Workshops: Jordan Lake Rules 101 - What you Need to Know!
The Jordan Lake Nutrient Management Strategy is a comprehensive set of rules and Session Law that became effective August 11, 2009. Learn how these new rules will impact you and your work within the Jordan Lake watershed.
Who Should Attend?
Local governments
Engineers
Consultants
Landscape Architects
Land Surveyors
State and Federal Agencies
Workshop Dates and Locations (click the links below to go to the workshop web page)
To learn more about the workshops and the rules, visit the DWQ Web site at: .
UPDATE: New Development Rule Buy Down Thresholds Changed!
House Bill 239, passed by the NC House and Senate was signed into law by Governor Perdue on July 3, 2009. This bill addresses the date of compliance for wastewater treatment plants, and modified the Existing Development requirements. It does not address new development rule issues.
The new Existing Development requirements are considerably better than any previous draft and will occur in three stages.
"Stage 1" requirements are similar to NPDES Phase II requirements for local governments, such as public education, illicit discharge detection and mapping of stormwater systems.
Stage 2 may be triggered in 2017 (after sewer treatment plant upgrades) if nutrient related water quality standards are not being met, which means local government must either meet the targets or its apparent that they will meet the targets with current activities. Stage 2 requirements for the Triad include implementing a program to achieve an 8% reduction in nitrogen and 5% reduction in phosphorus from existing development in developed lands within a given municipal limits or county boundary. The load must be calculated using the Tar-Pamlico Nutrient Export Calculation Worksheet or by a substantially similar method. We are reasonably sure Haw Sub-basin local governments will not have to implement Stage 2 measures since reductions due to wastewater treatment upgrades will and the nutrient trading allowances will result in achievement of the overall 8% reduction goal.
"Stage 3" requirements pertain to the Upper New Hope Arm only and will not affect the Piedmont Triad area.
Prior to the passage of Bill 239, under the Existing Development Rule, the cost to local governments in the Jordan Watershed to implement retrofit requirements throughout the entire Jordan Lake Watershed was estimated at $2-3 Billion. Costs include planning, land acquisition (public and private land, condemnation and removal of buildings, parking lots and structures, BMP design development, construction, and operation, inspections and maintenance of stormwater treatment structures.
