Complaint ID 110244 — Public Copy
Report generated February 25, 2026 4:32 PM.
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Status: Approved/Closed
- Complaint Received
- September 16, 2024 10:00 AM
- Assigned Office
- Southwest Region
- Complaint Closed
- December 23, 2025 3:22 PM
- Review Comments
- [Not entered]
Nature of Complaint
Farmer is bringing soybean product from out of state and dumping on field. Mr. Coarsey estimated about 950 tons has been dumped. He also said the Farmer is planning on brining chicken feces to mix with and fertilize his land.
- Primary Concern
- Comprehensive Solid Waste
- Secondary Concern
- [Not entered]
Complaint Location
- Location of Complaint
- - 844 Whitley Tucker Rd - intersection of Paul king road and Flat Creek Church road
- City of Complaint
- Enigma
- County of Complaint
- Berrien County
Source
- Source Name
- Caton Farms - Open Dumping
- Facility ID Number
- [Not entered]
Source Contact
- Contact Name
- Tony Kincaid
- Source Address
- 844 Whitley Tucker Rd
Enigma , Georgia 31749
Actions
Other
23‑Dec‑2025 by Nur Salama
Consent Order No. EPD-SW-3021 executed.
Other
12‑Dec‑2025 by Nur Salama
EPD received an impact statement from complainants. Please see attached.
Other
24‑Nov‑2025 by Nur Salama
Contacted Mr. Caton to ask if he had been able to read through the consent order.
Consent/Administrative Order
10‑Nov‑2025 by Nur Salama
Proposed Consent Order issued.
Other
15‑Oct‑2025 by Nur Salama
Proposed consent order under review.
Other
30‑Sep‑2025 by Nur Salama
Contacted Tony about records showing that 75% of the material brought onto the site has been removed within the rolling calendar year.
Other
18‑Sep‑2025 by Nur Salama
Met with Tony, Berrien county commissioners and Berrien County code enforcement to discuss the remaining soy bean material on the property. Tony has been unable to produce tonnage records for the months of August and September.
Follow-Up Investigation
4‑Sep‑2025 by Nur Salama
More soybean material has appeared to be spread on the field.
Other
4‑Aug‑2025 by Nur Salama
Department of Ag contacted the office regarding a complaint they received about the soy beans being staged at the Alapaha site. During the inspection they runoff in the road ditches. See photos attached.
Follow-Up Investigation
15‑Jul‑2025 by Nur Salama
It appears that Mr. Kincaid has started land applying the soybean material on the parcel. See photos attached.
Follow-Up Investigation
26‑Jun‑2025 by Nur Salama
Contacted Mr. Kincaid to check on his progress of reaching 75% removal of soybean material by August at the Paul King site. He stated that have started spreading.
Follow-Up Investigation
1‑May‑2025 by Nur Salama
All chicken litter was removed from the Paul King Road site.
Other
26‑Mar‑2025 by Nur Salama
Mr. Kincaid has asked for an extension to remove the remaining chicken litter. See attached.
Notice Of Violation
11‑Mar‑2025 by Nur Salama
NOV issued.
Follow-Up Investigation
18‑Feb‑2025 by Nur Salama
Serena Broska accompanied me to an inspection.
Other
6‑Feb‑2025 by Nur Salama
Contacted Mr. Kincaid for an update. He stated he has started spreading the soybean material and is continuing to spread the chicken litter. Site visit scheduled for 2/18/25.
Follow-Up Investigation
7‑Jan‑2025 by Nur Salama
Half of the chicken litter was removed from the Paul King Rd. Site. The other half is still covered and the tree and limb debris was mulched.
No soybean material at either site appeared to be moved.
Status Letter
5‑Dec‑2024 by Lisa Myler
PBR-010-0020 issued for a Class 2 Composting Facility. Permit attached.
Notice Of Violation
12‑Nov‑2024 by Nur Salama
NOV issued for both this CTS and CTS 110121. All actions going forward for both complaints will be updated on this CTS.
Follow-Up Investigation
29‑Oct‑2024 by Nur Salama
Lisa Myler, Serena Broska, Henry Higgs (Georgia Department of Agriculture) and I met with Tony Kincaid to discuss his plan for the material. He had brought in wheat hay, and bentonite clay to mix with the soybean material. He was unclear on if he would be mixing and composting the material or harrowing into the land in agronomic rates. We gave him some recovered materials information and let him know he would need a PBR if he wanted to compost.
Follow-Up Investigation
9‑Oct‑2024 by Nur Salama
Spoke with Mr. Tony Kincaid and set a meeting to discuss his plan for the material.
Initial Investigation
1‑Oct‑2024 by Nur Salama
Serena Broska accompanied me to the initial site visit. I was able to confirm mounds of soybean material were being dumped. Will follow-up with the property owner. See CTS110244 OCT1 Photos
Initial Investigation
19‑Sep‑2024 by Nur Salama
The dumping is happening by the same source in CTS 110121.
Attachments
(Attachments may not be available for complaints resolved before April 2018. Please note that not every complaint has attachments.)
| File | Size | Date Uploaded |
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| CTS110244 OCT1 Photos.pdf | 1.2 MB | 2‑Oct‑2024 |
| CTS110244 OCT29 Photos.pdf | 1.2 MB | 1‑Nov‑2024 |
| CTS 110244 12nov24.pdf | 67.8 KB | 14‑Nov‑2024 |
| Permit-by-Rule Class 2 Composting Facility Operation_Caton Farms 12052024-1.pdf | 156.5 KB | 6‑Dec‑2024 |
| 7JAN24CTS110244.pdf | 642.3 KB | 9‑Jan‑2025 |
| CTS 110244 11mar25.pdf | 41.4 KB | 11‑Mar‑2025 |
| EPD NOV Extension Request .pdf | 68.7 KB | 27‑Mar‑2025 |
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| CTS110244 15jul25 photos.pdf | 1.1 MB | 16‑Jul‑2025 |
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1.0 MB | 4‑Aug‑2025 |
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1.4 MB | 8‑Sep‑2025 |
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877.2 KB | 8‑Sep‑2025 |
| 20251215133331375.pdf | 84.6 KB | 15‑Dec‑2025 |
| Caton Executed Consent Order 22dec25.pdf | 236.0 KB | 23‑Dec‑2025 |