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Paul Watson May 2, 1990 Page -2- qunlity section of the environmental management division no. familiar with any practiced throughout the State of Nor Ih Carolina Ihat cnn tar [her restrict which we ~lready have ~n place Ihrough the uae the of water shed overlay zone. I hOWeVer, be Jeve that we could, ~ f necessary, amend tho I)oodplaJn ordinance lo include n del n~t ion of wetlands. With this del nition added, we would than craate a Wetlands floodplain in whicl) specie criteria woul¢ then be cresled I miring the use. It appears that the FEMA program may be tho only federal program which somewhat limits agricu rural uses in wetlands, Interestingly enough the Sect on 404 program which we ara seeking to receive specifically exempt5 certain act~vi t~es, these exclusions include " normal " farming, silver CU rUral, and some other activities, find it odd that since the Corps of Engineers and the U.S. EPA are not allowed to regulate farming tile/ they would impose the cone,lion on the county that we are to regulate the farmers, which conlrad cia our state law. t appe[~rs to be most appropriate, therefore, to exclude farmlands out of the poluntial and area. It seems that if we take the identified wetland area nn~ further delineated DO[tOm land hardwood forested areas then wa would be able to come up with a mitigation progra[n tot the exchange of prime Io~t wetland from CoCdle Creek fles~rvoir Therefore, have asked Mike Byrd to work on locating both un accurate definition of a North Care ina farm for exemption purpose5 and e list and local on, if possible, of the bona fide farms in Cebarr~s County. Also approximately 1993, The maps which he s working on wi I be He did further indicate that Orange and Mecklenburg Counties Ihousand C$6,00'0) do lira. If you are Jnleresled in persuing ttlis in'formation on wetlands, the Coordinator for the U.$ Fish and Wildlife Service lot the SOutheast Region