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r the land side of the levee from Zuckerman Road, was a swine farm that was operational circa 0s. Four, large upright feed storage bins remain from this operation and are not part of the ject property. estigation of the soil in the proposed effluent disposal area began on October 13, 2025 with a soil file boring down to 8.5 ft using a B-24 Mobile Drill Rig. Four soil samples were sampled off the auger for laboratory chemical and particle size analyses from the depths referenced below in Table 1. The Laboratory Report is located in Appendix D. The boring was extended past the encountered water table, which was determined to be 7.3 ft below ground surface (bgs). The Lab test results illustrate unusual nitrate-nitrogen (NO3-N) concentrations through the soil profile. An inexplicably high concentration of NO3-N exists at the 4 ft depth, which is unusual since the property was never farmed, then a substantial decrease in NO3-N concentration at the 6 ft and 8 ft depths. This 90% decrease in NO3-N concentration indicates significant apparent denitrification. However, given the very low pH of the soils which suppress nitrification and denitrification, the data is highly unusual. TABLE 1 EFFLUENT DISPOSAL AREA SOIL INFORMATION DEPTH AND SAND/SILT/CLAY NO,-N CONTENT SOIL pH CATION EXCHANGE SAMPLE NUMBER PERCENTAGES CAPACITY 2 FT 58% 17% 25% 22 ppm 4.3 7.2 meq/100g Sandy Clay Loam(SM-CL) 4 FT 46% 31% 24% 93 ppm 4.0 9.0 meq/100g Loam(ML) 6 FT 95% 0% 5% 19 ppm 5.3 2.6 meq/100g Sand(SW) 8 FT 49% 33% 19% 9 ppm 4.7 5.9 meq/100g Loam Sand ML-SM To assess the permeability of the soils of the future filter bed soil, two percolation test borings were completed in the filter bed disposal area with the B-24 Drill Rig. After drilling the two perc test borings, two inches of pea gravel was placed at the bottom and a three-inch perforated PVC pipe was inserted in both borings. The borings were then pre-saturated with 12 inches of water. On October 24, 2025, percolation testing commenced. Testing was done over a four-hour period to induce maximum soil saturation. The test results found in Appendix E reveal the 36-inch depth had 35.7 minutes/inch(min/in)percolation and the 48-inch depth had a rate of 31.3 min/in. A summary of the perc test results with corresponding application rates in gallons of effluent accepted per square foot of soil per day are illustrated below in Table 2: Page -2- Chesney Engineering, Inc.