310077_Permit (Issuance)_20230711

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ROY COOPER
Governor
ELIZABETH S. BISER
Secretary
RICHARD E. ROGERS, JR.
Director
John David Kilpatrick
Circle K Farm I & II
131 Oak Manor Lane
Magnolia, NC 28453
Dear John David Kilpatrick:
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
July 11, 2023
Subject: Certificate of Coverage No. ADS310077
Circle K Farm I & II
Swine Farm Digester Waste Collection,
Treatment, Storage, and Application System
Duplin County
In accordance with your request to transfer permit coverage from Individual Swine Waste Management
Permit Number AWI310077 to the Swine Farm Digester Waste Management System General Permit
(AWG400000), we are hereby issuing to you this Certificate of Coverage (COC) under General Permit
AWG400000, authorizing the continued operation of a farm digester system (including the animal waste
management system) to produce biogas for use as a renewable energy resource. The subject farm digester
consists of a 2,756,889 gallon clay lined anaerobic digester with a 60 mil HDPE synthetic cover, a 2,032,076
gallon clay lined anaerobic digester with a 60 mil HDPE synthetic cover, three earthen lined lagoons, two
lift stations, two digester mixing pump stations, two biogas drying units, and all necessary pipes, pumps,
and appurtenances, to serve the permitted swine animal capacity at Circle K II Farm with no discharge of
wastes to the surface waters, in conformity with the project plan, specifications, and other supporting data
submitted to and approved by the Department of Environmental Quality (Department).
This authorization includes the management and land application of animal waste as specified in the
facility's Certified Animal Waste Management Plan (CAWMP) for Circle K Farm I & 11, located in Duplin
County, with a swine animal capacity of no greater than the following annual averages:
Wean to Finish: 19,947 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. Per your request to transfer
permit coverage and with issuance of this COC, Permit Number AWI310077, issued to this facility on
January 19, 2017, is hereby rescinded. Pursuant to this COC, you are authorized and required to operate the
system in conformity with the conditions and limitations as specified in General Permit AWG400000, the
facility's CAWMP, and this COC. This COC is issued in accordance with General Permit AWG400000.
Please read this COC and the enclosed Swine Farm Digester Waste Management System General Permit
carefully.
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

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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 beyond that authorized by this COC (as provided above)
will require a modification to the CAWMP and must be approved by the Division of Water Resources
(Division) prior to actual increase in either wastewater flow or number of animals.
The Engineer's Certification for the farm digester systempreviously covered by individual permit
AWI310077 was submitted on January 30, 2018. Quarterly samplingis s required per Condition III.23 of
General Permit AWG400000 should begin no later than third quarter 2023 (July -September). 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 complying with all applicable laws, rules,
standards, and ordinances (local, state, and federal), nor does issuance of this 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, General Permit
AWG400000 and/or the CAWMP may result in the revocation of this COC, civil penalties per NCGS 143-
215.6A, criminal penalties per NCGS 143-21.6B, and/or injunctive relief per 143-215.6C.
If any parts, requirements, or limitations contained in this COC are unacceptable, you may apply for an
individual permit by contacting the Animal Feeding Operations Program for information on the application
process. Unless such a request is made within 30 days, this COC shall be final and binding.
In accordance with Condition II.23 of General Permit AWG400000, 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
Newport/Morhead City, NC National Weather Service office at [phone], or by visiting their website
at: www.weather.gov/mhx/
This facility is located in a county covered by our Wilmington Regional Office. The Regional Office staff
may be reached at 910-796-7215. If you need additional information concerning this COC or General
Permit AWG400000, please contact the Animal Feeding Operations Program staff at [phone].
Sincerely,
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Director, Division of Water Resources
Enclosures (General Permit AWG400000)
cc: (Certificate of Coverage only for all ccs)
Duplin County Health Department
Duplin County Soil and Water Conservation District
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