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Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan (PCS) Phosphate, Inc. is seeking to destroy over 2,400 acres of wetlands along South Creek and the Pamlico River in Beaufort County. The permit, if approved, would be by far the largest wetlands impact and fill proposal in North Carolina history. PCS' claims that only one option exists to profitably pursue. However, the U.S. Army Corps has determined that they can profitably mine within the same location and minimize their impacts.

If the permit is approved it will impact creeks recognized by the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission as primary nursery areas for estuarine fish, shrimp, crabs and other aquatic species as well as South Creek, a designated special secondary nursery area. Allies of PCS are attacking the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the Environmental Protection Agency and NC environmental agencies for requiring the development and evaluation of alternatives that comply with the Clean Water Act and the National Environmental Policy Act. 

The U.S. Army Corps, the State of North Carolina, and federal government have a responsibility to define an alternative that does not result in any short or long-term degradation of the local natural environment. 

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