740095_NOV-2022-PC-0605_20221003

ROY COOPER
Governor
ELIZABETH S. BISER
secretary
RICHARD E. ROGERS, JR.
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CERTIFIED MAIL
RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED
CM#7021 0350 0000 4420 0750
Mr. J.R. Lewis
4428 Lewis Store Road
Walstonburg, NC 27888
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
October 3, 2022
Subject: NOTICE OF VIOLATION
J.R. Lewis Farms #74-95
AWS740095
Pitt County
NOV-2022-PC-0605
Dear Mr. Lewis:
On September 8, 2022, staff of the NC Division of Water Resources (DWR), Water Quality
Regional Operations Section (WQROS), conducted a compliance inspection and noted two
violations at your facility. 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 have been found to have ponding and failed to provide
required records 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.
Violation 1:
Failure to provide required records in accordance with the facility's Certified Animal Waste
Management Plan in accordance with Condition I1I.15 of Swine Waste System General Permit
No. AWG100000.
On September 8, 2022, the facility failed to provide slur-2 forms tracking the sludge removal in
2021. The facility also failed to record weekly freeboard records in February thru August of
2022.
Required Corrective Action for Violation 1:
Take all necessary additional steps to ensure required records are provided during your annual
compliance inspection.
North Carolina Dwell h❑nnt of Environmental Quality Division of Water Resources
Washington Regional Office - 943 Washington Square Mall - Washington, North Carolina, 27889
252-946-6481

Violation 2:
Failure to prevent ponding of wastewater in accordance with the facility's Certified Animal
Waste Management Plan in accordance with Condition 11.5. of Swine Waste System General
Permit No. AWG100000.
The Division noted excessive ponding by a sprinkler in field B.
Required Corrective Action for Violation 2:
Irrigate at acceptable rates to prevent ponding of wastewater. When waste ponds, pump back to
lagoon or onto acceptable sprayfield.
You are required to take any necessary action to assure that the above violations do not re-
occur in the future. 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 30 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.
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,
O
David May, L.G., Supervisor
Water Quality Regional Operations Section
Division of Water Resources
Washington Regional Office
cc: ' DWR - WQROS - CAFO Unit — Central Office
Pitt County Soil and Water Conservation District
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North Carolina Deportment of Environmental Quality Division of Water Resources
Washington Regional Office - 943 Washington Square Mall - Washington, North Carolina, 27889
252-946-6481