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J.Randolph Shields
Notla Farms
115 Dairy Farm Road
Murphy NC 28906
• Michail F. Fasley, Governor
William G. Ross Jr., Secretary
North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
October 28, 2004
Alan W. Kilmer, P.E. Director
Division of Water Quality
NOV 3 J
Subject: Application for Renewal of Coverage under the State Non -Discharge General Permit
Dear Permittee:
Your facility is currently approved for operation under one of the Animal Waste Operation General Permits.
These permits expired on October 1, 2004. On June 11, 2004, the North Carolina Division of Water Quality
(Division) issued revised State General Permits for animal facilities. The General Permits were issued in
accordance with the directive of Senate Bill 733 (Session Law 2003-28). The Division staff is currently in the
process of issuing Certificates of Coverage for these revised general permits.
In order to assure your continued coverage under thee�permit, you must apply to the Division for renewal.
Enclosed you will find a Permit Coverage Renewal Application Form. The application form must be completed
and returned within 60 days from receipt of this letter.
Failure to request renewal of your coverage under a general permit within the time period specified may result in
a civil penalty. Operation of your facility without coverage under a valid general 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 the general permits, the enclosed application, or any related matter please feel
free to contact J.R. Joshi at [phone].
Sincerely,
M. Paul Sherman, P.E.
Enclosures (COC Renewal Form)
Cc: Cherokee Soil and Water Conservation District
Asheville Regional Office, Division of Water Quality
Permit File AWC200001
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CERTIFIED MAIL
RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED
].Randolph Shields
Notla Farms
115 Dairy Farm Road
Murphy NC 28906
Subject: Application No. AWC200001
Additional Information Request
Nota Farms
Anima] Waste Operation
Cherokee County
Dear J. Randolph Shields:
The Non -Discharge Permitting Unit has completed a preliminary review of the subject application. Additional information is
required before we can continue our review. Please address the following by April 27, 2003:
1. This office currently has a waste utilization plan (WUP) for this facility that is dated 911711997. The plan was for 200
head dairy operation. A number of paces in the above WUP were changed at a later date to include all the fields and
crops that utilize animal waste. Those changes were not signed by the owner. Please verify that the same WUP is
being followed on this farm and, if so, have the corrected pages signed by both the owner and technical specialist. If you
have modified the WUP since then, please submit a copy of most recent WUP that reflects correct number of animals,
crops grown, held utilized and has field maps with acreage clearly marked on the maps.
Please note that all WUP revisions must be signed and dated by both the owner and the technical specialist.
Please reference the subject permit application number when providing the requested information. All information should be
signed, sealed, and submitted in duplicate to my attention at the address below. The information requested by this letter
must be submitted on or before April 27, 2003 or the Division will return your application as incomplete in
accordance with 15A N.C.A.C..2H..0200 and your facility will be considered to be operating without a permit
Please be advised that operation of the subject animal waste manaaement system without a valid permit is a
violation of North Carolina General Statute 143-215.1 and will subject you to the enforcement authority of the Environmental
Management Commission.
If you have any questions regarding this request, please call me at [phone], extension 363.
Sincerely,
J. R. Joshi
Soil Scien st
Non-DisAarge Permitting Unit
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Cherokee County Soil and Water Conservation District
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State of North Caroli*
Department of Environment
and Natural Resources
Division of Water Quality
James B. Hunt, Jr., Governor
Bill Holman, Secretary
Kerr T. Stevens, Director
J.Randolph Shields
Notla Farms
115 Dairy Farm Road
Murphy NC 28906
Dear J.Randoiph Shields:
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ENVIRONME}
December 30, 1999
Subject:
Fertilizer Application Recordkeeping
Animal Waste Management System
Facility Number 20-1
Cherokee County
This letter is being sent to clarify the recordkeeping requirement for Plant Available Nitrogen (PAN)
application on fields that are part of your Certified Animal Waste Management Plan.
In order to show that the agronomic loading rates for the crops being grown are not being exceeded, you
must keep records of all sources of nitrogen that are being added to these sites_ This would include nitrogen
from all types of animal waste as well as municipal and industrial sludges/residuals, and commercial fertilizers.
Beginning January 1, 2000, all nitrogen sources applied to land receiving animal waste are required to
be kept on the appropriate recordkeeping forms (i.e. IRR I, IRR2, DRY I, DRY2, DRY3, SLUR I, SLUR2,
SLD1, and SLD2) and maintained in the facility records for review. The Division of Water Quality (DWQ)
compliance inspectors and Division of Soil and Water operation reviewers will review all recordkeeping during
routine inspections. Facilities not documenting all sources of nitrogen application will be subject to an
appropriate enforcement action.
Please be advised that nothing in this letter should be taken as removing from you the responsibility or
liability for failure to comply with any State Rule, State Statute, Local County Ordinance, or permitting
requirement.
If you have any questions regarding this letter, please do not hesitate to contact Ms. Sonya Avant of the
DWQ staff at [phone] ext. 571.
Sincere
Kerr T. Stevens, Director
Division of Water Quality
cc: Asheville Regional Office
Cherokee County Soil and Water Conservation District
Facility File
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James B. Hunt, Jr., Governor
Wayne McDevitt, Secretary
Kerr T. Stevens, Director
May 17,1999
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Nc*rrH CAROUNA DEPARTMENT OF
ENVIRONMENT AND NAruRAL RESOIJRCEs
Notla Farms
115 Dairy Farm Road
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Attn: J. Randolph Shields
Subject: Application No. AWC200001
Additional Information Request
Notla Farms
Animal Waste Operation
Cherokee County
Dear J. Randolph Shields:
The Non -Discharge Permitting Unit has completed a preliminary engineering review of the subject application. Additional
information is required before we can continue our review. Please address the following by,June 16, 1994: s
6 1. Please provide waste storage pond capacity documentation (design, as -built calculations, etc.). Be sure to
include any site evaluations, wetland determinations, or hazard classifications that may be applicable.
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41 2. Please provide copies of your Mortality Management Che4klist-Y,��/
3. your Waste Utilization Plan (WUP) the acreage for fiellisted as 8 acres. On the reap provided,
Rfie #28 show itl 1.3 a�J Please clarify this. I maybe looking at the wrong field — a map
wrth the appropriate a ighlighted could be helpful. if the acreage is an error, please contact your
technical specialist to revise it. G�U.rr� [ A-iA4 — tn,c, "A.,V e,,I f .
4. Please contact your technical specialist and provide the source from which the yields for the cool season
pasture were taken. These seem to be higher than currently recommended.
5. Please contact your technical specialist and have application windows for the crops in your WUP added to
your plan.
The Plant Available Nitrogen (PAN) rate in the WUP was generated using a waste analysis of the storage
pond. Guidance is currently being developed which lists recommendations for establishing PAN rates with
waste analyses. Draft of this guidance (enclosed) recommends that an average PAN production rate be
calculated using representative waste samples, at least two per year for dairies, over a three year period. It
is necessary to take these samples at different times of the year to reflect seasonal variations in PAN. In
addition, waste storage pond slurry application volume records must be supplied for the same three year
period. Please submit additional information to support the PAN production rate as listed in the current
WUP or revise the WUP to show average "book" values for PAN production at this facility.
Please note that all WUP revisions must he signed and dated by both the owner and the technical
specialist. Please reference the subject permit application number when providing the requested information. All
information should be signed, sealed, and submitted in duplicate to my attention at the address below. The information
requested by this letter must be submitted on or before June 16, 1999 or the Division will return your application as
incomplete in accordance with 15A N.C.A.C. 2H .0200 and your facility will be considered to be operating without a permit.
Please be advised that operation of the subject animal waste management system without a valid permit is a violation of
North Carolina General Statute 143-215.1 and will subject you to the enforcement authority of the Environmental
Management Commission.
P.O. Box 29535, Raleigh, North Carolina 27626-0535 Telephone [phone]M FAX [phone]
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If you have any questions regarding this request, please call me at [phone], extension 364.
Sincerely,
.S
Dianne Thomas
Soil Scientist
Non -Discharge Permitting Unit
cc: Asheville. Regional Office, Water Quality
LPermit FileI

State of North Carolina
Department of Environment
and Natural Resources
Division of Water Quality
James B. Hunt, Jr., Governor
Wayne McDevitt, Secretary
Kerr T. Stevens, Director
NOTLA FARMS
115 DAIRY FARM ROAD
MURPHY NC 28906
ATTN: J. RANDOLPH SHIELDS
Dear J. Randolph Shields:
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NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF
ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES
Application No. AWC200001
Additional Information Request
Notla Farms
Animal Waste Operation
Cherokee County
The Non -Discharge Permitting Unit has comp] et reliminary engineering review of the subject application. Additional
information was requested on May 17, 1999 and was received on June 21, 1999. This information has been reviewed and
there are some further questions. Please address the following by August 27, 1999:
In order to have a Waste Utilization Plan (WUP) based on waste analysis, a minimum of two samples per
year for a three year period are necessary along with waste storage pond slurry application volume records.
It appears that the number of samples needed are not available for your facility. Please contact your
technical specialist and have the WUP revised to be based on the "book values" (NRC§ Conservation
Practice Standard Code 633). This change will cause the nitrogen balance at the facility to be different and
the difference in the amount of nitrogen produced and the amount utilized should be noted- There is a large
enough Plant Available Nitrogen deficit at your facility that this revision will not be limiting.
2. As your WUP is being revised please have the waste application windows added to it for each crop (months
of application).
3. Also, as your WUP is revised please have the technical specialist list each crop separately or somehow
indicate the amount of nitrogen being applied to each crop when there is more than one crop grown on a
field (like corn and barley, fescue and barley).
4_ Please verify the following:
-field 34 is grazed fescue
-field 11 is grazed fescue and barley
-field 15 is grazed fescue and barley
-field 23 is grazed fescue and barley
"Since these mostly deal with the WUP, plewe incorporate any other changes that may be necessary as the
requested ones are corrected (any updates to cropping schemes).
Please note that all WUP revisions must he signed and dated by both the owner and the technical specialist. Please
reference the subject permit application number when providing the requested information. All information should be signed,
sealed, and submitted in duplicate to my attention at the address below_ The information requested by this letter must be
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submitted on or before August 27, 1999 or the Division will return your application as incomplete in accordance with 15A
N.C.A.C. 2H .0200 and your facility will be considered to be operating without a permit.
Please be advised that operation of the subject animal waste management system without a valid permit is a violation of North
Carolina General Statute 143-215.1 and will subject you to the enforcement authority of the Environmental Management
Commission.
If you have any questions regarding this request, please call me at [phone], extension 364.
Sincerely,
`Dianne Thomas
7Soil Scientist
Non -Discharge Permitting Unit
cc: *A§#ieville Regional•Office, -Water,uality
Permit File

State of North Carolina
Department of Environment
and Natural Resources
Division of Water Quality
James B. Hunt, Jr., Governor
Wayne McDevitt, Secretary
Kerr T. Stevens, Director
NOTLA FARMS
115 DAIRY FARM ROAD
MURPHY NC 28906
ATf'N: J. RANDOLP14 SHIELDS
Dear J. Randolph Shields:
NC ENR
NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT of
A ilk".
\ E=NVIRONMENT AND NATURAL_ R1=souRccs
July 28, 1999
Subject: Application No. AWC200001
Additional Information Request
Notla Farms
Animal Waste Operation
Cherokee County
The Non -Discharge Permitting Unit has completed a preliminary engineering review of the subject.appiication. Additional
information was requested on May 17, 1999 and was received on June 21, 1999. This information has been reviewed and
there are some further questions. Please address the following by August 27, 1999:
1 _ In order to have a Waste Utilization Plan (WUP) based on waste analysis, a minimum of two samples per
/year for a three year period are necessary along with waste storage pond slurry application volume records.
It appears that the number of samples needed are not available forlyour facihU Please contact your
technical specialist and have the WUP revised to be based on the v ue (NRCS Conservation
Practice Standard Code 633). This change will cause the nitrogen a at the facility to be different and
the difference in the amount of nitrogen produced and the amount utilized should be noted. There is a large
enough Plant Available Nitrogen deficit at your facility that this revision will not be limiting.
\J� ` 2. As yours being revised please have the waste application windows added to it for each crop (months
V Jjl of application)_K—S
3. Also, as your WUP is revised please have the technical specialist list each crop separately or somehow
indicate the amount of nitrogen being applied to each crop when there is more than one crop grown on a
{ field (like corn and barley, fescue and barley).
4.IPIease verify the following:
34 is grazed fescue11 is grazed fescue and barley15 is grazed fescue and barley23 is grazed escue and barley CD Ir►'1 vet" `r t °r'S cove -y—
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"Since these mostly deal with the WUP, please incorporate any other changes that may be necessary as the
requested ones are corrected (any updates to cropping schemes).
Please note that all WUP revisions must be signed and dated by both the owner and the technical specialist: Please
reference the subject permit application number when providing the requested information. All information should be signed,
sealed, and submitted in duplicate to my attention at the address below. The information requested by this fetter must be
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submitted on or before August 27, 1999 or the Division will return your application as incomplete in accordance with 15A
N.C.A.C. 2H.0200 and your facility will be considered to be operating without a permit.
Please be advised that operation of the subject animal waste management system without a valid permit is a violation of North
Carolina General Statute 143-215.1 and will subject you to the enforcement authority of the Environmental Management
Commission.
If you have any questions regarding this request, please call me at [phone], extension 364.
Sincerely,
Dianne Thomas
Soil Scientist
Non -Discharge Permitting Unit
cc: Asheville Regional Office, Water Quality
,,eimif.File -

State of North Carolina i
Department of Environment
and Natural Resources
Division of Water Quality
James B. Hunt, Jr., Governor
Wayne McDevitt, Secretary
Kerr T. Stevens, Director
Notla Fauns
115 Dairy Farm Road
Murphy NC 28906
Attn: J. Randolph Shields
Dear J. Randolph Shields:
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NCDENR
NORTH CAROLwA DEPARTMENT OF
ENVIRONMENT AND NAXL RAL- RESOURCES
May 17, 1999
Subject: AWC200001 19
Application No
Additional lnforml tian'Regues_t
Notla Farms`":
Animal Waste Operation
Cherokee County
The Non -Discharge Permitting Unit has completed a preliminary engineering review of the subject application. Additional
information is required before we can continue our review. Please address the following by June 16, 1999:
1. Please provide waste storage pond capacity documentation (design, as -built calculations, etc.). Be sure to
include any site evaluations, wetland determinations, or hazard classifications that may be applicable.
2. Please provide copies of your Mortality Management Checklist.
3. In your Waste Utilization Plan (WUP) the acreage for field #28 is listed as 8 acres. on the map provided,
field 428 shows only 1.3 acres. Please clarify this. l may simply be looking at the wrong field — a map
with the appropriate field highlighted could be helpful. if the WUP acreage is an error, please contact your
technical spectalist to revise It.
4. Please contact your technical specialist and provide the source from which the yields for the cool season
pasture were taken. These seem to be higher than currently recommended.
5. Please contact your technical specialist and have application windows for the crops in your WUP added to
your plan.
6. The Plant Available Nitrogen (PAN) rate in the WUP was generated using a waste analysis of the storage
pond. Guidance is currently being developed which lists recommendations for establishing PAN rates with
waste analyses. Draft of this guidance (enclosed) recommends that an average PAN production rate be
calculated using representative waste samples, at least two per year for dairies, over a three year period. It
is necessary to take these samples at different times of the year to reflect seasonal variations in PAN. In
addition, waste storage pond slurry application volume records must be supplied for the same three year
period. Please submit additional information to support the PAN production rate as listed in the current
WUP or revise the WUP to show average "book" values for PAN production at this facility.
Please note that all WUP revisions must be signed and dated by both the owner and the technical
specialist. Please reference the subject permit application number when providing the requested information. All
information should be signed, sealed, and submitted in duplicate to my attention at the address below. The information
requested by this letter must be submitted on or before June 16, 1999 or the Division will return your application as
incomplete in accordance with ISA N.CA.C. 2H .0200 and your facility will be considered to be operating without a permit.
Please be advised that operation of the subject animal waste management system without a valid permit is a violation of
North Carolina General Statute 143-215.1 and will subject you to the enforcement authority of the Environmental
Management Commission.
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If you have any questions regarding this request, please call me at [phone], extension 364.
Sincerely,
Dianne Thomas
Soil Scientist
� Non -Discharge Permitting Unit
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Cherokee Cfknty
Soil and Water Conservation District
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June 9, 1998
Mr. Randolph Shields
115 Dairy Farm Road
Murphy, NC 28906
Dear Mr. Shields:
PHONE: [phone]
FAX: [phone]
:+(19 %t;rlicy River A%!c. - Suite i • Aturpiiy, North Carolina 28906
On Monday, June 8, 1998 Jeff Young, Environmental Engineer, Carroll Phillips and C. B. Newton,
Cherokee SWCD supervisors, Michael Stiles, NCACSP Technician, Josh Bil#ock and K. D. Cook,
NRCS met with the Shields family to discuss building a milking parlor.
1) It was determined that there will be no additional animal units as a result of the dairy
parlor being built.
2) The waste management plan does not need to be modified to make this change in the
facility.
3) There is more than sufficient land to apply animal waste at agronomic rates.
4) To milk more than the permitted 200 cows, a change in the waste management plan
would be necessary.
5) With the new construction, as was discussed, guttering of the building would reduce the
amount of water entering the lagoon.
The above group deemed it acceptable to build the milking parlor without change to the waste
management plan.
If we can be of further assistance please do not hesitate to call us at 837-6928 or 837-6417.
Sincerely,
Michael Stiles, NCACSP Technician
Cherokee County SWCD
cc/Cherokee SWCD
Jeff Young
Donna Moffitt
Kerry Becker
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K. D. Cook, Acting D. C_
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ayne McDevitt, Secretary
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John H. Shields
Route 6 Box 85
Murphy NC 28906
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Subject: Operator In Charge Designation
Dear Mr. Shields:
Senate Bill 1217, An Act to Implement Recommendations of the Blue Ribbon Study Commission
on Agricultural Waste, was ratified by the North Carolina General Assembly on June 21, 1996.
This bill required that a properly certified operator be designated as the Operator in Charge for each
animal waste management system that serves 250 or more swine, 100 or more confined cattle, 75 or
more horses, 1,000 or more sheep, or 30,000 or more confined poultry with a liquid animal waste
management system.
The deadline for designating an Operator in Charge for animal waste management systems
involving cattle, horses, sheep, or poultry was January 1, 1997. Because a training and
certification program was not yet available for these systems, you were allowed to apply for and
were issued a temporary animal waste management certificate from the Water Pollution Control
System Operators Certification Commission (WPCSOCC). Because you applied for and were
issued a temporary certificate, you were allowed to be designated as the Operator in Charge of an
animal waste management system.
Your temporary certificate expires December 31, 1997, and is not renewable. Our records indicate
that you have not obtained a permanent animal waste management system operator certification. If
you intend to remain the Operator in Charge of the facility for which you were designated, you must
obtain a permanent animal waste management system operator certification of the appropriate type
before your temporary certification expires on December 31, 1997. To obtain a permanent
certification, you must be I8 years of age, complete ten hours of approved training, and pass an
examination_ If you do not intend to remain the Operator in Charge, a properly certified animal
waste management system operator must be designated as Operator in Charge of the facility prior to
the expiration of your temporary certification.
This years final training program for both Type A and Type B animal waste management systems
is scheduled for December 10 and 11, 1997, at the Hunt Horse Complex in Raleigh. If you would
like information about this training program, please contact your local cooperative extension agent
or call Dee Ann Cooper at 919/515-6968. For those enrolled in this training and registering with
Ms. Cooper prior to December 1, an exam will be offered at the Hunt Horse Complex on December
11, beginning at 1:00 pm.
Water Pollution Control System Operators Certification Commission
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Jonathan B. Howes, Secretary
DIVISION OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION
April 1, 1997
Mr. J. Randolph Shields.
Rt. 6 Box 85
Murphy, NC 28906
SUBJECT: Operation Review Notice of Referral
Nolta Farms
Facility No. 20-01
Cherokee County
Dear Mr. Shields,
On March 26, an Operation Review was conducted of Nolta Farms, facility no. 20-01. This Review,
undertaken in accordance with G. S. 143-215.1 OD, is one of two visits scheduled for all registered livestock operations
during the 1997 calendar year. The Division of Water Quality will conduct a second site inspection.
During the Review, wastewater was observed discharging from the barn lot drain into a drainage ditch which
empties into the adjacent creek. Since it is illegal to discharge animal waste into waters of the State, your operation
along with supporting documentation was referred to the Division of Water Quality for further investigation and possible
enforcement action. G.S. 143-215.10E requires me to notify Division of Water Quality and the owner/operator of this
observed violation.
As discussed during the Review, it is imperative that this discharge is eliminated immediately. You are
strongly encouraged to contact your certified technical specialist for help. You may also want to contact your local Soil
and Water Conservation District Office since they may be able to provide you with additional technical and/or financial
assistance to implement corrective best management practices.
Please remember that in order for your facility to be in compliance with environmental regulations, animal
waste cannot be discharged into the waters of the State, and the animal waste collection, treatment, storage and disposal
systems must be properly sized, maintained and operated under the responsible charge of a certified operator_
Also remember that all registered livestock operations are required to obtain and implement an approved _
animal waste management plan by the end of this year. The plan must be certified by either a designated technical
specialist or a professional engineer. For additional assistance with the plan, please contact your local Soil and Water
Conservation District Office or local Cooperative Extension Service Office.
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The Division of Soil and Water Conservation appreciates your cooperation with this Operation R=view. Please
do not hesitate to call me at 7041663-1699 if you have any questions, concerns or need additional information.
Sincerely,
Iiseph C. Zimmerman
Environmental Engineer I
Enclosures
cc: Cherokee Soil and Water Conservation Distnet
Carroll Pierce, DSWC Technical Services Chief
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State of North Carob
Department of Environment,
Health and Natural Resources 4 •
• James B. Hunt, Jr., Governor
Jonathan B. Howes, Secretary E H N R
Steve W. Tedder, Chairman December 5, 1996
J.Randolph Shields
Nolta Farms
Rt. 6 Box 85
Murphy NC 28906
Subject: Operator In Charge Designation
Facility.: Nolta Farms
Facility ID #: 20-1
Cherokee County
Dear Mr. Shields:
Senate Bill 1217, An Act to Implement Recommendations of the Blue Ribbon Study Commission on
Agricultural Waste, was enacted by the North Carolina General Assembly on June 21, 1996. This bill
requires that a certified operator be designated as the Operator in Charge by January 1, 1997, for each animal
waste management system that serves 250 or more swine, 100 or more confined cattle, 75 or more horses,
1,000 or more sheep, or 30,000 or more confined poultry with a liquid animal waste management system. Our
records indicate that your facility is registered with the Division of Water Quality and meets the requirements
for designating an OIC.
A training and certification program is not yet available for animal waste management systems involving
. cattle, horses, sheep, or poultry. Owners and operators of these systems will be issued temporary animal waste
management certificates by the Water Pollution Control System Operators Certification Commission
(WPCSOCC). The temporary certificates will expire December 31, 1997, and will not be renewed. To obtain
a permanent certification, you will be required to complete ten hours of training and pass an examination by
December 31, 1997. A training and certification program for operators of animal waste management systems
involving cattle, sheep, horses, and poultry is now being developed and should be available by the spring of
1997. The type of training and certification required for the operator of each system will be based on the nature
of the wastes to be treated and the treatment process(es) primarily used to treat the: animal waste.
As the owner of an animal operation with an animal waste management system, you must designate an
Operator in Charge and must submit the enclosed designation form to the WPCSOCC. If you do not intend to
operate your animal waste management system yourself, you must designate an employee or engage a contract
operator to be the Operator in Charge. The person designated as the Operator in Charge, whether yourself or
another person, must complete the enclosed application form for temporary certification as an animal waste
management system operator. Both the designation form and the application form must be completed and
returned by December 31, 1996.
If you have questions about the new requirements for animal waste management system operators, please call
Beth Buffington or Barry Huneycutt at 9191733-0026.
Sincerely,
FOR
Steve W. Tedder
Enclosures
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