20210706_ADI_92-10

ROY COOPER
Governor
ELIZABETH S. BISER
Secretary
BRIAN WRENN
Director
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
July 6, 2021
Certified Mail
Return Receipt Requested
7016 2140 0000 4368 3384
Mr. Sam Bratton
Wake Stone Corporation
P 0 Box 190
Knightdale, NC 27545
RE: Mine Name: Cary (Triangle) Quarry
Mining Permit No. 92-10
Wake County
Neuse River Basin
Dear Mr. Bratton:
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 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. Concerningthe sound study yourfirm conducted forthis modification, please provide the items
below:
a. The reasoning for using a slow response vs a fast response when recording with the sound
meters,
b. An explanation of how intrusive noises were differentiated from other background noises,
and
c. Data showing the blasts during the noise study were equivalent in size and location to
typical production blasts.
2. Reclamation Plan, item 2, of the application, requires that if you plan to reclaim portions of the
disturbed area as a lake, to supply an illustration of the location of the body(s) of water on the
reclamation map and provide a scaled cross-section(s) through the proposed body(s) of water. Please
supply a drawing to meet this requirement
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
D_E 512 North Salisbury Street 11612 Mail Service Center I Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1612
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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, �f�
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David Miller
State Mining Engineer
cc: Bill Denton, PE, Raleigh Regional Engineer
D_E Q.�- 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