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commitments to cease or clean up its pollution of public water <br /> sources . <br /> NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, the Orange County Board of County <br /> Commissioners urges the North Carolina General Assembly to pass <br /> legislation prohibiting the placement of any additional waste <br /> into any existing coal ash ponds . <br /> NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, the Orange County Board of County <br /> Commissioners urges the North Carolina General Assembly to pass <br /> legislation requiring all coal ash in North Carolina be moved to <br /> safe, dry, lined storage away from water resources, with <br /> leachate collection systems and appropriate groundwater <br /> monitoring. <br /> BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, the Orange County Board of County <br /> Commissioners urges the North Carolina General Assembly to <br /> repeal Section 46 of the Regulatory Reform Act of 2013 (S.L. <br /> 2013-413) , which changed the regulations governing compliance <br /> boundaries allowing Duke Energy and other polluters to avoid or <br /> delay cleanup of pollution that is contaminating groundwater. <br /> BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, the Orange County Board of County <br /> Commissioners urges the North Carolina General Assembly to <br /> require that Duke Energy pay for the cost of the cleanup both at <br /> Dan River and the other coal ash ponds across the state, and <br /> that the cost not be passed on to ratepayers . <br /> BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, the Orange County Board of County <br /> Commissioners urges the North Carolina General Assembly to fund <br /> the North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural <br /> Resources at a level that allows them to adequately and <br /> responsibly monitor coal ash sites . <br /> BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED the Orange County Board of County <br /> Commissioners calls upon all other municipal and county <br /> governing bodies of North Carolina to pass similar resolutions <br /> to this one. <br /> BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this resolution are sent <br /> to our legislative delegation and to the leadership of the North <br /> Carolina General Assembly. <br />