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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNT <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date January 2, .1989 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item # &-rIck <br /> SUBJECT: SOIL EROSION AND SEDIMENT CONTROL MANUAL <br /> DEPARTMENT: PLANNING PUBLIC HEARING Yes X No <br /> ATTACHMENT(S) : INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> List of recommended revisions and <br /> corrections from staff. Warren Faircloth <br /> Ext. 351 <br /> Draft November 28, 1988 Public <br /> Hearing Minutes. <br /> Draft December 19, 1988 Planning <br /> Board Minutes. <br /> Copies of the revised Manual <br /> were distributed previously. <br /> TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> Hillsborough - 732-8181 <br /> Durham - 688-7331 <br /> Mebane - 227-2031 <br /> Chapel Hill - 968-4501 <br /> PURPOSE: To consider the proposed Soil Erosion and Sediment <br /> Control Manual. <br /> BACKGROUND: The County's erosion control program has needed a <br /> manual of comprehensive standards for many years. <br /> The proposed manual is an effort to compile <br /> requirements and standards for designing site plans, <br /> for erosion control techniques and devices, and for <br /> presenting the erosion control plan. <br /> The proposed manual is a multi-year effort by the <br /> staff of the Erosion Control Division. Compiling the <br /> manual involved: collecting available standards and <br /> information on current erosion control practice; <br /> writing standards using the material plus practical <br /> experience of the staff; writing guidelines for site <br /> design based on staff experience with past sites; <br /> writing guidelines for negotiating the development <br /> approval process; soliciting comments from engineers <br /> and others involved in erosion control; and revising <br />