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MINUTES ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH July 22, 1999 Board of Health Minutes Transcription completed by Patsy L. Bateman 3 July 22, 1999 G. OZONE ALERTS The County is now part of the NC Air Awareness Coalition. The new ERCD has taken the lead on this as part of the Ozone Air Quality action plan the Board of County Commissioners asked them to pursue earlier in the year. One part of the program is the receipt of e-mail alerts one day in advance of projected code orange or code red ozone days. David Stancil, the ERCD Director discussed this with Rosemary Summers and they agreed that the alerts will be posted by the Health Department. We will work on accompanying the alerts with educational pieces on clean air. H. INTENSIVE LIVESTOCK OPERATIONS Ron Holdway attended this seminar and came away informed as to how these issues are being handled and what the impact could be for Orange County. The hog population has risen from 2,500,000 to 10, 000,000 since 1990. This brings up several issues for Orange County as there are 3 major hog farms in the County. Several counties already have rules / ordinances. The lagoon phase out proposed by the Governor has been removed. The moratorium on new operations is still intact until 2001. These issues should be discussed by the Board at a future meeting and decisions made as to whether or not Orange County should pursue having rules / ordinances. I. HEALTH DEPARTMENT WEB PAGE The Health Department will be “on-line” in late August with an extensive web page. Access is through the County web page which is: www.co.orange.nc.us. J. RECRUITMENT Recruitment letters were sent to 694 RN/BSNs. The Clerk’s Office reports they have received about 10 phone calls requesting an application, more than they have ever had for any County Board. Rosemary Summers has also received informational calls. Another mailing to master’s level and above nurses should go out in early August. IV. ACTION ITEMS A. ON-SITE WASTEWATER RULES A draft of the proposed wastewater rules along with a synopsis of the changes were presented to the Board at the June meeting for review. Included in the Board packet for the month of July was the summary and explanation of the proposed changes, along with a full text draft with current and proposed local modifications. The County attorney recommends changing Section .1945 Available Space from a 3-bedroom requirement to: For sites on an existing tract of land to be subdivided or for any lot created after the effective date of these rules, available space shall be based upon the square footage of nitrification field required for a minimum design wasteflow of 360 gallons per day for the long- term acceptance rate determined in accordance with Rule .1955, or .1956(1) of this Section. This will also apply to (b) in Section .1945. The motion to approve the amended On-Site Wastewater Rules was made by Brenda Crowder-Gaines, seconded by Jonathan Klein and carried without dissent.