WQ0016376_Final Permit_20000627

Mate of North Carolina
Department of Environment
and Natural Resources
Division of Water Quality
Jaynes B. Hunt, Jr., Governor
Bill Holman, Secretary
Kerr T. Stevens, Director
June 27, 2000
Mr. Joe Villari
S&J Villari Livestock
892 Penny Branch Road
Warsaw, North Carolina 28398
Dear Mr. Villari:
RCDENR
NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF
ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RE50URCES
Subject: Pen -nit No. WQ0016376
Southern Packing
Wastewater Spray Irrigation
Duplin County
In accordance with your application received January 29, 1999 we are forwarding herewith Permit No.
WQ0016376, dated June 27, 2000, to S&J Villari Livestock for the construction and operation of the subject
wastewater treatment and spray irrigation facilities.
This permit shall be effective from the date of issuance until May 31, 2005 and shall be subject to the
conditions and limitations as specified therein. Please pay particular attention to the monitoring requirements
in this permit. Failure to establish an adequate system for collecting and maintaining the required operational
information will result in future compliance problems. Please also pay particular attention to Condition
VI.5 regarding complying with all other local, state and federal regulations.
If any parts, requirements, or limitations contained in this permit are unacceptable, you have the right
to request an adjudicatory hearing upon written request within thirty (30) days following receipt of this permit.
This request must be in the form of a written petition, conforming to Chapter 150B of the North Carolina
General Statutes, and filed with the Office of Administrative Hearings, 6714 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC
27699-6714. Unless such demands are made this permit shall be final and binding.
One set of approved plans and specifications is being forwarded to you. If you need additional
information concerning this matter, please contact Sue Homewood at [phone] extension 502.
Sincerely,
Kerr T. Stevens
cc: Duplin County Health Department
Mayor John L. Powell, Jr., Town of Warsaw
C.G. Bagley, P.A.
Wilmington Regional Office, Water Quality Section
Wilmington Regional Office, Groundwater Section
Groundwater Section, Central Office
Technical Assistance and Certification Unit
Non -Discharge Compliance/Enforcement Unit
1617 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1617 Telephone [phone] Fax [phone]
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NORTH CAROLINA
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT COMMISSION
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES
RALEIGH
SPRAY IRRIGATION SYSTEM PERMIT
In accordance with the provisions of Article 21 of Chapter 143, General Statutes of North Carolina as amended, and
other applicable Laws, Rules, and Regulations
PERMISSION IS HEREBY GRANTED TO
S&J Villari Livestock
Duplzn County
FOR THE
construction and operation of a 45,000 GPD spray irrigation treatment and disposal facility to be operated a maximum
of 5.5 days per week consisting of a T-R Solids Separator, a curbed 20 feet by 24 feet solids collection area with
leachate collection and daily solids rendering collection, a 10,000 gallon storage tank, a 2,000 gallon pump tank wit'
dual pumps, a 2,988,282 gallon synthetically lined anaerobic lagoon, a 6,480 gallon chlorine contact chamber, t,
irrigation pump station with dual pumps, a solid set irrigation system consisting of five zones of irrigation nozzles
(with irrigation diameters of 50 feet), covering approximately 10.46 acres to serve Southern Packing, Inc. with no
discharge of wastes to the surface waters, pursuant to the application received January 29, 1999 and in conformity with
the project plan, specifications, and other supporting data subsequently filed and approved by the Department of
Environment and Natural Resources and considered a part of this permit.
This permit shall be effective from the date of issuance until May 31, 2005, and shall be subject to the following
specified conditions and limitations:
I. PERFORMANCE STANDARDS
1. Upon completion of construction and prior to operation of this permitted facility, a certification must be
received from a professional engineer certifying that the permitted facility has been installed in accordance
with this permit, the approved plans and specifications, and other supporting materials. If this project is to
be completed in phases and partially certified you shall, retain the responsibility to track further
construction approved under the same permit, and shall provide a final certificate of com letion once the
entire project has been completed. Mail the Certification to the Non -Discharge Permitting Unit, Division
of Water Quality, 1617 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1617,
2. The Wilmington Regional Office, telephone number 910-395-3900, shall be notified at least forty-eight
(48) hours in advance of operation of the installed facilities so that an in -place inspection can be made.
Such notification to the regional supervisor shall be made during the normal office hours from 8:00 a.m.
until 5:00 p.m. on Monday through Friday, excluding State Holidays.

The spray irrigation facilities shall be effectively maintained and operated at all times so that there is no
discharge to the surface waters, nor any contamination of ground waters which will render them
unsatisfactory for normal use. In the event that the facilities fail to perform satisfactorily, including the
creation of nuisance conditions or failure of the irrigation area to adequately assimilate the wastewater, the
Permittee shall take immediate corrective actions including those actions that may be required by the
Division of Water Quality (Division), such as the construction of additional or replacement wastewater
treatment and disposal facilities.
4. The issuance of this permit shall not relieve the Permittee of the responsibility for damages to surface or
groundwaters resulting from the operation of this facility.
5. The residuals generated from these treatment facilities must be disposed in accordance with General
Statute 143-215.1 and in a manner approved by the Division.
b. Diversion or bypassing of the untreated wastewater from the treatment facilities is prohibited.
7. The following buffers shall be maintained:
a) 400 feet between wetted area and any residence or places of public assembly under separate
ownership,
b) 150 feet between wetted area and property lines,
c) 100 feet between wetted area and wells,
d) 100 feet between wetted area and drainageways or surface water bodies,
e) 50 feet between wetted area and public right of ways,
f) 100 feet between wastewater treatment units and wells, and
g) 50 feet between wastewater treatment units and property lines.
A leakage test shall be performed on the storage tank, pump tank and chlorine contact chamber to insure
that any exfiltration occurs at a rate which does not exceed twenty (20) gallons per twenty-four (24) hours
per 1,000 gallons of tank capacity. The engineer's certification will serve as proof of compliance with this
condition.
II. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE REQUIREMENTS
The facilities shall be properly maintained and operated at all times.
Upon classification of the facility by the Water Pollution Control System Operators Certification
Commission (WPCSOCC), the Permittee shall employ a certified wastewater treatment plant operator to
be in responsible charge (ORC) of the wastewater treatment facilities. The operator must hold a certificate
of the type and grade at least equivalent to or greater than the classification assigned to the wastewater
treatment facilities by the WPCSOCC. The Permittee must also employ a certified back-up operator of the
appropriate type and grade to comply with the conditions of 15A NCAC 8G .0202. The ORC of the
facility must visit each Class I facility at least weekly and each Class II, III, and IV facility at least daily,
excluding weekends and holidays, and must properly manage and document daily operation and
maintenance of the facility and must comply with all other conditions of 15A NCAC 8G .0202. Once the
facility is classified, the Permittee must submit a letter to the WPCSOCC that designates the operator in
responsible charge within thirty days after the wastewater treatment facilities are 50% complete.
3. A suitable year round vegetative cover of Bermuda grass and winter cover crop shall be maintained.
4. Irrigation shall not be performed during inclement weather or when the ground is in a condition that will
cause runoff.
Adequate measures shall be taken to prevent wastewater runoff from the spray field.

6. To ensure that the poor soils on site adequately assimilate the wastewater, the Operator in Responsible
Charge will carefully inspect the spray site every hour, paying particular attention to areas under nozzles
identified as A and B in Zones 2-5_ Should saturated conditions exist, or ponding occur, the irrigati
event will be stopped and further inspection on the rest of the spray area will occur. Should the Operate,
in Responsible Charge determine that the other spray area can adequately assimilate additional
wastewater, the above mentioned nozzles will be closed and the irrigation event may continue with proper
supervision.
7. The facilities shall be effectively maintained and operated as a non -discharge system to prevent the
discharge of any wastewater resulting from the operation of this facility.
8. The application rate shall not exceed a cumulative loading of 45.33 inches over any twelve (12) month
period at an instantaneous application rate not to exceed 0.6 inches per hour.
9. The application of plant available nitrogen (by calculation) shall not exceed a cumulative loading of 300
pounds per acre per growing season of Coastal Bermuda grass and a cumulative loading of 50 pounds per
acre per growing season of a winter cover crop.
10. No type of wastewater other than that from S&J ViIlari Livestock shall be sprayed onto the irrigation area.
11. No traffic or equipment shall be allowed on the disposal area except while installation occurs or while
normal maintenance is being performed.
12. Public access to the land application sites shall be controlled during active site use. Such controls may
include the posting of signs showing the activities being conducted at each site.
13. A waste -level gauge, to monitor waste levels in the Iagoon, shall be installed within 60 days of issuance
this permit. This gauge shall have readily visible permanent markings indicating the maximum liqu.
level at the top of the temporary liquid storage volume, minimum liquid level at the bottom of the
temporary liquid storage volume, and top of the darn elevations. Caution must be taken not to damage the
integrity of the liner when installing the gauge. Freeboard, in the anaerobic lagoon shall not be less than
two feet at any time.
III. MONITORING AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS
Any monitoring (including groundwater, surface water, soil or plant tissue analyses) deemed necessary by
the Division ,o insure surface and ground water protection will be established and an acceptable sampling
reporting schedule shall be followed.
2. Waste Iagoon levels shall be recorded weekly on forms supplied or approved by the DWQ.
3. Adequate records shall be maintained by the Permittee tracking the amount of wastewater disposed. These
records shall include, but are not necessarily Iimited to, the following information:
a. date of irrigation,
b. volume of wastewater irrigated,
c. field irrigated,
d. length of time field is irrigated,
e. continuous weekly, monthly, and year-to-date hydraulic (inches/acre) loadings for each field,
f. continuous weekly, monthly, and year-to-date plant available nitrogen (pounds/acre) loadings for each
field,
g. weather conditions, and
h. maintenance of cover crops.

4. The effluent from the subject facilities shall be monitored by the Permittee at the point prior to irrigation
monthly for the following parameters:
BOD5 TSS
Fecal Coliform pH
NH3 as N TKN
NO3 as N Total Phosphorous
PAN by calculation
5. Surface monitoring of the adjacent Unnamed Tributary to Turkey Creek at the point where the
tributary first enters the property and at the downstream point where the tributary leaves the
property shall be conducted monthly for the following parameters:
NO3 - as N Total Ammonia (NH4 - as N)
NH3 as N TKN
Total Phosphorous Fecal Coliforms
Monitoring and analysis shall be conducted in accordance with 15NCAC 2B .0505(e)(4) and
analysis must be conducted by a DWQ Certified Laboratory as per 15NCAC 2H .0800.
6. Three (3) copies of all operation and disposal records (as specified in condition III.2 and HI.3) on Form
NDAR-1 shall be submitted on or before the last day of the following month. Three (3) copies of all
effluent monitoring data (as specified in condition III 4) on Form NDMR-1 shall be submitted on or before
the last day of May, September, and January. Three (3) copies of all surface water monitoring (as
specified in Condition 111.5) shall be submitted on or before the last day of the following month. All
information shall be submitted to the following address:
NC Division of Water Quality
Water Quality Section
Non -Discharge Compliance/Enforcement Unit
1617 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1617
7. A representative annual soils analysis (Standard Soil Fertility Analysis) shall be conducted on each spray
field and the results maintained on file by the Permittee for a minimum of five years. The Standard Soil
Fertility Analysis shall include, but is not necessarily limited to, the following parameters:
Acidity Manganese Potassium
Calcium Percent Humic Matter Sodium
Copper pH Zinc
Magnesium Exchangeable Sodium Percentage Phosphorus
Cation Exchange Capacity Base Saturation (by calculation)
8. An annual report shall be submitted to the Division outlining the operation and maintenance techniques
used to prevent nuisance conditions. This report shall include, but not be limited to:
Operation and Maintenance Schedule(s)
Equipment repair and replacement
Odor Control measures
Complaints lodged by citizens
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9. Noncompliance Notification:
The Permittee shall report by telephone to the Wilmington Regional Office, telephone number 910-3(
3900, as soon as possible, but in no case more than 24 hours or on the next working day following the
occurrence or first knowledge of the occurrence of any of the following:
Any occurrence at the wastewater treatment facility which results in the treatment of significant
amounts of wastes which are abnormal in quantity or characteristic, such as the dumping of the
contents of a sludge digester; the known passage of a slug of hazardous substance through the facility;
or any other unusual circumstances.
b. Any process unit failure, due to known or unknown reasons, that render the facility incapable of
adequate wastewater treatment such as mechanical or electrical failures of pumps, aerators,
compressors, etc.
Any failure of a pumping station, sewer line, or treatment facility resulting in a by-pass directly to
receiving waters without treatment of all or any portion of the influent to such station or facility.
d. Any time that self -monitoring information indicates that the facility has gone out of compliance with
its permit limitations.
Persons reporting such occurrences by telephone shall also file a written report in letter form within five
(5) days following first knowledge of the occurrence. This report must outline the actions taken or
proposed to be taken to ensure that the problem does not recur.
IV. GROUNDWATER REQUIREMENTS
Prior to beginning waste disposal operations, four (4) monitor wells, one (1) upgradient and three (3)
downgradient, shall be installed to monitor groundwater quality, The wells shall be constructed such
that the water level in the well is never above or below the screened (open) portion of the well at any
time during the year. The general location and name for each well is marked on the attached map
(Attachment A). Each monitoring well shall be located at the Review Boundary, constructed in
accordance with this permit, and approved b_y the Wilmington Regional Office.
2. All wells that are constructed for purposes of groundwater monitoring shall be constructed in accordance
with 15A NCAC 2C .0108 (Standards of Construction for Wells Other than Water Supply) and any other
state and local laws and regulations pertaining to well construction.
The Wilmington Regional Office, telephone number 910-395-3900, shall be notified at Ieast forty-
eight (48) hours prior to the construction of any monitoring well so that an inspection can be made
of the monitoring well location. Such notification to the regional groundwater supervisor shall be made
during the normal office hours from 8.00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. on Monday through Friday, excluding state
holidays.
4. Within thirty (30) days of completion of all well construction activities, a certification must be received
from a professional engineer certifying that the monitoring wells are located and constructed in
accordance with the Well Construction Standards (15A NCAC 2C) and this permit. This certification
should be submitted with copies of the Well Completion Form (GW-1) for each well. Mail this
certification and the associated GW-1 forms to the Permits and Compliance Unit, Groundwater Section,
1636 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC, 27699-1636.

For the initial sampling of the well as specified elsewhere in the permit, the perruittee shall submit a copy
of the GW-1 Form (Well Completion Form) with the Compliance Monitoring Form (GW-59) for that
well. Compliance Monitoring Forms that do not include copies of the GW-] form will be returned to the
permitter, without being processed. Failure to submit these forms as required by this permit may result in
the initiation of enforcement activities pursuant to NC General Statutes 143-215.6.
Within sixty (60) days of completion of all monitoring wells, the permittee shall submit two original
copies of a scaled topographic map (scale no greater than 1 ":100) signed and sealed by a professional
engineer or a state licensed land surveyor that indicates all of the following information:
(a) the location and identity of each monitoring well,
(b) the location of all components of the waste disposal system,
(c) the location of all property boundaries,
(d) the location of the compliance and review boundaries,
(e) the latitude and longitude of the established horizontal control monument,
(f) the relative elevation of the top of the well casing (which shall be known as the "measuring point"),
and
(g) the depth of water below the measuring point at the time the measuring point is established.
The survey shall be conducted using approved practices outlined in North Carolina General Statutes
Chapter 89C and the North Carolina Administrative Code Title 21, Chapter 56. The surveyor shall
establish a horizontal control monument on the property of the waste disposal system and determine the
latitude and longitude of this horizontal control monument to a horizontal positional accuracy of +/- 10
feet. All other features listed in a. through e. above shall be surveyed relative to this horizontal control
monument. The positional accuracy of features listed in a. through e. above shall have a ratio of precision
not to exceed an error of closure of 1 foot per 10,000 feet of perimeter of the survey. Any features located
by the radial method will be located from a minimum of two points. Horizontal control monument shall
be installed in such a manner and made of such materials that the monument will not be destroyed due to
activities that may take place on the property. The trap shall also be surveyed using the North American
Datum of 1983 coordinate system and shall indicate the datum on the map. All bearings or azimuths shall
be based on either the true or NAD 83 grid meridian. If a Global Positioning System (GPS) is used to
determine the latitude and longitude of the horizontal control monument, a GPS receiver that has the
capability to perform differential GPS shall be used and all data collected by the GPS receiver will be
differentially corrected.
The maps and any supporting documentation shall be sent to the Permits and Compliance Unit,
Groundwater Section, 1636 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC, 27699-1636.
7. The new monitor wells, designated as MW-I, MW-2, MW-3, and MW-4 (depicted on the attached site
map, Attachment A) shall be sampled initially after construction and thereafter every April, August, and
December for the following parameters:
Water Level
Total Ammonia
Nitrate Nitrogen
Total Dissolved Solids (TDS)
Total Phosphorous
pH
Fecal Coliforms
Total Organic Carbon (TOC)
Chloride
Volatile Organic Compounds - In December only using one of the following:
(A) Standard Method 6230D, PQL at 0.5 ug/L or less
(B) Standard Method 621 OD, PQL at 0.5 ug/L or less
(C) EPA Method 8021, Low Concentration, PQL at 0.5 ug/L or less
(D) EPA Method 8260, Low Concentration, PQL at 0.5 ug/L or less
(E) Another method with prior approval by the Groundwater Section Chief
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Any method used must meet the following qualifications:
(I) A laboratory must be DWQ certified to run any method used.
(2) The method used must, at a minimum, include all the constituents listed in Table VIII of
Standard Method 6230D.
(3) The method used must provided a PQL at 0.5 ug/L or less which must be supported by
laboratory proficiency studies as required by the DWQ Laboratory Certification Unit. Any
constituents detected above the MDL but below the PQL at 0.5 ug/L must be qualified
(estimated) and reported.
8. If any Volatile Organic Compounds are detected by the methods listed, then the Wilmington Regional
Office Groundwater Supervisor, telephone number 910-395-3900, must be contacted immediately for
further instructions regarding any additional follow-up analyses required. The results of all initial and
follow-up analyses must be submitted simultaneously.
9. If TOC concentrations greater than 10 mg/1 are detected in any downgradient monitoring well, additional
sampling and analysis must be conducted to identify the individual constituents comprising this TOC
concentration. If the TOC concentration as measured in the background monitor well exceeds 10 mg/l,
this concentration will be taken to represent the naturally occurring TOC concentration. Any exceedances
of this naturally occurring TOC concentration in the downgradient wells shall be subject to the additional
sampling and analysis as described above.
10. The measurement of water levels must be made prior to sampling for the remaining parameters. The
depth to water in each well shall be measured from the surveyed point on the top of the casing.
The measuring points (top of well casing) of all monitoring wells shall be surveyed to provide the relative
elevation of the measuring point for each monitoring well.
11. The results of the sampling and analysis must be received on Form GW-59 (Groundwater Quality
Monitoring: Compliance Report Form) by the Groundwater Section, Permits and Compliance Unit, 1636
Mail Service Center, Raleigh, N.C. 27699-1636 on or before the last working day of the month following
the sampling month_
12. The lagoon shall have a synthetic -liner of sufficient thickness to exhibit structural integrity and an
effective hydraulic conductivity no greater than 1 x 10-6 cm/sec.
Following installation and inspection of the lagoon liner, and prior to waste disposal operations,
verification of the liner's compliance with hydraulic conductivity and thickness specifications must be
provided to the Division of Water Quality, Groundwater Section, by the project engineer.
13. The COMPLIANCE BOUNDARY for the disposal system is specified by regulations in 15A NCAC 2L,
Groundwater Classifications and Standards. The Compliance Boundary is for the disposal system
constructed after December 31, 1983 is established at either (1) 250 feet from the waste disposal area, or
(2) 50 feet within the property boundary, whichever is closest to the waste disposal area. An exceedance
of Groundwater Quality Standards at or beyond the Compliance Boundary is subject to immediate
remediation action in addition to the penalty provisions applicable under General Statute 143-
215.6A(a)(1).
In accordance with 15A NCAC 2L, a REVIEW BOUNDARY is established around the disposal systems
midway between the Compliance Boundary and the perimeter of the waste disposal area. Any exceedance
of standards at the Review Boundary shall require remediation action on the part of the permittee.

14. Any additional groundwater quality monitoring, as deemed necessary by the Division shall be provided.
V. INSPECTIONS
Adequate inspection, maintenance, and cleaning shall be provided by the Permittee to insure proper
operation of the subject facilities.
2. The Permittee or his designee shall inspect the wastewater treatment and disposal facilities to prevent
malfunctions and deterioration, operator errors and discharges which may cause or lead to the release of
wastes to the environment, a threat to human health, or a nuisance. The Permittee shall keep an inspection
log or summary including at least the date and time of inspection, observations made, and any
maintenance, repairs, or corrective actions taken by the Permittee. This Iog of inspections shall be
maintained by the Permittee for a period of three years from the date of the inspection and shall be made
available upon request to the Division or other permitting authority.
Any duly authorized officer, employee, or representative of the Division may, upon presentation of
credentials, enter and inspect any property, premises or place on or related to the disposal site or facility at
any reasonable time for the purpose of determining compliance with this permit; may inspect or copy any
records that must be maintained under the terms and conditions of this permit, and may obtain samples of
groundwater, surface water, or leachate.
VI. GENERAL CONDITIONS
This permit shall become voidable unless the facilities are constructed in accordance with the conditions of
this pen -nit, the approved plans and specifications, and other supporting data.
2. This permit is effective only with respect to the nature and volume of wastes described in the application
and other supporting data.
3. This permit is not transferable. In the event there is a desire for the facilities to change ownership, or there
is a name change of the Permittee, a formal permit request must be submitted to the Division accompanied
by an application fee, documentation from the parties involved, and other supporting materials as may be
appropriate. The approval of this request will be considered on its merits and may or may not be
approved.
4. Failure to abide by the conditions and limitations contained in this pen -nit may subject the Permittee to an
enforcement action by the Division in accordance with North Carolina General Statute 143-215.6A to 143-
215.6C.
5. The issuance of this permit does not preclude the Permittee from complying with any and all statutes,
rules, regulations, or ordinances which may be imposed by other government agencies (local, state, and
federal) which have jurisdiction.
6. A set of approved plans and specifications for the subject project must be retained by the Pennittee for the
life of the project.
7. The annual administering and compliance fee must be paid by the Permittee within thirty (30) days after
being billed by the Division. Failure to pay the fee accordingly may cause the Division to initiate action to
revoke this permit as specified by 15A NCAC 2H .0205 (c)(4).

S. The Permittee, at least six (6) months prior to the expiration of this permit, shall request its extension.
Upon receipt of the request, the Commission will review the adequacy of the facilities described there;
and if warranted, will extend the permit for such period of time and under such conditions and limitatiot.
as it may deem appropriate.
Permit issued this the 27`h day of June, 2000
NORTH CAROLINA ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT COMMISSION
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Kerr T. Stevens, Director
Division of Water Quality
By Authority of the Environmental Management Commission
Permit Number WQ0016376

Permit No. WQ0016376
June 27, 2000
ENGINEER'S CERTMICATION
Partial Final
I, , as a duly registered Professional Engineer in the State of North
Carolina, having been authorized to observe (periodically, weekly, full time) the construction of the project,
Project Name
Location and County
for the Permittee hereby state that, to the best of my abilities, due care and diligence was used in the observation of the
construction such that the construction was observed to be built within substantial compliance and intent of this permit,
the approved plans and specifications, and other supporting materials.
Signature
Date
Registration No.
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