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Home My WebLink About20240711_DWR_Groundwater ROYCOOPER Governor ELIZABETH S.BISER Secretary RICHARD E.ROGERS,JR. Director 40 NORTH CAROLINA Environmental Quality July 11, 2024 MEMORANDUM TO: Mr. Adam Parr NCDEMLR-Land Quality Section FROM: Stephanie DeVries Groundwater Resources Branch Division of Water Resources SUBJECT: Comments on the Mining Permit Request for: Big J and Little J, LLC Sandy Bottom Explorations Mine Lenoir County Please find attached a copy of the mining permit request for the above referenced project. The Sandy Bottom Excavations Mine located in Lenoir County may have an unduly adverse effect on ground water supplies. This mine will need to obtain a Central Coastal Plain Capacity Use Area(CCPCUA) water withdrawal permit if the mine is withdrawing 100,000 gallons per day (gpd) of water. If the mine is withdrawing 10,000 gpd to 100,000 gpd of water,they will need to reizister their water withdrawals with the CCPCUA program. I have mailed this letter along with the CCPCUA permit application form and water use registration form for the permit applicant to complete. The permit applicant needs to submit the application form or registration form (whichever is applicable) as soon as possible. 15A NCAC 02E .0500: A Central Coastal Plain Capacity Use Area (CCPCUA) water withdrawal permit must be obtained from the Division of Water Resources if the withdrawal exceeds 100,000 gallons per day and occurs in Beaufort, Carteret, Craven, Duplin, Edgecombe, Greene, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Onslow, Pamlico, Pitt, Washington, Wayne, or Wilson County. If you have further questions, please contact the Division of Water Resources at(919) 707-9004 or, send correspondence to 1611 Mail Service Center, Raleigh NC 27699-1611 or, go online to www.ncwater.org/CCPCUA. Cc: Jack McNairy Big J and Little J LLC—Sandy Bottom Explorations Mine P.O. Box 189 Kinston,NC 28501 North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality-Division of Water Resources ��}� Mailing address: 1636 MSC,Raleigh NC 27699-1636 aru d Physical address:512 North Salisbury Street,Raleigh NC 27604 919.707.9000