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During this meeting, Hanson Aggregate staff made reference to re- <br />establishing the asphalt plant on the property. Representatives continued <br />to make reference to a 1991 letter, authored by Mary Scearbo, indicating <br />that the County considered asphalt plants to be customary accessory uses <br />to quarry operations <br />Staff refused to discuss the issue in depth as no formal plan had been <br />submitted. <br />January 31, 2007: The Orange County Planning Department received a request for a Zoning <br />Consistency Determination concerning the location of a three hundred <br />twenty (320) ton per hour drum mix asphalt plant at 1423 Bacon Road. <br />A negative Zoning Consistency Determination is made and referenced <br />with a letter, dated February 8, 2007, sent to the following individuals: <br />1. North Carolina Environmental Management Commission -Lois <br />Thomas, <br />2. Hanson Aggregates -James Sprinkle, <br />3. NC Division of Air Quality -Ernie Fuller, and <br />4. ESNR -Cathy Hawk <br />March 14, 2007: In a phone call to Mr. David Miller of NC DENHR -Air Quality <br />Division, Mr. Glenn Bowles was informed that in 1999 there was a Notice <br />of Violation issued by DEHNR to Hanson Aggregates concerning the <br />operation of the asphalt plant. Specifically, the violation was issued <br />because the required quarterly reports on the asphalt plant, documenting <br />the operation of the plant, had not been submitted as required. No further <br />action was taken to correct this violation, as the asphalt plant was no <br />longer operating on the property. <br />Mr. Bowles was also informed that EPA is requiring that all air quality <br />and mining permits have to be combined where operations, covered under <br />the individual permits, are on the same parcel(s) of the land. <br />ZONING COMPLIANCE -QUARRY OPERATION: <br />Orange County extended its zoning authority to the Little River Township in 1994. The area in <br />and around the quarry is denoted as "Agricultural Residential" within the Land Use Element of <br />the Comprehensive Plan and on the Land Use Element Map and is zoned AR (Agricultural <br />Residential) in accordance with the provisions of the Orange County Zoning Ordinance. Quarry <br />operations are currently allowed within the AR zoning district with the review and approval of a <br />Class "A" Special Use Permit as Extraction of Earth Product operations. <br />