Update: March 9, 2000 - A Public Hearing was held on March 9 at the Elkin Elementary School. You may send comments to the addresses below. Deadline is March 24, 2000. Thanks for your calls and letters which led to the public hearing. A Decision on the permit is expected sometime in April.

The Carl Rose and Sons Asphalt Plant near Elkin, North Carolina is proposing an upgrade of its air permit from 170,000 tons per year to 810,000 tons per year.

TELEPHONE CALLS, LETTERS, AND E-MAILS ARE NEEDED TO ENSURE A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE UPGRADE

Please respond by Jan 26, 2000. Thanks

contact : Alan Klimek, Director, Division of Air Quality
                phone: 919-715-6233
                fax: 919-715-7175
                Division of Air Quality
                1641 Mail Service center
                Raleigh, NC, 27699-1641
                alan.klimek@ncmail.net

or
                Myron Whitley, Regional Air Quality Supervisor, Winston-Salem
                phone: 336-771-4608
                fax: 336-771-4632
                NC DENR Winston-Salem Regional Office
                585 Waughtown Street
                Winston-Salem, NC, 27107