20220330_ADI_54-64

ROY COOPER
Governor
ELIZABETH S. BISER
Secretary
BRIAN WRENN
Director
Certified Mail
Return Receipt Requested
7008 1300 0000 1127 1760
Ernie Everett
Ernie Everett Site Prep.
1120 W. New Bern Road
Kinston, NC 28504
RE: Sheppard Pit
Mining Permit No. 54-64
Lenoir County
Neuse River Basin
Dear Mr. Everett:
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NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
March 30, 2022
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 N.C.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, such as copy of the signed return receipts from certified mail, that all adjoining
landowners and chief administrative officer of each county and municipality have been properly
notified.
2. There appears to be 2 billboards along Highway 70. Please show the second billboard east of the
billboard shown on the map.
3. Please clarify how the proposed new excavation to the east will be accessed. Please indicate and label
any haul roads that will cross the Duke Energy Easement.
4. Please provide proof of a consent agreement for right of way encroachment for the Duke Energy
Easement, or correspondence from Duke Energy that they have approved the activity across their
easement.
5. Please clarify how Duke Energy and the owner of the billboards will access their property and
easements around the berm that is shown on the mine map.
6. Please label any buffers that are shown around the Duke Energy Easement and Billboards.
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.
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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. Everett
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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. Samir Dumpor, PE