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    Complaint

    38432
    WPC
    11/14/2015
    Phone
    Ag / Animal Waste
    01-SEP-2017 09:36PM

    Location based on SITE_ID

    Site ID
    6555
    Site
    Blackjack Ridge Dairy
    Location
    7500 Gordon Lawrence Road
    City
    Santa Fe
    Description
    -
    County
    Maury
    EFO Name
    Columbia
    Site Owner
    Milton Beard

    Investigation Results

    NOV
    11/16/2015
    Blackjack Ridge Dairy
    11/16/2015
    Yes

    Description and Writeup

    JCA received a call from TWRA on Saturday evening (11-14-15) regarding a discharge of waste from Blackjack Ridge Dairy.

    JCA, SAW and TEG investigated the complaint on 11-16-15. Two separate waste discharges were discovered. The first discharge was to Potts Branch, and originated from a buried pipe at the base of the hill below pond 1. The waste was determined to be coming from the waste distribution system used to move liquid waste from the ponds to the rest of the farm. The pipe coming from the distribution system was actively discharging during our investigation and running into another pipe. This pipe appeared to lead to the buried pipe at the base of the hill. Chris Beard confirmed this during our visit.

    The second discharge was to Lunns Branch, and originated at the silage storage area. A black discharge led down the hill and crossed underneath the road into a drainage that leads to an UNT to Lunns Branch. The discharge was collecting at the road during our visit, and not discharging to the stream at that time.