HomeMy WebLinkAbout020005_NOV-2021-OP-0002_20210311ROY COOPER
Governor
DIONNE DELLI-GATTI
Secretary
S. DANIEL SMITH
Director
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
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RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED
March 10, 2021
Mrs. Timothy Payne
1265 Payne Dairy Rd
Taylorsville, NC 28681
SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLATION
Tracking No.: NOV-2021-OP-0002
15A N.C.A.C. 2T Section .1300
Animal Feeding Operation AWCO20005
Alexander County
Dear Mrs. Payne:
On December 21, 2020, Michael Meilinger of the North Carolina Division of Water Resources
(DWR), Water Quality Regional Operations Section (WQROS), conducted a Compliance
Evaluation Inspection of facility AWCO20005. During the inspection there was no Monitoring and
Reporting Requirements completed and the facility failed to secure a permit.
Violation I: Failure to complete Monitoring and Reporting Requirements
The following is an abbreviated list of permit conditions referenced from AWG200000 III.
Monitoring and Reporting Requirements.
1. An inspection of the waste collection, treatment, and storage structures, and runoff
control measures shall be conducted and documents at a frequency to ensure proper
operation.
2. Monitoring and reporting freeboard levels.
3. Monitoring and reporting precipitation events.
4. A standard Soil Fertility analysis should be completed every 3 years.
5. An analysis of a representative sample of the animal waste to be applied shall be
conducted in accordance with recommended laboratory sampling procedures as close to
the time of application as practical and at least within sixty (60) days (before or after) of
the date of application.
9. If, for any reason, there is a discharge from the waste collection, treatment, storage and
application systems (including the land application sites), to surface waters or wetlands,
the Permittee is required to make notification in accordance with Condition 111.17.
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Mooresville Regional Office 1610 East Center Avenue, Suite 301 I Mooresville, North Carolina 28115
704.6631699
15. A copy of this General Permit, the facility's COC, certification forms, lessee and
landowner agreements, the CAWMP and copies of all records required by this General
Permit and the facility's CAWMP shall be maintained by the Permittee in chronological
and legible form for five (5) years.
Violation II: Failure to secure an active permit.
You were sent an application letter to re -apply for the 2019 cattle general permit, no application
from your facility was received.
DWR requests that you submit a written response within 30 days of receipt of this letter about
how you plan you plan to correct these violations so that this does not occur again. If you have
any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Michael Meilinger or me with the Water Quality
Regional Operations Section in the Mooresville Regional Office at 704-663-1699 or via email at
michael.meilinger@ncdenr.gov or andrew.pitner@ncdenr.gov.
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Andrew H. Pitner, P.G., Assistant Regional Supervisor
Water Quality Regional Operations Section
Mooresville Regional Office
Division of Water Resources, NCDEQ
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality I Division of Water Resources
Mooresville Regional Office 1610 East Center Avenue, Suite 301 I Mooresville, North Carolina 28115
704.6631699