520008_NOD-2024-PC-0167_20240912

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ROY COOPER
Governor
ELIZABETH S. BISER
Secretary
RICHARD E. ROGERS, JR.
Director
Murphy -Brown LLC
Po Box 856
Warsaw, NC 28398
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
September 12, 2024
Subject: Notice of Deficiency
Farm #3509 & 3722 #52-08
AWS520008
Jones County
NOD-2024-PC-0167
Dear Murphy -Brown LLC:
On September 7, 2023, staff of the NC Division of Water Resources (DWR), Water Quality
Regional Operations Section (WQROS), received a referral from NC Soil and Water
Concservation (NCSWC), about a non -compliant pump intake measurement.
As a result of this incident, 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
Section .1300, you have a non -compliant intake measurement in accordance with your Certified
Animal Waste Management Plan and the Swine Waste General Permit No. AWG100000 that
you are covered to operate under.
Deficiency 1:
There is a non -compliant pump intake measurement in accordance with the facility's Certified
Animal Waste Management Plan in accordance with Condition III.22. of Swine Waste System
General Permit No. AWG100000.
On June 5, 2024, NCSWC noted a non -compliant pump intake measurement of 2.3 feet in lagoon
37221. The intake measurement needs to be at least 2.5 feet.
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality Division of Water Resources
Washington Regional Office - 943 Washington Square Mall - Washington, North Carolina, 27889
NORTHCARouNA J/ 252-946-6481

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Required Corrective Action for Deficiency 1:
Take all necessary additional steps to ensure measurement reads at least 2.5 feet.
You are required to take any necessary action to address the above violation. You are
required to provide a written response to this Notice, including any additional information
that you wish to provide related to this incident that you wish for the Division to consider,
within 30 days of receipt of this letter. Please include in your response all corrective actions
already taken and a schedule for completion of any corrective actions not addressed.
Failure to comply with conditions in a 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 me at [phone].
Sincerely,
DocuSigned by:
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David May, Supervisor
Water Quality Regional Operations Section
Division of Water Resources
Washington Regional Office
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality Division of Water Resources
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