HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES-2023-068-Resolution Endorsing Consensus Principles II for Revised Falls Lake Rules RES - 202M68 Z CA I I 112193 Attachment 1
ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
ORANGE COUNTY , NORTH CAROLINA RESOLUTION ENDORSING THE UPPER
NEUSE RIVER BASIN ASSOCIATION ( " UNRBA " ) CONSENSUS PRINCIPLES II
FOR REVISED FALLS LAKE RULES
WHEREAS , the North Carolina Environmental Management Commission ( " EMC " )
adopted the Falls Lake Rules ( " Rules " ) , and the N . C . Rules Review Commission
approved the Rules at its December 16 , 2010 , meeting , with an effective date of January
15 , 2011 ; and
WHEREAS , the jurisdictions of the Falls Lake watershed developed an original set of
consensus principles in February 2010 to guide the development of the current Rules ;
and
WHEREAS , the Rules ( 15A NCAC 02B . 0275 ( 5 ) (f) ) allow for the reexamination of the
existing Rules using a Division of Water Resources ( " DWR " ) - approved evaluation
process , and for the results of the reexamination to be presented to DWR and the EMC ;
and
WHEREAS , the UNRBA has followed the Rules ' reexamination process , secured
required approvals of the process by DWR , and invested in a 10 -year , $ 10 million study
of Falls Lake and its watershed , to establish an updated and comprehensive scientific
basis for revisions to the Rules ; and
WHEREAS , on September 20 , 2023 , the UNRBA Board of Directors approved revised
consensus principles ( " Consensus Principles II " , see Attachment A) for the readoption of
the Rules ; and
WHEREAS , the UNRBA member local government jurisdictions desire to endorse the
Falls Lake Consensus Principles II for the readoption of the Rules ;
NOW, THEREFORE , BE IT RESOLVED , that the Board of Commissioners for Orange
County , North Carolina endorses the Consensus Principles II as adopted by the UNRBA
Board of Directors , and recommends that the North Carolina Department of
Environmental Quality and the EMC use these consensus principles as guidelines in
developing the revised rules for Falls Lake .
Adopted by the Orange County Board of Commissioners this the 2nd day of November ,
2023 .
By : ALaura
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Orange County Board of Commissioners Clerk to the B and
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