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PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING

FEBRUARY 27, 2018 WORK SESSION

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.

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POULTRY ZONING ORDINANCE - HISTORY

• 7/29/2015: Staff Report to BOS on Poultry Industry
• 8/16/2015: BOS directs PC to work on proposed poultry ordinance
• 9/9/2015 – 10/31/2015: PC meets to discuss proposed ordinance
• 11/4/2015: PC holds public hearing on proposed ordinance
• 1/13/2016: BOS reviews proposed ordinance
• 2/3/2016: BOS adopts new poultry ordinance

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 7

M O N T H S

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POULTRY PERMIT APPLICATION #s February 27, 2018

Approved # of total Poultry Houses In Process Applications -# of total Poultry Houses TOTAL # POULTRY HOUSES

• f APPROVED & IN

PROCESS 2017 Report

Presented at 2/8/2017 PC Meeting

68 165* 233

2018 Report

Presented at 2/27/2018 PC Meeting

240 15 255

*2017 In Process #s were adjusted to remove inactive applications

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POULTRY APPLICATONS July 1, 2014 thru December 31, 2017

(No further applications have been received as of 2/27/2018)

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# OF APPLICATIONS

FOR POULTRY HOUSES RECEIVED BY QUARTER JULY 1, 2014 – DECEMBER 31, 2017

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

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Status of Construction of the 240 Poultry Houses Approved

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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
• f groundwater needed for poultry cooling water

NOTE: The usage #s are representative for the new poultry houses only.

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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

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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 1,125,000 gallons per house per year ÷ 12 months =

• 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) 270,000 gpy ÷ 12 months = 93,750 gallons per month per house Cooling HIGH RANGE 22,500 gallons per month per house Cooling MID RANGE

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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

141,900 cooling gallons per year ÷ 12 months = 11,825 gallons 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

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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

• f the upper aquifer ) will determine feasibility.

Tyson did NOT announce that it would be pulling its consumption (drinking water) from the upper aquifer.

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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.

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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 ACCOMACK COUNTY FOR POULTRY HOUSES AS OF 12/31/2017 Application Submitted & Permit # Assigned Application Submitted & NO Permit # Assigned as of 01/29/2018 NO APPLICATION SUBMITTED 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

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BUFFER OVERVIEW

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STORMWATER PRESENTATION Separate Power Point Presentation prepared by Chris Guvernator

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Stormwater

Planning Commission Meeting February 27, 2018

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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)

Department of Environmental Programs

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

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Example Stormwater Management System

Department of Environmental Programs

Summers Rest Poultry (February 2017)

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Department of Environmental Programs

Sheet flow from each roof into small grass channels

Example Stormwater Management System

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Department of Environmental Programs

Sheet flow from grass channels into conveyance ditches

Example Stormwater Management System

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Department of Environmental Programs

Shallow concentrated flow from conveyance ditches into sediment forebays

Example Stormwater Management System

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Department of Environmental Programs

Sediment forebays overflow into Wet Best Management Practice (BMP)

Example Stormwater Management System

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Department of Environmental Programs

Sediment basin overflows into Level 2 wet pond BMP

Example Stormwater Management System

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Stormwater Management

Department of Environmental Programs

Wet pond BMP overflow discharge from site

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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)

Department of Environmental Programs

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Comments & Questions

Department of Environmental Programs

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ECONOMIC IMPACT

• According to the 2012 Census of Agriculture for Accomack County, the market value
• f poultry and their products is $112,419,000 and ranks 4th in the state in poultry

production; there are over 4,000 employment positions associated with the poultry

• industry. The 2017 Census of Agriculture is underway by the U.S. Department of

Agriculture (USDA) and has not been released at the time of this report.

• As new poultry houses are constructed that comply with the requirements of the

integrators with more sophisticated equipment and technology, the County is beginning to ascertain the impact on its tax rolls and how this may increase tax revenue for both real estate and personal property. Three parcels have been sampled to examine the tax impact.

Map & Parcel 2014 Tax Valuation 2016 Tax Valuation Increase in Valuation Increase in Local Real Estate Taxes 26-A-44 (Ish Farm LLC) $193,600 $2,353,800 $2,160,200 $13,177 68-A-196 (Elahi LLC) $84,600 $1,453,400 $1,368,800 $ 8,350 69-A-51 (Shore Livestock) $667,300 $1,240,900 $ 573,600 $ 3,499

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DELMARVA LAND & LITTER UPDATE

• The Delmarva Land & Litter Challenge (DLLC) , formed in 2015 with participation from the

Delmarva poultry industry, the agricultural community, environmental groups, regulatory agencies, and academic organizations, is tasked with developing new approaches to effectively tackle poultry litter challenges and to identify ways to protect the peninsula’s waterways.

• DLLC has been studying the poultry litter transport programs and have developed a model
• program. Their model program includes components that (1) eliminate duplicative enforcement
• r oversight provisions within state cost-share transport programs; (2) encourage farmers to use

available programs and create new record-keeping systems to identify eligible participants.

• In 2016, the Virginia Institute of Marine Science – Eastern Shore Lab (VIMS ESL) and the VA Tech

Agricultural Research Extension Center (VA AREC) received funding to conduct a study entitled “Poultry Expansion on the Easter Shore of Virginia: A Public Education Project on Regional Poultry Impacts”. Said project is to address the nutrient mass balance modeled after work completed in Delaware regarding nutrient imports and exports; study the potential nitrogen and phosphorus loading to waterways from various production components; review emerging technologies to assist with nutrient handling; and other issues that may be relevant to this topic.

• It was anticipated that this report would be available at this point; however, due to delays in the

project from Delaware regarding its Mass Balance Assessment which is needed data to assist in this report, no new timetable has been released as to when this report will be available.

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*5 Year Industry Projection is information from 2 of the 4 Integrators that Operate in the County. 37

OTHER ITEMS

• ON-SITE HOUSING
• COMPLAINTS
• POULTRY FIRES
• AVIAN INFLUENZA
• FUTURE CONSIDERATIONS/ ITEMS TO MONITOR
• Any other Matters identified by the Planning

Commission

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DRAFT TABLE OF CONTENTS

• Poultry Zoning Ordinance – History
• Zoning Permit – Sample
• Map of Poultry Houses
• Charts on Poultry House Numbers
• Groundwater Withdrawal
• Buffers
• Stormwater
• Economic Impact
• Delmarva Land & Litter Challenge
• Future Projections
• Other Items

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