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The Butner-Creedmoor News, Thursday, July 1, 2010 7a<br />
Falls Lake Public Meeting<br />
World Wide Outreach Fellowship Ministries, Inc. & Working Faith<br />
Ministries will hold an Installation <strong>Service</strong> for Nathaniel Davis, III<br />
(Trey) to the Episcopal Office of Pastor on Sunday, July 11th, at<br />
4:00 pm. Working Faith Ministries is located at 307 Central Avenue<br />
in Butner. Pastor Nathaniel (Trey) Davis III is the son of Nathaniel<br />
and Cathy Davis Jr. Pastor Davis is married to Nicole Green Davis.<br />
They have four children: Nathaniel (Tyler) IV -14, Lotreya - 11,<br />
Christian - 6, and Trinity - 5. Pastor Davis was raised in Granville<br />
County where he was educated in the public school system. He<br />
furthered his education at the UNC-Charlotte and NCCU, and at<br />
the age of 20 began his law enforcement career. Pastor Davis has<br />
continued to serve in local government, and now functions as a<br />
"Sergeant" level supervisor for the Greensboro Police Department.<br />
The Environmental<br />
Management Commission, or<br />
EMC, has scheduled two<br />
hearings to gather public<br />
input on proposed rules to<br />
reduce nutrient pollution in<br />
the Falls Lake Reservoir.<br />
The public comment<br />
period is open until Aug. 16.<br />
Falls Lake Reservoir, the<br />
primary drinking water<br />
source for Raleigh and several<br />
nearby communities, is<br />
impaired for excessive<br />
amounts of chlorophyll a, an<br />
indicator of high levels of<br />
nutrients. Nutrients,<br />
specifically nitrogen and<br />
phosphorus, can be carried by<br />
stormwater runoff into Falls<br />
Lake and the watershed<br />
streams that feed it. While<br />
nutrients are beneficial to<br />
aquatic plant and animal life<br />
in the proper quantities,<br />
excessive levels can cause<br />
algae blooms that impair<br />
aquatic habitat and may lead<br />
to fishkills, increase the cost<br />
of treatment for drinking<br />
water and affect recreational<br />
activities. In 2005, the N.C.<br />
General Assembly passed<br />
legislation which requires the<br />
EMC to adopt a nutrient<br />
strategy for Falls Lake.<br />
In 2008, stakeholders<br />
from local governments,<br />
agriculture, environmental<br />
groups and other concerns<br />
began work with the N.C.<br />
Division of Water Quality to<br />
formulate a nutrient<br />
management strategy. The<br />
stakeholders used three years<br />
of lake watershed data and<br />
subsequent modeling to help<br />
form the nutrient<br />
management strategy. The<br />
draft rules were approved for<br />
public comment by the EMC<br />
in March 2010.<br />
The rules address<br />
reduction of nutrients from<br />
several sources including<br />
agriculture,<br />
new<br />
development, existing<br />
development and wastewater<br />
treatment plants. The twostage<br />
approach is spread over<br />
25 years and includes<br />
opportunities for evaluating<br />
progress towards the nitrogen<br />
and phosphorus reduction goals<br />
and adjusting requirements<br />
appropriately. The projected<br />
maximum cost for implementing<br />
the rules is approximately $1.5<br />
billion. However, emerging<br />
technologies and management<br />
efficiencies may reduce that cost<br />
significantly. Copies of the draft<br />
rules and other helpful<br />
information are available on the<br />
N.C. Division of Water Quality’s<br />
website at: http://<br />
portal.ncdenr.org/web/wq/ps/<br />
nps/fallslake.<br />
The hearing schedule is:<br />
· 7 p.m. June 30 at Neal<br />
Middle School, 201 Baptist<br />
Church Road, Durham;<br />
· 7 p.m. July 1 at Campbell<br />
Lodge, Durant Nature Park,<br />
3237 Spottswood St., Raleigh.<br />
Registration for those who<br />
wish to speak at the hearings<br />
will begin at 6:30 p.m. Time<br />
for presentations may be<br />
limited to allow time for all<br />
registered speakers.<br />
Therefore, it is requested that<br />
printed copies be provided for<br />
remarks that are longer than<br />
three minutes. Written<br />
comments may also be<br />
submitted at the hearings or<br />
by mailing them to: John<br />
Huisman, DWQ Planning,<br />
1617 Mail <strong>Service</strong> Center,<br />
Raleigh, N.C. 27699-1617 or<br />
john.huisman@ncdenr.gov.<br />
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