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To:
NCDE -DEMLR Mining Section
Date
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1612 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1612
Re:
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Adam Parr
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Description
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State NCDEQ — Land Quality Section Bond Pursuant
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Mining Permit Fee — Check # 37005 ($100)
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State Mining Permit Transfer Letter Request
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NC Mining Permit Application
ssue Status: ® For Approval ❑ As Requested ❑ Construction ❑ Bid
❑ For Your Use ❑ For Review and Comment ❑ Approved as Noted ❑ See Remarks
lion Taken: ❑ No Exceptions Taken ❑ Make Corrections Noted ❑ Amend & Resubmit
❑ Rejected -See Remarks ❑ Approved as Submitted ❑ Other
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Signed:
J. Bfanch Smith, PE
RECEIVED
OCT 0 8 2021
LAND QUALITY
10INING PROGRAM
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NORTH CAROLINA
MINING PERMIT APPLICATION
OCEAN PINES PIT
PERMIT No. 10-14
2021 MODIFICATION
PREPARED BY:
pARAMOUNTE
E N G 1 N E E R I N G. I N C.
122 Cinema Drive
Wilmington NC 28409
[phone]
FOR SUBMITTAL TO:
NC DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
DIVISION OF ENERGY, MINERAL, AND LAND RESOURCES
LAND QUALITY
1612 MAIL SERVICE CENTER
RALEIGH, NC 27699-1612
[phone] RECEIVIED
OCT 08 1021
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NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT QUALITY
APPLICATION FOR A MINING PERMIT
(PLEASE PRINT OR TYPE)
1. Name of Mine Ocean Pines Pit County Brunswick
River Basin Lumber
Latitude (decimal degrees to four places) 330 55' 48.16" N
Longitude (decimal degrees to four places) 780 24' 48.52" W
2. Name of Applicant*
3. Permanent address for receipt of official mail** 60 Gregory Road, Suite 1, Belville, NC 28451
Telephone [phone] Alternate No.
4. Mine Office Address 60 Gregory Road, Suite 1, Belville, NC 28451
Telephone [phone]
5. Mine Manager D Logan
We hereby 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.
Date /
Print
Title Owner
* This will 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 Land Quality Section must be notified of any changes in the permanent address or telephone
number.
*** Sienature of comoanv 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 foil he hearing and the
filing of any supplemental information required by the Department. All questionTuRywed and
all required maps provided before this application can be considered complete. Attach additional sheets
as needed. OCT 0 8 2021
LAND QUALITY
MINING PROGRAM

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 RENEWAL 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 (acreage that the "renewal" fee will be based upon):
❑ 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.: Total permitted acreage:
Does the modification involve acreage within the previously approved permitted boundary?
Yes ❑ No M. 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: . (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):
® 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.: 10-14 Total permitted acreage: 21.24 acres
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: Sand
3. Mining method:
❑ Hydraulic Dredge ® Front-end Loader & Truck ® Shovel & Truck
❑ Dragline & Truck ❑ Self -loading Scraper
Other (explain):

APPLICATION FOR A MINING PERMIT
4. a. Expected maximum depth of mine (feet) 25 ft
Depth is relative to what benchmark? (e.g., natural ground level, mean sea level, road elevation,
etc.) Ground Level/Top of Bank of Pit
b. Expected average depth of mine (feet) +/- 25 ft
S. Has any area(s) at this site been mined in the past? Yes ® No ❑
If yes, when and by whom was this activity conducted? Current mining by current owner.
6. Number of years for which the permit is requested (Life of the Mining Operation or Life of Lease from
Public Entity): 10
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, Sth Floor
Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1612
Raleigh, North Carolina 27604
[phone]
www.geology.enr.state.nc.us/
County highway maps may be obtained from the N.C.
Department of Transportation:
North Carolina Department of Transportation —Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
Mailing Address:
Physical Address:
NCDOT GIS Unit
NCDOT GIS Unit
1587 Mail Service Center
3401 Carl Sandburg Court
Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1587
Raleigh, North Carolina 27610
[phone]
www. ncd ot.org/it/gisContact/defa ult.htm I
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 only 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.

APPLICATION FOR A MINING PERMIT
I. Location of planned and existing on -site buildings.
m. 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.
p. Names of owners of record, both public and private, of all tracts of land that are adjoining the
mining permit boundary which lie directly across and are contiguous to any highway, creek,
stream, river, or other watercourse, railroad track, or utility or other public right-of-way. 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(s). NOTE: "Highway" means a
road that has four lanes of travel or less and is not designated as an Interstate Highway.
q. Map legend:
1. Name of applicant
2. Name of mine
3. North arrow
4. County
S. Scale
6. Symbols used and corresponding names
7. Date prepared and revised
8. Name and title of person preparing map
Map scales should meet the following guidelines:
PERMITTED ACREAGE
MAP SCALE
0-49 Acres
1 inch = 50 feet
50-199 Acres
1 inch =100 feet
200+ Acres
1 inch = 200 feet
(NOTE: Smaller scaled maps
may be acceptable if they clearly illustrate the above items)

APPLICATION FOR A MINING PERMIT
G. LAND ENTRY AGREEMENT
We hereby grant to the Department or its appointed representatives the right of entry and travel upon
our lands or operation during regular business hours for the purpose of making necessary field inspections
or investigations as may be reasonably required in the administration of the Mining Act of 1971 pursuant to
G.S. 74-56.
We further grant to the Department or its appointed representatives the right to make whatever
entries on the land as may be reasonably necessary and to take whatever actions as may be reasonably
necessary in order to carry out reclamation which the operator has failed to complete in the event a bond
forfeiture is ordered pursuant to G.S. 74-59.
LANDOWNER: APPLICANT:
Signature: -igrrature:*— f /
Print Name: Dr. DeCarol Williamson Print Name: D Logan
(Title, if applicable) Owner
Company Ocean Isle Beach Developing Co., Inc. Title: Owner -Manager
(If applicable)Address: 2619 New Village Way Company: Blueberry Ventures, LLC
Wilmington NC 28405 C�
Telephone: (Q l0)
Date Signed: 001 I of 1 �0 of i
Mine Name: Ocean Pines Pit
Telephone:-'I�L
Date Signed: I I ^' ` I / ) I
*Signature must be the same as the individual who signed Page 1 of this application.
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and reclamation maps, and the appropriate processing tee (see next page for tee schedule) in the torm a
check or money order payable to the North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
must be sent to the Land Quality Section Central Office at the address listed on the front cover of this
application form.
Inquiries regarding the status of the review of this application should be directed to the Mining Program staff
at [phone].
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September 20, 2021
Mr. Adam Parr
NCDEQ— DEMLR — Mining Section
512 N. Salisbury St., Raleigh, NC 27604
1612 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1612
RE: Ocean Pines Pit Permit 10-14
State Mining Permit Transfer
Brunswick County, NC
Dear Mr. Parr,
We, Blueberry Ventures, LLC, are the recent owners of the property for the above refenced
subject mining permit. Pursuant to G.S. 74-51 of the Mining Act of 1971, we request a
transfer of the above -referenced permit and understand to accept any and all responsibilities
and liabilities with respect to Ocean Pines Pit Permit 10-14. Please find attached a new
bonding amount of $9,300.00.
V LVr,QII
Blueberry Ventures, LLC
We, Ocean Isle Beach Developing Co. Inc., are the current owners of the Ocean Pines Pit
Permit 10-14. Pursuant to G.S. 74-51 of the Mining Act of 1971, we relinquish the transfer of
the above -referenced permit to Blueberry Ventures, LLC. Please release the $9,300.00
bonded s1v}r s�cc9Wt that is on file in your office.
Dr. DeCarol Williamson
Ocean Isle Beach Developing Co. Inc
Enclosures:
a. $100 fee payable to NCDEQ
b. New Bond of $9300.00

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
Land Quality Section
Bond Pursuant to "The Mining Act of 1971"
(G.S. 74-46 through G.S. 74-68)
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, That
Blueberry Ventures, LLC
a Limited Liability Corporation and having its principal office at 60 Gregory Road, NE Belville, NC 28451
in the State of North Carolina , as principal, and NGM Insurance Company
a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Florida and duly authorized bythe
Insurance Commissioner of North Carolina to do business in North Carolina, with an office located at _
2301 Sugar Bush Drive Raleigh Suite 600 in the City of g , North Carolina, as surety, are held and firmly bound
unto the State of North Carolina in the sum $9,300.00 of Bond No. S334991
lawful money of the United States of America, to the payment of which will and truly be made, we bind
ourselves, our heirs, administrators and successors jointly and severally, firmly by these presents.
Signed, sealed and delivered this 22nd day of September , 2021.
THE CONDITIONS OF THIS BOND ARE SUCH, That Whereas, the said
Blueberry Ventures, LLC
conducts or will conduct mining operations in North Carolina as described in the application for an operating
permit which includes a Reclamation Plan as provided in G.S. 74-53 and has obtained approval of this
application on the day of , 20 , from the Department of Environmental Quality.
Rev. Dec 2006

NOW THEREFORE, if the said Blueberry Ventures, LLC
shall comply with the requirements set forth in "The Mining Act of 1971"(G.S. 74-46 through 74-68) and with
the rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto and faithfully perform all obligations under his approved
Reclamation Plan then this obligation shall be null and void; otherwise to be and remain in full force and
effect until released by the Department of Environmental Quality in accordance with G.S. 74-56 orcanceled
by the surety. Cancellation by the surety shall be effectuated only upon 60 days written notice thereof to the
Department of Environmental Quality and the operator as provided in G.S. 74-54.
ATTES
1.
Blueberry Ventures, LLC
Secretary ar Principal
ssistant Secretary
( Attach ) By
( Corporate Seal ) President, ice Pre ' ent,
( here of Corporation ) Partners, o ner
NGM Insurance Company
Surety
Countersigned at Not Applicable per 2005 North Carolina Code -General Statues 58-33-60 , North Carolina
M
Jennifer Underhill
Resident Agent of NC
Rev. Dec 2006
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Aget t and Atto1 ey in Fact Jennifer Underhill
*PLEASE MAIL THIS FORM AND THE ATTACHED INSTRUMENT
TO THE FOLLOWING ADDRESS:
LAND QUALITY SECTION
1612 MAIL SERVICE CENTER
RALEIGH, NC 27699
Page 2 of 2

®NGM INSURANCE COMPANY POWER OF ATTORNEY
A momber of Mm Midn swot Anita Group
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That NGM Insurance Company, a Florida corporation having its principal
office in the City of Jacksonville, State of Florida, pursuant to Article IV, Section 2 of the By -Laws of said Company, to wit:
"Article IV, Section 2. The board of directors, the president, any vice president, secretary, or the treasurer
shall have the power and authority to appoint attorneys -in -fact and to authorize them to execute on behalf of
the company and affix the seal of the company thereto, bonds, recognizances, contracts of indemnity or
writings obligatory in the nature of a bond, recognizance or conditional undertaking and to remove any such
attorneys -in -fact at any time and revoke the power and authority given to them. "
does hereby make, constitute and appoint James P Lowrey, Jennifer Taylor, Rose Magee, John R Halderman Jr,
J Karl Sherrill Jr, Hilary A Baker, Megan J Schlueter, Thomas Fahy, Michele Wood, Jennifer Underhill
its true and lawful Attorneys -in -fact, to make, execute, seal and deliver for and on its behalf, and as its act and deed, bonds,
undertakings, recognizances, contracts of indemnity, or other writings obligatory in nature of a bond subject to the following
limitation:
1. No one bond to exceed Twenty Five Million Dollars ($25,000,000.00)
and to bind NGM Insurance Company thereby as fully and to the same extent as if such instruments were signed by the duly
authorized officers of NGM Insurance Company; the acts of said Attorney are hereby ratified and confirmed.
This power of attorney is signed and sealed by facsimile under and by the authority of the following resolution adopted by
the Directors of NGM Insurance Company at a meeting duly called and held on the 2nd day of December 1977.
Voted: That the signature of any officer authorized by the By -Laws and the company seal may be affixed by facsimile to
any power of attorney or special power of attorney or certification of either given for the execution of any bond,
undertaking, recognizance or other written obligation in the nature thereof; such signature and seal, when so used being
hereby adopted by the company as the original signature of such office and the original seal of the company, to be valid
and binding upon the company with the same force and effect as though manually affixed.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, NGM Insurance Company has caused these presents to be signed by its Vice President,
General Counsel and Secretary and its corporate seal to be hereto affixed this 7th day of January, 2020.
NGM INSURANCE COMPANY By: `� •'�`
Kimbe K. Law
Vice President,"
General Counsel and Secretary
State of Florida,
County of Duval.
On this 7th day of January, 2020, before the subscriber a Notary Public of State of Florida in and for the County of Duval duly
commissioned and qualified, came Kimberly K. Law of NGM Insurance Company, to me personally known to be the officer described
herein, and who executed the preceding instrument, and he acknowledged the execution of same, and being by me fully sworn, deposed
and said that he is an officer of said Company, aforesaid: that the seal affixed to the preceding instrument is the corporate seal of said
Company, and the said corporate seal and her signature as officer were duly affixed and subscribed to the said instrument by the authority
and direction of the said Company; that Article IV, Section 2 of the By -Laws of said Company is now in force.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal at Jacksonville, Florida this 7th day of January,
2020.
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I, Nancy Giordano -Ramos, Vice President of NGM Insurance Company, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a true and
correct copy of a Power of Attorney executed by said Company which is still in full force and effect.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Company at Jacksonville, Florida this
22nd day of September 2021
WARNING: Any unauthorized reproduction or alteration of this document is prohibited.
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