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X.; "T 4 D E N R December 20, 2000 AN it r 4 j SUBJECT Acknowledgment Receipt Letter Farm #82-286 Case No. PC 00-076 Sampson County This letter is to acknowledge receipt of your check No. 1811 in the amount of S638.28 received from the John Melvin Farms on December 20, 2000. This payment satisfies in full the civil assessment in the amount of $638.28 including 5138.28 in investigative costs. levied against the John Melvin Farms and this enforcement case has been closed. Payment of these penalties in no way precludes further action by this Division for future violations. cc: If you have any questions please call Joe Albiston at (919) 733-5083 ext. 581. Sincerely, eff Poupart, Supervisor Non -Discharge Compliance & Enforcement Fayetteville Regional Office Enforcement/Compliance Files # PC 00-076 Central Files P.O. Box 29535, Raleigh, North Carolina 27626-0535 Telephone 919-733-5083 FAX 919-733-9919 An Equal Opportunity Affirmative Action Employer 5000 recycled/ 1000 post -consumer paper State of North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources Division of Water Quality James B. Hunt, Jr., Governor Bill Holman, Secretary Kerr T. Stevens, Director Mr. John Melvin P. O. Box 221 Harrells, NC 28444 Dear Mr. Melvin: RECEIVED MW 272000�', FAYETTEVILLE REG. OFFICE NCDENR NoFrr CARquNA DEFIARTMexr of ENv1RPNMENT ANp NIWURAL RESOURCES November 22, 2000 CERTIFIED MAIL RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED SUBJECT: Assessment of Civil Penalties for Violation of G.S. 143-215.1 and I5A NCAC 21-1.0217 Farm #82-286 Sampson County File No. PC 00-076 This letter transmits notice of a civil penalty assessed against the John Melvin Farm in the amount of 5638.28 which includes S 138.28 in investigative costs. Attached is a copy of the assessment document explaining this penalty. This action was taken under the authority vested in me by delegation provided by the Secretary of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources. Any continuing violation(s) may be the subject of a new enforcement action, including an additional penalty. Within thirty days of receipt of this notice, you must do one of the following: Submit payment of the penalty: Payment should be made directly to the order of the Department of Environment and Natural -Resources (do not include waiver form). Payment of the penalty will not foreclose further enforcement action for any continuing or new violation(s). Alailing Address: Telephone (919) 733-3083 1617 Mail Service Center Fax (919) 733-0059 Raleigh; North Carolina 27699-1617 State Courier #52-01-01 An Equal Opporttsnir}. /Affirnuuive Action EmploYer 50% recycled / 10% post -consumer paper htrp://h2o.enr state.nc_us Location: 512 N. Salisbury St. Raleigh. NC 27699-1617 Please submit payment to the attention of: Mr. Steve Lewis NCDENR DWQ 1617 Mail Service Center Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1617 OR 2_ Submit a written request for remission or mitigation including a detailed justification for such request: A request for remission or mitigation is Iimited to consideration of the reasonableness of the amount of the penalty and is not the proper procedure for contesting the accuracy of any of the statements contained in the assessment letter. Because a remission request forecloses the option of an administrative hearing, such a request must be accompanied by a waiver of your right to an administrative hearing and a stipulation that there are no factual or legal issues in dispute. You must execute and return to this office the attached waiver and stipulation form and a detailed statement which you believe establishes whether: (a) one or more of the civil penalty assessment factors in G.S. 143B-282.I(b) were wrongfully applied to the detriment of the petitioner; (b) the violator promptly abated continuing environmental damage resulting from the violation; M . (c) the violation was inadvertent or a result of an accident.- (d) ccident:(d) the violator had been assessed civil penalties for any previous violations; (e) payment of the civil penalty will prevent payment for the remaining necessary remedial actions. Please submit this information to the attention of: Mr. Steve Lewis NCDENR DWQ 1617 Mail Service Center Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1617 3. Submit a written request for an administrative hearing: If you wish to contest any portion of the civil penalty assessment, you must request an administrative hearing. This request must be in the form of a written petition to the Office of Administrative Hearings and must conform to Chapter 150B of the North Carolina General Statutes. You must file your original petition with the: Office of Administrative Hearings 6714 Mail Service Center Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-6714 Mail or hand -deliver a Copy of the petition to: Mr. Dan McLawhorn NCDENR Office of General Counsel 1601 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-1601 Failure to exercise one of the options above within thirty days, as evidenced by a date stamp (not a postmark) indicating when we received your response, will result in this matter being referred to the Attorney General's Office with a request to initiate a civil action to collect the penalty. Please be advised that additional assessments may be levied for future violations which occur after the review period of this assessment. If you have any questions, please contact Mr. Steve Lewis at (919) 733-5083, ext. 539 or Mr. Jeff Poupart at (919) 733-5083, ext. 527. Sincerely, 14 -1 �"a.l ��: Kerr T. Stevens ATTACHIMENTS cc: Paul R wa ls'�FayetteviIle Regional Supervisor w/ attachments Bob Heath, FRO w/ attachments File # PC 00-076 w/ attachments Central Files w/ attachments Public Information Officer w/ attachments STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT COMMISSION COUNTY OF SAMPSON IN THE MATTER OF ASSESSMENT ) WAIVER OF RIGHT TO AN OF CIVIL PENALTIES AGAINST ) ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING AND PERMIT NO. } STIPULATION OF FACTS FILE NO. PC 00-076 Having been assessed civil penalties totaling for violation(s) as set forth in the assessment document of the Director of the Division of Water Quality dated, , the undersigned, desiring to seek remission of the civil penalties, does hereby waive the right to an administrative hearing in the above -stated matter and does stipulate that the facts are as alleged in the assessment document. This the day of , 20 SIGNATURE ADDRESS TELEPHONE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES COUNTY OF SAMPSON File No. PC 00-076 IN THE MATTER OF } JOHN MELVIN ) } FINDINGS AND DECISION FOR VIOLATION OF ) AND ASSESSMENT OF G.S. 143-215.1 AND ) CIVIL PENALTIES 15A NCAC 2H.0217 } Acting pursuant to delegation provided by the Secretary of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, I, Kerr T. Stevens, Director of the Division of Water Quality (DWQ), make the following: I. FINDINGS OF FACT: A. John Melvin owns and operates the John Melvin Farm, a swine operation in Sampson County. B. The John Melvin Farm was deemed permitted as a nondischarge facility on February 1, 1993 in accordance with 15A NCAC 2H.0217. C. Deemed permitted facilities are required to have a Certified Animal Waste Management Plan (CAWMP) under 15A NCAC 2H.0217. The CAWMP for the John Melvin Farm states that in no instance should the volume of the waste stored in the lagoon be within the 25 -year, 24-hour storm storage plus one foot of freeboard except in the event of the 25 -year, 24-hour storm. D. The 25 -year, 24-hour storm event for the facility's location is between seven (7) and eight (8) inches according National Weather Service, Technical Paper 40, Rainfall Frequency Atlas of the United States, 1961. E. Based on the 25 -year, 24-hour storm event of seven (7) inches and one foot of required structural freeboard, the waste level in the lagoon for the John Melvin Farm shall not exceed nineteen (19) inches. F. DWQ staff from the Fayetteville Regional Office inspected the John Melvin Farm on February 2, 2000 and observed that the waste level of the lagoon was fifteen (15) inches which exceeded the Ievel specified in the CAWMP. Q G. The costs to the State of the enforcement procedures in this matter totaled S138.28. Based upon the above Findings of Fact, I make the following: CONCLUSIONS OF LAW: A_ John Melvin is a "person" within the meaning of G -S. 143-215.6A pursuant to G.S. 143-212(4). B. A permit for this animal waste management system is required in accordance with 15A NCAC 2H.0217 and G.S. 143--215.1. C. The above-cited failure to maintain the liquid level in the lagoon at the level specified in the CAWMP is a violation of the 15A NCAC 2H.0217 nondischarge deemed permit and G.S. 143-215.1. D. John Melvin may be assessed civil penalties pursuant to G.S. 143-215.6A(a)(2) which provides that a civil penalty of not more than ten thousand dollars (S10,000.00) per violation may be assessed against a person who violates or fails to act in accordance with the terms, conditions, or requirements of a permit required by G.S. 143-215.1. E. The State's enforcement costs in this matter may be assessed against John Melvin pursuant to G.S. 143-215.3(a)(9) and G.S. 143B -282.1(b)(8) - F. The Director, Division of Water Quality, pursuant to delegation provided by the Secretary of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, has the authority to assess civil penalties in this matter. Based upon the above Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law, I make the following: III. DECISION: John Melvin is hereby assessed a civil penalty of: S_ Soo . iter_ for failing to maintain the liquid level in the lagoon at the level specified in the CAWMP as required by I5A NCAC 2H .0217 S Stko . m d TOTAL CIVIL PENALTY, which is 5_ percent of the maximum penalty authorized by G.S_ 143-215.6A. S 138.28 Enforcement costs S TOTAL AMOUNT DUE As required by G.S. 143-215.6A(c,), in determining the amount of the penalty I considered the factors listed in G -S. 143B-282. I (b), which are: (1) The degree and extent of harm to the natural resources of the State, to the public health, or to private property resulting from the violation; (2) The duration and gravity of the violation; (3) The effect on ground or surface water quantity or quality or on air quality; (4) The cost of rectifying the damage; (5) The amount of money saved by noncompliance; (6) Whether the violation was committed willfully or intentionally; (7) The prior record of the violator in complying or failing to comply with programs over which the Environmental Management Commission has regulatory authority; and (8) The cost to the State of the enforcement procedures. (Date) Kerr T. Stevens, Director Division of Water Quality State of North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources Division of Water Quality James B. Hunt, Jr., Governa E C E i VLIE,D Bill Holman, Secretary Kerr T. Stevens, Director NOV 2 7 2000 FAY ETTEVILLE REG. OFFICE Mr. John Melvin P. O. Box 221 Harrells, NC 28444 SUBJECT: Dear Mr. Melvin: IWAL 1 • • NCDENR NORTH cARCKJ A DEPARTMENT OF ENv1RONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES November 22, 2000 CERTIFIED MAIL RETURN RECEIPT_ REQUESTED Assessment of Civil Penalties for Violation of G.S. 143-215.1 and 15A NCAC 211.0217 Farm #82-286 Sampson County File No. PC 00-076 This letter transmits notice of a civil penalty assessed against the John Melvin Farm in the amount of S63828 which includes S138.28 in investigative costs. Attached is a copy of the assessment document explaining this penalty. This action was taken under the authority vested in me by delegation provided by the Secretary of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources. Any continuing violation(s) may be the subject of a new enforcement action, including an additional penalty. Within thirty days of receipt of this notice, you must do one of the following: Submit payment of the penalty: Payment should be made directly to the order of the Department of Environment and Natural -Resources (do not include waiti•er form). Payment of the penalty will not foreclose further enforcement action for any continuing or new violation(s). Mailing Address: Telephone (919) 733-5083 1617 Mail Service Center Fax (919) 733-0059 Raleieh, North Carolina 27699-1617 State Courier #52-01-01 An Equal Opporrunitr• l Afrrmative Action Employer 50% recycled l 10% post -consumer paper hrrp:1270o. en r.state. nc. us Location: 512 N. Salisbury St. Raleigh, NC 27699-1617 Please submit payment to the attention of: Mr. Steve Lewis NCDENR DWQ 1617 Mail Service Center Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1617 OR 2. Submit a written request for remission or mitigation including a detailed justification for such request: A request for remission or mitigation is limited to consideration of the reasonableness of the amount of the penalty and is not the proper procedure for contesting the accuracy of any of the statements contained in the assessment letter. Because a remission request forecloses the option of an administrative hearing, such a request must be accompanied by a waiver of your right to an administrative hearing and a stipulation that there are no factual or legal issues in dispute. You must execute and return to this office the attached waiver and stipulation form and a detailed statement which you believe establishes whether: (a) one or more of the civil penalty assessment factors in G.S. 14313-282.I(b) were wrongfully applied to the detriment of the petitioner; (b) the violator promptly abated continuing environmental damage resulting from the violation; y (c) the violation was inadvertent or a result of an accident; (d) the violator had been assessed civil penalties for any previous violations; (e) payment of the civil penalty will prevent payment for the remaining necessary remedial actions. Please submit this information to the attention of: Mr. Steve Lewis NCDENR DWQ 1617 Mail Service Center Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1617 3. Submit a written request for an administrative hearing: If you wish to contest any portion of the civil penalty assessment, you must request an administrative hearing. This request must be in the form of a written petition to the Office of Administrative Hearings and must conform to Chapter 150B of the North Carolina General Statutes. You must file your original petition with the: Office of Administrative Hearings 6714 Mail Service Center Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-6714 AND Mail or hand -deliver a Copy of the petition to: Mr_ Dan McLawhorn NCDENR Office of General Counsel 1601 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-1601 Failure to exercise one of the options above within thi days, as evidenced by a date stamp (not a postmark) indicating when we received your response, will result in this matter being referred to the Attorney General's Office with a request to initiate a civil action to collect the penalty. Please be advised that additional assessments may be levied for future violations which occur after the review period of this assessment. If you have any questions, please contact Mr. Steve Lewis at (919) 733-5083, ext. 539 or Mr. Jeff Poupart at (919) 733-5083, ext. 527. Sincerely, Kerr T. Stevens ATTACHMENTS cc: Paul Rawls, Fayetteville Regional Supervisor w/ attachments Ek*-Heath,,FRO w/ attachments Vile WPC 00-076 w/ attachments - Central Files w/ attachments Public Information Officer w/ attachments STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT COMMISSION COUNTY OF SAMPSON IN THE MATTER OF ASSESSMENT ) WAIVER OF RIGHT TO AN OF CIVIL. PENALTIES AGAINST ) ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING AND PERMIT NO_ ) STIPULATION OF FACTS FILE NO. PC 00-075 Having been assessed civil penalties totaling for violation(s) as set forth in the assessment document of the Director of the Division of Water Quality dated, , the undersigned, desiring to seek remission of the civil penalties, does hereby waive the right to an administrative hearing in the above -stated matter and does stipulate that the facts are as alleged in the assessment document. This the day of , 20 SIGNATURE ADDRESS TELEPHONE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES COUNTY OF SAMPSON File No. PC 00-076 IN THE MATTER OF } JOHN MELVIN ) } FINDINGS AND DECISION FOR VIOLATION OF ) AND ASSESSMENT OF G.S. 143-215.1 AND ) CIVIL PENALTIES 15A NCAC 2H .0217 ) Acting pursuant to delegation provided by the Secretary of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, I, Kerr T. Stevens, Director of the Division of Water Quality (DWQ), make the following: I. FINDINGS OF FACT: A. John Melvin owns and operates the John Melvin Farre, a swine operation in Sampson County. B. The John Melvin Farm was deemed permitted as a nondischarge facility on February 1, 1993 in accordance with 15A NCAC 21-1.0217. C. Deemed permitted facilities are required to have a Certified Animal Waste Management Plan (CAWMP) under 15A NCAC 2H.0217. The CAWMP for the John Melvin Farm states that in no instance should the volume of the waste stored in the lagoon be within the 25 -year, 24-hour storm storage plus one foot of freeboard except in the event of the 25 -year, 24-hour storm. D. The 25 -year, 24-hour storm event for the facility's Iocation is between seven (7) and eight (8) inches according National Weather Service, Technical Paper 40, Rainfall Frequency Atlas of the United States, 1961. E. Based on the 25 -year, 24-hour storm event of seven (7) inches and one foot of required structural freeboard, the waste level in the lagoon for the John Melvin Farm shall not exceed nineteen (19) inches. F. DWQ staff from the Fayetteville Regional Office inspected the John Melvin Farm on February 2. 2000 and observed that the waste level of the lagoon was fifteen (1 5) inches which exceeded the level specified in the CAWMP. G. The costs to the State of the enforcement procedures in this matter totaled $138.28. Based upon the above Findings of Fact, I make the following: H. CONCLUSIONS OF LAW: A. John Melvin is a "person" within the meaning of G.S. 143-215.6A pursuant to G.S. 143-212(4). B_ A permit for this animal waste management system is required in accordance with 15A NCAC 2H.0217 and G.S. 143-215.1. C_ The above-cited failure to maintain the liquid level in the lagoon at the level specified in the CAWMP is a violation of the 15A NCAC 2H _02I7 nondischarge deemed permit and G -S. 143-215.1 _ D. John Melvin may be assessed civil penalties pursuant to G.S. 143-215.6A(a)(2) which provides that a civil penalty of not more than ten thousand dollars (S 10,000.00) per violation may be assessed against a person who violates or fails to act in accordance with the terms, conditions, or requirements of a permit required by G.S. 143-215.1. E. The State's enforcement costs in this matter may be assessed against John Melvin pursuant to G.S. 143-215.3(a)(9) and G.S. 14313-282.1(b)(8). F. The Director, Division of Water Quality, pursuant to delegation provided by the Secretary of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, has the authority to assess civil penalties in this matter. Based upon the above Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law, I make the following: III. DECISION: John Melvin is hereby assessed a civil penalty of: S for failing to maintain the liquid level in the lagoon at the level specified in the CAWMP as required by 15A NCAC 2H .0217 gel . e e� TOTAL CIVIL PENALTY, which is 5 percent of the maximum penalty authorized by G.S. 143-215.6A. S J38.28 Enforcement costs X36. -4T TOTAL AMOUNT DUE As required by G.S. 143-215.6A(6), in determining the amount of the penalty I considered the factors listed in G -S_ 143B -282.1(b), which are: (1) The degree and extent of harm to the natural resources of the State, to the public health, or to private property resulting from the violation; (2) The duration and gravity of the violation; (3) The effect on ground or surface water quantity or quality or on air quality; (4) The cost of rectifying the damage; (5) The amount of money saved by noncompliance; (6) Whether the violation was committed willfully or intentionally; (7) The prior record of the violator in complying or failing to comply with programs over which the Environmental Management Commission has regulatory authority; and (8) The cost to the State of the enforcement procedures- - 2---L— Oo rocedures_-2'Z—Oo ) �S:! , (Date) Kerr T_ Stevens, Director Division of Water Quality NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES FAYETTEVILLE REGIONAL OFFICE DIVISION OF WATER QUALITY March 16, 2000 -C-ERTIFIED MAIL RETURN RECEIPT REQUESIED Mr. John Melvin P.O. Box 221 Harrells, NC 28444 Subject-. Notice f ViltlationlNotice of l John Melvin Farin Facility No. 82 - 286 Permit No. AWS 820286 Sampson County Dear Mr. Melvin: 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 211 .0217, you have been found to be in violation of your 2H .0217 Permit. On February 2, 2000, stats' from the Fayettevil le Regional Office of the Division of Water Quality performed an inspection of the lagoon level at the John Melvin Farm located in Sampson County. The inspection revealed that the freeboard level of the lagoon was less than the minimum required in the General Permit for this facility. The General Permit condition III -6.e_ states: " The Permittee shall report by telephone to the appropriate Regional Office as soon as possible, but in no case more than 24 hours following first knowledge of the occurrence of any of the following events: e. Failure to maintain storage capacity in a lagoon/storage pond greater than or equal to that required in Condition V(3) of this General Permit." The Division of Water Quality requests that the following item(s) be addressed: Lower the lagoon level to the required freeboard on a suitable waste application field as soon as weather permits in accordance -with your CAWMP- 2. Report the freeboard level to the Fayetteville Regional Office in accordance with your General Permit within the required time frame. Failure to comply with the above conditions may result in the facility losing its General Permit and being required to obtain an individual non discharge permit for the facility. Please be advised that this notice does not prevent the Division of Water Quality from taking enforcement actions for this violation for any past or fature violations. 225 GREEN STREET, SUITE 714, FAYETTEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA 28301-5043 PHONE 910-486-1541 FAX 910-486-0707 AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY/AFFIRMATIVE ACTION EMPLOYER - 50% RECYCLED/10% POST -CONSUMER PAPER Page 2 Mr. John Melvin March 16, 2000 You are hereby notified that based on the above information the Division of Water Quality is considering forwarding a recommendation to the Director for consideration of enforcement for this violation. Furthermore, the Division of Water Quality has the authority to levy a civil penalty of not more than $25,000.00 per day per violation. If you have an explanation for these violations that you wish to present to this office, please forward a detailed explanation, in writing, of the events noted and why you feel that this office should not proceed with recommendations for enforcement. This response should be received by this office on or before Mgrch 6z 2(IOQ. A copy of this rsponse will also need to be submitted to the DWQ Central Office at the following address: Mr. Steve Lewis NCDENR DWQ 1617 Mail Service Center Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1617 Information provided to this office and the DWQ Central Office will be reviewed and if enforcement is stili deemed appropriate, your explanation will be forwarded to the Director with the enforcement package for his consideration_ If you have any questions concerning this matter, please do not hesitate to contact either myself or Mr. Robert Heath, Environmental Specialist at (910) 486-1541. Sincerely, Paul E. Rawls Regional Water Quality Supervisor cc: Sonya Avant -Compliance Group Wilson Spencer -Sampson Co. 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