250008_NOV-2021-PC-0349_20210716

ROY COOPER
Governor
ELIZABETH S. BISER
Secretary
S. DANIEL SMITH
Director
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Carson Jones
6305 Rovers Road
Vanceboro, NC 28586
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
July 16, 2021
Subject: NOTICE OF VIOLATION/NOTICE OF INTENT
Rivers Edge Farms #25-8
AWS250008
Craven County
NOV-2021-PC-0349
Dear Mr. Jones:
On July 2, 2021, staff of the NC Division of Water Resources (DWR), Water Quality Regional
Operations Section (WQROS), conducted an inspection at your facility 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 irrigate at acceptable agronomic rates and maintain the lagoon banks 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 irrigate at acceptable agronomic rates in accordance with the facility's Certified Animal Waste
Management Plan in accordance with Condition II.4. of Swine Waste System General Permit No.
AWG 100000.
On July 2, 2021, the Division noted two irrigation events with an over application of Plant Available
Nitrogen (PAN). On track 3H there was an overapplication of 22.52 lbs. of PAN on the small grain
overseed. On track 3J there was an overapplication of 6.33 lbs. of PAN on the small grain.
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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

Required Corrective Action for Violation 1:
Waste application must be performed at the proper agronomic rates. Take all necessary additional steps to
ensure application events are compliant with your Permit and CAWMP.
Violation 2:
Failure to maintain lagoon bank in accordance with the facility's Certified Animal Waste Management
Plan in accordance with Condition II.12. of Swine Waste System General Permit No. AWG100000.
On July 2, 2021, the lagoon had severe erosion and woody/overgrown vegetation on the banks.
Required Corrective Action for Violation 2:
Please work to maintain banks of lagoon. Cut woody vegetation at base and remove. Add dirt, seed and
mulch to bare eroded areas on lagoon bank. Please send Division pictures when task is completed.
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.
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,
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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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Washington Regional Office 1943 Washington Square Mali 1 Washington. North Carolina 27889
252.946.6481