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representatives from Nello Teer had inquired about obtaining a Soil <br />Erosion Control plan approved by the County so they could get a building <br />permit for an asphalt plant they are locating on the property. <br />According to the note, Mr. Faircloth was informed that the State was <br />unsure if the activity (i.e. the asphalt plat) would be covered under the <br />mining permit. If it was covered under the mining permit, then Nello Teer <br />would not have to get an Erosion Control Permit through Orange County <br />and they could get their building permit. <br />June 11, 1991: Telephone log from the Department of Natural Resources and Community <br />Development indicating that Nello Teer intended to construct an asphalt <br />plant on the property on portions of property covered under the mining <br />permit. <br />June 12, 1991: Date of a letter sent to Mr. Tracy Davis, of the Department of Natural <br />Resources and Community Development, from a representative of the <br />Nello Teer corporation informing him that the company had decided to <br />construct an asphalt plant on the .property referenced within previously <br />approved mining permit, specifically numbers 68-06 (Orange County) and <br />32-07 (Durham County). <br />The letter indicates that the plant will be constructed: ` in the area shown <br />on the plans as the plant process and stockpile area of the new site'. <br />June 24, 1991: On a copy of a `Speed Letter' from John Holley to Tracy Davis, Mr. <br />Holley indicates that he aggress that: `no formal modification would be <br />needed' (i.e. no modification to the existing mining permit allowing for <br />the asphalt plant operation to commence). <br />Fall 1991: The State issues an Air Quality Permit, number 07023R07, allowing for <br />the operation of an asphalt plant at the quarry site. <br />January 1, 1994: Orange County extends zoning authority to the Little River Township. <br />The majority of the property within the area is zoned Agricultural <br />Residential (AR) <br />January 1, 1994: As of this date there is an active, bonded mining permit on approximately <br />one hundred forty-seven (147) acres of property covered under the State <br />mining permits. <br />Apri121, 1995: The mining permit was modified to change the corporate name from Nello <br />L. Teer Company to Benchmark Carolina Aggregates, Inc. No other <br />changes to the mining permits were noted. <br />