20220922_ADI

ROY COOPER
Governor
ELIZABETH S. BISER
Secretary
BRIAN WRENN
Director
Certified Mail
Return Receipt Requested
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Mr. Daryl Bowen
DCI Investments, LLC
2736 Gillespie St.
Fayetteville, NC 28306
RE: Money Pit
Robeson County
Lumber River Basin
Dear Mr. Bowen:
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Environmental Quality
September 22, 2022
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 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:
Please provide proof, such as copy of the signed return receipts from certified mail, that all adjoining
landowners and chief administrative officer of each county and municipality have been properly
notified. Please provide proof for Clifford W Ranzau & Brenda Ranzau; Mary B D Grooms Estate C/O
Dorothy Amartey
2. Please clearly label and indicate on the mine map the mine permit boundary.
Please clarify the name of the applicant. The application lists DCI Investments, LLC as the applicant
and the mine maps show Diamond Constructors Inc. of Fayetteville as the applicant. Please make sure
that the name on the application matches the name on the maps.
4. Please label a north arrow on sheets CS-01 and CS-03
5. Please clearly label and indicate on the mine map all structures within 300' of the mine excavation.
Aerial imagery shows a house on the west side of the permit boundary and a water tower/ pumping
station on the south side.
6. Please clearly label and indicate on the map the wetlands that were identified in your response to
question C.5b of the mine permit application.
7. Please clarify how mining will occur below the water table without dewatering the excavation. Your
response in an email dated August 30, 2022, indicated that the water table is 20-25 feet below the
ground surface and the excavation will only reach a maximum depth of 20 feet and therefore will not
encounter groundwater. However, 2021 aerial imagery on the Robeson County GIS website show an
initial excavation on the property that is filled with water.
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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8. Please clarify your reclamation plan. Your response in the application and shown in cross sections on
the mine map indicate that the site will be reclaimed as a lake, however the plan view of the reclamation
map shows the site being reseeded and vegetated.
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.
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 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, PE
Assistant State Mining Engineer
cc: Mr. Tim LaBounty, PE