310475_Remission (Decision)_20230907

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JOSH STEIN
ATTORNEY GENERAL
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

REPLY TO:
PHILLIP T. REYNOLDS
ENVIRONMENTAL DIVISION
[e-mail]
[phone]

September 7, 2023

Mr. Rufus E. Rouse
1658 Pasture Branch Road
Beulaville, NC 28518
Certified Mail/ Return Receipt Requested
Return Receipt No.: 7002 3150 0000 1285 5447

Re: Assessment of Civil Penalty against Rufus E. Rouse
Reedy Meadows Farms 1&2
General Permit #: AWG100000
DWR-PC 2022-0009

Dear Mr. Rouse:

Enclosed is the Final Agency Decision of the Environmental Management Commission
assessing a civil penalty and investigative costs against Rufus E. Rouse totaling $2,455.20.
According to North Carolina General Statutes § 143-215.5 and § 150B-45, you may seek judicial
review of the Commission’s decision in the appropriate Superior Court by filing a petition within
30 days of receipt of the written copy of the Final Agency Decision. A copy of the judicial review
petition must be served on the Commission's agent for service of process at the following address:
William F. Lane, General Counsel
Dept. of Environmental Quality
1601 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1601
If you choose to file a petition for judicial review, I request that you also serve a copy of
the petition for judicial review on me at the address listed in the letterhead.
If you do not appeal the Final Agency Decision, payment must be submitted to the
Department of Environmental Quality within 30 days of receipt of this final agency decision by
mailing a check made payable to the Department of Environmental Quality to:
Miressa D. Garoma – [phone]
NC DEQ-DWR – Animal Feeding Operations Program
1636 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1636

Mr. Rufus E. Rouse
September 7, 2023
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If you fail to pay the penalty within 30 days of receipt of the final decision document, the
Department will seek to collect the amount due through a civil action commenced in Superior
Court.

Sincerely,

/s/ Phillip T. Reynolds
Phillip T. Reynolds
Special Deputy Attorney General and
Counsel for the Environmental Management Commission

cc: Robin W. Smith, Chair, EMC (electronically)
Lois Thomas-Spence, Recording Clerk, EMC (electronically)
Richard F. Rogers, Jr., DWR Director (electronically)
Thomas E. Tharrington, Ass’t Regional Supervisor (electronically)
Ramesh Ravells, Supervisor, Animal Feeding Operations Branch (electronically)
Miressa D. Garoma, Animal Feeding Operations Program (electronically)