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September 20, 2022
Donald Merril
Chief Financial Officer
U.S. Silica Holdings, Inc.
24275 Katy Freeway, Suite 600
Katy, Texas 77494
Re: U.S. Silica
Holdings Inc.
Form 10-K for the
Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2021
Filed February 25,
2022
Response Dated
September 2, 2022
File No. 001-35416
Dear Mr. Merril:
We have reviewed your September 2, 2022 response to our comment
letter and have the
following comments. In some of our comments, we may ask you to provide
us with information
so we may better understand your disclosure.
Please respond to these comments within ten business days by
providing the requested
information or advise us as soon as possible when you will respond. If
you do not believe our
comments apply to your facts and circumstances, please tell us why in
your response.
After reviewing your response to these comments, we may have
additional
comments. Unless we note otherwise, our references to prior comments are
to comments in our
July 21, 2022 letter.
Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2021
Item 2. Properties, page 25
1. We note your responses
to our comment letters dated May 9, 2022 and July 21, 2022,
including the proposed
revisions to the disclosures in your Form 10-K for the fiscal year
ended December 31,
2021. Please amend this Form 10-K to include all of the revised
disclosures and the
proposed changes to the technical reports noted in your responses.
In addition, it appears
that the conclusion regarding the effectiveness of your disclosure
controls and procedures
as of the end of the period covered by your Form 10-K should be
revised.
Donald Merril
U.S. Silica Holdings, Inc.
September 20, 2022
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You may contact John Coleman at 202-551-3610 or Ethan Horowitz at
202-551-3311 if
you have questions regarding comments.
FirstName LastNameDonald Merril Sincerely,
Comapany NameU.S. Silica Holdings, Inc.
Division of Corporation
Finance
September 20, 2022 Page 2 Office of Energy &
Transportation
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