20210909_ADI

ROY COOPER
Governor
ELIZABETH S. BISER
Secretary
BRIAN WRENN
Director
Certified Mail
Return Receipt Requested
7016 2140 0000 4367 6959
Danny Smith Jr.
Danny Smith Landscaping & Drainage
2446 Hwy 258 N
Kinston, NC 28504
RE: Fields Station Road Pit
Lenoir County
Neuse River Basin
Dear Mr. Smith:
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
September 10, 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 provide a Jurisdictional Determination from the US Army Corps of Engineers. The proposed
sited is located in hydric soils.
2. Please provide a response to the enclosed letter from the North Carolina Railroad Company. There is
a safety concern with regard to the trucks crossing the rail line to and from Fields Station Road as they
enter and exit the proposed mine site. Please provide proof that the operating rail authority has
approved the rail crossing.
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
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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Mr. Smith
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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, PE
Assistant State Mining Engineer
Enclosures
cc: Mr. Samir Dumpor, PE

NORTH CAROLINA
RAILROAD RECEIVED
C O M P A N Y
September 2, 2021
LAND QUALITY SECTION
Mr. Adam Parr
State of North Carolina
Department of Environmental Quality
1612 Mail Service Center
Raleigh NC 27699-1612
RE: Proposed Sandpit Operation on Field Station Road (Lenoir County)
Dear Mr. Parr:
Regarding a notification received from North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (NCDEQ)
dated August 7, 2021, for a proposed sandpit operation on Field Station Road in Lenior County, North
Carolina Railroad Company (NCRR) would like to offer the following information. As the owner of the
track and railroad corridor along the frontage of the proposed operation, NCRR is concerned about the
proposed increase in frequency of truck traffic and length of trucks required to cross an existing private
grade crossing location. It is our understanding a new sand pit operation is proposed with sole access to
the site through use of this existing crossing with only the use of passive crossing protection in the form
of stop signs.
NCRR Engineering has specific concerns related the increase in number of trucks required to cross the
track daily and the typical length of these trucks. Further, it appears the trucks will be required to wait at
a stop condition at Field Station Road thus requiring the truck to block the existing track while waiting for
roadway traffic to clear before clearing the crossing safely. This is an active rail corridor with daily
freight train traffic. This line is operated and maintained under agreement with Norfolk Southern
Railway. While North Carolina Railroad Company owns the track and the 200-foot-wide railroad
corridor, both railroads work together to promote safety and a sustainable rail corridor across 16 counties
in North Carolina including Lenoir County.
NCRR requests that other access locations be considered for this proposed sandpit operation and that
NCDEQ not permit the primary access location be maintained across the railroad corridor. Further,
s rhoould-tliis access location be rcequit NCRR requests more active grade crossing protection devices be
provided, at project expense, at this existing railroad crossing location.
We would like the opportunity to provide additional feedback and work proactively with both NCDEQ
and the applicant to promote a safe and sustainable interaction between the proposed sandpit operation
and the railroad corridor. We look forward to your timely response.
Sincerely,
Donal. Arant, PE
Vice President Engineering
North Carolina Railroad Company
2809 Highwoods Boulevard, Raleigh, North Carolina 27604-1000
Phone: [phone] I Fax: [phone]