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November 30, 2015 <br />Mr. Tom Davis, Water Resources Coordinator <br />Orange County <br />306A Revere Rd. <br />Hillsborough, NC 27278 <br />Re: Future State Funding for Aquatic Weed Control Projects <br />Dear Mr. Tom Davis; <br />PAT MCCRORY <br />DONALD R. VAN DER VAART <br />S. JAY ZIMMERMAN <br />As a unit of local government currently receiving financial assistance for aquatic weed management <br />through our cooperative funding program, this letter is intended as notification of a change in the funding <br />process for the Aquatic Weed Control Program (AWCP). Under G.S.143- 215.73F [Shallow Draft <br />Navigation Channel Dredging and Lake Maintenance Fund] —Uses of Fund.; states the following: <br />"(2) For aquatic weed control projects in waters of the State located within lakes under Article <br />15 of Chapter 113A of the General Statutes. Funding for aquatic weed control projects is limited <br />to five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) in each fiscal year." <br />The above referenced statute limits the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality — Division <br />of Water Resources' (DEQ -DWR) AWCP to only provide technical assistance and funding of projects <br />that are located within lakes. In the past, the AWCP funding was provided through the Water Resources <br />Development Projects with no limitations on aquatic weed control projects in the states surface waters. <br />This change in the use of funds for the AWCP may affect one or more of your projects, for which the <br />DWR has previously provided technical and financial assistance. We understand this operational change <br />may result in management issues with existing aquatic weed infestations within your jurisdiction that <br />previously qualified for technical and financial assistance. At this time, only projects located within lakes <br />will be eligible for the technical and financial assistance. <br />Thank you very much for your attention to this important matter. Please contact Linwood Peele at <br />linwood.peeleCuncdenr.gov or(919)707-9024, or Tom Fransen at toln.fransen(a,.ncdenr.�-,ov or(919)707- <br />9015, if we can be of further assistance. <br />Sincerely, <br />Tom Fransen, Water Planning Section Chief <br />Division of Water Resources <br />State of North Carolina I Environmental Quality I Water Resources <br />1611 Mail Service Center I Raleigh, North Carolina 27699 -1611 <br />919 707 9000 <br />