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ROY COOPER
Governor
MICHAEL S. REGAN
Secretary
BRIAN WRENN
Acting Director
Certified Mail
Return Receipt Requested
7008 1300 00001124 6805
Mr. Malcolm Jones
Jones Holdings NC LLC
150 Santiago Drive
Jupiter, Florida 33458-2721
RE: Mirasol Mine
Brunswick County
Cape Fear River Basin
Dear Mr. Jones:
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
April 15, 2020
We have reviewed the application/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:
Provide proof such as copies of the signed return receipts from certified mail that
the county manager and adjoining landowners have been properly notified.
2. See comments provided by the Ground Water Management Branch. Provide
more details regarding deftatering activities including pump make/model,
pumping capacity, hours of operation, outlet locations, pump locations, gallons
per day pumped, etc. Provide a narrative of the pumping activities.
3. Provide proof that your company is obtaining an NPDES discharge permit from
the Stormwater Program.
4. Revise the construction sequence to include construction and stabilization of the
berm. Provide a cross section of said berm.
5. Provide a corrected page1.
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.
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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Certified Mail
Mr. Jones
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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 [phone] if you have any questions.
Enclosures
Sincerely,
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Judith A. Wehner
Assistant State Mining Specialist
cc: Mr. Dan Sams, PE
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ROY COOPER
Governor
MICHAEL S. REGAN
Secretary
S. DANIEL SMITH
Director
MEMORANDUM
TO: Ms. Judy Wehner
Land Quality Section
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
FROM: Michael Bauer 0
Ground Water Management Branch
Division of Water Resources
April 1, 2020
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REC' I V �D
APR 01 2020
LAND QUALITY
MINING PROGRAM
SUBJECT: Comments on the Mining Permit Application Request for:
Jones Holdings NC. LLC
Mirasol Mine
Brunswick County
Please find attached a copy of the mining permit Application request for the above referenced project
There is not enough information provided in the application for Mirasol Mine located in Brunswick
County to know if they will have an unduly adverse effect on ground water supplies. The applicant
indicates that no water will be pumped off site, that all water will be contained within the mine. The
division considers pumping water from one portion of the excavation to another as dewatering the
excavation. If the applicant is pumping water, the division needs to know how many gallons per day are
being dewatered in order to determine if the mine will have an unduly adverse effect on groundwater
supplies. If the mine pumps 100,000 gallons of water or more per day, they will need to register their
water withdrawals with the Division of Water Resources on an annual basis. The registration form may be
obtained from the following link:
https://www.ncwater.orgtwwatr
Facilities are required to register their water withdrawals in accordance with the North Carolina General
Statute G.S. 143-215.22H. This statute requires any non-agricultural water user who withdraws 100,000
gallons or more in any one day of ground water or surface water to register and update withdrawals. This
statute also requires transfers of 100,000 gallons or more in any one day of surface water from one river
basin to another river basin to register and update their water transfers. Water withdrawal registrants must
complete the annual water use reporting form by April 1 for the previous year.
If you have further questions regarding the water withdrawal registration please contact John Barr with the
Division of Water Resources at [phone] or email him at [e-mail].
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality I Division of Water Resources
�REQ 512 North Salisbury Street 11611 Mail Service Center } Raleigh. North Carolina 27699-1611
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