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RES - 202M68 Z CA I I 112193 Attachment 1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ORANGE COUNTY , NORTH CAROLINA RESOLUTION ENDORSING THE UPPER <br /> NEUSE RIVER BASIN ASSOCIATION ( " UNRBA " ) CONSENSUS PRINCIPLES II <br /> FOR REVISED FALLS LAKE RULES <br /> WHEREAS , the North Carolina Environmental Management Commission ( " EMC " ) <br /> adopted the Falls Lake Rules ( " Rules " ) , and the N . C . Rules Review Commission <br /> approved the Rules at its December 16 , 2010 , meeting , with an effective date of January <br /> 15 , 2011 ; and <br /> WHEREAS , the jurisdictions of the Falls Lake watershed developed an original set of <br /> consensus principles in February 2010 to guide the development of the current Rules ; <br /> and <br /> WHEREAS , the Rules ( 15A NCAC 02B . 0275 ( 5 ) (f) ) allow for the reexamination of the <br /> existing Rules using a Division of Water Resources ( " DWR " ) - approved evaluation <br /> process , and for the results of the reexamination to be presented to DWR and the EMC ; <br /> and <br /> WHEREAS , the UNRBA has followed the Rules ' reexamination process , secured <br /> required approvals of the process by DWR , and invested in a 10 -year , $ 10 million study <br /> of Falls Lake and its watershed , to establish an updated and comprehensive scientific <br /> basis for revisions to the Rules ; and <br /> WHEREAS , on September 20 , 2023 , the UNRBA Board of Directors approved revised <br /> consensus principles ( " Consensus Principles II " , see Attachment A) for the readoption of <br /> the Rules ; and <br /> WHEREAS , the UNRBA member local government jurisdictions desire to endorse the <br /> Falls Lake Consensus Principles II for the readoption of the Rules ; <br /> NOW, THEREFORE , BE IT RESOLVED , that the Board of Commissioners for Orange <br /> County , North Carolina endorses the Consensus Principles II as adopted by the UNRBA <br /> Board of Directors , and recommends that the North Carolina Department of <br /> Environmental Quality and the EMC use these consensus principles as guidelines in <br /> developing the revised rules for Falls Lake . <br /> Adopted by the Orange County Board of Commissioners this the 2nd day of November , <br /> 2023 . <br /> By : ALaura <br /> Jam ett edford , air se <br /> Orange County Board of Commissioners Clerk to the B and <br /> �Z <br /> 17 <br /> fi� <br />