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ROY COOPER
Governor
MARY PENNY KELLY
Secretary �AM° *
WILLIAM E. TOBY VINSON,JR. NORTH CAROLINA
Interim Director Environmental Quality
October 2, 2024
Certified Mail
Return Receipt Requested
7022 0410 0003 1066 6181
Angela Shuford
Imerys Mica Kings Mountain Inc.
PO Box 1668
Kings Mountain,NC 28086
RE: Imerys Mica Kings Mountain
Mining Permit No. 23-03
Cleveland County
Broad River Basin
Dear Ms. Shuford:
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 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. Only a portion of the Neisler site is proposed for release. Please provide geographic controls (metes
and bounds, coordinates, etc) for the boundaries that will remain after the release of the northern and
western portion of the Neisler site.
2. Please update the acreage table (found on page 4 of the application) to reflect the site both before
modification and as it is proposed for post-modification and the release of several areas. The letter
included with the application, dated June 24, 2024, indicates that 244.27 acres of affected land are
proposed with this application, but the acreage table indicates 119.16 acres. In addition, the row for
"Total Permitted Acreage"remains constant at 447.39 through the table though the previous permit and
included letter indicate the sites current"Total Permitted Acreage"to be 828.32 acres.
3. It is unclear from the application what the reclamation plan will be for the area to remain permitted
after this modification. Please provide an updated Reclamation Map and Reclamation Plan for the site.
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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r—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
NORhI CAROLINA
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Certified Mail
7022 0410 0003 1066 6181
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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 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)707-9228 if you have any questions.
Sincerely,
Co Cl on.
Corey layton
Assistant State Mining Engineer
cc: Jerry Eplin,PE