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ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: February 19, 2002 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. ( _ <br /> SUBJECT: No Fault Well Repair Fund Policy <br /> DEPARTMENT: Health PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Special Use Permit Excerpt Rosemary Summers, ext 2411 <br /> No Fault Well Repair Fund Policy Ron Holdway, ext. 2371 <br /> Process and Time Guidelines TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> Application Form Hillsborough 732-8181 <br /> Sample Reports from ASC's Consultant Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br /> Board of Health Hearing Procedures Durham 688-7331 <br /> Mebane 336-227-2031 <br /> PURPOSE: To receive a report and possibly consider approving the policy for administering <br /> the No Fault Well Repair Fund (NFWRF). <br /> BACKGROUND: The Board of Commissioners approved a special use permit for American <br /> Stone to continue operating the quarry off NC Highway 54 through 2030. As a condition of the <br /> special use permit, American Stone established a No Fault Well Repair Fund (NFWRF)for <br /> those residents whose property is within 3,000 feet of the perimeter of the quarry and who <br /> experience well failures not directly attributable to the quarry.operation. The initial fund amount <br /> is $87,500 and can be augmented by $20,000 per year if needed to meet the claims of the <br /> residents within the defined zone. Well failures that are a "probable result" of the quarry <br /> operation must be handled exclusively by American Stone at their expense. <br /> Staff attended two meetings regarding the NFWRF. The first included an American Stone <br /> representative and their consultants along with planning and environmental health staff. A <br /> second meeting included the county manager and additional representatives from the County's <br /> Planning Department, Environmental Health, Budget Office, and Engineer's Office. As a result <br /> of these meetings, it was agreed that health department staff would be the primary oversight <br /> agency for administering the fund. The points below are expanded in the attached policy <br /> statement. <br /> The Orange County Health Department will be involved in the administration of the fund in the <br /> following areas: - <br /> ♦ Determination of well failures <br /> ♦ Determination of the best remedy once a failure is identified <br /> ♦ Provide technical assistance and laboratory support to the residents throughout the process <br /> ♦ Provide information to residents on appeals options for residents not satisfied with the <br /> process <br />