RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The North Carolina Senate passed two major environmental rollbacks Wednesday ahead of a deadline over objections from Democratic lawmakers.

The bills would repeal rules for managing pollutants in Jordan Lake and a host of restrictions on new jetties along the coast that critics say can shift damage to neighboring properties. Bills that don’t require tax changes or spending and fail to clear at least one chamber by Thursday night are essentially dead through the end of the session in 2014.

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