550007_Add-Info Request #2_20240307

ROY COOPER
Governor
ELIZABETH S. BISER
Secretary
RICHARD E. ROGERS, JR.
Director
Via E-mail
John Beam
Beam Dairy
3058 Johnstown Rd
Cherryville, NC 28021-9058
Mr. Beam:
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
March 7, 2024
Subject: Additional Information Request - 2
Application No. ADC550007
Beam Dairy
Lincoln County
The Animal Feeding Operations Program of the Division of Water Resources (Division) has reviewed your
January 19, 2024 response to the January 9, 2024 Request for Additional Information regarding the subject
permit application. I appreciate the opportunity to speak with your Sustain RNG partners again today.
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.
❑ Pipe and Pit P-1 Location — The location of the pipe between P-1 and P-2 on Drawing 22301-G-
100 is shown to be between Barn 100 and the waste pond. However, photographs and notes from
DWR staff indicate that the pipe appears to have been installed in/along the south and west sides
waste pond embankment. DWR staff also expressed concern regarding the installation of P-1;
indicating that P-1 appears to have been installed in the waste pond or have disturbed the waste
pond embankment. Please provide engineering design details for any and all locations where a
waste storage structure or lagoon was or is to be disturbed. Provide installation details. A
Professional Engineer will need to specifically certify that any damage to a waste pond or lagoon
has been repaired to meet NRCS Standards.
❑ Influent/Effluent Sampling — Please indicate location for sampling of influent to and effluent from
each digester. Your January 19, 2024 response stated that this information is included in the O&M
Plan. Please indicate, specifically, where this information can be found. The O&M Plan should
clearly state the location for influent and effluent sampling. This should also be shown on one of
the diagrams.
❑ Digester Berm/Stormwater Management —During the January site visit, Sustain RNG staff
indicated that a berm or some other stormwater management structures would be put in place at the
downslope of the digester. Please provide additional information regarding planned stormwater
management.
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

John Beam
ADC550007
Additional Information Letter - 2
March 7, 2024
Page 2 of 2
The following items do not require a response at this time but need to be considered in the planning, startup
and operations of the farm digester system.
❑ Certification of Waste Structures — A Professional Engineer or Certified Technical Specialist with
the proper designation must certify that any waste pond or lagoon that was disturbed during
construction meets the design. This includes certification of waste level gauges and any spillways.
❑ Phosphorus DAF - the P-DAF material that results from the screw press operation is considered
an animal waste. Accordingly, this material must be sampled and analyzed the same as other liquid
and solid manures.
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
or email 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] or
[e-mail].
Sincerely,
DocuSiigned by:
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Christine B. Lawson
Engineer
Animal Feeding Operations
cc: Mooresville Regional Office, Water Quality Regional Operations Section — via email
Danny Hertz, Sustain RNG
Darrell Hill, Sustain RNG
Laserfiche — File No. 550007
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
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