20210701_ADI

ROY COOPER
Governor
JOHN NICHOLSON
Interim Secretary
BRIAN WRENN
Director
Certified Mail
Return Receipt Requested
7019 1120 0000 5072 4915
Mr. Malcom Jones
Jones Holdings NC, LLC
150 Santiago Drive
Juniper, FL 33458-2721
RE: Mirasol Farms Mine
Brunswick County
Cape Fear River Basin
Dear Mr. Jones:
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
July 1, 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:
Please clarify dewatering intentions for this site and clearly show the existing and proposed dewatering
set up on the mine maps.
2. The Division of Water Resources Ground Water Management Branch considers pumping water from
one portion of the excavation to another as dewatering the excavation. Please provide an estimated
withdrawal rate in gallons per day for this site.
3. Please indicate all occupied dwellings within 300' of the excavation on the mine maps.
4. Please indicate all public drinking wells within 500' of the excavation on the mine maps.
5. Please see the attached comments from the Brunswick County Public Utilities Operation Center and
address the specific concerns listed.
6. Please provide a plan for visual screening along NC 211. A 40' buffer is shown, but does not propose
any trees, vegetation, or berms to screen the operation from public view.
7. Please clearly indicate the existing and proposed excavations on the mine maps and label them as such.
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
919.707.9200

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.
Sincerely,
Jenna p ncer, P.E.
Assistant State Mining Engineer
Enclosures
cc: Mr. Dan Sams, P.E.