310023_Notice of Violation_20240410

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ROY COOPER
Governor
ELIZABETH S. BISER
Secretary
RICHARD E. ROGERS, JR.
Director
Certified Mail#7021-0950-0001-9372
Return Receipt Requested
Mr. Stan Bowles, Jr.
607 Curtis Road Road
Warsaw, NC 28398
Subject: Notice of Violation
Bowles and Son Farm #1
ADS310023
Duplin County
NOV-2024-PC-0236
Dear Mr. Bowles,
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
April 10, 2024
On March 8, 2024, staff of the NC Division of Water Resources (DWR), Water Quality Regional
Operations Section (WQROS), inspected your facility in response to a public complaint received
on March 7th. As a result of the findings of that inspection, you are hereby notified that, having
been permitted to have a non -discharge permit for the subject animal waste management system
pursuant to 15A NCAC 2T .1300, you have been found to be in violation of your Certified
Animal Waste Management Plan (CAWMP) and the Swine Waste System General Permit No.
AWG100000 as follows:
Violation 1:
Failure to prevent excessive ponding of waste in accordance with Condition II.5. of the Swine
Waste System General Permit No. AWG100000. "In no case shall land application result in
excessive ponding or any runoff during any given application event. — [15A NCAC
02T .1304(b)]"
A large ponded area was observed within the irrigation field directly south of Goshen Swamp.
Samples of the liquid were taken by DWR and the results were indicative of ponded waste.
Required Corrective Action for Violation 1:
The irrigation field topography appears to cause ponding within the field. Take all necessary
steps to ensure excessive ponding does not occur any longer including the possible installation of
gates/valves at each drainage pipe location.
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127 Cardinal Drive Ext. Wihmington, North Carolina 28405-5406
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Violation 2:
Samples taken during the inspection indicate that waste is ponding within the fields and then
leaving the application site. This is in violation of Condition II.1. of the Swine Waste System
General Permit No. AWG100000. "The collection, treatment, and storage facilities, and the land
application equipment and fields shall be properly operated and maintained at all times. — [I 5A
NCAC 02T .1304(b)]"
Required corrective action for Violation 2:
The irrigation field topography appears to cause ponding within the field. Take all necessary
steps to ensure excessive ponding does not occur any longer including the possible installation of
gates/valves at each drainage pipe location.
Please provide a written plan to our office within 30 days after receipt of this Notice, which
includes a description of the corrective action(s) you will take or have taken to resolve these
issues and to prevent them from occurring again. Please include in your response a schedule for
completion of any corrective actions not yet addressed. You may wish to contact your County
Soil & Water Conservation District Office, County Extension office, a qualified technical
specialist, and/or a professional engineer for any assistance they may be able to provide you in
order to prevent violations from occurring.
Failure to comply with conditions in the 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 Chad Coburn at [phone]
or at Chad. Coburn(abncdenr.gov.
Sincerely,
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Tom Tharrington, Assistant Regional Supervisor
Water Quality Regional Operations Section
Wilmington Regional Office
Division of Water Resources, NCDEQ
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