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Water Resources
Environmental Quality
June 23, 2017
CERTIFIED MAIL 7013 2630 0002 0760 9268
RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED
Chris Casteen
622 Cedar Fork Rd
Beulaville, NC 28518
Subject: NOTICE OF DEFICIENCY
NOD-2017-PC-0197
Administrative Code 15A NCAC 2T .1304
H & K Farm, Facility 67-77 Permit No. AW S670077
Onslow County
Dear Mr. Casteen:
ROY COOPER
Gonertar
MICHAEL S. REGAN
secretory
S. JAY ZIMMERMAN
Dit ector
On June 6, 2017, staff of the NC Division of Water Resources (DWR) inspected the II & K Farm
and the permitted waste management system.
As a result of this correspondence, you are hereby notified that, having been permitted to have a non -
discharge permit for the subject animal waste management system pursuant to 15A NCAC 2T .1304, you
have been found to be in violation of your Certified Animal Waste Management Plan (CAWMP) and the
Swine Waste System General Permit No. AWG100000 as follows:
Deficiency 1:
Failure in land applying accordance with Condition II. 22. of the Swine Waste System General Permit No.
AWG 100000:
Land application of waste is prohibited during precipitation events. The Permittee shall consider pending
weather conditions in making the decision to land apply waste and shall document the weather conditions
at the time of land application on forms supplied by or approved by the Division.
Land application of waste shall cease within four (4) hours of the time that the National Weather Service
issues a Hurricane Warning, Tropical Storm Warning, or a Flood Watch associated with a tropical system
including a hurricane, tropical storm, or tropical depression for the county in which the permitted facility
is located. Watches and warnings are posted on the National Weather Service's website located at:
www.weather.eov. More detailed website information can be found on page 2 of the Certificate of
Coverage. Watch and warning information can also be obtained by calling the local National Weather
Service Office that serves the respective county, which can be found on Page 2 of the Certificate of
Coverage.
State of North Carolina I Environmental Quality I Water Resources
127 Cardinal Drive Extension, Wdming m, North Carolina 28405
910-796-7386

The Director may require any pennittee to install, operate and maintain devices on all irrigation
pumps/equipment designed to automatically stop irrigation activities during precipitation. This decision
will be based on the facility's compliance history for irrigation events.
On June 6, 2017 staff from the Wilmington Regional Office (WIRO) reviewed records of pumping events
during a compliance inspection, and found that this facility was not in compliance in regards to land
applying in accordance with Condition I1.22. of the Swine Waste System General Permit No. AWG 100000.
IRR2 records indicated there was irrigation on Pull 6 of September 1, 2016 on Bermuda from 10:00am to
3:00 pin. The National Weather Service beginning at 10:44 am issued a Flash Flood watch, associated with
Tropical System Hermine, for the County of Onslow, and therefore pumping should have ceased at 2:44
Jim on September 1, 2016.
Required Corrective Action for Deficiency 1:
Please provide to our office, a description of the corrective action taken to resolve this issue.
You are required to provide a written response to this Notice by July 27, 2017. Please include in your
response all corrective actions already taken and a schedule for completion of any corrective actions not
addressed.
You may wish to contact your County Soil & Water Conservation District Office, County Extension office,
a qualified technical specialist, and/or a professional engineer for any assistance they may be able to
provide.
If you have any questions concerning this Notice, please contact me at [phone].
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Jim Gregson, Regional Supervisor
Water Quality Regional Operations Section
Wilmington Regional Office
Division of Water Resources, NCDEQ
cc: WQROS CAFO Unit
Donna Wallace, Onslow County Soil and Water Conservation District
Kraig Westerbeek, Murphy Brown LLC
DWQ Wilmington Animal Files 67-77
G:\WQ\Shared\ANIMALS\ONSLOW\2017\67-77 NOD

Chris Casteen
H&K Farm (67-77)
622 Cedar Fork Road
Beulaville, North Carolina 28518
June 28, 2016
Jim Gregson
NC Division of Water Resources
127 Cardinal Drive Extension
Wilmington, North Carolina 28405
Reference: NOD-2017-PC-0197
Dear Jim Gregson:
This memo is to address the Notice of Deficiency letter sent to me on June, 23 2017.
Please accept the following information for corrective actions.
Deficiency 1: I have always considered pending weather conditions in making the
decision to land apply waste. As stated in the NoD I was only 15 minutes
past the 4 hour window. I would not have pumped past 2:44 pm that day
if I had received the correct weather information when I started pumping
that day. That day had many weather alerts at different times. I thought
the watch/warning had come out at 11:00am.
In conclusion moving forward I will pay much more attention to weather reports.
Sincerely,
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Chris Casteen
Owner/Operator