20210721_ADI

ROY COOPER
Governor
ELIZABETH S. BISER
Secretary
BRIAN WRENN
Director
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Return Receipt Requested
7019 1120 0002 0065 1184
Raymond Hoffman
Hood Creek Soils Company, LLC
205 Walnut Street.
Statesville, NC 28677
RE: Hood Creek Soils
Caldwell County
Catawba River Basin
Dear Mr. Hoffman:
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
July 21, 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 clearly indicate and label on the map the mine permit boundary. This mine permit boundary
also needs to match the requested permitted acreage on pg. 1 of the mine permit application.
2. Please clarify the acreage request between permitted acres and affected acres.
3. Please clearly indicate and label on the mine map the buffer to the mine permit boundary.
4. Please clearly indicate and label on the mine map the location of the fuel tanks as identified in the mine
permit application.
5. Please provide calculations for Erosion and Sediment Control (E&SC) measures. These calculations
should provide information on basins, traps, ditch lines, pipes, conveyance systems, etc. for each
drainage area.
6. Please show all E&SC measures on the mine map including diversion ditches to direct surface flow to
basins.
7. Please provide construction drawings and maintenance requirements for all E&SC measures including
but not limited to silt fence, construction entrance, stilling basins, energy dissipators, etc.
8. Please provide a reclamation map that clearly shows the post mining use of the site. This map should
reflect contours at the site post mining. Items in section D of the mine permit application in italics
should also be included on the reclamation map.
9. Please provide construction detail for the hiking trail shown on the reclamation map. This would
include E&SC measures, stabilization etc.
10. Please provide cross sections of excavations and cross sections of reclamation area.
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
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11. Please provide proof of application for the NCG02 permit.
12. Please clearly indicate and label on the mine map the road access from Bryant Road.
13. Please clarify the use of explosives at this site. It was indicated that the materials mined are soil and
rock, specifically clay liner for a nearby landfill with a proposed depth of 20 feet.
14. Please provide a proposed estimated life of the mine as seen on pg. 4 and pg. 14 of the mine permit
application. This estimate is used for calculating the reclamation surety.
15. Basin 2 in Area 4 appears that it may be located on top of a blueline stream according to Caldwell
County GIS. Impact to a blueline stream would require 401/404 certification. Please provide a
delineation or Jurisdictional Determination to clarify whether this basin will impact a blue line stream.
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.
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,
Adam Parr
Assistant State Mining Engineer
cc: Ms. Shawna Riddle