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MICHAEL S.REGAN 3
Secretary .
M[CHAEL ABRACZBVSKAS
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NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
June 26, 2020
CERTIFIED MAIL
RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED 7017 2620 0000 6788 9250
Mr. Tony Sipe
Plant Manager
Sipe Lumber Company, Inc.
2750 Highway 64-90 West
Taylorsville,NC 28681
Subject: Notice of Violation—Maintenance Requirements
Sipe Lumber Company, Inc.
Taylorsville, North Carolina
Alexander County
03/0200038—Small
Air Permit No. 02799R09
Dear Mr. Sipe:
Air Permit No. 02799R09 was issued to Sipe Lumber Company, Inc., Taylorsville, Alexander
County,North Carolina on May 26, 2015; with an effective date of May 26, 2015. Specific Condition and
Limitation No. A.7. of said,permit states in part:
"...the Permittee shall perform, at a minimum, an annual (for each 12 month period following the
initial inspection) internal inspection of the cyclone system."
Ms. Sandra Sherer of this office performed a partial compliance evaluation of your facility,on June
19, 2020. During that evaluation, Ms. Sherer found that an annual internal inspection of the cyclone had
not been conducted within a 12-month period since the last annual internal inspection conducted on April
3, 2019. The last two internal inspections of the cyclone were conducted on April 3, 2019 and March 5,
2020. Therefore, this Notice of Violation is issued to Sipe Lumber Company, Inc. for violation of Air
Permit No. 02799R09 Specific Condition and Limitation No.A.7.
It is requested that a written response to this Notice of Violation be submitted to this office as '
soon as possible, but no later than ten days following receipt of this notice. Your response should
describe any corrective actions that have been taken by the company to assure compliance with the
referenced permit condition at all tunes.
North Carolina Department ofEmironmental Quality I DNlsionofAir Quallty
��/n Mooresville Regional Office 1 610 East Center Avenue,5uite30t I MooresMe,North Carolina 28115

Mr. Tony Sipe
June 26, 2020
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It should be noted that the violation cited in this letter or any additional documented violations could
result in the initiation of an enforcement action by this office in accordance with North Carolina General
Statute 143-215.114A, which provides for the assessment of civil penalties.
We appreciate your immediate.attention to this environmental concern. If you have any questions ,
with reference to this matter,please do not hesitate to contact Ms. Sandra Sherer or Mr. Joe Foutz,
regional compliance supervisor, at(704) 663-1699.
Sincerely,
Joye� E. Fouolz
For Bruce J.Ingle,Regional Supervisor
Division of Air Quality,NCDEQ
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