20210729_ADI

ROY COOPER
Governor
ELIZABETH S. BISER
Secretary
BRIAN WRENN
Director
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
July 30, 2021
Certified Mail
Return Receipt Requested
7019 1120 0002 0065 1221
Judith H Johnson
Carolina Stalite Company Limited Partnership
PO Box 186
Gold Hill, NC 28071
RE: Stalite Mine
Mining Permit No. 80-19
Rowan County
Yadkin River Basin
Dear Ms. Johnson:
We have reviewed the modification request 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 identify and label on the mine map the location of all streams, rivers, and lakes. Long creek
appears on the Division of Water Resources Surface (DWR) surface water classification map as well
as the US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFW) National Wetland Inventory Map.
2. There are known records of the federally and state endangered Schweinitz's sunflower (Helianthus
schweinitzii) in the vicinity. Please provide a survey or a comment from the USFW to ensure that any
issues related to Schweinitz's sunflower are addressed. USFW can be contacted at [phone].
3. Please clarify how "Material Storage Area A" will be accessed. Please identify and label on the mine
map any access or haul roads associated with this storage area.
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.
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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Ms. Johnson
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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: Mr. Zahid Khan