20220810_ADI_16-82

ROY COOPER
Governor
ELIZABETH S. BISER
Secretary
BRIAN WRENN
Director
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
August 10, 2022
Certified Mail
Return Receipt Requested
7016 2140 0000 0565 2748
Noah Simpson
Thomas Simpson Construction Company, Inc.
PO Box 1850
Atlantic Beach, NC 28512
RE: Simpson Hocutt Mine
Mining Permit No. 16-82
Carteret County
Neuse River Basin
Dear Mr. Simpson:
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. Please provide additional information on the discharge from the sediment basin. Please clarify how
erosion issues caused by the elevation difference from the discharge point to the adjacent wetlands will
be mitigated.
2. Please clarify the type of buffer established between the mine permit boundary and the mining
operation. Please specify if the buffer is to be an undisturbed buffer in which no disturbance is
permitted, or an unexcavated buffer in which no excavation may occur, however roads, berm
construction and other activities may be permitted. Please label the clearly identified buffer on the
mine map.
3. If the buffer proposed buffer is unexcavated, please clarify what visual screening methods (e.g.,
screening berms, proposed vegetation, or vegetation not to be removed, etc.) will be utilized to screen
the operation from public view.
4. Please provide a cross section of any screening methods.
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
7016 2140 0000 0565 2748
Mr. Simpson
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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
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
cc: Mr. Dan Sams, PE