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Wetlands Plan by DSL Final Order 02~001, April 18, 2002. The northern alignment studied in the draft SDEIS was selected as the Preferred Alternative because it reduced impacts to high- quality . As a result of these factors, previous findings of Goal 5 compliance remain essentially unaffected by shining the alignment from immediately south of the railroad tracks to immediately north of the railroad tracks. The fundamental program developed for Goal 5 compliance essentially remains unchanged. The policies and criteria of the '¢,rEWP operate as a tool to fixther Goal 5 compliance by assisting in determining the significance of wetland resources, the conflicts and the economic, social, e 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, discrete sites. The focus remains inside the West Eugene Wetlands Plan boundao~, keeping in mind that the larger system of which these wetlands are a part extends beyond this and other political boundaries. The West Eugene Wetlands Plan was developed in coordination with several key state and t~deral agencies involved in wetlands regulation and planning: Division of State Lands (DSL), Army Corps of rs (ACOE), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS). The Plan was also coordinated with local offices of other applicable local, state and federal agencies. ODOT has requested comments from these on the August 1997 Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for the West Eugene Parkway. In 2000, the Bureau of Land Management was offered cooperator status in preparation of the Supplemental Final Environmental Impact Statement for the West Eugene Parkway. In October 2000 BLM accepted formal cooperator status and has submitted comrnents on the August 1997 Draft Supplemental Statement. F dernonstrating compliance of the West Eugene Parkway Modified Project alignrnent with Goal 5 are set forth in Exhibit "C-i,' which is attached to the findings for the amendments to TransPlan, the Metro Plan and the Lane County Rural Comprehensive Plan and is incorporated herein by this reference: West Eugene Parkway Modified Project Consistency v~Sth the StatewSde Planning Goals and Transportation Planning Rule, prepared for ODOT by Mark J. Greenfield. The amendments are consistent with the applicable policies of the Metro Plan and the November 2000 West Eugene Wetlands Plan, which has been adopted as a Wetland Conservation Plan by the Oregon Division of State Lands. Therefore, these amendments to the West Eugene Wetlands Plan comply with Statewide Planning Goal 5. To maintain and improve the quality of the air, water and land resources of the state. Findings demonstrating compliance of the West Eugene Parkway Modified Project alignment with Goal 6 are set forth in Exhibit "C-I,' which is attached to the findings for the amendments West Eugene Wetlands Plan Amendments Exhibit B ~ Findings Page 6