20210212-ADI

ROY COOPER
Governor
MICHAEL S. REGAN
Secretary
BRIAN WRENN
Director
Certified Mail
Return Receipt Requested
7019 1120 0000 5072 4588
Mr. E. Timothy Morton
Tim Morton Trucking, LLC
121 Garnet Ln.
Jacksonville, NC 28546
RE: Scott Farm Road Mine
Jones County
Neuse River Basin
Dear Mr. Morton:
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
February 12, 2021
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 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. Please provide proof, such as copy of the signed return receipts from certified mail, that all adjoining
landowners and chief administrative officer of the county or municipality have been properly notified.
2. Affected land incudes nonpublic roads and must be included within the permit boundary. Please clarify
whether Scott Farm Road is a public road. If it is not a public road it must be included in the permit
boundary.
3. Please clarify how the mining operation will be visually screened from the public.
4. Please provide proof that the neighboring landowners are on County water and that there are no private
wells in the vicinity.
S. Please provide Calculations for the infiltration basin as stated in your cover letter which was received
by the Department on January 04, 2021.
6. Please provide Soils map and information as stated in your cover letter which was received by the
Department on January 04, 2021.
7. Please provide the Previous Wetland Delineation Study (2017) as stated in your cover letter which was
received by the Department on January 04, 2021.
8. Please provide the previous Cultural / Historical Preservation Correspondence (2017) as stated in your
cover letter which was received by the Department on January 04, 2021.
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.
�FQ 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
919.707.9200

Certified Mail
Mr. Morton
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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 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 [phone] if you have any questions.
Sincerely,
Adam Parr
Assistant State Mining Engineer
cc: Mr. Samir Dumpor, PE