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Pat McCrory
Governor
North Carolina Department of Environnierital Quality
Donald R. van der.Vaart
Secretary
October 14, 2015
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RECEIPT # 7010 1870 0003 4774 5538
D. Stephen Jones.
Lake Creek Corporation 33 West Bay, Ridge Road
Harrells NC 28444
Subject: Notice of Violation%N_ otice of Intent to Enforce
NOV-2015-PC-0274 .
Permit No. WQ0018708
Lake Creek Corporation
Wastewater IrrigationSystem
Sampson County
Dear Mr. Jones:
On October 5, 2015, -it was reported to staff -:of the NC Department of Environmental Quality
(DEQ), Division of Water Resources (DWR), Water _ Quality l egional Operations Section
(WQROS), Fayetteville Regional Office (FRO) that the Bay. Tree Lakes facility-(WQ0018708),-
was- experiencing . high freeboard . conditions: The initial lagoon freeboard . report by. Mr. Scott
Smart was at 13 inches., Mr, Smart was directed to have a plan of action prepared and -submitted
to our office and report freeboard levels weekly, until the facility is ;back in compliance: The first
weekly statusreport of freeboard on. October 12,2015, was at 10 finches. This level his into the
'structural freeboard zone, which dictates this Notice of Violation being issued:
The following item(s) specify permit conditions and limitations that are in violation:
---Violation 1: OPERATION AND-MAINTE-NANCE=REQUIREMENT-S-- - -
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Section III 12: Freeboard in the storage lagoon and daily holding basin shall not be less
than two feet at any time.
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October 14, 2015
Required Corrective Action for Violation 1:
If you have not already done so please immediately prepare and submit a plan of action to bring
the freeboard level back into compliance. Also provide a weekly status report to the Fayetteville
Regional Office.
The Division of Water Resources requests that in addition to the above specified corrective
actions, please submit the following items on or before October 30, 2015.
1. An explanation from the Operator in Responsible Charge of how this violation
occurred.
2. An explanation from the Operator in Responsible Charge concerning the steps that
will be taken to prevent this violation from occurring in the future. Please include all
sources of assistance contacted and their instructions.
You are required to take any necessary action to immediately correct the above violations
and to provide a written response to this Notice by October 30, 2015. Please include in your
response all corrective actions already taken and a schedule for completion of any corrective
actions not addressed
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 that twenty-five thousand ($25,000) dollars against any "person" who
violates or fails to act in accordance with the terms, conditions, or requirements of a permit under
authority of G.S. 143-215.6A. Please note that each day a violation continues may be considered
a separate violation, subject to additional civil penalties.
If you have any questions concerning this Notice, please contact. Tony Honeycutt at [phone] or me
at [phone]
Sincerely,
Belinda S. Henson
Regional Supervisor
NCDEQ-Division of Water Resources
Water Quality Regional Operations Section
Fayetteville Regional Office
cc: Reed Wells, ORC
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