20220411_R-Queen

04/08/2022
To: State of NC Dept of Environmental Quality
Subject: Mining Permit Objection
I am writing in response to Buechel Stone Co mining permit request. I object to this permit for many
reasons. This has been a major hardship for far too long because of all the safety issues and the
personal financial cost because of the mining. I have outstanding complaints filed with NCDEQ, listing
what has been happening here of which I have never had a reply. The first one was in 2020 the second
in 2021. 1 am enclosing a copy of the permit request and map also, the business cards of the people the
complaints were filed with. To make this short I will just be making some bullet point issues that have
been happening.
(1) Rock Vein runs under my shop building which is right on the property line it also runs under my
driveway and home. Every shot weakens this and makes cracks.
(2) Boundaries are too close to my house entrance, bridge and home.
(3) Erosion Issues
(4) Safety issues with fly rock and misuse of explosives. Already experienced multiple accidents
because of this. Fly Rock, vehicle damage, landscape and foundation damage, driveway cracks
break through springs into my driveway ditches.
(5) They are not 50' away from property lines and buildings.
(6) Drilled 87 holes 14' below river bed, only 77 went off shook my home like an earth quake and
threw large flyrock over 300'. On my house, into the highway and in my yard. I have witnesses.
Had to repaint my bridge at a cost of $2000.00 because fly rock beat the paint off of it. Other
issues yet to be resolved and no one has offered to make it right, to do so will be a court battle.
(7) My bridge sits facing that quarry, I am concerned about the concrete embunkments. Explosions
of that magnitude should never be allowed in a residential area.
(8) My property is devalued, they cost me money and hardship so I object to the permit
(9) 1 will be sending copies of this letter and permits to all people that have been involved in this
matter and have included two business cards of people that one has actually been here, toured
the site. The other has all the records on this matter.
I would like to be notified of what is taking place and will be keeping all my pictures, conversations
and notes for legal purposes.
Thank You,
Ruth Queen
Adjacent Homeowner RECEIVED
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LAND O IAUT II SF�TION

NORTH CAROLINA MINING State of North Carolina 1612 Mail Service Center
PERMIT APPLICATION Department of Environmental Quality Raleigh, NC27699-1612
Division of Energy, Mineral, and Land Resources [phone]
NOTICE
Pursuant to provisions G.S. 74-50(bl) of The Mining Act of 1971, Notice is hereby given that
Buechel Stone Corporation has polled March 28, 2022 to the Division of Energy,
(Applicant Name)
(Date)
Mineral, and Land Resources, North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality, 1612 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, North
Carolina 27699-1612, for (check one):
Fla new surface mining permit,
R] a modification of an existing surface mining pemflto add land to the permitted area; or
Fla modification of an existing surface mining permit to add land to the permitted area with no disturbance In
the area proposed. Please note that future modification(s) may be submitted by the applicant to allow
disturbance within this area without re -notification of adjoining landowners.
The applicant proposes to mine q u a rtzite on 0• 70 acres located 2
miles South
(Direction)
In Mitchell
(Mineral, Ore) (Number) (Number)
of Spruce Pine off/near read Altapass Highway
(Nearest town) (Number, Name)
County.
'SEE ATTACHED MAP FOR PROPOSED PERMIT BOUNDARIES AND CORRESPONDING ADJOINING LANDOWNER
NAMES AND LOCATIONS'
In accordance with G.S. 74-50(b1), the mine operator Is required to make a reasonable effort, satisfactory to the Department, to notify all
owners of record, both public and private, of all tracts of land that are adjoining the mining permit boundary; if an adjoining tract is owned or
leased by the applicant or Is owned by the lessor of the mine tract, all owners of record of tracts adjoining these tracts must be notified (that are
within 1,000 feet of the mining permit boundary). In addition, the mine operator must also notify the chief administrative officer of the county or
municipality in which any part of the permitted area Is located. Any person may file written comment(s) to the Department at the above address
within thirty (30) days of the issuance of this Notice or the filing of the application for a permit, whichever is later. She'trld the Department
determine that a significant public interest exists relative to G.S. 74-51, a public hearing will be held within 60 days of the end of the 30-day
comment period specified above.
A copy of the permit application materials is on file and available for public review during normal business hours at the above listed address as
well as at the appropriate regional office. For Information regardingthe specifics of the proposed mining activity, please contact the
applicant at the following telephone number: 82$-$�3-9 /23
For information on the mining permit application review process, please contact the Mining Program staff at [phone]. Please note that
the Department will consider any relevant written comments/documentation within the provisions of the Mining Act of 1971 throughout the
application review process until a final decision is made on the application.
Ruth Queen, 2533 Altapass Hwy, Spruce Pine, NC 28777 Buechel Stone Corporation, Chris Bucy
Addressee/Owner of Record's Name and Address Name of Applicant. Include Contact Person & Company Name, 9Applicable
7274 Highway 221 North, Marion, NC 28752
Dale of Issuance of [his Notice/Mailed to Addressee/Owner of Record Address of Applicant
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Asheville Regional Office
2090 U.S. 70 Highway 1
Svannanoa, NC 28778 -
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[e-mail] ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
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Jerry Hensley
Mine Safety and Health Inspector
Metal and Nonmetal, Southeast District
Knoxville Field Office Telephone: [phone]
4700 Rutledge Pike Fax: [phone]
Knoxville, TN 37914 E-mail: [e-mail]
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