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41 <br />August 1, 1.991 <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 />d ntif ' cat o 0 o ert <br />The tracts .affected are at the intersection of S. R. 1108 <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 <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 o~.~d quarry-pit <br />on its. property•ronjunctively 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. 11D~ where it operates an active a rock <br />4u~ry• As an accessory to the quarry, Nello L. Teen Company <br />(leer) operates an asphalt plant on a portion~o~ the oWAsA <br />ProP~y between OWASA~s existing reservoir and Americans active <br />quarry. <br />owASA, American, Mr. and Mrs. Durham and Teen 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 />