820025_Add-Info Request_20231107

ROY COOPER
Governor
ELIZABETH S. BISER
Secretary
RICHARD E. ROGERS, JR.
Director
Faison Investments, LLC
Pork Plus
PO Box 1015
Clinton, NC 28329-1015
Dear Faison Investments, LLC:
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
November 7, 2023
Subject: Additional Information Request
Application No. ADS820025
Pork Plus
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 July 28, 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 Pork Plus.
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.
❑ Setbacks — Sheet C.2.5.3 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 80 feet from the property boundary with Henry Preston
Lucas and 40 feet from the property boundary with Goodson & Wells Farms, Inc.
o distance from the nearest residence not owned by the producer, which is 1500ft, G.S. § 106-
803(a)(1). As shown, the digester top of embankment is less than 1500 feet from the nearest
residence. This residence is shown as unoccupied and owned by HD3 Farms of the
Carolinas, LLC.
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
919.707.9129

Faison Investments, LLC
ADS820025
Additional Information Letter
November 7, 2023
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❑ Irrigation Map/Nutrient Management Plan (NMP) —The NMP submitted is dated 11-11-2010 and
the irrigation map was not included. Please provide irrigation map — updated as needed.
❑ Waste Level Gauge — Please indicate location/method for measuring waste levels in the digester,
as it does not gravity feed to the secondary containment.
❑ 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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