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RO—Y CO0PER
Governor
ELIZABETH S. BISER
Secretary
BRIAN WRENN
Director
MEMORANDUM
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
November 18, 2021
TO: Mr. Eric Galamb
Application Review Coordinator
Division of Soil and Water Conservation
FROM: Brenda M. Harris
Mining Program Secretary
Land Quality Section
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Soil & Water Conservati
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SUBJECT: Mining Permit Modification for Blue Ridge Quarries/ Buechel Stone Corp.
Steel Gray Mine
Mitchell County
Please find attached for your review a copy of the mining permit modification request for the above
referenced project.
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Please review this information and advise as to the probability of this operation having unduly adverse
effect on any publicly owned conservation easements (G.S. 74-51 (5)). Please respond by December 10, 2021
so that we may complete our review of this request within our statutory time limits.
As is the case in our review of all mining permit applications, renewals and modifications, this office will
carefully review all proposed erosion and sediment control measures to ensure that they are sufficient to
restrain erosion and off -site sedimentation. However, any comments your agency can provide regarding
effects on publicly owned conservation easements would be greatly appreciated. If your staff wishes to
perform a site inspection, it is recommended that they contact the person submitting this request to set up a
convenient date and time. Also, please send a copy of your comments to the person noted in the application.
Your continued cooperation is greatly appreciated. Please contact Mr. Adam Parr at [phone] if
you have any questions.
/bmh
Attachments
cc: Mr. Stanley Aiken
D_E Ql' 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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