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subsection of the Oregon Transportation Planning Rule (TPR) that identifies transportation improvements that may be allow on rural lands, consistent with Goal 3. Widening of roads, including public roads and highway projects, is a permitted use in the EFU zone where the improvement is accommodated within the right-of-way, does not remove or replace buildings, and does not create a new parcel. These types of transportation improvements do not require a Goal Exception. ORS 215.283, which governs uses permitted in EFU zones, permits reconstruction or modification of public roads and highways in EFU. While ORS 215.283 does not explicitly address roadway realignments, the TPR section that governs improvements on rural lands confirms that realignment of roadways is consistent with Goal 3, Agricultural Lands (OAR 660-012-0065(3)(d)) and does not require a Goal Exception. Pursuant to ORS 215.283(2)(q), construction of additional passing and travel lanes is also allowed subject to County approval. Construction of additional travel lanes is listed as a conditional use in MCC 17.136.050. Realignment and widening of Ehlen Road, Bents Road, or Dolores Way on EFU land in the vicinity of the interchange does not require a Statewide Goal Exception, but County conditional use approval will be needed before additional lanes on Ehlen Road can be constructed as part of Phase 2 improvements. Widening of Ehlen Road will be subject of a future conditional use approval request and will be reviewed by the County pursuant to MCC Chapter 17.119 Conditional Uses. Goal 2 and related Oregon Administrative Rules (OAR 660-033) and Statutes (ORS 215), have been met. STATEWIDE PLANNING GOAL 4: To conserve forest lands. This Goal is not applicable to the requested action. There is no land designated for forest use in the vicinity of the interchange. STATEWIDE PLANNING GOAL 5: To protect natural resources and conserve scenic and historic areas and open spaces. The existing conditions in the TAMP study area with respect to natural and cultural resources are described in TAMP Chapter 2, Existing Conditions and Inventory Analysis, and Appendix E (Natural Resources Memorandum), Appendix F (Wetland and Waters Determination Memorandum), and Appendix J (Archaeologic Resources Memorandum). The Preferred Alternative would have impacts to the built and natural environments, but for a project of its size and scale, the impacts are relatively minor (see TAMP Section 5.3.3 Environmental Impacts). ODOT and the Federal Highway Administration completed federal environmental documentation to support a National Environmental Policy Act categorical exclusion in terms of environmental permitting because the project's individual and cumulative impacts are not significant on the natural and built environments. As documented in the TAMP, Section 4(f) of the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) Act of 1966 prohibits the Federal Highway Administration and other USDOT I-5:Aurora Donald Interchange(Exit 278)TAMP:Supporting Findings for Marion County Adoption 7