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Page 2 <br />Im General Cotttttaen~~s <br />Orange County's selection of Site g5fi, the lir/est 5~ I.LC property in <br />Bingham Township far a waste transfer station would transform a <br />historically rural and agricultural area into an industrial zoneo <br />Rural residents and farmers driving tractors across Highway 54 would be . <br />faced with tractor-trailers and collection trucks six days a week on a two- <br />lane undivided road and narrow country. roads. Increased truck traffic, <br />airborne particulate matter and 200,000 square feet of impermeable surface <br />would have a significant impact on air and water quality, and on regional <br />drinking water supplies originating in the Collins Creek, Haw River and Cane <br />Creek watersheds. A two story industrial facility operating six days a week in <br />a rural zone would also be"a source of noise and light pollution. <br />The 143-acre heavily wooded site is almost six times greater than the 25 <br />acres originally proposed. for a transfer station and buffer, and the county <br />has cited the possibility of unspecified future uses of the property, which has <br />several areas of wetlands. The site is has no municipal water or sewer <br />service and is 12 miles from the center of waste generation, interstates and <br />rail access, <br />Comments- Orange County Transfer Station Site 056 Environmental Assessment <br />Laura Streitfeld, Preserve Rural Orange <br />