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Certified Mail # 7015 1520 0003 5463 4668
Return Receipt Requested
May 17, 2017
Donald R Cooper
Cooper Riis Inc
PO Box 416
Mill Spring, NC 28756
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SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLATION
Tracking Number: NOV-2017-LV-0355, NOV-2017-LV-0356 & NOV-2017-LV-0357
Permit No. NCO087122
Cooper Riis Healing Farm WWTP
Polk County
Dear Permittee:
A review of the December 2016 Discharge Monitoring Report (DMR) for the subject facility revealed the
violation(s) indicated below:
Limit Exceedance Violation(s): NOV-2017-LV-0355)
Sample
Location Parameter Date
001 Effluent BOD 5 -Day (20 Deg. C) - 12/19/2016
001 Effluent
Concentration (C0310)
BOD, 5 -Day (20 Deg. C) -
Concentration (C0310)
12/31/2016
Limit Reported
Value Value Type of Violation
45 53.6 Daily Maximum Exceeded
30 30.3 Monthly Average Exceeded
A review of the January 2017 Discharge Monitoring Report (DMR) for the subject facility revealed the violation(s)
indicated below:
Limit Exceedance Violation(s): (NOV-2017-LV-0356)
Sample
Location Parameter Date
001 Effluent BOD, 5 -Day (20 Deg. C) - 1/4/2017
Concentration (C0310)
Limit Reported
Value Value Type of Violation
45 64.5 Daily Maximum Exceeded
State of North Carolina I Environmental Quality I Water Resources
2090 U.S. 70 Highway, Swannanoa, NC 28778
828-2964500

Other Violation(s):
Type of Violation Date Violation Description
Permit conditions violation 1/9/2017 Use of "0" on temp to designate "no sampling" that day.
A review of the March 2017 Discharge Monitoring Report (DMR) for the subject facility revealed the violation(s)
indicated below:
Limit Exceedance Violation(s): (NOV-2017-LV-0357
Sample .
Location Parameter Date
001 Effluent BOD, 5 -Day (20 Deg. C) 3/8/2017
Concentration (C0310)
Limit
Value
45
Reported
Value Type of Violation
63.9 Daily Maximum Exceeded
Remedial actions, if not already implemented, should be taken to correct any noted problems. The Division of
Water Resources may pursue enforcement actions for this and any additional violations.
If you have any questions concerning this matter, please contact Janet Cantwell of the Asheville Regional
Office at 828-296-4500.
Sincerely,
G. Landon Davidson, -r.1G.; leggy upervisor
Water Quality Regional Operations Sectio
Asheville Regional Office
Division of Water Resources, NCDEQ
Cc: WQS Asheville Regional Office - Enforcement File
NPDES Compliance/Enforcement Unit - Enforcement File
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