External Mining Permit 92-10 Protect Crabtree Creek-deny new quarry pit (3)

Johnson, Robert E
From: Elizabeth Adams <[e-mail]>
Sent: Friday, July 17, 2020 9:46 AM
To: Regan, Michael S
Subject: [External] [Mining Permit 92-10] Protect Crabtree Creek -deny new quarry pit
again, Secretary DEQ,
) require
isasteir Iprepairediness Ipllain and mod6llling for the quarry Ipeirmit mocIffication.
and gireeinway corridor safety study to examine truck conflicts and Ihairm due to exposure to dust from quarry blasting and imiinlling op(
impact of the Iproposed quarry (permit mo6ficatioin oin Umstead State Park WH6d lfe Corridors aind the inatui4l aind Ihlistorlicall iresouirc
Tract.
safety risks must Ibe identified and mitigated to protect Umstead State Park, the Duinin Single Faimily Home, and Users of the East
and the extensive Gireeinway T14lll System witNlin Umstead State Park; or the (permit mo6fication deinied.
L (2017) conducted respirable saimphing at homes witNlin 800 im (2624.67 feet) of quarries extracting saind for fracking operations. IL.er
ear seventeen homes were geinei4lHy, less t1hain 0.4 pg im-3. Some higher RCS coin ce intration s were found (15-37 pg im-3) from sorT
es ((less t1hain t1hiree Ipeirceint) w1hein wind vellocifies were also ellevated. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/Sl35223101�
unin(home and the East Coast Gireeinway willll Ibe witNlin 200 feet of the Iproposed quarry, and willll likely Ibe exposed to much Ihliglheir
oins of dust that likely cointallins Ihliglh Ipeirceintages of sifica.
afioinall exposure to crystalline sifica, recommends and ambient air staindaird for PM10 less t1hain 5 ug/im3
i.ncbi.nlm.nih.aov/r)mc/articles/PMC3683189/
'neint of IL.albor sfides oin inew occupafioinall silica standards, recommends sampling if concentrations are Ihliglheir t1hain 25 ug/im3
v.Ilalbor.inc.gov/docuimeints/silllica presentations
41ity Impacts Presentation: Air QualIlIty Impacts
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i management llin Ilairge Ipits creates ad6fioii air quallkty impacts. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2095268618303
cifity irelport for the existing quarry. https:Hecho.epa.gov/detailed-facility-report?fid=NCO000003709200409
ntall Justice report liincludes ceinsus tracts within a 3 ri radius of the center of the EXISTING Facifity, inot the proposed facifity expail
to PopUlation: 25,245
(sq. ri 28.27
area coii 2 blockgroup(s) with zero popUlation.) Note, this doesn't liinclude any liinfoirmation about the % ofvUlineirable (people tha
tate Park. Accoirdlling to CINIp McClIeElaii At Uinnstead State Park's OM Reedy Cireelk Ipedestdain eintraince visitation was 11,444 Ipeir in
is a 135% liincrease from 2018. (18/4865, 19/8897, 20/11444).
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22V%22:35.8379,%22spatialReference%22:f%22wkid%22:43261}&unit=9035&areatype=&areaid=&basemap=streets&distance=3
3oveirri the Establishment, Extension and Devebpmeint of NC State Pairks.http://npshistory.com/newsletters/park practice/quideli
58-8.pd
he Ipeirmit inno6fication states that the oveirbuirdein wiEl Ibe stored llin the depleted quarry pit. If the quarry pit is depleted, theirs it shoUld
o the state NOW under the suinset clause, so the 2031 date is stilly effective.
ae Quarry Settileinneint Agreement distinguishes Ibetweein inoin contiguous (lots or "paircells sepairated Iby a ii Ibordeir such as a str(
what required the Ilaind to ireirnalin forested oin Ipropeirty owined Iby Crabtree Quarry that is across the stream from the existing ri
ri
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permit inno6fication shoUld inot Ibe inot aHowed as the Ipaircells are separated Iby a ii Ibordeir. Crabtree Cireelk is a 303(d) listed liirn
t flows llinto the Neuse River, and is vUlineirable to flash floo61ng and (low flow.
Df U.S. juiris6ctioins ........... lincilu6ing IKeintuclky, Rhode lslaii Cafiforri Wisconsin, Ailaslka, New York, Illlllinolis, New Jersey, WasINlingtoin, I
lew Mexico ........... have applied the doctrlline of 6miinislNling assets llin the context of extractive uses or some vaidaint of it. See, e.g., I-egirain
34 S.W.3d 142 (Ky. 2008); Town of West Greenwich v. A. Cair6 Reality Assocs.,'786 A.2d 354 (R.II. 2001); Hansen 1Bros. Enters., llinc
s, 907 P.2d 1324 (Call. 1996); Sturgis v. Winnebago County 1Boaird, 413 N.W. 2d 642 (Wis. 1987); Stephan and Sons, llinc. v. Muii
Zoii 1Bd. of Examiners and Appealls, 685 P.2d 98 (Alk. 1984); Syracuse Aggregate Corp. v. Weise, 51 N.Y.2d 278 (1980); DuPag(
itoin 1Banik, 192 N.E.2d 311 (IHIL 1963); Moore v. 1Biridgewateir Tp., 173 A.2d 430 (N.J.1961); Romeiro v. Rio Arriba County Coirnmissior
149 P.3d 945 (N.M Ct. App. 2006), cert. quashed, 142 N.M'716, 169 P.3d 409 (2007); see allso Robert M. Anderson, AMERICAN L.A
6.52 (3d ed. 1986). llin those juirisdictions, it has Ibeein IhelN that the Ipropeir scope of a ino in coin forini g use for a 6miinislNling asset are
guous to ain existing excavation and owined or (leased Iby the ri operator at the time the zoii irestrlictioin is einacted. llin ad6tion, t
Ilaind must clearly have Ibeein llinteinded to Ibe excavated at the time the restrictive zoii oir6inaince was einacted and demonstrably 6
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)th of which acre determined on a case by case Ibasis. Noin contiguous hots oir Ipaircells sepairated Iby a inatui4l Ibordeir, such as a streair
the nonconformity.
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