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Ft om: Troy Swain
ent: Tuesday, May 01, 2007 8:23 AM
i o: Hannah Hippely
Subject: FW: Faulkner Dairy II
Attachments: Compliance Advisory reply additional comments 042507 jb.pdf
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Original Message
From: Ron Jepson [mailto:Rjepson@smtpgate.dphe.state.co.us]
Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2007 7 :56 AM
To: Troy Swain
Cc: chollingsworth@agpros .com; Janine Baratta
Subject : Faulkner Dairy II
Troy-
This email is in response to an AGPROfessional 's request, on behalf of Faulkner Dairy II,
LLC, in anticipation of next week' s hearing before the County about the dairy' s proposed
expansion plans.
On March 6, 2007 the Environmental Agriculture Program of the Colorado Department of
, public Health and Environment sent to Faulkner Dairy II, LLC a Compliance Advisory citing
free observed violations of the the ground water protection provisions in Section 81 .5 of
die Animal Feeding Operations Control Regulation (Regulation No. 81) .
The Advisory required the dairy to submit certain information by April 13, 2007 . In
response, the dairy submitted the following information by letter dated April 13, 2007 :
1 . Evidence that 10 impoundments meet the required seepage rate standard as of February
7, 2007 (4 impoundments) and by April 13, 2007 (6 impoundments) . (Such evidence was due
on site by April 13, 2006. )
2 . Certifications that, since March 8, 2005, manure was removed from the solids settling
basin in accordance with its approved Standard Operating Procedure.
In addition, the Program received from AGPRO on April 25, 2007 a letter (see attached) via
email stating that the dairy will in the future:
1) conduct weekly inspections of liners and maintain records of the inspections
2) Maintain certifications that impoundments were cleaned in accordance with its approved
Standard Operating Procedure.
Lastly, the Program is in the process of deciding what, if any, formal enforcement action
(for example, a Notice of Violation) will be taken to address the violations cited in the
Advisory.
Please contact me if questions.
.,_[ton Jepson EXHIBIT
avironmental Ag Program
Colo. Dept. Public Health & Environment
4300 Cherry Creek Dr. S /A`
Denver, CO 80246-1530 V` •
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OMCOMPLETE LAND & RESOURCE SOLUTIONS
25 April 2007
Ron Jepson
Environmental Ag Program,Sustainability Division
CDPHE
4300 Cherry Creek Drive South
Denver,CO 80246-1530
Subject: Faulkner Dairy II,Galeton facility Compliance Advisory,AGPRO client#1700-09
Compliance advisory response,additional comments
Dear Mr.Jepson:
On April 13,2007 AGPROfessionals responded to CDPHE's March 6,2007 compliance advisory letter for Faulkner
Dairy II(Galeton Dairy). The compliance advisory was a result of a September 6,2006,inspection.
In that letter,AGPROfessionals provided the information requested and attached pond cleaning/manure removal
certifications and liner certification documentation.
Faulkner Dairy has,for a number of years,kept records of all precipitation received at the dairy,manure taken by a
3rd party,wastewater and manure applied to land application fields,monthly pond inspections,results of yearly soils,
manure,and wastewater testing,and the basis for making recommendations for applying manure and wastewater at
agronomic rates. Faulkner Dairy will continue to keep these records. They will now also document pond cleaning
activities and certify their procedures per Colorado Regulation No. 81.5(3)(c),and will conduct and document
weekly inspections of earthen liners per 81.5(2). These records will be kept on site in the facility's environmental
maintenance notebook for 5 years.
Sincerely,
Janine Baratta
Agronomist,CCA
Cc: Mike Faulkner,Galeton Dairy
Troy Swain, Weld County Dept. of Public Health and Environment, 1555 N. 17th Ave.,Greeley,CO 80631
Jennifer Meints,U.S.EPA,Region 8,US EPA—(8ENF-T),999 18`h St.,Ste.300,Denver,CO 80202
AGPROfessionals Compliance Advisory file
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