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reso~ces~ The West Eugene Parkway crosses over areas that were once included on that inventory, but all of those areas were later included in the West Eugene Wetlands Plan, which superseded the invento~ for its plan area. Nevertheless~ due to the testimony calling for Goal 5 analysis, such analysis is provided by incorporation of the Exhibit "C-1 ~ findings. The West Eugene Wetlands Plan is an approved wetland conservation plan as defined in ORS 196:800(15). Approval for the plan as a Wetland Conservation Plan was originally granted by ~e Oregon D~v~sion of State Lands in September 1994 and was mended by Final Order 9%003 ~n September 1997. In 1999, as required by ORS 196.684, DSL conducted a five-year review of plan implementation and issued Modified Final Order 99-003. On April 18, 2002, Division of State Lands Final Order 02~001 approved the amended West Eugene Wetlands Plan (November 2000), Mth conditions, ~ a Wetland Conservation Plan under ORS 196.678 to ORS 196.684. Generally, condkions relate to Plan reporting and implementation; additional conditions related to Plan amendment and five-year DSL review cite ORS 196.684 requirements. ORS 196.684(8)specifies the relationship between Wetland Conservation Plan approval and compliance vAth Goal 5: "Wetland conservation plans approved by the Director of the Division of State Lands pursuant to ORS 196.668 to 196.692 shall be deemed to comply wk~h the requirements of any statew~de planning goals related to wetlands, other than estuarine wetlands, for those areas, uses and activities which are regulated by the planJ' [See also, ORS 197.279~ Approval of the West Eugene Wetlands Plan by the Oregon Division of State Lands (DSL) as provided by law, satisfies all the requirements of any applicable stateMde plarming goal related to wetlands (including Goal 5) for those areas, uses and activities which are regulated by the plan. ~[~e findings of goal compliance made as part of in/rial adoption of the WEWP and of adoption of subsequent mendments remain essentially unaffected by these amendmems. The fimdamental program developed for Goal 5 compliance essentially remains unchanged. The policies and criteria of~e ~WP operate as a tool to further Goal 5 compliance by assisting in determi~ng the s~gn~ficance of wetland resources, the conflicts and the economic, social, environmental and energy values involved in protecting the resource. That analysis approaches the wetlands of West Eugene as part of an interconnected natural system rather than as separate, d~screte sites. The focus remains inside the West Eugene Wetlands Plan bonndary, keeping in m~nd that the larger system of wlSch these wetlands are a part extends beyond tkfis and other political bound~es. The We~ Eugene Wetlands Plan was developed in coordination wSth several key state and federal agencies involved in wetlands regulation and planning: Division of State Lands (DSL), Army Corps of Engineers (ACOE), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS)~ The Plan was also coordinated wSth local offices of other applicable local, state and federal agencies. ODOT has requested corrnnents from these Tins?lan and Me~o Plan Amendments Exhibit C ~- F~nd~ngs P~e5