FW_ _External_ _Mining Permit 92-10_ Stop RDU Quarry (3)

Johnson, Robert E
From: Sams, Dan
Sent: Thursday, July 16, 2020 6:47 PM
To: NCMiningProgram
Subject: FW: [External] [Mining Permit 92-101 Stop RDU Quarry
From: Rachel Maydew [mailto:[e-mail]]
Sent: Thursday, July 16, 2020 6:18 PM
To: Sams, Dan <[e-mail]>
Subject: [External] [Mining Permit 92-10] Stop RDU Quarry
Dan Sams,
Dear Dan Sams, Heairliing Officer DEQ MGnliing, and Elected Officialls,
II request that you deny the anew miinliing Ipeirmit for the Iproposed quarry on
public hand (the Odd Fellllows Tract) adjacent to Umstead State Park, as
described Iby the Umstead QoalllitGoin
https://umsteadcoalition.org/StopRDUQuarry. For the ellected offiicialls, II
urge you to irevlisit the offer from the Conservation Fund to Ipuirchase the
hand and formalHy add it to Umstead State Park.
The Iproposed quarry wiH Ihave a dramatic, negative impact (i.e., dust,
inoise, an eyesore) on the g,ualfity of adjacent gireenways and tralills of
Umstead State Park enjoyed on a daily (basis Iby (people of allll ages. Rease
refer to subsections 3 and 6, wlhlich state that the operation willll violate
standards of air g,ualllity and that the operation willll Ihave a siginlificaint
adverse effect on the Ipurposes of a (publicly owned Ipark and recreation
area.
l...lilke countless others, Ralleliglh Durham is my (home In large Ipart (because
of the high g,ualllity of Illife it offers, Iiincludliing outdoor recreation. II Ibelllieve
that Umstead State Park, (located liin the center of the Ralleliglh Durham
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area, iis a valluable Ipublic good for the coirnmuinllty. The Ihlighest and (best
use of the Ilaind is recreation for the IpulbBlic, inot another iroclk quarry.
As a IpulbBlic seirvaint, 1I encourage you to tlNlinlk about how you MH reflect on
your career when you are retired. Do you waint to Ibe iremembeired as the
person who aElowed green space, on IpulbBlic Ilaind right llin the ceinteir of the
Ralleiglh Durham area, to Ibe turned llinto a Ipeirmaineint eyesore? Or do you
waint to Ibe iremembeired as the Ipeirsoin who protected Iprecious green
space to Ibe enjoyed Iby generations to come?
Rachel) Maydew
Rachel) Maydew
racheInk2O(q-)_qmail.com
502 MideinlhaH Way
Cary, North Cairofina 27513