WQ0014868_Permit Renewal_20190515

Environmental
Quality
State of North Carolina
Division of Water Resources
Water Quality Regional Operations Section
Staff Report
To: ❑ NPDES Unit ® Non -Discharge Unit Application No.: W00014868
Attn: Troy Doby, P.E. Facility name: Smithfield Fresh Meats Corp. RLAP
From: Jim Barber
Fayetteville Regional Office
Note: This form has been adapted from the non -discharge facility staff report to document the review of both non -
discharge and NPDES permit applications and/or renewals. Please complete all sections as they are applicable.
I. GENERAL AND SITE VISIT INFORMATION
1. Was a site visit conducted? ® Yes or ❑ No
a. Date of site visit: 2 May 2019
b. Site visit conducted by: Jim Barber and Tonv Honeycutt
c. Inspection report attached? ® Yes or ❑ No
d. Person contacted: Tim Weaver and their contact information: (910) 862 - 5248 ext.
e. Driving directions: From Fayetteville take Hwy 87 south approx. 18 miles. The Smithfield Packing plant
is on the right approx. 1 mile north of the Town of Tar Heel.
2. Discharge Point(s): NPDES permit for Smithfield Fresh Meats WWTP is NC0078344.
Latitude: 35.761111
Latitude:
Longitude: -78.795833 (Outfall 001 at Cape Fear River)
Longitude:
3. Receiving stream or affected surface waters: Cape Fear River for NPDES permit NC0078344
Classification: C
River Basin and Sub -basin No.: Cape Fear and 030616 (from NPDES permit NC0078344)
Describe receiving stream features and pertinent downstream uses: Timber production, agriculture
production (swine, poultry, row crops, pasture/grazing) and municipal water supply.
H. PROPOSED FACILITIES: NEW APPLICATIONS
1. Facility Classification: (Please attach completed rating sheet to be attached to issued permit)
Proposed flow:
Current permitted flow:
2. Are the new treatment facilities adequate for the type of waste and disposal system? ❑ Yes or ❑ No
If no, explain:
3. Are site conditions (soils, depth to water table, etc) consistent with the submitted reports? ❑ Yes ❑ No ❑ N/A
If no, please explain:
4. Do the plans and site map represent the actual site (property lines, wells, etc.)? ❑ Yes ❑ No ❑ N/A
If no, please explain:
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5. Is the proposed residuals management plan adequate? ❑ Yes ❑ No ❑ N/A
If no, please explain:
6. Are the proposed application rates (e.g., hydraulic, nutrient) acceptable? n Yes ❑ No ❑ N/A
If no, please explain:
7. Are there any setback conflicts for proposed treatment, storage and disposal sites? n Yes or ❑ No
If yes, attach a map showing conflict areas.
8. Is the proposed or existing groundwater monitoring program adequate? ❑ Yes ❑ No ❑ N/A
If no, explain and recommend any changes to the groundwater monitoring program:
9. For residuals, will seasonal or other restrictions be required? ❑ Yes ❑ No ❑ N/A
If yes, attach list of sites with restrictions (Certification B)
Describe the residuals handling and utilization scheme:
10. Possible toxic impacts to surface waters:
11. Pretreatment Program (POTWs only):
M. EXISTING FACILITIES: MODIFICATION AND RENEWAL APPLICATIONS
1. Are there appropriately certified Operators in Charge (ORCs) for the facility? ® Yes ❑ No ❑ N/A
ORC: Dwayne Russ Certificate #: LA-1004586 Backup ORC: Tim Weaver Certificate #: LA-13281
2. Are the design, maintenance and operation of the treatment facilities adequate for the type of waste and disposal
system? ® Yes or ❑ No
If no, please explain:
Description of existing facilities: See attached copy of NDPES permit NC0078344 for description of the
wastewater treatment plant at the Smithfield facility.
Proposed flow: 3.0 MGD per permit NPDES permit NC0078344 and 2050 Dry Tons for WQ0014868
Current permitted flow: 3.0 MGD per permit NPDES permit NC0078344 and 2050 Dry Tons for
W00014868
Explain anything observed during the site visit that needs to be addressed by the permit, or that may be important
for the permit writer to know (i.e., equipment condition, function, maintenance, a change in facility ownership,
etc.) See section V. Additional Regional Staff Review Items and/or Comments.
3. Are the site conditions (e.g., soils, topography, depth to water table, etc) maintained appropriately and adequately
assimilating the waste? ® Yes or ❑ No
If no, please explain:
4. Has the site changed in any way that may affect the permit (e.g., drainage added, new wells inside the compliance
boundary, new development, etc.)? ❑ Yes or ® No
If yes, please explain:
5. Is the residuals management plan adequate? ® Yes or ❑ No
If no, please explain: Smithfield has two 60 mil RDPE covered anaerobic lagoons that EMA Resources
removes residuals from for land application. Sludges from the clarifiers in the wastewater treatment plant
are belt pressed and disposed of at the Sampson County Disposal landfill in Roseboro, NC. Land
application of residuals from the anaerobic lagoons takes place twice per year, one application event in the
spring prior to planting corn/soybean and application to bermuda hay fields late spring after fall small
grain crops have been removed. Fall application of residuals prior to planting wheat. If needed, application
of residuals can be made in the summer months on bermuda grass hay.
6. Are the existing application rates (e.g., hydraulic, nutrient) still acceptable? ® Yes or ❑ No
If no, please explain:
7. Is the existing groundwater monitoring program adequate? ❑ Yes ❑ No ® N/A
If no, explain and recommend any changes to the groundwater monitoring program:
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8. Are there any setback conflicts for existing treatment, storage and disposal sites? ® Yes or ❑ No
If yes, attach a map showing conflict areas. Field SF-03-06 has been reduced by approximately 50% due to
the construction of a home by a family member of Steve Dunham and the application of the 400' setback
from the new home. Steve Dunham nor the family member with the new home wanted to record the buffer
waiver to allow for a smaller than 400' from to their respective homes.
9. Is the description of the facilities as written in the existing permit correct? ® Yes or ❑ No
If no, please explain:
10. Were monitoring wells properly constructed and located? ❑ Yes ❑ No ® N/A
If no, please explain:
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11. Are the'monitoring well coordinates correct in BIMS? ❑ Yes ❑ No ® N/A
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12. Has a review of all self -monitoring data been conducted (e.g., DMR, NDMR, NDAR, GW)? ® Yes or ❑ No
Please summarize any fmdings resulting from this review:
Provide input to help the permit writer evaluate any requests for reduced monitoring, if applicable.
13. Are there any permit changes needed in order to address ongoing BIMS violations? ❑ Yes or ® No
If yes, please explain:
14. Check all that apply:
® No compliance issues ❑ Current enforcement action(s) ❑ Currently under JOC
❑ Notice(s) of violation ❑ Currently under SOC n Currently under moratorium
Please explain and attach any documents that may help clarify answer/comments (i.e., NOV, NOD, etc.)
If the facility has had compliance problems during the permit cycle, please explain the status. Has the RO been
working with the Permittee? Is a solution underway or in place?
Have all compliance dates/conditions in the existing permit been satisfied? ❑ Yes ❑ No ® N/A
If no, please explain:
15. Are there any issues related to compliance/enforcement that should be resolved before issuing this permit?
❑ Yes ®No ❑ N/A
If yes, please explain:
16. Possible toxic impacts to surface waters: N/A
17. Pretreatment Program (POTWs only): N/A
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IV. REGIONAL OFFICE RECOMMENDATIONS
1. Do you foresee any problems with issuance/renewal of this permit? ❑ Yes or ® No
If yes, please explain:
2. List any items that you would like the NPDES Unit or Non -Discharge Unit Central Office to obtain through an
additional information request:
Item
Reason
3. List specific permit conditions recommended to be removed from the permit when issued:
Condition
Reason
. List specific special conditions or compliance schedules recommended to be included in the permit when issued:
Condition
Reason
5. Recommendation: ❑ Hold, pending receipt and review of additional information by regional office
❑ Hold, pending review of draft permit by regional office
❑ Issue upon receipt of needed additional information
® Issue
0 Deny (Please state reasons: )
6. Signature of report preparer:
Signature of regional supervisor: / " {'/L 1 k eL oLGrL
Date: 519/
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V. ADDITIONAL REGIONAL STAFF REVIEW ITEMS
As addressed by the email dated 2 May 2019 and followed with the email dated 14 May: Vance Tyson
wishes for fields SF-06-04, 05 & 06 to stay in the Smithfield Fresh Meats land application. When the
Attachment B for the Smithfield permit was modified in 2009 to add fields to the land application
program. these fields were mistakenly added to the Smithfield permit even though they were
permitted back in the late 1990's/early 2000's in the PWC land application program.
Buffer issues are addressed per the buffer maps provided in the application for fields being utilized. All
of the farms were visited during this review and the buffer maps provided in Sections 10 thru 15 in the
permit renewal application are accurate. For fields at the Melba Musselwhite farm, EMA will continue
to inject residuals to gain additional acreage in fields 1 & 2 that front NC 20 and Barker Ten Mile Rd.
The injection of residuals has been verified based on past site visits during residuals application. Other
farm fields utilized have a 400' buffer for residences or utilize the 50' buffer to property lines due to
the remote location of the application fields.
The soil types identified by EMA (past permit modifications) are consistent with those soils identified
by NRCS guidance documents and spot checked during the site visit. EMA has identified proposed crops
based upon crop types in the fields currently (bermuda hay and bermuda pasture for grazing) and row
crops for others (typical corn. soybean. wheat rotations with some grain sorghum) and past cultivation
activities.
All of the fields are in good condition and show no signs of mismanagement and currently have healthy
crops growing (winter overseed on bermuda fields) or had crops from the past growing season
harvested (corn or soybean residue).
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Barber, Jim
From: - Barber, Jim
Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2019 2:35 PM
To: Roy Whitaker
Cc: Doby, Troy
Subject: RE: [External] Vance Tyson
Attachments: Smithfield Fresh Meats Tyson Fields 4 & 5 & 6 map jpg
Roy;
Thanks for contacting Vance Tyson concerning the issue of having land application fields in two different programs.
I've attached a copy of the map I put together that will go in both staff reports I'm working on for Smithfield Fresh Meats
(Smithfield) and PWC addressing Vance Tyson having common fields in both programs.
Please have Vance prepare a letter (or you can draft one for Vance's signature) and send to PWC (attention Mick Noland
with cc: to Chuck Baxley and Michael Currie) requesting that his fields identified in the PWC program as NC-CU-20-4 and
NC-CU-20-8 be removed from the PWC program. Also have a copy of the letter sent to Troy Doby in central office
permitting for our files so the Tyson fields identified as SF-06-04,05 & 06 will stay in the Smithfield land application
program.
Thanks for your assistance.
Jim Barber
Environmental Engineer
NCDEQ-DWR-WQRO
Fayetteville Regional Office
910-433-3340 voice
910-486-0707 fax
[e-mail]
E-mail correspondence to and from this address may be subject to the North Carolina Public Records Law and may be
disclosed to third parties.
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From: Roy Whitaker [mailto:[e-mail]]
Sent: Thursday, May 2, 2019 1:46 PM
To: Barber, Jim <[e-mail]>
Subject: [External] Vance Tyson
Visited with Vance today and he wants to keep in Smithfield program.
You can let me know what you need from him as far as removing the three field in question.
You can reach me on mobile, 336-909-1718 if you have any questions.
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Barber, Jim
From:
Sent:
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Subject:
Roy Whitaker <[e-mail]>
Thursday, May 2, 2019 1:46 PM
Barber, Jim
(External] Vance Tyson
Visited with Vance today and he wants to keep in Smithfield program.
You can let me know what you need from him as far as removing the three -field -in question.
You can reach me on mobile, 3 3 6-909-1718 if you have any questions.
Thanks,
Roy
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FAYETTE:111LE REGIONAL OFFICE
Mr. Robert Harris
Environmental Manager
Smithfield Farmland Corporation
P.O. Box 99
Tar Heel, North Carolina 28392
Dear Mr. Warner:
December. 21, 2017
ROY COOPER
Governor
MICHAEL S. REGAN
Secretary
LINDA CULPEPPER
Interim Director
Subject: Final NPDES Permit Renewal
Permit NC0078344
Tar Heel Plant
Bladen County
Class 4 Facility
SIC Code 2011, 2048
Division personnel have reviewed and approved your application for renewal of the subject permit.
Accordingly, we are forwarding the attached NPDES permit. This permit is issued pursuant to the
requirements of North Carolina General Statute 143-215.1 and the Memorandum of Agreement
between North Carolina and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency dated October 15, 2007
(or as subsequently amended).
The final permit maintains the following significant changes identified in the letter sent on
September 20, 2017:
• The NC 2007-2014 Water Quality Standard (WQS) Triennial Review was approved by the
NC Environmental Management Committee (EMC) on November 13, 2014. The US EPA
subsequently approved the WQS revisions on April 6, 2016 with some exceptions. The NC
Division of Water Resources NPDES Permitting Unit is required to implement the new
dissolved metal standards in all permits public noticed after April 6, 2016. The new
standards for most metals include acute standards. Further, the freshwater standards for
several metals are expressed as the dissolved form of the metals, and seven metals have
hardness -dependent equations. As a result, the NPDES Permitting Unit will need site -
specific effluent hardness data and instream hardness data, upstream of the discharge, for ,
each facility monitoring these metals in order to calculate permit limitations. Effluent
hardness and instream hardness sampling, upstream of the discharge, has been added to
this permit at a monitoring frequency of quarterly. See Special Sections A. (1) and A. (2).
State of North Carolina I Environmental Quality I Water Resources
1617 Mail Service Center I Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1617
919 807 6300

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• Some of the wording has changed in Special Condition A. (3) Chronic Toxicity Permit
Limit, please review each paragraph carefully.
• Quarterly monitoring for total aluminum, chlorides, total copper, fluoride, total nickel, and
total zinc has been removed from the permit based on no reasonable potential to exceed
water quality standards [See A. (1)].
• Annual monitoring for total mercury has been added to the permit in accordance with the
implementation of 2012 Statewide Mercury TMDL [See A. (1)].
• Limit for groundwater usage was adjusted to 1.69 MGD in Special Condition A. (4)(c).
• Federal regulations require electronic submittal of all discharge monitoring reports
(DMRs) and program reports. The requirement to continue reporting discharge monitoring
data electronically using the NC DWR's Electronic Discharge Monitoring Report (eDMR)
internet application has been added to your final NPDES permit. [See Special Condition
A. (7)]
• Regulatory citations have been added to the permit.
If any parts, measurement frequencies or sampling requirements contained in this permit are
unacceptable to you, you have the right to an adjudicatory hearing upon written request within
thirty (30) days following receipt of this letter. This request must be in the form of a written
petition, conforming to Chapter 150B of the North Carolina General Statutes, and filed with the
Office of Administrative Hearings (6714 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-
6714). Unless such demand is made, this decision shall be final and binding.
Please note that this permit is not transferable except after notice to the Division. The Division
may require modification or revocation and reissuance of the permit. This permit does not affect
the legal requirements to obtain other permits which may be required by the Division of Water
Resources or any other Federal, State, or Local governmental permits that may be required.
If you have any questions concerning this permit, please contact Bing Bai at [phone] or
via email at [e-mail].
Sincerely,
aCup
terim
Dire
ctor, Division of Water Resources, NCDEQ
Hardcopy: NPDES Files
Central Files
DWR/Fayetteville Regional Office/Water Quality
Ecopy: US EPA Region 4
DWR/Aquatic Toxicology Branch/Susan Meadows

Permit NC0078344
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
DIVISION OF WATER RESOURCES
PERMIT
TO DISCHARGE WASTEWATER UNDER THE
NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM
In compliance with the provisions of North Carolina General Statute 143-215.1, other lawful standards and
regulations promulgated and adopted by the North Carolina Environmental Management Commission, and the
Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended,
Smithfield Farmland Corporation — Tar Heel Division
is hereby authorized to discharge wastewater from a facility located at the
Smithfield Farmland Corporation Tar Heel Plant
15855 Highway 87 West
Tar Heel, North Carolina
Bladen County
to receiving waters designated as Cape Fear River in the Cape Fear River Basin in accordance with effluent
limitations, monitoring requirements, and other conditions set forth in Parts I, II, III and IV hereof.
This permit shall become effective February l, 2018.
This permit and authorization to discharge shall expire at midnight on October 31, 2022.
Signed this day December 21, 2017.
da Culpep er Director
vision of Water Resources
By Authority of the Environmental Management Commission

Pemut,NC0078344
SUPPLEMENT TO PERMIT COVER SHEET
All previous NPDES Permits issued to this facility, whether for operation or discharge are hereby revoked, and as
of this issuance, any previously issued permit bearing this number is no longer effective. Therefore, the exclusive
authority to operate and discharge from this facility arises under the permit conditions, requirements, terms, and
provisions included herein.
Smithfield Farmland Corporation — Tar Heel Division is hereby authorized to:
Continue to operate a 3.0 MGD wastewater treatment facility consisting of the following components:
• 3 internally fed rotating screens
• Lift station
• 3 dissolved air flotation (DAF)units
• 1 Grease tank
• 2 anaerobic lagoons
• 3 anoxic basins
• 4 aeration basins
• 4 final clarifiers
• 4 tertiary filters
• Reaeration
• UV disinfection
• Redundant chlorination/dechlorination system
• Emergency storage lagoon/stormwater retention pond
• Sand filters
• Effluent pump
• Solid storage tank
• Filter belt press with a wet polymer system
• Sanitary WWTP package plant
The facility is located at the Smithfield Farmland Corporation — Tar Heel Plant on 15855 Highway 87 West in Tar Heel, Bladen County.
2. Operate the treatment, plant in accordance with the Authorization to Operate issued by the Division on
October 4, 2009 for a maximum slaughter rate of 390,000 hogs every two weeks;
3. Discharge from said treatment works via Outfall 001, at the location specified on the attached map into the
Cape Fear River currently classified as C waters in subbasin 03-06-16 [HUC: 03030005] of the Cape Fear,
River Basin.
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Permit NC0078344
Part I
A. (1) EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS AND MONITORING REQUIREMENTS
[15A NCAC 02B.0400 et seq., 15A NCAC 02B.0500 et seq.]
Beginning on the effective date of this permit and lasting until expiration, the permittee is authorized to •
discharge treated wastewater from Outfall 001. Such discharges shall be limited and monitored' by the Permittee
as specified below:
Effluent Charac
Parameter Code..
. _..: .. , ; -
Discharge Limitations :
Monitoring Requirements
Monthly
Average ,
'. Daily :.
Maximum__
Measurement '
Frequency
nc
' Samples
Type .
. Sample` Location
... _... ...
Flow 50050
3.0 MGD
Continuous
Recording
Influent or Effluent
BOD, 5-day, 20°C
(April 1 - October 31) QD310
250.0 lbs/day
500.0 lbs/day
(30.0 mg/L)
Daily
Composite
Effluent
BOD, 5-day, 20°C QD310
(November 1- March 31)
500.0 lbs/day
1000.0 lbs/day
(45.0 mg/L)
Daily
Composite
Effluent
Total Suspended Solids QD530
998.7 lbs/day
1997.5 lbs/day
Daily
Composite
Effluent
NH3 as N
(April 1- October 31) QD610
30.0 lbs/day
(2.0 mg/L)
60.0 lbs/day
(7.5 mg/L)
Daily
Composite
Effluent
NH3 as N
(November 1- March 31) QD610
60.0 lbs/day
(4.0 mg/L)
120.0 lbs/day
(8.0 mg/L)
Daily
Composite
Effluent
Dissolved Oxygen 00300
Daily average not less than 5.0 mg/L
Daily
Grab
Effluent
pH 00400
Between 6.0 and 9.0 Standard Units
Daily
Grab
Effluent
Fecal Coliform 31616
(geometric mean)
200/100m1
400/100m1
Daily
Grab
Effluent
Temperature (°C) 00010
Daily
Grab
Effluent
Total Residual Chlorine 2 50060
28 µg/L
Weekly
Grab
Effluent
Settleable Solids 00545
5.0 mL/L
10 mL/L
Weekly
Grab
Effluent
Oil and Grease 00556
319.6 lbs/day
639.2 lbs/day
Weekly
Grab
Effluent
Total Nitrogen 3 C0600
134 mg/L
194 mg/L
Weekly
Composite
Effluent
Organic Nitrogen 00605
Monthly
Composite
Effluent
Total Phosphorus C0665
Monthly
Composite
Effluent
Total Mercury 4 COMER
Annually
Grab
Effluent
Chronic Toxicity 5 TGP3B
Quarterly
Composite
Effluent
Hardness- Total as [CaCO3 00900
or (Ca + Mg)] (mg/L)
Quarterly
Composite
Effluent
Footnotes:
1. The permittee shall submit discharge monitoring reports electronically using the NC DWR's eDMR
application system [see A. (8)].
2. The Division shall consider all effluent TRC values reported below 50 µg/L to be in compliance with the
permit. However, the permittee shall continue to record and submit all values reported by a North Carolina
certified laboratory.
3. TN = TKN + NO3-N + NO2-N where TN is Total Nitrogen, TKN is Total Kjeldahl Nitrogen, and NO3-N
+ NO2-N are Nitrate and Nitrite Nitrogen, respectively.
4. The facility shall employ method 1631E.
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Permit NC0078344
5. Chronic Toxicity (Ceriodaphnia) P/F at 0.58% with testing in January, April, July, and October [see A.
(3)]-
There shall be no discharge of floating solids or visible foam in other than trace amounts.
A. (2) INSTREAM MONITORING REQUIREMENTS
[15A NCAC 02B.0500 et seq.]
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Dissolved Oxygen mg/L
Fecal Coliform /100mL
Temperature °C
Conductivity µmhos/cm
3/Week (June -September)
Weekly (October -May)
Grab
Upstream &
Downstream
Hardness- Total as [CaCO3
or (Ca + Mg)] mg/L
Quarterly
Grab
Upstream
Total Nitrogen mg/L
Organic Nitrogen mg/L
Total Phosphorus mg/L
Chlorophyll -a µg/L
Weekly (June — September) z
Grab
Upstream &
Downstream
Notes:
1. Upstream = at least 50 feet upstream of the discharge. Downstream = at least 500 feet from the discharge.
2. Weekly stream sampling required during the months of June, July, August, and, September.
Instream sampling requirements are provisionally waived as a result of Permittee's participation in the
Middle Cape Fear River Basin Association per the Memorandum of Agreement between the Division and the
Association. Instream sampling requirements will be reinstated should Permittee cease its participation in
the Association.
Per NCAC 2B .0505(c) (4), stream sampling is not required when flow conditions or weather conditions pose a
substantial risk of injury or death to persons collecting samples.
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Permit NC0078344-
Smithfield Farmland Corporation
NC0078344
latitude:
Longitude:
Quad #;
Sub -Basin;
Stream Class:
Receiving Stream:
8-Digit HUC:
35°45'40" = 3 g • 1761 / 11
78°47'45" = ' 13 , "7 9 5 833
H23SE, Duart
030616
C
Cape Fear River
03030005
N
Tar Heel Division
WWTP

''Division of Water. Resources
State of North Carolina
Department of Environmental Quality
Division of Water Resources
WATER QUALITY REGIONAL OPERATIONS SECTION
NON -DISCHARGE APPLICATION REVIEW REQUEST FORM
April 8, 2019
To: FRr'W;QROS:-{PrenfAllen / 1VIarkB'rantle
From: Troy Doby, Water Quality Permitting Section - Non -Discharge Branch
Permit Number: WQ0014868 Permit Type: Land Application of Residual Solids (503 Exempt)
Applicant: Smithfield Fresh Meats Corp. Project Type: Renewal
Owner_ Type: Organization Owner in BIMS? Yes
Facility Name: Smithfield Fresh Meats Corp. RLAP Facility in BIMS? Yes
Signature Authority: Donovan Owens Title: General Manager
Address: PO Box 99, Tarheel, NC 28392-0099 County: Bladen
Fee Category: Non -Discharge Major Fee Amount: $0 - Renewal
Comments/Other Information:
Attached, you will find all information submitted in support of the above -referenced application for your review,
comment, and/or action. Within 45 calendar days, please take the following actions:
® Return this form completed. ® Return a completed staff report.
❑ Attach an Attachment B for Certification ❑ Issue an Attachment B Certification.
When you receive this request form, please write your name and dates in the spaces below, make a copy of this sheet, and
return it to the appropriate Central Office Water Quality Permitting Section contact person listed above.
RO-WQROS Reviewer: Jfi4 BAre /i l Date: .51/51/`�
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ROY COOPER
Governor
MICHAEL S. REGAN
Secretary
LINDA CULPEPPER
Director
DONOVAN OWENS - GENERAL MANAGER
SMITHFIELD FRESH MEATS CORP.
POBox99
TARHEEL, NORTH CAROLINA 28392-0099
Dear Mr. Owens:
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
April 9, 2019
Subject: Acknowledgement of
Application No. WQ0014868
Smithfield Fresh Meats Corp. RLAP
Residuals Management System
Bladen County
The Water Quality Permitting Section acknowledges receipt of your permit application and
supporting documentation received on April 5, 2019. Your application package has been assigned the
number listed above, and the primary reviewer is Troy Doby.
Central and Regional Office staff will perform a detailed review of the provided application, and
may contact you with a request for additional information. To ensure maximum efficiency in processing
permit applications, the Division of Water Resources requests your assistance in providing a timely and
complete response to any additional information requests.
Please note that processing standard review permit applications may take as long as 60 to 90 days
after receipt of a complete application. If you have any questions, please contact
Troy Doby at [phone] or [e-mail].
Sincerely,
Nathaniel D. Thornburg, Supervisor
Division of Water Resources
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North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality I Division of Water Resources
512 North Salisbury Street 1617 Mail Service Center I Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1617
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