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002 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date May 21, 1983 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item #i9l <br /> SUBJECT: REPORT OF THE PLANNING BOARD ON THE OWASA LAND APPLICATION PROGRAM <br /> DEPARTMENT: PLANNING <br /> PUBLIC HEARING —Yes No <br /> Attachment(s) Information Contact: SUSAN SMITH' <br /> (1) 4/29/85 PLANNING BOARD RESOLUTION <br /> (2) 4/29/85 PLANNING BOARD MINUTES <br /> (3) 3/21/85 BINGHAM TAC MINUTES <br /> (4) 4/11/85 BINGHAM TAC MINUTES INCLUDING <br /> RESOLUTIONS; <br /> (5) 4/19/85 LETTER TO OWASA FROM PLANNING DEPARTMENT; <br /> (6) GRUNDY COUNTY, ILLINOIS CASE; <br /> V) SITE MAP - DURHAM HEIRS/HEADWATERS TRACTS; <br /> (8) DEM PERMIT; <br /> (9) MAP SUBMITTED TO PLANNING BOARD SHOWING SLUDGE SITES-PROPOSED/EXISTING <br /> IN BINGHAM TOWNSHIP; <br /> (10) PETITION FROM CLOVER GARDEN CHURCH COMMUNITY <br /> (11) 1/23/85 LETTER 1±0 HARTLEY FROM NRCD <br /> (12) Excerpt from 12/31 TJ COG SLO.QE AM SEETAGE IN HBGION_ jj_ <br /> Telephone Numbers <br /> Hillsborough - 732-8181 <br /> Durham - 688-7331 <br /> Mebane - 227-2031 <br /> Chapel Hill - 968-4501 <br /> PURPOSE: To receive the report of the Planning Board on the OWASA land <br /> application of municipal sludge program including the <br /> resolution of the Planning Board adopted April 29, 1985. <br /> Owasa has conducted a program in Orange County providing for <br /> land application of treated municipal sludge at agronomic rates <br /> since the 19701s. This program was established in cooperation <br /> with the farm community, specifically the Soil Conservation <br /> Service. OWASA currently conducts these operations under <br /> agreement with the owners on 8 privately owned farms in Orange <br /> and Chatham Counties, most of which are located in the Collins <br /> Creek sub-basin. Recently, OWASA proposed to purchase two <br /> properties (Headwaters and Durham Heirs tracts) upon which to <br /> conduct similar operations under OWASA ownership. In the case <br /> of one of the parcels, OWASA was required to prepare an <br /> Environmental Impact Statement in order to obtain federal <br /> funding for purchase of the tract. For all properties <br /> utilitized in the program OWASA is required to obtain and <br /> operate under Department of Environmental Management permits. <br />