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Home My WebLink About820038_Add-Info Request_20230630ROY COOPER Governor ELIZABETH S. BISER Secretary RICHARD E. ROGERS, JR. Director HD3 Farms of the Carolinas, LLC C&MI PO Box 2107 Elizabethtown, NC 28337 Dear HD3 Farms of the Carolinas, LLC: NORTH CAROLINA Environmental Quality June 30, 2023 Subject: Additional Information Request Application No. ADS 820038 C&MI Sampson County The Animal Feeding Operations Program of the Division of Water Resources (Division) has completed a preliminary review of the subject application received on February 17, 2023, for permit coverage under Swine Farm Digester Waste Management System General Permit AWG400000 to install a new synthetically lined and covered in -ground digester to capture biogas as a part of the proposed farm digester system at the C & M I. Additional information is required before we may continue our review. Please address and submit the following item(s) within 30 (thirty) days of receipt of this letter. ❑ Mailing Address —The Mailing Address shown on the application differs from the Mailing Address of Record for owner HD3 Farms of the Carolinas, LLC. Please confirm the correct Mailing Address. ❑ Facili , Name —The Facility Name shown on the application differs from the Facility Name of Record for AWS820038. Please confirm the correct Facility Name. ❑ Freeboard — NC NRCS Standard 366 — Anaerobic Digester requires a minimum of 2 feet of freeboard in the covered digester. Please provide clarification that the digester will meet minimum freeboard requirements. ❑ Stormwater Outlet — Please provide a typical detail, including dimensions, for outlet for stormwater removed from digester covers. Please also indicate stormwater outlet location. ❑ Biogas Use as a Renewable Energy Resource — Session Law 2023-63 (2023 Farm Act) requires that the gases collected by a farm digester system begin to be used as a renewable energy resource as quickly as feasible, but no later than within six months of the collection of gases. Until the gases are being used as a renewable energy resource the gas shall be flared rather than vented. Please provide information for the intended onsite and/or offsite use of biogas. Please include expected timeline regarding collection of gases begins, completion of digester system, and utilization of gas as a renewable energy resource. North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality I Division of Water Resources 512 North Salisbury Street 1 1636 Mail Service Center I Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1636 NORTH CARCLINA 919.707.9129 HD3 Farms of the Carolinas. LLC ADS820038 Additional Information Letter June 30, 2023 Page 2 of 3 ❑ Gas Generation Estimate — Please submit an estimate for the daily volume of biogas to be generated by the proposed Digester. ❑ Influent/Effluent Sampling — Please indicate location for sampling of influent to and effluent from each digester. ❑ Waste Level Gauge — Please indicate location/method for measuring waste levels in the digester, as it does not gravity feed to the secondary containment. ❑ Gas Upgrading System — How will tailgas or remnant biogas be managed? ❑ Erosion on embankment — During the April 28, 2023 site visit, some erosion was noted along existing lagoon embankment. Maintenance/repairs should be included in system installation. Please describe repairs to be made. ❑ Odor Control Checklist — The Odor Control Checklist that was included did not have any Best Management Practices (BMPs) selected. Please review and resubmit if any BMPs are to be implemented. Please include the Permit Number on all pages of the Checklist and date page 1 ❑ Insect Control Checklist — The Insect Control Checklist was not included in the application. Please provide as a required component of the CAWMP. ❑ Mortali , Management Checklist — No mortality management method was indicated/selected on the Mortality Management Checklist included with the application. The Checklist was signed by the owner, but not dated. The Checklist did not include Technical Specialist signature or signature date. Please provide a completed Checklist. ❑ Emergency Action Plan — The Emergency Action Plan was not included in the application. Please provide as a required component of the CAWMP. ❑ O&M Plan — The Contact Information for Christine Lawson should be updated as follows: Christine Lawson, Animal Feeding Operations Program, Div. of Water Resources, 1636 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1636, 919-707-3664. Christine.Lawson(cr�,deq.nc.gov ❑ Air Quality Permitting — Please provide general information regarding any Air Quality permits, and/or applicability determinations regarding this project. Please provide information about if applications have been filed, permits (if issued), and/or results of an applicability determination. Please be aware that you are responsible for meeting all requirements set forth in North Carolina rules and regulations. Any oversights that occurred in the review of the subject application package are still the responsibility of the applicant. In addition, any omissions made in responding to the above items shall result in future requests for additional information. Please reference the subject application number when providing the requested information. All revised and/or additional documentation shall be signed, sealed and dated, submitted to my attention at the address below. Failure to provide this additional information on or before the above requested date may result in your application being returned as incomplete. REQ5 North Carolina Department ofEnvironmental Quality I Division ofWater Resources 512 North Salisbury Street 1 1636 Mail Service Center I Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1636 NORTH CAROLINA 919.707.9129 onparhnem of EmironmanW 9uallly HD3 Farms of the Carolinas. LLC ADS820038 Additional Information Letter June 30, 2023 Page 3 of 3 If you have any questions regarding this letter, please feel free to contact me at (919) 707-3664 or Christine.Lawson@deq.nc.gov. Sincerely, DocuSigned by: ViS{iv t, 15. (Awsbvu 715598463EA94B7... Christine B. Lawson Engineer Animal Feeding Operations cc: Fayetteville Regional Office, Water Quality Regional Operations Section — via email Cavanaugh & Associates — Jeff Cappadona Laserfiche —File No. 820038 REQ5 North Carolina Department ofEnvironmental Quality I Division ofWater Resources 512 North Salisbury Street 1 1636 Mail Service Center I Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1636 NORTH CAROLINA 919.707.9129 onparhnem of EmironmanW 9uallly