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ROY COOPER
Governor
MICHAEL S. REGAN
Secretary
S. DANIEL SMITH
Director
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
July 24, 2020
CERTIFIED MAIL
RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED
CM# 7018 1830 0000 9681 5128
Richard D. Sholar
Richard Sholar Farm
1191 Deep Bottom Rd.
Wallace, NC 28466
Subject:
Notice of Violation
Richard Sholar Farm #31-581
AWS310581
Duplin County
NOV-2020-PC-0325
Dear Mr. Sholar:
On July 16, 2020, staff of the NC Division of Water Resources (DWR), Water Quality Regional
Operations Section (WQROS) noted during a compliance inspection a failure to perform
calibrations for irrigation equipment.
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, a violation has been noted for a failure to calibrate irrigation equipment under the
Swine Waste System General Permit No. AWG100000 that you are covered to operate under.
Violation l:
Failure to calibrate irrigation equipment in accordance with Condition II.26. of Swine Waste
System General Permit No. AWG100000.
The facility last calibrated the irrigation equipment on November 25, 2017.
D E Qbi�� North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality I Division of Water Resources
Wilmington Regional Office 1 127 Cardinal Drive Extension I Wilmington, North Carolina 28405
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Required Corrective Action for Violation 1:
The facility should calibrate irrigation equipment at least once every two calendar years.
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(kncdenr.gov or myself at [phone].
Sincerely,
EDocuSigned by:
Tom
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Tom Tharrington, Assistant Regional Supervisor
Water Quality Regional Operations Section
Wilmington Regional Office
Division of Water Resources, NCDEQ
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