440011_Inspection_20201112 (2)

0 Division of Water Resources
❑ Division of Soil and Water Conservation
❑ Other Agency
Facility Number: 440011 Facility Status: Active Permit: AWC440011 ❑ Denied Access
Inspection Type: Compliance Inspection
Reason for Visit: Routine
Date of Visit: 11/12/2020 EntryTime
Farm Name: H. Dean Ross Farm
Owner: H Dean Ross
Mailing Address: 111 Owens Rd
Physical Address: 295 Holstein Farm Rd
10:00 am
Inactive Or Closed Date:
County: Haywood Region: Asheville
Exit Time: 10:30 am Incident #:
Owner Email:
Phone: [phone]
Waynesville NC 287859668
Waynesville NC 28785
Facility Status: 0 Compliant ❑ Not Compliant Integrator:
Location of Farm: Latitude: 35' 35' 05" Longitude: 83' 01' 18"
Joe Carver Rd. (SR 1322) off NC 276 Jonathan Creek, right on (SR 1323) Owens Road, right on Holstein Farm Rd.
Question Areas:
Dischrge & Stream Impacts
Records and Documents
Certified Operator: Hobert D Ross
Secondary OIC(s):
On -Site Representative(s): Name
24 hour contact name Dean Boss
Primary Inspector:
Inspector Signature:
Secondary Inspector(s):
Timothy R Fox
Waste Col, Stor, & Treat 0 Waste Application
Operator Certification Number: 21954
Title Phone
Phone: [phone]
Date:
Inspection Summary:
Tim Fox with ARO inspected the site. The Dairy shut down in November 2015.
This will be the 5th year with no cattle.
No land application since spring 2016.
No confined cattle on -site.
Soils done in 2019.
Communicated that Attachment A permit requirements were not required to be submitted at this time and
there was an extension for credit hours until December 31, 2021 for the three year period 2018-2020.
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Permit: AWC440011
Inspection Date: 11/12/20
Regulated Operations
Cattle
Owner: H Dean Ross Facility Number: 440011
Inspection Type: Compliance Inspection Reason for Visit: Routine
Design Capacity Current promotions
Cattle - Milk Cow 300 I 0
Total Design Capacity: 300
Total SSLW: 420,000
Waste Structures
Effective Built Closed Designated Observed
Type Identifier Date Date Date Freeboard Freeboard
Waste Pond WASTE STORAGE POD 1 01/17/2000 I D1/01/1996 1 21.60 24.00
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Permit: AWC440011 Owner: H Dean Ross Facility Number:
Inspection Date: 11/12/20 Inspection Type: Compliance Inspection Reason for Visit:
440011
Routine
Discharges & Stream Impacts
Yes
No NA NE
1. Is any discharge observed from any part of the operation?
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Discharge originated at:
Structure
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Application Field
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Other
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a. Was conveyance man-made?
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b. Did discharge reach Waters of the State? (if yes, notify DWQ)
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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)
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2. Is there evidence of a past discharge from any part of the operation?
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3. Were there any observable adverse impacts or potential adverse impacts to Waters of the
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State other than from a discharge?
Waste Collection, Storage & Treatment
Yes
No NA NE
4. Is storage capacity less than adequate?
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If yes, is waste level into structural freeboard?
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5. Are there any immediate threats to the integrity of any of the structures observed (I.e./ larc
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trees, severe erosion, seepage, etc.)?
6. Are there structures on -site that are not properly addressed and/or managed through a
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MEI
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waste management or closure plan?
7. Do any of the structures need maintenance or improvement?
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MEI
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8. Do any of the structures lack adequate markers as required by the permit? (Not applicablE
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to roofed pits, dry stacks and/or wet stacks)
9. Does any part of the waste management system other than the waste structures require
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maintenance or improvement?
Waste Application
Yes No NA NE
10. Are there any required buffers, setbacks, or compliance alternatives that need
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maintenance or improvement?
11. Is there evidence of incorrect application?
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If yes, check the appropriate box below.
Excessive Ponding?
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Hydraulic Overload?
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Frozen Ground?
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Heavy metals (Cu, Zn, etc)?
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PAN?
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Is PAN > 10%/10 lbs.?
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Total Phosphorus?
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Failure to incorporate manure/sludge into bare soil?
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Outside of acceptable crop window?
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Evidence of wind drift?
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Application outside of application area?
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Crop Type 1
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Permit: AWC440011 Owner: H Dean Ross Facility Number: 440011
Inspection Date: 11/12/20 Inspection Type: Compliance Inspection Reason for Visit: 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
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Management Plan(CAWMP)?
15. Does the receiving crop and/or land application site need improvement?
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16. Did the facility fail to secure and/or operate per the irrigation design or wettable acre
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determination?
17. Does the facility lack adequate acreage for land application?
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18. Is there a lack of properly operating waste application equipment?
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Records and Documents
Yes
No NA NE
19. Did the facility fail to have Certificate of Coverage and Permit readily available?
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20. Does the facility fail to have all components of the CAWMP readily available?
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If yes, check the appropriate box below.
WUP?
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Checklists?
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Design?
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Maps?
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Lease Agreements?
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Other?
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If Other, please specify
21. Does record keeping need improvement?
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If yes, check the appropriate box below.
Waste Application?
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Weekly Freeboard?
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Waste Analysis?
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Soil analysis?
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Waste Transfers?
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Weather code?
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Rainfall?
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Stocking?
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Crop yields?
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Permit: AWC440011
Inspection Date: 11/12/20
Owner: H Dean Ross Facility Number: 440011
Inspection Type: Compliance Inspection Reason for Visit: Routine
Records and Documents
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
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