820014_DV-2020-0162 Remission (Decision)_20220504

North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality Division of Water Resources
512 North Salisbury Street 1636 Mail Service Center Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1636
919.707.9129

May 4, 2022

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RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED

Michele T. Grady
Pine Ridge Farm #2
PO Box 428
Faison, NC 28341

SUBJECT: Request for Remission of Civil Penalty
Case No. DV-2020-0162
Farm # 82-0014
Permit Number AWS820014
Sampson County

Dear Michele Grady:
In accordance with North Carolina General Statute 143-215.6A(f), the Director of the North
Carolina Division of Water Resources considered the information you submitted in support of your
request for remission and did not find grounds to modify the civil penalty assessment of $8,198.22.
A copy of the Director’s decision is attached.

Two options are available to you at this stage of the remission process:

1) You may pay the penalty.
If you decide to pay the penalty, please make your check payable to the Department of
Environmental Quality (DEQ). Send the payment within thirty (30) calendar days of your receipt
of this letter to the attention of:

Miressa D. Garoma
NC DEQ-DWR
Animal Feeding Operations Branch
1636 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1636

OR

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North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality Division of Water Resources
512 North Salisbury Street 1636 Mail Service Center Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1636
919.707.9129

2) You may decide to have the Environmental Management Commission's (EMC)
Committee on Civil Penalty Remissions make the final decision on your remission
request.

If payment is not received within 30 calendar days from your receipt of this letter, your request for
remission with supporting documents and the recommendation of the Director of the North
Carolina Division of Water Resources will be delivered to the Committee on Civil Penalty
Remissions for final agency decision.

If you or your representative would like to speak before the Committee, you must complete and
return the attached Request for Oral Presentation Form within thirty (30) calendar days of receipt
of this letter. Send the completed form to:

Miressa D. Garoma
NC DEQ-DWR
Animal Feeding Operations Branch
1636 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1636

The EMC Chairman will review the supporting documents and your request for an oral
presentation (if you make the request). If the Chairman determines that there is a compelling
reason to require a presentation, you will be notified of when and where you should appear. If a
presentation is not required, the final decision will be based upon the written record.

Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. If you have any questions, please contact me at
[phone].

Sincerely,

Ramesh Ravella, Supervisor
Animal Feeding Operations Branch

Attachments
cc: Fayetteville Regional Office WQROS
File # DV-2020-0162
Laserfiche File No: 820014
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