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13 NPS Nutrient Who What Source 1 -Agriculture LAC/ERCD Local advisory, committees implement BMP's 2-Nutrient Management DWQ Training for fertilizer or bio-solids applicators 3-NPDES Phase 11 P&I Apply Phase II to all local municipalities—County inclusion is uncertain 4—Storm Water Rule: EC New development would require BMP's Jurisdictions required to build storm water retrofits 5—Trading P& I Ability to develop trading or other nutrient loading offset options between and among point and non-point sources 6-Forestry EC Pre-harvest notification.Selective buffer harvesting 7-Adaptive Management P& I Evaluate progress of NMS and adjust. 8 Buffer Protection EC Expand buffer rules from Neuse &Tar-Pamlico 9 Wastewater Land Appl. DWQ Investigate strengthening its permitting program 10-On-Site Wastewater DWQ/EH Work with Environmental Health—reduce N+P from IWWS Commissioner Jacobs said that these strategies track a number of goals that the County Commissioners have and he would suggest the notion that the County should be able to have the authority to regulate those systems as opposed to the State regulating them. He was interested in Mayor Dell's letter back to the County about conservation where he mentioned trading credits. He would like to talk.to Durham about how they are going to compensate people in the Little River area for protecting their water supply. Commissioner Jacobs said that the County should not wait another four years to study this because there could be a different regulatory environment. Commissioner Halkiotis asked if the agricultural community was aware of all of this and Dave Stancil said that they are becoming aware of it Commissioner Halkiotis said that this is going to be horrific. Commissioner Gordon said that she wonders how hard this will fall on Orange County. It strikes her that there are massive pollutants going in, but Orange County will bear the burden... She is not sure what the County can say between now and May 31a. Dave Stencil said that this is falling into two camps. The Citizens for Clean Water and. the Haw River Assembly have been very supportive of DWQ's"proposed rules. The impacts, in terms of new development and existing development, might fall heaviest on the urban areas. They are very concerned about the impacts on new development. It might require Durham, Chapel Hill, and Carrboro retrofitting their storm water controls in existing developments. OWASA,the City of Durham,and other providers are going to want to take it slower because it might not do what is needed for the water supply.