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Attachme'nt MATRIX OF ENFORCEMENT /DEVELOPMENT ISSUES AT LAKE ORANGE: ISSUE: STANDARD/REGUALTION: ENFORCEMENT: 1. Lake Orange Water The. ENO River Capacity Use Agreement, which The State monitors this Levels establishes the water flow through the ENO river system, agreement and releases from Lake Orange based on water levels at the Lake, ultimately determines the water level in the Lake. This agreement allows for the Town of Hillsborough, the Orange Alamance Water System and Piedmont Minerals to withdraw as much water as the Capacity Use Agreement restrictions allow (dependent on the water level at Lake Orange) to address their operational needs, and provides for residual in- stream flow as measured below the Hillsborough in- stream flow monitoring gage. This agreement is between: 1. Orange County, 2. The Town of Hillsborough, 3. Orange - Alamance, and 4. Piedmont Minerals. It should be noted that a Neuse River Basin hydrological study is being modeled and that the result of this study as well as a new capacity use investigation could also impact the water level of the Lake. 2. Recreational use of the The State has established limits on the overall recreational The Public Water Lake use of the Lake as follows: Supply Section of the State Health 1. No boats in the water overnight, Department is 2. A limit on the number of permitted docks to responsible for eighteen (18), enforcing these 3. A limit on the total number of permitted boat ramps restrictions. to three (3), 4. A prohibition on swimming, and 5. A limitation on fishing, specifically no fishing from the banks of the Lake In reviewing existing State documents concerning the creation of the Lake, it appears that the water in Lake Orange was there for use by Orange County for any reason deemed necessary by the County Board of Commissioners and that any permitted recreational activities were considered to be ancillary to the intended purpose of the Lake as a water supply. Page 1 of 2 2006