310630_Renewal (Application)_20180111

Environmental
Quality
Leo H Usher
Howard Usher Farm
3350 S NC 903
Rose Hill, NC 28458
Dear Leo H Usher:
January 10, 2018
Re: Renewal of the Expired Permit
Permit No.: AW1310630
Duplin County
ROY COOPER
Governor
MICHAEL S. REGAN
Se retary
LINDA CULPEPPER
interan Director
Your facility was approved for operation under one of the Animal Waste Operation Individual Non -
Discharge Permits, which has since expired. Our records indicate that the Division has not received from
you a completed renewal application form to date. In order to maintain coverage under the current Permit,
please complete one of the following actions:
1. Please indicate if your facility is depopulated and the lagoon(s) or storage pond(s) at your facility
have properly been closed according to the NRCS standards. In that case, you may send us a
written request to rescind this permit by submitting a completed Lagoon & Waste Storage Pond
Closure Form. A blank copy of the form can be found at:
htto:/(dea:nc.eov/about/divisions/water-resources/Water-resources 1)emvts/wastewater
branch/animal-fe edme-oo eratlon-n ermit s/ren ortin a -forms
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2. Please submit a renewal application form that must be completed, signed and returned to this office.
Please include two,(2) copies of your most recent Waste Utilization Plan along with the field maps,
if your facility. isrstill-'acti4e.
The renewal application form for the State or NPDES Individual Permit for Existing Operations
can be found at:
httn:Hdeg.ne.gov/about/divisions/water-resources/Water reso trces permits/wastewater
branch/animal-feeding-operation-permits/apvlications
If you are a cattle facility that has gone below the threshold animal numbers (< 100), you may
request the rescission of your permit provided if the average size of the confined cattle herd at the
cattle facility, calculated on an annual basis during the three years prior to the request for rescission,
is less than one hundred confined cattle.
Please submit the requested information within thirty (30) days of receipt of this letter to the following
address:
NCDENR—DWR
Animal Feeding Operations Program
1636 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1636
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State of North Carolina I Environmental Quality I Division of water Resoo
Water Quality Regional Operations Section
1636 Marl Servtce Center I Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1636
919-707-9129

Failure to request renewal of your coverage under a permit within the time period specified may result in a
civil penalty. Operation of your facility without coverage under a valid permit would constitute a violation
of NCGS 143-215.1 and could result in assessments of civil penalties of up to $25,000 per day.
If you have any questions about this request, please feel free to contact me at 919-807-6341.
Sincerely,
aZMAX.
J. R. Joshi, Soil Scientist
Animal Feeding Operations Program
cc: CW'JrIvnmgtoaRegional Office, Water Quality Regional Operations Section
Duplin County Soil and Water Conservation District
WQROS Unit Central Files (AWI310630)
RECEIVED/NCDENR/DWR
JAN 1 1 2018
Water quality Regional
Wilmington oPeratlOns 3ectlon
Regional Office