WQ0013808_Other_20200217

ROY COOPER
Governor
MICHAEL S. REGAN
Secretary
S. DANIEL SMITH
Director
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
February 17, 2020
CERTIFIED MAIL NO. 70181830 00018029 2583
RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED
DAN WITCHER
KOTIS PROPERTIES, INC.
POST OFFICE BOX 9296
GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA 27429-9296
Subject: Request for Remission of
Civil Penalties Pursuant to
G.S. 143-215.6A(f)
Enforcement Case File No.
PC-2019-0042
Guilford County
Dear Mr. Witcher:
The Environmental Management Commission's (EMC) Committee on Civil Penalty Remissions
(Committee) shall make the final agency decision on your request for remission of the subject civil penalties
on March 5, 2020. Based upon your submitted remission request, please see the checked item below:
® The EMC Chairman has considered the written record and determined that an oral presentation
is necessary. Please arrive prepared to present your remission request. You will be allotted
approximately five minutes to present. Be advised that the Committee cannot consider any
information other than that submitted in the original remission request. Please note, the State
Bar's Opinion regarding the unauthorized practice of law affects your method of presenting to
the Committee:
➢ If you are an individual or business owner and are presenting to the Committee, then you
do not need legal representation. However, if you intend on having an individual speak on
your behalf regarding the factual situations, such as an expert, engineer, or other consultant,
then you shall also be present in order to avoid violating the State Bar's Opinion on the
unauthorized practice of law.
➢ If you are a corporation, partnership, or municipality and are presenting to the Committee,
then your representative shall review the State Bar's Opinion to ensure they are not
practicing law without a license if the representative is not a licensed attorney. Presentation
of facts by non -lawyers is permissible.
Be advised that the Committee may choose not to proceed with the case hearing if the
Committee is informed that a potential violation regarding the unauthorized practice of law has
occurred.
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512 North Salisbury Street 1 1617 Mail Service Center 1 Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1617
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❑ No request for an oral presentation was made. Therefore, you may attend this meeting, but
will not give a presentation of your case.
❑ The EMC Chairman has considered the written record and determined that no oral presentation
will be made. You may attend this meeting, but will not give a presentation of your case.
The Committee will convene at 12:30 PM, or immediately following the closing of the regularly
scheduled EMC business meeting. Committee meetings are held in the Archdale Building's Crime Control
& Public Safety Conference Room (G24D), located at 512 North Salisbury St. in Downtown Raleigh (see
enclosed map). The length of EMC meetings is determined by its agenda, and the amount of discussion
given to each topic. EMC meetings often extend into the early afternoon. You are advised to arrive for the
Committee meeting no later than 12:30 PM in order to ensure your opportunity to present your case (if
applicable) in the event the Committee begins at its appointed time.
If you have any questions, please contact Chloe Lloyd at 919-707-3657 or [e-mail].
Sincerely,
Daniel Smith, Director
Division of Water Resources
Enclosure
cc: Winston-Salem Regional Office, Water Quality Regional Operations Section
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