Wake Stone quarry

Lyle Adley-Warrick
128 Ellington Oaks Court
Raleigh, NC 27603
Friday, July 17, 2020
Brian Sams
Acting Director, DEMLR
Dear Mr. Sams:
I'm writing to ask you to deny Mining Permit 92-10 under subsection 74-51d
subsection 5, for a proposed quarry adjacent to RDU airport and William B. Umstead
State Park, to be operated by Wake Stone. My reasons for this request are as follows:
* Wake Stone proposes to remove 59.3 acres of tree cover from the site. That's a lot,
adjacent to a forested state park, particularly when one considers the cooling and noise
reduction that trees provide.
• The berms Wake Stone proposes to install as a buffer in replacement of said trees are of
questionable adequacy, especially during the time required for said berms to vegetate.
• Reedy Creek Road is popular with hikers, joggers, and cyclists. More study is needed in
regard to increased noise and dust to which they would be subjected.
* Wake Stone has provided no assurance that nighttime lighting won't be added. Such
lighting would be detrimental to wildlife inhabiting Umstead Park.
• Last but not least, there's the precedent of a similar permit having been denied in 1980.
It's my understanding that reconsideration of said denial was contingent on a 50-year
sunset clause. It's also my understanding that, in 2018, Wake Stone changed the wording
of the agreement to allow mining for an indefinite period of time. That's unacceptable.
Sincerely yours,
Lyle Adley- Warrick
cc: Dan Sams