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3 <br />4�A� IAira <br />R <br />State of North Carolina <br />Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources <br />Division of Environmental Management <br />512 North Salisbury Street 0 Raleigh, North Carolina 27604 <br />James G. Martin, Governor <br />William W. Cobey, Jr., Secretary <br />Mr. John Link, Jr. <br />Orange County Manager <br />109 Court St. Annex <br />Hillsborough, NC 27278 <br />Dear Mr. Link: <br />DEC 9 W <br />George T. Everett, Ph.D. <br />December 4, 1991 Director <br />Our office recently received a letter from the president of <br />Orange - Alamance Water System, Inc. notifying us of the planned <br />abandonment of Haw Creek Reservoir as a raw water impoundment. I <br />am enclosing a copy of that letter as well as an agreement between <br />Orange - Alamance Water System and the cities of Graham and Mebane, <br />which assures that the Graham - Mebane Reservoir is sufficient to <br />meet their future water siSpply_ needs. <br />Orange- Alamance Water System, Inc. has requested that the Haw <br />Creek watershed no longer be protected as a future potable water <br />supply source in the Division of Environmental Management's <br />schedule of classifications and water quality standards. in order <br />for us to consider reclassifying the Haw Creek watershed <br />accordingly we need to be assured that no one else has an interest <br />in utilizing the Haw Creek watershed for either primary or <br />emergency water supply. <br />Would you please contact either. myself or Steve Zoufaly, <br />Supervisor of the Standards and Classification Group, to confirm <br />that there are no other plans to use this source for water supply. <br />Thank you in advance for your consideration of this matter. <br />If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to call us at <br />(919) 733 -5083. <br />Regional Offices <br />Asheville Fayetteville Mooresville Raleigh Washington Wilmington Winston -Salem <br />704/251 -208 919/4861541 704/663 -1699 919/733 -2314 919046 -6481 919/395 -3900 919/761 -2351 <br />Pollution Prevention Pays <br />P.O. Box 29535, Raleigh, North Carolina 276260535 Telephone 919- 733 -7015 <br />A, ...el (ln.v+.«...i... A F(i.- .". A,— F,..4" <br />