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00C The property is located in the Rural Buffer zoning district and University Lake Watershed. The existing quarry is designated as Extractive Use in the JPA Land Use Plan. Expansion of the Extractive Use designation to include the area proposed for the quarry expansion requires approval of an amendment to the JPA Land Use Plan. Amendments to the JPA Land Use Plan require approval of Carrboro, Chapel Hill and Orange County, as specified in the Joint Planning Agreement. If the JPA Land Use Plan Amendment is approved, then corresponding changes in Orange County Comprehensive Plan (Land Use Element) can be approved, and the applicant can submit an application for approval of a Special Use Permit. The Special Use Permit requires only the approval of the Orange County Board of Commissioners. An amendment to the Joint Planning Area Land Use Plan was presented at a JPA public hearing on October 10, 1991. Concern with potential environmental impact was raised during the public hearing process. The applicants chose to prepare and submit the EIS prior to submittal of the Special Use Permit so that more information would be available at the time of the decision on the Land Use Plan amendment. The public hearing on the EIS is being presented at this joint public hearing as a courtesy to Chapel Hill and Carrboro. Continuation of the joint public hearing for the Land Use Plan amendment proposed American Stone Quarry will be scheduled at a later date. The Environmental Impact Statement was distributed for comments through the North Carolina Clearinghouse. Comments were received from the NC Department of Transportation and the NC Wildlife Resources Commission (attached). - NCDOT requested that the right-of-way for the proposed relocation of Bethel-Hickory Grove Church Road be reserved. (The road would be constructed and right-of-way dedicated as a condition of approval if a Special Use Permit is approved.) - The North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission (NCWRC) stated that the EIS "is generally well-written and provides much of the information needed for our review of fish and wildlife habitat impacts." However, the items summarized below were identified as needing clarification or revision: 1. The EIS describes a literature review of known populations of protected species, but no field investigation is mentioned. Page S-3 states that "no listed species will be affected by the Expansion