180012_Rescission_20240823

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ROY COOPER
Governor
ELIZABETH S. BISER
Secretary
RICHARD E. ROGERS, JR.
Director
Jonathan A. Gladden
Gladden Dairy Farms Inc.
5983 Smith Road
Vale, NC 28168
Dear Jonathan A Gladden.:
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
August 12, 2024
Subject: Certificate of Coverage No. NCA318012
Gladden Dairy Farms Inc.
Cattle Waste Collection, Treatment,
Storage and Application System
Catawba County
Reference is made to your request for change of ownership and rescission of the subject
animal waste permit with the submission of a rescission request letter received on August
2, 2024. In accordance with your request, Permit No. NCA318012 is rescinded, effective
immediately.
Please be aware that, all of the following requirements apply upon this permit rescission:
The cattle facility shall be subject to the requirements of 15A NCAC 02T .1303
(Permitting By Regulation) and 15A NCAC 02T .0113 (Permitting By Regulation)
until the containment area is closed in accordance with standards adopted by the NRCS.
2. The permittee shall maintain records of land application and weekly records of
containment basin waste levels on forms provided by or approved by the Division.
3. Closure shall include pre -notification to the Division and, within 15 days of completion
of closure, submittal of a closure form supplied by the Division or closure forms
approved by the Division that provide the same information required by the forms
supplied by the Division.
If, in the future, you wish again to operate this animal waste management system at
or above the permitting threshold of 100 confined cattle, you must first apply for and
receive a new animal waste permit Certificate of Coverage.
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

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Any future permitted animal waste management system shall be considered a new facility
and subject to current permitting and design requirements at that time (Session Law 2013-
413). Operating an animal waste management system without a valid animal waste permit
Certificate of Coverage will subject the responsible party to a civil penalty of up to $25,000
per day.
Please contact the Mooresville Regional Office at [phone] if you have any
questions.
Sincerely,
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DocuSigned by:
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Ramesh Ravella
Supervisor, Animal Feeding Operations
Division of Water Resources
cc: Catawba County Soil & Water Conservation District
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512 North Salisbury Street 1 1636 Mail Service Center I Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1636
NORTH CARONNA 919.707.9129
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