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Home My WebLink About760009_Inspection_20191220ROY COOPER Governor MICHAEL S. REGAN Secretary LINDA CULPEPPER Director Joe Dean Cox Oakland Farms PO Box 1090 Ramseur, NC 27316 NORTH CAROLINA Environmental Quality December 20, 2019 SUBJECT: Annual Compliance Inspection Permit AWS760009 Dear Mr. Cox, An annual Compliance Inspection of the subject permit was conducted on December 18, 2019. A copy of the inspection report is included for your records and review. Please take note of the following comments from the inspection and take action as needed: 1. Sludge remains at a non -compliant level. A Plan of Action was filled out and signed during the inspection which set the due date for sludge compliance as February 20, 2020. Please be sure to schedule a sludge survey scheduled on or around that date to assess if efforts to aggressively agitate and haul sludge were effective. 2. The waste level (freeboard) was at the top marker of the lagoon during the inspection. I understand that the rains within the 24-hours prior to inspection brought the lagoon to being "full." Please work to lower the liquid level as soon as conditions are favorable for irrigation. I will follow-up with a phone call in a week to check on the freeboard level. 3. Calibration of equipment was due this year. Please complete the calibrations of the irrigation and the slurry tank with the next use of each. Calibration forms were provided during inspection. 4. Soils analysis will be due in 2020. Guidance for proper sampling techniques is enclosed and sample boxes may be obtained through Randolph Soil and Water. 5. The dam was in good condition and well vegetated at the time of inspection. Thank you for your time during the inspection. Please contact me at 336-776-9705 or rebecca.chandler@ncdenr.gov if you have any questions regarding this inspection. Sincerely, DocuSigned by: AB94CAC558544E9... Rebecca D. Chandler Environmental Specialist II NCDEQ-Division of Water Resources Winston-Salem Regional Office encl. D E Q�p North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality I Division of Water Resources Winston-Salem Regional Office 1 450 West Hanes Mill Road, Suite 300 I Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27105 NORTH CAROLINA o•o•°"•mme""WMMKV /� 336.776.9800 Division of Water Resources ❑ Division of Soil and Water Conservation ❑ Other Agency Facility Number: 760009 Inspection Type: Compliance Inspection Reason for Visit: Routine Date of Visit: 12/18/2019 Entry Time Farm Name: Oakland Farms Owner: Joe Dean Cox Mailing Address: PO Box 1090 Physical Address: 5567 Joe Dean Trl Facility Status: Active 10:10 am Permit: AWS760009 Inactive Or Closed Date: ❑ Denied Access County: Randolph Region: Winston-Salem Exit Time: 12:15 pm Incident #: Owner Email: billiewhitecox@yahoo.com Phone: 336-824-8022 Ramseur NC 27316 Ramseur NC 27316 Facility Status: ❑ Compliant Not Compliant Integrator: N G Purvis Farms Inc Location of Farm: Latitude: 35' 41' 57" Longitude: 79' 37' 24" From WSRO: 1-40 east to GSO. Take US Hwy 220 south to US Hwy 64 east. Take NC Hwy 22 south to Joe Dean Trail and turn right. Question Areas: Dischrge & Stream Impacts Waste Col, Stor, & Treat Waste Application Records and Documents Other Issues Certified Operator: Robert G Cox Secondary OIC(s): Operator Certification Number: 23274 On -Site Representative(s): Name Title Phone 24 hour contact name Billie Cox 336-824-8022 On -site representative Billie Cox 336-824-8022 Primary Inspector: Inspector Signature: Secondary Inspector(s): Inspection Summary: Rebecca D Chandler /—Docusigned by: AB94CAC558544E9... Phone: 336-776-9705 Date: 12/20/2019 4. Lagoon at the marker during inspection, had just reached it the previous 24-hours to due heavy rains. Will follow-up after the holiday to check on freeboard. 21. Soils due next year, 2020. 24. Calibration due with next application, irrigation and slurry truck/tank 7. Dam was in good condition with good vegetation and well maintained. Some concern for slumping in where tractor had been pulled up, but not major concern. Continue to monitor. 25. Sludge Plan of Action needed. POA was completed and signed during inspection. Equipment is ready to go once weather cooperates for hauling. Discussed potential to agitate towards the middle where sludge accumulation seems highest. Cocnern for getting equipment to the area where that would work best as natural grade side of lagoon has steep embankment and do not want equipment on dam side of lagoon. Page 1 of 5 Permit: AWS760009 Owner: Joe Dean Cox Facility Number: 760009 Inspection Date: 12/18/19 Inspection Type: Compliance Inspection Reason for Visit: Routine Regulated Operations Design Capacity Current promotions Swine Swine - Feeder to Finish 2,953 I 2,960 Total Design Capacity: 2,953 Total SSLW: 398,655 Waste Structures Effective Built Closed Designated Observed Type Identifier Date Date Date Freeboard Freeboard Lagoon LAGOON 01/01/2005 01/01/1997 21.00 21.00 Page 2 of 5 Permit: AWS760009 Owner: Joe Dean Cox Facility Number: 760009 Inspection Date: 12/18/19 Inspection Type: Compliance Inspection Reason for Visit: Routine Discharges & Stream Impacts Yes No NA NE 1. Is any discharge observed from any part of the operation? ❑ MEIEI Discharge originated at: Structure ❑ Application Field ❑ Other ❑ a. Was conveyance man-made? ❑ 0 ❑ ❑ b. Did discharge reach Waters of the State? (if yes, notify DWQ) ❑ 0 ❑ ❑ c. What is the estimated volume that reached waters of the State (gallons)? d. Does discharge bypass the waste management system? (if yes, notify DWQ) ❑ 0 ❑ ❑ 2. Is there evidence of a past discharge from any part of the operation? ❑ 0 ❑ ❑ 3. Were there any observable adverse impacts or potential adverse impacts to Waters of the ❑ 0 ❑ ❑ State other than from a discharge? Waste Collection, Storage & Treatment Yes No NA NE 4. Is storage capacity less than adequate? 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ If yes, is waste level into structural freeboard? ❑ 5. Are there any immediate threats to the integrity of any of the structures observed (Le./ large ❑ 0 ❑ ❑ trees, severe erosion, seepage, etc.)? 6. Are there structures on -site that are not properly addressed and/or managed through a ❑ MEI ❑ waste management or closure plan? 7. Do any of the structures need maintenance or improvement? ❑ MEI ❑ 8. Do any of the structures lack adequate markers as required by the permit? (Not applicable ❑ 0 ❑ ❑ to roofed pits, dry stacks and/or wet stacks) 9. Does any part of the waste management system other than the waste structures require ❑ 0 ❑ ❑ maintenance or improvement? Waste Application Yes No NA NE 10. Are there any required buffers, setbacks, or compliance alternatives that need ❑ 0 ❑ ❑ maintenance or improvement? 11. Is there evidence of incorrect application? ❑ 0 ❑ ❑ If yes, check the appropriate box below. Excessive Ponding? ❑ Hydraulic Overload? ❑ Frozen Ground? ❑ Heavy metals (Cu, Zn, etc)? ❑ PAN? ❑ Is PAN > 10%/10 lbs.? ❑ Total Phosphorus? ❑ Failure to incorporate manure/sludge into bare soil? ❑ Outside of acceptable crop window? ❑ Evidence of wind drift? ❑ Application outside of application area? ❑ Crop Type 1 Fescue (Hay, Pasture) Page 3 of 5 Permit: AWS760009 Owner: Joe Dean Cox Inspection Date: 12/18/19 Inspection Type: Compliance Inspection Facility Number: Reason for Visit: 760009 Routine Waste Application Yes No NA NE Crop Type 2 Crop Type 3 Crop Type 4 Crop Type 5 Crop Type 6 Soil Type 1 Soil Type 2 Soil Type 3 Soil Type 4 Soil Type 5 Soil Type 6 14. Do the receiving crops differ from those designated in the Certified Animal Waste ❑ 0 ❑ ❑ Management Plan(CAWMP)? 15. Does the receiving crop and/or land application site need improvement? ❑ 0 ❑ ❑ 16. Did the facility fail to secure and/or operate per the irrigation design or wettable acre ❑ 0 ❑ ❑ determination? 17. Does the facility lack adequate acreage for land application? ❑ 0 ❑ ❑ 18. Is there a lack of properly operating waste application equipment? ❑ 0 ❑ ❑ Records and Documents Yes No NA NE 19. Did the facility fail to have Certificate of Coverage and Permit readily available? ❑ 0 ❑ ❑ 20. Does the facility fail to have all components of the CAWMP readily available? ❑ 0 ❑ ❑ If yes, check the appropriate box below. WUP? ❑ Checklists? ❑ Design? ❑ Maps? ❑ Lease Agreements? ❑ Other? ❑ If Other, please specify 21. Does record keeping need improvement? ❑ ❑ ❑ If yes, check the appropriate box below. Waste Application? ❑ Weekly Freeboard? ❑ Waste Analysis? ❑ Soil analysis? ❑ Waste Transfers? ❑ Weather code? ❑ Rainfall? ❑ Stocking? ❑ Crop yields? ❑ Page 4 of 5 Permit: AWS760009 Owner: Joe Dean Cox Facility Number: Inspection Date: 12/18/19 Inspection Type: Compliance Inspection Reason for Visit: 760009 Routine Records and Documents Yes No NA NE 120 Minute inspections? ❑ Monthly and 1" Rainfall Inspections ❑ Sludge Survey ❑ 22. Did the facility fail to install and maintain a rain gauge? ❑ 0 ❑ ❑ 23. If selected, did the facility fail to install and maintain a rainbreaker on irrigation equipment ❑ 0 ❑ ❑ (NPDES only)? 24. Did the facility fail to calibrate waste application equipment as required by the permit? ❑ 0 ❑ ❑ 25. Is the facility out of compliance with permit conditions related to sludge? If yes, check the 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ appropriate box(es) below: Failure to complete annual sludge survey ❑ Failure to develop a POA for sludge levels ❑ Non -compliant sludge levels in any lagoon List structure(s) and date of first survey indicating non-compliance: 2/20/2018 26. Did the facility fail to provide documentation of an actively certified operator in charge? ❑ 0 ❑ ❑ 27. Did the facility fail to secure a phosphorous loss assessment (PLAT) certification? ❑ 0 ❑ ❑ Other Issues Yes No NA NE 28. Did the facility fail to properly dispose of dead animals within 24 hours and/or document ❑ 0 ❑ ❑ and report mortality rates that exceed normal rates? 29. At the time of the inspection did the facility pose an odor or air quality concern? If yes, ❑ 0 ❑ ❑ contact a regional Air Quality representative immediately. 30. Did the facility fail to notify regional DWQ of emergency situations as required by Permit? ❑ 0 ❑ ❑ (i.e., discharge, freeboard problems, over -application) 31. Do subsurface tile drains exist at the facility? ❑ 0 ❑ ❑ If yes, check the appropriate box below. Application Field ❑ Lagoon / Storage Pond ❑ Other ❑ If Other, please specify 32. Were any additional problems noted which cause non-compliance of the Permit or ❑ 0 ❑ ❑ CAW M P? 33. Did the Reviewer/Inspector fail to discuss review/inspection with on -site representative? ❑ 0 ❑ ❑ 34. Does the facility require a follow-up visit by same agency? ❑ 0 ❑ ❑ Page 5 of 5