File #: 21-353   
Type: Resolution (Consent) Status: Passed
File created: 9/13/2021 In control: County Attorney
On agenda: 9/28/2021 Final action: 9/28/2021
Enactment date: 9/28/2021 Enactment #: 2021-250
Title: Commissioner Brown and Commissioner Fraley - County Attorney - To Submit a Request for a Public Hearing to the North Carolina Mining Commission for the Purpose of Openly Discussing Piedmont Lithium's Proposed Mining Activities in Gaston County as Detailed in the Company's State Mining Application
Sponsors: Chad Brown, Allen R. Fraley
Attachments: 1. Adopted 2021-250, 2. Resolution

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Commissioner Brown and Commissioner Fraley - County Attorney - To Submit a Request for a Public Hearing to the North Carolina Mining Commission for the Purpose of Openly Discussing Piedmont Lithium's Proposed Mining Activities in Gaston County as Detailed in the Company's State Mining Application

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STAFF CONTACT

Jonathan L. Sink - County Attorney

BUDGET IMPACT
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BACKGROUND

Piedmont Lithium, Inc. submitted a mining application to the State of North Carolina on August 30, 2021 proposing an array of open-pit mining operations in the northwestern part of Gaston County.

The Gaston County Board of Commissioners requests that the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality schedule a public hearing on Piedmont Lithium, Inc.’s North Carolina Mining Application, for the purpose of openly discussing the proposed mining activities in Gaston County, so the citizens of Gaston County have an opportunity to be heard and informed.

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