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ENGINEERS • MANUFACTURERS • CONSTRUCTORS
Ms. Christine Lawson
Engineer III
Animal Feeding Operations
NCDEQ Department of Water Resources
SUBJECT: Additional Information Request
Application No. ADS310086
Paradise Hill Farm
Duplin County
Dear Ms. Lawson,
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19 September 2024
Paradise Hill Farm
Application No. ADS310089
Please see below for responses to the request for additional information, dated September 18, 2024, in relation to the digester
permit application for Paradise Hill Farm. The original Additional Information Request is attached.
o Setbacks
• The signed waiver from Daniel Olsen has been attached.
o Waste Level Gauge
• The transfer pipe is existing. It will remain in place. The function of the existing lagoons will not change.
o Digester Waste Transfer
• Section 2.8 of the Digester Permit Application has been revised to reflect a pumped transfer between Digester and
Secondary Lagoon. The revised page is attached.
o Digester Detail
• We have revised Detail RA-STD-251-2 to clarify this corresponds to the new digester operating levels. The revised page
is attached.
Please let us know if you have any further comments or need any further information. Thank you.
Sincerely,
Roeslein & Associates, Inc.
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Chris Fey
Manager, Building Design & Construction
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ROY COOPER
Governor
ELIZABETH S. BISER
Secretary
RICHARD E. ROGERS, JR.
Director
Earth Right Farms, Inc
Paradise Hill Farm
127 Circle Drive
Kenansville, NC 23849
Dear Earth Right Farms:
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
September 18, 2024
Subject: Additional Information Request
Application No. ADS310086
Paradise Hill 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 June 28, 2024 and additional information received
on September 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 Paradise Hill 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.
❑ Setbacks — Site Layout Sheet shows that the location of the proposed digester does not meet the
Siting Act requirements for:
o distance from setback from the property line, which is 500 feet, G.S. §106-803(a)(3). As
shown, the digester top of embankment is less than 500 feet from the nearest residence,
owned by D Olsen Farming, LLC. The application cover letter indicated that a signed
waiver has been obtained.
Please provide a copy of signed waiver recorded with Registrar of Deeds.
❑ Waste Level Gauge — Update the compliance levels for Lagoon 27503A. Marker will need to be
reset with the updated compliance level ("redline") once the crossover pipe is installed.
o The design shows that waste will gravity flow from the secondary lagoon 27503B to the
tertiary lagoon 27500A. 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 27503A. Note: Both Lagoons 27503A and 27503B were built
prior to 1996 and do not require the consideration of the second heavy rainfall factor.
❑ Digester Waste Transfer —page 2 of the application form states that the digester effluent will gravity
flow from the digester to secondary treatment. However, the drawings and digester narrative state
that the effluent will be pumped from wet well to secondary treatment in Lagoon 27503B. Please
confirm transfer method.
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

Earth Right Farms, Inc
ADS310086
Additional Information Letter
September 18, 2024
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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,
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Christine B. Lawson
Engineer
Animal Feeding Operations
cc: Wilmington Regional Office, Water Quality Regional Operations Section — via email
Roeslein & Associates, Inc. — Chris Fey — via email
Laserfiche — File No. 310086
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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6/4/24
To Whom it May Concern:
This letter of acknowledgement and agreement is hereby given to the Paradise Hill Farm as it
relates to their installation of a farm digester.
I have been informed of the desire of the Paradise Hill Farm to add a digester to their farm,
increasing the treatment of manure on the farm and capturing the emissions from the breakdown of the
manure for use as a renewable fuel. I understand that this will reduce emissions from the farm, and that
no more animals will be added to the site or current waste treatment system.
[ hereby approve the digester structure being closer to my property line than the existing lagoon
on the farm by approximately 100'. This waiver applies to parcel PIN number 3422000615527 of the
Duplin County tax office.
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2.3 Acreage cleared and available for application (excluding all required buffers and areas not covered by the application
system): See attached Waste Utilization Plan Acres
Required Acreage (as listed in the CAWMP): See attached Waste Utilization Plan Acres
Existing Application Area (pre -construction): See attached Waste Utilization Plan Acres
Proposed Application Area (post -construction): Same as existing (see attached Waste Utilization Plan) Acres
Is there a change to the existing WUP? YES or NO (circle one)
Is the Existing WUP attached? YES or NO (circle one)
Is the New (if applicable) WUP attached? YES or NO (circle one)
2.4 List and Describe all Storage/Treatment Structures Below:
a. DIGESTER or other PRIMARY TREATMENT: (double click on "Select" for drop -down menu box)
Treatment
Existing?
Name of
Treatment
Type of
Liner
Surface
Type of Cover
Ttl Capacity
Req'd Capacity
Unit Type
(Y/N)
Unit
Material
Area
Material
(cu. Ft.)
(cu.ft.)
Digester
N
Lagoon
27003
Synthetic
45,000
Synthetic (80 mil)
366,336
309,392
Select
Select
Select
Select
Select
Select
a.l Are engineering designs, drawings, specifications, and details attached? YES or NO (circle one)
b. SECONDARY TREATMENT/STORAGE: (double click on "Select" for drop -down menu box)
Name of Storage Unit
Existing?
(Y/N)
Type of Liner
Material
Surface Area
Ttl Capacity
(cu. Ft.)
Req'd Capacity
(cu.ft.)
Lagoon 27503A
Y
Select
91,650
707,460
701,990
Lagoon 27503B
Y
Select
35,860
256,275
251,820
Select
Select
2.5 Are KNOWN subsurface drains present within 100' of any application fields?
2.6 Are KNOWN subsurface drains in the vicinity or under the waste management system?
YES or NO (circle one)
YES or NO (circle one)
2.7 Does this facility meet all applicable siting requirements? YES or NO (circle one)
2.8 Describe Water Movement between Barns, Digesters, and Storage Ponds (double click on "Select" for drop -down menu
box)
Location
Pump Station or
Gravity
Pipe Size
Minimum Pump
Ca acit
Plan Sheet
Reference
GPM
TDH
Barns to Digester
Gravity
12"
N/A
N
RA270-00-27003-5
Digester to Secondary
Pump Station
6"
487.8
23.8
RA270-00-27003-5
Secondary to Tertiary
Gravity (exist)
12"
N/A
N/A
RA270-00-27003-5
Select
Select
Select
Select
Select
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