FW_ _External_ _Mining Permit 92-10_ Deny the permit!

Johnson, Robert E
From: Sams, Dan
Sent: Friday, July 17, 2020 9:41 PM
To: NCMiningProgram
Subject: FW: [External] [Mining Permit 92-10] Deny the permit!
From: Angie Shatas [mailto:[e-mail]]
Sent: Friday, July 17, 2020 8:54 PM
To: Sams, Dan <[e-mail]>
Subject: [External] [Mining Permit 92-10] Deny the permit!
l request that the NC DEQ deiny the Welke Stone Corpo ratio in's mi16ling
�peirmit 92 10 and r6linstate the Sunset Clause from 1981.
Instead, l wound Illilke sale of the ON F`61klows tract to The Conservation
Fund to proceed so that the Ilaind cain Ibe Ipreseirved for the Ipuirpose of
N11king and mouintallin bilking tralOs.
As a IloingtGime iresident of the Ra�leigh Duirhaim Chapell KH imetro area, ll
Ihave witinessed the ineed to (preserve our area's (precious gireein space.
Green space, oince (paved or mined, is inot coming Ibaclk, and gireein space
is Ipairticullairly (precious llin uirbain areas and train sportatio in corridoirs, such as
we Ihave aIloing l 40. Umstead State Park and IL.alke Crabtree are Ipubllic
spaces that wound Ibe inegafiv6ly limpacted Iby mi16ling operations, and this llin
itself is a ireasoin to deiny Welke Stone's Ipeirmit. (Ref: Section '74 51 (d) of
the 1971 Mi16ling Act (Mine Safety and Heafth Act of North Cairofina): DEQ
may deiny the (permit upoin fiin6ing: (5) That the operation will Ihave a
sig16ificaintly adverse effect oin the Ipuirposes of a publicly owined park,
forest or irecreation area.)
As ain einviiroinimeintall Iprofessioinall, l aim faimifiair with the research llinto the
�beinefits of gireein spaces, inot o6ly to preserving our area's air and water
quafity, (but to sustal161ing wildlife and to supporting the Ipsyclholloglicall and
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�plhysicall Ihealltlh of our area residents. The preservation of our water quafity
shoUld Ibe sufficient to deny the mi6ling Ipeirmit due to the Ipotentiall of
mi6ling operations causing Ileachliing of contaminants llinto Ilocall steams.
(Ref: Section '74 51 (d) of the 1971 trolling Act (Mine Safety and Heafth Act
of North Cairofina): DEQ may deny the Ipeirmit upoin fiin6ing: (2) That the
operation wiH have undUly adverse effects on Ipotalble groundwater
supplies, Mldllkfe, or fresh water, estuarine, or mairine fisheiries.)
As a motheir of three active rnouintallin Ibilkeirs and NlIkeirs, 1I Iknow Ihow vital)
the traHs of L.alke Crabtree and Uirnstead are to our faimHy, and 1I waint the
Odd FeHows tract to Ibe (preserved for outdoor recreation, inot rUlined Iby
mi6ling operations.
1I caEl upoin my ellected offic4ls to see my opposition to the quarry and to
join me llin voicing their opposition.
&inceirelly,
Angie Shatas
Elmamm
carolinablueheartCcD_qmail.com
2465 Wayfarer Ct.
Clhapell KEI, North Cairofina 27514
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