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NOV 211983 I sx 5 5 PAP€ -8 It also states that there shall not be a net loss of wetlands. The specific policies address shoreline alteration, shoreline use, shoreline access,. beach/dune stabilization, sea turtle protection, and water quality. Generally, these policies limit allowable shoreline alteration activities, limit shoreline use to water dependent activities, promote shoreline access, and establish water quality protection measures to be undertaken. These policies also require the preparation and implementation of a long-term, multijurisdictional dune stabilization manage- ment plan, and they set criteria for beach lighting and mechan- ical beach cleaning. POTABLE WATER/WASTEWATER The Plan identifies the relationship of water and wastewater systems to growth and development on the island. Noting that the proliferation of package wastewater treatment plants on the island has increased the level of growth and development, the Plan addresses the issue of the reliability of the plants and the potential adverse impacts of those plants on water quality in the study area. The Plan establishes several policies relating to water/wastewater systems. These include a rec- ommendation that new development connect to public water and wastewater systems and a requirement that package plants meet effluent limitations of 15 mg/l BOD and 15 mg/1 TSS. For wastewater facilities, these policies also require improved permitting and inspection processes, increased minimum monitor- ing frequency, the existence of emergency power, the existence of surge tanks, and the existence of flow measuring devices. CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMMING The Hutchinson Island Management Plan identifies the lack of adopted local capital improvement programs as an issue of concern in relation to the island. Recognizing the ability of capital improvements to control and guide growth, the Plan requires each local government to develop a capital improve- ments program for the area of its jurisdiction on the barrier island. These CIPS must include timetables and sources of finding for capital improvements, and they must be integrated into the jurisdiction's comprehensive plan. .TRANSPORTATION Of the four areas of concern identified by the committee, the transportation system is the most controversial. Consisting of S.R. AlA, the seven bridges linking the island with the main- land, and the approaches to the bridges, the principal trans- portation system provides for the movement of vehicles to the island and from the island to the mainland. Because of its importance to the island's population, the principal transpor- tation system has been identified by the Plan as a limiting factor affecting the level of growth and development on the island. -4- C.1