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1 <br /> 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 /> INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): David Stancil, 919-245-2510 <br /> 1. UNRBA Request for Qualifications Tom Davis, 919-245-2510 <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 /> 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 />