310239_Add-Info Request_20240618

ROY COOPER
Governor
ELIZABETH S. BISER
Secretary
RICHARD E. ROGERS, JR.
Director
William M. Bostic
Melvin Bostic Farm
1200 S Dobson Chapel Rd
Magnolia, NC 28453-8676
Dear William M. Bostic:
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
June 18, 2024
Subject: Additional Information Request
Application No. ADS310239
Melvin Bostic Farm
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 10, 2024, for permit coverage under Swine
Farm Digester Waste Management System General Permit AWG400000 for the construction of an
anaerobic digester to capture biogas as a part of the proposed farm digester system at the Melvin Bostic
Farm. 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.
❑ Mailing Address —The Mailing Address shown on the application appears to be the site location
and differs from the Mailing Address of Record for owner William M. Bostic. Please confirm the
correct Mailing Address.
❑ Setbacks — Sheet C.2.1.3 shows that the location of the proposed digester does not meet the Siting
Act requirements for:
o The setbacks shown on the Setback Plan View are circular from the center of the digester.
The setbacks are to be measured from the perimeter of the top of embankment.
o distance from setback from the nearest residence not owned by the producer, which is 1,500
feet, G.S. § 106-803(a)(1). As shown, the digester top of embankment is less than 1500 feet
from the nearest residence, owned by Janice Bland. Please provide a copy of signed waiver
filed with Registrar of Deeds.
❑ Waste Level Gauge —
O Please indicate location/method for measuring waste levels in the digester.
O The design shows that waste will gravity flow from the secondary lagoon 27500A to the
tertiary lagoon 27500B. If this overflow is to be installed as part of the digester system,
please provide and updated lagoon storage waste level gauge information/storage volume
calculations for Lagoon 27500B.
❑ Liner thickness — The application (page 12) states that the baseliner will be 80-mil thick HDPE.
Elsewhere in the documents and drawings, it's shown as 60-mil thick HDPE. Please clarify.
❑ Irrigation Map — Please provide a current irrigation/land application map.
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

William M. Bostic
ADS310239
Additional Information Letter
June 18, 2024
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❑ Emergency Action Plan — The Emergency Action Plan should be updated to address additional
issues, concerns, potential emergencies related to the Farm Digester System.
❑ Operation & Maintenance Plan — It is recommended that the O&M Plan also include the inspections
and recordkeeping as required by the permit.
❑ Stormwater Outlet — Please provide a typical detail for outlet for stormwater removed from digester
covers. Please also indicate both stormwater outlet locations for the digester.
❑ 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 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, as
venting is prohibited during this time.
o Please indicate location of the flare/flare connection.
❑ Air Quality Permitting — Please provide a copy of the Air Permit Applicability Request for Register
1 cluster of farms. If available, please provide a copy of the response from Division of Air Quality
or the application/reference number.
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] or
[e-mail].
Sincerely,
Docu Siigned by:
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