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Home My WebLink AboutWQ0014565_More Information Received_20240423Initial Review Reviewer nathaniel.thorn burg Is this submittal an application? (Excluding additional information.) * Yes No If not an application what is the submittal type?* Annual Report Residual Annual Report Additional Information Other Permit Number (IR) * W00014565 Applicant/Permittee Pilgrim's Pride Corporation Email Notifications Does this need review by the hydrogeologist? * Yes No Regional Office CO Reviewer Admin Reviewer Submittal Form Project Contact Information Please provide information on the person to be contacted by NDB Staff regarding electronic submittal, confirmation of receipt, and other correspondence. Name* Daniel Shaw Email Address* daniel.shaw@pilgrims.com Project Information Application/Document Type* New (Fee Required) Modification - Major (Fee Required) Renewal with Major Modification (Fee Required) Annual Report Additional Information Other Phone Number* 4029201166 Modification - Minor Renewal GW-59, NDMR, NDMLR, NDAR-1, N DAR-2 Residual Annual Report Change of Ownership We no longer accept these monitoring reports through this portal. Please click on the link below and it will take you to the correct form. https://edoes.deq.nc.gov/Forms/NonDischarge_Monitoring_Report Permit Type:* Wastewater Irrigation High -Rate Infiltration Other Wastewater Reclaimed Water Closed -Loop Recycle Residuals Single -Family Residence Wastewater Other Irrigation Permit Number:* WQ0014565 Has Current Existing permit number Applicant/Permittee Address* 484 Zimmerman Rd., Sanford, NC Facility Name* Pilgrim's Pride - Sanford WWTF Please provide comments/notes on your current submittal below. At this time, paper copies are no longer required. If you have any questions about what is required, please contact Nathaniel Thornburg at nathaniel.thornburg@ncdenr.gov. Please attach all information required or requested for this submittal to be reviewed here. (Application Form, Engineering Plans, Specifications, Calculations, Etc.) Comments on Draft Permit.pdf 55.03KB Upload only 1 PDF document (less than 250 MB). Multiple documents must be combined into one PDF file unless file is larger than upload limit. * By checking this box, I acknowledge that I understand the application will not be accepted for pre -review until the fee (if required) has been received by the Non -Discharge Branch. Application fees must be submitted by check or money order and made payable to the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (NCDEQ). I also confirm that the uploaded document is a single PDF with all parts of the application in correct order (as specified by the application). Mail payment to: NCDEQ — Division of Water Resources Attn: Non -Discharge Branch 1617 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-1617 Signature 10)elyzwlt S%x. Submission Date 4/23/2024 pJ1gnM,S,. April 23, 2024 Uploaded via the online portal (Non Discharge Branch Submittal Form) and via email to (elton.luong@deq.nc.gov) Elton Luong North Carolina Department of Environment Quality Division of Water Resources Non -Discharge Branch 512 N. Salisbury Street Raleigh, North Carolina 27604 Re: Application/Permit No. WQ0014565 Additional Information Request #1— Comments on Draft Permit Pilgrim's Pride Processing Plant Sanford, Lee County, North Carolina Dear Mr. Luong: Pilgrim's has reviewed the Draft Permit for our Sanford Facility as it pertains to the Non -Discharge Permit No. WQ0014565 and we have the following comments: 1) Condition III.7: Pilgrim's requests the language be changed similar to the 2019 Permit language to "test and calibrate the irrigation equipment once per permit cycle". Pilgrim's has 340 irrigation risers/sprayheads in our sprayfields and it is cost prohibitive and time consuming to test/calibrate each one on an annual basis, as our current calibration procedure consists of hiring a third party consultant to measure the discharge pressure at each riser, use catch pans to measure volume applied for each riser and observe the spray pattern. Pilgrim's visually inspects each riser weekly, at a minimum, in accordance with our O&M Plan. Irrigation risers with obvious problems (i.e., spewing water onto ground, irregular spray pattern, etc.) are promptly corrected. Therefore, we feel that annual calibration is excessive. 2) Condition III.13: Pilgrim's requests the language be modified to read similar to the 2019 Permit "freeboard of not less than eighteen inches". No changes are proposed, or have been made, to the 1.3 MG aeration treatment lagoon and the 3.9 MG holding pond and subjecting these existing ponds to greater freeboard requirements is unnecessary. There are times during wet weather periods that maintaining two feet of freeboard will be difficult. The additional six inches represents a significant reduction in storage and treatment volume. Also, we have an emergency overflow pipe from these ponds that www.pligrims.com Mr. Elton Luong April 19, 2024 Page 2 ensures we maintain eighteen inches of freeboard. Increasing the freeboard would make our existing overflow piping system obsolete. (The emergency overflow pipe discharges to the wastewater treatment system where discharges are permitted under an NPDES Permit). Further, the chlorine contact chamber is fed via gravity flow from the aeration treatment lagoon and discharges chlorinated/sanitized effluent to the holding pond. Adding additional freeboard (lowering the lagoon water level) will impact the chlorine contact chamber hydraulics (i.e., flow rate and detention time) and will impact how this system has been managed successfully for years. 3) Attachment A: Pilgrim's requests that the monitoring frequency for Total Residual Chlorine and pH be reduced from weekly to monthly. This request is being made to ease the financial and labor -related burdens this additional sampling places on the Facility. Further, there are currently no limits for these parameters and monitoring is done for informational purposes only. As designed, Pilgrim's doses sodium hypochlorite to get a chlorine concentration of approximately 20-25 ppm in the contact chamber to disinfect the effluent from the aerated lagoon. After the contact chamber, water flows to the holding pond to await irrigation (average detention time is over a week). 4) Attachment C: Footnote #5 references Figure 1 which was not included with the Draft Permit. Pilgrim's assumes the same Figure 1 as included in the 2019 Permit will be included in the new Permit, and this is satisfactory. If you have any questions, please contact Tina Pedley at (919) 895-3457 (tina.pedley @pilgrims.com). Sincerely, Daniel Shaw, Complex Manager Pilgrim's Pride Corporation — Sanford, NC Cc: Ms. Tina Pedley (Pilgrim's) Mr. Steven Woodruff, P.E. (WHEE)