NCG210428_NOV_20211014

ROY COOPER
Governor
ELIZABETH S. BISER
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BRIAN WRENN
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CERTIFIED MAIL
RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED
7017 0190 0000 2485 6950
Enviva Pellets Northampton LLC.
Attn: Mr. Pete Najera
7200 Wisconsin Ave
Bethesda, MD 20814
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
October 21, 2021
Subject: Notice of Violation (NOV-2021-PC-0503)
Enviva Pellets Northampton LLC
NPDES General Industrial Stormwater Permit No. NCG210428
Northampton County
Mr. Najera:
On September 21, 2021, Thad Valentine and Lauren Garcia, Inspectors from the Raleigh
Regional Office of the Division of Energy, Mineral, and Land Resources (DEMLR), conducted a
compliance inspection for the Enviva Pellets Northampton LLC facility located at 874 Lebanon
Church Road, Gumberry, Northampton County, North Carolina. For your reference, a copy of
the inspection report issued by DEMLR is enclosed with this Notice.
The subject facility is covered by NPDES General Industrial Stormwater Permit NCG210428.
Permit coverage authorizes the discharge of stormwater from the facility to receiving waters
designated as Lees Creek, a class C water in the Roanoke River Basin.
As a result of the compliance inspection, the following permit violations are noted:
1) Part II, Section B: Analytical Monitoring Requirements
Analytical monitoring shall be performed during a measurable storm event at each
stormwater discharge outfall (SDO). A measurable storm event is a storm event that results
in an actual discharge from the permitted site outfall. Grab samples shall be collected within
the first 30 minutes of discharge. When physical separation between outfalls prevents
collecting all samples within the first 30 minutes, sampling shall begin within the first 30
minutes, and shall continue until completed.
RE N Mirth Carolina Departnient of Environmental 4Uallty I Divisipn of Energy. Mllncial Arid Land RCSQUrce"
Raleigh Regional Office 11(,28 mail Service Center 13800 Karreti Dr ice Raleigh, North Carolina l.'r609
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Notice of Deficiency
Enviva Pellets Northampton LLC, Attn. Mr. Pete Najera
October 21, 2021
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the violations, as detailed above, be satisfactorily remedied. These violations and any
ongoing or future violations are subject to a civil penalty assessment of up to $25,000 per
day for each violation. Should you have any questions regarding these matters, please contact
Thad Valentine at [phone] or thad.valentine;ncdenr.gov.
Sincerely,
I.JAc� //.
William H. Denton, IV, PE
Regional Engineering Supervisor
Division of Energy, Mineral and Land Resources
NC Department of Environmental Quality
Enclosure: Stormwater Inspection Report dated September 21, 2021
ec: Alaina Morman, Environmental Specialist alaina.mormanpncdenr.gov
Thad Valentine, Environmental Specialist thad.valentine@ncderingov
cc: RRO file