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ROY COOPER
Governor
MICHAEL S.REGAN
Secretary
BRIAN WRENN NORTH CAROLINA
Director Environmental Quality
August 31, 2020
Certified Mail
Return Receipt Requested
7019-1120-0000-5072-3949
Mr.Tony Johnson
Vulcan Construction Materials LLC
11020 David Taylor Drive,Suite 400
Charlotte, North Carolina 28262
RE: Gold Hill Quarry
Mining Permit No. 13-04
Cabarrus County
Yadkin River Basin
Dear Mr.Johnson:
We have reviewed the modification request your company submitted for the referenced mine site. In order
for this office to complete its review of the referenced project in accordance with GS 74-50 and 51 of the Mining
Act of 1971, please provide the additional or revised information in accordance with the following comments:
Please address The United States Fish and Wildlife Service(USFWS)comments about the federally and
state endangered Schweinitz's sunflower(Helianthus schweinitzii),which has the potential to occur
within the project area if suitable habitat occurs. We recommend contacting the Byron Hamstead
([e-mail] or 828.258.3939) at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to ensure that any
issues related to federally-protected species are addressed.
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.
D E Q izA A North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality I Division of Energy,Mineral and Land Resources
512 North Salisbury Street 1 1612 Mail Service Center I Raleigh,North Carolina 27699-1612
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Mr.Johnson
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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
As required by 15A NCAC 513.0113,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)707-9220 if you have any questions.
Sincerely,
Adam R. Parr
Assistant State Mining Engineer
cc: Mr.Zahid Khan