20100614_ADI_Letter

NCDENR
North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Division of Land Resources
Land Quality Section
James D. Simons, PG, PE Beverly Eaves Perdue, Governor
Director and State Geologist Dee Freeman, Secretary
June 14, 2010
Certified Mail
Return Receipt Requested
7008 1830 0001 8839 2714
Mr. Merle D. Andrews
Appalachian Stone, Inc.
Blue Ridge Quarries, Inc.
Tablerock Quarries, Inc.
8487 US Highway 221 North
Marion, North Carolina 28752
RE: Steel Gray Mine
Mitchell County
French Broad River Basin
Dear Mr. Andrews:
We have reviewed the application your company submitted for the referenced mine site.
However, the following information is needed to continue processing your application:
1. Provide pre -mining and post -mining cross sections of the mine areas. Include
final bench heights and widths if applicable.
2. Provide proof, such as copies of the signed return receipts from certified mail,
that the adjoin land owners and city/county managers have been properly
snotified.
3. The affidavit of notification has not been notarized. Please properly complete the
attached affidavit and return it to this office.
4. The land entry agreement has not been signed by the land owner. Complete the
attached form and return it to this office.
5. There is no access to the site shown. Provide access from the state road to the
mine site. Include the roads in the permit boundary and proposed affected
acreage.
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Mr. Andrews
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6. Please find enclosed comments from the US Fish and Wildlife Services and the
NC Wildlife Resources Commission. Please incorporate their comments and
recommendations into the mine plan or provide information on why the
comments and recommendations cannot be incorporated into the mine plan.
7. Provide more details regarding the area to be reclaimed such as how it has been
affected and how it is to be reclaimed. Include time frames for establishing the
reclamation.
8. Please provide a detail for the bridge over the North Toe River.
Please be advised that our review cannot be completed until all of the items listed
above have been fully addressed. In addition, please note the Land Quality Section may
request additional information, not included in this letter, as the mining application review
progresses.
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:
Land Quality Section
Division of Land Resources
Department of Environment and Natural Resources
1612 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1612
As required by 15A NCAC 513.0013, 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 can not 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.

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Mr. *
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Please contact me at [phone] if you have any questions.
'ncerely,
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dith A. Wehner
Assistant State Mining Specialist
Land Quality Section
Enclosures
cc: Ms. Janet Boyer, PE, w/enclosures
Mr. Tom Freeman, w/enclosures