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Williams H James
507 James Rd
Wallace, NC 28466
Subject: NOTICE OF DEFICIENCY
NOD-2017-PC-0236
Administrative Code 15A NCAC 2T .1304
William James Farm 31-36, Permit No. AWS310036
Duplin County
Dear Mr. James:
ROY COOPER
Governor
MICHAEL S. REGAN
Secretary
S. JAY ZIMMERMAN
Director
Upon review of Plan of Action records by staff from the Wilmington Regional Office (WIRO) of the
Division of Water Resources (DWR), it was determined that this facility was not in compliance in regards
to maintaining the waste level in lagoon/storage pond to not exceed the maximum level specified in the
facility's CAWMP. We wish to thank you for your cooperation and sending these records.
As a result, 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 .1304, 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:
Deficiency 1:
Failure in maintaining the waste level in lagoon/storage pond to not exceed the maximum level specified
in the facility's CAWMP. At a minimum, maximum waste level for lagoons/storage ponds must not exceed
the level that provides adequate storage to contain the 25-year, 24-hour storm event plus an additional one
(1) foot of structural freeboard except that there shall be no violation of this condition if (a) there is a storm
event more severe than a 25-year, 24-hour event, (b) the Permittee is in compliance with its CAWMP, and
there is at least one (1) foot of structural freeboard, in accordance with Condition V. 2. of the Swine Waste
System General Permit No. A WG 100000.
On August 25, 2017, the staff from the Wilmington Regional Office (WIRO) received notification of the
William James Farm lagoon being out of compliance with the freeboard levels specified in the facility's
CAWMP.
Lagoon 1 Twelve and one half (12.5) inches
Lagoon 2 Seventeen (17) inches
1i Lagoon 3 Seventeen (17) inches
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The lagoons design freeboard is nineteen and one half (19.5) inches for lagoon 1, 2 and 3.
Required Corrective Action for Deficiency 1:
Please provide to our office, a description of the corrective action you will take to resolve this issue.
You are required to provide a written response to this Notice by November 7, 2017. Please include in
your response all corrective actions already taken and a schedule for completion of any corrective actions
not addressed.
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a qualified technical specialist, and/or a professional engineer for any assistance they may be able to
provide.
If you have any questions concerning this Notice, please contact me at [phone].
Sincerely,
Water Quality Regional Operations Section
Wilmington Regional Office
Division of Water Resources, NCDEQ
cc: WQROS CAFO Unit
Billy Houston, Duplin County Soil and Water Conservation District
Kraig Westerbeek, Murphy Brown LLC
DWQ Wilmington Animal Files 31-36
Derek Brown, Record Keeper
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WIL-LIAM JAMES FARM
Permit No. AWS310036 ,
NOTICE OF DEFICIENCY WRITTEN RESPONSE LETTER NOD-2017-PC-
0236
10/11/17
JIM GREGSON
WILMINGTON REGIONAL OFFICE
NCDEQ
Dear JIM GREGSON,
This letter is being sent in response to a Notices of Deficiency letter issued by your office on
the above mentioned facility. This facility was impacted by chronic rainfall (19.3 inches from
July 1-August 25) which saturated application fields. These conditions did not allow for
land application of waste out of lagoons in accordance with permit requirements for a
period of time. Instead of land applying in a manner that would possibly have caused there
to be ponding or runoff, excess rainfall was stored in all 3 lagoons. As soon as the weather
and field conditions allowed, land application resumed. `Phis facility's freeboard was back in
compliance in all 3 lagoons by 9/20/17.
If you have any questions regarding this matter feel free to call my record keeper, Derek
Brown at 910-271-0917 or email him at [e-mail].
Sincerely,
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William H James
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