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U! <br />ORANGE C O U N T Y <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: August 26 1991 <br />Agenda Abstract <br />Item # <br />SUBJECT: PROPOSED STATE WATERSHED CLASSIFICATIONS <br />AND DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS <br />DEPARTMENT: Planning PUBLIC HEARING: —X—Yes No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Staff Report (previously David Stancil X2590 <br />provided) <br />7/15/91 Planning Board <br />Minutes PHONE NUMBERS: <br />Summary of Recommendations Hillsborough 732 -8181 <br />by Planning Board Mebane 227 -2031 <br />Vicinity Map Durham 688 -7331 <br />OWASA 8/15/91 Comments Chapel Hill 967 -9251 <br />Alamance County 8/15/91 Comments <br />Durham City /County 8/12/91 Comments <br />Chapel Hill 7/8/91 Comments <br />PURPOSE: To receive citizen comment on proposed State <br />watershed classifications and development standards. <br />BACKGROUND: The Water Supply Watershed Protection Act of 1989 <br />requires each local government in the state to <br />protect water supply watershed, at a minimum, to the <br />level of new standards adopted by the Environmental <br />Management Commission [EMC]. The EMC has proposed <br />preliminary classifications for each of the 11 water <br />supply watersheds that are completely or partially <br />within the county's boundaries. The proposed <br />classifications as proposed by the EMC are as <br />follows: <br />Watershed <br />Upper Eno <br />Lower Eno <br />Flat River <br />Little River <br />Cane Creek <br />University Lake <br />Back Creek <br />Haw Creek <br />Haw River <br />Jordan Lake <br />South Hyco Creek <br />Proposed EMC <br />Classification <br />WS -IV <br />WS -IV <br />WS -II <br />WS -II <br />WS -II <br />WS -II <br />WS -II <br />WS -II <br />WS -IV <br />WS -IV <br />WS -II <br />