|
Goals Page Action Strategies Suggested Entities to be Involved in Strategy Suggested
<br /> # Implementation Timeframe
<br /> 51 ENN/4-2e) Create fee structure for stormwater management based on property size and with reductions BOCC , CHTC, CBA, HC , MCC , town and county planning boards and ST to MT
<br /> for smaller percentages of property consisting of lawns or high maintenance vegetation . departments ft
<br /> 51 ENV44 2f) Improve tree-planting requirements for parking lots in order to reduce pollution from auto gas BOCC , CHTC, CBA, HC, MCC , town and county planning boards and ST
<br /> evaporation . departments
<br /> 51 ENV44 2g) Establish environmental standards that all development proposals must meet for approval . BOCC , CHTC , CBA, HC , MCC , town and county planning boards and ST to MT
<br /> departments
<br /> 51 ENV4-3a) Initiate simple energy accounting studies in all new major construction projects to monitor BOCC , CHTC , CBA, HC , MCC, town and county planning boards and ST
<br /> trends in energy use , particularly per capita use. departments
<br /> 51 ENV4-3b) Conduct a study to consider subsidizing alternative electrical production . BOCC , CHTC, CBA, HC , MCC , outside consultant to do study ST to MT
<br /> 52 ENV44a) Continue and enhance efforts to promote reduction , reuse and recycling of solid waste and BOCC, CHTC , CBA, HC, MCC , OC Solid Waste Dept. ST to MT
<br /> elimination of the use of toxic chemicals ; meet Orange County's adopted goals of 45% solid
<br /> waste reduction by 2001 and 61 % by 2006 .
<br /> 52 ENV44b) Develop and enforce standards for non-toxic building materials. BOCC, CHTC, CBA, HC, MCC , town and county. planning boards and ST to MT
<br /> departments , environmental health departments
<br /> 52 ENV44c) Encourage building reuse rather than demolition . BOCC, CHTC, CBA, HC, MCC , town and county planning boards and MT
<br /> departments
<br /> 52 ENV44d ) Require manufacturers to be responsible for taking back packaging to encourage reuse and BOCC, CHTC, CBA, HC , MCC MT
<br /> internalize the cost of disposal .
<br /> 52 ENV-44e) Raise solid waste tipping fees and institute a pay as you throw system . BOCC , CHTC, CBA, HC, MCC, OC Solid Waste Dept. ST
<br /> 52 ENV-44f) Encourage more regional planning regarding recycling and management of solid waste , BOCC , CHTC, CBA, HC, MCC , OC Solid Waste Dept. , governing boards ST to MT
<br /> including locating a materials transfer site that would include C&D building materials . of Durham , Chatham , Alamance and Wake counties and relevant staff
<br /> 52 ENV=44g ) Support regional efforts to prevent Shearron Harris from becoming a statewide site for storing BOCC, CHTC , CBA, HC, MCC ST
<br /> used fuel rods . 11
<br /> Environment 53 ENV-5- 1a) Continue current methods and develop new methods to ensure that planned communities BOCC , CHTC, CBA, HC, MCC, OWASA, Orange Alamance Water ST to MT
<br /> and Land Use have sufficient water. Systems , town and county planning departments
<br /> Goal 5: 53 ENV-5- 1 b ) Protect groundwater and limit use to recharge rates/carrying capacity, as determined through BOCC , OC Water Resources Committee , OC Environment and ST
<br /> Protect Our Water scientific studies (such as the current Water Resources/USGS effort) . Resource Conservation Dept. , OC Environmental Health Dept. , OC
<br /> Commission for the Environment
<br /> Supply 53 ENV-5-2a) Establish a water conservation program for all water providers within the county. BOCC, CHTC, CBA, HC, MCC, OWASA, Orange Alamance , OC Water ST
<br /> Resources Committee , OC Env't and Resource Conservation Dept. , OC
<br /> Comm . for the Environment
<br /> 53 ENV-5-2b) Develop a water reclamation program for all water providers , identifying possible users of BOCC, CHTC, CBA, HC, MCC , OWASA, Orange Alamance , OC Water MT
<br /> reclaimed water and providing incentives for use. Resources Committee , OC Environment and Resource Conservation
<br /> Dept. , OC Commission for the Environment, OC Env'I Health Dept.
<br /> 53 ENV-5-20 Permit use of gray-water for landscape watering , flushing toilets and other appropriate uses. BOCC, CHTC , CBA, HC , MCC , town and county planning departments MT
<br /> and boards , OC Environment and Resource Conservation Dept. , OC
<br /> Comm . for the Environment, OC EnVI Health Dept.
<br /> P13 1 ENV-5-2d) Use cisterns to collect rainwater on public buildings to provide gray-water and lessen impact BOCC , CHTC , CBA, HC, MCC, OWASA ST
<br /> on stormwater runoff.
<br />
|