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BLOCK 18 NATURE OF ACTIVITY
WORTHINGTON FARMS, INC.
IRRIGATION POND
GREENVILLE, WINTERVILLE TOWNSHIP
PITT COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA
Location:
Pitt County, Winterville Township, NC
Owner:
Worthington Farms Inc.
Consultant:
J. Stephen Janowski, PE
708-D Cromwell Drive
Greenville, NC 27858
Phone:
252.756.1390
This site consists of 886.25 acres of agricultural and residential property. The
land is used to grow ornamental trees and other nursery crops. The purpose of
this project is to create a pond to serve the irrigation needs for this property. The
project area that will be impacted by construction of the irrigation pond is
approximately 35 acres. A dam will be built up stream of an existing stream
crossing.
The Outlet Control Structure used to establish and maintain the water elevation
of the pond has outside dimensions of 20'-4" long, 12' wide and 11'-3" deep. The
structure will be made of concrete, masonry and steel. The structure will
establish a normal water level at elevation 52.00. A valve will be installed that
will allow the pond to be drained and for adjustments to the water elevation.
An earthen dam will be created by over excavating the dams footprint and keying
into suitable material with an impermeable clay material that will serve as a seal
for the dam and keep water from leaching through. The dam will be built by
bringing in fill to a maximum elevation of 56.50. A 12' wide road will be built
centered on the top of the dam. The dam is 20'-4" wide at the top with 4:1 side
slopes. The bottom width will vary with the widest width at 75'; the average
narrow width at 66'. The height of the dam from the top center of the dam to the
invert of the outlet control structure is 14'.
88 LF of twin, 72" concrete pipes will be used as outlets from the Outlet Control
Structure and will run perpendicular through the dam. Reinforced concrete Anti -
Seep Collars (20'-4" by 10'-2") will be installed where the pipe crosses the clay
seal of the dam to help stop hydraulic forces from penetrating the dam.

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Approximately 3,670 Liner Feet of subject stream will be directly impacted by
excavation of the irrigation pond and the stream's inundation. Approximately
2,107LF of subject stream will be indirectly impacted by inundation beyond the
limits of excavation based on an increase in water surface only. The existing 50'
buffer area for the subject streams directly and indirectly impacted totals 6,648
linear feet or 7.631 acres. After the proposed pond is constructed, an additional
719 linear feet or 0.825 acres of buffer will be created, totaling 7,367 linear feet
or 8.456 acres. This is the result of creating a 50' buffer from the waters edge of
the new irrigation pond.
The existing wooded area within the proposed area to be inundated will be
cleared to allow for excavation and development of the pond. The wood -line will
be reestablished near the waters edge at the beginning of Zone 1. The proposed
pond site will be excavated to a depth of 9-10 feet from the normal pool elevation
of 52.00 which will have the pond bottom near the existing bottom of the main
feature running through the pond. The spoil material from the excavation will be
disposed of on site, and perimeter sediment fences will be installed around the
spoil areas as required. An erosion control plan is not required due to an
agricultural use. There will be no discharge of material into the stream area. All
excavated material will be disposed of on site.
Any mitigation required for this project will be handled through ether participation
with NCEEP In -Lieu Fee program or on site mitigation or a combination thereof.
The normal pool level of the pond is designed for elevation 52. The area
inundated at normal pool elevation is 22.956 acres with an average excavated
depth of 9-10'. The pond will have an estimated capacity of 58,198,095 gallons
upon completion.
Per the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service list of endangered species for Pitt County,
there are three possible species of animals that may be of concern for this
project: the Bald Eagle, Red -Cockaded Woodpecker, and the Tar River Spiny
Mussel. Based on information from the National Bald Eagle Management
Guidelines (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, May 2007) the project site does not
contain habitat suitable for nesting for the Bald Eagle. There are no large water
bodies that would support the adequate food supply referenced on page 4 of this
document; nor have there been any Eagles spotted on this property. Based on
information of from the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (Red -Cockaded

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Woodpeckers in North Carolina) this site does not contain habitat for nesting and
roosting. There are no open stands of old growth pines in the project site.
Hardwoods and dense undergrowth are common at the project site. I could find
no information having identified this property for known occurrences of Red -
Cockaded Woodpeckers. Based on information regarding the Tar River Spiny
Mussel from the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service web site, the stream features on this
site are not a suitable habitat for this species. The stream features on this site
are not silt free especially in rain events and the substrate is not composed of un -
compacted gravel or course sand. Per the Endangered Species list for Pitt
County from the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service the Red -Cockaded Woodpecker
and the Tar River Spiny mussel are of historic record status: "not -current". The
quad sheets of the Natural Heritage Program did not show any record of
endangered species at this site.
Per the State Historic Preservation Office (North Carolina Listings In The
National Register of Historic Places by County) the project site will not impact
any listings in the registry.

Block 19 PROJECT PURPOSE
WORTHINGTON FARMS, INC.
IRRIGATION POND
WINTERVILLE TOWNSHIP
PITT COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA
Location:
Pitt County, Winterville Township, NC
Owner:
Worthington Farms Inc.
Consultant:
J. Stephen Janowski, PE
708-D Cromwell Drive
Greenville, NC 27858
Phone:
252.756.1390
This site consists of 886.25 acres of agricultural and residential property. The
land is used to grow ornamental trees and other nursery crops that are rotated
every 5 years to include at least one year of agricultural row crops such as
soybeans, corn, tobacco, etc. The purpose of this project is to create a pond that
will provide adequate water supply to meet the irrigation needs of the property.
The project area that will be impacted by the construction of this irrigation pond is
approximately 35 acres. The proposed dam will be built up stream of an existing
stream crossing.
The normal pool level of the pond is designed for elevation 52. The area
inundated at normal pool elevation is 22.956 acres with an average excavated
depth of 9-10'. The pond will have an estimated capacity of 58,198,095 gallons
upon completion.
As of August 1, 2008 Worthington Farms has a permitted base of 87,766,581
gallons of ground water withdrawals. The farm currently has a demand for
72,052,153 gallons of water for irrigation annually as follows:
• 1,200,000 gallons (estimate) for field plants.
• 22,000,000 gallons (estimate) from surface water for container plants.
• 6,874,740 gallons of ground water used to irrigate container plants.
• 41,977,413 gallons of ground water used for replenishment of surface
water storage, sprayer and tanker fill -ups, and traveling reel irrigation.
Total of annual usage needs = 72,052,153 gallons.

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By mandate of the state of NC (the Central Coastal Plain Capacity Use Area
Rules), the permitted withdrawals from Cretaceous Aquifers will be reduced to
58,511,054 gallons/year by August 1, 2013 and 36,500,365 by August 1, 2018.
The farm currently has the capacity to store a usable amount of 25,000,000
gallons of surface water. Due to the topography of the site the storage facility has
a limited capability of collecting runoff from rain events and therefore must be
replenished by groundwater through the use of wells. During the 2007-2008 year
41,977,413 gallons of ground water were withdrawn for irrigation and to replenish
surface storage. Between August 1, 2007 and July 31, 2008 total ground water
withdrawal was 48,852,153 gallons. Due to possible devastating losses of high
valued crops by drought, the farm is in the process of converting much of the
field grown crops to drip irrigation.
When the farm is fully converted, irrigation for field grown crops could use as
much as 18,000,000 gallons of the base allowance were it is currently using
1,200,000 gallons for field grown crops. This would increase the total demand by
16,800,000 gallons to a total of 88,852,153 gallons. This is 2.43 times the future
allowable withdrawal from the aquifer based on the August 1, 2018 mandate.
If a problem occurred with the existing storage pond that required it to be
dewatered it could cause devastating losses of field and container grown crops
proving detrimental to the farms ability to stay in business. There is not enough
supply to rely fully on groundwater; groundwater is preferred as a supplemental
source rather than a primary source. This project would allow that transition.
The estimated loss from crop failure (due to drought) would be no less than
catastrophic. The total container grown inventory has a potential value of
$4,308,332.50. As future re -planting occurs in the field grown production areas,
drip irrigation will be utilized. This will provide water to over 137 acres of field
production. At an average of 700 plants per acre, the inventory value of this
production area is approximately $9,614,193.00. As planned expansion occurs
over the coming years, projected volume is projected to increase an additional
30% of the current volume. This projected value is estimated to be
$18,099,283.14. This project will play a major role in providing the water
required to serve these future expansion plans.

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Worthington Farms has an average of 68 employees on the payroll annually.
The viability and success of the company is crucial to the support of the
employees, owners, and the dependants thereof. For the company to be able to
seek out its full market potential, it is necessary to have all crucial components
available within reasonable parameters. The water resources this pond can
provide will be a major component of the formula for success.
During normal operating conditions, 150 days of storage based on summer
withdrawal volumes is the goal for water storage. Evaporation is a large player in
the affects of maintaining a safe storage volume. Currently, the existing pond will
lose up to a 125,000 gallon per day during low humidity — high temperature
conditions due strictly to evaporation. The current available pond volume at full
capacity is 25,000,000 gallons. Hypothetical but plausible case scenario usage
plus evaporation factor is 325,000 GPD (gallons per day). 90 day withdrawal is
29,250,000. Utilizing groundwater for replenishing evaporation loss will only
provide 110,000 GPD. While proving insufficient volume, water quality is also
compromised as the groundwater is high alkaline containing excessive levels of
bicarbonates which present a difficult challenge to rectify once applied in a
reservoir system. This is not only a costly issue in itself but is at most phytotoxic,
destroying the watering/fertility efficiency and ultimately resulting in a crisis
situation. With additional volume demands negated by poor water quality and
volume restriction mandates, this is an unambiguously ill fated system should it
be rendered the primary and final water source.
The development of this irrigation pond is seen as a much needed investment in
the long term health and viability of this farm. This pond will provide Worthington
Farms the ability to meet the future government mandated ground water use
reductions, meet the increased need for irrigation, and to safe guard against
drought and a potentially catastrophic loss if the current storage pond were to
fail.
The project site was selected because of its natural contours and the existing
supply of water to feed the pond. The existing contours naturally slope towards
the bank of an existing drainage feature creating a natural low point towards the
deepest part of the proposed pond site. The pond will be created by damming up
an existing feature that has been identified as subject to the 401 Riparian Buffer
Rules. There will be approximately 3,670LF of the subject feature directly
impacted by excavation of the irrigation pond and the stream's inundation. There
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beyond the limits of excavation based on an increase in water surface only.
There will be perpendicular impacts to the Riparian Buffer for
access/maintenance corridors and for the installation and maintenance of the
infrastructure used for the collection of water from the pond. Zone 1 impacts will
be 2,160 square feet and impacts to Zone 2 will be 1,440 square feet. There will
not be any impervious material in the maintenance corridors. These areas will be
maintained and kept accessible by mowing. The turnaround areas for equipment
access will be relocated outside of the Zone 2 to avoid further impacts to the
buffers.
An earth dam and Outlet Control Structure (O.C.S.) will be designed to establish
and control the elevation of water in the pond and accommodate overflow from
storm events. The dam and O.C.S. have been designed to handle water that
would be produced by a 500yr rain event over the drainage area of the pond.
The drainage area for the pond is 1180 acres. A new 50' Riparian Buffer will be
established beginning at the new waters edge as established by the O.C.S. and
running 50' landward.
As part of the permitting and design process some regulatory agencies have
been contacted and some have made visits to the site. Members of the US Army
Corps of Engineers, NRCS, and NCDENR-DWQ have visited the site. A map of
the site has been submitted and approved having delineated no wetlands on the
project site subject to jurisdiction by the Army Corps of Engineers. Due to the
fact that the !and is not changing use and will remain agricultural, the NRCS does
not have any issue with impacts to the site caused by the creation of the pond.
DWQ has been to the site for a stream determination and ruled that there are
drainage features running through the project site that are subject to the Neuse
River Riparian Buffer Rules. NCDENR-Land Quality has been consulted
regarding dam safety and erosion control. The design of the dam will exempt it
from dam safety regulations, but a dam safety data form will be submitted for
documentation purposes. Due to the fact that the project is remaining agricultural
in use, an erosion control plan is not being required by Land Quality.
There will be a 12' wide gravel road on top of the dam in order to re-establish
continuance of the existing farm path. The 50' Buffer established around the new
pond will consist of wooded and herbaceous areas. Zone 1, the first 30'
landward of the water's edge, will remain undisturbed leaving the existing
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left in a natural state that includes both wooded and herbaceous areas.
Under current conditions, in 2013 when further ground water withdrawal
reductions are implemented, the farm will not have enough water to maintain
current production during a drought. The proposed pond will have a water
source from the drainage feature as well as the ability to collect surface water run
off from rain events. The creation of this pond will greatly reduce the farms
dependence on the current groundwater source during seasons of normal rain
events and provide a much needed safety factor for seasons of drought.
In efforts to maintain ecologically conservative and sustainable production
practices, Worthington Farms chooses this location to retain 98% of the laminar
runoff from the production areas. The natural contours and lateral layout of
production areas undoubtedly prove this to be the only ergonomically and
practical site to locate the pond. Its proposed location will prove efficient in the
use of space, resources, and use demand.
The time frame of this project will depend on economic conditions and the terms
of the permit. The intent is to have the project completed in time for meeting the
2013 groundwater withdraw reduction mandate.
Worthington Farms has acted proactively by utilizing BMP's in the design and
implementation of nearby production areas. The aforementioned production area
consists of approximately 35 acres that utilizes grassed filter strip buffers
distributed evenly throughout the production area to filter laminar flow and reduce
sediment, particle, and nutrient load movement into watersheds. The slope of
1 % and design allows laminar flow to move quickly and effectively across the
production area during rain events without creating channels or disrupting the
established vegetation. The design directs all water from the mentioned area as
well as other productions sites into grassed swales. Catch basins located within
the grassed swales allow the water from approximately 60 acres to be relocated
into a NRCS designed detention wetland before it is discharged into the
watershed. The projects design and BMP's were not a result of any
administrative or legal stipulations placed on the process of construction. By
using these BMP's as the basis for the production project, there has been a
major reduction of total suspended solids, nutrients, any potential heavy metals
while improving hydrology. These implementations are used to effectively and
efficiently manage physical water movement, quality of water affecting the new

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pond project watershed, and to potentially help offset any mitigation requirements
resulting from construction of the new pond.
The latest production system constructed was designed with production and
environmental BMP's specifically in mind. This construction project
encompasses an area consisting of approximately 32 acres. Slopes were set @
a modest rate of 1 % to ensure effective runoff while reducing velocity. The flat
grade allows for sheet flow across the production area avoiding channel
formation. For concentrated drainage areas, grassed swales were implemented.
Of the 32 acre drainage area, all runoff is filtered through at least one of the
following prior to entering a 3/4 acre retention pond: Grassed swale, grassed
buffer strips spaced between each production block, vegetative catch basin
swale. Roughly (9.94 acres) 31 % of the production area is dedicated to the sole
purpose of filtering laminar discharge through the previously mentioned formats.
The retention pond is designed to hold 12" of water to allow settling of sediment
or nutrient loads prior to its discharge at the rear of the pond. This water will be
entering the new pond project site. This project was designed to ensure water
quality entering the project area and watershed. We were not required to pursue
the construction of this project but we felt it was important to establish our theme
on environmentally conservative principles.
Other non -infrastructural BMP's concerning our production practices are the
utilization of micro -irrigation, fertigation, and pre -plant incorporated fertility.
Instead of using heavy inefficient irrigation practices that demand exponentially
large amounts of water, we use a micro -irrigation system that applies only 0.51
GPM/plant. Each discharge consists of 0.17GPM and uses approximately 4
gallons per day/plant. This reduces significantly the amount of runoff (nearly non-
existent). Also, by using a fertigation process of incorporating an established
rate of liquid fertilizer through the irrigation system, allows precision application
directly to the site rather than a broad application resulting in extremely poor
interception efficiency. Prior to each plant being established into the production
container, a substrate media is blended to optimize plant growth and viability.
We use a slow release granular formulation that allows moisture and heat
activated fertilizer to be accessible to the plant during the periods of fertigation
absence. Again this reduces the potential of spillage and fertilizer load discharge
into a watershed.

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This new style of production system is revolutionary in the sense that it
possesses a simpler, less expensive method of producing higher quality trees
above the ground rather than in the ground inside an established volume
container. This allows for any fluid discharge containing pesticides and fertilizer
to be filtered across the top of the ground rather than into the ground.
Concerning our field production, we immediately established vegetative
driveways in and around each planted area. Also we are in the process of
converting overhead reel irrigation to precision drip irrigation. This will reduce the
need to apply broadcast fertilizers and conserve water.
As for continued use and implementation of BMP's, we will continue to
established and maintain all areas disassociated with the specific area of
production areas into a form of vegetative filters. Additional production of
container nursery crops will be in the form of the above mentioned system rather
than a reversion to less effective or sustainable practices. For any leaching
issues, we establish the proper ratios concerning the physical properties of our
substrate media. This include optimization of interception efficiency through
precision irrigation, leaching fraction, and proper solid:solution:porosity ratios.
Cyclical irrigation programs will continue to be utilized which reduces the volume
of water needed per application.
Alternative Site Potential
In the process of planning the new pond location, several influential factors were
considered. These consisted of but are not limited to production logistics, water
recycling ability, space, future office/infrastructural sites, and drainage
interception. The chosen site is in an area that does not need to be readily
accessible and does not pose a potential logistic disruption to movement of
material, equipment, and employees. Utilizing natural gradients of the available
property, we strategically chose the pond location to ensure enough water is
retained to match the 150 day storage requirements during high volume demand.
As future production methodology demands higher output efficiency and with
further economic downturn looming ahead, land and real estate continues to
become a more valuable asset. Locating the pond in an area that could
potentially be used as office space or other amenity site would offset the ability to
remain and improve effectively in the nursery business.

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Placing the pond on an upland site would:
1.) Create an additional obstacle for personnel, equipment, and materials to
traverse
2.) Lose any potential of having nearly 100% interception and recycling of
irrigation
3.) Lose the ability to recapture the water required to operate at a capacity that is
safe and sustainable
4.) Create major water quality issues by using a source that has high
bicarbonates and sodium, which deplete the watering efficiency and are likely to
be phytotoxic.
5.) Demand use of a water source that is unable to meet volume demands and is
restricted in volume by mandate of our NRCS permit.
6.) Financial losses have previously been discussed.
Future plans are to utilize water from the withdrawal permit base on other
isolated farms. This requires reservation of the permitted base volume for
production in these isolated areas.
Revisions Made During Initial Review by Owners
During the review process, the owners agreed to the following changes to reduce
stream impacts:
-The proposed dam was shifted upstream reducing stream impacts by 37 linear
feet and allowing 0.90 acres of forested area to remain undisturbed.
-Shifting the dam location upstream provides 7,367 linear feet of 50ft wide buffer
around the pond. This is a 719 linear feet increase from the existing 6,648 linear
feet of existing buffer.
-Three pump station sites were proposed but the applicant agreed to eliminate
two of the pump sites. This action reduced encroachment into the 50' buffer area
by 600sft each for a total of 1200sft.
-The applicant also proposed establishing a vegetated 50' wide buffer along
feeder streams that are located on the property they own, but outside of the
project area.
All spoil material generated during project construction will be relocated on site or
utilized in infrastructural development. A Sedimentation and Erosion Control
Plan will be implemented as needed. All spoil will be located outside of buffer
areas and will allow for laminar sheet flow movement of runoff into the project
area or other watershed.

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Site BMP's for Mitigation Offset Possibilities
Incorporate constructed wetlands into entry points of runoff etc
Eliminate 2 of the 3 pump station sites
Inner maintenance corridor on the 10:1 slope inside the zone 1 perimeter
Turnarounds located outside of Zone 2
Movement of dam to reduce impacts
Re-establishment of natural flora to appropriate areas

BLOCK 24 ADJOINING PROPERTY OWNERS
WORTHINGTON FARMS, INC.
IRRIGATION POND
GREENVILLE, WINTERVILLE TOWNSHIP
PITT COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA
Location:
Pitt County, Winterville Township, NC
Owner:
Worthington Farms Inc.
Consultant:
J. Stephen Janowski, PE
708-D Cromwell Drive
Greenville, NC 27858
Phone:
252.756.1390
• Curtis & Nesa Worthington- 3904 Ballards Crossroads Rd,. Greenville, NC
27834
• Chester & Patty Worthignton- 3619 Ballards Crossroads Rd., Greenville, NC
27834
• Joseph & Heidi Nash- 3499 Ballards Crossroads Rd., Greenville, NC 27834
• Bobby & Evelyn Crawford- 1920 M Quail Ridge Rd., Greenville, NC 27858
• Frank Dail- 6088 US Hwy 13, Farmville, NC 27828
• Ned Kinsaul Estate C/O Phyllis Lowder- 36654 finger Rd, Mount Pleasant, NC
28124
• Fred & Gayle Wainwright- 3481 A South Evans St., Greenville, NC 27834
• Troy & Patsy Kittrell- 3302 Alvin Road, Grimesland, NC 27837
• Fred & Alice Wainwright- 3112 Speight Seed Farm Rd, Winterville, NC 28590
• Keith & Sandra Gaskins- 2220 Pocosin Rd., Ayden, NC 28513
• Judy Worthington- 4897 Reedy Branch Rd., Winterville, NC 28590
Todd & Donna Williams- 1996 Pocosin Rd., Ayden, NC 28513
• John& Bette Beaman- PO Box 308 Snow Hill, NC 28580
0 Jamie & Fannie Nobles- 3532 Speight Seed Farms Rd., Winterville, NC 28590

Block 24
Adjoining Property Owners
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• John Beaman- PO Box 1250, Winterville, NC 28590
• Larry Worthington, Jr.- PO Box 10218, Goldsboro, NC 27532