820102_NOD-2020-PC-0456_20200929

ROY COOPER
Governor
MICHAEL S. REGAN
Secretary
S. DANIEL SMITH
Director
Mr. James B Best
439 J B Wilson Road
Newton Grove, NC 28366
Subject: Notice of Deficiency
Jimmy Best Farm
AWS820102
Sampson County
NOD-2020-PC-00456
Dear Mr. Best:
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
September 29, 2020
On September 3, 2020 staff of the NC Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) Division of
Water Resources (DWR), Water Quality Regional Operations Section (WQROS) inspected the
Jimmy Best Farm and the permitted waste disposal system. We wish to thank Mr. Jimmy Best
and farm staff for their assistance during the inspection.
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 been found to be in violation of your permit as
follows:
Deficiency 1:
Failure to maintain the collection, treatment, and storage facilities, and the land application
equipment and fields shall be properly operated and maintained at all times, [15A NCAC 02T.
1304(b)] in accordance with Condition II 1. of Swine Waste System General Permit No.
AWG100000.
On September 3, 2020 during your Routine Compliance Inspection, DWR staff documented that
one of your pop in solid set sprinklers had been broken off by hay harvest equipment. This
allowed waste to drain out of the irrigation system and pond in the field and make its way to the
woods. You stated that you had repaired two other broken sprayers and had found this one with
plans to repair it later in the day. You or your farm staff failed to see that waste was flowing
from the underground pipe and contain such waste to prevent it from leaving the field. Prior to
DWR staff departing the farm it was documented that you had contained the waste.
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Mr. Jimmy Best
September 29, 2020
Required Corrective Action for Deficiency 1:
DWR would like to thank you for your quick response after being made aware of the problem.
On September 9, 2020, Greer Moore reported that you had repaired the broken hydrant pipe.
You stated that you did not have isolation valves in your irrigation system, but it would be
helpful to install these. This would allow you to turn off each zone for repair and allow you to
pump in other zones. In addition, you need to make sure the hydrants on the lower end of the
system are not allowed to drain after each spray event.
You are required to take any necessary action to address the above violation:
The Division of Water Quality requests that, in addition to the specified corrective action above, please
submit the following items on or before October 31, 2020.
1. An explanation from the OIC for this farm regarding how this violation occurred.
2. A list from the OIC concerning the steps that will betaken to prevent these violations from
occurring in the future.
3. Documentation that the irrigation line has been repaired.
Failure to comply with conditions in the 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 Steve Guyton at [phone]
or at Steve. guytongncdenr. _ og_v.
Sincerely,
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Trent Allen Regional Supervisor
Water Quality Regional Operations Section
Fayetteville Regional Office
Division of Water Resources, NCDEQ
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