WQ0012709_More Information (Requested)_20230911

ROY COOPER
Governor
ELIZABETH S. BISER
Secretary
RICHARD E. ROGERS, JR.
Director
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
September 11, 2023
TERESA K. SWINSON —MEMBER
RJS PROPERTIES OF NORTH CAROLINA, LLC
750 CROOMSBRIDGE ROAD
BURGAW, NORTH CAROLINA 28425
Subject: Application No. WQ0012709
Additional Information Request
Wells Pork -Beef Products
WWTF
Wastewater Irrigation System
Pender County
Dear Ms. Swinson:
Division of Water Resources' Central and Regional staff has reviewed the application package
received on June 27, 2023. However, additional information is required before the review may be
completed. Please address the items on the attached page no later than the close of business on October 11,
2023.
Please be aware that you are responsible for meeting all requirements set forth in North Carolina
rules and regulations. Any oversights that occurred in the review of the subject application package are
still the Applicant's responsibility. In addition, any omissions made in responding to the outstanding items
in Section A, or failure to provide the additional information on or before the above -requested date may
result in your application being returned as incomplete pursuant to 15A NCAC 02T .0107(e)(2).
Please reference the subject application number when providing the requested information. All
revised and/or additional documentation shall be signed, sealed, and dated (where needed), with an
electronic response submitted to my attention at: https://edocs.deq.nc.gov/Fortns/NonDischarge-Branch-
Submittal-Form-Ver2.
If you have any questions regarding this request, please contact me at [phone] or
[e-mail]. Thank you for your cooperation.
Sincerely,
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Leah H. Parente, Geologist/Hydrogeologist
Division of Water Resources
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Ms. Swinson
September 11, 2023
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A. Attachment I — Compliance Schedules:
Compliance Schedule I.2 of Permit WQ0012709 issued on May 8, 2017, has not been met. This
condition requires the Permittee have evaluated and tested, by a qualified professional, the integrity
of the three wastewater storage tanks, pump tanks, and associated valves and piping. The results of
the evaluation and integrity tests shall be submitted in report form to the Division's Central and
Wilmington Regional Offices upon receipt of the results by the Permittee. As of the date of this
letter, these results have not be received by the Division. Please provide this information.
2. Compliance Schedule I.3 of Permit WQ0012709 issued on May 8, 2017, has not been met. This
condition requires the Permittee have the adequacy of the current pumping system evaluated by a
qualified professional and subsequently submit a report of the findings to the Division's Central
and Wilmington Regional Offices. As of the date of this letter, this report has not been received by
the Division. Please provide this report.