North Buncombe Ass'n of Concerned Citizens, Inc. v. Rhodes

COZORT, Judge.

On 15 June 1987, Vulcan Materials Company, Inc. (Vulcan), pursuant to N.C. Gen. Stat. §§ 74-50, -51, submitted an application for a mining permit to the then North Carolina Department of Natural Resources and Community Development, now known as the Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources, hereinafter DEHNR. On 10 June 1987, Vulcan had notified the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners and owners of land adjoining the site of the company’s proposed quarry of Vulcan’s forthcoming application. Plaintiff Gary Hensley and the predecessor organization to the North…