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State of North Carolina <br />Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources <br />Division of Parks anci Recreation <br />512 Forth Salisbury Street * I 'neigh. North Carolina 27611 <br />James C. (Martin, C,overnor Dr, Philip K. \1cKne11%- <br />William- W. Cobey Jr., Secrerar\ Director <br />October 23, 1991 <br />Mr. Edward N. Mann, Jr., Chair <br />Orange Regional Landfill Search Committee <br />Route 1, Box 126 <br />Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27516 <br />Dear Mr. Mann: <br />We have been following in the newspapers your committee's efforts <br />to select a site for a new landfill in Orange County. We have <br />serious concerns about two sites which have been mentioned as <br />possible landfill locations. <br />Site No. OC -10 is directly adjacent to Eno River State Park and <br />actually overlaps onto land proposed to be added to the park in <br />the 1979 master plan. This site drains into the river across <br />park land. We are very concerned about the direct and indirec- <br />impacts of a landfill at this location. Water quality impacts <br />would be especially significant because the stretch of the riv <br />into which much of the proposed landfill site drains is impounded <br />by a small dam near Pleasant Green Road. The impoundment retains <br />water even when the rest of the river is low, so this portion of <br />the river is very popular for canoeing. In many parts of the <br />river there is a great deal of swimming, wading, and other <br />water - contact recreation. <br />Site No. OC -10 also contains a significant natural area <br />identified in the Orange County Natural Areas Survey. The <br />natural area is called the Eno River Uplands and Vernal Pools, <br />and is the largest undeveloped forested tract in the county <br />outside of Duke Forest. The area contains mature second- growth <br />hardwood forests, as well as two large vernal pools. The <br />habitats provided by these pools are quite rare and provide prime <br />breeding sites for salamanders and other amphibians. This <br />natural area is mostly outside the state park, but we are very <br />concerned about the effects of a landfill on this ecologically <br />important site. <br />Pf I lice --7r,.,7 !':drlt'!i N..,;i, � . :, -A a 2 7w,- h!lnnr'1I4. 7 'i <br />