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Attachment 4 -Summary and Estimated Costs of Nutrient Management Rules -Stage 1 <br /> Stage 1 Estimated Annual Cost* <br /> Program Status Imblications Developers/Far/ners/ County <br /> Homeowners <br /> • Watershed Oversight Committee (WOC) established • Farm registration may be required Cost of voluntary <br /> <br />Agriculture • By 2012, WOC is to determine nutrient load • Attainability uncertain in Upper New <br />measures will vary <br />$30,000 <br />~ contribution, accounting tool recently developed Hope arm from site to site. <br /> • Voluntary measures to meet Stage 1 goals • Increased County staff time <br />a~ • Program approved by state in 200 • Increased County staff time and <br />~; • Implementation by County began August 2010 resources $50,000 <br /> <br />~ Existing <br /> <br />Development <br />• <br />Annual report submitted August 2011 p. <br />• Reinstate CWEP membersfli 7 None to <br />'a • Program includes education, illegal dischaPge, • Noretro-fits required, but are $350,000 <br /> mapping, BMP inspection recommended <br /> • Draft new development program and proposed • Increased cost to development for <br /> UDO amendments to be submitted to state Sep. BMPs $2Q0,000 $50,000 <br /> New 2011 • Increased County staff review to to . <br /> Development • Public hearing(s) early 2012, BOCC adoption July • County staff must inspect BMPs $650,000 $100,000 <br /> 2012 <br /> • Register operations with Local Advisory Committee • Farm registration required Cost of voluntary <br /> Agriculture by January 2012 • Attainability in watershed uncertain mea cures will vary $30,000 <br /> • Accounting tool under development • Increased County staff time from site to site. <br /> • County must reduce nutrient load to 2006 Baseline • May require costly retro-fits <br /> or 2.89 Ibs/ac/yr TN • More County staff time and <br /> • County may be below 2.89 based on preliminary resources including septic inventory $75,000 $210,000 <br />~ Existing <br />Development calculations • Reinstate CWEP membership? to to <br /> • <br />Actual loading rate TBD and must include septic <br />$250,000 <br />$860,000 <br />~ contribution, if any <br />~ • Stage 1 Program under development by state <br />= • Draft new development program and proposed • Single family lots may require fgrmal <br />-i UDO amendments submitted to state Aug. 2011 site plan, Calculations, and BMPs <br /> • Public hearing(s) early 2012, BOCC adoption July • Centralized stormwater BMPs may <br />~ $300,000 $50,000 <br /> New 2012 be needed for development in EI~Ds <br />to <br />to <br /> Development • Increased cost to development for $900,000 100,000 <br /> BMPs <br /> • Increased County staff review time <br /> • County s~aff must inspect BMPs <br />L <br />N <br />*Annual cost estimates County include staff time and possible retro-fits; Developers/Farmers/homeowners cost includes cost for septic, new BMPsr etc. .A <br />