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Home My WebLink About200001_Inspection_20201028 (2)0 Division of Water Resources ❑ Division of Soil and Water Conservation ❑ Other Agency Facility Number: 200001 Facility Status: Active Permit: AWC200001 ❑ Denied Access Inspection Type: Compliance Inspection Reason for Visit: Routine Date of Visit: 10/28/2020 Entry Time Farm Name: Notla Farms Owner: J Randolph Shields Mailing Address: 115 Dairy Farm Rd Physical Address: 115 Dairy Farm Rd 10:00 am Inactive Or Closed Date: County: Cherokee Region: Asheville Exit Time: 11:00 am Incident #: Owner Email: Phone: 828-644-0302 Murphy NC 28906 Murphy NC 28906 Facility Status: 0 Compliant ❑ Not Compliant Integrator: Location of Farm: Latitude: 35' 00' Longitude: 84' 11' 17" Eleven miles west of Murphy on US Hwy 64 West at the intersection of Dairy Farm Road and Emory Anderson Road. Question Areas: Dischrge & Stream Impacts Records and Documents Certified Operator: John H Shields Secondary OIC(s): Waste Col, Stor, & Treat 0 Waste Application Operator Certification Number: 21365 On -Site Representative(s): Name Title Phone 24 hour contact name Johnny Shields Primary Inspector: Inspector Signature: Secondary Inspector(s): Timothy R Fox Phone: 828-296-4500 Date: Inspection Summary: Tim Fox with ARO inspected the site. Johnny Shields was presnt during the inspection. Certified operators will have until December 31, 2021 to obtain (6) CE training hours for the 3 year period 2018-2020. Soil samples will be taken by the end of the year. Calibration is due 2021. Continue efforts to monitor solids below the waste pond. Page 1 of 5 Permit: AWC200001 Owner: J Randolph Shields Facility Number: 200001 Inspection Date: 10/28/20 Inspection Type: Compliance Inspection Reason for Visit: Routine Waste Structures Effective Built Closed Designated Observed Type Identifier Date Date Date Freeboard Freeboard Waste Pond WASTE POND 09/09/1997 1 24.00 Page 2 of 5 Permit: AWC200001 Owner: J Randolph Shields Facility Number: Inspection Date: 10/28/20 Inspection Type: Compliance Inspection Reason for Visit: 200001 Routine Discharges & Stream Impacts Yes No NA NE 1. Is any discharge observed from any part of the operation? ❑ 0 ❑ ❑ 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 (I.e./ larc ❑ 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 ❑ ❑ ❑ 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 Corn (Silage) Page 3 of 5 Permit: AWC200001 Owner: J Randolph Shields Facility Number: 200001 Inspection Date: 10/28/20 Inspection Type: Compliance Inspection Reason for Visit: Routine Waste Application Yes No NA NE Crop Type 2 Fescue (Hay, Pasture) Crop Type 3 Small Grain (Wheat, Barley, Oats) 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? ❑ Page 4 of 5 Permit: AWC200001 Inspection Date: 10/28/20 Owner: J Randolph Shields Facility Number: 200001 Inspection Type: Compliance Inspection Reason for Visit: Routine Records and Documents Crop yields? 120 Minute inspections? Monthly and 1" Rainfall Inspections Sludge Survey 22. Did the facility fail to install and maintain a rain gauge? 23. If selected, did the facility fail to install and maintain a rainbreaker on irrigation equipmen (NPDES only)? 24. Did the facility fail to calibrate waste application equipment as required by the permit? 25. Is the facility out of compliance with permit conditions related to sludge? If yes, check the 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: 26. Did the facility fail to provide documentation of an actively certified operator in charge? 27. Did the facility fail to secure a phosphorous loss assessment (PLAT) certification? Yes No NA NE ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑■❑❑ ❑■❑❑ Page 5 of 5