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.i ORANGE COUNTY 075 BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: October 10, 1988 Action Agenda Item # :7- a- SUBJECT: ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ORDINANCE DEPARTMENT: PLANNING PUBLIC HEARING _x,Yes No ATTACHMENT(S) : INFORMATION CONTACT: Mary Scearbo Draft Environmental Impact Ordinance Memo Summarizing Environmental Review Process TELEPHONE NUMBERS: Hillsborough - 732-8181 Durham - 688-7331 Mebane - 227-2031 Chapel Hill - 967-9251 PURPOSE: To receive citizen comments on a proposed Environmental Impact Ordinance as authorized by the North Carolina Environmental Policy Act. BACKGROUND: The Environmental Policy Act provides authorization for local governments to enact an Environmental Impact Ordinance. The purpose of the Ordinance is to provide guidelines by which the local government can receive input and recommendations from the State on projects of potential environmental concern. The Ordinance establishes criteria to determine which projects shall be reviewed, and identifies how the review process is to occur. The Ordinance does not include performance criteria by which a project is to be approved or denied, but rather is a means to enhance the existing review process by providing additional information. Section 2 outlines the criteria to be used in determining if a particular project is subject to the ordinance requirements. Projects meeting one or more of the criteria would require submittal of an Environmental Assessment (EA) , supplemental to the existing development application. After review by the State and the County, the County would either issue a Finding Of No Significant Impact (FONSI) , or require submittal of an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) . A FONSI would require no additional input on the part