820695_Remission (Decision)_20240308

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ROY COOPER
Governor
ELIZABETH S.BISERr= *
Secretary N,
RICHARD E.ROGERS,JR. NORTH CAROLINA
Director Environmental Quality
3/8/2024
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RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED
Greenwood Livestock, LLC
Greenwood Nurseries
PO Box 2107
Elizabethtown,NC 28337
SUBJECT: Request for Remission of Civil Penalty
Case No. PC-2023-0029
Farm# 82-0695
Sampson County
Dear Greenwood Livestock, LLC:
In accordance with North Carolina General Statute 143-215.6A(f), the Director of the North
Carolina Division of Water Resources considered the information you submitted in support of your
request for remission and did not End grounds to modify the civil penalty assessment of$1,728.42.
A copy of the Director's decision(Civil Penalty Remission Factors) is attached.
Two options are available to you at this stage of the remission process:
1. You may pay the penalty.
If you decide to pay the penalty, please make your check payable to the Department of
Environmental Quality(DEQ). Send the payment within thirty (30) calendar days of your receipt
of this letter to the attention of:
Miressa D. Garoma
NC DEQ-DWR
Animal Feeding Operations Branch
1636 Mail Service Center
Raleigh,North Carolina 27699-1636
OR
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality I Division of Water Resources
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2. You may decide to have the Environmental Management Commission's (EMC)
Committee on Civil Penalty Remissions make the final decision on your remission request.
If payment is not received within 30 calendar days from your receipt of this letter,your request for
remission with supporting documents and the recommendation of the Director of the North
Carolina Division of Water Resources will be delivered to the Committee on Civil Penalty
Remissions for final agency decision.
If you or your representative would like to speak before the Committee, you must complete and
return the attached Request for Oral Presentation Form within thirty(30) calendar days of receipt
of this letter. Send the completed form to:
Miressa D. Garoma
NC DEQ-DWR
Animal Feeding Operations Branch
1636 Mail Service Center
Raleigh,North Carolina 27699-1636
The EMC Chairman will review the supporting documents and your request for an oral
presentation (if you make the request). If the Chairman determines that there is a compelling
reason to require a presentation, you will be notified of when and where you should appear. If a
presentation is not required, the final decision will be based upon the written record.
Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. If you have any questions, please contact me at
[phone].
Sincerely,
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Ramesh Ravella, Supervisor
Animal Feeding Operations Branch
Division of Water Resources
Attachments: Civil Penalty Assessment Factors
Request for Oral Presentation
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File#PC-2023-0029
Laserfiche File No: 820695
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