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surpasses Eugene's requirements for the adoption of an administrative rule. Specifically, the City provided notice of, and held, a public hearing and considered all testimony received. Goal 2 -Land Use Planning. To establish a land use planning process and policy framework as a basis for all decisions and actions related to use of land and to assure an adequate factual basis for such decisions and actions. The record shows that there is an adequate factual base for the adoption of the rule. EC 9.4778(d) directs the City Manager to adopt an administrative rule describing the procedures the City used to map the /WQ setbacks on the Water Quality Waterways Map. EC 9.4782 directs the City Manager to adopt an administrative rule setting out the City's Water Quality Function Rating System. The rule does not affect any other governmental units. There are no Goal 2 Exceptions required. Therefore, the amendments are consistent with Goal 2. Goal 3 - Agricultural Lands. To preserve agricultural lands. The amendments do not affect any land designated for agricultural use. Therefore, Goal 3 does not apply. Goal 4 - Forest Lands. To conserve forest lands. The amendments do not affect any land designated for forest use. Therefore, Goal 4 does not apply. Goal 5 -Open Spaces, Scenic and Historic Areas, and Natural Resources. To conserve open space and protect natural and scenic resources. These amendments do not create or amend the city*s list of Goal 5 resources, do not amend a code provision adopted in order to protect a significant Goal 5 resource or to address specific requirements of Goal 5, do not allow new uses that could be conflicting uses -with a significant Goal 5 resource site and do not amend the acknowledged UGB. Therefore, Goal 5 does not apply. Goal 6 - Air, Water and land Resource Quality. To maintain and improve the quality of the air, water and land resources of the state. Goal 6 addresses waste and process discharges from development, and is aimed at protecting air, water and land from impacts from those discharges. The City's /WQ regulations implement Goal, as a a key aspect of the City's response to federal Clean Water Act regulations, specifically the Upper Willamette Basin Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL). Several waterways in Eugene do not state water quality standards for certain pollutants. For these waterways, the state of Oregon Department of Environmental Quality, the state agency charge with implementing TMDL regulations, has developed the Upper Willamette TMDL to bring these waterways back into compliance with state standards. The Upper Willamette TMDL allocates pollutant loads to designated management agencies, including the City of Eugene that have the authority to implement water quality improvements within their jurisdictional boundaries. One management Page 2 of 4