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~. ~-= - Chairman Garrett referred to Item TII: The Board of Commissioners should enact a resolution expressing its position regarding the Durham Chapel Hill 201 Facilities Study Plan.' Agenda Attachment #2 indicated that Orange County must enact a resolution expressing its intentions about the Durham--Chapel Hill 201 Facilities Plan. Both Durham and Chapel Hill have enacted resolutions that in effect state they will abide by the decision of the State and the Environmental Protection Agency regarding this 201 plan. The Durham and Chapel Hill resolutions are not identical. Commissioner Pinney moved that the Board accept the Manager's recommendation that Orange County adopt a resolution that signifies its willingness to accept that plan which the State and Environmental Protection Agency deems the most cost effective and environmentally sound. Commissioner Whit'tes seconded the motion and discussion ensued. The Chairman called far the vote and all members of the Board voted aye. The motion was declared passed RESOLUTION APPROVING WASTE TREATMENT FACILITIES PLAN FOR FEDERAL WATER POLLUTION CONTROL ACT SECTION 201• AREA "WHEREAS, a portion of Chatham, Durham and Orange Counties, including the City of nurham, the Town of Carrboro and the Town of Chapel Hill, have been designated as a complex waste treatment management area pursuant to Section 201 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended; and WHEREAS, the City of Durham, an eligible unit of government under said Act, has been designated.as lead agency in said area for the preparation of a waste treatment management plan; and WHEREAS, the consulting engineers, pursuant to prior Resolutions, have prepared and submitted in writing to the Governing Bodies of the municipalities and counties referred to herein a waste treatment management plan; and WHEREAS, it is the desire of the County of Orange that said plan be submitted to the appropriate State and Federal Agencies for review; and WHEREAS, it is the desire of the County of Orange to indicate, by this Resolution, its intention to implement that plan selected by the appropriate State and Federal Agencies as producing the most cost effective and environmentally sound comprehensive treat- ment. NOW, THEREFORE, BE YT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE COUNTY OF ORANGE: 1. That Orange County does hereby approve the Section 201 Plan that is selected by the appropriate State and Federal Agencies as producing the most cost effective and environmentally sound waste management plan. 2. That it is the intention of the County of Orange to imple- ment the Section 201 Plan that is determined by the appropriate State and Federal Agencies to provide the most cost effective and environmentally sound waste management plan. 3. The Clerk is directed to furnish a copy of this Resolution to the Boards of Commissioners of Durham and Chatham Counties and to the Governing Bodies of the Towns of Chapel Hill, Carrboro and Durham."