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Article 6: Development Standards 28 Section 6.15: Soil Erosion and Sedimentation Control Sediment Control Manual. Copies of the Manual are available from the Erosion Control Division of the Orange County Planning & Inspections Department. (B) Revisions to the Standards Corrections, revisions, and amendments to the Soil Erosion and Sediment Control Manual shall be made upon recommendation of the Erosion Control Officer and approval by the Orange County Board of Commissioners. (C) Consistency Between Ordinance and Standards Nothing in this Section shall be construed to allow approval of a plan which is inconsistent with the mandatory standards set forth in Section 6.15.7(B) of this Ordinance or any other provision of this Ordinance. 6.15.4 Exclusions The regulations established within this Section shall not apply to the following land - disturbing activities: (A) Agriculture Activities undertaken on agricultural land for the production of plants and animals useful to man, including, but not limited to: (1) Forages and sod crops, grains and feed crops, tobacco, cotton and peanuts; (2) Dairy animals and dairy products; (3) Poultry and poultry products; (4) Livestock, including beef cattle, sheep, swine, horses, ponies, mules or goats, including the breeding and grazing of any or all such animals; (5) Bees and apiary products; and (6) Fur producing animals. (B) Forestland (1) Activities undertaken on forestland for the production and harvesting of timber and timber products and conducted in accordance with best management practices set out in Forest Practice Guidelines Related to Water Quality as adopted by the Department. (2) If land- disturbing activity undertaken on forestland for the production and harvesting of timber and timber products is not conducted in accordance with Forest Practice Guidelines Related to Water Quality, the provisions of this Ordinance shall apply to such activity and any related land disturbing activity on the tract. (C) Mining Activities for which a permit is required under the Mining Act of 1971, Article 7 of Chapter 74 of the General Statues. (D) State Jurisdiction Those land- disturbing activities over which the State by statute (G.S. 113A- 56(a)) has exclusive regulatory jurisdiction, which are activities: (1) Conducted by the State, (2) Conducted by the United States, (3) Conducted by persons having the power of eminent domain, (4) Conducted by local governments, or (5) Funded in whole or in part by the State or the United States. Orange County, North Carolina — Unified Development Ordinance Page 6 -111