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ORD- 2013 -036 <br />ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: October 15, 2013 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. 5 -f <br />SUBJECT: Budget Amendment #2-A— Upper Neuse River Basin Association Funding <br />Request - Best Management Practices Credit Determination Project <br />DEPARTMENT: DEAPR PUBLIC HEARING: (Y /N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />1. UNRBA Request for Qualifications <br />with List of BMP Nutrient Credit <br />Measures <br />2. CardnoEntrix Proposal <br />3. Email of Support for UNRBA <br />Appropriation from Orange County <br />UNRBA Representative Pam <br />Hemminger <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />David Stancil, 919 - 245 -2510 <br />Tom Davis, 919 - 245 -2510 <br />1 <br />PURPOSE: To approve Budget Amendment #2 -A to provide requested funds to the Upper <br />Neuse River Basin Association to complete a project to increase the number of Best <br />Management Practices available for affected parties to use in meeting nutrient reductions <br />required by the State. <br />BACKGROUND: The Falls Lake Nutrient Management Rules require local governments, the <br />North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT), the agricultural community, and other <br />regulated parties located in the Falls Lake watershed to reduce nitrogen and phosphorus <br />nutrient loading in stormwater by 40% and 77% respectively by 2036. <br />Best Management Practices (BMPs) must be used to achieve nutrient reductions in stormwater <br />runoff from sources that include new development, existing development, and the agricultural <br />community. Currently, nutrient reduction credits have been approved by the state Division of <br />Water Resources (DWR) for only a few BMPs. As a result, regulated parties foresee significant <br />difficulties meeting the nutrient reduction targets mandated by the Falls Lake Rules. <br />At this time, the Upper Neuse River Basin Association ( UNRBA), of which Orange County is a <br />member, is undertaking a project to expand the number of BMPs that have been assigned <br />nutrient reduction credits by DWR. This process is commonly known as "expanding the BMP <br />toolbox ". Currently, structural stormwater devices that are mainly utilized in urban areas are the <br />primary type of BMPs that have been assigned nutrient reduction credits. As shown in the <br />UNRBA Request for Qualifications associated with this project (Attachment 1), the UNRBA has <br />compiled a preliminary list of 55 BMPs that do not have nutrient reduction values established for <br />