800016_NOD-2022-PC-0016_20220227

ROY COOPER
Governor
ELIZABETH S. BISER
Secretary
S. DANIEL SMITH
Director
Mr. Jeffery McNeely
G & M Milling Co Inc.
4000 Taylosville Hwy.
Statesville, NC 28625
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
January 27, 2022
SUBJECT: NOTICE OF DEFICIENCY
Tracking Number: NOD-2022-PC-0016
15A N.C.A.C. 2T Section .1300
Animal Feeding Operation AWC800016
Rowan County
Dear Mr. McNeely:
On December 28, 2021, Michael Meilinger of the North Carolina Division of Water Resources (DWR), Water Quality
Regional Operations Section (WQROS), conducted a Compliance Evaluation Inspection of facility AWC800016. The
waste pond was closed improperly and without a closure plan back in 2019. Please develop a closure plan and submit
it to DWR for approval before excavating the site and removing any remaining manure that was left in the waste
pond. Contact Michael Meilinger with DWR before digging, and it is recommended that whomever is going to sign off
on the closure plan, be onsite while the waste pond is excavated.
Violation I: V. General Condition
3. Any containment basin, such as a lagoon or a storage pond, used for waste management shall
continue to be subject to the conditions and requirements of this Permit until properly closed or
rescission of the COC is issued. When the containment basin is properly closed in accordance with the
NC NRCS Conservation Practice Standard No. 360 "Closure of Waste Impoundments," April 2012 or any
subsequent amendment, the containment basin shall not be subject to the requirements of this Permit.
Documentation of closure of all containment basins must be provided to the Division. The Permittee
must submit a letter to the Division to request rescission of the COC. — [15A NCAC 02T .1306(a)and
(b)]
Closure shall include a minimum of 24 hours pre -notification of the Division and submittal of the Animal
Waste Storage Pond and Lagoon Closure Report Form to the address identified on the form within
fifteen (15) days of completion of closure. — [15A NCACO2T.0108(b)]
Upon request of the Permittee, the COC to operate under this Permit may be rescinded by the Division
prior to closure of the containment basin if the average size of the confined cattle herd at the cattle
facility, calculated on an annual basis during the three years prior to the request for rescission, is less
than one hundred confined cattle. Upon rescission, all of the following requirements shall apply:
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a.The cattle facility shall be subject to the requirements of 15A NCAC 02T .1303 and 15A NCAC 02T
.0113 until the containment area is closed in accordance with NC NRCS Conservation Practice
Standard No. 360 "Closure of Waste Impoundments," April 2012 or any subsequent amendment.
b.The farm owner shall maintain records of land application and weekly records of containment basin
waste levels on forms provided by or approved by the Division.
c.Closure shall include pre -notification to the Division and, within 15 days of completion of closure,
submittal of a closure form supplied by the Division or closure forms approved by the Division
that provide the same information required by the forms supplied by the Division.
The Division shall have the authority to deny a request for rescission. — [15A NCAC O2T .0113(e)J
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Michael Meilinger or me with the Water Quality Section
in the Mooresville Regional Office at 704-663-1699 or via email at [e-mail] or
[e-mail].
Sincerely,
LDocuSigned by:
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Andrew H. Pitner, P.G., Assistant Regional Supervisor
Water Quality Regional Operations Section
Mooresville Regional Office
Division of Water Resources, NCDEQ
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North Carolina Department of Environmental quality I Division of water Resources
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704.6631699