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MINING PERMIT APPLICATION REVIEW CHECKLIST
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Application/Permit No: 09-16 1 Action:
Section
New I Modification Transfer
Applicant Name:
The Tara Group of Lumberton
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Mine Name:
Tara-Bladen 1
County:
Bladen
Latitude:
34.7167
7.5 Quad:
Tar Heal
Longitude:
-78.8141
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MP 09-16
The Tara Group of
Lumberton
Tara-Bladen 1
Latitude: 34.7167
Longitude:-78.8141
County: Bladen
Date:4/28/21
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APPLICATION FOR A MINING PERMIT
NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
APPLICATION FOR A MINING PERMIT
(PLEASE PRINT OR TYPE)
1. Name of Mine Tara Group Mine County Bladen
River Basin Cape Fear
Latitude (decimal degrees to four places) 34.71670
Longitude (decimal degrees to four places)-78.8141*
2. Name of Applicant* Tara Group of Lumberton, Inc.
3. Permanent address for receipt of official mail** 2700 NC Highway 72 W, Lumberton, NC 28360
Telephone [phone] Alternate
4. Mine Office Address 2700 NC Hwy 72W, Lumberton, NC 28360 Telephone [phone]
5. Mine Manager Charlie Andrews
6. E-mail Address: taragroup8199Ogmail.com
I certify that all details contained in this Permit Application are true and correct to the best of our
knowledge. We fully understand that any willful misrepresentation of facts will be cause for permit
revocation.
***Signature � Date
Print Name Charlie Andrews
Title Owner -Manager
* This will be the name that the mining permit will be issued to and the name that must be indicated on the
reclamation bond (security) that corresponds to this site.
** The Division of Energy, Mineral, and Land Resources must be notified of any changes in the permanent
address or telephone number.
*** Signature of company officer required.
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APPLICATION FOR A MINING PERMIT
NOTE: All of the following questions must be thoroughly answered regarding your mining operation for
the intended life of the mine. All responses must be clearly conveyed on a corresponding, detailed mine map.
A. GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE MINE
1. Answer all of the following that apply:
® If this is an application for a NEW permit, indicate the total acreage at the site to be covered by the
permit (this is the acreage that the "new permit" fee will be based upon): 42.8
Of this acreage, how much is owned and how much is leased? Acres owned: 42.8
Acres leased: Property owner if leased:
❑ If this is an application for a MODIFICATION to a mining permit, indicate the mining permit
number and the total (overall) acreage covered by the existing permit.
Mining Permit No.: Total permitted acreage:
Does the modification involve acreage within the previously approved permitted boundary?
Yes ❑ No ❑. If yes, indicate the acreage to be covered by this modification (this is the acreage
that the "major modification" fee will be based upon):
Does the modification involve acreage outside the previously approved permitted boundary?
Yes ❑ No ❑. If yes, indicate the additional acreage to be covered by this
modification: (NOTE: you must complete all of Section F. of this application form
entitled Notification of Adjoining Landowners).
Of this acreage to be added to the permit, will any portion of this acreage be affected (i.e.: disturbed,
ground cover removed) by the mining operation? Yes ❑ No ❑ (If no, a "minor modification"
fee of $100.00 is required, despite the "undisturbed" acreage to be added). If yes, indicate the
acreage to be affected within the acreage to be added to the permit (the total acreage to be added to
the permit is the acreage that the "major modification" fee will be based upon):
❑ If this is an application for TRANSFER of a mining permit, indicate the mining permit number and
the total (overall) acreage covered by the existing permit.
Mining Permit No.: Total permitted acreage:
SEE THE FEE SCHEDULE AT THE END OF THIS FORM FOR THE PROPER FEE AMOUNT TO BE
PAID FOR THE REQUESTED PERMIT ACTION(S) AND CORRESPONDING ACREAGE NOTED
ABOVE
2. Name of all materials mined: Sand
3. Mining method:
®Hydraulic Dredge ® Front-end Loader & Truck ® Shovel & Truck
Dragline & Truck Self -loading Scraper
Other (explain): Track hoe and Trick
4. a. Expected maximum depth of mine (feet) 30 feet
Depth is relative to what benchmark? (e.g., natural ground level, mean sea level, road elevation, etc.)
Natural around level
b. Expected average depth of mine (feet) Approximately 20 feet
5. Has any area(s) at this site been mined in the past? Yes ® No ❑
If yes, when and by whom was this activity conducted? Tara Group under previous Mining Permit No.
09-16
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APPLICATION FOR A MINING PERMIT
6. Number of years for which the permit is requested (Life of the Mining Operation or Life of Lease from
Public Entity): Approximately 10 years
B. MAPS
Clearly mark and label the location of your mining operation on six (6) conies of a 7.5-minute quadrangle
and a county highway map. These maps, in addition to six (6) copies of all mine maps and reclamation
maps, must be submitted with each permit application.
7.5-minute quadrangles may be obtained from the N.C. Geological Survey:
Mailin¢ Address: Physical Address:
1612 Mail Service Center OR 512 North Salisbury Street, 51h Floor
Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1612 Raleigh, North Carolina 27604
[phone]
http://i)ortal.ncdenr.org/web/Ir/peological home
County highway maps may be obtained from the N.C. Department of Transportation:
North Carolina Department of Transportation — Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
Mailing Address:
NCDOT GIS Unit
1587 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1587
Physical Address:
NCDOT GIS Unit
3401 Carl Sandburg Court
Raleigh, North Carolina 27610
[phone]
http://www.nedot.org/it/gis/
2. Mine maps must be accurate and appropriately scaled drawings, aerial photographs or enlarged
topographic maps of the entire mine site. All aspects of the mine site must be clearly labeled on the
maps along with their corresponding (approximate) acreage. Thus, all mine and reclamation maps
must denote those activities that are intended to be conducted during the life of the mining permit.
All maps must be of a scale sufficient (see minimum requirements listed below) to clearly illustrate the
following, at a minimum:
a. Property lines of the tract or tracts of land on which the proposed mining activity is to be located
including easements and rights -of -way.
b. Existing or proposed permit boundaries.
c. Initial and ultimate limits of clearing and grading.
d. Outline and width of all buffer zones (both undisturbed and unexcavated).
e. Outline and acreage of all pits/excavations.
f. Outline and acreage of all stockpile areas.
g. Outline and acreage of all temporary and/or permanent overburden disposal areas.
h. Location and acreage of all processing plants (processing plants may be described as to location and
distance from mine if sufficiently far removed).
i. Locations and names of all streams, rivers and lakes.
j. Outline and acreage of all settling and/or processing wastewater ponds.
k. Location and acreage of all planned and existing access roads and on -site haul roads.
1. Location of planned and existing on -site buildings.
m. Location and dimensions of all proposed sediment and erosion control measures.
n. Location of 100-year floodplain limits and wetland boundaries.
o. Names of owners of record, both public and private, of all tracts of land that are adjoining the mining
permit boundary; if an adjoining tract is owned or leased by the applicant or is owned by the lessor
of the mine tract, names of owners of record of tracts adjoining these tracts, that are within 1,000 feet
of the mining permit boundary, must be provided on the mine map.
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[contains low-grade coal]. Contains thin beds of fine-grained micaceous sand and thick lenses of cross -bedded
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