PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING FEBRUARY 27, 2018 WORK SESSION 0 Why - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING FEBRUARY 27, 2018 WORK SESSION 0

Why Have a Meeting on Poultry? • We said we would do it. • To get good information out to the public. • Get input from Planning Commission to include in upcoming 2018 Poultry Monitoring Report. 1

POULTRY ZONING ORDINANCE - HISTORY 7/29/2015: Staff Report to BOS on Poultry Industry 7 • 8/16/2015: BOS directs PC to work on proposed poultry ordinance • M 9/9/2015 – 10/31/2015: PC meets to discuss proposed ordinance O • N 11/4/2015: PC holds public hearing on proposed ordinance • T 1/13/2016: BOS reviews proposed ordinance • H 2/3/2016: BOS adopts new poultry ordinance S • Further Amendments since 2/3/2016 5/18/2016: BOS amends poultry ordinance to establish that • setbacks should be measured from the property lines, not structures, where schools, churches, nursing homes, day care centers, campgrounds, public recreation areas, and public wells were concerned 6/21/2017: BOS amends poultry ordinance to remove the • placement of poultry houses from the Residential Zoning District 2

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POULTRY PERMIT APPLICATION #s February 27, 2018 Approved # of In Process TOTAL # POULTRY HOUSES total Poultry Applications -# of of APPROVED & IN Houses total Poultry PROCESS Houses 2017 Report 68 165* 233 Presented at 2/8/2017 PC Meeting 2018 Report 240 15 255 Presented at 2/27/2018 PC Meeting *2017 In Process #s were adjusted to remove inactive applications 6

POULTRY APPLICATONS July 1, 2014 thru December 31, 2017 (No further applications have been received as of 2/27/2018) 7

# OF APPLICATIONS FOR POULTRY HOUSES RECEIVED BY QUARTER JULY 1, 2014 – DECEMBER 31, 2017 8

PERMIT APPLICATIONS Approved vs. Unapproved July 1, 2014 – December 31, 2017 9

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Status of Construction of the 240 Poultry Houses Approved 11

GROUNDWATER WITHDRAWAL Community Concern • 2016 Poultry Report indicated that 129,000 gallons of water would be to support a poultry house for seven (7) weeks. • The 129,000 gallons of water is a solid number for poultry consumption (drinking) water usage, and has been confirmed by metered use in a newly constructed poultry house. The usage #s are representative for the new poultry houses only. • Cooling water was not accounted for in the 2016 report. • Recently, there has been significant concern over the amount of groundwater needed for poultry cooling water NOTE: The usage #s are representative for the new poultry houses only. 12

GROUNDWATER WITHDRAWAL cont.’ Consumption Water Usage (by month/per house) – Staff Estimates 129,000 gallons per flock x 5.5 flocks per year = 709,500 gallons per year 709,500 gallons per year ÷ 12 months = 59,125 gallons per month per house for consumption 13

GROUNDWATER WITHDRAWAL cont.’ Cooling Water Usage (by month/per house) – Staff Estimates • High Range (Circulating through the community) 7,500 gallons per day x 30 day s = 225,000 gallons per month (gpm) 225,000 gpm x 5 months where cooling is needed = 1,125,000 gallons per house/ per year 93,750 gallons 1,125,000 gallons per house per year ÷ 12 months = per month per house Cooling HIGH RANGE Mid Range (Derived from University of Georgia Report Dated 2017) • 2.5 gallons per minute (summer cooling) 2.5 gallons per minute x 60 minutes/per hour = 150 gph 150 gph x 12 hrs (max per day) = 1,800 gpd 1,800 gpd x 30 days = 54,000 gallons per month (gpm) 54,000 gpm x 5 warm months where cooling is needed = 270,000 gallons per year (gpy) 22,500 gallons 270,000 gpy ÷ 12 months = per month per house 14 Cooling MID RANGE

GROUNDWATER WITHDRAWAL cont.’ Cooling Water Usage (by month/per house) – Staff Estimates • Low Range (20% of Consumption Use/Year Round) 709,500 gallons per year x 20% (cooling water required) = 141,900 cooling gallons per year 11,825 gallons 141,900 cooling gallons per year ÷ 12 months = per month per house Cooling LOW RANGE CONSUMPTION PLUS COOLING GALLONS PER MONTH PER HOUSE 59,125 + 11,825 = 70,950 GPM/PER POULTRY HOUSE – Low Range 59,125 + 22,500 = 81,625 GPM/PER POULTRY HOUSE – Mid Range 59,125 + 93,750 = 152,875 GPM/PER POULTRY HOUSE – High Range 15

GROUNDWATER WITHDRAWAL cont.’ At the February 21, 2018 Board of Supervisors meeting, Tyson representatives announced that they intend to pull cooling water from the upper aquifer where possible on poultry operations where wells have not yet been drilled. They also suggested that they were going to try to retro-fit some of the recently completed poultry operations. In both instances, site groundwater conditions (availability & reliability of the upper aquifer ) will determine feasibility. Tyson did NOT announce that it would be pulling its consumption (drinking water) from the upper aquifer. 16

GROUNDWATER WITHDRAWAL cont.’ • A groundwater withdrawal permit is required from the DEQ for groundwater withdrawals that exceed 300,000 gallons per month, as reported in the 2016 report. • A groundwater withdrawal permit is required whether the withdrawal is from the lower, mid or upper aquifer. • No groundwater permits for long-time existing or new confined poultry operations have been issued by DEQ at this time. • The following slide is provided related to groundwater withdrawal applications filed in the last year. PLEASE NOTE THAT THE FOLLOWING CHART REFERS TO ZONING PERMIT #S, NOT POULTRY HOUSE NUMBERS , IN ORDER TO CORRELATE TO THE DEQ INFORMATION. 17

GROUNDWATER WITHDRAWAL cont.’ AS OF 01/29/2018, DEQ WATER WITHDRAWAL PERMIT STATUS FOR POULTRY HOUSE ZONING PERMITS ISSUED BY ACCOMACK COUNTY BETWEEN 7/1/2014 - 12/31/2017 TOTAL Zoning Permits Applied & Approved BY Application NO ACCOMACK COUNTY Application Submitted & NO APPLICATION FOR POULTRY HOUSES Submitted & Permit Permit # Assigned SUBMITTED AS OF 12/31/2017 # Assigned as of 01/29/2018 TO DEQ TOTAL 31 19 2 10 As of 01/29/2018, DEQ WATER WITHDRAWAL PERMIT STATUS FOR POULTRY HOUSE ZONING PERMITS IN EXISTENCE PRIOR TO JULY 1, 2014 Poultry Houses in Existence Prior to July 1, 2014 13 0 0 18

BUFFER OVERVIEW 19

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STORMWATER PRESENTATION Separate Power Point Presentation prepared by Chris Guvernator 22

Stormwater Planning Commission Meeting February 27, 2018 23

Stormwater Management Program County Code Section 38-86 (Article IV) Purpose: protect the quality and quantity of state waters from the • potential harm of unmanaged stormwater, including protection from a land-disturbing activity causing unreasonable degradation of properties, water quality, stream channels, and other natural resources Virginia DEQ mandated and County Administered (since July 2014) • Complex Regulations and Design Guidelines • Pre-development verses Post-development • Best Management Practices (BMPs) • BMPs: Permeable Pavement, Grass Channels, Dry Swales, Bioretention, Infiltration, Extended Detention Pond, Sheetflow to Filter / Open Space, Wet Swale, Filtering Practices, Constructed Wetlands, Wet Ponds, Manufactured Treatment Devices 24 Department of Environmental Programs

Example Stormwater Management System Summers Rest Poultry (February 2017) 25 Department of Environmental Programs

Example Stormwater Management System Sheet flow from each roof into small grass channels 26 Department of Environmental Programs

Example Stormwater Management System Sheet flow from grass channels into conveyance ditches 27 Department of Environmental Programs

Example Stormwater Management System Shallow concentrated flow from conveyance ditches into sediment forebays 28 Department of Environmental Programs

Example Stormwater Management System Sediment forebays overflow into Wet Best Management Practice (BMP) 29 Department of Environmental Programs

Example Stormwater Management System Sediment basin overflows into Level 2 wet pond BMP 30 Department of Environmental Programs

Stormwater Management Wet pond BMP overflow discharge from site 31 Department of Environmental Programs

Construction & Operation Period Frequent Inspections of Construction Site • 1. Verbal corrective action directive 2. Written corrective action directive 3. Notice to Comply (formal letter) 4. Notice of Violation (formal letter 5. Legal action (criminal charges and fines) Final Inspection & Receipt of Record Drawings • Operational Inspections (once every 5 years) • 32 Department of Environmental Programs

Comments & Questions 33 Department of Environmental Programs

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