820005_Permit (Issuance)_20210331

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ROY COOPER
Governor
DIONNE DELLFGATTI
Secretary
S. DANIEL SMITH
Director
Murphy -Brown, LLC
Kilpatrick Farm 1, 2, 4, & 5 & Merritt Farm
PO Box 856
Warsaw, NC 28398-0856
Dear Murphy -Brown, LLC:
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
March 31, 2021
Subject: Certificate of Coverage No. AWS820005
Kilpatrick Farm 1, 2, 4, & 5 & Merritt Farm
Swine Waste Collection, Treatment,
Storage and Application System
Sampson County
In accordance with your request to cover the existing primary lagoon and install two mixing/lift stations to
collect biogas for a Waste -to -Energy System to service the 13,336 Wean to Finish swine at the Kilpatrick
Farm site, we are hereby forwarding to you this Certificate of Coverage (COC) issued to Murphy -Brown,
LLC, authorizing the construction and operation of the subject animal waste management system in
accordance with General Permit AWG100000. The 5,083 Wean to Finish swine at the Merritt Farm site
will continue to be served by the existing lagoon at that site. Please read this COC and the enclosed State
General Permit carefully.
This approval shall consist of the operation of this system including, but not limited to, the management
and land application of animal waste as specified in the facility's Certified Animal Waste Management Plan
(CAWMP) for Kilpatrick Farm 1, 2, 4, & 5 & Merritt Farm, located in Sampson County, with a swine
animal capacity of no greater than the following annual averages:
Wean to Finish: 18,419 Feeder to Finish: Boar/Stud:
Wean to Feeder: Farrow to Wean: Gilts:
Farrow to Finish: Farrow to Feeder: Other:
If this is a Farrow to Wean or Farrow to Feeder operation, there may be one boar for each 15 sows. Where
boars are unnecessary, they may be replaced by an equivalent number of sows. Any of the sows may be
replaced by gilts at a rate of 4 gilts for every 3 sows.
This COC shall be effective from the date of issuance until September 30, 2024 and shall hereby void the
Certificate of Coverage Number AWS820005 previously issued to this facility. Pursuant to this COC, you
are authorized and required to operate the system in conformity with the conditions and limitations as
specified in the General Permit, the facility's CAWMP, and this COC. An adequate system for collecting
and maintaining the required monitoring data and operational information must be established for this
facility. Any increase in waste production greater than the certified design capacity or increase in number
of animals authorized by this COC (as provided above) will require a modification to the CAWMP and this
COC and must be completed prior to actual increase in either wastewater flow or number of animals.
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality Division of Water Resources
512 North Salisbury Street 1 1636 Mail Service Center Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1636
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Within 180 day of issuance of this COC, please review the facility's CAWMP with respect to land
application areas in landscape positions that are in close proximity to public roads, dwellings and
wells, including but not limited to Pulls 32, and 33. and provide a report to the Division to describe
what, if any, additional best management practices are to be implemented in these areas to improve
protections and further reduce risk of off -site impacts.
Please pay careful attention to the record keeping and monitoring conditions in this permit. Please use the
most current record keepingforms.
orms.
If your Waste Utilization Plan (WUP) has been developed based on site -specific information, careful
evaluation of future samples is necessary. Should your records show that the current WUP is inaccurate
you will need to have a new WUP developed.
The issuance of this COC does not excuse the Permittee from the obligation to comply with all applicable
laws, rules, standards, and ordinances (local, state, and federal), nor does issuance of a COC to operate
under this permit convey any property rights in either real or personal property.
Per 15A NCAC 02T .1304 and NRCS standards a 100-foot separation shall be maintained between water
supply wells and any lagoon, storage pond, or any land application of waste.
Please be advised that any violation of the terms and conditions specified in this COC, the General Permit
or the CAWMP may result in the revocation of this COC, and/or penalties in accordance with NCGS 143-
215.6A through 143-215.6C including civil penalties, criminal penalties, and injunctive relief.
If any parts, requirements, or limitations contained in this COC are unacceptable, you have the right to
apply for an individual permit by contacting the Animal Feeding Operations Program for information on
this process. Unless such a request is made within 30 days, this COC shall be final and binding.
In accordance with Condition II.23 of the General Permit, waste application shall cease within twelve (12)
hours of the time that the National Weather Service issues a Hurricane Warning, Tropical Storm Warning,
or a Flood Watch/Flash Flood Watch associated with a tropical system for the county in which the facility
is located. You may find detailed watch/warning information for your county by calling the Raleigh, NC
National Weather Service office at [phone], or by visiting their website at: www.weather.gov/rah/
This facility is located in a county covered by our Fayetteville Regional Office. The Regional Office staff
may be reached at [phone]. If you need additional information concerning this COC or the General
Permit, please contact the Animal Feeding Operations Program staff at [phone].
Sincerely,
Docu�Siigned by:
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S. Daniel Smith
Director, Division of Water Resources
Enclosures (General Permit AWG100000)
cc: (Certificate of Coverage only for all ccs)
Sampson County Health Department
Sampson County Soil and Water Conservation District
Smithfield Hog Production
William G. "Gus" Simmons, Jr., P.E., Cavanaugh Solutions
Laserfiche — Permit File No. 820005
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