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/ L <br /> ~~~~~'L <br /> JI ~ <br /> November 15, 1994 Public Works <br /> Administration <br /> City of Eugene <br /> CONTACT Deborah Evans, Wetlands/Stormwater Coordinator, 683-6839 858 pearl Street <br /> From Public Information Section, 687-5523 Eugene, OR 97401 <br /> (503) 687-5262 <br /> E GENE RECOGNIZED AS A LEADER IN WETLAND PLANNING <br /> SPECIAL EVENT SET FOR TUESDAY <br /> Eug ne's commitment to environmental protection through comprehensive planning <br /> and the suc ess of partnerships between federal, state and local agencies will be the focus of <br /> a presentati n on Tuesday, November 22 at 1:30 p.m. in the Hult Center Lobby. Colonel <br /> Tim Wood f the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Portland District, will present Eugene <br /> Mayor Rut Bascom with a certificate of recognition. Wood will be joined by the <br /> Environme tal Protection Agency's Water Resources Director Chuck Findley, Seattle, and the <br /> Oregon Di ision of State Lands Director, Gary Gustafson, Salem. <br /> The event highlights Eugene as the first city in the nation to receive local authority to <br /> issue state etland permits for development proposals in the west Eugene wetlands study <br /> area. "Or gonians have a long tradition of being environmental pioneers, and today Lane <br /> County an the City of Eugene are leading the way," declared Chuck Clarke, Northwest <br /> Regional dministrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. "The West Eugene <br /> Plan, the rst of its kind to receive EPA approval, shows the rest of the country how you can <br /> <br /> protect val able wetlands while, at the same time, speed up the permitting process." <br /> In ddition, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has authorized Eugene to use an <br /> abbreviat permit process, known as a "Letter of Permission," which relies on local review <br /> of applicat ons to ensure they meet the requirements and expectations of the approved West <br /> <br /> Eugene W tlands Plan. The abbreviated process was designed by the Corps with the advice <br /> (more) <br /> i <br /> <br />