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requires an amendment to the Joint Planning Area Land Use Plan , which covers some of the unincorporated area surrounding Chapel Hill and Carrboro . The first step of the proposal would expand the extracted use category of the LUP thereby allowing quarry operations to expand onto adjoining property . Tucker then provided additional information . The project would require establishment of 180 . 51 - acre rural industrial activity node in the University Lake Watershed . She noted that Joyce Brown had reported that in the memo from Manager Horton under `" Key Issues " there was an inaccuracy in the first item . The Chapel Hill Town Council did notapprove the amendment in 1994 . It had been discussed but never approved . Tucker noted that a resident of the quarry area had asked the CfE to consider making a statement concerning the environmental issues involved with the expansion . Tucker said that it appears that not enough attention has been given to the environmental concerns and as the different jurisdictions were beginning to vote on the issue , time is critical . It was noted that Orange County Planning Board is scheduled to hear the item on June 6tn . Tucker asked if ERCD had evaluated the quarry expansion proposal . Stancil explained that the amendment is to the Joint Planning Area Land Use Plan , which traditionally goes through the Planning Board and Elected Boards . He said staff would review the proposal if requested by the CfE . Tucker noted that Orange County has an Environmental Impact Ordinance that should be considered in this review . Stancil relayed a message from Okun (who was attending the on - going Chapel Hill Town Council meeting ) to the CfE that he thought there are sufficient environmental issues at hand for the CfE to discuss and submit a formal comment . Cotterman asked if the commission could also review the Environmental Impact Statement report . Tucker summarized issues raised in her personal letter to the Chapel Hill Town Council concerning the project : The EIS report does not adequately evaluate the environment impacts of a no - action alternative , the supplement report only updates impacts on humans , such as noise and traffic accidents ; when the original EIS concluded that a search of the area found no records of any rare , threatened or endangered species , it should have documented the source of this information ; the data is more than seven years old and could be considered invalid . Finally, as Orange County could be designated as a non - attainment area for ozone soon , the county would be required to demonstrate how it is reducing ambient levels of ozone . Tucker noted that this proposal would conflict with that effort because the quarry could combust approximately 750 thousand gallons of diesel oil , kerosene , gasoline and other fuels based on an 1996 air pollution report from the state . Radon gas was noted as another controversial issue . DRAFT CFE 4/ 10/00 Minutes Page 2 of 6