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ATTACHMENT 1 <br />STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA. <br />COUNTY OF ORANGE <br />3 <br />NPDESPHASEII <br />STOR.MWATER PERMIT <br />AGREEMENT <br />TOWN OF HII.LSBOROUGH <br />MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT <br />In- <br />This Memorandum of Agreement is entered into this ~ day of , 20D.~ by <br />and between the Town of'Hillsborough and Orange County, <br />WHEREAS, the piomvtion of a sustainable commtmity that provides for the protection of <br />water quality and the elevation of the quality of life of the citizens of that community is in the <br />best interest of the Town of Hillsborough and Orange County; and <br />WHEREAS, the recent growth of the community, and that which is anticipated, will <br />make efforts to protect water quality not only more difficult, but also more essential; and <br />WHEREAS, the Orange County Erosion Control Division Staff of the Planning and <br />Inspections Department presently implements soil erosion and sedimentation control regulations, <br />State mandated Neuse River Basin Riparian Buffer Program, and assists with other storinwater <br />concerns in the Town of klillsborough and Orange County; and <br />WIiEREA5, Section 402(p) of the Clean Water Act and implementing regulations 40 <br />CFR Part 122, 123 and 124, North Carolina General Statutes 143-215.1 and Session Law 2004- <br />163 require that the Towh of Hillsborough implement a National Pollutant Discharge <br />Elimination System (NPDES} Phase II Stormwater Program; and <br />WI3FREAS, Orange County and the Town of Hillsborough recognize the opporhudry to <br />pravide a more effective and efficient implementation of this NPDES Phase II Stannwater <br />Program working collaboratively; and <br />WHEREAS, the parties have been working cooperatively toward the development of a <br />system which will provide for the implementation of this Program, and ensure that the Town <br />maintains compliance with the forthcoming NPDES Phase II Stonnwater Permit; <br />NOW, THEREFORE, the parties to this Memorandum hereby agree as follows: <br />Section 1. Upan issuance of the.NPDES Phase II Stormwater Permit for the Town by the <br />State of North Carolina, Department of Environment and Natural Resources, <br />Division of Water Quality, the parties wild work cooperatively to develop and <br />eater into a contract which will provide for the irplementation of the majority of <br />the permit requirements of the Town's NPDES Phase 1T Storntwater Program by <br />the Erosion Control Division Staff of the Orange County Planning and <br />