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3 <br /> ) 994 <br /> RESOLUTION PROVIDING PERMISSION FOR <br /> SEWER SERVICE FOR LLOYD'S CAR WASH IN EFLAND <br /> BY TAPPING THE FORCE MAIN OF THE ORANGE COUNTY <br /> EFLAND SEWER SYSTEM <br /> WHEREAS, A.B. Lloyd, Jr. has represented to Orange County that <br /> he is now and for more than twenty years has been the sole owner <br /> and operator of a self-service car wash in Efland located on the <br /> southeast corner of US Hwy 70 and Efland-Cedar Grove Road; and <br /> WHEREAS, it has been determined and ruled by the .NC Division <br /> of Water Quality (formerly the Division of Environmental <br /> Management) and the NC Environmental Management Commission that <br /> said car wash does not meet state environmental statues regulating <br /> the -discharge of waste water and is thus improperly discharging <br /> untreated waste wash water to the land surface which drains into <br /> McGowan Creek and thence the Eno River, each classified as a WS-II <br /> level, high quality water supply resource within a stringently <br /> regulated and protected watershed; and <br /> WHEREAS, the EMC has ordered that A.B. Lloyd, Jr. terminate <br /> the surface discharge of waste wash water from the car wash; and <br /> WHEREAS, it has been determined by environmental officials <br /> that no on-site waste water treatment alternative exists; and <br /> WHEREAS, Orange County owns and operates the Efland Sewer <br /> System; and <br /> WHEREAS, the only two options available for mitigating the <br /> discharge are to close the car wash or to discharge the waste into <br /> the Efland Sewer System; and <br /> WHEREAS, a portion of the Efland Sewer System force main lies <br /> along the north side of US Hwy 70 and directly across from the <br /> Lloyd Car Wash; and <br /> 1 <br />