FW_ _External_ Fwd_ Denial of quarry permit - Yes

Johnson, Robert E
From: Sams, Dan
Sent: Thursday, July 16, 2020 2:47 PM
To: NCMiningProgram
Subject: FW: [External] Fwd: Denial of quarry permit - Yes
From: Valerie Nordin[mailto:[e-mail]]
Sent: Thursday, July 16, 2020 10:58 AM
To: Sams, Dan <[e-mail]>
Subject: [External] Fwd: Denial of quarry permit - Yes
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From: Valerie Nordin <nordin.valerie(a-)gmail.com>
Subject: Denial of quarry permit - Yes
Date: July 12, 2020 at 6.38.03 PM EDT
To: ncminingprogram(a-)ncdenr.gov
My name is Valerie Nordin and I am speaking today on behalf of all the good people that are
neighbors to the potential Wake Stone quarry. I was registered to speak but combined my
comments with my husband's for the sake of your time.
If you have lived in this area long enough, you have inevitably had a windshield broken on your
car while driving behind one of the trucks coming out of the quarry. It's not a pleasant
experience, it's costly and time consuming. But quarry rock is necessary and windshields can be
replaced. So as good neighbors, we put up with it. But the damage done to the area abutting
Umstead State Park, cannot be undone. It will be a blight for generations to come.
Our home is off of Weston Parkway, we invite you to come see the impact the quarry has on our
current home. The blasts are disruptive, even setting off all the dogs in the neighborhood. The
quarry is disruptive at the entrance to Umstead State Park as well. While we are within biking or
hiking distance to the North Harrison entrance to Umstead Park, we cannot ride or walk into that
entrance because of the danger and exhaust of the dump trucks entering and exiting there. This
forces us to use the Reedy Creek Trail entrance to Umstead, which Wake Stone will now make
disruptive and unsafe. We invite you to go see the activity at the parking lot and the little bridge
that takes you there, and how close the homes are to the quarry. A map does not show the reality
of the situation. Any new potential quarry adjacent to such a well -visited park will be a physical
hazard to public safety.

We ask the DEQ to deny the permit to Wake Stone now, but also in future appeals. No
accommodations or mitigations can be made now or in the future that won't have a lasting
adverse effect on the park.
Sincerely,
Valerie Nordin
115 Bathgate Lane
Cary, NC 27513