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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMNIISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: October 19. 1993 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item # ZV-$ <br /> SUBJECT: COMPREHENSIVE CONSERVATION & MANAGEMENT PLAN - <br /> ALBEMARLE-PAMLICO ESTUARINE STUDY <br /> DEPARTMENT: Planning PUBLIC HEARING: Yes_X No <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT:, <br /> Summary Sheet-Recommended Planning Director X2592 <br /> Management Actions <br /> Executive Summary - PHONE NUMBERS: <br /> Comprehensive Conservation Hillsborough 732-8181 <br /> &Management Plan Mebane 227-2031 <br /> (Separate Enclosure) Durham 688-7331 <br /> Location Map Chapel Hill 967-9251 <br /> Resolution of Support <br /> PURPOSE: To consider adoption of a resolution supporting a proposed Conservation& <br /> Management Plan for the Albemarle-Pamlico Region. <br /> BACKGROUND: The widespread degradation of major estuaries across the United States prompted the <br /> EPA to begin working with states to better manage these vital ecosystems. Although <br /> the Albemarle-Pamlico estuary is not critically degraded, the State of North Carolina, <br /> in cooperation with the EPA, initiated a study of the estuary in 1987. The goal of the <br /> study has been to produce a Comprehensive Conservation&Management Plan <br /> (CCMP) for the estuary which will recommend potential environmental protection <br /> strategies for the Albemarle and Pamlico estuarine system and watershed. <br /> The actual writing of the CCMP began in early 1992. As of March, 1993, the CCMP <br /> had been through two public reviews and considerable internal revision by study <br /> committees. A third draft was completed in July, and a series of public hearings are <br /> to be conducted this month (October) to receive public comment on the third draft <br /> document (see attached Summary Sheet for dates and locations). <br /> Mr. Joe Hollowell, a representative of the N.C. Department of Environment, Health, <br /> and Natural Resources, presented a report on the estuarine study to the Board of <br /> Commissioners at its June 7, 1993 meeting. With the completion of the third draft of <br /> the CCMP, Mr. Hollowell provided staff with an executive summary and supporting <br /> technical reports for review. <br /> The CCMP addresses three main environmental concerns or goals - water quality, <br /> vital habitats, and fisheries - as well as the need for public education(stewardship) <br />