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PROPOSED AMENDMENTS — STREAM BUFFERS: <br />Replacement of damaged /destroyed stream buffer: <br />• Proposed amendments would establish a comprehensive standard <br />requiring a specific amount of vegetation to be replaced within -a <br />disturbed stream buffer, <br />• Proposed amendments centralize replanting requirements into one (1) <br />section, eliminating confusion and conflicting regulations, <br />• Standard is consistent with State Division of Water Quality (DWQ) <br />requirements to address disturbance of protected stream buffers, <br />A graphic example of the proposed solution is as follows: <br />000 • Required stream buffer area <br />• • <br />I* Joe <br />Water Body • I** <br />Disturbed Area — <br />replaced <br />AMIL <br />vegetation per proposed new <br />regulations — ten (10) trees for <br />• every thousand (1,000) square feet <br />of disturbance. <br />0 • • Developable area <br />00 0 <br />Existing vegetation <br />0 • <br />0 <br />