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4 ROY COOPER MICHAEL S. REGAN Seretay LINDA CULPEPPER “interim Director Water Resources Environmental Quality May 21, 2018 CERTIFIED MAIL 7016 2140 0000 0562 4370 ‘RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED Kevin Bostic Kevin Bostic Farm sites 1&2 399 John Stanley Bostic Rd Rose Hill, NC 28458 SUBJECT: Lagoon Sampling - April 13, 2018 Kevin Bostic Farm sites 1&2 Permit # AWS310444 Duplin County Dear Kevin Bostic: ‘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-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 reconds. Our staff followed sampling protocol established by NCDA&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 each lagoon 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 a 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 of the last sludge survey to verify visual observation. ->-Nothing Compares=_- ‘Sta of Noch Carolina | Envzenmeetl Qual | Division of Water Resouces ‘Water QuulityReglooal Operations Section 1636 Mai Service Ceater| Raleigh, Nh Cartina 27658-1636 919-707 9129 Lagoon Sampling — April 13, 2018 Page 2 Lagoon Name: KB1 ‘Sample Results (mg/l, PAN in Ibs./1000 gallons) 3/17 - 4/13 Parameter 3/17/2018 4/13/2018 Difference | % change 515 868 353 68% 21 36 15 41 46 5 a5 948) 472 107 108 1 26 14 “12 27 29 1 24 57 33 03 05 02 05 89 83 02 14 12 04 id 06 146.7 139.2 TS 71 8.0 0.9 07 0.0 06 Lagoon Name: KB2 ‘Sample Results (mg/l, PAN in Ibs./1000 gallons) 3/17 - 4/13 3/17/2018 4/13/2018 Difference _| % change | 500) 808 398, 80% 21 37 17 80% 38 82 44 115% 473 916 444 94% 105 141 35, 33% 24 32 7 30% 27 53 26 97% 2.2 20.3 18.1 841% 03 14 11 399% 05 36.6 36.2 7848% 02 5.0 48 2509% 04 10 06 146% 158.5 11S 8% 79 | [03 5% 0.0 0.5 96% ‘Lagoon Sampling ~ April 13, 2018 Page 3 ‘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 isNC. The following two tables show the differences reported for your lagoons for the March and April Sampling Events. 3/17/2018 Sampling Results 471372018 Sampling Results (mg/l, PAN in Ibs./1000 gallons) (mg/l, PAN in Ibs./1000 gallons) ‘Lagoon ID Lagoon ID Parameter | KB1 | KB2 Range | | Parameter | KBI_| _KB2 Range 515 | 500 16 868 | 898 30 21 24 Ol 36 37 OL 41 38 3 46 2 37 475 | 473 3 948 | 916 31 107_| 105 1 108 | 141 33 26 24 1 14 32 17 27 27 0 29 53 24 24 | 22 03 57__| 203 146 03 03 0.0 05 14 09 05 05 On 39 | 366 278 02 | 02 0.0 14 5.0 3.6 oa | 04 0.0 i 10 0.0 146.7 | 147.0 03 139.2 | 158.5 193 71 75 05 80 79 On o7 [0s 02 0.0 0.0 0.0 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 farther 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, © Jon a Chief, Water Quality Regional Operations Section Division of Water Resources Enclosure ce: Wilmington WQROS Regional Supervisor WOROS Central Files

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