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NC GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
MINING PERMIT APPLICATION REVIEW CHECKLIST
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Application/Permit No: 10-82 1 Action:
Section
New Modification Transfer
Applicant Name:
Landsdown Earth & Pipe Inc
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Mine Name:
Northwest Mine
County:
Brunswick
Latitude:
34,34730
7.5 Quad:
Leland
Longitude:
-78.12400
Attached page 1-3 of the mine application.
Suspense Date for Comments: 07/21/2021
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Geological Significance: YES NO
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Mineral Resources:
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APPLICATION FOR A MINING PERMIT
NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
APPLICATION FOR. A MINING PERMIT
(PLEASE PRINT OR TYPE)
Name of Mine Northwest Mine County Brunswick
River Basin Cape Fear
Latitude (decimal degrees to four places) 34.3517°
Longitude (decimal degrees to four places)-78.1283'
2. Name of Applicant* Landsdown Earth and Pipe, Inc.
3. Permanent address for receipt of official mail** 7406 Concord HirThway, Monroe, NC 28110
Telephone [phone] Alternate N
4. Mine Office Address 3949 Blue Banks Loop Road, Leland, NC 78451 Telephone [phone]
5. Mine Manager Vincenzo LaBarbera
6. E-mail Address: landsdown004(a aol.com
I certify that all details contained in this Permit Application are true and correct to the best of our
knowledge. We fully understand that any willful misrepresentation of facts will be cause for permit
revocation.
***Signaturevllk_Date b • q ' C111 1
Print Name Vincenzo LaBarbera
Title Owner -Manager
* This wilt be the name that the mining permit will be issued to and the name that must be indicated on the
reclamation bond (security) that corresponds to this site.
** The Division of Energy, Mineral, and Land Resources must be notified of any changes in the permanent
address or telephone number.
* * * Signature of comp a ny officer required.
G.S. 74-51 provides that the Department shall grant or deny an application for a permit within 60 days of receipt of
a complete application or, if a public hearing is held, within 30 days following the hearing and the filing of any
supplemental inforrnation required by the Department. All questions must be addressed and all required maps
provided before this application can be considered complete. Attach additional sheets as needed.
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APPLICATION FOR A MINING PERMIT
NOTE: All of the following questions must be thoroughly answered regarding your mining operation for
the intended life of the mine. All responses must be clearly conveyed on a corresponding, detailed mine map.
A. GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE MINE
1. Answer all of the following that apply:
❑ If this is an application for a NEW permit, indicate the total acreage at the site to be covered by the
permit (this is the acreage that the "new permit" fee will be based upon):
Of this acreage, how much is owned and how much is leased? Acres owned:
Acres leased: Property owner if leased:
® If this is an application for a MODIFICATION to a mining permit, indicate the mining permit
number and the total (overall) acreage covered by the existing permit.
Mining Permit No.: 10-82 Total permitted acreage: 78.74
Does the modification involve acreage within the previously approved permitted boundary?
Yes ❑ No ❑. If yes, indicate the acreage to be covered by this modification (this is the acreage
that the "major modification" fee will be based upon):
Does the modification involve acreage outside the previously approved permitted boundary?
Yes ® No ❑. If yes, indicate the additional acreage to be covered by this
modification: Adding 243.66 acres for a total of 322.4 acres permitted. (NOTE: you must
complete all of Section F. of this application form entitled Notification of Adjoining Landowners).
Of this acreage to be added to the permit, will any portion of this acreage be affected (i.e.: disturbed,
ground cover removed) by the mining operation? Yes ® No ❑ (If no, a "minor modification"
fee of $100.00 is required, despite the "undisturbed" acreage to be added). If yes, indicate the
acreage to be affected within the acreage to be added to the permit (the total acreage to be added to
the permit is the acreage that the "major modification" fee will be based upon): Adding 103.96 acres
for a total of 177.7 acres affected.
❑ If this is an application for TRANSFER of a mining permit, indicate the mining permit number and
the total (overall) acreage covered by the existing permit.
Mining Permit No.: Total permitted acreage:
SEE THE FEE SCHEDULE AT THE END OF THIS FORM FOR THE PROPER FEE AMOUNT TO BE
PAID FOR THE REQUESTED PERMIT ACTION(S) AND CORRESPONDING ACREAGE NOTED
ABOVE
2_ Name of all materials mined
3. Mining method:
Hydraulic Dredge
DragIine & Truck
Sand
®Front-end Loader & Truck ® Shovel & Truck
Self -loading Scraper
Other (explain): Track hoe and Truck
4. a. Expected maximum depth of mine (feet) 40 feet
Depth is relative to what benchmark? (e.g., natural ground level, mean sea level, road elevation, etc.)
Natural around level
b. Expected average depth of mine (feet) Approximately 35 feet
5. Has any area(s) at this site been mined in the past? Yes ® No ❑
If yes, when and by whom was this activity conducted? Landsdown Earth and Pie Inc. under Mining
Permit No. 10-92 since 2014
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APPLICATION FOR A MINING PERMIT
Number of years for which the permit is requested (Life of the Mining Operation or Life of Lease
from Public Entity): Approximately 10 ears
B. MAPS
1. Clearly mark and label the location of your mining operation on six (6) copies of a 7.5-minute quadrangle
and a county highway map. These maps, in addition to six (6) copies of all mine maps and reclamation
maps, must be submitted with each permit application.
7.5-minute quadrangles may be obtained from the N.C. Geological Survey:
Mailing Address: Physical Address:
1612 Mail Service Center OR 512 North Salisbury Street, 5t' Floor
Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1612 Raleigh, North Carolina 27604
[phone]
httn://oortal.ncdenr.or2/web/ir/�zeolo,,Qical home
County highway maps may be obtained from the N.C. Department of Transportation:
North Carolina Department of Transportation — Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
Mailing Address:
NCDOT GIS Unit
1587 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1587
Physical Address:
NCDOT GIS Unit
3401 Carl Sandburg Court
Raleigh, North Carolina 27610
[phone]
http://www.ncdot.org/it/ais/
2. Mine maps must be accurate and appropriately scaled drawings, aerial photographs or enlarged
topographic maps of the entire mine site. All aspects of the mine site must be clearly labeled on the
maps along with their corresponding (approximate) acreage. Thus, all mine and reclamation maps
must denote those activities that are intended to be conducted during the life of the mining permit.
All maps must be of a scale sufficient (see minimum requirements listed below) to clearly illustrate the
following, at a minimum:
a. Property lines of the tract or tracts of land on which the proposed mining activity is to be located
including easements and rights -of -way.
b. Existing or proposed permit boundaries.
c. Initial and ultimate limits of clearing and grading.
d. Outline and width of all buffer zones (both undisturbed and unexcavated).
e. Outline and acreage of all pits/excavations.
f. Outline and acreage of all stockpile areas.
g. Outline and acreage of all temporary and/or permanent overburden disposal areas.
h. Location and acreage of all processing plants (processing plants may be described as to location and
distance from mine if sufficiently far removed).
i. Locations and names of all streams, rivers and lakes.
j. Outline and acreage of all settling and/or processing wastewater ponds.
k. Location and acreage of all planned and existing access roads and on -site haul roads.
1. Location of planned and existing on -site buildings.
in. Location and dimensions of all proposed sediment and erosion control measures.
n. Location of 100-year floodplain limits and wetland boundaries.
o. Names of owners of record, both public and private, of all tracts of land that are adjoining the mining
permit boundary; if an adjoining tract is owned or leased by the applicant or is owned by the lessor
of the mine tract, names of owners of record of tracts adjoining these tracts, that are within 1,000 feet
of the mining permit boundary, must be provided on the mine map.
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MP 10-82
Landsdown Earth
and Pipe, Inc.
Northwest Mine
Latitude: 34.3517
Longitude:-78.1283
County: Brunswick
Date: 6/28/21

Proposed expansion at existing mine site. Geology of the mine site Kp — Cretaceous (K) Peedee
Formation. Sand, clayey sand, and clay, greenish gray to olive black, massive, glauconitic, locally
fossiliferous and calcareous. Patches of sandy mulluscan-mold limestone in upper part. Cape Fear River
is shown by green line at top of the figure.

North Carolina Flood Risk Information System (NC FRIS) showing floodway in blue and white stripes,
flood plain shown in just blue, and the floodway fringe is shown in yellow. Note that the floodplain was
not modeled beyond Blue Banks Loop Road. NE (SR 1422).
Should a hurricane impacting Wilmington, the storm surge could push saltwater from the Atlantic Ocean
up the Cape Fear River. It is unclear what level of the salinity would be when mixed with the significant
amounts of rainfall which can be produced by a tropical cyclone.

A review of the U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1404-I — "Hydrogeologic Framework of the
North Carolina Coastal Plain by M.D. Winner, Jr. and R.W. Coble (1996) provided detailed information
of the knowledge of saltwater intrusion (as measured by chlorine levels) in Coastal Plain wells. This
Professional Paper demonstrated that while groundwater moved between confining units, there is no
indication that saline water is in the near surface aquifers.
Dr. Kenneth B. Taylor, PG (NC 41835)
State Geologist of North Carolina
Section Chief — N.C. Geological Survey
.Tune 30, 2021