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Home My WebLink About20111013 Ver 1_Public Comments_20120111fl-161-? Mcmillan, Ian From Massengale Susan Sent Wednesday January 11 2012 9 42 AM To Vinzani Gil Matthews Matt Belnick Tom Hodge Cc Wakild Chuck Subject FW Martin Marietta to host proposed mine meeting FYI Susan Massengale Public Information Officer DENR Division of Water Quality 1617 MSC Raleigh NC 27699 1617 (919) 807 6359 fax (919) 807 6492 Please note my a mail address has changed to susan massengaleoncdenr yov E mail correspondence to and from this address may be subject to the North Carolina Public Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties Al Karoly Cyndi Mcmillan Ian Washington Dally News From Kees, Diana Sent Wednesday, January 11, 2012 9 14 AM To Barsness, Kan K, Freeman, Dee, Hardy, Cathy, Kees, Diana, Knight, David, Kritzer, Jamie, Marlies, Jessica M , Ozer, Trina S, Smith, Robin, Thompson, Mary P, Wilder, Manly Massengale, Susan, Wakild, Chuck, Fransen, Tom, Reeder Tom, Young, Sarah, Blum, Catherine, Daniel, Louis, Fish, Nancy, Lupton, Dee, Smith, Tricia Subject Martin Marietta to host proposed mine meeting Washington Daily News Martin Marietta to host proposed mine meeting Published 12 35am Wednesday January 11 2012 Email Comments Martin Marietta Materials Inc will hold a public meeting Tuesday Jan 31 on its plans to operate a rock quarry in Beaufort County county officials have announced The meeting will be at 6 p m in the Beaufort County Courthouse in Washington County Manager Randell K Woodruff has said the meeting will be a good opportunity for Beaufort County residents to ask questions about the company s plans to operate an open pit mine about seven miles east of U S Highway 17 on the border of Craven and Beaufort counties In its application Martin Marietta proposes to mine marine limestone that would then be crushed into rocks of various sizes to be used by the N C Department of Transportation In road construction and by others in residential and commercial budding projects near New Bern and Washington The mine if the permits for its operation are approved would be in operation for about 50 years and would be similar to the Clarks Quarry operated by Martin Marietta near New Bern and four other mining operations owned by the company In eastern North Carolina In various filings with government agencies on the project Martin Marietta says the mine Is needed to help keep road construction costs down But the project has raised concerns among local officials and some environmental advocates about Its effects on groundwater wells in the area and the fish and fisheries habitat in Blount s Creek a tributary of the Pamlico River Meanwhile the U S Army Corps of Engineers has extended the period for public comment on the company s plans until Jan 18 2012 corps officials have announced Diana Kees Communications Director N C Dept of Environment and Natural Resources 16o1 MSC Raleigh NC 27699 16ol (919) 707 8626 AWN My telephone /FAX number has changed to (919) 707 8626 Connect with us E mail correspondence to and from this address may be subject to the North Carolina Public Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties