20210929_DWR_Groundwater

ROY COOPER
Governor
ELIZABETH S. BISER
Secretary
S. DANIEL SMITH
Director
MEMORANDUM
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
September 29, 2021
TO: Mr. Adam Parr
NCDEMLR-Land Quality Section
FROM: Gabrielle Chianese, CCPCUA Program Manager
Ground Water Management Branch
Division of Water Resources
SUBJECT: Comments on the Mining Permit Request for:
Indiantown Farm, LLC
Cherry Island Mine
Martin County
The Cherry Island Mine located in Martin County does not appear to have an unduly adverse
effect on ground water supplies since there is no dewatering proposed on site. However, if the
mine starts to withdraw 10,000 to 100,000 gallons per day (gpd) of water, they will need to
register their water withdrawals with the Central Coastal Plain Capacity Use Area (CCPCUA)
water withdrawal program. If this mine starts to withdraw 100,000 gpd or more of water, they
will need to obtain a CCPCUA water withdrawal permit.
15A NCAC 02E .0500: A Central Coastal Plain Capacity Use Area (CCPCUA) water
withdrawal permit must be obtained from the Division of Water Resources if the withdrawal
exceeds 100,000 gallons per day and occurs in Beaufort, Carteret, Craven, Duplin, Edgecombe,
Greene, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Onslow, Pamlico, Pitt, Washington, Wayne, or Wilson County.
If you have further questions please contact the Division of Water Resources at [phone]
or send correspondence to 1611 Mail Service Center, Raleigh NC 27699-1611 1611or go online
to www.ncwater.org/CCPCUA.
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512 North Salisbury Street 1 1636 Mail Service Center I Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1636
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