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06/07/05 BOCC Agenda Item, NPDES Phase II MOA <br />ORANGE COUNTY PLANNING & INSPECTIONS <br />Craig N. Benedict, AICP, Director <br />Administration ~~ * ~ P <br />. ~ r: , <br />(919) 245-2575 ~r ~~~' ~ i <br />(919) 644-3002 (F,vc) ~, <br />www.co.orange.nc.us '°«b e.~o~~°° <br />MEMORANDUM <br />Attaclunent 1 <br />DEPARTMENT <br />306E Revere Road <br />P O Box 8181 <br />Hillsborough, <br />North Carolina, 27278 <br />TO: .Iohn Link <br />FROM: Will Autry <br />THROUGH: Craig Benedict <br />DATE: 09/14/04 <br />SUBJECT: Phase II Stormwater Implementation within Orange County <br />COPIES: Ren Ivins, Tom Altieri, Robert Davis <br />ATTACHED: Phase II Map, NCLM Summary, DWQ Summary, and News & <br />Observer article <br />The NPDES Phase II Program <br />Tn 1972, the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) program was <br />established under the authority of the Clean Water Act. Phase I of the NPDES stormwater <br />progratn was established in 1990. It required NPDES permit coverage for large or medium <br />municipalities that had populations of 100,000 or more. In North Carolina, there are six Phase I <br />communities, including Durham. <br />Phase II of the NPDES Stormwater program was signed into law in December 1999. This <br />regulation builds upon the existing Phase I prograni by requiring smaller communities, also <br />known as small municipal separate storm sewer systems (MS4s), to be permitted,. Recently <br />passed Senate Bill 1210 clarifies that in addition to the municipalities, one, two, or tluee mile <br />radii around them will also be subject to Phase II. <br />In Orange County, Carrboro, Chapel Hill, Hillsborough and Mebane are subject to Phase II <br />requirements, and each has applied for permit coverage, Those communities that will be <br />permitted under Phase II'are required to develop and implement a comprehensive Stormwater <br />management program that includes six minimum measures: <br />1. public education and outreach on Stormwater impacts; <br />2. public involvement/participation; <br />3. illicit discharge detection and elimination; <br />4. construction site storniwater rnnoff control; <br />5, post-construction stonnwater management for new development and redevelopment; <br />