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r <br />+ f pL�2yjJ ffj!{Fyyry <br />` z C1T ,RT f1fyF + " <br />k { f + R <br />Jame'. s, C 0.n'n.-c r <br />Mare 16, 2009 4} 2'009 <br />- <br />r*0 <br />R.F. C E NE D <br />State R larin`° <br />r <br />N. C. DepartMent of Ad mi n istrat on r <br />1301 -Mail Service Center <br />• � 5 y R by • <br />R al 1 � l r 27699, ,1 1 <br />r f . ��ti7 d4F� • <br />Fie w SEPA Environmental l <br />ORANGt COUP 'BASTE TRANSFER STATION r <br />` Received Date ■ 02/20/2009 <br />SCH, #:.- 09EO6000228'-- <br />Dear Clearing-house.f i <br />I offer • tl -following comments on this Environmental Assessment: on <br />behalf. of n�yr clients, ' a group of residents who live, -operate businesses, a rid work. <br />fauns ire Orange County near the propped project. Y ; <br />The Assessment uhrnitted for the Orange' County Waste <br />Transfer Station is i n dequate under the ' sta nda rds t tahl i hed • by • 16 - and <br />regulation, for all the-teasons set out in this letter -and its atchrneht* In order ` <br />to meet the requirements . 'of Jaw,'the EA should -he rewritten and, resubmitted for <br />comment-, In dditinn the itself when read with these comments estahli hes <br />that the proposed�.project would cause- significant enVironmentail, impact and that <br />an Environmgnta l Impact Statement (EIS) - he prepared. <br />A thorough list n- errors, nnnissinh, and misrepresentations: is attached to <br />r this letterr as Appendi ti X In' thO pint r st �nf brevity and readability,, this let & mill <br />address- -only the ,most - i portant problems with the EA. ti <br />WETLA IF <br />, <br />, <br />The EA repres'ents that.the nearest wetlands the site are nearly half <br />r mile from the proposed fa lit r� 3. 4, The EA also represents• that "'there are <br />! ' <br />no wetland • within areas, to h by the• projectconstruction or operation- <br />of the transfer station," EA § With $ the .EA dismisses wetlands as r <br />being of no concern. Id,, <br />.r <br />311 E. MAIN STREET * -DURHAM • .NORTH CAT -OLI- 0.27701 <br />10'01 CANAL DRIVE CAROLINA BEACH, -NORTH CAROLINA 28428 <br />919-749-9943 FMC:­919-68&-2426- <br />k 1 <br />r <br />