient Scientific Advisory Board

The Nutrient Scientific Advisory Board (NSAB) functions primarily as an advisory group to assist and guide the effective implementation of nutrient management strategies for developed areas.
 
The NSAB meetings will be first Friday in February, May, August and November, 9:30 a.m. to noon online. 

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The NSAB functions primarily as an advisory group to assist and guide the agency with effective implementation of nutrient management strategies for developed areas as they relate to the Existing Development rule. 

The NSAB shall:

  • Identify management strategies that can be used by local governments to reduce nutrient loading from existing development.
  • Evaluate the feasibility, costs, and benefits of implementing the identified management strategies.
  • Develop an accounting system for the assignment of nutrient reduction credits for the identified management strategies.
  • Identify the need for any improvements or refinements to modeling and other analytical tools used to evaluate water quality in nutrient-impaired waters and nutrient management strategies.

The NSAB consists of up to 10 representatives with various qualifications and diverse backgrounds representing: Local Government / Academia / Professional Engineering / NC Dept of Transportation / Conservation Organizations.  See the NSAB Charter for the current membership roster.

February 2, 2024 - web remote access
Agenda
Draft Meeting Notes
Materials: Existing Development Overview (J. Huisman, E. Rauh) 

December 8, 2023 - web remote access
Agenda
Draft Meeting Notes
Materials: Existing Development Overview 

June 2, 2023 - hybrid in-person / Teams meeting
Agenda
Draft Meeting Notes
Materials: Neuse/Tar-Pamlico 3yr Update (Huisman ppt) / Neuse/Tar-Pamlico 3yr Update (D'Arconte ppt) / Recording

December 2, 2022 - hybrid in-person / Teams meeting
Agenda
Draft Meeting Notes
Materials: SNAP 4.2.25 Presentation (doc) / Recording 1 / Recording 2

October 7, 2022 - hybrid in-person / Teams meeting
Agenda
Draft Meeting Notes
Materials: Draft revised SCM Credit Document / Change Summary, SCM Credit Document

July 1, 2022 - remote web meeting
Agenda
Summary
Materials: SCM Evaluation Process (.ppt)

February 4, 2022 - remote web meeting
Agenda
Summary
Materials: Sand Filters Update - Dr. Hunt / Constructed Wastewater Wetlands - Dr. Burchell 

December 3, 2021 - remote meeting
Agenda
Summary
Materials: Falls Lake Update SLIDES & VIDEO / SNAP Update and SCM Credit Doc Revision SLIDES & VIDEO

September 3, 2021 - remote web meeting
Agenda
Summary
Materials: SNAP demo 

May 7, 2021 - remote web meeting
Agenda
Summary
Materials: Bill Hunt presentation pdf   

March 5, 2021 - remote web meeting
Agenda
Summary
Materials: Falls Lake Study Dec 2020 Interim Update  /  Iverson-ECU Onsite Wastewater Influence / Hall-UNCCH  Nitrogen Balance 

December 4, 2020 - remote web meeting
Agenda
Summary
Materials: Nutrient Credit list spreadsheet / Draft Catalog of Nutrient Reduction Practices 

October 2, 2020 - remote web meeting
Agenda
Summary
Materials: Falls ED Model Program DRAFT / Falls ED Model Program Update slides /  Nutrient Credit list spreadsheet /  Streetsweeping Survey slides 

May 1, 2020 - remote web meeting
Agenda
Summary
Materials: UNRBA alternative strategy 

March 6, 2020
Agenda
Summary
Materials: Draft Jordan Rules timeline

February 7, 2020
Agenda
Summary
Materials: Miller watershed model slides   Miller REPORT   / Obenour reservoir model slides    Obenour REPORT  / Bowen reservoir model slides   Bowen REPORT

January 3, 2020
Agenda
Summary
Materials: Subsurface Gravel Wetlands - Waickowski / Regenerative Stormwaer Conveyance & Sandfilters - Hunt

November 1, 2019
Agenda
Summary
Materials: UNRBA / Falls Lake Re-examination

October, 4, 2019
Agenda
Summary
Materials: Streetsweeping Credit draft / Storm Drain Cleaning Credit draft

June 7, 2019
Agenda
Summary
Materials: no advance materials

April 5, 2019
Agenda
Summary
Materials: Proposal for an SCM Nutrient Data Standards Workgroup  

November 2, 2018
Agenda
Summary
Materials: Modeling presentations by Jonathan Miller/NCSU and James Bowen/UNC-C

October 5, 2018
Agenda
Summary
Materials: Remedying Discharging Sand Filters Practice draft & RDSF Powerpoint / Street and Stormdrain Cleaning Practice

June 1, 2018
Agenda
Summary
Materials:  Draft 2018 Annual Report / Draft Storm Drain and Street Cleaning Nutrient Reduction Practice / Trading Framework Discussion Draft v2 

April 6, 2018
Agenda
Summary
Materials: Trading Framework Concepts 2 presentation / Outline /   Oct 6, 2017 Summary of Trading Framework Comments  

March 2, 2018
Agenda
Summary
Materials: Urban Buffer Comments and Initial Responses 

February 2, 2018
Agenda
Summary
Materials:  Urban Buffer Comments and Initial Responses 

January 5, 2018
Agenda
Summary
Materials: Urban Buffer Draft (12/29/17) / Urban Buffer presentation 

December 1, 2017
Agenda
Summary
Materials: NCDP presentation / NC Policy Collaboratory presentation / SNAP 5 graphs 

October 13, 2017
Agenda
Summary
Materials:  Oct 6 Summary of Trading Framework Comments  /  Draft Charter  /  Other Nutrient Advisory Groups /  NC Policy Collaboratory Nutrient Study reports / 

September 8, 2017
Agenda
Summary
Materials:  09/01/17 draft Trading Framework document / Draft Trading Framework Discussion ppt  

August 4, 2017  
Agenda
Summary
Materials:  DRAFT Storm Drain Cleaning Practice  & presentation / Nutrient Credit Practices Status

June 2, 2017  
Agenda
Summary
Materials: Trading Concepts  /  Nutrient Offset Survey  

 

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