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27 <br />Neal Littman <br />228 South Churton Street <br />Hillsborough, North Carolina 27278 <br />919- 732 -7568 <br />May 29, 1990 <br />Board of County Commissioners <br />Orange County <br />Post Office Box 8181 <br />Hillsborough, North Carolina 27278 <br />Re: Proposed Environmental Impact <br />Ordinance <br />Dear Commissioners: <br />During your consideration of the proposed Environmental <br />Impact Ordinance please consider the changes proposed in this <br />letter. For-the sake of clarity, the suggested additions to the <br />ordinance are in boldface print. <br />1) Please amend Section 2.3.5 so that it reads: <br />"Involves a land surface application wastewater <br />treatment system, within the Water Quality Critical <br />Area of Water Supply Watersheds... 1' <br />As the ordinance is currently written, it could (and should) be <br />interpreted to include conventional septic systems as "land <br />application wastewater treatment system[s] ". This should not be <br />the intent of the ordinance. <br />2) Please amend Section 3.1.5 so that it reads: <br />"...If significant impacts are identified, then the <br />Planning Department shall issue a Finding of Significant <br />Impact and shall recommend to the Board of Commissioners <br />that they require that an Environmental Impact Statement <br />be prepared. If, upon issuance of the Finding of <br />Significant Impact by the Planning Department, the <br />applicant does not voluntarily agree to prepare an <br />Environmental Impact Statement, then the Board of <br />Commissioners shall consider the recommendation of the <br />Planning Department at their next regularly scheduled <br />meeting. If the Board of Commissioners concurs in the <br />Finding of Significant Impact by the Planning <br />Department, no further consideration of the project <br />application shall occur until the completion of the <br />