_External_ Deny Mining Permit 92-10

Johnson, Robert E
From: Lindsey Judge <[e-mail]>
Sent: Friday, July 17, 2020 2:00 PM
To: Sams, Dan; NCMiningProgram; [e-mail]
Subject: [External] Deny Mining Permit 92-10
Dear Mr. Sams and Mr. Wrenn,
My name is Lindsey Judge, and I live on Kinsey Street in the Boylan Heights area of Raleigh. I'm requesting for
DEQ to please deny mining permit 92-10 under subsection 74-51d subsection 5, "that the operation will have a
significantly adverse effect on the purposes of a publicly owned park, forest or recreation area."
Our suburban area is one of the fastest growing areas in the entire United States with an average of 67 people
per day moving here. Why would we want to effectively destroy a beautiful, historic state park bordering our
capital city - the only city in the nation built to be a state capital?
I know that NC DEQ has sent a letter stating "industrial mining is generally not conducive to the support and
promotion of or compatible with the very elements that led William B. Umstead State Park to being listed on
the National Register of Historic Places: land restoration through landscape design and outdoor recreation."
Please take this letter seriously as it should be the NC staff members of the state park who should be the
experts deciding on what is and isn't compatible with the park. The NC DEQ had denied the quarry initially in
1980.
Lastly, Wake Stone Corporation has been a poor environmentally -conscious corporate citizen to Wake County
as noted in the misleading and changed wording in its government contracts.
PLEASE DENY THE RDU - UMSTEAD PARK QUARRY, PERMIT 92-10. Please help keep our Raleigh a
wonderful place.
Thank you for your consideration,
Lindsey Judge