North Carolina Hog Farm Agrees to Comply With EPA Emergency Administrative Order.Business Editors & Environmental Writers ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 7, 2001 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), independent agency of the U.S. government, with headquarters in Washington, D.C. It was established in 1970 to reduce and control air and water pollution, noise pollution, and radiation and to ensure the safe handling and (EPA EPA eicosapentaenoic acid. EPA abbr. eicosapentaenoic acid EPA, n.pr See acid, eicosapentaenoic. EPA, n. ) announced today that Tommy Naylor Farm (Farm), a hog farm in Newton Grove, Sampson County, North Carolina Sampson County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of 2000, the population was 60,161. Its county seat is Clinton6. History The county was formed in 1784 from Duplin County. , is cooperating with an Emergency Administrative Order (Order) issued by the Agency. The Tommy Naylor Farm consists of two swine facilities (Farm no. 1 and no. 2) located at 12785 U.S. Highway 421 in Newton Grove. Together, the two farms occupy approximately 160 acres. The Order pertains only to Farm no. 2, which consists of approximately 1,225 hogs. The Order, issued in accordance with Section 1431 of the Safe Drinking, addresses nitrate contamination in the underground source of drinking water drinking water supply of water available to animals for drinking supplied via nipples, in troughs, dams, ponds and larger natural water sources; an insufficient supply leads to dehydration; it can be the source of infection, e.g. leptospirosis, salmonellosis, or of poisoning, e.g. underlying the Farm, which has resulted in the contamination of private water wells. The contamination may present an imminent and substantial threat to human health and the environment. Nitrate contamination in the groundwater at the facility and vicinity will continue to threaten human health until the source of contamination is removed and the site is remediated or until a permanent alternative source of drinking water is provided. The Order requires Tommy Naylor Farm to: provide alternate water to residences with contaminated wells; conduct additional sampling of three private wells on a quarterly basis; and propose a plan for an alternate permanent remedy. Due to documented groundwater standard violations in the private drinking water supply wells adjacent to Farm no. 2, the State of North Carolina North Carolina, state in the SE United States. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean (E), South Carolina and Georgia (S), Tennessee (W), and Virginia (N). Facts and Figures Area, 52,586 sq mi (136,198 sq km). Pop. has required Tommy Naylor Farm to install six monitoring wells at Farm no. 1 and no. 2. The wells are required to be sampled three times a year to help determine the extent of contamination. Drinking water with high concentrations of nitrates can cause serious illness and death in infants under six months of age from a condition known as "blue baby syndrome Blue baby syndrome (or simply, blue baby) is a layman's term used to describe newborns with cyanotic conditions, such as
Shortness of breath, or dyspnea, is a feeling of difficult or labored breathing that is out of proportion to the patient's level of physical activity. , and depriving the brain of oxygen, which impairs metabolism, and other bodily functions. These symptoms can develop rapidly in infants. |
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