WakeStone Combined Response 3

Johnson, Robert E
From: Lance, Kathleen C
Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2020 7:53 AM
To: NCMiningProgram
Attachments: [External] [Mining Permit 92-10] Keep the Old Reedy Creek Road Corridor for
recreation - not a new rock quarry; [External] [Mining Permit 92-101 Request an end
to the quarry operation next to Umstead State Park; [External] [Mining Permit 92-10]
Protect our state park!; [External] [Mining Permit 92-10] Stop the trucks, noise, dust -
allow the public to fully enjoy Umstead State Park
Kathleen C. Lance
Special Assistant to Secretary Michael S. Regan
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality
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Johnson, Robert E
From: Judith Strickland <[e-mail]>
Sent: Thursday, July 16, 2020 10:23 AM
To: Regan, Michael S
Subject: [External] [Mining Permit 92-10] Keep the Old Reedy Creek Road Corridor for
recreation - not a new rock quarry
Michaell Regain, Secretary DEQ,
I'm Judith Strllcklaind, residing at 202 Chiseflhuirst Way, Cary, about 300' froinn Winstead Road
wind Weston Parkway llinteirsectioin (cain see crosswalk flashes). My faimily wind l frequently
utflize the 1:11ac1k Creek Gireeinway wind tral10s at Uimstead State Park, are liincoinveinlienced Iby
current mine operation frequent Ibooms (dirywalH cracks wind auirall assauft), wind vehemently
oppose ain ad6fioinall quarry Ibeliing allowed to operate closer to imy home.
Quarry operation expansion adjacent to Ipubliic access recreation and education areas at
Uimstead State Park are huge Ipubllic health and safety concerns. Members of DEML-R, please
deiny Wake Stone's Ipeirmit appfication because imme operation will violate vital) standards of
water and air quality, plus Ihave a siginffiicaintly adverse effect oin the Ipuirposes of Uimstead
State Park, a publicly owined Iparlk. The quarry application as proposed vi6lates citizens' rights
and NC laws regarding clean air and clean water, and reduces quality of Ilife:
*61miinisNling air quality Iby the reduction of foliage, AND quarry operation Iparticullate imatteir
AND macNlineiry and trainspoirt vehicle emissions Ibreatlhed liin Iby tral!ll users and inearby
horneowineirs, especially daingeirous for Iparlk exercisers because silica and other Iparticullate
imatteir willll go deeper liinto the Iluings, a tremendous Ipulbllic health Ihazaird; a clear vi6lafioin of air
quality standards under the Mi16ling Act. N.C. Gen. Stat. '74 51 (d)(3).
Imposes a Iplhysicall wind imeintall health Ihazaird Iby ireduciing aimouint of accessible space for
recreafioinall wind therapeutic usage liin a fime whein liincreased access to inatuire should Ibe
happeinlling, especially lImportaint due to consistent inuimeir9lc liincreases liin residents, wind also a
siginllficaint adverse effect oin the Ipuirposes of a Ipulbllicly owined Iparlk, forest or recreation area
under the Miinlling Act. N.C. Gen. Stat. '74 51 (d)(5).

*ireduciing quafity of surface water and ground water via quarry operation iruinoff, and velNlc�e
and quarry irr7achinery emissions entering Crabtree creelk. Violation of surface water and
groundwater quallkty under the Miinlling Act. N.C. Gen. Stat. '74 51 (d)(3)
*reduces surface water and ground water quallkty Iby reducing airnouint of earth with liirr7peirviious
surface. A iroclk lkined Ilalke (left liin the walke of operation ceasing is inot einviroinimentaEly sound
inor is it a Ipulbllic Ibeinefit. VVIation of surface water and groundwater quallkty under the Miinlling
Act. N.C. Gen. Stat. '74 51 (d)(3).
*eindaingeiding Ipedestrliain and IbicycHst safety trainspoirt velNlcles wiH exit ointo ON Reedy
Cireelk, at times a nine Maine road. The Town of Cary Ibulillt a Ipairlking and irestrooirr7 facHkty oin
this road and specificaEly designated and thus Ipainted for IbicycHsts to access the trallflhead
facHkty and traHs at IL.alke Crabtree and Urnstead via ORC. Ellcycfists and 2 toin trainspoirt
velNlcles 'shaiding' a nine Maine road is a safety hazard. Transport trucks passing trallll users are
heafth and safety hazards. The estimated 500 dalllly truck trips aIloing Weston Parkway and
Harrison Avenue would excee61nglly inegafivelly affect vehicUlair traffic at aIliready Iprovein to be
fal!lIking traffic llinteirsections, via traffic studies Ipeirformed Iby the Town of Cary.
*ireduciing quafity of Ikfe for Ihuindreds of iresideints Ikving adjacent to IL.alke Crabtree, liin ad6fioin
to reduces quallkty of experience of Ellack Cireelk Gireeinway, with llincreasing in6lse Ilevells
(bombastic dyinaimite Nasts, opeirafioinall irr7achinery and lhuge trainspoirt velNlcles), AND
decreases to air quallkty liin close Iproxiimity to their homes liincreases their Iluings' exposure to
cairciinogeinllc IpairticUlate imatteir.
*ellkmiinates the possibHkty of expansion of Ibilke tralOs and abifity to host top Revell competitions,
a crushing (blow to IlocaIl cycHsts abHkty to expaind slkiHs, and aIlso efiminates lirr mense
food&beveirage and lhotell tax ireveinue liinlput from Ipairticipaints and attendees at a top fier
�professioinall cycHing event.
Air quallkty, water quallkty, and citizens' quallkty of Ikfe imust Ibe vital) coin side rations of Ipulbllic
stewards.
Members of Department of Einviroinirneintall Management, (please Iput citizens' rneintall Ihealltlh,
�plhysicaIl Ihealltlh and weEl belling, and einviiroinirneintall degradation liin the forefiroint of your
decision imalkiing process and deiny the Ipeirmit for ain ad6fioinall quarry adjacent to
inreplaceable Urnstead State Park. Thank you!

Judith Stdcldaind
niglhtslkygazeir2@aoLcoim
202 Clhisedhuirst Way
Cary, North afro Tina 27513

Johnson, Robert E
From: Katherine Heim <[e-mail]>
Sent: Wednesday, July 22, 2020 10:11 PM
To: Regan, Michael S
Subject: [External] [Mining Permit 92-10] Protect our state park!
Michaell Regain, Secretary DEQ,
Dear representatives of Ipulblic liinteirests,
It is liin the (best liinteirest of a siginllficaint inumbeir of the geinei4l IpubBlic and inatui4l ecosystems
to keep the Ilaind wild, and NOT approving the inew iroclk quairirylling appfication. This appfication
would Ibeinefit oinlly a few IpeopNe and destroy wild areas liin the heart of the triainglle area.
Furthermore, it iinlling activity adveirselly affects the adjacent well used Ipulblic Umstead Park.
As representatives of IpeopNe liin t1his state, please consider the IImpBlications and greater good
of deinylling the inew quairirylling application so current and future generations of IpeopNe and
wildlife imay einjoy t1his area liin its current forim.
Sincerely,
Katlheir9line Heim, PIhD
�Katlheir9line Heim
[e-mail]
7624 IKeininebec dir
Clhapell NI�Il, North Cair6lllina 27517
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Johnson, Robert E
Michaell Regain, Secretary DEQ,
My inaime is Sacra N�Ich6lsoin and 1I was Iborn and raised Iheire liin RaIleiglh, and 1I continue to Ibe
devastated Iby what 1I see Ihalppein to our inatui4l woirld around Iheire. Over the past 39 years
Iheire I've seein too imuch of our Ilaind get cVeaircut, dug up and devebped aIlkl liin the inaime of the
W61H I'm sorry Ibut a quarry to lhellp it alke a Ibiggeir "ecoinomy" is inot a "ineed". Our IheaIltlh is a
"ineed". Nature is a "ineed". CUeain water and cVeain air is a "ineed". More gireein spaces for the
droves of Ipeople that Ihave it oved and continue to it Iheire are ain actuall "ineed". If we cain
learn ainytINling from the current Ipaindeimic cain we inot adimit inow what is trUly esseint4l and
mportaint, and what is inot?
So uinlless Welke Stone is going to amine for the cuire for the Coroinaviirus lain t1his quarry, thein
theire is Ihitei4lkly inotlNling ellse lain t1his woirld worth aIlkl these ir9islks to our einviiroinimeint and our
heaft1h... these ir9islks that Ihave Ibeein outhined and Iprovein Iby so it ainy otheir Ipeople lain t1his
commu6ity (scientists, activists, etc).
We cannot afford to fuirtlheir 6minish what IllittVe gireein space we Ihave heft lain RaIleiglh
1I urge you to Iput Ipeople over Iprofit and Ibe oin the right side of RaIleiglh's Ihlistoiry and the good
side of RaIleiglh's iresideints Iby deinylling Welke Stone Corp's appfication for a inew iroclk amine
(Permit 92 10) due to the negative impacts oin Uimstead State Park, Crabtree Creelk, the East
Coast Gireeinway, recreation lain the ON Reedy Cireelk Corridor, the wH6hlfe and the adjacent
Ihomeowineirs.

PLEASE and Thanker g
Saira Mchdlsoin
[e-mail]
3908 L.JitflefieN Ct
R2eiglh, North Cairohina 27606