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• • 058 , • • are expected to generate more than 220 pounds (one-half of a 55 gallon drum)of hazardous wastes per month;or * involve (within the Eno River Basin)water usage as an integral part of the operation of the facility;or • are required to have a Special Use Permit, Site Plan, or Subdivision approval and are located or include lands within a water supply Watershed,lands with slopes - greater than 25 outside of drainage easements or stream buffers,or sites identified in the Orange County Inventories done by the County and the Triangle Land Conservancy. Projects that are exempted from Environmental Assessment review include: any project involving a total area of 2 acres or less; or • routine maintenance and repairs to property. Once submitted, the Environmental Assessment form would be reviewed by County staff, and a decision made about whether an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) is required. That decision would be made on the basis of the expected environmental impact of the project-- all projects for which that impact is expected to be significant would require an EIS. If a project is not determined to produce a significant environmental impact, the County will issue a FONSI (Finding of No Significant Impact), and the project can proceed with the development process. A project is expected to have a--significant environmental impact, as defined in the Ordinance,and therefore would require an EIS,when: • it includes 25,000 square feet or more in a single structure, or • is a non-residential development or a non-residential component of a residential development that requires 40,000 square feet or more of grading, or • requires disturbance and or removal of more than 40,000 square feet of surface or Subsurface material, or will generate more than 2200 pounds per month of hazardous materials,or • requires a state or federal EIS, or • disturbs any site identified as significant on the County's or the Triangle Land • Conservancy's inventories, or -- • involves a septic system with design capacity of more than 3000 gallons of waste per day located within the water quality critical areas of water supply watersheds, or . • involves excessive water usage (greater than 50,000 gallons per day).• • The Ordinance includes technical requirements for EIS documents, by which the County is to judge their ''adequacy- -- and also describes the process by which they are reviewed to determine whether or not they are "adequate". The County staff will review all EIS documents that do not involve permits issued by the state. Those will be reviewed to determine their adequacy tcy the State Clearinghouse. • 3