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HomeMy WebLinkAbout310150_NOD-2020-WQ-0001_20191119ROY COOPER Governor MICHAEL S. REGAN Secretary S. DANIEL SMITH Director Doug Bond 805 NC Hwy 50 Wallace, NC 2866 NORTH CAROLINA Environmental Quality November 19, 2019 Subject: Notice of Deficiency Doug Bond Farm #31-150 AWS310150 Duplin County NOD-2020-WQ-0001 Dear Mr. Bond: On November 19, 2019, staff of the NC Division of Water Resources (DWR), Water Quality Regional Operations Section (WQROS), were notified of a high freeboard level at your facility. 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 Swine Waste System General Permit No. 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 in accordance with Condition V. 2. of Swine Waste System General Permit No. AWG100000. On November 19, 2019, a lagoon/storage pond level was documented at 18 inches in the lagoon. A level of 19.5 inches is the maximum level allowed by your permit and Certified Animal Waste Management Plan. Required Corrective Action for Deficiency 1: The Division has received a 30-Day Plan of Action for the high freeboard occurrence. Take all necessary additional steps to insure lagoon levels remain in compliance with Section 2 of your permit. DNorth Carolina Department of Environmental Quality Division of Water Resources E Q�� _ Wilmington Regional Office 1127 Cardinal Drive Extension I Wilmington, North Carolina 28405 NORTH CARD OapartmeM o�Enviw ronmenWl Uual� 910.7 /p 6.7215 You are required to take any necessary action to address the above violation. 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 Quality 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 John Perry at 910-796-7341 or via email at John.Perry@ncdenr.gov or myself at (910) 796-7386. Sincerely, Tom Tharrington, Assistant Regional Supervisor Water Quality Regional Operations Section Wilmington Regional Office Division of Water Resources, NCDEQ cc: Laserfiche: AWS310150