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STORMWATER DIVISION CODING SHEET
NCG PERMITS
PERMIT NO.
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DOC TYPE
❑ HISTORICAL FILE
❑)(MONITORING REPORTS
DOC DATE
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DOC TYPE I ❑ HISTORICAL FILE
❑ MONITORING REPORTS
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December 31, 2019
Division of Water Quality
Attention: DWQ Central Files
1617 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1617
VIA CERTIFIED MAIL
RECEIVED
JAN 10 2020
CENTRAL FILES
D" SECTION
REFERENCE: Storm Water Discharge Outfall Monitoring Report
Railroad Friction Products Corporation, Maxton, North Carolina, Certificate of Coverage Number NCG030108
Dear Sir or Madam:
In accordance with General Permit Part II Section B, enclosed please find duplicate signed copies of Railroad Friction Products (RFPC) Storm water
Discharge Outfall Monitoring Report. This report summarizes analytical monitoring of the site's single outfall and covers the period of July 1, 2019
through December 31, 2019. Below are three issues RFPC wants to make DWQ aware of.
1. The concentration for zinc remains above listed benchmark value of 0.126 mg/L. During some previous sampling periods zinc sampled
values were higher that the listed zinc benchmark range of 0.126 mg/L. The sampling value for first half 2019 was 0.144 mg/L. The
sampling value for second half 2018 was 0.249 mg/L. This monitoring period, the zinc sampling value was 0.333 mg/L..This reoccurring
zinc over benchmark value has been communicated to DWQ. In a letter issued from NCDEQ to RFPC dated May 25, 2018, RFPC was
granted regulatory relief in the form of a collapsed Tier2-Tier 3 response, and RFPC may resume the permitted specified semi-annual
analytical monitoring at our facility. RFPC continues to implement actions to mitigate exposure of storm water to materials. For example,
RFPC built a building to house the open top reject lined hoppers that holds loose reject material. This building blocks windborne dust from
the reject hopper being blown to adjacent facility drainage creek. RFPC has also instituted better housekeeping requirements in order to
prevent production material from flowing into the facility drainage creek. In addition, RFPC has installed a StormCeptor unit where storm
water drains in back of factory that captures any particles in the storm water to prevent them reaching the drainage creek. Based on the
regulatory relief granted in the May 25, 2018 letter, RFPC stopped monthly zinc monitoring.
Previous semi-annual DMR at our SDO results are shown below.
November 2013: 1.200 mg/L
April 2014: 0.390 mg/L
September 2014: 0.130 mg/L
October 2014: 0.086 mg/L
November 2014: 0.350 mg/L
January 2015: 0.050 mg/L
November 2015: 0.129 mg/L
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March 2016: 0.144 mg/L
December 2016: 0.181 mg/L
May 2017: 0.169 mg/L
March 2018: 0.108 mg/L
December 2018: 0.249 mg/L
February 2019: 0.144 mg/L
2. The concentration for copper is above the listed benchmark value of 0.010 mg/L. The last exceedance was sampling value for first half
2018 - 0.0154 mg/L. Per our permit, this exceedance triggers Tier 1 requirements. RFPC conducted immediately conducted an inspection
of the facility and found no obvious causes for copper exceedance. RFPC has started monthly monitoring for copper. RFPC will also began
conducting monthly monitoring of copper from two (2) separate storm water downspouts from factory roof, which in the past, has shown
significantly higher than listed benchmark values for copper in the storm water flowing from the factory roof.
Previous semi-annual DMR at our SDO results are shown below.
February 2013: BDL <0.020 mg/L
November 2013: 0.025 mg/L
April 2014: BDL <0.020 mg/L
September 2014: BDL <0.020 mg/L
October 2014: BDL <0.020 mg/L
November 2014: BDL <0.020 mg/L
January 2015: BDL <0.020 mg/L
November 2015: BDL <0.010 mg/L
March 2016: BDL <0.010 mg/L
December 2016: BDL <0.010 mg/L
May 2017: BDL <0.0148 mg/L
March 2018: 0.0154 mg/L
December 2018: <0.01mg/L
February 2019: <0.01mg/L
Sampled PH value was 5.82. This is a problem that we have encountered before, but not since 2014. Then and now, we immediately
walked around the entire perimeter of the facility to determine the cause of the low PH reading, but none was found. We then reviewed
the manufacturing process to determine if anything occurred that would have caused the low PH reading, but nothing was found with this
search either. RFPC will check PH again in stormwater sample in January 2019-and-compare to collected -rainwater -PH and advise results.
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If there are any questions regarding the enclosed material, please call me at 910.844.9739.
Sincerely,
RAILROAD FRICTION PRODUCTS CORPORATION
Greg ThdmpTsonn
Manager Manufacturing Engineering
Enclosure
Matt Jarusinski
General Manger and Vice President
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Semi-annual Stormwater Discharge Monitoring Report
for North Carolina Division of Water Quality General Permit No. NCG030000
Date submitted _12/31/19
CERTIFICATE OF COVERAGE NO. N00030108
FACILITY NAME Railroad Friction Products
COUNTY Scotland
PERSON COLLECTING SAMPLES _Greg Thompson_
LABORATORY Environmental Chemists Inc
Lab Cert. # _94
Comments on sample collection or analysis:
Part A: Stormwater Benchmarks and Monitoring Results
SAMPLE COLLECTION YEAR 2019
SAMPLE PERIOD ❑ Jan -June ® July -Dec
or ❑ Monthly' (month)
RECEIVEDSCHARGING TO CLASS ❑ORW ❑HQW [—]Trout ❑PNA
❑Zero -flow ❑Water Supply ❑SA
JAN 10 2020 ®Other—c;SW
CENTRAL FN.ES
DWR SECTION PLEASE REMEMBER TO SIGN ON PAGES 2 AND/OR 3 4
n No discharge this period?2
Outfall No.
Date Sample
Collected
(mo/dd/yr)
24-hour rainfall
amount,
Inches'
Total Suspended Solids
pH
Standard units
Copper
Lead
Zinc
Non -Polar O&G/
Total Petroleum
Hydrocarbons
Total Toxic
Organics s
Benchmarks =__> -
-
-
100 mg/L or 50 mg/L' -
6.0 — 9.0
0.010 mg/L
0.075 mg/L
0.126 mg/L
15 mg/L
1 mg/L
001
12/18/19
2.25
4.2 mg/L
5.82
<0.014 mg/L
<0.01 mg/L
0.333 mg/L
<5.0 mg/L
NA
Monthly sampling (instead of semi-annual) must begin with the second consecutive benchmark exceedance for the same parameter at the same outran.
z For sampling periods with no discharge at any single outfall, you must still submit this discharge monitoring report with a checkmark here.
'The total precipitation must be recorded using data from an on -site rain gauge. Unattended sites may be eligible for a waiver of the rain gauge requirement.
4 See General Permit, Table 3 identifying the especially sensitive receiving water classifications where the more protective benchmark applies.
s Total Toxic Organics sampling is applicable only for those facilities which perform metal finishing operations, manufacture semiconductors, manufacture
electronic crystals, or manufacture cathode ray tubes. For purposes of this permit the definition of Total Toxic Organics is that definition contained in the EPA
Effluent Guidelines for the facility subject to the requirement to sample (for metal finishing use the definition as found in 40 CFR 433.11; for semiconductor
manufacture use the definition as found in 40 CFR 469.12; for electronic crystal manufacture use the definition as found in 40 CFR 469.22; and for cathode ray
tube manufacture use the definition found in 40 CFR 469.31).
Permit Date: 11/1/2012-10/31/2017 SWU-245, last revised 10/25/2012
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Facilities that incorporate a solvent management plan into the Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan may so certify, and the requirement for TTO monitoring
may be waived. The solvent management plan shall include a list of the total toxic organic compounds used and the other elements listed in the General
Permit. For those facilities electing to employ the TTO monitoring waiver, the discharger shall sign the following certification statement:
"Based upon my inquiry of the person or persons directly responsible for managing compliance with the permit monitoring requirement for total toxic organics
(TTO), I certify that to the best of my knowledge and belief, no dumping of concentrated toxic organics into the stormwater or areas which are exposed to rainfall or
stormwater runoff has occurred since filing the last discharge monitoring report. I further certify that this facility is implementing the all the provisions of the
solvent management plan included in the Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan."
Hatt Jarusinski
Name (Print name)
GM and VP
Title (Print title)
(Signature) (Date)
Note: Results must be reported in numerical format. Do not report Below Detection Limit, BDL, <PQL, Non -detect, ND, or other similar non -numerical
format. When results are below the applicable limits, they must be reported in the format, ' 5 mg/L", where XX is the numerical value of the detection
limit, reporting limit, etc. in mg/L.
Note: If you report a sample value in excess of the benchmark, you must implement Tier 1, Tier 2, or Tier 3 responses. See General Permit text.
Part B: Vehicle Maintenance Area Monitoring Results: only for facilities averaging > 55 gal of new oil per month.
n No discharge this period?2
Outfall No.
Date Sample
Collected'
(mo/dd/yr)
24-hour rainfall
amount,
Inches'
Non -polar O&G/TPH by
- EPA 1664(SGT-HEM)
Total Suspended Solids
pH.
Benchmarks =__>
-
-
15 mg/L
100 mg/L or 50 mg/L•
6.0 — 9.0 SU
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
Footnotes from Part A also apply to this Part B
' See General Permit text, Table 5, identifying the especially sensitive receiving water classifications where the more protective benchmark applies.
Permit Date: 11/1/2012-10/31/2017 SWU-245, last revised 10/25/2012
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Note: if you report a sample value in excess of the benchmark, you must implement Tier 1, Tier 2, or Tier 3 responses. See General Permit text.
FOR PART A AND PART B MONITORING RESULTS:
• A BENCHMARK EXCEEDANCE TRIGGERS TIER 1 REQUIREMENTS. SEE PERMIT PART II SECTION B.
• 2 EXCEEDANCES IN A ROW FOR THE SAME PARAMETER AT THE SAME OUTFALL TRIGGER TIER 2 REQUIREMENTS. SEE PERMIT PART II SECTION B.
• TIER 3: HAS YOUR FACILITY HAD 4 OR MORE BENCHMARK EXCEEDENCES FOR THE SAME PARAMETER AT ANY ONE OUTFALL? YES ® NO ❑
IF YES, HAVE YOU CONTACTED THE DWQ REGIONAL OFFICE? YES ® NO ❑
REGIONAL OFFICE CONTACT NAME: _Mike Lawyer
Mail an original and one copy of this DMR including all "No Discharge" reports within 30 days of receipt of the lab results (or at end of monitoring period
in the case of "No Discharge" reports) to:
Division of Water Quality
Attn: DWQ Central Files
1617 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1617
YOU MUST SIGN THIS CERTIFICATION FOR ANY INFORMATION REPORTED:
"I certify, under penalty of law, that this document and all attachments were prepared under my direction or supervision in accordance with a system designed to
assure that qualified personnel properly gather and evaluate the information submitted. Based on my inquiry of the person or persons who manage the system, or
those persons directly responsible for gathering the information, the information submitted is, to the best of my knowledge and belief, true, accurate, and complete. I
am aware that there are significant penalties for submitting false information, including the possibility of fines and imprisonment for knowing violations."
(Signature of
Permit Date:11/1/2012-10/31/2017
p/.U9, 2oZo
(Date)
SWU-245, last revised 10/25/2012
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Shipping: Mailing:
2401 W. 51i St. PO Box 589
Lumberton NC 28358 Lumberton, NC 28359
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RAILROAD FRICTION
13601 AIRPORT ROAD
MAXTON, NC 28364
ATTN: GREG THOMPSON
SAMPLE NUMBER - 13439
DATE SAMPLED - 12-18-19
DATE RECEIVE D-12-18-19
TIME RECEIVED - 0910
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FINAL REPORT OF ANALYSES -
SAMPLE ID - STORMWATER
SAMPLER - JAY HUCKS
DELIVERED BY - CLIENT
ANALYSIS
METHOD
BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND
SM5210-B
TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIDS
SM2540D
AMMONIA NITROGEN
SM4500NH3D
FECAL COLIFORM
SM9222D
CONDUCTIVITY
SM25108
CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND
SM5220D
PH
SM4500 H+B
VOLATILE SUSPENDED SOLIDS
SM2540E
N/R = ANALYSIS NOT REQUESTED
Phone: [phone]
Fax:[phone]
Email: pam.hester
tbl(a).hotmail.com
PROJECT NAME:TBL- 29429
REPORT DATE:121-8-19
DATE RESULT
N/R
12/18/2019 4.2
N/R
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TIME SAMPLED - 0800
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Attention: Pam Hester Report #: 2019-21307
Project ID: Railroad Friction Products
Lab ID Sample ID: Collect Daterrime Matrix Sampled by
19-53966 Site: Storm Water 12/18/2019 8:00 AM Water Jay Hucks
Test Method Results Date Analyzed
Oil & Grease (O&G) EPA 1664 <5 mg/L 12/20/2019
Copper EPA200.7 0.014mg/L 12/20/2019
Lead EPA 2007 <0.01 mg/L 12/202019
Zinc EPA NO 7 0.333 mg/L 12/20/2019
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NCDENR
Stormwater Discharge Outfall (SDO)
Qualitative Monitoring Report
For goidance on filling out thisform, please visit: htto//Aortal.ncdenr.org/webAr/npdes-stormwater/
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Permit No.: N/C/_/_/_/ /_/_/_/ or Certificate of Coverage No.: N/C/G/U/� q �� /D/a/
Facility Name: (Z4• � �pa1 ►'r%t��>� ('rodi.,1±9 CoPP
County: S/-07-1
Inspector: Glf<
Date of Inspection
Time of Inspection:
Phone No. `11D-"
Total Event Precipitation (inches): �S
Was this a "Representative Storm Event" or "Measureable Storm Event" as defined by the permit?
(See information below.)
[]'Yes ❑ No
Please verify whether Qualitative Monitoring must be performed during a "representative storm
event" or "measureable storm event" (requirements vary, depending on the permit).
Qualitative monitoring requirements vary. Most permits require qualitative monitoring to be
performed during a "representative storm event" or during a "measureable storm event." However,
some permits do not have this requirement. Please refer to these definitions, if applicable.
A "representative storm event" is a storm event that measures greater than 0.1 inches of rainfall
and that is preceded by at least 72 hours (3 days) in which no storm event measuring greater than
0.1 inches has occurred. A single storm event may contain up to 10 consecutive hours of no
precipitation.
A "measurable storm event" is a storm event that results in an actual discharge from the
permitted site outfall. The previous measurable storm event must have been at least 72 hours
prior. The 72-hour storm interval does not apply if the permittee is able to document that a shorter
interval is representative for local storm events during the sampling period, and the permittee
obtains approval from the local DWQ Regional Office.
By this signature, I certify that this report is accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge:
(SignaturWof Permittee br Designee)
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1. Outfall Description:
Outfall No. 00 S1
Receiving Stream: ?
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colors (red, brown,, etc.) and tint
3. Odor: Describe any distinct odors that the discharge may have (i.e., smells strongly of oil,
weak chlorine odor, etc.): I %y&"1tiC�
4. Clarity: Choose the dumber which best describes the clarity of the discharge, where 1 is
clear and 5 is very cloudy:
S. Floating Solids: Cho se the number which best describes the amount of floating solids in
the stormwater discharge, where 1 is no solids and 5 is the surface covered with floatirg solids:
1 Q 3 4 5
6. Suspended Solids: Choose the number which best describes the amount of suspended
solids in the stormwater discharge, where 1 is no solids and 5 is extremely muddy:
1 © 3 4 5
7. Is there any foam in the stormwater discharge? Yes
B. Is there an oil sheen in the stormwater discharge? Yes /No)
9. Is there evidence of erosion or deposition at the outfall? Yes
10. Other Obvious Indicators of Stormwater Pollution:
List and describe 0 t 4e-- �'— Dg-f-741 I / IC ---A k'5 C he °' w A.-J- b 14—
Note: Low clarity, high solids, and/or the presence of foam, oil sheen, or erosion/deposition
may be indicative of pollutant exposure. These conditions warrant further investigation.
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