External Fence buffer concerns for Wake Stone mining permit application

Johnson, Robert E
From: Caroline Lalla <[e-mail]>
Sent: Friday, July 17, 2020 11:29 AM
To: Regan, Michael S
Subject: [External] Fence & buffer concerns for Wake Stone mining permit application
ell Regain, Secretary DEQ,
me is Cairohine 1.41I1a. l aim oin the board of the Uimstead CoaIIlIfioin and a imeimbeir of the Sierra Club Capitall Group Executive Committ
vidting iregairdlling Wake Stone Co irpo ratio in's appfication for mocIffication to Permit 92 10. The Ipeirmit imust Ibe deinied Ipeir d2 wildlife co
tion and d5, adverse effect oin the Ipuirposes of ffllfiaim 1B. Uimstead State Park and the ON Reedy Creek Road gireeinway.
nhainced security fence proposed to Ibe liinstalllled aIloing OM Reedy Greek Road Gireeinway and lack of sufficient Ipropeirty Ibuffeir is giros
nl41. This irecreatioinall corridor is the offiiciall designation or connection to:
(Cair6lllina Connection) Ibilke route
Coast Gireeinway (Rorida to Malline)
ection Ibetweein Will1l4m 1B. Uimstead State Park and IL.alke Crabtree County Park
)inall connection to the 1:11ac1k Greek Gireeinway, American Tobacco T14l�l, House Greek Gireeinway, Reedy Creek Gireeinway to the Art
.cirri, Rocky 1Brainch Gireeinway, Crabtree Greek Gireeinway, reuse River Gireeinway, and imuch imoire ino wonder it's so crowded and
S 1:111ke Route 1 iruins from Maine to Rorida. The Ipoirtion is called the US 1 Cairofina Connection Ibilke iroute. Designated as a por
ke Route 1, which ruins from Maine to Roirida, this route covers almost 200 imilles of r6lfiing teiri4lin. It is the imallin inoirth/south coininectc
through the ceint4l(portion of North Cair6lllina. From Vlirgllinlia, this route enters North Cair6lllina inear the Warren /Vaince County (border
ues south Ibetweein Raleigh and Duirhaim and eveintualIlIy thirough Sainford, Southern Rlines and IL.auirinlbuirg Ibefoire advancing liinto Sou
ina.
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since wHII Ibe 3 feet tallll with 3 crows of Ibairbed wire fence and is spec"d to Ibe at the edge of the iright of way cleair9iing for the OM Reedy t
gireeinway ino forested or vlisuall Ibuffeir.
Division of Parks and Recreation, in tlheliir Iletteir to RDUAA dated Jainuairy 15, 2020 (lliinik Ibellow), stated stroing objections to the
lairy fence for VVGIIVIiam B. Uirnstead State Park and its users Ilinclu6ing:
Yumsteadcoal ition.orq/resources/Documents/RDU%20Fence %20Letter%20to%20Michae1%20Landguth,%20January%2015,%2020;
Jing a Ipeirmaineint eyesore and maiririing the Iloolk and "°feell"° of the Ipairk, the (proposed fence wound gireatly Ihairm a fuindairneintall Ipuirpose
irk, inairnelly to Iprovide IpulbBlic access to a inatuirall setting for (people to einjoy inatuire and limprove tlhelir Iplhysicall and irneintall Ihealltlh;
egiradation of the vlisitoir experience wound Illikelly create airnoing tralill users ain oingoiing negative liirnpression;
roposed fence wound Ibloclk movements of willdllife, effectivelly trapping tlheirn Ibetweein fences;
roposed fence may constitute ain adverse effect to the Ipairk"s status oin the Natioinall Register of N-illistoir9ic Flaces, wlhlich coulld trigger in
aWiireirneints under fedeirall or state (law."
you for your time and coin sideiration.
ine IL.alllla
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/estbainik Ct
North Cairohina 27513