ROY COOPER MICHAEL S, REGAN Secretary LINDA CULPEPPER Teri Director Water Resources Environmental Quality May 21, 2018 CERTIFIED MAIL 7016 2140 0000 0562 4455 RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED Bizzell Davis BID Farms II 1635 Cornwallis Rd Rose Hill, NC 28458 SUBJECT: Lagoon Sampling - April 13, 2018 BUD Farms Il Permit # AWS310768 Duplin County Dear Bizzell Davis: ‘Thank you for your cooperation in the Division’s lagoon waste sampling efforts on April 13, 2018. On that day seven teams of Division staff sampled 35 farms and a total of 55 waste lagoons. Multiple teams were necessary to assure that teams followed proper biosecurity protocols to protect your animals. 1 apologize for the short notice that was provided to you by our staff. It was our intent to do the sampling as efficiently and effectively as possible with as little disruption to you and other operators. Staff notified you as soon as possible once we were comfortable that weather would cooperate and we had staff prepared to complete the desired sampling on a single day. Complete results of the sampling are available on the NCDA&CS Agronomic Services Division PALS website and can be accessed there at your convenience. http://www.ncagr gov/agronomi/pals/ The Division submitted the samples to the lab on April 13, and the standard waste analysis was performed the following week. The certified results are available to use for loading rate calculations in you waste application records. Our staff followed sampling protocol established by NCDA&CS Agronomic Sampling Folder No. 6, revised April 2014, a copy of which is inchided with this letter. You may at any time resample your lagoons to establish updated results if you feel more representative sample is desired for future application events. One of the intents of the sampling effort was to look at observed changes in lagoon sampling results in a relatively short period of time. Our records show that a previous sampling event took place on March 17, 2018. Results of the April 13 and March 17 sampling events are shown on the following pages for each lagoon sampled on your farm. ->-Nothing Compares State of North Catlin | Envzoament Quality | Division of Water Resourses ‘Water Quality Reghonsl Operations Section 1636 Mall Service Case | Raleigh, Nos Carlinn 27688-1636 919-7075129Lagoon Sampling ~ April 13, 2018 Page 2 LagoonName: __BJD21 ‘Sample Date 3/47 - 4/13 Parameter 3/17/2018 4/13/2018 Difference | % change 514 683 168 33% 24 28 07 33% 37 29 8 21% 478 1059 Ea 122% 105) 160 35 53% 24 50 26 111% 25 51 25 100% 22 34 13 60% 03 06 03 11996 0.4 09 04 92% 2 16 14 772% 0.4 09 0s 107% 147.9 263.6 115.7 78% 75 7 02 3% 04 Lagoon Name: ByD22 ‘Sample Date 3/47 -4/33 Parameter 3/17/2018 4/13/2018 Difference | % change 517, 682 165 32% 22 28 07 32% 38 29 9 24% 481 1047 567 118% 106 156 49 47% En 49 25 104% 7 51 24 91% 23 3.0 07 28% 03 Os 02 78% 05 o7 02 30% 02 13 1 532% oa 09 05 110% 146.7 259.7 113.1 77% 75 77 02 2% 05 ‘Two lagoons were sampled at your farm. Concentrations reported for the two lagoons in March 2018 were noticeably more similar to one another than compared to the April sampling results. The variation found in the April 13 sampling analysis is much more consistent with normal variations found in swine lagoon effluent is NC. The following two tables show the differences reported for your lagoons for the March and April Sampling Events,Lagoon Sampling ~ April 13, 2018 Page 3 3/17/2018 Sampling Results 4/13/2018 Sampling Results (mg/l, PAN in Ibs./1000 gallons) (m/l, PAN in tbs./1000 gal ‘Lagoon ID ‘Lagoon ID Parameter | BJD21 | BID22 Range | | Parameter | 6/D21_ | BJD22 Range 514) 517 2 683 | 682 1 21 | 22 0.0 28 28 0.0 7 38 1 29 29 0 a7 | 481 3 3059 | 1047 2 105 | 106 1 160 | 156 5 4 24 0 50 Eo 1 25 7 1 51 31 1 22 23 02 34 3.0 05 03 03 00 06 05 00 oa os on 09 07 02 02 02 00 16 13 03 oa oa 00 09 0g 0.0 147.9_| 1467 12 263.6 | 2597 38 75 75 00 77 77 00 o4 | 0s or Asa result of initial evaluation of the sampling results the Division will be conducting additional evaluation of historic data at your farms and at the other farms that were sampled on April 13, 2018. It is necessary to further investigate the unusual changes in lagoon characteristics between March 17 and April 13, 2018, Please contact the Wilmington Regional Office at (910) 796-7215 or Christine Lawson at (919) 807- 6354 if you have further questions. Sincerely, > bor Chief, Water Quality Regional Operations Section Division of Water Resources Enclosure ‘ce: Wilmington WQROS Regional Supervisor WOQROS Central Files