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La UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY '44 vsqrleli REGION IV 345 COURTI-AND STREET ATLANTA.•GEORGIA 30308 APR 9 3985 FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT Approval of the Orange Water and Sewer Authority (OWASA) Portion of the Durham 201 Facilities Plan. Durham, North Carolina The National Environmental Policy Act requires federal agencies to determine whether a proposed major agency-.'action will significantly affect the environmert. One such major action, defined by Section 511(c)(1) of the Clean Water Act, is EPA approval of a facilities plan prepared pursuant to Section 201 of that Act. In making this determination, EPA assumes that .all facilities and actions recommended by the plan will be implemented, whether or not EPA grants are issued to fund construction of any of the facilities. If our analysis concludes that implementing the plan will not significantly affect the environment, EPA issues a Finding of No Significant -Impact (FNSI•). • A Negative Declaration (presently referred to as FNSI) was issued in March 20, 1978 approving various elements of the Durham 201 Facilities PI The proposed construction projedts were:• (I) a 10 mgd Farrington Road treatment plant with interceptors, (2) expand and upgrade the Mason Farm plant from 5.5 mgd to 8 mgd. The Farfington plant is currently under construction with completion scheduled for 1985 and the Mason Farm plant has been completed except finding a solution to the sludge disposal problem. Another FNSI was approved November 18, 1981 supporting the construction of a gravity system, force main, and pump station to serve the Rangewood community. This project is almost completed. A third FNSI was issued July 9, 1984 approving the upgrade of• tbe 9.5 Northside plant with an interceptor and a new'outfall line. Construction for this project has not been initiated. This FNSI precedes partial approval of this element of the Durham 201 Facilities Plan (partially funded by EPA grant C370380-01), which will require the purchase of a Aland application site for sludge disposal for the Mason Farm plant operated by OWASA. Attached is an Environmental Assessment, containing detailed information supporting this action in the following sections•: A) Proposed facilities and actions; grant status; B) Existing environment; C) Existing wastewater facilities; D) Need for proposed facilities and actions; E) Alternatives analysis; F) Environmental consequences; mitigative measures; G) Public participation; sources consulted.