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ROY COOPER
Governor
MICHAEL S. REGAN
Secretary
S. DANIEL SMITH
Director
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Mike Robinson
273 Fordham Road
Kinston, NC 28501
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
May 12, 2020
Subject: Notice of Violation
Uncovered Litter Stockpile
Fordham Road, Jones County
NOV-2020-PC-0165
Dear Mr. Robinson:
On March 6, 2020, staff of the NC Division of Water Resources (DWR), Water Quality Regional
Operations Section (WQROS) responded to a litter complaint in Jones County.
As a result of this incident, you are hereby notified that, you have been found to be in violation
with 15A NCAC 2T Section .1403 Permitting by Regulation. The violation is as follows:
Violation 1:
In accordance with 15A NCAC 2T Section .1403 Permitting by Regulation, animal waste is not
to be stockpiled uncovered for greater than 15 days.
On March 6, 2020 DWR was responding to an uncovered litter stockpile, located off Fordham
Road in Jones County. During the onsite inspection DWR found uncovered litter (see attached
pictures), stockpiled near a ditch. Additionally, there was the presence of leachate.
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Required Corrective Action for Violation 1:
Please note that uncovered stockpiled litter must be covered within 15 days in cases where
application events are prolonged. Additionally, stockpiled litter shall not be located closer than
100 feet from a perennial stream or perennial waterbody. Also, any discharge of wastewater
(leachate) to surface waters or wetlands is prohibited. Take all necessary steps to ensure this
does not happen in the future.
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 10 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 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 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,
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David May, L.G., Supervisor
Water Quality Regional Operations Section
Division of Water Resources
Washington Regional Office
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