DEQ
Details for Complaint Number 017201
Complaint Received Date:
04/17/2014
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File List:
AFIN:
5100164
Permit Number:
ARG590001
Media:
WN - Water-NPDES
Name:
C&H Hog Farm
County:
Newton
Address:
HC 72 Box 10
.75M, SITE IS ON L/S-LOG TRAIL
Mt. Judea, AR 72655
.75M, SITE IS ON L/S-LOG TRAIL
Mt. Judea, AR 72655
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Latitude:
35.920509
Longitude:
-93.081296
Fayetteville Shale Related:
N
Fayetteville Shale Violations:
N
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Previous Dates Comment:
Inactive Investigation:
Inactive Investigation Reason:
Valid Complaint:
Final Disposition Description:
Investigated;no evidence found
Investigation Comment:
I visited all of the application fields during a two day sampling event conducted by EPA, Region 6. During my visit I did not notice any odor from the swine operation at the application fields. I also did not notice any odors pertaining to the application of herbicides. An odor from the operation was detected while conducting a walk-around of the facility and the waste lagoons. In a previous inspection conducted on March 26, 2014, of the C&C Hog Farm (Permit 3540-WR-5), it was noted the facility was not in operation and the settling basin and holding pond had been closed by removing waste, backfilling, and vegetating, and a certification of closure had been submitted to the Department. Application records obtained during a separate site visit shows the facility did not land apply waste from April 2 through April 17, 2014. Further investigations of land application practices will be conducted.
[Last modified by BOLENBAUGH, 6/5/2014 8:05:03 AM]
Description Comment:
Tanker trucks are hauling waste from the C&H hog farm to the closed C&C hog farm for land application. The C&C property is not listed in the NMP for the C&H Farm (ARG590001). Also, with recent early morning inversions, the swine waste odor is particularly bad. In addition to the swine manure odor there is a chemical odor similar to herbicide.