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February 24, 2003 Public Hearing; <br />Stream Classification Amendments <br />CURRENT STREAMS PROTECTED <br />• Only those streams identified on USGS 7.5-Minute Quadrangle <br />Topographic Maps (underestimate stream lengths by 25%) <br />• Solid blue line streams <br />• Intermittent blue line streams <br />• Current Stream Buffers in State Classified Watersheds <br />• 65 feet from top of bank or floodplain edge (7.5%~ or less slope) <br />• 80 feet from top of bank or floodplain edge (greater than 7.5% slope) <br />• Current Stream Buffers not in State Classified Watersheds <br />• 50 feet from top of bank or floodplain edge <br />PROPOSED STREAMS TO PROTECT <br />• USGS solid and intermittent blue line streams (same) <br />• Orange County Soil Survey identified streams <br />• Field Verification by Erosion Control staff (only when a <br />challenge is lodged disputing the stream location as identified <br />on maps) <br />22 <br />