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._Scenic andHistoric Area& and Natural Areas_ To conserve open space and protect natural and scenic resources. The Goal 5 natural resource inventory for the Eugene-Springfield Metropolitan Area General Plan acknowledged in 1982 is shown on Map 3~ Metropolitan Area General Plan Background Report, Natural Features & Airport Limitation Areas. Follow~ng acknowledgment of the Metro Plan, in 1992, Eugene and Lane County adopted the West Eugene Wetlands Plan (WEWP), ~vhich expanded the wetlands inventory for this area. The WEWP was subsequently amended in 1995, 1998~ 1999 and 2000. 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 the Oregon Division of State Lands in September 1994 and was amended by Final Order 9%003 in 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 mnended West Eugene Wetlands Plan (November 2000), with con~tions~ as a Wetland Conservation Plan under ORS 196.678 to ORS 196.684. , conditions relate to Plan reporting and implementation; additional conditions related to Plan amendment and five-year DSL review cite ORS 196.684 requirements. The amendment to the West Eugene Wetlands Plan to apply the Planned Transportation Corridor to prope~ withha the West Eugene Parkway Modified Project alignrnent does not amend the policies of the West Eugene Wetlands Plan. Rather, it implements Policy 3.22 which states the es under which the Planned Transportation Corridor wetland designation can be applied. ORS 19&684(8) specifies the relationship between Wetland Conservation Plan approval and c with Goal 5: "Wetland conservation plans approved by the D~rector of the Division of State Lands pursuant to ORS 196.668 to 196.692 shall be deemed to comply v~4th the requirements of any statewide planning goals related to wetlands, other than estuarine wetlands, for those areas, ~zses and activities which are regulated by the plan." [See also, ORS 197.279] Approval of the kVest Eugene Wetlands Plan by the Oregon Division of State Lands (DSL) as provided by law, satisfies all the requirements of any applicable statew~de planning goal related to wetlands (including Goal 5) for those areas, uses and activities wl~fich are regulated by the plan. The findings of goal compliance made as paw of initial adoption of the WEWP and of adoption of subsequent amendrnents remain essentially unaffected by these amendments. The 1992 West Eugene Wetlands Plan designated the wetlands along .the West Eugene Parkway Approved Design for development. As a result, this project was anticipated and incorporated in the West Eugene Wetlands Plan. The Planned Tra~pt~rtation Corridor wetland designation, adopted and acknowledged in 2000, has also been approved ,Mth other amendments to the West Eugene West Eugene Wetlands Plan Amendments Exhibit B ~ F~ndings Page 5