Roanoke
The Roanoke River Basin Bi-State Commission was established as a bi-state commission composed of 18 members from the State of North Carolina and the Commonwealth of Virginia. The purposes of the Commission, as defined by NC General Statute §77-91, are:
- Provide guidance and make recommendations to local, state, and federal legislative and administrative bodies, and to others as it deems necessary and appropriate, for the use, stewardship, and enhancement of the water, and other natural resources, for all citizens within the Basin.
- Provide a forum for discussion of issues affecting the Basin's water quantity and water quality and issues affecting other natural resources.
- Promote communication, coordination, and education among stakeholders within the Basin.
- Identify problems and recommend appropriate solutions.
- Undertake studies and prepare, publish, and disseminate information through reports, and in other forms, related to water quantity, water quality, and other natural resources of the Basin. (2002 177, s. 1.)
The North Carolina delegation to the Commission consists of the six members of the North Carolina General Assembly and three non-legislative members, established pursuant to G.S. §77-103, who represent different geographical areas of the North Carolina portion of the Basin and who reside within the Basin's watershed. In 2009 updated By-Laws were passed by the Roanoke River Basin Bi-State Commission to guide the outline and guide the commissions' function. The Virginia delegation to the Commission is appointed as determined by the Commonwealth of Virginia. The current NC Delegation of the Roanoke River Bi-State Commission Members are:
- Senator Ernestine Bazemore
- Senator Milton Fitch
- Representative Kyle Hall
- Mr. Nate Hall, non-legislative member
- Senator Joyce Krawiec
- Mr Randall Lee, non-legislative member
- Ms. Linda Worth, non-legislative member
- Representative Michael Wray
- Representative Larry Yarborough (Delegation Chair)
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Upcoming Meetings
Past Meetings
- June 29, 2017, Video Conference Meeting of the Full Commission
- June 29, 2016, Meeting of the NC Delegation to the Commission
- October 14, 2015, Meeting of the full Commission
- October 14, 2015, Meeting of the NC Delegation to the Commission
- September 8, 2015, Meeting of the NC Delegation to the Commission
- December 18, 2014, Meeting of the full Commission
- Meeting Agenda
- Presentations
- Tom Fransen, DWR Dan River Coal Ash Update-Commission
- Tom Fransen, Dan River Monitoring Update
- Gene Addesso, RRBA Legal Action on Coal Ash
- Gene Addesso, Coal Ash Designation Map
- Gene Addesso, Restoration Planning Scoping Document
- Gene Adesso, RRBA Restoration Proposal
- Harold Brady, KLRWS Proposed IBT-Commission
- Minutes
- December 18, 2014, Meeting of the NC Delegation to the Commission
- April 21, 2014, Meeting of the full Commission
- April 21, 2014, Meeting of the NC Delegation to the Commission
- November 6, 2013, Meeting of the NC Delegation to the Commission
- August 27, 2012, Meeting of the full Commission
- July 25, 2012, Meeting of the full Commission
- July 9, 2012, Meeting of the NC Delegation to the Commission
- Meeting Agenda Presentation Materials
- Legislative Update
- Basin Issues, Roanoke River Basin Association:
- 216 Study Update, Gene Addesso
- Uranium Mining Update, Andrew Lester. Uranium Mining pamphlet
- NC Coalition Update, Mike Pucci. NC Coalition Press Release
- Meeting Agenda Presentation Materials
- March 20, 2012, Meeting of the Full Commission
- Meeting Agenda
- Presentation Materials
- Chmura Economics and Analytics Report, "The Socioeconomic Impact of Uranium Mining and Milling in the Chatham Labor Shed, Virginia", Mike McEvoy
- "Possible Impacts of a Uranium Mine and Mill at Cole Hill, Virginia", Katherine Heller, RTI International
- Minutes
- March 12, 2010, NC Delegation to the Commission
- Meeting agenda (pdf)
- Presentation Materials
- Session Law 2011-266 Government Reduction Act
- Kerr Lake 216 Study Update
- Kerr Lake Regional Water System Interbasin Transfer Certification Request Update
- Uranium Mining Presentation, City of Virginia Beach
- Minutes