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ROOM REPORT ONE LETTER WAS SENT TO EDWARD, THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY ON WINKLER WAY ROAD. THE FATHER ALSO NAMED EDWARD RECEIVED A LETTER ALONG WITH THE WOMAN NAMED PATRICIA C. THEY OWN PROPERTY OFF OF HIGHWAY 268 WHICH THE STATE SAYS IS A SECOND DUMP SITE. THE THIRD LETTER WAS SENT TO GRADING INKEN WHICH THE STATE SAYS IS THE COMPANY THAT DELIVERED THE DEGREE THE DUMP SITES. THIS IS OUTLINE OF THE STEPS THE STATE WILL REQUIRE THEM TO TAKE TO FIX IT. LETTER IS SAY THEY HAVE 30 DAYS TO REMOVE THE BEE DEGREE THE RESPECTIVE SITE AND HAVE TO STOP STATE INVESTIGATOR BEFORE CLEANUP AND REMOVE ALL OF THE SOLID WASTES AND PROVIDE PROOF THE DISHE IS POSAL AND RIVERED TO COMPLIMENT SEDIMENT AND EROSION CONTROL MEASURES AND STABILIZE THE SITE BY REESTABLISHING NATIVE VEGETATION. WE HAVE BEEN INVESTIGATING THE STORY SINCE LAST WEEK. THAT IS WHEN OUR CAMERAS CAPTURED THE PILE OF DIRT COVERED DEBRIS. ON MONDAY, AFTER HEAVY WEEKEND RAINS OUR CAMERAS CAPTURED THE IM MAIMS WHICH SHOW BRICK, METAL AND WOOD FROM A DEMOLITION SITE. >> WHILE THAT IS A LOFT FAIL IN THERE. REPORTER: THIS IS THE YADKIN RIVER KEEPER WHO MONITOR AND IN SPECKS THE RIVER. WE VISITED THE SITE WITH HIM ON MONDAY. >> BIG CONCERN RIGHT OFF THE BAT IS THAT PROBABLY A LOT OF THAT DITH MAY HAVE GOTTEN MOVED INTO THE RIVER WHEN CAME UP AND WASHED IT AWAY. ALSO, THE FREEING UP OF THE OTHER MATERIAL AND THE OTHER WOODY MATERIAL THAT MAY HAVE WASHED OUT AND ANYTHING ELSE THAT COULD BE HARMFUL TOLL THE RIVER BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT ALL WAS IN THERE. REPORTER: ACCORDING TO THE VIOLATION LET REMEMBER THE STATE, AM ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTY OF UP TO $15,000 PER DAY MAY BE ACCESSED FOR EACH VIOLATION. KIMBERLY MCGEE IS A PLANNING TECH MISSION FOR THE CALDWELL PLANNING DEPARTMENT. SHE SENT A NOTICE VIOLATION LETTER TO THE PROPERTY ON BEHALF HEF COUNTY LAST WEEK. LEDFORD HAS UNTIL NEXT MON DIE RESPOND IT TWO A PLAN OF ACTION. MCDE SAYS THERE IS A RIGHT WAY AND A LONG WAY TO GO ABOUT FIXING A WASHDOWN EMBANKMENT WHICH IS WHAT CONCERNED COMMUNITY MEMBERS SAY HE WAS TRYING TO DO AT THE SITE ALONG WINKLER WAY ROAD. >> YES. >> THATTING THE PROBLEM THEY DID NOT GET THROUGH THE PROPER VED DURES. AND THE STATE AS WELL AS THE COUNTY WE HAVE MEASURE HAS WOULD BE SUITABLE FOR STABILIZATION AND A CONSTRUCTION DEBRIS IS NOT ONE OF THOSE THINGS. REPORTER: CALDWELL COUNTY OFFICIAL SAYS THE NUNES THE STATE DO NOT CHANGE ANYTHING FOR THEM WITH REGARD TO THEIR OWN VIOLATION NOTICE. IF ANYTHING, IT ADDS TO THEIR CASE. MCBEE SAYS THE COUNTY WILL NOW SEND A SECOND LET FOR THE OWNER OF THE SECOND DUMP SITE. THE STATE INVESTIGATOR WRITES THAT HIS OFFICE WILL FOLLOWUP WIN PEKES TO VERIFY THE PROGRESS IS BEING MADE. THE PROPERTY OWN MER AND GRADING COMPANY TODAY WERE NOT SUCCESSFUL. REPORTING ALONG T

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New developments in an investigation into a dumping site along the Yadkin River.The state has delivered a notice of violation to several people accused of dumping bricks, metal, wood, and other building debris along the banks of the river.The dumping site is in Caldwell County, but there is concern that after the past weekend’s heavy rains, some of the debris could have made its way downstream into Wilkes and Yadkin counties.We’ve also learned that the state is looking into more than one dumping site.Three separate letters were sent out on June 7. They detail the type of debris that was dumped and the areas that it covers. One letter was sent to Edward Jake Ledford, the owner of the property on Winkler Way Road. His father, also named Edward, received a letter along with a woman named Patricia C. Ledford. They own property off at 2848 Highway 268 in Lenoir, which the state said is a second dump site. A third letter was sent to Buddy Faw Grading Inc., which the state said is the company that delivered the debris to the dump sites.The letters outline steps the state requires the recipients to take to fix each site. They have 30 days to remove the debris from their respective sites. They have to stop accepting waste at the sites, contact the state investigator before cleaning, remove all of the solid waste and provide proof of its disposal. They’re also required to implement sediment and erosion control measures and stabilize the site by reestablishing native vegetation. According to the violation letter from the state, an administrative penalty of up to $15,000 per day may be assessed for each violation.We’ve been investigating this story since last week. That’s when WXII 12 cameras captured a pile of dirt-covered debris on the property off of Winkler Way Road. After heavy rains over the weekend, WXII 12 cameras captured different images, which show bricks, metal and wood partially uncovered at the site.Brian Fannon is the Yadkin Riverkeeper. He monitors and inspects the river. He visited the site on Monday.“Wow, that’s a lot of fill in there,” Fannon said. “Big concern right off the bat is probably a lot of dirt may have gotten moved into the river when this came up and washed it away. Also, the freeing up of other material that was in there, the woody material that washed out and anything else that could be harmful to the river, because we don’t know what all was in there.”Kimberly McGee is a planning technician for the Caldwell County Planning Department. She sent a notice of violation letter to Edward Jake Ledford at the Winkler Way Road property on behalf of the county last week. He has until next Monday, June 17, to respond with a plan of action.McGee said there is a right way and a wrong way to go about fixing a washed-out embankment, which is what concerned community members said Ledford was trying to do at the site along Winkler Way Road.“Yes, and that’s the problem. They didn’t go through the proper procedures and the state, as well as the county, we have measures that would be suitable for stabilization, and construction debris is not one of those things,” McGee said.Caldwell County officials said these new letters from the state do not change anything for them about their own violation notice. If anything, it adds to their case. McGee said the county will now send a second letter to the owner of the second dump site.The state investigator writes that his office will follow up with inspections to verify that progress is being made at both sites to rectify the situation. Our attempts to reach the property owners and Buddy Faw Grading Inc. for comment were not successful on Tuesday.