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ORANGE COUNTY 06 ,5 <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> Public Hearing Abstract <br /> - .- _ Meeting Date: October 14. 1993 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item # <br /> SUBJECT: AMERICAN STONE QUARRY - ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT <br /> STATEMENT <br /> DEPARTMENT: PLANNING PUBLIC HEARING X Yes No <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Mary Willis <br /> Environmental Impact Statement Extension 2583 <br /> (separate enclosure) <br /> Comments from NC Wildlife Resources TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> Commission Hillsborough-732-8181 <br /> Comments from NCDOT Durham -688-7331 <br /> Mebane -227-2031 <br /> Chapel Hill -967-9251 <br /> PURPOSE: To receive public comment on an Environmental Impact Statement <br /> for a proposed expansion of American Stone Quarry, and to present <br /> comments received through public review as required by Section 3.2 <br /> of the Orange County Environmental Impact Ordinance. <br /> BACKGROUND: The Orange County Environmental Impact Ordinance requires <br /> submittal of an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for mining <br /> activity, including the expansion of an existing mining operation. <br /> The EIS is required when the Special Use Permit application is <br /> submitted, and would typically be presented to the Board of <br /> Commissioners at the public hearing at which the Special Use Permit <br /> is presented. <br /> American Stone Quarry proposes to modify and expand its existing <br /> operation on NC Highway 54 and Bethel-Hickory Grove Church <br /> Road. The proposed expansion involves: (1) Re-alignment of <br /> Bethel-Hickory Grove Church Road to the east of the existing <br /> quarry; (2) relocation of the existing asphalt plant to the east of the <br /> re-alignment of Bethel-Hickory Grove Church Road; (3) re- <br /> alignment of a waterway on the northwest border of the quarry site; <br /> and (4) the eastward expansion of mining activities. <br />