NC0082821_NOV-2020-PC-0052_20200220

ROY COOPER
Governor
MICHAEL S. REGAN
Secretary
S. DANIEL SMITH
Director
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
February 20, 2020
Certified Mail # 7018 0360 0002 2099 1031
Return Receipt Requested
Jennifer Bunting
Southern States Cooperative Inc.
6606 W. Broad Street
Richmond, VA 23260
Subject: NOTICE OF VIOLATION
Tracking Number: NOV 2020 PC 0052
Permit No. NCO082821
Statesville Fertilizer Plant
Iredell County
Dear Ms. Bunting:
A review of the November 2019 and December 2019 Discharge Monitoring Reports (DMRs) for
the subject facility revealed the violation(s) indicated below:
Permit Condition Violation(s):
Sample
Location Parameter uate type of violation
001 Effluent Permit Condition Failure 11/19/2019 Failure to report system shutdown
to report system as required by part II Section E
shutdown Reporting Requirements
001 Effluent Permit Condition Failure 12/23/2019 Failure to report system shutdown
to report system as required by part II Section E
shutdown Reporting Requirements
Part II STANDARD CONDITIONS FOR NPDES PERMITS: SECTION E Reporting Requirements (9)(b)
Noncompliance Notification: (9) The permittee shall report by telephone to either the central
office or the appropriate regional office of the Division as soon as possible, but no later than 24
hours or on the next working day following the occurrence of:
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(a) Any process unit failure, due to known or unknown reasons, that render the facility
incapable of adequate wastewater treatment such as mechanical or electrical failures of
pumps, aerators, compressors, etc.
This information was also conveyed during the Compliance Inspection site visit of July 16, 2018,
and recorded in the Compliance Inspection Report dated July 27, 2018.
Please be advised that this letter is a Notice of Violation. You are requested to respond to this
Notice in writing within fifteen (15) days of receipt indicating your actions taken to resolve the
non-compliance issues and prevent them in the future.
Failure to comply with conditions in a permit may result in a recommendation of enforcement
action, to the Director of the Division of Water Resources, 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 the terms, conditions, or requirements of a permit
under authority of G.S. 143-215.6A.
If you have any questions concerning this matter, please contact Edward Watson of the
Mooresville Regional Office at 704-235-2198 or by email at [e-mail].
Sincerely,
DocuSigned by:
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Andrew H. Pitner, Assistant Regional Supervisor
Water Quality Regional Operations Section
Mooresville Regional Office
Division of Water Resources, NCDEQ
Cc: WQS Mooresville Regional Office Enforcement File
NPDES Compliance/Enforcement Unit Enforcement File
Duncklee and Dunham, P.C. (via email)