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• ~ - ~ DENR CONTRACT NO. B8016 <br />Agreement No. A-4532- ~~`/ ' ~ 9~~ <br />Page 1 of 6 pages ~~~ <br />JOINT AGREEMENT <br />By and Between <br />ORANGE COUNTY <br />SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT <br />State of North Carolina <br />And The <br />DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES <br />DIVISION OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION <br />State of North Carolina <br />And The <br />NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE <br />United States Department of Agriculture <br />This agreement is made on this 7th day of A ril, 1998 by and <br />between the Orange County Soil and Water Conservation District, <br />hereinafter called the District; the Department of Environment <br />and Natural Resources, Division of Soil and Water Conservation of <br />the State of North Carolina, hereinafter called the Division; and <br />the Natural Resources Conservation Service of the United States <br />Department of Agriculture, hereinafter called NRCS. <br />Purpose• <br />The District, Division and NRCS recognize the need to provide <br />accelerated technical assistance to local citizens and land users <br />in natural resource conservation planning, and application for <br />resource systems to comply with state rules and regulations in <br />the Neuse River Basin. Accelerated technical assistance is <br />desirable for natural resources conservation planning, systems <br />design and installation to achieve a 30o reduction in nitrogen <br />delivered to the Neuse River, as described in the N.C. Neuse <br />River Basin Nutrient Sensitive Waters Management Strategy. The <br />District, Division and NRCS are cooperating in the conservation <br />planning and development of resource systems. The District is <br />willing to provide the resources needed for the planning and <br />development. The Division and NRCS are willing to reimburse the <br />District for the costs associated with said natural resource <br />conservation planning and development. <br />