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Orange Water and Sewer Authority <br />400 Jones Ferry Road <br />OWASAI P.O. Box 366 <br />Carrboro, NC 27510 <br />(919) 968 -4421 <br />Comments To A Public Hearing Of The Orange County Board Of <br />Commissioners: <br />NCDOT FEASIBILITY STUDY TO WIDEN NC 54 IN ORPAkM COUNTY <br />Old Post Office - District Court Room <br />Chapel Hill, North Carolina <br />January 22, 1991 <br />Presented by Lois T. Herring, Chairman <br />Board of Directors <br />GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS LOIS HERRING. I CHAIR THE ORANGE WATER <br />AND SEWER AUTHORITY BOARD OF DIRECTORS, AND AM SPEAKING TONIGHT <br />ON ITS BEHALF. <br />OWASA WANTS TO USE THIS EARLY OPPORTUNITY TO REGISTER ITS CONCERN <br />ABOUT POSSIBLE EFFECTS OF THE PROPOSED PROJECT ON THE QUALITY OF <br />OUR CANE CREEK AND UNIVERSITY LAKE WATER SUPPLY RESERVOIRS, WHICH <br />PROVIDE DRINKING WATER TO 55,000 PEOPLE IN THE CARRBORO- CHAPEL <br />HILL AREA. <br />WE'RE CONCERNED BOTH ABOUT THE DIRECT EFFECTS OF THE CONSTRUCTION <br />WORK ITSELF, AND ABOUT THE LONGER TERM EFFECTS OF INCREASED <br />TRAFFIC AND SUBSEQUENT ACTIVITIES THAT MAY FOLLOW THE PROJECT. <br />WE CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO THE STATEWIDE WATERSHED PROTECTION <br />REGULATIONS RECENTLY ENACTED BY THE NORTH CAROLINA ENVIRONMENTAL <br />MANAGEMENT COMMISSION. ALTHOUGH THESE RULES IMPOSE VERY <br />STRINGENT LIMITS ON PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT AND LOCAL <br />GOVERNMENT ACTIVITY, THEY REQUIRE NO NEW PERFORMANCE STANDARDS OR <br />MANAGEMENT PRACTICES BY THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. <br />WE RECOMMEND A FULL AND COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT OF ALL POSSIBLE <br />WATER QUALITY EFFECTS ON UNIVERSITY LAKE AND - CANE CREEK <br />RESERVOIR, AND URGE DOT TO COMMIT TO STATE OF THE ART STANDARDS <br />AND PRACTICES OF HIGHWAY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION. <br />An Equal Opportunity Employer <br />