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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: March 16, 2010 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. ~- Q <br />SUBJECT: Falls Lake Nutrient Management Strategy Consensus Principles <br />DEPARTMENT: ERCD PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />1) Consensus Principles to Guide Falls <br />Lake Nutrient Management Strategy <br />2) General Summary of Projected <br />Potential Implications <br />3) Chart -Percent of Falls Lake <br />Watershed Within Each Jurisdiction <br />4) Chart -Percent of Each Jurisdiction <br />Within the Falls Lake Watershed <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Frank Clifton, County Manager, 245-2300 <br />David Stancil, ERDC, 245-2510 <br />Thomas Davis, ERCD, 960-3878 <br />Terry Hackett, Planning, 245-2588 <br />Gail Hughes, Soil & Water, 245-2753 <br />Tom Konsler, Environmental Health, 245- <br />2370 <br />PURPOSE: To consider adopting the "Consensus Principles to Guide Falls Lake Nutrient <br />Management Strategy" discussed and adopted by the attendees at the February 9, 2010 <br />Triangle Mayors and Chairs meeting. <br />BACKGROUND: The final Falls Lake (Falls of the Neuse Reservoir) Nutrient Management <br />Strategy stakeholder meeting was held on January 21, 2010. Draft rules have been created <br />and are likely to be available soon for public comment. A fiscal analysis of the draft rules must <br />be completed, after which the Environmental Management Commission's (FMC's) Water <br />Quality Committee (WQC) and the EMC will act on the draft rules beginning in March 2010. <br />The General Assembly will consider the draft rules in 2010, with the rules likely to become <br />effective in January 2011. <br />Similar to the Jordan Lake Nutrient Management Strategy, the proposed Falls Lake rules (15A <br />NCAC 02B .0275 through .0283) could have significant impact on Orange County. The goal of <br />these rules is to reduce the loads of phosphorus (P) and nitrogen (N) entering Falls Lake from <br />various sources by 77 and 40 percent respectively. These reductions would be accomplished <br />through regulations targeting several areas, including agriculture, stormwater runoff from <br />existing development and new development, runoff from state and federal properties, and point <br />source (wastewater) effluent. Reductions could include measures to address discharging sand <br />filter systems and septic tanks, riparian buffers, and fertilizer management plans. Future <br />development would be impacted through stricter stormwater runoff controls. Voluntary <br />reductions in nutrient runoff from agricultural lands are initially required, after which, if stated <br />goals are not achieved on a watershed basis, cropland buffers and exclusion fencing would be <br />mandated. Additional nutrient reductions could be required in fertilizer management, and <br />nutrient trading is also expected to be a factor for local governments to meet the requirements <br />of the draft rules. Significant reductions in nutrient loading in wastewater treatment plant <br />
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