WQ0034380_Renewal Application_20201023

Initial Review
Reviewer Thornburg, Nathaniel
Is this submittal an application? (Excluding additional information.)*
r Yes r No
Permit Number (IR)* WQ0034380
Applicant/Permittee Sanderson Farms, Inc. (Processing Division)
Applicant/Permittee Address PO Box 988, Laurel, MS 39441
Is the owner in BIMS? r Yes r No Is the facility in BIMS? r Yes r No
Owner Type Organization
Facility Name Sanderson Farms - Kinston WWTP
County Lenoir
Fee Category Major
Is this a complete
application?*
c Yes r No
Signature Authority
Signature Authority Title
Signature Authority Email
Document Type (if non -application)
Email Notifications
Does this need review bythe hydrogeologist?* r Yes r No
Regional Office
CO Reviewer
Admin Reviewer
Fee Amount $0
Complete App Date 10/23/2020
Below list any additional email address that need notification about a new project.
Email Address
Comments to be added to email notfication
Comments for Kendall
Comments for RO

Comments for Reviewer
Comments for Applicant

Submittal Form
Project Contact Information
Rease provide information on the person to be contacted by N B Staff regarding electronic receipt, another correspondence. ittal, confirmation of iptd othd
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Name * Stephanie Shoemaker
Email Address*
[e-mail]
Phone Number*
6016494030
Project Information
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Application/Document Type* r New (Fee Req ui red)
r Modification - Major (Fee Required)
r Renewal with Major Modification (Fee
Required)
r Annual Report
r Additional Information
r Other
O Modification - Minor
G Renewal
C GW-59, NDMR, NDMLR, NDAR-1,
NDAR-2
r Residual Annual Report
r Change of Ownership
We no longer accept these monitoring reports through this portal. Please click on the link below and it will take you to the correct form.
https://edocs.deq.nc.gov/Forms/NonDischarge_Monitoring_Report
Permit Type:*
r Wastewater Irrigation
r High -Rate Infiltration
r Other Wastewater
r Reclaimed Water
r Closed -Loop Recycle
r Residuals
r Single -Family Residence Wastewater
r Other
Irrigation
Permit Number:*
WQ0034380
Fbs Current Existing pernit number
Applicant/Permittee*
Sanderson Farms, Inc. (Processing Division)
Applicant/Permittee Address*
PO Box988, Laurel, MS39441
Facility Name *
Sanderson Farms - Kinston WWTP
Please provide comments/notes
on your current submittal below.
Cover letter in attached pdf.
At this time, paper copies are no longer required. If you have any questions about what is required, please contact Nathaniel Thornburg
at [e-mail].
Please attach all information required or requested for this submittal to be reviewed here.*
(Application Form Engineering Rans, Specifications, Calculations, Rc.)
Sanderson Farms Kinston Non -Discharge Permit Renewal
1.77MB
2020.pdf
upload only 1 FLFdocurrent (less than 250 M3). Multiple docurrents mist be combined into one R7Ffile unless file is larger than
upload linit.
* V By checking this box, I acknowledge that I understand the application will not be
accepted for pre -review until the fee (if required) has been received by the Non -
Discharge Branch. Application fees must be submitted by check or money order
and made payable to the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality
(NCDEQ). I also confirm that the uploaded document is a single PDF with all parts
of the application in correct order (as specified by the application).
Mail payment to:
NCDEQ — Division of Water Resources
Attn: Non -Discharge Branch
1617 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1617
Signature *

Submission Date Is filled inautorraticallyonce subrrilted.

Sanderson
Farms'
October 23, 2020
Sanderson Farms, Inc.
Post Office Box 988 • Laurel, Mississippi 39441-0988
Telephone [phone]• Facsimile [phone]
NC DEQ
Non -Discharge Branch —Archdale 942W
512 N. Salisbury St.
Raleigh, NC 27604
Re: Sanderson Farms Inc. Kinston Processing WQ0034380
To whom it may concern,
Enclosed is the permit renewal for the Sanderson Farms Inc. Kinston Processing WQ0034380. Please
contact me at 601-426-1572 or [e-mail] with any questions.
Thanks,
Stephanie Shoemaker
Manager of Environmental
Sanderson Farms Inc.

Section II Permit Information
Sanderson Farms Inc. Kinston Processing is a poultry processing facility that receives live birds,
slaughters, eviscerates, cuts/debone, and packages for food service customers. The plant runs two
shifts of processing and one shift of sanitation, normally 5 days per week. Chemicals used in the plant
are:
- Sodium hydroxide for pH control
- Peracetic acid for microbial control
- Sanitation chemicals use on the third shift to clean the inside of the processing plant.
- Sodium thiosulfate
- Sodium hypochlorite
- Chemical softeners for the boiler
- Condenser chemicals to maintain the condensers
- Coagulant (as needed) to control solids in the clarifier.
The wastewater facility consists of:
• a process pump station with two 2,000 GPM pumps and an influent flow meter
• a stormwater pump station with two 220 GPM pumps and flow meter
■ a flow splitter
• a 17.8 million gallon clay lined, synthetically covered anaerobic pond with waste gas blowers
and burner
• an anaerobic pond pump station with two 1,180 GPM pumps and a flow meter
• a 523,000 gallon anoxic basin with mixer
• a 2,969,000 gallon aeration basin with nine blowers
• a return activated sludge (RAS) screw pump and two return mixed liquor (RML) screw pumps
• a 38,100 gallon deaeration basin with mixer
• a 644,000 gallon clarifier with a waste activated sludge line flow meter
• a 5.1 MG clay lined waste sludge lagoon
• a Parshall flume
• an ultraviolet light disinfection system
• a 10.2 MG wet weather storage pond and an 8.2 MG holding lagoon
• an irrigation pump station with three vertical 2,079 turbine pumps and flow meter
• approximately 232.8 acres of spray irrigation area with 9 zones and 15 subfields.
Process water from the plant is screened for solids (meat and feathers) in the offal pit; these solids are
augered onto trucks to be taken to the contracted rendering facility. The water then flows through the
Dissolved Air Flotation (DAF) system and the fat is skimmed and pumped to the rendering truck. The
water exits the DAF then flows to the anaerobic lagoon. Water from the exit end of the anaerobic
lagoon is pumped to the anoxic basin where it mixes with RAS and RML from the deaeration basin. It
then flows to the aeration basin for the nitrification/denitrification process. Water then flows to the
clarifier to settle solids, gets disinfected through the UV lights, then flows to the spray lagoon where it is
then land applied.

State of North Carolina
Department of Environmental Quality
DWR Division of Water Resources
NON -DISCHARGE SYSTEM RENEWAL
Division of Water Resources FORM: NDSR 01-20
This form is for renewal without modification for all non -discharge system permits, except Residuals Management and Single -
Family Residence Wastewater Irrigation System permits.
For more information, visit the Water Quality Permitting Section's Non -Discharge Branch Website.
I. PERMITTEE INFORMATION:
1. Permittee: SANDERSON FARMS KINSTON FACILITY
2. Signature authority's name: BOB BILLINGSLEY per 15A NCAC 02T .0106(b) Title: DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT
Primary Telephone number: [phone] Office Secondary number: (_) _- Select
Email Address: picbillincsley(n')sandersonfarms.com
3. Permittee's mailing address: PO BOX 988
City: LAUREL State: MS Zip: 39441-
4. Billing address (if different from above):
City: State: Zip: -
5. Contact person's name (if different from signature authority): STEPHANIE SHOEMAKER Title:
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGER
Primary Telephone number: [phone] Office Secondary number: [phone] Direct
Email Address: sshoemaker(aa-)sandersonfarms.com
II. PERMIT INFORMATION:
1. Existing permit number: WQ0034380
2. Has the facility been constructed? ® Yes or ❑ No
If yes, has the facility been constructed in accordance with the permit and the Division -approved plans and specifications?
[ 15A NCAC 02T .0110] ® Yes or ❑ No
If no, a formal permit modification request shall be submitted to the Division.
3. Has any of the property ownership within the facility and/or disposal area changed from what is indicated in the current permit
(Attachment B — disposal field owner/lessee)? ❑ Yes or ® No
Has the Permittee had a name change or has the permit changed ownership? ❑ Yes or ® No
If yes to either, a permit modification request shall be submitted to the Division. [15A NCAC 02T .0105]
4. Is this facility a Privately -Owned Public Utility? ❑ Yes or ® No
If yes, provide two copies of the Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity from the North Carolina Utilities Commission
demonstrating the Applicant is authorized to hold the utility franchise. [ 15A NCAC 02T .0115(a)(1)]
5. Is the Permittee a Home/Property Owners' Associations or Developers of lots to be sold? ❑ Yes or ® No
If yes, provide the following:
• For Home/Property Owners' Associations — ❑ erational Agreement FORM: HOA and a copy of the proposed or
approved Articles of Incorporation, Declarations, and By-laws [ 15A NCAC 02T .0115(c)]
• For Developers of lots to be sold — Operational Agreement (FORM: DEV) [15A NCAC 02T .0I 15(b)]
FORM: NDSR 01-20 Page 1 of 4

State of North Carolina
Department of Environmental Quality
DWR Division of Water Resources
NON -DISCHARGE SYSTEM RENEWAL
Division of Water Resources FORM: NDSR 01-20
6. Does the facility treat and dispose of industrial wastewater?
If yes, complete items below. If no, skip to the next section.
Indicate the approximate percentage of wastewater makeup:
Industrial:97.5% Domestic:0% Stormwater:2.5%
For all industrial wastewater sources (excluding those permitted under a pretreatment permit), provide a detailed industrial
process description including:
• An overview of the manufacturing process
• An inventory of all materials used for manufacture, including chemicals and biological matter
An overview of cleaning and treatment methodology, including an inventory of treatment materials and compounds
Has the nature of wastes (e.g., change in industrial processes, introduction of new materials or chemicals, etc.) described in the
approved permit application(s) changed? ❑ Yes or ® No
If yes, a permit modification request shall be submitted to the Division. [G.S. 141-215.1(d)1
III. SITE MAP:
1. Provide an updated site map in accordance with 15A NCAC 02T .0105(d) that shows the following (if applicable):
The site map is not required to be signed or sealed by a Professional Engineer. However, the map must indicate the source of
information. For example, parcel lines taken from a county GIS map should reference the GIS website.
® Legend, north arrow, and scale
® Topographic contours on all disposal sites
® Soil mapping units on all disposal sites
® All facility -related structures and fences within the treatment, storage, and disposal areas
® All habitable residences and places of assembly within 500 feet of all treatment, storage, and irrigations sites
® Location of all wells, streams (ephemeral, intermittent, and perennial), springs, lakes, ponds, ditches, and other surface
drainage features within 500 feet of all waste treatment, storage, and disposal site(s)
® Latitude and longitude coordinates of all monitoring wells (decimal degrees to 6 digits)
® Location and identification of major components of the waste disposal system
® The wetted perimeter of all irrigation fields with field names (named according to the approved permit)
® Location and ownership of property boundaries within 500 feet of the disposal area (including road/rail right-of-ways)
® The delineation of compliance and review boundaries
® Distance measurements verifying all setbacks are being met
® Stormwater drainage controls
® 100-year fluudplalll
❑ For reclaimed water generation permits, provide a separate map showing all distribution lines and utilization permit
locations that are connected to the water generation facility and are permitted by the Non -Discharge Branch (excludes
Local Program permitted facilities). Include all reclaimed water distribution line and reclaimed water utilization permit
numbers.
FORM: NDSR 01-20 Page 2 of

DWR
State of North Carolina
Department of Environmental Quality
Division of Water Resources
Division of Water Resources
IV. GROUNDWATER MONITORING WELLS
NON -DISCHARGE SYSTEM RENEWAL
FORM: NDSR 01-20
1. Does the facility have a proposed or existing groundwater monitoring well network? ® Yes or ❑ No
If no, skip to next section.
If yes, complete the following table (NOTE — This table may be expanded for additional wells):
Well Name
Status
Latitude 8
Longitude e
Gradient
Location
MW-1
Active
35.2493670
-77.6761380
Down Gradient
On Review Boundary
MW-2
Active
35.2414020
-77.676999"
Down Gradient
On Review Boundary
MW-3
Active
35.239433"
-77.6697770
Down Gradient
On Review Boundary
MW-4
Active
35.2368880
-77.6661370
Down Gradient
On Review Boundary
MW-5
Permanently Abandoned
35.2463340
-77.666021 °
Down Gradient
On Review Boundary
MW-6
Active
35.2499510
-77.6651740
Down Gradient
On Review Boundary
MW-7
Active
35.250197"
-77.6663480
Down Gradient
On Review Boundary
MW-8
Active
35.2406750
-77.667441 °
Up Gradient
On Review Boundary
MW-9
Active
35.243759
-77.667391 °
Down Gradient
On Review Boundary
a. Coordinates must be in NAD83 and have 6 decimal degrees
V. SETBACK WAIVERS, EASEMENTS, AND LEASES:
1. Does the permit have any setback waivers, easements, or leases? ❑ Yes or ® No
If yes, provide copies of all documents and complete the table below:
Document
Type
Grantor or
Parcel No.
Grantee
Expiration
Date
County
Registered
Deed
Book
Deed Page
Document
Description a
Select
Select
Select
Select
Select
Select
Select
a. The document description shall list any reduced setbacks with distance, etc.
2. For reclaimed water utilization permits:
Is reclaimed water utilized on property not controlled by the generator? ❑ Yes or ® No
A lease, easement, or agreement must be provided allowing for the utilization of reclaimed water on the property or within the
facility. For irrigation of reclaimed water, an easement is required per 15A NCAC 02U .0501(6). All documents shall be listed
in the table above.
FORM: NDSR 01-20 Page 3 of 4

State of North Carolina
DWR
Division of Water Resources
VI. RELATED PERMITS
Department of Environmental Quality
Division of Water Resources
NON -DISCHARGE SYSTEM RENEWAL
FORM: NDSR 01-20
1. If this permit has interactions with other wastewater permits (collection systems, NPDES, etc.), complete the table below
(provide additional pages if necessary):
Permit Type Permit No. Description
2. Does the facility have an approved flow reduction [15A NCAC 02T .01 IQ I? ❑ Yes or ® No
If yes, attach the measured monthly average amount of wastewater flow contributed per unit for the 12 months prior to permit
renewal. If any of these monthly averages are within 20% of the approved value, the Permittee shall provide a reevaluation of
the reduced flow value using the methodology applied to the original flow reduction application. Also, attach a copy of the
flow reduction approval letter.
APPLICANT'S CERTIFICATION ISA NCAC 02T .OI06(b)
I, BOB BILLINGSLEY, attest that this renewal application has been reviewed by me, and is accurate and complete to the best of my
knowledge. I understand that any unauthorized discharge of wastewater from this non -discharge system to surface waters or the land
may result in an enforcement action that may include civil penalties, injunctive relief, and/or criminal prosecution. I will make no claim
against the Division of Water Resources should a condition of this permit be violated. I also understand that if all required parts of this
application are not completed, this application may be returned to me as incomplete. I further certify that the Applicant or any parent,
subsidiary, or other affiliate of the Applicant has not been convicted of an environmental crime, has not abandoned a wastewater facility
without proper closure, does not have an outstanding civil penalty where all appeals have been exhausted or abandoned, are compliant
with any active compliance schedule, and does not have any overdue annual fees.
NOTE — In accordance with General Statutes 143-215.6A and 143-215.6B, any person who knowingly makes any false statement,
representation, or certification in any application package shall be guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor, which may include a fine not to
exceed $10,000 as well as civil penalties up to $25,000 per violation. The Applicant's Certification shall be signed in accordance with
15A NCAC 02T .0106(b). Per 15A NCAC 02T .0106(c1, an alternate person may be designated as the signing official if a delegation
letter is p+-a■��s m_a person who Imu-11c criteria in I5A NCAC 0'T .0106(b)
THE COMPLETED APPLICATION AND SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION SHALL BE SUBMITTED TO:
NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
DIVISION OF WATER RESOURCES
WATER QUALITY PERMITTING SECTION
NON -DISCHARGE BRANCH
By U.S. Postal Service: By Courier: By Email:
Non -Discharge Branch Non -Discharge Branch — Archdale 942W Non-Discharge.Reortstitncdenr.goy
1617 Mail Service Center 512 N. Salisbury St.
Raleigh, NC 27699-1617 Raleigh, NC 27604
TELEPHONE NUMBER: [phone]
FORM: NDSR 01-20 Page 4 of 4

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MW-3
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MW-4
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39.69
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37.84
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