NC0025321_SOC - March 2022 Quarterly Report_20220414

March 2022
Quarterly report as required by SOC section 2 (b) 8. We are still currently receiving monthly NOVS
much to our frustration. February, we received a large snow event and several heavy rain days. Our
monthly precipitation totals were just over 10 inches for February. We had to have the hydraulic pack
rebuilt on the press and had a belt break. This caused 2 weeks of down time on the press that we were
unable to remove sludge from the plant. We are making every effort to keep sludge moving and
removed from the plant.
Value engineering with Harper Construction is underway. A few design modifications are being
considered to reduce the over all price of construction. One problem we've had to address was the
bridge coming into the plant. We have been able to get a verbal agreement with the landowner and the
county to build an access road from the Haywood County Fairgrounds to Walnut trail road. This will
eliminate the replacing or upgrading the bridge prior to construction. We have a tentative plan to break
ground somewhere around the end of June first part of July. This is still contingent on the approval of
the DWR and DWI on the plan modification.