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3 <br /> ARTICLE I GENERAL PROVISIONS <br /> Sec . 1.1 Long Title and Authority <br /> An ordinance providing for the control of oil and other <br /> hazardous substances as well as to provide for the removal and <br /> abatement of any discharge of oil and other hazardous substances on <br /> the land or in waters of Orange County, adopted pursuant to the <br /> authority contained in North Carolina General Statute Sections 153A <br /> -121 and 140 . <br /> Sec. 1.2 Short Title <br /> This Ordinance may be referred to as the 'Orange County Oil <br /> Pollution and Hazardous Substances Control Ordinance. " <br /> Sec. 1 .3 Intent and Purpose <br /> It is the purpose of this Ordinance to promote the health, <br /> safety, and welfare of the citizens of Orange County by protecting <br /> the land and the waters over which this County has jurisdiction <br /> from pollution by oil, oil products, oil by-products, and other <br /> hazardous substances. It is not the intention of this Ordinance to <br /> exercise jurisdiction over any matter as to which the United States <br /> government or the State of North Carolina, has exclusive <br /> jurisdiction, and no provision of this Ordinance shall be so <br /> construed. Orange County further declares that it is the intent of <br /> this Ordinance to support and compliment applicable provisions of <br /> the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, 33 U.S.C. §§ 1251 et seq. , <br /> as amended, the National Contingency Plan for removal of oil <br /> adopted pursuant thereto, and the State Oil Pollution and Hazardous <br /> 1 <br />