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HomeMy WebLinkAbout20220502_ADI_92-13ROY COOPER Governor ELIZABETH S. BISER Secretary BRIAN WRENN Director Certified Mail Return Receipt Requested 7008 1300 0000 1127 1852 Jack Garvey Hanson Aggregates Southeast LLC 3825 Barrett Drive, Suite 300 Raleigh, NC 27609 RE: Holly Springs Quarry Mining Permit No. 92-13 Wake County Cap Fear River Basin Dear Mr. Garvey: NORTH CAROLINA Environmental Quality May 2, 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. Your July 8, 2021 application states that you will avoid or impact Stream Feature F and Wetlands W 13 on the newly acquired Powell and Kinney tracts, depending on whether USACE determines these features to be exclusive. Your maps show that you intend to impact these features. Please provide the USACE determination to impact these features or provide maps showing plans to avoid these features. 2. Your current permit condition 5A mentions groundwater monitoring wells. These wells are not marked on the most recently submitted maps. Please clarify if these wells or any other wells are still in use. Please indicate and label on the mine map any new wells that have been installed. 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. 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 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 NORhI CAROLINA - oaPermemoieomronmenmiuuaiity /`� 919.707.9200 Certified Mail Mr. Garvey Page 2 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 (919) 707-9220 if you have any questions. Sincerely, Adam Parr, PE Assistant State Mining Engineer cc: Mr. Bill Denton, PE