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INFORMATION PERTAINING TO 3 7/18/97 COMPLAINT BY SIM EFLAND Watershed Protection Regulations in Upper Eno Critical Area Prepared by Orange County Planning Department September 25, 1997 1. DEFINITION OF CRITICAL AREA a) State-Mandated Watershed Protection Regulations The Environmental Management Commission (EMC) limits land uses, impervious surface and lot sizes within water supply watersheds. The regulations are more stringent for the area within 1/2 mile of reservoirs than for the remainder of the watershed. The area within 1/2 mile of a reservoir must be designated as"critical area".. b) Orange County Watershed Protection Regulations Orange County includes land area within ten water supply watersheds. Only the University Lake, Cane Creek and Upper Eno Watersheds contain critical area. The critical areas for the University Lake and Cane Creek Watersheds include the area within one-half mile of the respective reservoirs. The critical area for the Upper Eno watershed includes area within one-half mile of 1) three existing reservoirs (Corporation Lake, Lake Orange and Lake Ben Johnston); 2) one proposed reservoir(West Fork of Upper Eno),which was identified as one of four potential reservoir sites in a 1987 study by Hazen and Sawyer; 3) four remaining potential reservoir sites identified in the above-mentioned study (Seven-mile Creek, Eno River above Hall's Mill Road, Eno River above McGowan Creek, and Corporation Lake expansion); and 4) the Eno River itself in the stretches between the critical areas associated with the existing and potential reservoirs listed above. Designation of the land within one-half mile of Corporation Lake, Lake Orange, and Lake Ben Johnston as critical area is mandated by the State. Designation of the land within one-half mile of proposed and potential reservoir sites, and along the connecting segments of the Eno River as critical area is a local option.