820242_NOD-2021-PC-0140_20210430

ROY COOPER
Governor
DIONNE DELLI-GATTI
Secretary
S. DANIEL SMITH
Director
Mr. Herbert Sidney Bland
2202 Wilmington Hwy
Willard, NC 28478
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
April 30, 2021
Subject: Notice of Deficiency
Five Points, Huckleberry Hill, Deer Field,
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Sampson County
NOD-2021-PC-0140
Dear Mr. Bland:
On March 25,2021 staff of the NC Division of Water Resources (DWR), Water Quality Regional
Operations Section (WQROS) inspected the Huckleberry Hill Nursery waste disposal system.
We wish to think Mr. Bland, who was present and assisted 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 North Carolina
General Statutes G.S. 143-215 et seq. Section .402, you have been found to have been found to
be in violation of your permit as follows:
Deficiency 1:
Failure to install a lagoon marker at the Huckleberry lagoon. You were instructed during your
2019 inspection to have the lagoon marker replaced and during the inspection on March 25,
20201. There was still no marker in the lagoon.
This is stated in your permit under Section III 2a Highly visible waste -level gauges shall be
maintained to mark the level of waste in each lagoon/storage pond that does not gravity feed
through a free -flowing transfer pipe into a subsequent structure. The gauge shall have readily
visible permanent markings. {15A NCAC 02T .1304(b)(10)}
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Fayetteville Regional Office 1225 Green Street, Suite 714 I Fayetteville, North Carolina 28301
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Mr. Herbert Sidney Bland
April 30,2021
Required Corrective Action for Deficiency 1:
Install a visible permanent marker in Huckleberry lagoon.
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 May 5, 2021.
1. A picture of the marker installed and the farm where it is installed before June 4, 2021
2. The date it was installed.
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 Diane Harrison at (910) 835-
9785 or at [e-mail].
Sincerely,
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Water Quality Regional Operations Section
Fayetteville Regional Office
Division of Water Resources, NCDEQ
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North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality I Division of Water Resources
Fayetteville Regional Office 1225 Green Street, Suite 714 I Fayetteville, North Carolina 28301
910.433,3300