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Table D -3: Sections of Soil Erosion and Sedimentation Ordinance Relevant to Hazard <br />Mitieation <br />Section <br />Purpose <br />Description <br />57.5 <br />Activities <br />a. Breeding and grazing of livestock, undertaken on agricultural land for <br />Excluded <br />the production of plants and animals useful to Persons, including, but <br />not limited to: <br />1. Forages and sod crops, grains and feed crops, tobacco, cotton, and <br />peanuts <br />2. Dairy animals and dairy products <br />3. Poultry and poultry products <br />4.livestock, including beef cattle, sheep, swine, horses, ponies, mules, <br />and goats <br />5. Bees and apiary products <br />6. Fur - producing animals. <br />b. Activities undertaken on forestland for the production and <br />harvesting of timber and timber products and conducted in <br />accordance with best management practices set out in Forest practice <br />Guidelines Related to Water Quality, as adopted by the Department. If <br />Land — Disturbing Activity (LDA) undertaken on forestland for the <br />production and harvesting of timber and timber products is not <br />accordance with Forest Practice Guidelines Related to Water Quality, <br />the provisions of this Ordinance shall apply to such activity and any <br />related Land - Disturbing Activity on the tract. <br />c. Activities for which permits is required under Mining Act of 1971, <br />NCGS 74 Article 7. <br />d. Land - disturbing activity over which the state has exclusive regulatory <br />jurisdiction as provided in NCGS 113A- 56(a). <br />e. For the duration of an emergency, activities essential to protect <br />human life. <br />57.6.d. <br />Basic Control <br />Identify critical areas; limit time of exposure; limit exposed <br />e. f., <br />Objectives <br />areas; control surface water; control sedimentation; and manage <br />stormwater runoff. <br />57 -7 <br />Mandatory <br />1. Buffer Zone <br />Standards for <br />For Land- <br />a. No LDA during periods of construction or improvement to land shall <br />Disturbing <br />be permitted within the Buffer Zone. Visible siltation must not <br />Activity. <br />discharge into the buffer zone. <br />b. Unless otherwise provided, the width of the Buffer Zone begins and <br />is measured five feet from the edge of the top of the bank of the <br />watercourse to the nearest edge of the disturbed area. <br />2. Graded slopes and Fills. The angle for graded slopes and fills shall <br />Annex D Evaluation of County Policy D -11 December 2009 <br />and Ordinances <br />Attachment number 13 <br />F -6 Page 159 <br />