Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 6, September 16, 2024
(a) This Rule shall apply to the evaluation,
approval, and permitting of swine waste management systems that are required to
meet the performance standards in Rule .1307 of this Section.
(b) APPLICATION: The applicant shall submit a
permit application in writing to the Division showing that a swine waste
management system meets the performance standards. The application shall
include the following:
(1) operation and
maintenance procedures, the system classification, the proposed management
entity, and system operator requirements;
(2) a description of the swine waste
management system, including materials used in construction, and its proposed
use;
(3) a summary of literature,
published research, and previous experience with and performance of a waste
management system of similar waste characteristics;
(4) the results of 12 months of testing,
research, or monitoring of pilot- or full-scale operational systems; and shall
identify whether the testing, research, or monitoring provided was conducted by
a third party research or testing organization;
(5) documentation of the protocol used to
evaluate the performance of the swine waste management system;
(6) the identity and qualifications, if
applicable, of the proposed research or testing organization and the principal
investigators, and an affidavit certifying that the organization and principal
investigators have no conflict of interest and do not stand to gain financially
from the sale of the technology;
(7) an affidavit certifying that the swine
waste management system submitted for approval is the same as the certified or
listed product, or identify any modifications made to the submitted
system;
(8) a procedure to address
system malfunction and replacement;
(9) notification of any proprietary or trade
secret information, system, component, or device;
(10) engineering design documents. If
required by G.S. 89C, a professional engineer shall prepare these documents.
The following documents shall be provided to the Division by the applicant:
(A) engineering plans for the entire system,
including treatment, storage, application, and disposal facilities and
equipment except those previously permitted unless those previously permitted
are directly tied into the new units or are necessary to understand the
complete process;
(B)
specifications describing materials to be used, methods of construction, and
means for ensuring quality and integrity of the finished product, including
leakage testing; and
(C)
engineering calculations, including hydraulic and pollutant loading for each
treatment unit, treatment unit sizing criteria, hydraulic profile of the
treatment system, total dynamic head and system curve analysis for each pump,
buoyancy calculations, and irrigation design;
(11) a complete permit application in
compliance with Section .0100 of this Subchapter; and
(12) in lieu of the requirements of
Subparagraphs (b)(3) through (b)(6), the applicant may submit data from a
full-scale facility previously permitted by the Division.
(c) APPROVAL OF NEW OR EXPANDING SWINE WASTE
MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS: The Division shall review all applications submitted in
accordance with Rule .0107 of this Subchapter. The Division shall approve the
swine waste management system in accordance with Rule .0108 of this Subchapter
when the applicant can show that the performance standards of Rule .1307 of
this Section will be met.
(d)
MONITORING REQUIREMENTS: Once the newly permitted system reaches full capacity
or within six months of receipt of the engineering certification pursuant to
Rule .0116 of this Subchapter, whichever comes sooner, the permittee shall
monitor system performance for two years with quarterly sampling to assure that
the treatment system is meeting performance standards. If after two years the
treatment system complies with Rule .1307 of this Section, the permittee shall
monitor for compliance with the performance standards in Rule .1307 on the
following schedule:
(1) Ammonia emissions
monitoring from swine waste treatment and storage structures shall be as
follows:
(A) Ammonia air emissions from
open-air structures shall be directly sampled once per calendar year, with
alternating years sampled during the summer and winter seasons, or
(B) liquid from open-air waste treatment and
storage structures shall be sampled at a minimum of once per quarter.
(2) Monitoring of odor intensity
shall be on an annual basis, with alternating years sampled during the summer
and winter seasons.
(3) Effluent
shall be monitored once per quarter, unless a more frequent schedule is
required by the Division pursuant to Rule .0108(c) of this
Subchapter.
Authority
G.S.
143-215.1;
143-215.3(a);
143-215.10A;
143-215.10I;
Eff.
January 1, 2009.
Readopted Eff. September 1,
2018.
