20210714_NCGS

NC GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
MINING PERMIT APPLICATION REVIEW CHECKLIST
Mining is . complete this Section
Application/Permit No: 81-10 Action: New Modification Transfer
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Applicant Name:
Town of Lake Lure
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Mine Name:
Morse Park
County:
Rutherford
Latitude:
35.43560
7.5 Quad:
Lake Lure
Longitude:
-82.22880
Attached page 1-3 of the mine application.
Suspense Date for Comments: 07/30/2021
NCGS . complete this Section
Geological Significance: YES Lj NO
Commodity:
Mineral Resources:
1985 Ceological Map Unit:
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Other Geological Map Units:
WA
Lithology:
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Geochemistry Hazardous Minerals:
NIA
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Subsidence:
NIA 4
Slope Stability:
21
N / A
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Seismic Hazard: N / A "`JGRNM
Hydrogeology: b
Flood Plain Deposits:
Comments:
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Reviewer:
Date:
Rev: 2020 r0 I

APPLICATION FOR A MINING PERMIT
NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
APPLICATION FOR A NIINING PERNUT
(PLEASE PRINT OR TYPE)
Name of Mine Morse Park Mine County Rutherford County
River Basin Broad River Basin
Latitude (decimal degrees to four places) 35.4356
Longitude (decimal degrees to four places) 82.2289
2. Name of Applicant* Town of Lake Lure
Permanent address for receipt of official mail**
PO Box 225, Lake Lure, NC 28746
Telephone [phone] x 501 Alternate No. [phone]
4. Mine Office Address 197 Buffalo Shoals Rd, Lake Lure, NC 28746
Telephone ( 828) 625-9983 x 501
5. Mine Manager Dean Givens
6. E-mail Address loantownoflakelure.com
I certify that all details contained in this Permit Application are true and correct to the best of our
knowledge. We fully understand that any willful misrepresentation of facts will be cause for permit
revocation.
Date y .2G -adal
Print Name Dean Givens
Title Director of Lake Operations
This will be the name that the mining permit will be issued to and the name that must be indicated on the
reclamation bond (security) that corresponds to this site.
** The Division of Energy, Mineral, and Land Resources must be notified of any changes in the permanent
address or telephone number,
*** Signature of company officer required.
G.S. 74-51 provides that the Department shall grant or deny an application for a permit within 60 days of receipt
of a complete application or, if a public hearing is held, within 30 days following the hearing and the filing of any
supplemental information required by the Department. Ali questions must be addressed and all required maps
provided before this application can be considered complete. Attach additional sheets as needed.
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APPLICATION FOR A MINING PERMIT
NOTE: All of the following questions must be thoroughly answered regarding your mining operation for
the Intended life of the mine. All responses must be clearly conveyed on a corresponding, detailed mine
map.
A. GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE MINE
1. Answer all of the following that apply:
❑ If this is an application for a NEW permit, indicate the total acreage at the site to be covered by
the permit (this is the acreage that the "new permit" fee will be based upon):
Of this acreage, how much is owned and how much is leased? Acres owned:
Acres leased: Property owner if leased:
® If this is an application for a MODIFICATION to a mining permit, indicate the mining permit
number and the total (overall) acreage covered by the existing permit.
Mining Permit No.: 81-10 Total permitted acreage: 68.70
Does the modification involve acreage within the previously approved permitted boundary?
Jr $ S Yes Z No ❑. If yes, indicate the acreage to be covered by this modification (this is the acreage
�' that the "major modification" fee will be based upon): 53.85
Does the modification involve acreage outside the previously approved permitted boundary?
Z IT to ,3 Yes ® No ❑. If yes, indicate the additional acreage to be covered by this
modification: 42.46 . (NOTE: you must complete all of Section F. of this application
form entitled Notification of Adjoining Landowners).
Of this acreage to be added to the permit, will any portion of this acreage be affected (i.e.:
disturbed, ground cover removed) by the mining operation? Yes ® No ❑ (If no, a
"minor modification" fee of $100.00 is required, despite the "undisturbed" acreage to be added).
If yes, indicate the acreage to be affected within the acreage to be added to the permit (the total
acreage to be added to the permit is the acreage that the "major modification" fee will be based
upon): 106.18
❑ If this is an application for TRANSFER of a mining permit, indicate the mining permit number
and the total (overall) acreage cover c by the existing permit.
Mining Permit No.: Total permitted acreage:
SEE THE FEE SCHEDULE AT THE END OF THIS FORM FOR THE PROPER FEE AMOUNT TO BE
PAID FOR THE REQUESTED PERMIT ACTION(S) AND CORRESPONDING ACREAGE NOTED
ABOVE
2. Name of all materials mined: Sand
3. Mining method:
®Hydraulic Dredge
Dragline & Truck
Other (explain):
®Front-end Loader & Truck ❑ Shovel & Truck
Self -loading Scraper
4. a. Expected maximum depth of mine (feet) 15
Depth is relative to what benchmark? (e.g., natural ground level, mean sea level, road elevation, etc.)
mean sea level
b. Expected average depth of mine (feet)
5. Has any area(s) at this site been mined in the past? Yes ❑X No ❑
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APPLICATION FOR A MINING PERMIT
NOTE: All of the following questions must be thoroughly answered regarding your mining operation for
the intended life of the mine. All responses must be clearly conveyed ona corresponding, detailed mine
map.
A. GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE MINE
1. Answer all of the following that apply:
❑ If this is an application for a NEW permit, indicate the total acreage at the site to be covered by
the permit (this is the acreage that the "new permit" fee will be based upon):
Of this acreage, how much is owned and how much is leased? Acres owned:
Acres leased: Property owner if leased:
If this is an application for a MODIFICATION to a mining permit, indicate the mining permit
number and the total (overall) acreage covered by the existing permit.
Mining Permit No.: 81-10 Total permitted acreage: 68.70
Does the modification involve acreage within the previously approved permitted boundary?
S $ S Yes ® No ❑, If yes, indicate the acreage to be covered by this modification (this is the acreage
3 ' that the No
modification" fee will be based upon): 53.85
Does the modification involve acreage outside the previously approved permitted boundary.
? rl (c z Yes ® No ❑. If yes, indicate the additional acreage to be covered by this
modification: 42.46 . (NOTE: you must complete all of Section F. of this application
form entitled Notification of Adjoining Landowners).
Of this acreage to be added to the permit, will any portion of this acreage be affected (i.e.:
disturbed, ground cover removed) by the mining operation? Yes ® No ❑ (If no, a
"minor modification" fee of $100.00 is required, despite the "undisturbed" acreage to be added).
If yes, indicate the acreage to be affected within the acreage to be added to the permit (the total
acreage to be added to the permit is the acreage that the "major modification" fee will be based
upon): 106.18
❑ If this is an application for TRANSFER of a mining permit, indicate the mining permit number
and the total (overall) acreage covered by the existing permit.
Mining Permit No.: Total permitted acreage:
SEE THE FEE SCHEDULE AT THE END OF THIS FORM FOR THE PROPER FEE AMOUNT TO BE
PAID FOR THE REQUESTED PERMIT ACTIONS) AND CORRESPONDING ACREAGE NOTED
ABOVE
2. Name of all materials mined: Sand
3, Mining method:
®Hydraulic Dredge
Draghne & Truck
Other (explain):
®Front-end Loader & Truck ❑ Shovel & Truck
Self -loading Scraper
4. a. Expected maximum depth of mine (feet) 15
Depth is relative to what benchmark? (e.g„ natural ground level, mean sea level, road elevation, etc.)
b. Expected average depth of mine (feet)
Has any area(s) at this site been mined in the past? Yes No ❑
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when and by whom was this activity
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6. Number of years for which the permit is requested (Life of the Mining Operation or Life of Lease from
Public Entity): 10
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1. Clearly mark and label the location of your mining operation on six (6) copies of a 7.5-minute
quadrangle and a county highway map. These maps, in addition to six (6) copies of all mine maps and
reclamation maps, must be submitted with each permit application.
7.5-minute quadrangles may be obtained from the N.C. Geological Survey:
Mailing Address: Physical Address:
1612 Mail Service Center OR 512 North Salisbury Street, 5°i Floor
Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1612 Raleigh, North Carolina 27604
[phone]
httn://aortal.ncdenr.ore./web/Ir/aeoloaical home
County highway maps may be obtained from the N.C. Department of Transportation:
North Carolina Department of Transportation — Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
Mailing Address:
NCDOT GIS Unit
1587 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1587
Physical Address:
NCDOT GIS Unit
3401 Carl Sandburg Court
Raleigh, North Carolina 27610
[phone]
httu://www.ncdot.orWit/gis/
2. Mine maps must be accurate and appropriately scaled drawings, aerial photographs or enlarged
topographic maps of the entire mine site. All aspects of the mine site must be clearly labeled on the
maps along with their corresponding (approximate) acreage. Thus, all mine and reclamation
maps must denote those activities that are intended to be conducted during the life of the mining
permit. All maps must be of a scale sufficient (see minimum requirements listed below) to clearly
illustrate the following, at a minimum:
a. Property lines of the tract or tracts of land on which the proposed mining activity is to be located
including easements and rights -of -way.
b. Existing or proposed permit boundaries.
c. Initial and ultimate limits of clearing and grading.
d. Outline and width of all buffer zones (both undisturbed and unexcavated).
e. Outline and acreage of all pits/excavations.
f Outline and acreage of all stockpile areas.
g. Outline and acreage of all temporary and/or permanent overburden disposal areas.
h. Location and acreage of all processing plants (processing plants may be described as to location
and distance from mine if sufficiently far removed).
i. Locations and names of all streams, rivers and lakes.
j. Outline and acreage of all settling and/or processing wastewater ponds.
k. Location and acreage of all planned and existing access roads and on -site haul roads.
1. Location of planned and existing on -site buildings.
in. Location and dimensions of all proposed sediment and erosion control measures.
n. Location of 100-year floodplain limits and wetland boundaries.
o. Names of owners of record, both public and private, of all tracts of land that are adjoining the
mining permit boundary; if an adjoining tract is owned or leased by the applicant or is owned by
the lessor of the mine tract, names of owners of record of tracts adjoining these tracts, that are
within 1,000 feet of the mining permit boundary, must be provided on the mine map.

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MP 81-10
Town of Lake Lure
Morse Park
Latitude:35.43560
Longitude:-82.22880
County: Rutherford
Date:7/2/21
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