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7 <br /> The Board considered adopting the "Consensus Principles to Guide Falls Lake Nutrient <br /> Management Strategy" discussed and adopted by the attendees at the February 9, 2010 Triangle <br /> Mayors and Chairs meeting. <br /> Environment and Resource Conservation Director Dave Stancil made a PowerPoint <br /> presentation. <br /> FALLS LAKE CONSENSUS PRINCIPLES <br /> Background: <br /> - Falls Lake is water supply for Raleigh and other Wake County cities <br /> - Nutrient Management rules to address nitrogen (N) and phosphorous (P) loading <br /> needed <br /> - Draft Rules now issued by NCDWQ, pending EMC approval <br /> - Public Hearings likely for late-spring or summer <br /> Plan of Action: <br /> - Tonight— consideration of Consensus Principles <br /> - April/May— staff report on implications of rules, consider draft public hearing <br /> comments <br /> - Public Hearing comments shared with EMC <br /> - General Assembly currently slated to consider in 2010 short session <br /> - Rules to be effective January 1, 2011? <br /> Staged Implementation: <br /> - Goal — reduce N by 40% <br /> - Goal — reduce P by 77% <br /> - Stage 1 — achieve water quality standards in lower portion of lake within 10 years <br /> - Stage 2 — reduce nutrient loads in upper watershed (Orange) within 20 years <br /> Consensus Principles <br /> - Compromise developed through TJCOG <br /> - Created at Mayors/Chairs Committee <br /> - Principles 7-11 contain the primary goals and tasks <br /> - Jurisdictions that have approved Principles: <br /> o City of Durham <br /> o Durham County <br /> o City of Raleigh <br /> o Wake County <br /> o Granville County <br /> o Town of Butner <br /> o Town of Creedmoor <br /> o Person County <br /> o Hillsborough to consider April 12? <br /> Principle #7: <br /> - Point sources to achieve 20% N and 40% P reductions by 2016 <br /> - New development should meet the N and P loading limits within 18 months of <br /> adoption <br /> - Existing development— begin program to reduce to 2006 levels within 3 years <br />