20111013 Ver 2_Public Notice Comments_20130317

Strickland, Bev
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Karoly, Cyndi
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Strickland, Bev
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From: Jackie Alexander <[e-mail]>
Date: March 17, 2013, 9:03:38 PM EDT
To: Heather <riverkeeper@ptrf org>
Cc: <[e-mail] >, Cyndi Karoly <[e-mail]>
I read your comments to the Div of Water Quality, found in your message about "where do we
go from here ?" Please consider the following, some of which I have passed along:
When the county was developing the wells and water treatment facilities in the
Chocowinity /Blounts Creek area, the plan was to discharge highly salivated water into lower
Blounts Creek, below the bridge. There was so much public concern, that they "bit the bullet"
and laid a pipe to Hill's Point area into the river.
The water wells are taking up to 500,000 gallons per day from the aquifer, and there was
consideration of using the mine discharge to serve this need, plus Vanceboro's, but the mine
generates far too much water. And the pipeline to the river is too small to carry the mine
discharge, even if it were permissable.
I still believe the cost of handling the discharge (initial investment) may be small given the
overall financial performance of the mine for Martin Marietta over an extended period. Plus, I
would doubt that the lease has been finalized (until the discharge issue is resolved) and the cost
could be passed through the lease to Weyerhauser (I believe as owner), changing the feasibility
of the project. Weyerhauser is not in the mining business, and the mining lease is just "gravy"
for them.
The cost of the resulting aggregate cost in highway construction likely is nominal, compared to
the cost to the natural resource.
If this heads to an unfavorable outcome, there could be consideration of taking this to a court
action. From what you have written, it appears that there are legal issues.
Private business should no longer be able to pass along environmental costs and consequences to
a public resource!
Thanks for your consideration.
Steve Alexander

8320 Riverwalk Drive
Clemmons, NC 27012
3367664810