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18 <br /> August 1, 1991 <br /> Mr. Marvin Collins <br /> Director, Orange County Planning Department <br /> 306F Revere Road <br /> Hillsborough, N. C. 27278 <br /> Re: American Stone Co. quarry - N. C. Highway 54 <br /> Dear Mr. Collins: <br /> This letter is submitted in support of our application to amend <br /> the Orange County Land Use Plan and the Joint Planning Area Land <br /> Use Plan to designate the area surrounding the existing American <br /> Stone Company quarry and Orange Water and Sewer Authority <br /> reservoir on N. C. 54 near S. R. 1104 as a Rural Industrial <br /> Activity Node where extractive uses are allowed. <br /> Identification of property. <br /> The tracts affected are at the intersection of S. R. 1104 <br /> (Bethel-Hickory Grove Church Rd. ) and N. C. 54 , and are described <br /> on the attached map. The specific owners are as follows: <br /> Owner TM <br /> American Stone Company 7. 112 . . 31A <br /> 7. 112 . . 32 <br /> 6.28. .8A <br /> 6.28. .9 <br /> 6.28 . .9C <br /> Orange Water and Sewer Authority 6.28. .9E <br /> Philip and Alice Durham 6.28. .9B <br /> Orange Water and Sewer Authority (OWASA) uses the old quarry pit <br /> on its property conjunctively with University Lake to store <br /> excess water from the Cane Creek Reservoir. American Stone <br /> Company (American) leases a portion of the Durham property on the <br /> west side of S. R. 1104 where it operates an active a rock <br /> quarry. As an accessory to the quarry, Nello L. Teer Company <br /> (Teer) operates an asphalt plant on a portion of the OWASA <br /> property between OWASA's existing reservoir and American's active <br /> quarry. <br /> OWASA, American, Mr. and Mrs. Durham and Teer have entered into <br /> an agreement which, subject obtaining all relevant governmental <br /> approvals, calls for the relocation S.R. 1104 and the asphalt <br /> plant, which currently separate the reservoir and active quarry, <br />