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Request To adopt the Orange County Stormwater Program and Ordinance for Lands within the Neuse River Basin. The deadline to implement the Program and Ordinance is March 7, 2001. Location Upper Neuse River Basin within Orange County which includes Upper and Lower Eno, Little River and Flat River watershed basins. Existing and Proposed Conditions Existing: Erosion and Sedimentation Control, and Water Supply Watershed Requirements currently in place. Proposed: Stormwater control requirements to regulate and reduce development impacts. For farming impacts, Soil and Water is currently implementing the Neuse Rules as they apply agriculture. Development Process. Schedule, and, Action • Public Hearing held May 22, 2000 with no speakers from the public. • Forwarded Draft Program to NCDENR-DWQ upon approval by the Board. • Approved by DWQ, the Environmental Management Commission- Water Quality Committee on October 11, 2000. • Adoption of Program and Ordinance on December 4, 2000 per the Board's approval. • December 2000 through March 2001: implement Phase 1 of the Program and Ordinance with the focus being on Nitrogen Reduction standards and measures, and Public Education and Outreach. Phase 2 of the implementation process will address the Neuse River Buffer requirements. While these requirements are included within the current Ordinance, NCDENR-DWQ has not begun granting Delegated Authority. They anticipate that this will begin before the end of the year. FINANCIAL IMPACT: As the Board may recall, this program is an unfunded state mandate. Existing Erosion Control staff will be responsible for the Program submittals and revisions until implementation in March 2001. The Planning and Inspections Department is gauging the impact of the Program by developing a process where this additional data collection, plan review, inspection, monitoring, reporting, enforcement, and public outreach is included. It is important to note that even with coordination and cooperation with Soil and Water, Engineering, Environmental Health, and state agencies, additional County staff may be required to maintain the program. Preliminary estimates indicate that one staff position may be required in fiscal year 2001-2002 with possibly an additional position in the 2002-2003 fiscal year. This will enable the County to meet the phased implementation of the most extensive section of the program, Illegal Discharges, by the required implementation date of October 2002. The phased implementation approach from DWQ is attached. Staff recommends that the Board implement a new Nitrogen Export Removal Best Management Practice Inspection fee of $150 to off set initial costs of this program. This annual maintenance fee is in-line with other local governments in the area. Planning Staff completes an estimated 15 major subdivision reviews in one year. Estimated annual revenue generated from the new fee will range from slow-end estimate of $2,250 to a high-end projection of $6,750. The law-end estimate