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STATE OF NORTt-I GARQLINA
DEPARTI~NT +(3F TR.ANSPC?R,TA7'YON•
MIGNAELI^. EASLEY STANIbi. Wkll'rg
OaveRNOR
BaARa McM.9ER
P. O. bRAWER 1447, NAGS t•I~tu, NC 27959
May 25, 2005
Mr. Ray E. HoRo-Mell, Jr.
President
Outer Banks Kinnakeet Inc.
Avon, North Carolina
Dear Mr. Fiolkn~relf,
L'YNDO TIPnETT
SfC0.f7NRY
I am writing in support of yc~rr application to the North Carolina Department of Nabors! Resources Diuisiai of Land
Resources (DLR) to expand the AvonlKinr~keet sand mine in Avon, Dare County, North Carolina.
As you know sand from Otis mine was ~l in the impiemerltation at Qt7Tproject NC 12 Rebeafbn (Buxton)
ar-d Dune Repler-ishrrlentdsring April - November 2004. This NCDOT Dare County Project entailed the relacatlon of
18,000 tandem truck loads cf QOT - I~partmsnt of interior approved sand from the Kmnakest mine to the dune line
north of Buxton, N.C.
Tt>is sand carne from the only mine on Halberds ~d ~ntaining US Park Service and NCDOT approved,
eornp~ible material for Dune Res6oration in ttre Cape Hatteras Natklrral Seashore. NCDOT tested the sibs via 100x
core drilings25-28 foot deals that were labora~, t ~r ~bifity arrd subsequend
Y approved.
~ ~~ cbsa~ ~ aPPtoved (Hurricar>Q Isabela inbt work) was deBvered from a Curritudc County maiNand mine
at a h'ar~sportatian cost of 64-sky. 1'hereforle, as an example, 200.000 cy of matarlal
the state of North Carolina 51300,000 to 61,200,000 from that srte. radian ate' would ~
!t is my trope tt~ d the mire expansion Permit will provide appmpriata, cmnvrenient, ~ cx~ etfractive
ma6erfal for ongoklg and emergency NDDOT projects for the fo~esesable future.
Thank you for your consider~on of this matter.
Sincerely,
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Stan M. While "~""~
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