Public Comments - 6/16/1993

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June 7, 1993
Land Quality Section
Division of Land Resources
North Carolina Department of Environment,
Health and Natural Resources
P.O. Box 27687
Raleigh, No. Carolina 27611
Dear Sir (Madame):
We are writing you concerning a notice that we have received
concerning a proposed mining operation which is seeking a permit
on land that is contiquous to land that we own. I am enclosing a
copy of the notice along with this letter for reference purposes.
We are writing this letter out of concern about this opera-
tion. We would like to voice our objection to a permit being
issued and would like to know what we can do to see to it that a
permit is not issued.
In the brief time that we have been making inquiries about
the Radford Quarries of Boone, Inc.'s quarry operation, we have
been told there have been numerous violations and that the pro-
perty is subject to several lawsuits both by the Town of Boone
and also, from what we understand, the State of North Carolina.
It is our understanding that there have been numerous zoning
violations and that there have been some type of violations of
the permit which we are quite concerned are environmental in
nature. We have been told the situation has reached a level
where the actual permit has been suspended due to these viola-
tions.
Further, it has come to our attention that there have been
several petition drives and petitions against this operation have

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been delivered to the state government and to the Town of Boone's
administration. We believe that an operation such as this, which
has already violated regulations and the law, should not be
granted a permit to continue such a dangerous and threatening
situation.
Please be advised that we join in any and all opposition to
said operation a ' nd would ask the Department to set and advertise
a public hearing so that the magnitude of this opposition can be
realized by the Department. If the Department would realize the
extent and magnitude of the opposition to this operation, we are
sure that they will take steps to deny the permit for further
mining at this location.
Sincerely,
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cc: Randall S. Marsh, Esq.
P.O. Box 549 DTS
Boone, N.C. 28607