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. Environmental Assessment and ATTACHMENT C <br />Environmental Impact Statement Requirements <br />Environmental Assessment (Orange <br />County Application Requirements) <br />Environmental Assessment (State <br />Application Requirements) <br />Orange County Enhanced <br />Environmental Impact Statement (Orange <br />County Requirements) <br />(Site Plan Per Article 14) <br />Impetus for Study: <br />Impetus for Study: <br />Impetus for Study: <br />Required if any of the following apply to <br />Required if a transfer station is proposed to <br />Required if any one of the Environmental Impact <br />the site: <br />handle 350 tons, ormore, of waste per day. <br />Statement (EIS) trigger criteria (e.g. mining, <br />This project is proposed to handle 250 tons <br />hazardous materials, state or federal EIS required) <br />1. It is a small or large generator of <br />per day so neither a SEPA Environmental <br />are present and/or if planning staff determines that <br />hazardous waste. <br />Assessment nor a SEPA Environmental <br />the applicant has not adequately addressed <br />2. Uses in a commercial or industrial <br />Impact Statement is required. The applicant <br />significant issues in the EA that are required to be <br />operation more than 10,000 gallons of <br />followed the State format in order to provide <br />addressed per the Orange County Environmental <br />water /day. <br />adequate information on the project that <br />Impact Ordinance. <br />3. Require grading of more than 40,000 <br />would allow Orange County staff to perform a <br />square feet, exclusive of roads, for <br />more detailed EA analysis. <br />non - residential... development. (This <br />is the triggering item for EA review) <br />Potential new information could activate the <br />4. Require grading of more than 40,000 <br />need for additional information to be <br />square feet, exclusive of roads, for non- <br />submitted for either the EA Enhanced or the <br />residential components of residential <br />EIS. <br />development. <br />5. Any stat permit as listed below and/or: <br />a. State or Federal requirement to file <br />an SEPA or NEPA document. <br />b. Property located in a state- <br />classified water supply <br />watershed <br />c. Slopes in excess of 25% outside of <br />easement or stream buffers. <br />