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Governor
ELIZABETH S.BISER
Secretary �AM° *
WILLIAM E. TOBY VINSON,JR. NORTH CAROLINA
Interim Director Environmental Quality
June 24,2024
Certified Mail
Return Receipt Requested
7022 0410 0003 1066 6112
Julia Tripp
Sawyer River Sand LLC
330 Military Cutoff Rd, Ste A-2
Wilmington,NC 28405
RE: Babson Sand Mines
Brunswick County
Lumber River Basin
Dear Ms. Tripp:
We have reviewed the application your company submitted for the referenced mine site. In order for this office to
complete its review of the referenced project in accordance with N.C.G.S. §74-50 and§74-51 of the Mining Act of
1971,please provide the additional or revised information in accordance with the following comments:
1. In order to mitigate any unduly adverse effects on wildlife, or fresh water, estuarine, or marine fisheries,
for the activities proposed in Pond#2,please confirm you will submit a(Pre-Construction Notice)PCN to
the US Army Corp of Engineers for NW Permit 44 and the corresponding 401 Certification from DWR,
GC 4267. Please confirm you will submit a PCN to USACE and obtain General Certification 4267 from
DWR prior to the start of mining activities. When submitting the application you may select "Courtesy
Copy"as it appears that the impacts would fall under the threshold for requiring an Individual Certification.
2. In order to evaluate whether the proposed activity would have unduly adverse effects on wildlife, or fresh
water, estuarine, or marine fisheries, or would violate standards or surface water quality, a stream
determination is requested as the PNWWUS feature may have stream characteristics. A link to complete
the request is provided: https://edocs.deq.nc.gov/Forms/Determination-Request-Form. Please confirm
that a stream determination has been requested from the Department of Water Resources.
Please note, this office may request additional information, not included in this letter, as the mining application
review progresses. Be advised that our review cannot be completed until all of the items listed above have been
fully addressed.
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512 North Salisbury Street 1 1612 Mail Service Center I Raleigh,North Carolina 27699-1612
NORhI CAROLINA
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Certified Mail
7022 0410 0003 1066 6122
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In order to complete the processing of your application,please forward two(2)copies of the requested information
to my attention at the following address:
Division of Energy,Mineral and Land Resources
Department of Environmental Quality
1612 Mail Service Center
Raleigh,NC 27699-1612
If hand delivering or delivering by shipping company(e.g.,FedEx,UPS),please deliver to our physical address:
Division of Energy,Mineral, and Land Resources
Department of Environmental Quality
512 N. Salisbury Street, 5th Floor
Raleigh,NC 27604
As required by 15A NCAC 5B.0113,you are hereby advised that you have 180 days from the date of your receipt
of this letter to submit all of the requested information. If you are unable to meet this deadline and wish to request
additional time,you must submit information,in writing,to the Director clearly indicating why the deadline cannot
be met and request that an extension of time be granted. If an extension of time is not granted, a decision will be
made to grant or deny the mining permit based upon the information currently in the Department's files at the end
of the 180-day period.
Though the preceding statement cites the maximum time limit for your response,we encourage you to provide the
additional information requested by this letter as soon as possible. Your prompt response will help us to complete
processing your application sooner.
Please contact me at(919)707-9228 if you have any questions.
Sincerely, /�
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Corey ClaytonU
Assistant State Mining Engineer
cc: Dan Sams,PE