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.+ a <br />30 <br />February 12, 2009 <br />Dear Chairwoman Foushee, and Members of the Orange County Board <br />of Commissioners: <br />The Jordan Lake Rules were approved by the NC Rules Review Commission on November 20, <br />2008. This brings to a close a very long process that started with DWQ convening a stakeholder <br />group to craft the rules in 2003, a long public comment period, and the Environmental <br />Management Commission (EMC) adopting them eazlier in 2008. <br />The rules that have emerged from this process are strong, fair and sensitive to economic <br />conditions. The work is not over however -the rules will now have to be passed as law by the <br />NC General Assembly due to continued objections led by Burlington, Greensboro, Durham and <br />certain homebuilder and realty lobbies. Supporting the rules are many of the local governments <br />that know just what is at stake for their residents if we don't clean up Jordan Lake -a vitally <br />important resource for drinking water and recreation in our area. We aze asking Chatham <br />County, Orange County, Chapel Hill, Carrboro, Pittsboro, Cary, Apex, Wake County and <br />Morrisville to pass resolutions in favor of the current rules adopted by the EMC. <br />We urge Orange County to join the many citizens and other local governments who aze <br />supporting these new rules to reduce pollution in Jordan Lake. We believe the rules are fair and <br />proportional, and will result in cleaner water not only in Jordan Lake, but in all the tributazies <br />that are upstream of it. We urge you to pass a resolution directed to members of the General <br />Assembly in favor of the rules that were adopted by the EMC and approved by the RRC. <br />What are the proposed rules? <br />To develop the rules, the state estimated the total nitrogen and phosphorus pollution that Jordan <br />Lake can absorb and still be healthy. The state then calculated how much pollution is currently <br />flowing into the lake -and it's much more than the lake can take. Jordan Lake operates as three <br />distinct sections - so the reductions needed are based on which part of the lake the pollution <br />flows to (as measured for the 2002 model) Nitrogen will need to be reduced by 8% in the Haw <br />River arm and 35% in the Upper New Hope arm. Phosphorus will need to be reduced by 5% in <br />each arm. The rules spread the needed reductions in nutrients among all the sources of pollution: <br />* Wastewater treatment plants. The proposed rules require wastewater treatment plants to <br />reduce phosphorus one yeaz after the rules take effect, and to reduce nitrogen by 2014. <br />Wastewater treatment plants contribute approximately 32% of total nitrogen delivered to the <br />P.O. Box 187 Bynum NC 27228 (919) 542-5790 info@hawriver.org <br />
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