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North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Emergency Operation Management of Animal Waste Management Systems in the Aftermath of Hurricanes Dennis and Floyd
Certification Form

 Facility Name: _________________________________________ Facility No: _____ - _______

Mailing Address: ________________________________________________________________

County in Which the Facility is Located: _____________________________________________

Animal Waste Management Facilities located in the named disaster counties and that were adversely impacted by the heavy rains and flooding from Hurricanes Dennis and/or Floyd may qualify to operate under emergency procedures until December 31, 1999. Facilities that qualify for these emergency procedures must return to full compliance with their Permit and Certified Animal Waste Management Plan (CAWMP) by no later than January 1, 2000.

In order to receive this emergency authorization, the facility's owner and the landowner must certify to the following facts and conditions:

1. This facility cannot remain in compliance with its permit and/or CAWMP due to the heavy rains received during September 1999.

2. The temporary storage available in the facility's lagoons on September 1, 1999 was ________ inches. If there is more than one lagoon on the facility, their available storage was _______ inches, ________ inches, _______ inches, _______ inches, _______ inches, _______ inches, _______ inches. (These values must not include the storage required for the 25 years, 24 hour storm event, chronic rainfall events or the level needed for structural stability.) If the lagoon level information was not recorded on September 1, 1999, the actual date recorded was: ______________________________.

3. As much of the waste as economically practicable will be removed from this facility and transported to another facility that can adequately handle the additional waste.

  1. Once removed, animals will only be restocked to the level at which the facility can comply with its permit and its CAWMP. (Removed animals include both mortalities and animals routinely cycled out of the facility for either processing or transfer to another location to continue their growth cycle.) In extreme cases, this may require complete depopulation of the facility.

  2. The system will be operated in a manner such that there is not a discharge to the surface waters of the state.

  1. The current cropping system as specified in its CAWMP will be maximized.

7. Any new land application sites (including forestry sites) temporarily added to the waste management system (not part of the approved CAWMP) will meet the criteria necessary to qualify to receive future approval under the facilities CAWMP.

8. Any emergency crops (not part of the approved CAWMP) planted on the application sites will meet the criteria necessary to qualify to receive future approval under the facility's CAWMP.

9. If the facility needs to apply Plant Available Nitrogen (PAN) to viable summer perennials such as coastal bermuda grass, the application will not occur after the first frost and the application rate will not exceed 50 pounds PAN per acre. (This 50 pounds of PAN is in addition to any PAN that was land applied prior to October 1, 1999.)

10. If the facility needs to apply PAN to winter grasses and/or small grains, the application will not occur after December 31, 1999 and the application rate will not exceed 100 pounds PAN per acre.

11. If the facility needs to apply PAN to forestland, the application will not occur after December 31, 1999 and the application rate will not exceed 100 pounds of PAN on hardwood trees or 60 pounds per acre of PAN on pine trees.

12. The facility that operates under an emergency strategy will continue to comply with all other conditions of it permit and its CAWMP (including record keeping) for all requirements other than those listed above.

13. Facilities that operate under this strategy are required to continue to comply with all applicable surface water and groundwater standards.

  1. If this facility is unable to operate in compliance with both its permit and CAWMP or this emergency strategy, animals will be removed from the facility to a level at which it can comply with one of these options. In extreme cases, this may require the complete depopulation of the facility.

I (we) certify that the information that I (we) provided above is accurate. I (we) also certify that I (we) understand and agree to comply with the conditions contained in this Emergency Operations Procedure. I (we) also certify that prior to January 31, 2000, that I (we) shall submit a report to DWQ documenting our actions while operating under the emergency procedures. This report shall include a map showing all areas on which waste was land applied, the application methods and documentation of the land application events on the forms currently used by the facility to record land application activities.

Name of Land Owner: ___________________________________ Phone # _________________

Signature: ________________________________________________ Date: ________________

Name of Manager (if different from the land owner): ____________________ Phone # _____________

Signature: ________________________________________________ Date: ________________

This Form must be returned to the following address no later than October 31, 1999 in order to receive coverage under this emergency procedure:

N. C. Division of Water Quality

Non-Discharge Branch

Attention: Sonya Avant

1617 Mail Service Center

Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1617

Fax (919) 715 - 6048

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