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-2- On February 7 the Mebane City Manager, the City's contractual engineer and I met with CLGS staff to present a report and a proposed strategy to upgrade the Mebane infrastructure, On February 9, CLGS staff replied to Mebane's report and infrastructure upgrade proposals with requirements that Mebane: • Determine the adequacy of the remaining pumping of the Industrial Drive pumping station by submitting additional wastewater flow data and projected wastewater flows from the system's existing but undeveloped (vacant lots) service area to the Industrial Drive pumping station; and • Increase the flow carrying capacity of the portion of the gravity system where the force main from the Industrial Drive pumping station discharges. As the CLGS still is to provide the total requirements, the cost of the improvements that may be required to satisfy CLGS as to the capacity of Mebane's infrastructure is unclear„ As soon as Mebane can ascertain the total requirements, how to address these and associated costs, we will let the Board know. Should CLGS require that all issues with Mebane's infrastructure be resolved prior to allowing wastewater from the EDD/middle school portion of the Buckhorn project to be conveyed to Mebane, the ensuing process to improve that infrastructure appears to be very likely to delay the completion of the County project beyond the proposed August 2006 opening of the middle school, This process would include determining exactly what improvements will be required, designing and permitting those improvements, determining funding sources and constructing the improvements, There may exist a possibility in which the standard NC DENR regulatory process will allow some delay in the application of the requirements to upgrade Mebane's infrastructure. The Special Order of Consent (SOC) is an agreement between an entity with needed infrastructure improvements and DENR regulators that allows the improvements to take place over a specified time. County staff continues to work with Mebane officials and CLGS staff to refine the scope of required improvements to Mebane's infrastructure. At this time, the ultimate effect of Mebane's infrastructure issue on the middle school utility timetable is unclear. The County also may not be able to influence this issue, 2, Delays/Time Required in the NC Department of Natural Resources, Division of Water Quality Construction Loans and Grants section Reviews The CLGS staff charged with reviewing the Environmental Assessment and Engineer's Report portion of the required project submittals has inexplicably delayed its already lengthy review process by approximately eight weeks.