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32 <br />DRAFT LANGUAGE FOR: <br />A RESOLUTION BY THE ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS IN SUPPORT <br />OF THE PROPOSED JORDAN RESERVOIR WATER SUPPLY NUTRIENT STRATEGY <br />RULES 15A NCAC 02B .0262-.0273 & .0311 <br />WHEREAS, the Jordan Lake Reservoir is a popular recreation destination for over lmillion <br />visitors each year including residents of Orange County; and <br />WHEREAS, the Jordan Lake Reservoir is a major drinking water source for residents in the <br />Triangle; and <br />WHEREAS, the State of North Carolina first directed local governments to reduce nitrogen in <br />waters that flow to the Jordan Lake Reservoir in 1997 under the Clean Water Responsibility Act; and <br />WHEREAS, the Jordan Lake Reservoir is on the EPA 303(d) list of impaired waters due to <br />excessive nutrients from point and non-point sources, and has been since 2002; and <br />WHEREAS, the Jordan Lake Reservoir Nutrient Strategy rules were developed by the NC <br />Division of Water Quality through a lengthy stakeholder process and were adopted by the NC <br />Environmental. Management Commission (EMC) on May 8, 2008 and approved by the Rules Review <br />Commission (RRC) on November 11, 2008; and <br />WHEREAS, the Jordan Lake Reservoir Nutrient Strategy rules are based on sound scientific <br />monitoring and modeling to apportion decreases in the nutrient load from all point and non-point sources <br />in the Jordan Lake watershed in order to improve water quality; and <br />WHEREAS, the Jordan Lake Reservoir cannot meet water quality standards unless nutrient loads <br />from all current and future sources are reduced, including those from wastewater, and from stormwater <br />from existing and new development; and <br />WHEREAS, the threat to the water quality in the Jordan Lake Reservoir and drinking water <br />users, as well as recreations users will continue until all sections of the rules are approved by the NC <br />General Assembly; <br />WHEREAS, Orange County supports protection of waters within its own boundaries that flow to <br />the Haw River and to the Jordan Lake Reservoir; <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF <br />COMMISSIONERS that members of the North Carolina General Assembly are hereby requested to vote <br />to approve the Jordan Lake Reservoir Nutrient Strategy rules in their entirety, as adopted by the EMC and <br />approved by the RRC, in order to protect the public health and welfare of the citizens of Orange County <br />and other residents of North Carolina. <br />Adopted, this the .day of , 2009 <br />ATTEST: <br />