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Beginning January 1, 1997, DWQ began issuing COC
under general permits and individual permits for facilities with
250 or more swine, 100 or more cattle, 75 or more horses, 1,000
or more sheep or 30,000 or more poultry with a liquid waste management
system. Facilities with fewer animal numbers may continue to be
deemed permitted as long as they remain in compliance. DWQ may however
require any facility to apply for an individual permit based on
existing or projected environmental impacts.
DWQ will notify each facility by certified mail
as to the date by which they shall submit the permit application.
Under SB1217 statute, a facility that fails to submit an application
to DWQ by the date specified shall not operate the facility after
that date. Every day of operation after that date is considered
an additional violation subject to appropriate enforcement actions.
Under SB1217 statute, no person shall construct
a new or expanding facility after January 1, 1997 without first
receiving a permit from DWQ.
Truck washes located at a farm may be deemed permitted
or covered under the general permit process as a part of a farm
if the truck transports animals from that farm and returns to that
farm to be washed, or the truck brings animals to the farm and is
washed at the farm.
The animal waste management system shall be designed
to adequately handle the volume of the waste from the truck wash
and no chemical is added to the truck wash water that would interfere
with the treatment system.
Truck washes serving more than one farm are commercial
operations and not animal raising operations. Therefore they shall
apply for and receive an individual permit before they can legally
operate.
As per NCGS 143-215.10A, public livestock markets
are not considered animal operations and can not be permitted or
covered by a general permit. Therefore any size of treatment system
serving a public livestock market shall be covered by an individual
permit before it can legally operate.
Invoices for the annual fees will be mailed shortly
following the issuance of the general or individual permit. The
permit fees are not due until an invoice has been received.
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