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O R A N G E C 0 U N T Y <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: January 21, 1992 <br />Agenda Abstract <br />Item # = B <br />SUBJECT: RESPONSE TO PENDING NPDES APPLICATIONS <br />DEPARTMENT: Planning PUBLIC HEARING: Yes —X —No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Draft NPDES Permits Planning Director X2592 <br />County Engineer 1/10/92 Memo <br />Draft Letter to NCDEM PHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough 732 -8181 <br />Mebane 227 -2031 <br />Durham 688 -7331 <br />Chapel Hill 967 -9251 <br />PURPOSE: To consider a proposed response to applications for <br />NPDES permits from the N.C. Division of <br />Environmental Management. <br />BACKGROUND: Orange County was notified recently by the N.C. <br />Division of Environmental Management (NCDEM) that it <br />had received applications for National Pollutant <br />Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permits from <br />Martin - Marietta Aggregates and M.M. Fowler, Inc. <br />The Martin - Marietta application is for the purpose <br />of discharging wastewater from the quarry on N.C. <br />Highway 54 to Phils. Creek. The M.M. Fowler, Inc. <br />application is for the purpose of discharging <br />wastewater from a treatment facility at Hurley's <br />I -85 Gulf (BP) Station on N.C. Highway 86. <br />Copies of the draft permits were obtained from NCDEM <br />on January 6, 1992. Subsequently, the County <br />Engineer spoke with a NCDEM representative about the <br />proposals. The attached January 10, 1992 memorandum <br />from the County Engineer provides more detailed <br />information than available in the draft hermits. <br />Comments concerning the pending applications must be <br />submitted to NCDEM no later than January 23, 1992. <br />Given the limited amount of time available, adequate <br />staff review could not be undertaken and <br />recommendations prepared for the Board's <br />consideration. In addition, the location of the <br />Martin - Marietta facility in University Lake <br />Watershed and the Joint Planning Area suggests that <br />