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Congressional hearing examines bill to remove North Topsail Beach parcels from Coastal Barrier Resources System
Summary
A House Natural Resources subcommittee hearing on HR 1885 focused on a proposal to revise the Coastal Barrier Resources System map for North Topsail Beach, North Carolina, removing a portion of Unit L06 from COBRA.
A House Natural Resources subcommittee hearing on HR 1885 focused on a proposal to revise the Coastal Barrier Resources System map for North Topsail Beach, North Carolina, removing a portion of Unit L06 from COBRA.
Supporters, including bill sponsor Rep. Greg Murphy and Town of North Topsail Beach Alderman Tom Leonard, said the change would correct a decades-old mapping error that has prevented homeowners and the town from accessing federal programs such as the National Flood Insurance Program and certain U.S. Army Corps shore-protection projects. "This issue is about righting a wrong made by the United States government," Murphy said, urging the committee to move the bill.
The fight over HR 1885 centers on whether the northern end of Topsail…
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