090129_Email_Affidavit of Publication-The News Reporter

NORTH CAROLINA,
NOTICE OF �UMBUS COUNTY:
DISCHARGE OF
ANIMAL WASTE
AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION
On January 27, 2023, Farm
7692, facility number 09-129,
located at 11486 Old Fayette-
ville Road, Fayetteville, NC
ore the undersigned, a Notary Public of said County and State, duly commissioned, qualified,
experienced a discharge of
swine wastewater. The treated
1 authorized by law to administer oaths,
wastewater originated from a
failed weld on a HDPE pipe
-sonally appeared 1
used to carry recycle water from
the lagoon to the animal houses
tlo being first duly sworn, deposes and says: that he is the �m
for cleaning. The discharge was
discovered around 2:25 pm and
wner, publisher, or employee authorized to make this affidavit) of Col mb s Media Company
farm personnel took immediate
,C, DBA The News Reporter, engaged in the publication of a newspaper known as THE NEWS
steps to stop and contain the
?PORTER; published, issued and entered as second class mail in the CITY of Whiteville, in
wastewater and begin remedia-
id County and State; that the notice or other legal advertisement, a true copy of which is at -
tion by returning the waste-
water to the farmis permitted
ched hereto, was published in The News Reporter on the following dates:
system. It was estimated that
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approximately 29,100 gallons of
wastewater escaped a secondary
id that the said newspaper in which such notice, paper, document, or legal advertisement was
containment structure and en-
rblished was, at the time of each and every such publication, a newspaper meeting all of the
tered a ditch that leads to a bea-
ver pond along Little Turnbull
quirements and qualifications of section I-597 of the General Statutes of North Carolina and
Creek that leads to Turnbull
is qualified newspaper within the meaning of section I-597 of the General Statutes of North
Creek. The NCDEQ Division of
irolina.
Water Resources was notified
of the incident around 4:45 pm.
This day of I!e 20
Remediation efforts continued
_ _ .
throughout the weekend. To
prevent future discharges of this
P g s
type, all repairs and installations
(Signature of Person Making Affidavit)
of HDPE pipe will be pressure
tested before being placed in
operation, farm personnel will i
Sworn to and subscribed before me, this day of
be retrained on daily inspec-
tions of pipes and on proce-
20
dures for managing secondary
Containments.
This notice was required
by North Carolina General
Statutes Article 21 Chapter
Notary Public
143.215.1OC(h)(2). For more
information contact David
Nordin, Smithfield
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Hog Production at (91o) 293-5574.
Feb 9, 2023
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CAROL LAXOR
NOTARY PUBLIC
COLUMBUS COUNTY, NC
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