ROY COOPER MICHAEL S. REGAN ‘Seoretary LINDA CULPEPPER Interim Director ‘Water Resources Enver Quai fey May 21, 2018 CERTIFIED MAIL 7016 2140 0000 0562 4509 ‘Mark Davis ‘Mark Davis I 1517 Nash Johnson Pond Magnolia, NC 28453 SUBJECT: Lagoon Sampling - April 13, 2018 Mark Davis 1 Permit # NCA231243 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 litle 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. Ittp://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 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. <2-Nothing Compares=. Sate of Noch Curtin Environmental Quality Division of Water Resources ‘Water Quality Reponsl Operation Section 1636 Mal Service Center| Raleigh Noth Coin 27659-1636 919-7079129Lagoon Sampling — April 13, 2018 Page 2 Lagoon Name: MD1. ‘Sample Date 3/17 -4/13 Parameter 3/17/2018 4/13/2018 Difference | % change 553, 601 48 9% P 23 25 02 9% a 38 64 26 69% 407 77 365, 90% s 103 161, 59 57% 5 25 66 a 161% 7 51 24 87% C 19 a5 66 352% 0.2 11 08 340% OS 25 2.0 425% 02 37 35 2245% B 0.4 0.6 0.2 37% 158.5 188.2 29.7 19% Pp 7A 78 oa 6% A 0.4 0.0 -0.4 95% 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, Chief, Water Quality Regional Operations Section Division of Water Resources Enclosure cc: Wilmington WQROS Regional Supervisor WQROS Central Files