FW_ _Externa1l_ _Mining Permit 92-10_ Keep the Old Reedy Creek Road Corridor for recreation - not a new rock quarry

Johnson, Robert E
From: Sams, Dan
Sent: Thursday, July 16, 2020 2:45 PM
To: NCMiningProgram
Subject: FW: [External] [Mining Permit 92-10] Keep the Old Reedy Creek Road Corridor for
recreation - not a new rock quarry
From: Judith Strickland [mailto:[e-mail]]
Sent: Thursday, July 16, 2020 10:23 AM
To: Sams, Dan <[e-mail]>
Subject: [External] [Mining Permit 92-10] Keep the Old Reedy Creek Road Corridor for recreation - not a new rock quarry
I'm Ju6th Strllcklaind, iresi61ng at 202 Chiseflhuirst Way, Cary, albout 300'
from Winstead Road and Weston Parkway Iiinteirsection (cain see crosswalk
flashes). My faimily and l frequently utflize the 1:11ac1k Greek Gireeinway and
traHs at Umstead State Park, are liincoinveinlienced Iby current mine
operation frequent Ibooms (drywall cracks and au14l assauft), and
vehemently oppose an ad6fioinall quarry Ibeliing aIHowed to operate closer to
imy home.
Quarry operation expansion adjacent to Ipublic access recreation and
education areas at Umstead State Park are (huge IpubBlic health and safety
concerns. Members of DEML..R, please deny Wake Stone's Ipeirmit
application (because mine operation wiH vi6late vital) standards of water and
air qualIlIty, (plus Ihave a sig6ificantly adverse effect on the Ipuirposes of
Umstead State Park, a IpubBlicly owned Ipairk. The quarry application as
proposed vi6lates citizens' rights and NO laws iregairdlling clean air and
clean water, and reduces quality of Ilife:
*61miinisNling air qualIlIty Iby the ireduction of foliage, AND quarry operation
pairticUlate imatteir AND macNlineiry and transport vehicle emissions

breathed lien Iby tral!ll users and nearby Ihomeowneirs, especially daingeirous
for Iparlk exercisers Ibecause silica and other Iparticulate smatter Mll go
deeper Unto the Iluings, a tremendous Ipublic health Ihazaird; a clear violation
of air qualkty standards under the 11 i6ling Act. N.C. Gen. Stat. '74 51 (d)(3).
Imposes a Iplhysical and rneintall health Ihazaird Iby fireducing airnount of
accessible space for irecreatGoinall and therapeutic usage lien a time whein
Increased access to inatuire should Ibe Ihalppe6ling, especially lImportaint due
to consistent inuirneric lIncreases lien residents, and also a sig6lficaint adverse
effect on the Ipuirposes of a Ipubllicly owned Ipairk, forest or recreation area
under the tl i6ling Act. N.C. Gen. Stat. '74 51 (d)(5).
*ireducing quafity of surface water and ground water via quarry operation
iruinoff, and vehicle and quarry irracNiinery emissions entering Crabtree
creelk. Vi6latioin of surface water and groundwater qualkty under the 11 i6ling
Act. N.C. Gen. Stat. '74 51 (d)(3).
*reduces surface water and ground water qualkty Iby fireducing airnount of
earth with limpervlious surface. A iroclk fined Ilalke left lien the walke of
operation ceasing is inot einviroinimentaEly sound inor is it a Ipulbllic Ibeinefit.
VVIation of surface water and groundwater qualkty under the Miinlling Act.
N.C. Gen. Stat.'74 51 (d)(3).
*eindaingeiding Ipedestrlian and Ibicycllist safety transport veNlcles wiH exit
onto ON Reedy Creek, at times a one Maine road. The Town of Cary Ibulillt a
pairking and irestroom facility on this road and specificaEly designated and
thus Ipallinted for Ibicycllists to access the traHhead facility and traHs at IL.alke
Crabtree and Urnstead via ORC. 1:11cyclists and 2 ton transport veNlcles
'shaiding' a one Maine road is a safety Ihazaird. Transport trucks passing t4lll
users are health and safety hazards. The estimated 500 daily truck trips
aIloing Weston Parkway and Harrison Avenue woUld excee61nglly inegativelly
affect veNlcWair traffic at already Iprovein to be fal!lIking traffic lInteirsections,
via traffic studies Ipeirforimed Iby the Town of Cary.
*ireducing quafity of life for Ihuindreds of residents Ikving adjacent to IL.alke
Crabtree, lien addition to reduces qualkty of experience of 1:11ack Creelk
Gireenway, with liincreasiing in6lse Ilevells (bombastic dyinaimite (blasts,
opeirafioinall rnacNlineiry and huge transport veNlcles), AND decreases to air
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quafity llin dose (proximity to t1h6lir Ihomes llincreases tlhellir Iluings' exposuire to
cairdinogeinllc IpairticUlate imatteir.
*ellhlmiinates the Ipossibilllity of expansion of Ibilke tralOs and abifity to Ihost top
Revell competitions, a cruslNling (blow to Ilocall cyclists abifity to expaind sIdIkIs,
and allso ehiminates)immense food&beveirage and lhotell tax ireveinue liinlput
firom Ipairticilpaints and attendees at a top fieir Iprofessioinall cyching event.
Air qudhity, wateir quallhlty, and citizens' quallhlty of Illife imust Ibe vital)
considerations of Ipublic stewairds.
Members of Department of Einviroinimeintall Management, (please Iput
citizens' imeintall heaft1h, Iplhysicall heaft1h and weEl belling, and einviiroinimeintall
degradation llin the forefront of youir decision imalking (process and deny the
�peirmit foir an addlfioinall quarry adjacent to Iiirirepllacealble Uimstead State
Pairk. Thank you!
Mmiffe milmm,
niqhtskyqazer2(c-)-aol.com
202 Clhisedhuirst Way
Cary, North Cairohina 27513