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Session Law 2O17-57 (S13 257)Section 13.24|nSitu Nutrient Management Strategies
K4odUUedS.L 2016'94(Sectiun 14.13(e))to:
o Requires a study of alternative technologies for in situ approaches to nutrient
management inFalls Lake and Jordan Lake, and allows the use of$1.3million in
appropriations for permitting and implementation of trial of alternative technologies;
o Require testing or sampling activities required to support permit applications for the
trial tobegin bySeptember l,2D17;and
o DEQ to submit an interim report to several legislative bodies (ERC, JLOC, NER and FRD)
no later than September 1 of each year the study and trial, with a final report due no
later than December 31,2U2D.
o |fDE{lfinds these strategies effective, then itshall incorporate them into the re -
adoption oftheassociatedNutrientStrategiesru|es.
Section 23.8KaJDredging Study
o The DWR shall study the feasibility and cost-effectiveness of the acquisition by the
State of North Carolina of one or more dredges. Recommendations for fiscal or
legislative actions are due nolater than April 1,JO18.
o The Department of Transportation and the Department of Environmental Quality shall
jointly perform a cost -benefit analysis of the State providing dredging services versus
the State utilizing private contractors to provide dredging services. The findings of the
analysis required, including any legislative recommendations, by February 1, 2018.
o Section 4outlines clarification for reporting ofwastewater discharges.
o Section 5consolidation ofwater resources and water quality reports.
o Section clarifies setbacks for permitted disposal systems.
o Section 13amends existing buffers to exempt requirements for public safety.
o Section l4exempts the Catawba River Basin Buffer rules on publicly owned property
that will be used for walking trails.
o Section 15 directs the General Assembly's Fiscal Research Division to estimate the value
of property subject to the buffer rules with a report due by May 2018.
o Section 16directs DVVRtoconduct awater quality sampling program for nutrients along
the mainstern of the Catawba River and include water quality sampling for nutrients
above in, and below each major tributary of the Catawba River. The report is due no
later than October 1, 2018.
w SB434(th Edition currently under consideration bythe House)
o Local government riparian buffer uniformity, amends Jordan water supply
buffers to exempt requirements for public safety, and repeals the Catawba buffer rules.
o Nutrient Management Regulatory Framework Revisions including adjusting rule re -
adoption dates for Falls and Jordan Lakes.

o Directs DEQand the State Property Office tonegotiate with federal authorities for the
state to assume responsibility for acquiring dredged material easement sites for the
Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway between Beaufort Inlet and the Virginia border.
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2D14-1SintheCapeFearRiver,andxvecontinuetom/orkvvith|oca|8overnmentsontheirefforts
to reduce the introduction of the chemical intow/aterbodies. Currently our Water Sciences lab is
developing a wastewater test method, which once approved, will allow NPDES permittees which
have conditions for required monitoring toconduct testing. EPA has not set aMaximum
Contaminant Level (MCL) for Drinking Water at this time but has established health screening
information:https://xvvvxv.epa.gov/skes/production/f|es/ZU14-
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w DWR is continuing work with EPA to evaluate current concentrations of perfluorooctanoic acid
and perfluoroctanesulfonic acid (PFOA/PFOS) and successor chemicals such as GenX in the Cape
Fear River. DHH8 is developing initial health advisory levels along with federal agencies EPA,
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (/QSDR) and the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention (CD[). Earlier studies conducted inthe Cape Fear River byDr. MeiSun and
colleagues, including Dr. Detlef Knappe and EPA's National Exposure Research Lab in RTP, NC,
were published in the November 29, 2016 Environmental Science & Technology Letters. Current
sampling and analysis we are conducting in June — July 2017 will supplement those results.
Discussions continue between the DWR staff and EPA Region 4 and Headquarters staff
concerning listing methodo|ogy, de|istin8methodology and use ofaction levels. Staff discussed
use ofthe states proposed 1O/9Olisting method vsEPA >lin3method. EPA Region 4Water
Director agreed to discuss further. Staff also discussed use of Action Levels as currently
prescribed by NC rules and implications for NPDES permits. We are working on a path forward
that will allow permits to comply with state rules until modified and Federal regulations and EPA
requirements. Action item for the EIVICvviU be on the methodology our division should use for
the 2018 list. For new members, detailed Information of3O3(d) files are on the Division's 303(d)
w/ebpagehttps://deq.nc.gov/about/divisions/m/ater'resources/p|annino/dassification'
standards/3O3d/3U3d-fi|es