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October 18, 2024
ERIC R. SMITH – PRESIDENT
TRIPLE S FARMS AND CLEANING, INC.
POST OFFICE BOX 709
BEULAVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA 28518
Subject: Permit No. WQ0030998
Triple S Farms and Cleaning
Class B Residuals Program
Attachments A and B
Certification
Duplin County
Dear Mr. Smith,
In response to your permit major modification request received on June 27, 2024, and subsequent
additional information received on October 16, 2024, we are forwarding herewith modified Attachments A
and B certified October 18, 2024, to Triple S Farms and Cleaning, Inc. for the subject program.
Modifications to the subject Attachments are as follows:
➢ The correction of the hazardous characteristics monitoring frequency from “Once per permit
cycle” to “Annually” for the Town of Clayton Little Creek WRF (Permit No. NC0024543) and
the Onslow Water and Sewer Authority North Topsail WWTP (Permit No. WQ0005849) based
on a February 29, 2024, correction request.
➢ The addition of new land application area in Duplin County, including fields TT-1 and TT-2
and Fields 11 and 12, totaling 88.36 acres.
The modified Attachments A and B are effective from the date of certification until June 30, 2027,
shall replace Attachments A and B of Permit No. WQ0030998 issued on May 3, 2021, that were previously
certified on March 24, 2023, and February 27, 2024, and shall be subject to the conditions and limitations
therein, as well as those specified in the above-referenced permit. Please replace Attachments A and B of
Permit No. WQ0030998 that the Division certified on March 24, 2023, and February 27, 2024, with the
modified Attachments A and B. The Permittee shall submit a renewal application no later than
January 1, 2027.
Mr. Eric R. Smith
October 18, 2024
Page 2 of 2
This certification can be contested as provided in Chapter 150B of the North Carolina General
Statutes by filing a Petition for a Contested Case Hearing (Petition) with the North Carolina Office of
Administrative Hearings (OAH) within 30 calendar days. Requirements for filing a Petition are set forth
in Chapter 150B of the North Carolina General Statutes and Title 26 of the North Carolina Administrative
Code. Those interested in filing may access additional information regarding the requirements for filing a
Petition and Petition forms at the OAH website or by calling the OAH Clerk’s Office at (919) 431-3000.
A party filing a Petition shall serve a copy of the Petition on the Department of Environmental Quality’s
Office of General Counsel at 1601 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699 -1601. If the party filing the
Petition is not the Permittee, then the party shall also serve the Permittee pursuant to G.S. 150B-23(a).
If you need any additional information concerning this certification, please contact Erick Saunders
at (919) 707-3659 or erickson.saunders@deq.nc.gov.
Sincerely,
Richard E. Rogers, Jr., Director
Division of Water Resources
cc: Duplin County Health Department (Electronic Copy)
Wilmington Regional Office, Water Quality Regional Operations Section (Electronic Copy)
Robert T. Branch, LSS – Branch Residuals & Soils, LLC (Electronic Copy)
Laserfiche File (Electronic Copy)
Digital Permit Archive (Electronic Copy)
ATTACHMENT A – APPROVED RESIDUAL SOURCES Certification Date: October 18, 2024
Triple S Farms and Cleaning, Inc. Permit Number: WQ0030998 Version: 3.5
WQ0030998 Version 3.5 Attachment A Page 1 of 2
Permittee Facility County Permit
Number
Biological
Residuals
Maximum
Dry Tons
per Year 1
Monitoring
Frequency for
Non-hazardous
Characteristics 2
Monitoring
Frequency for
Metals and
Nutrients 3, 6
Monitoring
Frequency for
Pathogen &
Vector Attraction
Reductions 4, 5, 6
Approved
Mineralization
Rate
Town of Wallace Wallace Regional WWTP Duplin NC0003450 Yes 330 Annually See Table Below See Table Below 0.3
Town of Maysville Maysville WWTP Jones NC0021482 Yes 15 Once per permit
cycle Annually Annually 0.3
Town of Warsaw Warsaw WWTP Duplin NC0021903 Yes 75 Once per permit
cycle Annually Annually 0.3
Town of Clayton Little Creek WRF Johnston NC0025453 Yes 300 Annually See Table Below See Table Below 0.3
Town of Beulaville Beulaville WWTP Duplin NC0026018 Yes 30 Once per permit
cycle Annually Annually 0.3
Town of Kenansville Kenansville WWTP Duplin NC0036668 Yes 10 Once per permit
cycle Annually Annually 0.3
Town of Rose Hill Rose Hill WWTP Duplin NC0056863 Yes 38 Once per permit
cycle Annually Annually 0.3
Town of Bridgeton Bridgeton WWTP Craven NC0074837 Yes 5 Once per permit
cycle Annually Annually 0.3
Onslow Water and Sewer
Authority Webb Creek WWTP Onslow NC0089877 Yes 80 Once per permit
cycle Annually Annually 0.3
Onslow Water and Sewer
Authority North Topsail WWTP Onslow WQ0005849 Yes 70 Annually Annually Annually 0.3
Murphy-Brown LLC Rainbow Trailer Wash Duplin WQ0013921 Yes 25 Once per permit
cycle Annually Annually 0.3
Murphy-Brown LLC Register Trailer Wash
Facility Duplin WQ0014247 Yes 63 Once per permit
cycle Annually Annually 0.3
Onslow Water and Sewer
Authority Swansboro WWTP Onslow WQ0023261 Yes 110 Once per permit
cycle Annually Annually 0.3
Murphy-Brown LLC Warsaw Sanitation Trailer
Wash Duplin WQ0023310 Yes 63 Once per permit
cycle Annually Annually 0.3
Carolina Investments Inc. Southwest Plantation WWTF Onslow WQ0029601 Yes 5 Once per permit
cycle Annually Annually 0.3
Onslow Water and Sewer
Authority
Summerhouse Water
Reclamation WWTP Onslow WQ0029945 Yes 35 Once per permit
cycle Annually Annually 0.3
Onslow Water and Sewer
Authority Northwest Regional WWTP Onslow WQ0034367 Yes 50 Annually Annually Annually 0.3
Total: 1,304
1. Maximum Dry Tons per Year is the quantity of residuals approved for land application from each permitted facility.
2. Analyses to demonstrate that the residuals are non-hazardous (i.e., TCLP, ignitability, reactivity, and corrosivity) as stipulated under permit Conditi on IV.3.
3. Testing of metals and nutrients as stipulated under permit Condition IV.4.
4. Analyses of the pathogen and vector attraction reductions as stipulated under permit Condition IV.5.
ATTACHMENT A – APPROVED RESIDUAL SOURCES Certification Date: October 18, 2024
Triple S Farms and Cleaning, Inc. Permit Number: WQ0030998 Version: 3.5
WQ0030998 Version 3.5 Attachment A Page 2 of 2
5. Class B non-biological residuals are exempt from meeting the pathogen and vector attraction reduction requirements in Condition IV.5, pro vided the Permittee does not mix them with residuals
generated during the treatment of domestic wastewater, the treatment of animal processing wastewater, or the biological treat ment of industrial wastewater. The Permittee shall treat and process
Class B non-biological residuals in a manner as not to meet the definition of “Biological Residuals” as defined in 15A NCAC 02T .1102(6).
6. Monitoring frequencies are based on the actual dry tons applied per year using the table below unless specified above.
Dry Tons Applied
(metric tons)
Dry Tons Applied
(short tons per year)
Monitoring Frequency
(15A NCAC 02T .1111(c))
< 290 < 319 Once per year (Annually)
≥ 290 to < 1,500 ≥ 319 to < 1,650 Once per quarter (4 x Year)
≥ 1,500 to < 15,000 ≥ 1,650 to < 16,500 Once per 60 days (6 x Year)
≥ 15,000 ≥ 16,500 Once per month (12 x Year)
The Division shall not require sampling if no land application events occur during the required sampling period. The annual report shall include an explanation for missing sampling data.
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) may require Permittees that submit annual reports to their agency to make up the missed sampling. Contact the US EPA for
additional information.
ATTACHMENT B – APPROVED LAND APPLICATION SITES Certification Date: October 18, 2024
Triple S Farms and Cleaning, Inc. Permit Number: WQ0030998 Version: 3.5
WQ0030998 Version 3.5 Attachment B Page 1 of 2
Field Owner Lessee Parcel No. County Latitude Longitude Net
Acreage Dominant Soil Series Figures
1 Triple S Farms and Cleaning, Inc. 249200538960 Duplin 34.908749° -78.012442° 36.0 NoA – Norfolk Loamy Sand, 0-
2% Slopes 1
2 Triple S Farms and Cleaning, Inc. 249200538960 Duplin 34.912625° -78.014036° 12.6 FoA – Foreston Loamy Fine
Sand, 0-2% Slopes 1
3A Triple S Farms and Cleaning, Inc. 249200538960 Duplin 34.911225° -78.016183° 14.0 FoA – Foreston Loamy Fine
Sand, 0-2% Slopes 1
345 Triple S Farms and Cleaning, Inc. 249200538960 Duplin 34.912891° -78.016455° 19.6 FoA – Foreston Loamy Fine
Sand, 0-2% Slopes 1
6 Triple S Farms and Cleaning, Inc. 249200538960 Duplin 34.910803° -78.011103° 17.3 GoA – Goldsboro Loamy Fine
Sand, 0-2% Slopes 1
7 Triple S Farms and Cleaning, Inc. 249200538960 Duplin 34.906694° -78.013325° 11.5 FoA – Foreston Loamy Fine
Sand, 0-2% Slopes 1
8 Smith, Patsy; Smith, Johnnie R.; Smith,
Eric R. 1 249200720676 Duplin 34.907319° -78.009197° 7.5 GoA – Goldsboro Loamy Fine
Sand, 0-2% Slopes 1
9 Smith, Patsy; Smith, Johnnie R.; Smith,
Eric R. 1 249200720676 Duplin 34.904219° -78.010953° 16.1 GoA – Goldsboro Loamy Fine
Sand, 0-2% Slopes 1
10 Triple S Farms and Cleaning, Inc. 249200724120 Duplin 34.905451° -78.008085° 12.8 NoA – Norfolk Loamy Sand, 0-
2% Slopes 1
11 2 Triple S Farms and Cleaning, Inc. 249200549078 Duplin 34.913683° -78.009264° 12.26 FoA – Foreston Loamy Fine
Sand, 0-2% Slopes 1
12 2 Triple S Farms and Cleaning, Inc. 249201468035 Duplin 34.916453° -78.016579° 13.30 NbB – Nobocco Loamy Fine
Sand, 2-6% Slopes 1
JS-1 Jonathan Smith 345300465494 Duplin 34.942689° -77.814528° 4.39 FoA – Foreston Loamy Fine
Sand, 0-2% Slopes 2
JS-2 Jonathan Smith 345300465494 Duplin 34.942347° -77.817394° 5.03 WoA – Woodington Loamy Fine
Sand, 0-1% Slopes 2
JS-3 Jonathan Smith 345300465494 Duplin 34.944169° -77.817206° 8.66 LnA – Leon Sand, 0-2% Slopes 2
JS-4 Jonathan Smith 345300465494 Duplin 34.943264° -77.815842° 7.27 WoA – Woodington Loamy Fine
Sand, 0-1% Slopes 2
LT-1 Lonnie Thigpen 347200867827 Duplin 34.916042° -77.736722° 21.58 NbB – Nobocco Loamy Fine
Sand, 2-6% Slopes 3
ST-1 Scott Thigpen 347300922727 Duplin 34.930500° -77.736228° 14.05 FoA – Foreston Loamy Fine
Sand, 0-2% Slopes 4
ST-2 Scott Thigpen 347300922727 Duplin 34.931142° -77.734092° 20.30 NbB – Nobocco Loamy Fine
Sand, 2-6% Slopes 4
MW-1 Mike Williams 348300935540 Duplin 34.934611° -77.700644° 10.88 FoA – Foreston Loamy Fine
Sand, 0-2% Slopes 5
MW-2A Mike Williams 348300944388 Duplin 34.934608° -77.698517° 5.93 NbB – Nobocco Loamy Fine
Sand, 2-6% Slopes 5
MW-2B Mike Williams 348300944388 Duplin 34.936631° -77.700711° 14.46 FoA – Foreston Loamy Fine
Sand, 0-2% Slopes 5
ATTACHMENT B – APPROVED LAND APPLICATION SITES Certification Date: October 18, 2024
Triple S Farms and Cleaning, Inc. Permit Number: WQ0030998 Version: 3.5
WQ0030998 Version 3.5 Attachment B Page 2 of 2
Field Owner Lessee Parcel No. County Latitude Longitude Net
Acreage Dominant Soil Series Figures
MW-3 Mike Williams 348300957587 Duplin 34.939242° -77.700208° 6.91 FoA – Foreston Loamy Fine
Sand, 0-2% Slopes 5
MW-4 Mike Williams 348300950761 Duplin 34.939775° -77.701292° 3.98 FoA – Foreston Loamy Fine
Sand, 0-2% Slopes 5
MW-5 Mike Williams 348300652587 Duplin 34.940228° -77.708133° 1.9 GoA – Goldsboro Loamy Fine
Sand, 0-2% Slopes 5
MW-6 Mike Williams 348300652587 Duplin 34.940367° -77.710008° 6.21 AuB – Autryville Loamy Fine
Sand, 0-6% Slopes 5
MW-7 Mike Williams 348300652587 Duplin 34.940014° -77.713650° 5.36 NbB – Nobocco Loamy Fine
Sand, 2-6% Slopes 5
MW-8 Mike Williams 348300652587 Duplin 34.939228° -77.708211° 4.72 GoA – Goldsboro Loamy Fine
Sand, 0-2% Slopes 5
MW-9 Mike Williams 348300652587 Duplin 34.939453° -77.711742° 10.0 AuB – Autryville Loamy Fine
Sandy, 0-6% Slopes 5
TT-1 Thigpen, Todd Triple S Farms and
Cleaning, Inc. 349400163663 Duplin 34.970059° -77.694058° 17.74 FoA – Foreston Loamy Fine
Sand, 0-2% Slopes 6
TT-2 Thigpen, Todd Triple S Farms and
Cleaning, Inc.
349400073431,
348402972567, and
348402872581
Duplin 34.972234° -77.701481° 45.06 NbB – Nobocco Loamy Fine
Sand, 2-6% Slopes 6
Total: 387.39
1. Eric R. Smith and Johnnie R. Smith are registered agents for Triple S Farms and Cleaning, Inc.
2. The Permittee shall not land apply residuals on these fields until the Wilmington Regional Office can perform a site visit and give final approval of the fields.
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