External Mining Permit 92-10 We want an end to the dust at Umstead State Park (2)

Johnson, Robert E
From: andre echols <[e-mail]>
Sent: Thursday, July 16, 2020 5:06 AM
To: Regan, Michael S
Subject: [External] [Mining Permit 92-10] We want an end to the dust at Umstead State Park
Michaell Regain, Secretary DEQ,
i Ihave (lived llin wake county for 20 years. what direw ime Iheire is economic oppoirtuinllty. what
kept ime Iheire is the forest. oince upoin a time, everywhere you travelled llin wake county theire
was ireiminaints of Iluslh forest. over the past 2 decades imuch of it stillll ireimallins. llin the past 5 to
6 years i Ihave noticed ain accelleirafioin llin the desire to turn a Ibuclk. what i oince thought was to
fair out to Ibe clear cut Ihas Ibeein develloped and we are 6 mHes past that.
it is imy opinion that ad61ng t1his Ilaind to the state Ipairk systeim will bring greater Iloing term use
to the (people that(hive Iheire vs the s1hoirt term ecoinoni gailin from a quarry.
we are having t1his conversation (because the quarry is eimpty. Ihow Iloing will it take for the
forest to imatuire oin the mined out location? willll the existing quarry Ilainds Ibe returned to the
state or sold off and develloped. llin 100 years willll theire Ibe any forest llin wake county?
aindire eclh6ls
aechollsl'7@gima�l.corn
104 meidot ct
carry, North Cairofina 27518
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