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Albemarle
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September 8, 2009
1homas Jeiaerson Soil and 'Water Conservation district
7:.:6 Forest St., Suite G, Char!ottesville, VA 22903
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Phone: 540-967-5940 Fax: 540-967-2557
Bob Tucker, Albemarle County Executive
401 McIntire Road
Charlottesville, VA 22902
Dear Mr. Tucker:
Early Dawn Dairy, located near Crozet, VA, is applying for a Confined Animal Feeding Operation
(CAFO) permit through the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ). One of the necessary
components of the permitting process is to make certain the operation is in accord with all local
government ordinances.
Albemarle County's Water Protection Ordinance (WPO) requires a 25 -ft buffer on all cropland
bordering perennial streams. While there has been some infringement into the buffer area in the
past, Mr. Brooking has committed to addressing those minor areas by seeding fescue with a barley
nurse crop this fall. He will work closely with the Conservation District on the protection of his buffers
as well as many other conservation practices such as no -till planting and cover crop establishment.
When the WPO was written, Albemarle County asked the Thomas Jefferson Soil and Water
Conservation District (TJSWCD)_ to take technical authority on certifying the compliance of all farms.
Enclosed you will find the certification form stating that Early Dawn Dairy is in accord with all local
government ordinances which I have signed as the technical authority.
Please feel free to contact me with questions or concerns. If you have none, please sign this letter and
send it on to Gary A. Flory with the DEQ. I have enclosed a stamped, addressed envelope for your
convenience.
Best regards, �.
Emily Nelson
Conservation Specialist
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County ofAibemarle
County Executive's Offtc:p_
"To exercise leadership in promoting natural resource protection"
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LOCAL GOVERNMENT ORDINANCE FORM
For requests for coverage under the Virginia Pollution Abatement General Permit for Confined
Animal Feeding Operations
In reference to the request
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For certification of an operation located at: 37 � 3 Cclw Nk L qn f,
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I hereby certify,
_Z(1) That the proposed location, and operation of the facility is consistent
with all ordinances adopted pursuant to Chapter 22 (§15.2-2200 et seq.) of
Title 15.2 of the Code of Virginia
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(2) That no local ordinances are in effect pursuant to Chapter 22 (§ 15.2-2200 et seq.)
of Title 15.2 of the Code of Virginia
or
(3) That the proposed location and operation of the facility is not consistent with
all ordinances adopted pursuant to Chapter 22 (§ 15.2-2200 et seq.) of Title 15.2 of the Code
of Virginia
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Please return this form to:
Gary A. Flory
Agriculture and Water Quality Assessments Manager
Department of Environmental Quality
Valley Regional Office
4411 Early Road
P.O. Box 3000
Harrisonburg, Virginia 22801
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