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ORA.IVGE COUNTY <br />HILLSBOROUGH <br />NORTH CAROLINA <br />l'~ana9er's D~ae <br />February 17, 2006 <br />Mr. J. Robert Blowe, PE, Chief <br />Construction Grants and Loans Section <br />Division of Water Quality . <br />Department of Environment and Natural Resources <br />State of Narth Carolina <br />1633 Mail Service Center <br />Raleigh, NC 27699-1633 <br /> <br />~sla6lrs~eo~17S2 <br />Dear Bobby: <br />As per our recent and ongoing discussions, I know that you are aware that Orange <br />County is working closely with your staff and the City of Mebane in an urgent effort <br />to effect an August 2006 opening of a 700 student middle school that has been <br />proposed to be served by the currently configured STAG financed sewer extension <br />project. Again, as per our discussion, it has become clear that the elements of <br />project review and approval dictated by.the STAG process are going to be too time <br />intensive to allow for a possibility of the~August opening. Consequently, the <br />County is evaluating a strategy of recoii~iguring the STAG project to remove the <br />portion of the project that will serve the` school from the grant pracess. <br />,. <br />Insofar as rec~ifguring the..~STAG projecf.and moving fonrvard with,the broken out <br />onion of tie ro ect, it would be helpful,if you will confrrr~ my.understanding of the <br />P .p ,,1 :..•. <br />,, <br />Constructio,q :Grants and.. Loans. Section' position. on ahis :concept I currently <br />understand'the position of you and,your sta..ff to confiorm to the.following points: <br />• CG~LS exprrdts,to receive:: a formal letter from Orange County~~requesting <br />..., <br />that:the middle school service area portion of the STAG.project: currently <br />under.:review. tie tiroken`out of the STAG project and tfia~ the STAG project <br />be reconfigured to include the northern Buckho~rri community . <br />(social/environmental justice area of concern) with the central Efland area <br />(which was going to be the second or delayed element of the original <br />project); <br />Neither CLGS nor the EPA will have a problem with reconfiguring the grant <br />to exclude the school service area portion of the project or including the <br />northern Buckhorn community service area with the central Efland service <br />area and this reconfiguration will not endangering the grant funding for the <br />reconfigured project, <br />AREA CODE (919) 245-2300 688-7331 FAX (919) 644-3004 <br />Ext. 2300 <br />