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RESOLUTION REGARDING THE RECLASSIFICATION OF THE SEVEN MILE CREEK WATERSHED WHEREAS, the North Carolina Department of the Environment, Health and Natural Resources, Division of Environmental Management has a watershed classification system in effect at the present time to insure the protection of existing and future water supplies and watersheds; and, WHEREAS, the State of North Carolina has requested that local governments express their interest in having watersheds on which they rely for water supply classified at the highest possible level; and, WHEREAS, the County of Orange has enacted certain measures and ordinances for the protection of all watersheds within its jurisdiction; and, WHEREAS, the County of Orange and the Town of Hillsborough have previously and jointly indicated to the Division of Environmental Management a desire and a determination to seek additional protection of water quality in the Seven Mile Creek watershed; and, WHEREAS, the existing watershed classification for the Seven Mile Creek basin is WS -III, the classification which would provide the lowest level of water supply protection; and, WHEREAS, the existing water quality, waste treatment discharge status, and local regulatory protection measures would be sufficient to qualify the Seven Mile Creek watershed for the protection status of a WS -I classification, as it is presently defined, and which is the most protective watershed classification existing under the current classification system; and, WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of the County of Orange is interested in providing the highest level of protection possible for the Seven Mile Creek watershed; NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT: The County of Orange hereby requests that the Division of Environmental Management upgrade the classification of the Seven Mile Creek watershed to a WS -I classification. Adopted this first day of May, 1990. y _rf ',