FW_ _External_ Deny Wake Stone Corporations Permit 92-10

Johnson, Robert E
From: Sams, Dan
Sent: Thursday, July 16, 2020 6:10 PM
To: NCMiningProgram
Subject: FW: [External] Deny Wake Stone Corporations Permit 92-10
From: Nancy Merrick [mailto:[e-mail]]
Sent: Thursday, July 16, 2020 5:57 PM
To: Sams, Dan <[e-mail]>
Subject: [External] Deny Wake Stone Corporations Permit 92-10
I am writing to express my concerns regarding Wake Stone Corporation's application for modification to
Permit 92-10. 1 am greatly concerned about the negative consequences of building a new quarry.
During this time of social distancing due to the pandemic it has become increasingly evident that the public
needs clean open space to use for both physical and mental health. The number of people using the local
trails, parks and greenways in the area have sky -rocketed during this time. Leasing public land bordering on
one of the area's premier state parks to a private company is an egregious misuse of highly valued land.
The negative and costly effects of this proposed quarry are many:
• Water pollution from rock dust washed off processed gravel
• Air pollution from fine particles of rock dust
• Wear and tear on roads and bridges from increased industrial trucks and equipment
• Increased runoff from removal of tree cover and culverts for rainwater
• Creating an eyesore of a vast, gaping, sheer -sided, dangerous pit when Wake Stone's 30- year lease is
up
• Cost to Wake County to deal with the need infrastructure and environmental damage
• Unusable land for the airport or any other purposes at the end of the lease period
I strongly urge the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality to abandon this plan and to urge the
RDU Airport Authority to reconsider the Conservation Fund's offer to purchase the land outright and therefore
preserve this lovely land for the citizens of North Carolina. NC DEQ should deny Wake Stone Corp's application
for a new rock mine (Permit 92-10) due to the negative impacts on Umstead State Park, Crabtree Creek, the East Coast
Greenway, recreation in the Old Reedy Creek Corridor and the three adjacent homeowners.
Thank you,
Nancy Merrick

108 Smallwood Ct
Cary NC 27513