310185_Add-Info Request_20231107

ROY COOPER
Governor
ELIZABETH S. BISER
Secretary
RICHARD E. ROGERS, JR.
Director
Michele Grady
Jim Grady and Sons, Inc
PO Box 428
Faison, NC 28341-0428
Dear Michele Grady:
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
November 7, 2023
Subject: Additional Information Request
Application No. ADS310185
Jim Grady and Sons, Inc.
Duplin County
The Animal Feeding Operations Program of the Division of Water Resources (Division) has completed a
preliminary review of the subject application received on May 30, 2023, for permit coverage under Swine
Farm Digester Waste Management System General Permit AWG400000 to construct one new
synthetically -lined digester to capture biogas as a part of the proposed farm digester system at the Jim Grady
and Sons, Inc. 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.
❑ Nutrient Management Plan (NMP) — The NMP submitted is dated 9-1-2011 and the irrigation map
was not included. The application form stated that the new NMP is pending by the owner. Per our
conversation during the June 26,2023 site visit, the new digester will be located in one of the current
land application fields.
o Please provide the updated NMP.
o Please provide the updated irrigation map.
❑ Setbacks — Sheet C.2.4.3 shows that the location of the proposed digester does not meet the Siting
Act requirements for:
o distance from property boundary, which is 500 ft, G.S. § 106-803(a)(3). As shown, the
digester top of embankment is less than 500 feet from the property boundary with Benjamin
L Grady Sr. & Others, Duplin PIN 247700782996
Please provide documentation of compliance with the Siting Act, either through additional setbacks
or documentation of permission as described in G.S. §106-803(b).
❑ 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.
o Your application stated that the gas would be exported for use as a renewable energy
resource within 12 months of construction. Please confirm that timeline also complies with
Session Law 2023-63.
o Your application indicated that no emergency flare will be provided. Please verify a flare
would be available and used if necessary for compliance with Session Law 2023-63.
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
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Michele Grady
ADS310185
Additional Information Letter
November 7, 2023
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❑ Waste Level Gauge — Please indicate location/method for measuring waste levels in the digester,
as it does not gravity feed to the secondary containment.
❑ Tail Gas from Gas Upgrading System(GUS) — Plans indicate that a GUS will be installed onsite
to process the biogas. Plans indicate that remnant gas from GUS will be vented on -site. Please
verify that this complies with Air Quality regulations. Also please identify location of nearest
residences and any odor control BMPs to be implemented.
❑ 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.
If you have any questions regarding this letter, please feel free to contact me at [phone].
Sincerely,
DocuSigned by:
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Christine B. Lawson
Engineer
Animal Feeding Operations
cc: Wilmington Regional Office, Water Quality Regional Operations Section — via email
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NORTH CAROLINA 919.707.9129
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