20211109_ADI_24-30

ROY COOPER
Governor
ELIZABETH S. BISER
Secretary
BRIAN WRENN
Director
Certified Mail
Return Receipt Requested
7016 2140 0000 4367 7291
Patrick Young
Rufus Young Construction, Inc.
7126 Chauncy Town Road
Lake Waccamaw, NC 28450
RE: Whitehall Road Mine
Columbus County
Lumber River Basin
Dear Mr. Young:
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
November 9, 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 proof that the dewatering basin size meets the needs of dewatering. The proposed
withdrawal rate of 96,000 gpd doesn't appear to match the dewatering basin calculation in the plan.
2. Please clearly indicate and label on the map the mine permit boundary and the mine excavation
boundary. The lines on the maps provided are difficult to see and should be shown more clearly.
3. Please clarify the Erosion and Sediment control (E&SC) measures to be used along the haul road. Cross
section B-B on sheet C 102 appears to show that runoff from the western edge of the road will flow to
the existing ditch outside of the permit boundary. If the existing ditch is to be used it must be included
in the mine permit boundary.
4. Please clarify any E&SC measures to be used for the existing ditch to ensure there is no offsite
sedimentation.
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.
NORT}i CAROLINAD_E Q �
oeaamnam of Environmental Quality
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
919.707.9200

Certified Mail
Mr. Young
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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, PE
Assistant State Mining Engineer
cc: Mr. Dan Sams, PE