20210611_ADI (2)

ROY COOPER
Governor
JOHN NICHOLSON
Interim Secretary
BRIAN WRENN
Director
Certified Mail
Return Receipt Requested
7019 1120 0002 0065 1078
Charlie Andrews
Tara Group of Lumberton, Inc.
2700 NC Highway 72W
Lumberton, NC 28360
RE: Tara Group Mine
Bladen County
Cape Fear River Basin
Dear Mr. Andrews:
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
June 11, 2021
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 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. It is difficult to determine if there are wetlands associated with the stream. Please provide a valid
wetland delineation.
2. Please clarify your response to question C.12 of the mine permit application, where you checked no
fuel tanks will be stored on site but explain that they will be stored on site with required spill prevention
and secondary containment structures.
3. Please indicate and label on the mine map the location of the fuel, solvent, or other chemical reagent
storage facility.
4. Please clarify whether the LCID material brought onsite will be utilized in the reclamation as an LCID
landfill or will only be used for recycling and resale.
5. Please provide an application fee in the amount of $3,400
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
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Certified Mail
Mr. Andrews
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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
Assistant State Mining Engineer
cc: Mr. Tim LaBounty, PE