1. Request for Approval to Proceed to EMC Tar-Pamlico Phase IV Agreement
Water Quality Committee
July 8, 2015
John Huisman
DWR Nonpoint Source Planning Branch

2. Agreement Basics Nutrient control Agreement for Tar-Pam point sources
Initiated 1990 in response to Tar-Pam NSW designation
“Association” of point sources formed
Novel cost-effective option to reduce collective discharge
Collective annual end of pipe N&P caps based on performance goals:
30% Reduction N
No increase in P
Relative to 1991 Baseline
Association funds Ag Cost Share BMPs if cap exceeded
Current Offset Rate $13.15/lb N

3. Agreement Performance
Association remains successfully below caps to date
Loads as of 2014
73% of Nitrogen Cap
57% of Phosphorus Cap
Agreement part of overall management strategy
Initial voluntary NPS strategy adopted in rules effective 2000.

4. Parties to the Agreement
Phase I Parties
Association, Division, EMC, DSWC, Enviros
Phase IV Parties
Association, Division, EMC, DSWC
Enviros (PTRF & EDF) declined to sign on to Phase IV
Allocation Concerns
Evaluation of Progress
All parties will continue to remain engaged in process

5. Tar-Pam Basin Association Members (Phase IV)
Belhaven
Bunn
Enfield
Franklin W&S Authority
Greenville Utilities
Louisburg
Oxford
Pinetops
Robersonville
Rocky Mount
Scotland Neck
Spring Hope
Tarboro
Warrenton
Washington
Creedmoor

6. Phase IV Agreement Phase IV timespan = 10 years
May May 2025
Big Change: Incorporated individual allocation / limits
Response to EPA
Group and individual permits
Individual limits enforceable if group cap exceeded
Also added Creedmoor
Joined Association in 2014
Remains serviced by SGWASA (Neuse Basin)
Over the course of Phase III DWR met with parties to address refining the Agreement.

7. Phase IV Agreement Resolved how banked credit can be used
Ag BMP banked credits always available as offsets
Gage credit used toward just 10% of any offset
Established Process to update N and set P rate
Based on total actual costs of BMPs
Offset rates updated by 2017
Revised Non-Association Recommendations
Refers to ongoing rules re-adoption process
Over the course of Phase III DWR met with parties to address refining the Agreement.

8. Phase IV Agreement Evaluation of Progress Section - Advisory
Points to Basin Plan “Action Plan” for specifics
Rules re-adoption implements some Action Plan items
Revised Termination of Agreement
Members subject to permit nutrient requirements
DWR to evaluate need for point source rulemaking
Over the course of Phase III DWR met with parties to address refining the Agreement.

9. Action Requested
Request approval to bring the Phase IV Agreement to full EMC for approval

10. Questions?