20220505_ADI_84-08

ROY COOPER
Governor
ELIZABETH S. BISER
Secretary
BRIAN WRENN
Director
Certified Mail
Return Receipt Requested
7019 1120 0002 0064 6029
Ben Speights
NJR Group Inc.
PO Box 924
Albemarle, NC 28002
RE: Riley Street Borrow Pit
Mining Permit No. 84-08
Stanly County
Yadkin River Basin
Dear Mr. Speights:
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
May 5, 2022
We have reviewed the transfer 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 review the enclosed transfer application checklist. Please provide a letter from the existing
permittee requesting that the mining permit be transferred.
2. Please provide a new land entry agreement, which can be found on pg. 19 of the Mine Permit
Application.
3. Please provide an updated mine map that clearly indicates all the items listed under Section B — Maps,
of the mine permit application.
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. Speights
Page 2
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
If hand delivering or delivering by shipping company (e.g., FedEx, UPS), please deliver to our physical address:
Division of Energy, Mineral, and Land Resources
Department of Environmental Quality
512 N. Salisbury Street, 5th Floor
Raleigh, NC 27604
As required by 15A NCAC 5B.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
Enclosures: Transfer Checklist
cc: Mr. Zahid Khan