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Governor
ELIZABETH S. BISER
Secretary
RICHARD E. ROGERS, JR.
Director
Warren Farming Company
PO Box 223
Newton Grove, North Carolina 28366
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
February 28, 2023
Subject: NOTICE OF DEFICENCY
Administrative Code 15A NCAC 2T .1304
NOD-2023-PC-0052
Incident No. 202300157
E. Warren #3 Farm Facility No.82-405, Permit No. AWS820405
Sampson County
Dear Warren Farming Company:
On January 27, 2023, staff of NC Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) Division of Water
Resources (DWR), Water Quality Regional Operations Section (WQROS) was notified by Curtis
Barwick of the E Warren #3 Farm that the permitted waste disposal system was non -compliant. We wish
to thank Mr. Barwick for reporting a non -compliant lagoon level.
As a result of this notification, 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 .1304, you have
been found to be in violation of your permit as follows:
Deficiency 1
Failure to maintain waste levels in your lagoon/storage ponds in accordance with the facilities Certified
Animal Waste Management Plan. (Permit No.100000 Section V2)
On January 27, 2023, a lagoon/storage pond level was documented at 16 inches of freeboard at Lagoon 1.
A level of 19 inches is the maximum level allowed by your permit.
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Required Corrective Action for Deficiency 1:
Continue to follow the proposed actions outlined in you Plan of Action (POA) dated February 2, 2023,
and received in the Fayetteville Regional Office on February 2, 2023. Take all necessary additional steps
to ensure lagoon levels remain in compliance with Section (V2) of your permit.
The Division of Water Resources requests that, in addition to the specified corrective action
above, please submit the following items on or before 30 days from receipt of this letter:
1. An explanation from the OIC for this farm regarding how these violations occurred.
2. A list from the OIC concerning the steps that will be taken to prevent these violations
from occurring in the future.
Failure to comply with conditions in a permit may result in a recommendation of enforcement
action, to the Director of the Division of Water Quality 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.
If you have any questions concerning this Notice, please contact Steve Guyton or me at (910)
433-3336.
Sincerely,
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J. Trent Allen
Regional Supervisor
Water Quality Regional Operations Section
Division of Water Resources
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