20210510_DWR_Groundwater

ROY COOPER
Governor
DIONNE DELLFGATTI is
Secretary
S.DANIEL SMITH NORTH CAROLINA
Director Environmental Quality
MEMORANDUM May 10, 2021 RECEIVED
TO: Mr. Adam Parr MAY 10 2021
Land Quality Section
FROM: Michael Bauer
Ground Water anagement Branch
Division of Water Resources
SUBJECT: Comments on the Mining Permit Modification Request for:
T. Farnell Shingleton
Shingleton Farms Mine
Pender County
Please find attached a copy of the mining permit Modification request for the above referenced project.
The Shingleton Fanns Mine located in Pender County may have an unduly adverse effect on ground
water supplies. The applicant indicates that no water will be pumped off site, and all water will be
contained within the mine. The division considers pumping water from one portion of the excavation to
another as dewatering the excavation. On the "MINE DETAILS AND SECTIONS (MAP M-3)", the
section labeled "Typ. Cell Mining Pump Scenario' indicates a pump will be used averaging 1000 gpm.
Since an average of 1,440,000 gallons per day of dewatering is proposed onsite. The mine will need to
registeY water withdrawals with the Division of Water Resources and report on an annual basis.
The registration form may be obtained from the following link:
https://www.ncwater.org/wwatr
Facilities are required to register their water withdrawals in accordance with the North Carolina General
Statute G.S. 143-215.22H. This statute requires any non-agricultural water user who withdraws 100,000
gallons or more in any one day of ground water or surface water to register and update withdrawals. This
statute also requires transfers of 100,000 gallons or more in any one day of surface water from one river
basin to another river basin to register and update their water transfers. Water withdrawal registrants must
complete the annual water use reporting form by April I for the previous year.
If you have further questions regarding the water withdrawal registration please contact John Barr with the
Division of Water Resources at [phone] or email him at [e-mail].
Cc: T. Farrell Shingleton
12919 US HWY 17 North
Wilmington,NC 28405
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality I Division of Water Resources
512 North Salisbury Street 1 1636 Mail Service Center i Raleigh.North Carolina 27699-1636