4 ROY COOPER
a Governor
MICHAEL S, REGAN
Secretary
LINDA CULPEPPER
Water Resources “interim Director
Environmental Quality
May 21, 2018
ERTIFIED MAIL 7016 2140 0000 0562 4448
‘RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED
Mark Davis
Mark Davis II
1517 Nash Johnson Pons Road
Magnolia, NC 28453
SUBJECT: Lagoon Sampling - April 13, 2018
Mark Davis IL
Permit # AWS310767
Duplin County
Dear Mark 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. I 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.neagr.gov/agronomipals/
‘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 NCDAS&CS Agronomic Sampling
Folder No. 6, revised April 2014, a copy of which is included 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 eack
Jagoon sampled on your farm,
‘The results show a surprising difference in the PAN concentrations as well as other macro and micro
nutrients. It is unlikely that @ lagoon make-up will change significantly in a month without significant
operations event occurring like a lagoon sludge clean out. Staff also noted a high observed sludge blanket
in your lagoon; however, have not yet obtained records ofthe last sludge survey to verify visual observation.
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State of North Carlin |Envroanenal Quai | Division of Water Resources
Water Quality Reponsl Operations Setion
1636 Mall Service Center| Raleigh, Norh Carlin 7655-1635Lagoon Sampling ~ April 13, 2018
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Lagoon Name: MD2
‘Sample Date 3/17 -4/13
Parameter 3/17/2018 4/13/2018 Difference | %change
553) 759) 206, 37%
23 32 09 37%
39 30 E -23%
413 910 497 120%
105, 133 28 27%
26 48 22 82%
29 36 7 24%
24 34 14 67%
03 05 03 94%
Os 09 4 68%
02 14 13 791%
04 07 03 69%
160.9 237.1 76.3 47%
zy 78 04 6%
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As a 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, oO
kek.
Chief, Water Quality Regional Operations Section
Division of Water Resources
Enclosure
ce: Wilmington WQROS Regional Supervisor
‘WQROS Central Files