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14 £~ <br />• •- ••, memorandum <br />page 3 <br />Aecember 18, 1978 <br />.. 5. Licensed by the State or the U. S. - no information available on this <br />category. Impact is assumed to be slight. <br />10+ 6. Activities within the corporate limits of Hillsborough. Impact judged <br />to be severe along South Churton Street P.xte pion. Slight to moderate <br />elsewhere. <br />7. Activities exempt by State Law <br />a. Agriculture -- approximately 25% of the farms in Orange County have <br />had conservation practices applied during the past 5 years (5C5 <br />District Office). While :there is little doubt that significant <br />erosion occurs on farmland, it is not recommended that these <br />activities be monitored by this office. Such monitoring would be <br />very time consuming, and the legality of free access to private <br />farmland by this office is questionable. <br />-- b. Forestry - Impacts can be severe where good fpreste management is <br />not practiced. The N. C. Forest Service has its own monitoring and <br />enforcement program. It is not recommended that this activity <br />be monitored. <br />6 c. Mining - The N. C. Mining Act covers.thia activity (Inspection and <br />enforcement). There are approximately a half dozen manes in the <br />County. Monitoring would be feasible assumming right of access <br />- could be obtained. Impacts could be very severe should a mine be <br />operated in violation of the Mining Act. American Stone and Piedmont <br />Minerals appear to have adequate sediment controls in use. Chapel; <br />Hill gravel pits that have been looked at (2 of the 4) did not <br />appear to have any operable controls (based on cursotty examinations). <br />~`~ <br />~~ <br />