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Cit~ of Paris Stud~ of Lake Crook March~ 2001 In developing land plans for this study, the consultant assumed no encroachment would be made into the flood plains or wetlands surrounding Lake Croolc 1.5.4 Texas Department of Health. The Texas Department of Health regulates on-site sewage disposal in Texas. These would include septic and aerobic systems under 10,000 gallons per day with either absorption fields, spray surface irrigation, or evapotranspiration fields. The state regulations require that homes built within 300 feet ora public sewerage system must connect to that system. Il'septic or aerobic systems are to be used for on-site disposal, the lots on which these homes are built must usually be at least ½-acre in size. However, special orders by the Texas Water Quality Board (now the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission) dating back to 1971 dictates that within the Lake Crook watershed, minimttm lot sizes within a subdivision must be 1-acre or more to use any on-site disposal systen~ If less than 1-acre lots are platted, a community sewer system must be installed. 1.5.5 National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES). Tbepreventionofstorm water runoffladen with silt and sediments into the nations streams and waterways is a priority of thc Environmental Protection Agency. The disturbance of as little as ½-acre requires preparation of a Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan (SW3P) to prevent soil runoffand filing of a Notice of Intent (NOI) to begin construction. The creation ora subdivision or the construction ora soccer field equally fall under the umbrella ofthls law. Obviously, with the turbidity of Lake Crook as high as it is, compliance with this law will be a major local enforcement issue as well as federal as the city attempts to keep the lake from being further muddied. Page 9 of 45