20061203 Ver 1_Public Notice Comments_20060628 (3)

June 25, 2006
North Carolina Division of Water Quality (NCDWQ)
l 650 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1650
Attention: Ms Cyndi Karoly
Dear Ms. Karoly,
I am writing in reference to the Western Wake Regional Waste Water Treatment Facility. There are plans
to locate this facility near the center of the unincorporated town of New Hill. This concerns me for a
number of reasons but the most serious one is Cary's record on sewage spills. It was brought out at the
public hearing that was held in Apex on June 15 that Cary has the worst record on spills and then just this
morning there was a news story about a 5,000,00 gallon spill from Cary that shut down two Raleigh lakes.
This was from a pipe that is much smaller than the ones that will run through the New Hill Community to a
plant that is proposed right in the middle of the community. A facility of this kind and size should be
located away from the population and sited in remote areas only. Again I want to make the point that was
made at the hearing. It is not if there is one, but when there is a large sewage spill at this facility, and based
on Cary's record there will be one, who will the people of New Hill look to for drinking water for the
citizens and their animals. Who will pay to clean up the mess and restore property to pre-spill conditions.
The citizens on New Hill do not deserve to have to live in fear that their lives and homes will be ruined by
the effects of this facility.
I urge you to deny the permit for the Western Wake Regional Waste Water Treatment Facility until it is
moved to a more suitable site.
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James E. Barefoot
2237 New Hill-Olive Chapel Rd.
New Hill, NC 27562
CC: New Hill Community Association
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