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Center is located across Millhouse Road to the northeast. Interstate highway I -40 is located beyond the Operations Center farther to the northeast. According to the information from Orange County regarding county zoning districts, the site is located entirely within Orange County jurisdiction. Exhibit F is a map of the site's zoning within the County. The County's GIS website identifies the proposed site and the surrounding areas adjacent except to the south as being zoned Rural Buffer. The land to the south of the site is within the Town of Chapel Hill's jurisdiction and is zoned as Rural Transition (JPA). 3.4 Wetlands There are no mapped wetlands located directly within the project site or in the immediate vicinity according to the United States Fish and Wildlife National Wetlands Inventory. There are two small ponds and a small wetland area shown about 1,000 feet to the north on published mapping. These features are not downgradient of the proposed transfer station site. See Exhibit G for the location and descriptions of the ponds and small wetland area in the vicinity of the proposed site. The Orange County Erosion Control Division staff reviewed available information on the project site in the Orange County GIS mapping and found that the parcel did not contain previously mapped streams or water features. One drainage feature was indentified on the site based on the site topography. During a follow -up field reconnaissance, the staff determined that the drainage feature is not a stream and found no ephemeral channels or other evidence of water features on the site. The staff determined that the tract will not be subject to stream buffer rules. These findings are contained in the Erosion Control Division September 8, 2009 Surface Water Identification Report (Appendix A). Although the United States Fish and Wildlife National Wetlands Inventory did not identify any wetlands on or adjacent to the subject site and the Orange County Erosion Control Division found no evidence of streams, an experienced wetland specialist was retained to perform a reconnaissance of the site to specifically examine the property for signs of wetlands. Hal Owen & Associates, Inc. personnel visited the site on September 15, 2009. As discussed in their September 18, 2009 report on the project site, no evidence of potential wetlands was found (Appendix B). 3.5 Prime or Unique Agricultural Lands The site is wooded and not used for agriculture at this time. The sloping topography of the site and the central drainage feature would not make the site conducive to farming. The areas adjacent to the site are also wooded, are occupied by the existing County landfill, or consist of woods and Environmental Assessment — Paydarfar Site 8 September 30, 2009