External Mining Permit 92-10 Wake Stone reneged on the sunset clause in 2018 dont let them have their way with the Odd Fellows Tract

Johnson, Robert E
Michaell Regain, Secretary DEQ,
To the INC Department of Einviiroinirneintall Quallllty and otheir officialls,
1I have Ibeein a Duirhaim iresideint for 16 years. 1I have worked as ain eingllineeir at a Ilairge
corporation llin Cary, inear the current Wake Stone immune, since moviiing to the Tir�iainglle area. 1I
have Ibeein weEl aware of the current rinine whHe trylling to commute home from work and whein
visiting Uirnstead State Park. 1I aim wir�lfiing to urge the DEQ to deiny Wake Stone's request to
rno6fy tlhellr current rniinlling Ipeirmit, for ain expansion llinto a second rinine oin the Odd FeElows
Direct, for the foHowiiing reasons:
1 ) The rino6fication request is incomplete the irecVairination Iplain for the second rinine is inot
detal10ed, which does inot aHow the DEQ or the IpubBlic to evalluate it. These are IpulbBlic Ilainds,
imainaged Iby RDUAA, Ibut who WH Ipay the Iprlice if tNis second quarry is inot irecilailmed
propedy? Not Wake Stone uinlless this Ipeirmit is Ipropeiriy evalluated and detal10ed.
2) There are siginllficaint allr quallllty daingeirs With PM2.5 Ipollllution documented With the current
Wake Stone rinine. There are residences, businesses, a thiriiviiing State Ipairk and Gireeinway
that WEI aEl Ibe impacted Iby PM2.5 IpairticVe Ipollllution from a second rinine operating for another
30 years. This cileady vi6lates 15A NCAC 05H .1309 (4) and (5). My soin attended suirnmeir
catnaps for imainy years at Urnstead State Park. Our cNlNirein are using these IpulbBlic Ilainds and
do inot deserve to Ibe exposed to imore PM2.5 Ipollllution. My coHeagues, otheir IlocaIl iresideints
at inearby houses and apartments and State Ipairk visitoirs do inot deserve to Ibe exposed to
this daingeirous allir IpoElution whHe trylling to exercise or just llinlhalbit tlhellr (homes. Your job is to
�protect the Ipulblic from these known daingeirs to Ihealltlh.
3) The DEQ has a irespoinsibilllity to (protect agallinst daimage to State Ipairks Ipeir 15A NCAC 05H
.1309 (5). There have Ibeein rinuftiple IpubBlic statements that theire WEI Ibe daimage to the

e ii . oyiment and ii setting of the Uirnstead State Park due to i air, water and vlisuall
poElution with the (proposed second mine oin the Odd FeHows Tract. The Crabtree Creek area
is considered a ii lheir9ltage site https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML0907/ML090770916.pdf.
Granting approval) for a second mine that MH destroy this area, is cileady llin coii with this
status.
4)Duir9ling the Ipublic lheair9ling 1I witinessed testimony that a second mine oin the Odd FeHows
track MH Ibloclk the Mldllllfe corridoir Ibetweein Uirnstead State Ipairk and otheir gireeinway Ilainds,
theireby inegafivelly Impacting Mldfife llin ain area wheire rinuftiple towii and organizations
have worked Ihaird to Ipreseirve it. This cileady vi6lates 15A NCAC 05H .1309 (3).
5)Theire are cilear Iplhotogiralplhlic and videogirapINIc evidences of se61ment iruinoff from the
current Wake Stone mine i Uirnstead State Park. This is llin violation of 15A NCAC 05H
.1309(6).
6)1I aim very concerned that Ibulil61ng a inew riniiine oin IpulbBlic Ilainds, via a mo6fication to a
current (permit for a mine oin Iprlivate Ilaind, means the correct einviroinimeii studies have inot
�beein doine to evalluate the einviroinimeii risks of the inew site. There wiH Ibe more siginllficaint
groundwater and geobgllcall ir9islks from a second mine oin the otheir side of Crabtree Greek.
What wiH the impact of two (pits oin elltlheir side of this &Ificall waterway Ibe? Many eingllineeirs at
the Ipublic lheair9ling caEled for the (propels studies to Ibe doine (before this second mine is
�peirmitted. There has Ibeein oine IlaindsUide aIliready. Not irequllrlling these studies cileady iriislks
vi6lafiing 15A NCAC 05H .1309 (3) and 15A NCAC 05H .1309 (4).
Thank you for your earnest coin sid eiration of these issues, and the otheir concerns and
poteii vi6lafioins airticUlated at the IpulbBlic hearings.
Tealla Spitzbairth
3512 Doinii Ave.
Duirhaim, NC 27705
Tealla Spitzbairth
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3512 Doinii Ave
Duirhaim, North Cairofina 27706