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HomeMy WebLinkAbout540031_NOD-2021-PC-0039_20210127ROY COOPER Governor MICHAEL S. REGAN Secretary S. DANIEL SMITH Director Hugo Farms LLC 6489 Skeeter Pond Road Grifton, NC 28530 NORTH CAROLINA Environmental Quality January 27, 2021 Subject: Notice of Deficiency Hugo Farms, LLC Farm #54-31 AWS540031 Lenoir County NOD-2021-PC-0039 Dear Hugo Farms LLC: On January 5, 2021, 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 January 5, 2021, a lagoon/storage pond level was documented at 17 inches in the lagoon. A level of 19.5 inches in the lagoon is the maximum level allowed by your permit and Certified Animal Waste Management Plan. North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality Division of Water Resources Washington Regional Otfice 1943 Washington Square Mall I Washington, North Carolina 27889 252.946.6481 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 ensure lagoon levels remain in compliance with Section 2 of your permit. 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 30 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 (252) 948-3939. Sincerely, Rua MALI David May, L.G., Supervisor Water Quality Regional Operations Section Division of Water Resources Washington Regional Office cc: DWR - WQROS - CAFO Unit — Central Office Lenoir County Soil and Water Conservation District WaRO Laserfiche Files Smithfield Hog Production