Orange County NC Website
Browse       Search
4a-31 <br />c. There are also efficiency, cost and feasibility concerns regarding fibs splitting <br />of nitrogen reductions for non-point and point sources. Nutrient reductions <br />from non-point sources are mare complicated and costly tv abfiain. <br />4. There is very little agriculture in the New Hape Creek basin. <br />a. while this portion of the County is rural, this will greatly limit the ability to <br />achieve percentage-based reductions for agriculture. <br />~. Existing development nay have lower loading rates than new development. <br />a. The rules as proposed may unintenfiionally require exisfiing development to <br />have Ivwer loading rates than new development. Under the proposed rules, <br />new developrnenfi will have the option of paying a one-time offset fee in lieu of <br />reducing nutrient loading on~sifie. This potentially means that new <br />development will have higher actual loading rates. <br />G. Burden of cost fails an local governrnenfis. <br />a. If the ruses are implemented, local government wilt be asked to shoulder the <br />brunt of what may~~~proach a ~ billion pace tag for the nutrient strategy. <br />. b. Since the water issues in Jordan Lake are not new in terms of real or <br />expected results, it would be critical fiv have State funding assistance to help <br />focal governments address these measures. <br />c. The current state of Jordan Lake water quality is markedly similar to <br />predictions made over 34 years ago by a variefiy of experts, and it is as much <br />a regional and statewide issue as a local issuew <br />T. Local governments need added flexibility in meeting requirements. <br />a. More flexibility for local governments to participate in buy dorm opportunities <br />with FOP}would help local governments achieve the rules. <br />b. The proposed rules allow far a trading program. However, more time is <br />needed for the stakeholders to assess whether a trading program will be <br />feasible. 11Uhile trading scenarios with partner jurisdictions appear to have <br />merit, the current targeted watershed study is not complete. <br />7 <br />c. An emphasis on nutrient reduction trading, rather than in-lieu-of payments, <br />maybe more effective. A finding ratio of 2:1 ar greater maybe needed to <br />ensure actual in-basin nutrient reductive. <br />