FW_ _External_ _Mining Permit 92-10_ Stop RDU Quar1y

Johnson, Robert E
From: Sams, Dan
Sent: Thursday, July 16, 2020 2:47 PM
To: NCMiningProgram
Subject: FW: [External] [Mining Permit 92-10] Stop RDU Quarry
From: William Carpenter [mailto:[e-mail]]
Sent: Thursday, July 16, 2020 10:43 AM
To: Sams, Dan <[e-mail]>
Subject: [External] [Mining Permit 92-10] Stop RDU Quarry
There's Illittle imoire llimpoirtaint than our stewairdsNip of the Earth for the inext
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Bul061ng anotheir quarry lin the centeir of a geim of a ireoreatioinall area wHH
inot oinlly irullin one of the last ireimallinlling tracts of land for recreation lin the
Tir9iainglle, it wiH spray dust unto the Iluings of IheaIltlhy Ipeople wanting to use
Uimstead Park for IheaIltlhy and inecessairy recreation. We don't ineed imore
large inolisy, IpoHuting trucks lin or inear Uimstead Park elltlheir. We imust Ihave
a LARGE distaince between any Ipolllution and recreation areas, wNich wiH
�be impossible for a inew quarry.
You imust do what's ir9iglht and stand up agallinst obvious Ibaclk iroom deals
wNich destroy yet imore of our precious forests.
Rlease DEQ deny Welke Stone Corp's application for a inew iroclk mine
(Permit 92 10) due to the negative impacts on Uimstead State Park,
Crabtree Creek, the East Coast Gireenway, recreation lin the OM Reedy
Cireelk Corridor and the t1hiree adjacent Ihorneowneirs
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Ask DEQ to restore the Sunset CIIause to the current Walke Stone quarry
operations that were (promised to eind llin 2031, 50 years from 1981.
The Odd FeElows Tract has Ibeein identified as a "Cidficall IL.aind Acquisition
Tiract" Iby NC State Parks for Uirnstead State Park for water quallkty
protection and Ipoteintiall forested Ibilke tral10s. The 1Boy Scouts have camped,
Milked, and (bilked on this property since 1958.
RDU Airport Autlhoir9lty was offered a fallr deal) to conserve the Ipropeirty Iby
the Conservation Fund and shoUld ireconsideir that offer llin light of the
�public Ibeinefits lit woUld Iprovlide
There is Iprecious IllittVe undevebped gireein space left llin the Tiriainglle area; lit
shoUld Ibe treasured and protected rather than destroyed.
A inew quarry at Odd FeElows Tract woUld sever the oine Ikinowin Mldllkfe
corridor connecting Ralleiglh to the rest of the Eastern VVHdway that iruins
Do what's ir9ight or Ibe irememlbeired for destroylling our (last tracts of forests.
ffllfiairn Carpenter
oreontide-mech(d)-yahoo.com
32 Feinineir Ave
ASHEVIL.JI-E, North Cairofina 28804