FW_ _External_ _Mining Permit 92-10_ Protect Umstead State Park - Deny new quarry permit (2)

Johnson, Robert E
From: Sams, Dan
Sent: Friday, July 17, 2020 3:06 PM
To: NCMiningProgram
Subject: FW: [External] [Mining Permit 92-10] Protect Umstead State Park - Deny new quarry
permit
From: Elissa Dandal [mailto:[e-mail]]
Sent: Friday, July 17, 2020 2:57 PM
To: Sams, Dan <[e-mail]>
Subject: [External] [Mining Permit 92-10] Protect Umstead State Park - Deny new quarry permit
Dear DEC. and elected offic4ls,
Rlease DENY the it iinlling Ipeirmit to Wake Stone for the following ireasoins:
1) NEGATIVE llimpact oin Umstead State Park, Crabtree Greek, the East
Coast Gireeinway, recreation liin the Old Reedy Greek Corridor wind the
t1hiree adjacent Ihomeowineirs.
2) Wake Stone quarry oin Harrison Avenue liin Cary Ihas Ibeein a 1BAD
ineighbor for Umstead State Park due to the inoise, dust IpollllutGoin produced
�by tlhellr activities.
3) There is Ipein6ing Iiinvestigation oin the SUNSET OL.AUSE. Ain uinllawfW
c1hainge oin oine term Ihas Ibeein made and ineeds to Ibe resolved with the
respoinsible parties brought to justice. Given t1his, NO ACTIVITY Ipeirtaining
to issuainces of ad6fioinall Ipeirmits allowing another quarry liin the area
s1hoWd Ibe Ipuirsued uintfl there is clarity and resolution oin the matter.
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4) The origllinall sunset cVa use states that Welke Stone quarry operations MH
end llin 2031, 50 years from 1981. It is irriglhtfUl that this cVa use shoUld Ibe
restored as a correction to the uinllawfUl revision on the agreement.
5) The Odd Fellklows Trace is identified as a "CrllficallII-and Acquisition
Tract" Iby NC State Parks for Urnstead State Park for water quallkty
protection and IpoteintGall forested Ibilke tral10s. The 1Boy Scouts have camped,
NlIked, and Ibilked on this Ipropeirty since 1958.
6) RDU Airport Authority was offered a fair Beall to conserve the Ipropeirty
�by the Conservation Fund and shoUld reconsider that offer llin Illight of the
�public of the Ipublic Ibeinefits it would Iprovlide.
'7) There is Iprecious IllittVe undevebped green space (left llin the Tidainglle
area; it shoUld Ibe treasured and protected rather than destroyed.
8) A inew quarry at Odd Fellklows Tract would seveir the one Ikinown M6kfe
corridor connecting RaIleiglh to the rest of the Eastern VvHdway that iruins
from Canada to Florida. This Iletteir aIlso Iprovlides a voice to the affected
Mldllkfe that imay IpoteintiaMy disappear as a resuft of the disappearance of
their waflkway (habitat.
9) The ad6fioinall air and incise Ip6IIIIution from quarry it iinlling operations llin
opeinlling a second amine can further inegatGvelly impact Iparlk users and
residents for the inext 25+ years. As a mother and a resident, II'd Illilke imy
clNlMirein and Iposteirrity to enjoy the unimeasuired Ibeinefits of the current
state Iparlk especially llin this time where the coirona virus is affecting a (lot of
North Cairofinians.
10) There is ino lasting Ipublic Ibeinefit llin aIlklowiing a second quarry llin our
area. In the end, oinlly Welke Stone stands to (profit llin the short term wlNl0e
residents wiH Ibe experiencing the Iloing term adverse effects of the quarry
and the (loss of imore gireeneiry llin our area.
We have had two hearings where residents and Iparlk users gave limportaint
data stating why the DEQ shoUld deny Welke Stone airiinlling Ipeirmit.
Flease DENY the it iinlling Ipeirmit.

Efissa Dainddl
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