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MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
OFFICE OF GEOLOGY
Mining and Reclamation Division
P. O. Box 2279
Jackson, MS 39225
(601) 961-5527
P U B L I C    N O T I C E
 
Public Notice No. 2032	June 13, 2019 
Application No. A2032 
 
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: 
 
The Office of Geology has received an Application for a Surface Mining Permit pursuant to Sections 53-7-27 and 53-7-29 of the Mississippi Surface Mining and Reclamation Act of 1977, as described below: 
 
APPLICANT:	Profile Products, LLC Mine #6
7250 HWY 15
Blue Mountain, Mississippi  38160 

LOCATION:	East ½ of the Southeast ¼ of Section 36, Township 4 South, Range 2 East and West ½ of the Southwest ¼ of Section 31, Township 4 South, Range 3 East, Tippah County           (Lat N34° 41’ 26.67”, W89° 2’ 9.28”)  

DESCRIPTION:	The operator proposes to open pit mine 59 acres to a total depth of 30 feet for clay.  Sediment and erosion will be controlled by settling ponds and diversion berms.  Reclamation will consist of 3 to 1 grassed and reforested slopes and a pond.

This public notice is being distributed to interested persons and agencies to assist in developing facts on which a decision by the Office of Geology can be based.  You are requested to communicate the information contained in this notice to any other parties whom you deem likely to have interest in the matter.  All agencies and persons shall have until June 27, 2019, to submit comments, recommendations, or evaluations to the Office of Geology.  Comments by an agency shall include an enumeration of permits or licenses required under the agency's jurisdiction. 
 
If further information is needed, an agency may be furnished a copy of the notice of intent or permit application.  Any person may inspect the permit application on the MDEQ website at 
http://opc.deq.state.ms.us/geology_public_notice.aspx or at the Office of Geology, 700 North State Street, Jackson, MS  39202.
 
In the event comments are not received by June 27, 2019, the Office of Geology will consider that the agency has no comments, recommendations and/or evaluations that the agency deems necessary and proper based upon the effect of the proposed operation on matters within the agency's jurisdiction.