400144_NOD-2020-PC-0041_20200224

ROY COOPER
Governor
MICHAEL S. REGAN
Secretary
S. DANIEL SMITH
Director
Mr. Danny Miller
Danny Miller Farm
1211 Corbett Town Road
Snow Hill, North Carolina 28580
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
February 24, 2020
Subject: Notice of Deficiency - Freeboard Level
Danny Miller Farm #40-144
AWS400144
Greene County
NOD-2020-PC-0042
Dear Mr. Miller:
On February 21, 2020 during a telephone conversation with staff of the NC Division of Water
Resources (DWR), you reported a high freeboard level (18 inches) in the primary lagoon.
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 been found to have insufficient freeboard in accordance with your
Certified Animal Waste Management Plan and the NC Swine Waste Management System
General Permit AWG100000 that you are covered to operate under.
Deficiency 1:
Failure to maintain waste level in your lagoon/storage pond in accordance with the facility's
Certified Animal Waste Management Plan and with Condition V. 2. of NC Swine Waste
Management System General Permit AWG100000.
On February 21, 2020 a lagoon/storage pond level was documented at 18 inches of freeboard at
the primary lagoon. A level of 19 inches is the maximum level allowed by your permit and
Certified Animal Waste Management Plan.
Corrective Action for Deficiency 1:
D E Qbi�� North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality I Division of Water Resources
Washington Regional Office 1 943 Washington Square Mall I Washington, North Carolina 27889
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A 30-day Plan of Action should have been submitted on February 25, 2020. Take all necessary
additional steps to insure lagoon levels remain in compliance with Section 2 of your permit.
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.
Please work to ensure that your facility is managed in a way to maintain compliance with permit
and animal waste management plan requirements. 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 that 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 letter, please contact me at (252)-948-3939.
Sincerely,
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David May, L.G. Regional Supervisor
Water Quality Regional Operations Section
Division of Water Resources
Washington Regional Office
cc: DWR-WQROS-CAFO Unit -Central Office
Greene County Soil and Water Conservation District
NCDSWC - WaRO