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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: January 19, 1999 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. /0-b <br />SUBJECT: Forest Service Update <br />DEPARTMENT: County Manager PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) <br />BUDGET AMENDMENT: (Y/N) In <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />None <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Brad Bowling, Forest Ranger, 732 -8152 <br />Rod Visser, Asst County Mgr, ext 2300 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough 732 -8181 <br />Chapel Hill 968 -4501 <br />Durham 688 -7331 <br />Mebane 336- 227 -2031 <br />PURPOSE: To receive a report from the Orange County Forest Ranger concerning enforcement actions <br />taken against a logger who failed to observe water quality restrictions while clearing property in Eno <br />Township. <br />BACKGROUND: At their December 15, 1998 meeting, the Board received an explanation from Orange <br />County Forest Ranger Brad Bowling regarding the roles of the North Carolina Forest Service and the <br />North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources in identifying and taking action <br />against violations of regulations pertaining to timbering operations. The Board was specifically interested <br />in a situation that involved clear cutting of trees in a stream buffer in violation of Neuse River Basin water <br />quality restrictions. The Board asked for a followup report on enforcement actions taken by the State of <br />North Carolina against the logger who committed these violations. <br />Ranger Bowling will provide a brief update on enforcement actions to this point and any remediation <br />requirements that have been placed on the logger in question. <br />RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board receive the report as information. <br />