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ROY COOPER
Governor
MICHAEL S. REGAN
Secretary
BRIAN WRENN
Director
Certified Mail
Return Receipt Requested
7019 1120 0000 5072 4182
Noah Simpson
Thomas Simpson Construction, Inc.
PO Box 1850
Atlantic Beach, NC 28512
RE: Simpson Hocutt Mine
Carteret County
White Oak River Basin
Dear Mr. Simpson:
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
December 9, 2020
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 GS 74-50 and 51 of the Mining Act of 1971, please
provide the additional or revised information in accordance with the following comments:
1. Please provide a Jurisdictional Determination from the US Army Corps of Engineers to ensure that wetland
boundaries are accurately buffered.
2. Please include Erosion and Sediment control (E&SC) measures and show on the map in the NW area of the
mine to ensure no offsite sediment leaved the property during clearing and grubbing.
3. During site inspection a ditch was noticed running through mine boundary leading north to 404 wetlands.
E&SC measures need to be installed and shown on map prevent offsite sediment leaving site via the ditch
during clearing and grubbing.
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
919.707.9200

Certified Mail
Mr. Simpson
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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 R. Parr
Assistant State Mining Engineer
cc: Mr. Dan Sams, PE