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HomeMy WebLinkAbout440064_Inspection_20211206Division of Water Resources ❑ Division of Soil and Water Conservation ❑ Other Agency Facility Number: 440064 Facility Status: Proposed Permit: AWC440064 ❑ Denied Access Inspection Type: Compliance Inspection Inactive Or Closed Date: Reason for Visit: Routine County: Haywood Region: Date of Visit: 12/06/2021 Entry Time: 08:00 am Exit Time: 9:00 am Incident #: Farm Name: WNC Regional Livestock Center LLC Owner: Wnc Regional Livestock Center LLC Mailing Address: 594 Brevard Rd Asheville Owner Email: LWARD99@AOL.COM Phone: 828-252-4783 Asheville NC 28806 Physical Address: 474 Stock Dr Canton NC 28716 Facility Status: ❑ Compliant • Not Compliant Integrator: Location of Farm: Latitude: 35° 33' 10" Interstate 40, exit 33 onto SR 1004 1/4 mi. to SR 1613 and then 1/4 mile. Longitude: 82° 49' 60" Question Areas: ▪ Dischrge & Stream Impacts ▪ Records and Documents ▪ Waste Col, Stor, & Treat ▪ Other Issues Waste Application Certified Operator: Secondary OIC(s): Jack Dan Messer Operator Certification Number: 1010356 On -Site Representative(s): Name Title Phone 24 hour contact name Dan Messer Primary Inspector: Inspector Signature: Secondary Inspector(s): Timothy R Fox Phone: 828-296-4500 Date: Inspection Summary: Tim Fox with ARO DWR inspected the site. Dan Messer assisted during the inspection. Mr. Messer has obtained his AWB certification (#1010356) Not all required records avaiable during the inspection. Need any new facility changes/updates and land application records. This would include but not be limited to: waste analysis, WU Plan, soils, PAN calculation, etc. Items #10, 19, 20, 21, 24, 32,& 34. Please provide all record keeping documents and new information by January 1, 2022. Page 1 of 5 Permit: AWC440064 Inspection Date: 12/06/21 Owner: Wnc Regional Livestock Cent Facility Number: 440064 Inspection Type: Compliance Inspection Reason for Visit: Routine Narrative: The facility conducts an auction one day per week (Monday). Animals will be on -site on the day -before, the day -of and the day -after the sale. The facility is designed to hold a maximum of 700 beef stocker/feeder cattle. The entire facility is covered and collects no rainfall or runoff as part of the manure management system. Manure will be handled as a solid material. Surface -scraped manure will be stockpiled under cover and land applied to fields in the Waste Plan that are off -site. The livestock facility is located at 474 Stock Drive, Canton and the land application site is approximately three miles away at 284 Caring Place Loop, Clyde, NC 28721. Page 2 of 5 Permit: AWC440064 Inspection Date: 12/06/21 Owner: Wnc Regional Livestock Cent Facility Number: 440064 Inspection Type: Compliance Inspection Reason for Visit: Routine Discharges & Stream Impacts 1. Is any discharge observed from any part of the operation? Discharge originated at: Structure Application Field Other a. Was conveyance man-made? b. Did discharge reach Waters of the State? (if yes, notify DWQ) 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) 2. Is there evidence of a past discharge from any part of the operation? 3. Were there any observable adverse impacts or potential adverse impacts to Waters of the State other than from a discharge? Waste Collection, Storage & Treatment 4. Is storage capacity less than adequate? 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 trees, severe erosion, seepage, etc.)? 6. Are there structures on -site that are not properly addressed and/or managed through a waste management or closure plan? 7. Do any of the structures need maintenance or improvement? 8. Do any of the structures lack adequate markers as required by the permit? (Not applicable 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 10. Are there any required buffers, setbacks, or compliance alternatives that need maintenance or improvement? 11. Is there evidence of incorrect application? 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 Yes No NA NE ❑ • ❑ ❑ ❑ • ❑ ❑ ❑ • ❑ ❑ ❑ • ❑ ❑ Yes No NA NE ❑ • ❑ ❑ ❑ • ❑ ❑ ❑ • ❑ ❑ Yes No NA NE • ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ • ❑ ❑ El El El Fescue (Hay, Pasture) Page 3 of 5 Permit: AWC440064 Inspection Date: 12/06/21 Owner: Wnc Regional Livestock Cent Facility Number: 440064 Inspection Type: Compliance Inspection Reason for Visit: Routine Waste Application 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 Management Plan(CAWMP)? 15. Does the receiving crop and/or land application site need improvement? 16. Did the facility fail to secure and/or operate per the irrigation design or wettable acre determination? 17. Does the facility lack adequate acreage for land application? 18. Is there a lack of properly operating waste application equipment? Records and Documents 19. Did the facility fail to have Certificate of Coverage and Permit readily available? 20. Does the facility fail to have all components of the CAWMP readily available? 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? Yes No NA NE Udorthents Evard ❑ • ❑ ❑ ❑ • ❑ ❑ Yes No NA NE • ❑ ❑ ❑ • ❑ ❑ ❑ • • ❑ ❑ ❑ Page 4 of 5 Permit: AWC440064 Inspection Date: 12/06/21 Owner: Wnc Regional Livestock Cent Facility Number: 440064 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? Other Issues 28. Did the facility fail to properly dispose of dead animals within 24 hours and/or document 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, contact a regional Air Quality representative immediately. 30. Did the facility fail to notify regional DWQ of emergency situations as required by Permit (i.e., discharge, freeboard problems, over -application) 31. Do subsurface tile drains exist at the facility? 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 CAW M P? 33. Did the Reviewer/Inspector fail to discuss review/inspection with on -site representative? 34. Does the facility require a follow-up visit by same agency? Yes No NA NE ❑ • ❑ ❑ ❑ • ❑ ❑ • ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ • ❑ ❑ ❑ • ❑ ❑ ❑ • ❑ ❑ Yes No NA NE ❑ • ❑ ❑ ❑ • ❑ ❑ ❑ • ❑ ❑ ❑ • ❑ ❑ • ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ • ❑ ❑ • ❑ ❑ ❑ Page 5 of 5 Facility Number "1-E0 • Division of Water Resources 0 Division of Soil and Water Conservation 0 Other Agency Type of Visit: ® Compliance Inspection 0 Operation Review 0 Structure Evaluation 0 Technical Assistance Reason for Visit: 0 Routine 0 Complaint -,0 Follow-up 0 Referral 0 Emergency 0 Other 0 Denied Access Date of Visit: Farm Name: 12i(p/2f IUNG Owner Name: Mailing Address: Physical Address: Facility Contact: Arrival Time: 8)att- Departure Time:Ti�� tii Pal/)31-�L LfV eriZ �- Ow vn E ail: V /q /sl t_. 11%1\S1s.0-c. LAN e.€1 one: aiap- County: ifs-rcayDID Region: A-taz 1-1%z,PL b4`v-e d-ca7 /(o 'Ditto tiles eta Title: Onsite Representative: tJ117.3 &ritrcje Certified Operator: Back-up Operator: Location of Farm: ProSeD 1 O l b 3 Ca % Latitude: Integrator: Phone: Certification Number: Certification Number: rr as G5"/ 00 n �-dr fs � �� Longitude: Swine Design Current Capacity Pop. Wean to Finish Wean to Feeder Feeder to Finish Farrow to Wean Farrow to Feeder Farrow to Finish Gilts Boars Other Other Design Current Wet Poultry Capacity Pop. Layer Non -Layer Design Current Ca'acl Po.. Cattle Design Current Capacity Pop. Dairy Cow SSD Dairy Calf Dairy Heifer Dry Cow Non -Dairy Beef Stocker 709 20'0 Beef Feeder Beef Brood Cow Discharges and Stream Impacts 1. 1s any discharge observed from any part of the operation? Discharge originated at: ❑ Structure ❑ Application Field ❑ Other: a. Was the conveyance man-made? b. Did the discharge reach waters of the State? (If yes, notify DWR) c. What is the estimated volume that reached waters of the State (gallons)? d. Does the discharge bypass the waste management system? (If yes, notify DWR) 2. Is there evidence of a past discharge from any part of the operation? 3. Were there any observable adverse impacts or potential adverse impacts to the waters of the State other than from a discharge? ❑ Yes KNo ❑ NA ❑ NE ❑ Yes ❑ No ❑ NA ❑ NE ❑ Yes ❑ No ❑ NA ❑ NE ❑ Yes ❑ No ❑ NA ❑ NE ❑ Yes [ No ❑ NA ❑ NE ❑ Yes [54 o ❑ NA ❑ NE Page 1 of 3 2/4/2015 Continued Facility Number: L. - ( $ Date of Inspection: G71lo/42-I Waste Collection & Treatment 4. Is storage capacity (Structural plus storm storage plus heavy rainfall) less than adequate? a. If yes, is wasteepvel into the structural freeboard? De-'2 SIa S Identifier: Spillway?: Designed Freeboard (in): Observed Freeboard (in): Structure 2 Structure 3 Structure 4 5. Are there any immediate threats to the integrity of any of the structures observed? (i.e., large trees, severe erosion, seepage, etc.) 6. Are there structures on -site which are not properly addressed and/or managed through a waste management or closure plan? If any of questions 4-6 were answered yes, and the situation poses an immediate public health or environmental threat, notify DWR ❑ Yes $No ❑ NA ❑ NE ❑ Yes ❑ No ❑ NA ❑ NE Stnicture 5 Structure 6 ❑ Yes 191 No ❑ NA ❑ NE ❑ Yes 'No ❑ NA ❑ NE 7. Do any of the structures need maintenance or improvement? ❑ Yes No ❑ NA ❑ NE 8. Do any of the structures lack adequate markers as required by the permit? ❑ Yes iSNo ❑ NA ❑ NE (not applicable to roofed pits, dry stacks, and/or wet stacks) 9. Does any part of the waste management system other than the waste structures require maintenance or improvement? Waste Application 10. Are there any required buffers, setbacks, or compliance alternatives that need KYes ❑ No ❑ NA ❑ NE maintenance or improvement? 11. Is there evidence of incorrect land application? If yes, check the appropriate box below. ❑ Yes 91No ❑ NA ❑ NE ❑ Excessive Ponding ❑ Hydraulic Overload ❑ Frozen Ground ❑ Heavy Metals (Cu, Zn, etc.) ❑ PAN ❑ PAN> 10% or 10 lbs. ❑ Total Phosphorus ❑ Failure to Incorporate Manure/Sludge into Bare Soil 0 Outside of Acceptable Crop Window ❑ Evidence of Wind Drift ❑ Application Outside of Approved Area eke. / ageitfrin -e-12 - lazy cozA/ 12. Crop Type(s): 13. Soil Type(s): ❑ Yes gNo ❑ NA ❑ NE 14. Do the receiving crops differ from those designated in the CAWMP? 15. Does the receiving crop and/or land application site need improvement? 16. Did the facility fail to secure and/or operate per the irrigation design or wettable acres determination? 17. Does the facility lack adequate acreage for land application? 18. Is there a lack of properly operating waste application equipment? Required Records & Documents 19. Did the facility fail to have the Certificate of Coverage & Permit readily available? 20. Does the facility fail to have all components of the CAWMP readily available? if yes, check the appropriate box. IgIWUP ❑Checklists ❑Design ❑Maps 0 Lease Agreements 21. Does record keeping need improvement? If yes, check the appropriate box below. Waste Application ❑ Weekly Freeboard �$aste Analysis cgt.Soil Analysis ❑ Rainfall ❑ Stocking Crop Yield ❑ 120 Minute Inspections 22. Did the facility fail to install and maintain a rain gauge? 23. If selected, did the facility fail to install and maintain rainbreakers on irrigation equipment? Page 2 of 3 ❑ Yes %No ❑ Yes RNc ❑ Yes KNo ❑ Yes [ No ❑ Yes [A No WI Yes ID No ayes ❑ No ❑ NA ❑ NA ❑ NA ❑ NA ❑ NA ❑ NA ❑ NA ❑ NE ❑ NE ❑ NE ❑ NE ❑ NE ❑ NE ❑ NE ❑Other: gYes No ❑NA ❑NE ❑ Waste Transfers ❑ Weather Code ❑ Monthly and 1" Rainfall Inspections ❑ Sludge Survey ❑ Yes 'i No ❑ NA ❑ NE ❑ Yes 7:1.No ❑ NA ❑ NE 2/4/2015 Continued I Facility Number: tar C Date of Inspec 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 ❑ Non -compliant sludge levels in any lagoon List structure(s) and date of first survey indicating non-compliance: on: /Za/�o /2i 14 Yes ❑ No ❑ NA d NE ❑Yes giNo ❑NA ❑NE ❑Failure to develop a POA for sludge levels 26. Did the facility fail to provide documentation of an actively certified operator in charge? 27. Did the facility fail to secure a phosphorus loss assessments (PLAT) certification? Other Issues 28. Did the facility fail to properly dispose of dead animals with 24 hours and/or document and report mortality rates that were higher than normal? 29. At the time of the inspection did the facility pose an odor or air quality concern? If yes, contact a regional Air Quality representative immediately. 30. Did the facility fail to notify the Regional Office of emergency situations as required by the permit? (i.e., discharge, freeboard problems, over -application) 31. Do subsurface tile drains exist at the facility? If yes, check the appropriate box below. ❑ Application Field ❑ Lagoon/Storage Pond ❑ Other: ❑ Yes ❑ Yes ❑ NA ❑ NA ❑ NA ❑ NA ❑ NA ❑ Yes RNo ❑ NA ❑ Yes ❑ Yes ❑ Yes 32. Were any additional problems noted which cause non-compliance of the permit or CAWMP? 33. Did the Reviewer/Inspector fail to discuss review/inspection with an on -site representative? 34. Does the facility require a follow-up visit by the same agency? glNo IANo RNo [sz No tA.No caYes ❑ No ❑Yes po Wes ❑ No ❑ NA ❑ NA ❑ NA ❑ NE ❑ NE ❑ NE ❑ NE ❑ NE ❑ NE ❑ NE ❑ NE ❑ NE Comments (refer to question #): Explain any YES answers and/or any additional recommendations or any other comments. 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