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ON 243 <br />Chapter 8: Services and Facilities Element <br />8.4.2. EROSION CONTROL AND STORMWATER MANAGEMENT <br />Orange County's Erosion Control Division is charged with enforcing County <br />the Erosion Control and Stormwater Ordinanees provisions of the Orange <br />County Unified Development Ordinance, including inspections of land <br />development, and review of erosion control plans. These provisions of the <br />Ordinances regulate land development activities to ensure that watersheds <br />are protected from adverse affects of development, and that grading and <br />site development do not create hazardous stormwater flows. The division <br />also administers the Neuse Buffer Rules and participates in regional <br />watershed planning initiatives. <br />The Erosion Control division reviews land disturbance activities and erosion <br />control plans countywide, including parts of Durham County annexed by <br />Chapel Hill. Disturbance of more than 20,000 feet in a non - protected <br />watershed and disturbance of more than 10,000 square feet in a protected <br />watershed must obtain pre - approval from Erosion Control and applicants are <br />required to submit an erosion control plan. The County holds several <br />agreements with the municipalities for enforcement, including enforcement <br />of Hillsborough's National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Phase II <br />Stormwater Program and erosion control enforcement in Chapel Hill, <br />Carrboro, Hillsborough, and the portion of Mebane in Orange County. In <br />addition, the division develops educational materials and conducts <br />educational programs related to erosion control, stormwater runoff <br />pollution, stream buffers, and water quality protection. <br />Of the 32 local governments in the Neuse River Basin, Orange County was <br />the first and only to receive delegated authority from the state <br />Environmental Management Commission to enforce the Neuse Rules. Any <br />land disturbance in University Lake, Cane Creek, and the Upper Eno <br />watersheds are reviewed by the division. Entities with the power of eminent <br />domain, such as the Department of Transportation, University of North <br />Carolina, OWASA, and School Districts, are regulated by the state. Orange <br />County does monitor some of these entities through various voluntary <br />agreements, such as a written request from the Chapel Hill - Carrboro School <br />System to monitor Carrboro High School. Map 8 -3 identifies the watersheds <br />where Neuse River Basin erosion control measures are required. <br />OrawujeiCatt vzty Coiiipr -ehe vmWe, Pla vv Page 8 -15 <br />