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Information Item <br /> F� <br /> BERNADL!/EPELISSIER,CHAIR ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> PAM HEMMINGER,DICE CHAIR p ® p us, <br /> VALERIE P.FOUSHEE POST OFFICE Box S 181 17 r <br /> ALICE M.CORDON _ <br /> BARRYJACOBS ®O SOUTH CAMERON STREET <br /> EARL MCKEE HILLSBOROUGH, NORTH CAROLINA 27275 ' <br /> STEVE YUHASZ <br /> August 29, 2012 <br /> Ms. Renee Price <br /> PO Box 1486 <br /> Hillsborough, NC 27278 <br /> Dear Ms. Price, <br /> At the Board's June 19, 2012 regular meeting, you brought forth a petition on behalf of the <br /> Commission for the Environment in the form of a resolution and it was reviewed by the <br /> ChairNice Chair/Manager at agenda review: <br /> 1) This resolution urged the Orange County Board of County Commissioners to set <br /> forth and enforce such measures and provisions that will protect public health and <br /> lands in the event that horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing activities are <br /> planned or conducted in or adjacent to Orange County, <br /> After review of this petition, the ChairNice Chair/Manager have directed staff to do the <br /> following: <br /> 1) To share with Ms. Price, and ask her to share with the Commission for the <br /> Environment, the County Attorney's comment that anyone can send comments to <br /> the appropriate staff at NCACC in reference to 2012 Senate Bill 820 and that <br /> Orange County had already adopted a similar resolution. <br /> This letter will be provided as an Information Item on the September 18, 2012 agenda <br /> for public information. <br /> Regards, <br /> Bernadette Pelissier, Chair- <br /> Board of County Commissioners <br /> CC: Board of Commissioners <br /> Frank Clifton, County Manager <br /> Dave Stancil, DEAPR Director <br /> www.co.orange.nc.us <br /> Protecting and preserving—People,Resources, Quality of Life <br /> Orange County, North Carolina—You Count! <br /> (919)245-2130 • FAX(919)644-0246 <br />