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NOR—rH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
ROY COOPER
Governor
MICHAEL S. REGAN
Secretary
LINDA CULPEPPER
Director September 16, 2019
CERTIFIED MAIL
RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED
CM#7018 1830 0000 9509 8249
Kornegay Brothers Inc.
362 Scotts Store Road
Mt Olive, NC 28365
Subject: Notice of Violation
Pleasant Grove Nursery 1&2 #31-287
AWS310287
Duplin County
NOV-2019-PC-0636
Dear Kornegay Brothers Inc.:
On August 13, 2019, staff of the NC Division of Water Resources (DWR), Water Quality
Regional Operations Section (WQROS) conducted a compliance inspection at your facility and
discovered a violation.
As a result of this incident, you are hereby notified that, having been permitted to have a non -
discharge permit for the subject animal waste disposal system pursuant to 15A NCAC 2T
Section .1300, you have failed to provide a calibration in accordance with your Certified Animal
Waste Management Plan and the Swine Waste System General Permit No. AWG100000 that
you are covered to operate under.
Violation 1:
Failure to obtain a calibration in accordance with the facility's Certified Animal Waste
Management Plan in accordance with Condition I1.24. of Swine Waste System General Permit
No. AWG100000.
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (Division of Water Resources - Washington Regional Office
943 Washington Square Mall, Washington, North Carolina 27889
252-946-6481

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On August 13, 2019, a compliance inspection was completed, and the facility failed to provide a
Calibration of irrigation equipment. The calibration was due in 2018.
Required Corrective Action for Violation 1:
Please complete a calibration in 2019. Take all necessary additional steps to insure a calibration
is completed every other year.
You are required to take any necessary action to address the above violation. You are
required to provide a written response to this Notice, including any additional information
that you wish to provide related to this incident that you wish for the Division to consider,
within 30 days of receipt of this letter. Please include in your response all corrective actions
already taken and a schedule for completion of any corrective actions not addressed.
Failure to comply with conditions in a permit may result in a recommendation of enforcement
action, to the Director of the Division of Water Quality who may issue a civil penalty assessment
of not more than twenty-five thousand ($25,000) dollars against any "person" who violates or
fails to act in accordance with terms, conditions, or requirements of a permit under authority of
G.S. 143-215.6A
If you have any questions concerning this Notice, please contact me at [phone].
Sincerely,
David May
Water Quality Regional Operations Supervisor
Washington Regional Office
cc: DWR - WQROS - CAFO Unit — Central Office
Duplin County Soil and Water Conservation District
NCDSWC - WaRO
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North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality IDivision of Water Resources - Washington Regional Office
943 Washington Square Mall, Washington, North Carolina 27889
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