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7.0 - 4 quarry was approved by the Board of Commissioners on October 23, 1981. The permit includes an area referenced as 136 acres, but deeds reflect approximately 151.56 acres. . On May 10, 1990, afour-parry agreement among the three petitioners and Nello L. Teer was signed that will transfer ownership of the current quarry to OWASA when anticipated quarrying ends by the year 2030. OWASA plans to utilize the current quarry as a supplementary reservoir in conjunction with, the existing stone quarry reservoir. The expanded quarry reservoir will have a . capacity of three billion gallons to be filled by a combination of runoff and pumped raw water from Cane Creek reservoir. Raw water transmission lines are in place. Three other activities are planned as an overall project pursuant to the 1990 agreement. First, OWASA will acquire an additional 100-acre buffer area around the proposed reservoir. In addition, Bethel-Hickory Grove Church Road will be relocated east of the existing reservoir by American Stone. Finally, Nello L. Teer Company will terminate use of the existing asphalt plant located adjacent to the former quarry (reservoir) in May 2000. To obtain the required zoning and special use permit for quarry expansion, the applicants were advised that they would fast have to pursue amendments to the Joint Planning Area Land Use Plan and Land Use Element of the Orange County Comprehensive Plan. Applications JPA-1-91 (expansion of the extractive use category) and CP-3-91 (creation of a rural industrial activity node) were submitted by the applicants and presented at public hearing on October 10, 1991. Concern with potential environmental impacts was raised during the public hearing process. Two particular areas of concern dealt with the proposed relocation oaf the existing asphalt plant (currently located on property 9759-63-9813) -this issue is now moot -and the effects of blasting on surraunding properties. Though not a requirement of the plan amendment process, the applicants chose to prepare and submit an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) as specified in the Orange County Environmental Impact Ordinance. The EIS was presented at a JPA public hearing on October 14, 1993. Between that hearing and the one held on April 14, 1994, the applicants withdrew the proposal for relocating the asphalt plant; they also provided documentation of their efforts to address impacts on surrounding properties. As in the 1994 evaluation of the application, fmdings of the original EIS, and EIS, March 2000 Update will be cited, ,as appropriate in the evaluation of the application. APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS Application requirements for an amendment to the' Orange County Comprehensive Plan are contained in Articles 2 and 20 of the Orange County Zoning Ordinance. Although the proposed amendment referenced as JP-1-00 is to the Joint Planning Area Land Use Plan, it falls within the Rural Buffer area in which provisions of the Orange County Zoning Ordinance are in effect. Thus, JP-1-00 and CP1-00 (amendment to the Orange County Comprehensive Plan) are governed by