820131_ENFORCEMENT_20171231

NUH I H UAHULINA
Department of Environmental Qual

WaterResources
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
PAT MCCRORY
Governor
DONALD R. VAN DER VAART
secrcrary
S. JAY ZIMMERMAN
April 26, 2016
John O. Royal
McArthur Farm
4025 Mt. Moriah Church Road
Clinton, NC 28328-8821
Subject: _ NOTICE OF DEFICIENCY
John O. Royal — McArthur Farm
Permit # 82-0131
Sampson County
Incident # 20160457
NOD -2016-PC-0659
Dear Mr. Royal:
Dimaor
On February 16, 2016 staff of the NC Division of Water Resources (DWR), Water Quality
Regional Operations Section (WQROS) were notified by Curtis Barwick of a high fteeboard
level in the 41 lagoon. We wish to thank Curtis Barwick and Mr. Royal for notifying DWR of
this incident.
As a result of this incident, you are hereby notified that having been permitted to have a non -
discharge permit for the subject animal waste disposal system pursuant to 15A NCAC 2T
Section .1300, you have been found to be in violation of your Certified Animal Waste
Management Pian and the Swine Waste System General Permit No. AWG 100000 that you are
covered to operate under, as follows:
Deficiency 1:
Failure to maintain waste levels in your lagoon/storage ponds in accordance with the facility's
Certified Animal Waste Management Plan in accordance with Condition V. 2. of Swine Waste
System General Permit No. AWG100000.
On February 16, 2016 a lagoonistorage pond levels were documented at 17.0 inches. A level of
19.0 inches is the maximum level allowed by your permit and Certified Animal Waste
Management Plan.
Required Corrective Action for Deficiency 1:
DWR has received a copy of your 30 -Day Plan of Action (POA) for the high freeboard
occurrence. Take all necessary additional steps to insure lagoon levels remain in compliance
with your Certified Animal Waste Management Plan and permit.
State of North Carolina I Environmental Quality I Water Resources
1611 Mail service Center I Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1611
919 707 9000

If you have any questions concerning this Notice, please contact me at [phone]
Sincerely,
Belinda S. Henson
Regional Supervisor
NCDEQ-Division of Water Resources
Water Quality Regional Operations Section
Fayetteville Regional Office
CC. Sampson County Soil and Water Conservation District
Smithfield Foods

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NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF
ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES
FAYETTEVILLE REGIONAL OFFICE
DIVISION OF WATER QUALITY
CERTIFIED MAIL
RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED
John Royal
2925 Mt. Moriah Church Road
Clinton, NC 28328
Dear Mr. Royal:
October 11, 1999
SUBJECT: NOTICE OF DEFICIENCY
McArthur Farm
Facility No. 82-131
Sampson County
On August 25, 1999, staff from the Fayetteville Regional Office of the Division of
Water Quality conducted a routine inspection of your swine facility located in Sampson
County. It was observed that the inside slopes of the lagoon did not contain a suitable grass
cover in some areas. A review of the irrigation records indicated that a Plant Available
Nitrogen (PAN) rate of 100 pounds for small grain overseed had been used this past winter.
However, the Certified Animal Waste Management Plan (CAWMP) specified the PAN rate
for small grain overseed as only 50 pounds. It was also noted that one of the waste
application fields had been utilized for the construction of a new home. Some areas of the
coastal bermuda had some competition with other grasses.
The Division of Water Quality requests that the following items be performed:
1. Establish a grass cover on the inside slopes of the lagoon to prevent erosion.
2. Contact a technical specialist in order to update the CAWMP to increase the PAN rate
from 50 pounds to 100 pounds or apply waste at the rates currently specified in the
CAWMP.
3. Consult with a technical specialist in order to revise the CAWMP to reflect the change
in use of one of the waste application fields, and to determine if the farm will have enough
acreage to continue to produce a nitrogen deficit.
4. Keep weeds and other grasses controlled in the coastal bermuda fields to allow coastal
to spread and establish.
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October 11, 1999
Please notify this office in writing on or before November 5, 1999 at the letterhead above as to the
actions taken or proposed to be taken to resolve these deficiencies. Nothing in this letter should be taken as
absolving this facility of the responsibility and liability of any violations that have or may result from these
deficiencies. If you have any questions concerning this matter, please do not hesitate to contact myself at
[phone].
Sincerely,
Jeffery Brown
Environmental Engineer
cc: Sonya Avant - Compliance Group
Wilson Spencer - Sampson Co. NRCS
Audrey Oxendine - DSWC Fayetteville Office
Central Files - Raleigh
Howard Hobson - Carroll's Foods, Inc.