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4 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHATHAM COUNTY OF DURHAM COUNTY OF LEE COUNTY OF ORANGE COUNTY OF WAKE AMENDMENT TO INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT THIS AGREEMENT is made and entered into by and between the County of Chatham, the County of Orange, and the municipalities of Apex, Carrboro, Cary,Chapel Hill, Durham,Hillsborough,Raleigh, and Sanford, to be effective from and after July 1, 1995. WITNESSETH WHEREAS, on August 8, 1988 the County of Chatham, the County of Orange and the municipalities of Apex, Carrboro, Cary,Chapel Hill,Durham,Hillsborough, Pittsboro,Raleigh, Sanford,and Smithfield entered into an interlocal agreement to operate a supplemental water quality monitoring project for the Region J surface water supplies; and WHEREAS, the Monitoring Project's initial phase covered three years of monitoring at 32 water supply locations and in March 1991,the local parties (excluding Pittsboro) amended the interlocal agreement to extend the Water Supply Monitoring Project through June, 1995; and WHEREAS, phase I and phase II project monitoring has been funded through local contributions and through a 100 per cent match by the US Geological Survey; and WHEREAS, the primary objectives of the Monitoring Project were to 1)expand the virtually non-existent database for synthetic organic chemicals in order to determine their general presence or absence in the Triangle's water supplies; and 2)measure long-term water quality trends; and WHEREAS, the Steering Committee has annually conducted special studies to address emerging issues and to better evaluate monitoring data; and WHEREAS, the Findings of the Monitoring Project (1988-93)indicate substantial progress toward the Project's objectives,as well as the need for further investigations; and WHEREAS, the Triangle Area Water Supply Monitoring Project will complete its phase II monitoring on June 30, 1995; and WHEREAS, the Project Steering Committee,established by the parties named above to make technical,financial,and administrative recommendations to the participating local entities,has determined that additional monitoring is needed to meet the objectives of measuring water quality conditions and long-term water quality trends.