540017_NOV-2021-PC-0336_20210702

ROY COOPER
Governor
ELIZABETH S. BISER
Secretary
S. DANIEL SMITH
Director
CERTIFIED MAIL
RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED
CM#7020 1810 0001 5981 1570
Earl Wood
4727 Heath Road
La Grange, NC 28551
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
July 2, 2021
Subject: NOTICE OF VIOLATION - NOTICE OF INTENT
Wood Farm #54-17
AWS540017
Lenoir County
NOV-2021-PC-0336
Dear Mr. Wood:
On June 18, 2021, staff of the NC Division of Water Resources (DWR), Water Quality Regional
Operations Section (WQROS), conducted an inspection at your facility in response to a complaint and
found violations.
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 failed
to prevent ponding and runoff of wastewater and irrigation equipment was not placed on the designed pull
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. Specific violations are as follows:
Violation 1:
Failure to prevent ponding and runoff on sprayfields in accordance with the facility's Certified Animal
Waste Management Plan in accordance with Condition II.5. of Swine Waste System General Permit No.
AWG 100000.
On June 18, 2021, the Division discovered ponding and runoff of wastewater to a nearby farm ditch.
Required Corrective Action for Violation 1:
Waste application must be performed at the proper hydraulic rates to prevent ponding and runoff of
wastewater. Take all necessary additional steps to ensure application events are compliant with your
Permit and CAWMP.
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North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality I Division of Water Resources
Washington Regional Office 1943 Washington Square Mall I Washington, North Carolina 27889
252.946.6481

Violation 2:
Failure to use proper irrigation pulls during wastewater application in accordance with the facility's
Certified Animal Waste Management Plan in accordance with Condition II.1. of Swine Waste System
General Permit No. AWG100000.
On June 18, 2021, the facility was irrigating on areas that did not correspond with the irrigation design.
Required Corrective Action for Violation 2:
Please consult your design and make sure to place equipment on proper pulls.
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 10 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. Please also include your 2020/2021 irrigation, waste
analysis, calibration, and freeboard & rainfall records.
As a result of the violations in this Notice, this office is considering a recommendation for a civil penalty
assessment to the Director of the Division. If you wish to present an explanation for the violations cited,
or if you believe there are other factors, which should be considered, please send such information to me
in writing within ten (10) days following receipt of this letter. Your response will be reviewed, and, if an
enforcement action is still deemed appropriate, it will be forwarded to the Director and included for
consideration.
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 [phone].
Sincerely,
Attui
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
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North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality I Division of Water Resources
Washington Regional Office 1943 Washington Square Mali 1 Washington. North Carolina 27889
252.946.6481
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