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Construction plans for the Buckhorn EDD/community water/sewer utility extension portion of the project have been completed pending review (and design changes arising out of those reviews) of the following agencies that must approve or permit various elements of this project: • NC Division of Water Quality -Construction Loans and Grants Section -review and approval/permitting all EPA grant funded projects; • NC Division of Environmental Health -Public Water Supply Section -review and approval/permitting of all non-EPA funded water distribution system improvements; • NCDOT -Division of Highways -review and approval/permitting (encroachment agreement, driveway permit) of projects requiring construction within or to NCDOT rights-of-way; City of Mebane (as the ultimate utility/easement/encroachment owner in this portion of the project) review/approval of all aspects of water/sewer lines, wastewater pumping station, some on-site water/sewer lines; • NC Railroad Corporation -review and approval (encroachment agreement) of projects requiring construction within the railroad right-of-way belonging to NCRC; • NC Division of Land Quality -review and approval/permitting of sedimentation/erosion control plans for local government projects; and • Orange County Planning Department -site plan and building permit review/approval for wastewater pumping station at Middle School #3. The critical path for the approval process has the City of Mebane first reviewing and then either approving or requiring revisions to the project design; submitting the revised project documents to NCDOT, NC Division of Land Quality, NC Public Water Supply Section, and Orange County for approval, Comments from those agencies are integrated to project documents which are then submitted to NC Division of Water Quality -Construction Loans and Grants Section (which will not review or approve plans prior to other review agencies), As of this date, construction documents have been reviewed by the City of Mebane and the City's comments and required revisions are now being integrated into the construction documents, Revised plans will be submitted tc NCDOT, Public Water Supply, NC Division of Land Quality and Orange County by September 30`h. It is anticipated that comments can be received from those agencies, revisions/corrections integrated into construction documents and document submitted to the Construction Loans and Grants Section in early November. It is unlikely that approval to bid the project can be obtained prior to early December, It is anticipated, however, that the project can be bid and a recommendation for bid award be put before the BOGC at its .)anuary 2006 meeting, The best case scenario for a completion date for the water/sewer infrastructure for the Buckhorn EDD/West Ten Middle School is July 1, 2006. This timeline projection assumes the project and bid review and approval times noted above as well as issuing a formal Notice to Proceed to the project contractor as of February 1, 2006 and acontract- specified 150 days to complete the portion of the project involving the middle school utilities, The approvals process as well as various construction issues (inclement weather, equipment manufacturing issues, etc.) represent potential delays in final project completion.