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DIVISION OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
August 23, 1989
MEMORANDUM TO: Dale Overcash
FROM: D. Rex Gleason
PREPARED BY: Michael L. Parke
SUBJECT: GHQ 0002154
Request to Amend Permit No. 10587R3
City of Hickory Sludge Land Application
Catawba County, North Carolina
This office is in receipt of a request and supporting
documents from Mr. William Jerry Twiggs, Public Utilities
Director, City of Hickory, to allow Huffman Finishing Company to
temporarily land apply sludge at sites No. 9 and 10 in the
subject Permit. Hickory's request stems from an emergency need
of Huffman Finishing to remove and dispose of sludge from their
existing wastewater treatment facilities. Use of the designated
sites is requested until Huffman has received approval and
instituted a land application program.
Supporting inform,ation as submitted by the engineer for
Huffman Finishing reflects an annual sludge generation of 18.7
tons/year (dry weight). Total available acreage (sites 9 and
10) is approximately 228 acres. Phosphorous is the limiting
constituent; however, based on available acreage, site life is
estimated at over 4000 years. Based on analysis submitted by
Huffman, metals did not appear to be a problem.
The two (2) sites have a cover crop of mixed grass and
fescue hay. Sludge application, will be either surface
application or subsurface injection. All buffers specified in
the subject Permit under conditions No. 12, 13, 14 and 15 shall
apply. Hickory should be required to maintain a written log of
all sludge applications as specified in condition No. 19 of the
subject Permit.

Dale Overcash
Page Two
August 23, 1989
Pending final review of the supporting data by the ERG,
approval is recommended for amending the subject Permit to
Include the disposal of Huffman Finishing sludge on sites No. 9
and 10. Approval should be in the form of a condition (or
conditions) added to the subject Permit which allows for the
disposal of sludge from the Huffman Finishing Company wastewater
treatment facilities for a period of two (2) years from date of
Permit amendment. The amended Permit should also reflect the
new tracking number (WQ 0002154), and void No. 10587R3.
If you have any questions, please advise.
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CITY OF HIC
POST OFFICE BOX 398 + HICKORY, NORTH CAROLD
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Public Utilities epartment July 24, 1989
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Mr. Arthur Mouberry, Pa E.
Supervisor, Permit & Engineering Section
ANC DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES-
AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
PCB Box 27687
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Raleigh, NC 761 1-767
Dear Mr. touberry. 3 FYP8t
SUBJECT: Amendment to Permit No. 10B7R "OVKLe
Farad ;application of Sludge, 4r4fth oftr
City of Hickory, North Carolina
Based upon Huffman Finishing Company's request of May B
1989, the City of Hickory has agreed to allow Huffman Finishing
Company to land apply their sludge on Fields No. ,9 aaai lC that are
included in our Non -Discharge Permit No. 10587R3, The permission
is granted as an emergency measure only until the company obtains
their permit for disposal of sludge by land appl.i.:c.ation.
Accordingly, it is requested that the above referenced permit be
amended for the use of Fields No. 9 and 10 for land application of
sludge generated at Huffman Finishing Company.
Site information pertaining to locations top;ogr-aphy, soils,
hydrogeology, and cover crop can be found in the permit
application on your files, Application for permit amendment, four
() copies of the supporting data concerning the application rate
for land application of Huffman Finishing Company's wastewater
treatment plant* sludge and a check of $250.00 for the permit
amendment are enclosed.
Should you have and: questions concerning this matter, please
contract Pr: Shankar Mistry with The Wooten Company, Consulting,
Engineers at (91 ) 828- 531,
Sincerely
Wm.Jerry Twt gs
Public Utilities Director"
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Attachments
Pc:, Mr. Rex Gleason, RCPHR & CD, Mooresville, NC
y1r. ,lack Floyd, NCDEMPermits & Engineering

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HIC
P iST` Iµ I 8 ® HICKQ T C R L.II . 7 -
b` wtles Department July , 1989
Mr. Arthur M uberry, P. Pam
Supervisor, Permit & Engineering Section
NC DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES�.� ���l�a
AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
PO Pow 27687,t .. ,._ .`.. .r..L AT
Raleigh, NC 7611-7687
Dear Mr. . ouberry
SUBJECT: amendment to Permit No. 105�7R3 `
Land Application of Sludge
City of Hickory, North Carolina
Based upon Huffman Finishing Company's request of May S,
1989, the City of Hickory has agreed to allow Huffman Finishing
Company to land apply their sludge on Fields No. 9 and lC that are
included in our Non -Discharge Permit No.. 105 7RS. The permission
is granted as are emergency measure only until the company obtains
their permit for disposal of sludge by land application,
Accordingly, it is requested that the above referenced permit be
ascended for the use of Fields No. 9 and 10 for land application of
sludge generated at Huffman.. Finishing Company.
Site information pertaining to location, topography, soils,
hydrogeology, and cover crop can be found in the permit
application on, your files. Application for permit amendment, four
( copies of the supporting data concerning the application rate
for land application of Huffman ,Finishing Company's wastewater
treatment plant sludge and a check of $250.00 foraz the permit
amendment are enclosed.,
Should you have any questions concerning this matter, please
contact ]fir, ShanRar Mistry with The Wooten Company, Consulting
Engineers at 91.9 HRS-531.
Sincerely,
Gm,{ Je ry Twiggs
Public Utilities Director
Attachments
pc: Mr. Rex Gleason, NC NR & CD, Mooresville, NC
Mr. Jack Floyd, NC P , Permits & Engineering

North Carolina Department of NaturalResource* and Community Development DEM USE
Environmental Management Commission Permit Number
NON -DISCHARGE PERMIT APPLICATION*
In accordance with NC General Statute* Chapter 146, article 21 outnty« Catawba
,supplicant (name of board, Individual. or others); Application Date.
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. Jerry Teri gg
Protect (name of city, village, town, sanitary district, establishment). -
City of Hickory
ri ft Brief Pro)ect De#criptlon,
13 lion -Discharge Treat ent/isposal Facilities Land application of aerobically digested
13 Pretreatment 1Fac1litlae sludge generated at Huffman Finishing Company',-:
Sewer Cotltctlon :System (private) Wastewater Treatment Plant on the permitted
Extension of Sewer Systems (public) (Permit � No. 1 pasture ands for
Hickory's sludge disposal
LS Sludge Disposal Nr � rtr
Spray Irritation ;:I F'vk a
NATURE Of WASTEWATER:
Domestic Sewage;
Estimatedo
` OtherWasteplan Este«
From (sewers. pretreotmnent plant)- Serving (city, ln#titution,'I'n"d"u"s'irv��ii..
F Huffman Finishing Company WWTP �, Huffman Finishing Company
j into (name of treatment plant): Average daily Gallons Sewage or Waste Flow.-
N/At
t ]location of plant): On Fi el ds No. 9 and 10 included in the (NPDES No.) gi sch g
existing Noce -discharge Permit No. i g P ig �
Name and Complete Coddress of Engineering Fir ,$ The Wooten t<t� an yip bode: ; d
1d N. Boylan Ave., Raleigh, NC 27603 Telephone NO. 919-828-0531
Applicant assures that proposed works will be conxtructed, supervised, operated and maintained in ccordonce
with approved plans and specification* or approved changes thereto.
W. Jerry T iggs fdalling P.O. d 39
Print Name: Address.
Title„ Director of Public Utilities HLckory, N.C. Zip Code. 28603
Signature; 7"siephons No. 1-4
27
1, Fill-in All Spaces„ 1f not applicable, ont*r N/A.
7. Secure appropriatosIgnaturs(mayor/city manager for municipality, chairman for sanitary district board,
o nsr/proper officialof corporation, or legally constituted board or comrtmlaston In charge of proposedworks).
A letter of authorleation is required from proper offlcidl if design engineer or other agent sign* application,
l d. Submit to Divieton of Environmental Management. Permits an4 Engineering Unit. P.O: Box 91667, llalalgh, NC 27611,
the original and first copy of application, 3 safe of finatissd plane, #pacification* and other supporting data as
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required' by Commission Rut**, and permit fee.
I FOR ASSISTANCE, CALL THE STATE CENTRAL OFFICE (919) 776•5063, PERMITS NGINE ING UNIT, OW n
s A#hovillo [phone] ]Mooresville [phone] a*hington 4919) g -6461Winston-Salem i41 ) 761-gd61
139 Woodila Street 919 North Main Street 1424 Carolina Avenue 9025 N. Point Blvd.
Asheville. NC 29801 Mooresville, NC 29115 i, a#hlo ton. NC 278119' Suite 146 g71 6
Winston-Salem, N
Pavettevilis (919) 4 6-154i1' Raleigh (919)' 766-2614 Wilmington 9) 36-4161
Suite 7114 Wachdsia building Sox 27601 7223 Wrightsville avenue
Fayetteville. NC 211301 Raleigh, NC 27611 Wilmington. NC 29403

SUPPORTING DATA
FOR
AMENDMENT Of HICKORY SLUDGE DISPOSAL PERMIT
FOR
HUFF MAN FINISHING COMPANY'S
WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT SLUDGE DISPOSAL
JULY 1989
089
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--SHE NKA-R-R-.-M1-STRY. -PH.O.. P.E.
THE WOOTEN COMPANY
Engineering - Planning - Architecture
RALEIGH, GREENVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA

LAND APPLICATION Of SLUDGE
HUFFMAN FINISHING 'COMPANY
WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT
i#U SLUDGE QUANTITY AND CHARACTERISTICS
A. Sludge Quantity„
. Dry weight basis =
3740 lbs/,dear
18.7 tuns/gear
. Wet volume basis- =
79,170 gals/year at
5.5% solids
B. Sludge Characteristics
Mg/1
mcg
Total Kjeldahl Nitrogen, TKN
1,772
32,218
Ammonia Nitrogen, NFL
176 _ _ -
3,18
Nitrate, NO
4.5
81.8'
Total Phosphorus, P
4048**
73,73
Potassium, K
500
9,091
Tin, 7n
20
364
Capper, Cu
3
54.5
Lead, Pb
0.3
5.48
Nickel, Ni0.41
7.4
Cadmium, Cd
0.15
2.73
Arsenic, Ar
0.60
10.90
Mercury, Hg
0.017
0.31
Calcium, Ca
1,650
30,000
Magnesium, Mg
300
5,455
Sodium, Nd
1,200
21,818
pH
6.5
Standard Unit
Percent Solids
5.5
Percent
*Results reported in mg/kg are
on dry weight basis,
**Average results of the three
analysis for phosphorus
(131,818 + 54,400 34,800),/3` = 73.537 mg/kg
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2.0 APPLICATION RATE AND AREA REQUIREMENTS
A. Nitrogen Loading
1. Sludge Quantity = 1.7 dry tons/year
. Nitrogen in Sludge
Total Kjeldahl Nitrogen, T N, mg/kg 32,218
Ammonia Nitrogen, NH3 -N,mg/kg 3,182
Nitrate Nitrogen, Nd -N, mg/kg 51.
. Nitrogen Loading Pate
Property/Farm Cover Crop lb PANAc/"dear
Bill Lee Property Mixed Grass'' and 15
Fescue Hay Pasture
Harry Frank Farm Mixed Grass and, 15
Fescue Hay Pasture
Rolling Hills Farr Mixed Grass and 15
Fescue Hay Pasture
4. Organic Nitrogen Mineralization = 20 percent
5. Nitrogen Loss Hue to Volatilization, Denitrification and
Percolation Loss::
a. Subsurface Injection Application = 0.0 percent
b. Surface Application = 50 percent
6. Plant;Available Nitrogen (PAN) in Sludge:
a. Subsurface Injection.
PAN = (T N —NH 3) x 0- (NH 3 NO + N
(32,218 - 3,18) x 0.2 + 31 + 0.0 + 81.8)
55. + 3263.8
91mg/kg
9071mg/kg x 0.002 = 18.14 l b/dry ton
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b. Surface Application:
PAN = N-NH 3 3 x 0.2 + (NH + NO + NO ) x 0.5
2 3
= 5807.2 + 1631.9
= 7439.1 mg/kg
= 7439.1 mg/kg x 0.002 = 14.88 lb/dry ton
7. Land Area Required:
a. For Subsurface Injection:
Area, Acres = 18.14 lb — PAN/ton x 18.17_12E�year
150 16 —PAN/Ac/Yr
= 2.26 Acres
b. For Surface Application:
Area, Acres = 14.88 lb PAN/ton x 17 tin
150 lb PAN/Ac/Yr
= 1.86 Acres
B. Phosphorus Loading:
1. Phosphorus in Sludge = 73,573 mg/kg
� 73,573 mg/kg x 0.002
= 147.15 lb/dry ton
2. Phosphorus Loading Rdte = 100 15 P/Acre/Year
3. Land Area Required:
Area, Acres = 147.15 lb P/ton x 18.7 ton/year
It lb P.Acre/Yr.
= 27.52 Acre
C. Cadmium Loading
1. Cadmium in Sludge = 2.73 mg/kg
= 2.73 mg/kg x 0.002
= 0.005 lb Cd/dry ton
2. EPA Cadmium Loading Criteria = 0.45 1b Cd/Ac/Year
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3. Land Area Required:
Area, Acres = 0.005 )b /ton x 18.7 togLyear
0.45 lb Cd/Ac/Year
= 0.21 Acres
D. Solids Loading
1. Sludge Quantity = 18.7 ton/year
2. Solids Loading Rate = 5 dry ton/Acre/Year
3. Land Area Required:
Area, Acres = 18.7 dryon yeAr
5 dry ton/Acre/Year
= 3.74 Acres
E. Summary of Area Requirements:
Loading Parameter Area, Acres
Nitrogen Loading (150 lb PAN/Ac/Yr) 2.26*
1.86**
Phosphorus Loading (100 lb P/Ac/Yr) 27.52
Cadmium Loading (0.45 lb Cd/Ac/Yr) D.
Solids Loading (5 dry ton/Ac/Yr) 3.74
*For Subsurface injection application
**For Surface application
Considering the areas requirements for various loading parameters, it
can be seen that the sludge applciation rate will be limiting to PHOSPHORUS
LOADING.
3.0 AVAILABLE LAND AREA:
The City of Hickory has agreed to allow Huffman finishing Company to
use the following fields for sludge disposal that are currently included in
the Permit 10587R3.
Field No. Owner Area
9 Harry Frank 1,16 Acres
10 Bill Lee 112 Acres
11* Rolling Hill Farm 116 Acres
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*Field No. 11 is not approved for sludge disposal in the Permit No.
10587R3 due to the shallow depth to the bedrock. Accordingly, the total'
land area available for Huffman finishing Company's sludge disposal i
approximately 11 + 112 = 228 Acres.
4.0 EXPECTED SITE LIFE
Considering the metal constituents in sludge and maximum metalloading
allowable at sites having soil CEC of 5.0 Mgq/100 gm Of soil, the expected
site life is calculated as follows:
Heavy Maximum fetal Metal Content dotal Quantity
Metals Loading Allowable in Mudge of Sludge Allowed
lb/acre mg/kg lb/ton ton acre
Pb 500 5.450.011 4 871
2n 250 364 0.72 4
Cu 125 54.5 0.109 g 1146
i 50 7.45 0.015 3355
Cd 5 2.73 0.0055 915
From the above site life calculations, it can be seen that: ZINC will b
the limiting metal for total sludge application at the site.
Considering the PHOSPHORUS LIMITED sludge loading, the expected site
life is estimated as follows'
Site Life, Years = on acre x 27.52 acre
1 .7 tons/year
504.7 Years
Considering the total available 228 acreage (116 acres of field No. g
and 112 acres of field No. 1) the expected site life is estimated as
follows:
Site life, 'dears = 343 ton/acre x 228 Acres
18.7 tons/year
4182 Years
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Date/Time
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Date Rea ported -
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BOO-5 04Y Mg/L
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Nitrogen, 11. Mg/L
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Number COMPo nd
Water
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Results
Limit
Concentration
Pesticides.
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0.0002
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Huffman
Huffman
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Ca 1 C i um, 1650.0
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Ni
Zinc 0.41 e.4
Nitrate 1200.0 1,1.
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Ammonia Nitrogen 176.0
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Results of analysis of your wastewater treatment pleat are listed below,
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Parameters .a_. rp Stream
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L 1100 rril -1 -9
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ANALYTICAL RESULTS-1
PHOSPHORUS, TOTAL 365-31 54400
i ALL RESULT NNITS ARE EXPRESSED 1N MG/KG, ;CRY WEIGHT, EXCEPT
FEDERAL ISTER, V9 = 209, OCT'OBE 26 198
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CITY OF HICKORY
QST FFI F III • I I KKR `-QRTIJ �",ARQLI:. �
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Public Utilities Department
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June 9. 1989
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Mr. Tarry Horton, P. E Project Engineer
THE WOOTEN COMPANY
1120 N Boylan Avenue
Raleigh, NC 27 6 0 3_m...-
Bear Mr.. Horton:
UBJE T, Hu an Finishing Company Sludge Application
Enclosed You will find the information that was requested b
you from the City of Hickory. The tree (:fields and owners
that you will find attached are the only ones available to apply
this sludge.
Should you have and, questions, please advise*
Sincerely,
Keith S. Bulgy'
Pli Plants Superintand nL
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Enclosures

DEPAMTENT OF NATURAL PESDURCES AND COMHUNITY DEVELOPMENT
"9, EIG"i
P E R M
For the d'L;iCti'tnCne Q `:nr,;a i, Iiii;lastte"?n! ct4Rstes,..or Met S1'rr`.st
es
in t.2t:.' os{t:s mn 'a` -*,nth star'; Provisions of Anil, 21 of Chapter 113, s^ner al .StatutRs
Qy- °`t.?it'th Carolina as amended, and "othe? applicable Laws, Rules, and Regu nGicns
City y of Hickory
Catawba County
FOR ice,.,n
.{. C ,« e
a pe:";a ;on C:"G a land application program to ;,11"tC3R Q "digested sludgefrom
the Huny FOK" and the Northeast Wastewater Treatmnnt Plants to sit,,�s identified in
.. � C,. ..a �;f t:��';t pE::, ,.v .s pursuant to the a%3;rl1c�1'i,i rw"',1v£?iA Octoher 9,
. _ q e 1 E x r r s.f .. w F I "'"4 " i sq 3n '� P p
ivnsother Supporting
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1., s�'„ t3S Qn.. MY Y aCr.1 rsi'p>'C't eCt by the ;.tepn>'tm"Writ. w: Natural Rc?souic4?s and
,. vi& t tf M Qrtp"'1nnt and conn _ tired a part of this permit.
This permit MIJ he Mentivn
f,om the
date Q ln.. t]ce""i{t q. E_Clet. l February 23.. crt rl`
- , shall t:r' stts""i^*"t to the following :"rat?c.t,?"ied conditions and limitations;
. This permit shall become voidable E`Uless the fa + l . tits are constructed in
accoM
3i e with the
aprroved plans, syreC.iicizi":a:s and other .sElppo%"i.idi r1,:u;°l,
:. This permit {e"rac,eive colG with respint to tan MtUre "iGi'olttt:tior',wastes ..
-. ._ E he proporly volnuainidand oncrated an all ; iman .
to m ' -
rn of the sail to
_<e.iuC�{�.� :aso1*u the wastes .Ci �:L�"I bea: iss�.Ill��.ed L]'°a�.�'.�'r^ tEin f,".a»'y':k�,"t�. areEnFt.?z'ed, maintained, and operated ,in a manner which will prot.E?{:,w: Via igtte;.t;
er r
�, i,� quality standards of mac.£', s€ia:""c"?ce waters and "':"t1;;d waters.

in event the facilities fail to perform satisfactoriiy, including the creation of
nuisance conditions, the Permittee shall take such immediate corrective action as
may be required 1), CA Division, including the construction of additional or
replacement asi.ewater treatment or disposal facilities.
7Diversion or bypass or' t"ne untr2ated wastewater frcm the treatment facilities
is prohibited.
& The issuance of this permi! shall not relieve the permittae of the responsibility
!or damages to surface cr g7oundwaters resulting- from the operaticof this
faciiity
Adequace facilities shall be provided to prevent surface rnno:ff from carrying
any disposed or stared material into the receiving scream,
10. Sludge shall not be applied in inclement weather or until 24 hours following a
rainfall event of 1/2-inch or re per in 24 hours. Emergency sludge disposal
measurcs shall be approved by the Divisicn of Environmental Management.
NO We Of wWtayater other than that from Henry Fork and Northeast Wasteuater
T:eaumunt Plant shall be sprayed onto the irrigaticn area,
12. A 110-foat buffer shall be maintained between the appropriate land owner's
property line and any applied sludge.
13. The fclicwing buffers shall be maintained between any applied sludge and:
41 Drairageways 3C feet
V Property lines . . . 100 feet
C. Rn5idnnces too feet
14, No liquid sludge shall be 5ureace applied within a 100-feet buffar zone of any
water course or surface drainage area.
13. NO iiauid sludge shall be applied in the form of subsurface injection within a
23-RIC buffer zone of any water course of surface drainage.
16. Maximum slave for sludge application shall be 10% for surfaca application and
for subsurface applications.
17. Surface application of liquid sludge shall not be used an sites that are prone to
flooding conditions. (Below the 100-year flood level).
38. Tki cwner of the disposal site shall be Eurnished with an analysis of sludge
all"I-A 70 0�1 -ItR.
9. A r3corda& log of applicaticns including amounts applied, dates, whether injector.,
or incorporated, coordinates of application, etc., shall be maintained as the,
wastewat= tems` mment plant as a ermanent record,
20. in arty future, transfer of this"land, a notice shall be given to the new
ow'ner
that gives full details as to the materials applied or incorporated at this site.

2 n qle Permirtee, at least six T-�, t ex
m- "ts PriOr t- h1a ', CPir-tl-n f t1nis p r it,
shal1i. request its extension. Upon rsceiPt of the request, the Commission will
review the adequncy of t'-.e facilities described therein, and as indicated, will
qxtand the Permit fcr such period of time and under such conditions and
limitations as it may deem appropriate,
22. Surface applied sludge will na pjot>#(-,d or diced in immediately after application
to, lanis with no cover crop established.
23. Each site shall be adequately limed to a soil pH of 6.5 prior tO initial sludge
applications7heereaff-.ter, soil tn5v shall be pRrformed annually and lime -
additicns will bQ made in accordance with the recommendations of a, recognized
soil scientist or agronomist. The Permittee shall submit a copy of the soil test
results and a rnport of lime additions in accordance with the schedule indicated
in Item No, 23.
21, No scot or leaf crops for public consumpticn shall be raised on these sites.
E.7 7 . !,~urtccn (14) evis;inq mcn0cr wells shall be sampled evary March, Only and
Ncvnmber for tha following paramecers:
P, Iron
Total Ammonia TOC Fecal Kliforms
TD3 Chloride Zinc
Water Levels Phenol Chromium
TOX (In November cnly)
Tie m:n5uzeman; of water iavn! 7ust we made prior to samplia; for the rsmaining
parameters,
The analytical methods used for TOM must be capable of dececuing the total of
all halogenate& organic compcunds present a: a concentration of 5.0 its per
billion (ppb) or greater. in the event that a TOX concentraticn Q 5.0 ppb or
greater is detected, any Wividual halogenated organic cund(s) presenta
cu.at ono ar abo on t cve the method detection limit (MDLompo
) must be identified,
quantified and reported with the sample results.
The resuirs of the sampling and analysis shall be sent to the N.C. Division of
Environmental Management ca Yorm fl',;-59 !Compliance Monitoring Report Form] every
Arril. Angunt and December.
26. Sludge applications shall not exceed:
Kr"11 V�dlngl,
1. :)A111 230 lbs/acre/yeaz
2. PO4 100 iba/acre/ye,r
3. Cd 0.45 lbs/acre/year
continued on next page

B. Cumulative Loadings:
1. Cd
4,5 lbs/acre
2. P b
445 lbs/acre
3. za-
222.5 lbs/acre
4. Cu
lll.Z lbs/acre
5. A
111.2 lbs/acre
27. Public access to the land application
sites shall be Cam, cntrolled during active
site use and for the 12-mcntA period
following the land application event.
23. The Permittee shall submit a current
sludge analysis report and a summary of all
applications, annually, to the North
Carolina Department K Natural Resources and
0mmunity Development, Mooresville Regional
Office (919 North Main Street,
Acoresville, N.C. 23115;+ The sludge
analysis report shall contain at least the
follcwin,
Faramocnr
Units
2. Solids
%
b. Lead
As/dry on
C. C adm i zm
lbs/dry t c n
d. Nickel
lbs/dry ton
e. Cdcper
lbs/dry tan
E Zinc
lbs/dry ton
gResidual Ch1crine,
lbs/dry ton
A, PO4 as ?
lbs/dry ton
i. 17IIN
lbs/dry ton
j, NH3 at N
its/dry ton
V 02 -4 NO3
lbs/dry ton
1. Chromium, Torn!
lbs/dry ton
M. PH
T' lae summary of sludge application shall
specify the dates of application
location cf application and loading rates
for nutrients, m9tais and hydualic.
The Fermittee shall contact the Mooresville
Regional offiew to obtain priper-
Eorms and assistance in maintaining proper
records an submiIiing reports.
"g, S'aouid analysis show thst the PCB is
present sz 9=30er caan A PPM (dry weight)
the waste sludge must be incorporated
into the soil by disci , subsurface
injection, or other appropriate measure.
cumulacive appijcaticns of metals
exceed rAcss .,_ ci cflsr indicatedAn
Z,, j jhIll :no
.4noaver -o-oibol =Vcns may be required
by the Division of En7ircnitanzal haza;amanz incindlag, 5n: nic limited to,
inclusion of the following statement as a part of the property -deed: -
"Portions of this property have received solid waste at high metals applicatiCul
rates and care should be taken i! food chain crops are grown due to a possible
health hazariPi'

L, Lactating iry animals shale not be grazed on sludge applied areas for s period
of cne year following sludge application, All other animals should not be grazed
r`'yg sludge p�7l.le!:� Is.iSd +; �� 4 am � w
u �a 3d day period following the sludge application.
AcyPl","'On s'tes that :are t be also used fOr grazing
will be used to prevent access after each application,
32 his permit shall become voidable anlessthe agreement
between the City
ofHic-ory and the land owners listed ls this Permit are in mull force and et
Site No. +'"!r,�rs r-
Area
tax arks Bowman
2 � acres
Robert Hisser 202' acres,
2 D. R. 2 :l&/W . . Reeves 10 acres
R. Z, Bowman 31 acres
George L. Finger 60 acres
Kenneth R. Moyer 16 acres
r Robert Hart, I'll 86 acres
H. W. Sherrill 90 acres
Harry Frank 116 acres10
rill Lae 112 acres
Tolling Hills Farm m 116 acres ,4
13 fields, I, 2, 2, 5, , Ar-„°'ille sigman 128 acres r �k
14 fields 1 thru 13 Dewey Hunsucker 2.39 acr .s:.
15 fields 1 thru
aczas
and
Sludgell not be applia! so ear fi ey depthbedrock, less
.xAivh k�s il by;ionrovidBaumgartner
7rcpeYdt T :
o!!, inlicates bedrock at
.wa
field Therefore this
is approved
- land application i3 c am r
a
Permit issued this l t day of February, 1983,
R. Paul Wilms, Director
Division of Environmental Eic"nage .":fat
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RECEIVED
FEB 26 1988
State of North Carolina
Departmera tAttg#ural Resources and Community Development
Division of tnvironmental Management
512 North Salisbury # Raleo, North Carolina 27611
James G. Martin, Governor February 16, 1988 R. Paul Wilms
S. Thomas Rhodes, Secretary Director
Mr. W. Jerry Twiggy, Director of Public Utilities
City of Hickory
P.O. Box 398
Hickory, N.0 28603
SUBJECT: Permit No. 10587R3
City of Hickory
Land Application of Digested sludge
Catawba County
Dear Mr. Twiggs:
In accordance with your application received October 9, 1987, we are forwarding
herewith Permit No. 10577R3, dated February 16, 1988, to the City of Hickory for the
continued operation of the subject wastewater sludge land application facilities.
This perrlit shall be effective from the date of issuance until February 28,
1993, and shall be subject to the conditions and limitations as specified therein.
If any parts, requirements, or limitations contained in this permit are
unar-t,.eptable to you, you have the right to request an adjudicatory hearing upon
written request within 30 days following receipt of this permit. This request must be,
the form of a written petition, conforming to Chapter 150B of North Carolina
General Statutes, and filed with the Office of Administrative Hearings, Post Office
Uxnwer 11666, Raleigh, North Carolina 27604. Unless such demands are made this
pq-utit shall be final and binding.
One (1) set of approved plans and specifications is being forwarded to you. If
you need additional. information concerning this matter, please contact Mrs. Babette
McKemie, telephone No. 919/733-5083, ext. 170.
Sincerely yours,
R. Paul Wilms
cc: Catawba County Health Department
Mooresville Regional Supervisor
Dennis R. Ramsey
Amsco, Inc.
Bill Reid
polluti'm pff"60" lkvs
po &u 27687, Rak*h, Norffi cam6a 27611-76g7 Teltphone 919-733-7015
An Equal OpwTumky Affimawm Acum Emp6m

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NORTH CAROLINA
RNVfRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT GOMMjSSTON
DEPART141ENT OF INATiJUL PESO UPOES AND CO[VT4UNITY DEVELOPMENT
RALEIGH
P E R M I T
For the discharge of Sewagq, Industrial Wastes, or Other Wastes
In accordance with the provisions of Article 21 of Chapter 143, General Statutes
of North Carolina as amended, and other applicable Laws, Rules, and Regulations
PERMISSIO14 IS IIEFEBY GRANTED TO
City of Hickory
Catawba County
FOR THE
continued operation of a land application program to dispose of digested sludge from
the Heury Fork and the Northeast Wastewater Treatment Plants to sites identified in
condition No. 34 of this permit, pursuant to the application received October 9,
1987, and in cortformity w1th the project plan, spec if I(-- at ions, and other supporting
data subsequently filed and approved by the DepArtment of Natural Resources and
Community Development and considered a part of this permit,
`This permit stvill be effective from the date of issuance until February 28, 1993,
an(i shall be siibject to the follow irg specified conditions and limitations:
J. This permit shall become voidable unless the facilities are constructed in
accordance with the approved plans, specifications and other supporting data.
2. This permit is effective only with respfict to the nature and volume of wastes
described in the application and other supporting data.
3. The facilities shall be properly maintained and operated at all times.
4. This permit is not transferable.
5� This permit shall become voidable in the event of failure of the soil to
adequately absorb the wastes and may be rescinded unless the facilities are
installed, maintained, and operated in a manner which will protect the assigned
water quality standards of the, surface waters and ground waters.

d. In event the facilities fail to perform satisfactorily, including the creation of
nuisance conditions, the Pertittee shall take such immediate corrective action as
may be required by this Division, including the construction of additional or
replacement wastewater treatment or disposal facilities.
. Diversion or bypassing of the untreated wastewater from the 'treatment facilities
is prohibited
S. The issuance of this permit shall not relieve the permittee of the responsibility
for damages to surface or groundwaters resulting from the operation of; this
facility.;
a ;adequate facilities shall be provided to prevent surface runoff from carrying
any disposed or stored material into the receiving stream.
10. Sludge shall not be applied in inclement Breather or until 24 fours following a
rainfall event of 1/2-inch or greater in 24 hers. Emergency sludge disposal'
measures shall be approved by the Division of Environmental Management.
11. No type of wastewater other than that from Henry Fork and Northeast Wastewater
Treatment Plant shall be sprayed onto the irrigation area.
12. A l -foot buffer shall be maintainedbetween the appropriate land owner's
property line and any applied sludge.
13. The following buffers shall be maintained between any applied sludge d
a. Drainagewayrs . . . . . ; . . 50 feet
b. Property lines . . . , , 100 feet
c. residences . . . . . . . *.400 feet
lea. No liquid sludge shall be surface applied within a 10 -feet buffer zone of any
grater course or, surface drainage area.
1. No liquid sludge shall be applied in the form of subsurface injection within
2-foot buffer zone of any water course of surface drainage.
16. Maximum slope for sludge application shall be'1 for surface application and 18%
for subsurface applications.
17. Surface application of liquid sludge shall not be used on sites that are prone to
flooding conditions. (Below the 100-year flood level).
1. The corner of the disposal site shall; be furnished with an analysis of sludge
delivered to the site,
19. a recorded log of applications including amounts applied, dates, whether injected
or incorporated, coordinates of application, etc., shall be maintained at the
wastewater treatment plant as ar permanent record.
20. In any future transfer of this' -land, a notice shall be given to the new owner
that gives full details as to the materials applied or incorporated` at this site.

1The Permutes, at least six months prior to the expiration: of this permit,
shall request > its extension. Upon receipt of the request, the Commission will
review the adequacy of the facilities described therein, and as indicated, will
extend the Permit for such period of time and under such conditions and
limitations as it may deem: appropriate.
22 Surface applied sludge will be plowed or diced in immediately after application
on lands with no cover crop established.
23. Each site shall be adequately limed to a soil phi of 6.5 prior to initial sludge
applications. -Thereafter, soil test shall be performed annually and line
additions will be made in accordance with the recommendations of a recognized
soil scientist or agronomist. The`Permittee shall submit a cop} of the soil.: test
results and a report of lure additions in. accordance with the schedule indicated
in Item No. 28
24. No root or leaf crops for public consumption shall; be raised on these sites.
25. The fourteen (1) existing monitor tells shall be sampled every March, July and
November for the following parameters;
03 pl _ Iron
Total Ammonia TOC Fecal Coli,forms
TDS Chloride Zino
Water Levels Phenol Chromium
TO (In November only)
e measurement of water level Faust be made prior to sampling for the remaining
parameters.
e analytical methods used. for TOX mush be capable of detecting the total of
all halogenated organic compounds present at a concentration of 5.0 parrs per
billion (ppb) or greater. In the event that a TOX concentration of 5.0 ppb or
greater is detected; any individual halogenated organic compod( ) present at a
concentration at or above the method detection limit ( L) east be identified,
quantified and reported with the sample results.
e results of the sampling and analysis shall be sent to the N.C. division of
Environmental Management on Pores GW-5 [Compliance Monitoring Report fora] every
April, August and December.
26. Sludge applications shall not exceed:
A. Annual Loadings
1. Pit 250 lbs/acre/year
2. PO4 100 lbs/acre/year
3. Cd 0.5 bs/acre/year
continued on next page . .

B. Cumulative 'Loadings;
1. Cd 4.5 lbs/acre
2. pb 445 lbs/acre
. 2n 222. <lbs/acre
+. On 111. lbs/acre
. Ni: 111.2 lbs/a.dre
27. public access to the land application sites shall be controlled during active
site use and for the 1-month period following the land application event.
. The Permittee shall submit a current sludge analysis report and a summary of all
applications, annually, to the North Carolina Department of Natural Resources and
Community Development, Mooresville regional Office 919 North Main Street,
Mooresville, N.C. 115). The sludge analysis report shill contain at least the
following
Parameter Units
a. Solids
b. Lead lbs/dry ton
c. Cadmium lbs/dry ton
d. Nickel lbs/dry ton
e. Cooper lbs/dry tons
f. Zinc lbs/dry ton
. Residual Chlorine lbs/d.ry ton
h. P 4 as p lbs/dry teen
i. TKN lbs/dry ton
J. N113 at N lbs/dry ton
km NO2 + NO3 lbs/dry ton
1. Chromium, "Total lbs/dry ton
m. pH s.u-
e summary of sludge application shall specify the dates of application
location of application and loading rates for nutrients, metals and hydoalic
e Permittee shall contact the Mooresville Regional Office to obtain proper
forma and assistance in maintaining proper records and submitting reports.
9. Should analysis:•••'. show that the 'PCB is present at greater than 10 ppm (dry weight)
the waste ,sludge must be incorporated into the soil by discin , subsurface
injection, or other appropriate measure.
30. Should cumulative applications of metals exceed those limitations indicated in
Item No. 26, the permittee shall take whatever remedial actions may be required
by the Division of Environmental Management including, bat not limited to,
inclusion, of the following statement as a part of the property deed:
"Portions of this property have receivedsolidwaste at high metals application
rates and care ;should be taken i food chain craps are grown due to a possible
health hazard"'

MONNEw-
PPPP7,
31. Lactating dairy animals
shall not be grazed on sludge applied areas for a period
of one year following sludge
application. All other animals
should not be grazed
on sludge applied land within
30-day period following the
sludge application.
Application sites that are
to be also used for grazing shall
have fencing that
will be used to prevent
access after each application.
32. This permit shall become
voidable unless the agreement between the City of
Hickory and the land owners
listed in this Permit are in full
force and effect:
Site No.
Owner
Area
I
Charles Bowman
53 acres
2
Robert Mauser
300 acres
3
D. R. Baxley/W.D. Reeves
10 acres
4
R. Z. Bowman
31 acres
5
George L. Finger
60 acres
6
Kenneth R. Moyer
16 acres
7
Dr. Robert Hart, 111
86 acres
8
H. W, Sherrill
90 acres
9
Harry Frank
116 acres
10
Bill Lee
112 acres
11
Rolling Hills Farm
116 acres
12 fields 1,2,3
W. D. Robinson
83 acres
13 fields 1,2,3,5,6
Arville Sigmon
128 acres
7, 8, 9, 10
14 fields 1 thru 13
Dewey Hunsucker
239 acres
15 fields 1 thru 10
A. L. Baumgartner
194 actas-'-
and 12
Sludge shall not be applied to fields with a shallow depth to bedrock, i.e. less
the 48 inches, The soil
boring information provided for the
A. L. Baumgartner
property, field No. 11,
indicates bedrock at depth of 2.5 feet, Therefore this
field is not approved for land application of sludge.
Permit issued this the 16th
day of February, 1988.
R. Paul Wilms, Director
Division of Environmental Management
By Authority of the Environmental
Management Commission
Permit No. 10587R3

i eerCertification
as a duly registered Professional, Engineer in the
State North Carolina, hereby certify that construction of these permitted
"tits has been completed in accordance 'th t.e approved plans and
specifications.
Signature Date
<Permit No. 10587R3

""vision or r-nvironmentat management
512 North Salisbury Strra Raleigh, North f
James Martin, Governor
S.TbPaul Wilms
oas Rhodes, Secreury Director
May 1, 1987 ' >�
Mr. Jerry Twiggs, Public Utilities Director
City of Hickory
'P.O. 'Box 398
Hickory, north Carolina 28603
SUBJECT: Amendment to Permit No. 1 5 7R
City of Hickory
Land Application of Digested Sludge
Hear fir. i.s
In accordance with your application received (larch 19, 1987, the Division, of
Environmental Management s hereby amending Permit No. 10587R2 to include additional
sites for land application of sludge. Condition No. 31 is amended to add the
following:
Site No. Owner Area
9 Harry rang 116 Acres
10 Rill Lee 112 Acres
11 Rolling Hills Farm 116 nacres
In i
ddltionl condition number 25<is replaced in its entirety by the following,
25. ) The Permi.tt e shall sample the fourteen tl existing monitor wells every
March, ,July ;and November for the following Parameters:
TOC Chloride
NO3 TD
i
Total Ammonia Zinc
PR Iron
Phenol Chromium
Fecal Coliforms TOX (in November only)
Walter Levels
e measurement of stater level must be made prior to sampling for the
remaining parameters.
N11uson Prewntion Pikys
An Equid Opportunity Affinnative Action Empkryrr

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Page 2
Mr. Jerry TwIggs
(b) Sludge Shall not be Injected to a depth greater than six (6) filches below
land surface,
(c) Any additional groundwater quality monitoring, as deemed necessary by the
Division, shall be provided.
This amendment does not change any other conditions or limitations contained In
the subject permit. This includes liming the, addition sites prior to Initial sludge
application, and annivilly thereafter to maintain a soil pit of 6.5 s.U. The
expiration date remains May 31, 1989.
Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Mr. Gil
Vinzani at [phone].
Sincerely,
R. Paul Wilms
cc: Catawba County Health Department
AMSCO
Mr. Dennis R. Ramsey
Mooresville Regional Office
GV/gwrt

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12
r.PAT
'K§'tatq of North Carolina
Sources and Community Development
512 N r u -et • Raleigh, North Carolina 27611
�,,�
James G, Martin, Governor ' . May 22, 1985 S. Thomas Rhodes, Secretary
Vs
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r. Jerry Twiggs, F"u"blic Utilii,:tes Director
City of Hickory;
P. 0., Box 398
Hickory, North Carolina 28603
SUBJECT: Permit No. 1058R
City of Hickory
Laird application of Digested Municipal
Sludge from the Henry Fork and Northeast
Wastewater Treatment Plants
Catawba County
Dear Mr. iggs:
n accordance with your application received February 1, 1985, we are
forvarding'herewith Permit No. 10587R2, dated May 22, 1985, to the City of Hickory
for the construction and operation of the subject wastewater collection syst
extensions.
This permit shall be effective from the date of issuance until May 31, 1989,
shall. void Permit No. 10587RI, datedaugust 3, 1984, and !shall: be subject to
the conditions and limitations as specified therein
1f any parts, requirements, or limitations contained in this permit are;
unacceptable to you, you have the right to an adjudicatory gearing before a
hearing officer °u on written demand oM
t e
p t Director within thirty days
s
following receipt of this permit, identifying the specific issues to be
contended. Unless such demand is rude, this permit 'shall be final and binding.
One (1) set of approved plans and specifications is being forwarded to you.
If you have any questions or need additional information concerning this matter,
please contact Mr. Donald Safrit, telephone No. 919/733-5083, 'ext. 120.
Sincerely yours,
R. Paul 'Wilms
Director
cc: Catawba County Health Department
Ia uire eebe
r. Dennis R. Ramsey
Mooresville i_lle Regi '841 x ,9,y i arealina; 7611.7 7 Telephone 1 -7 3-498
An Equal Opportunity d Affirmanve Aktion Ernpr
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NORTH CAROLINA
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT COMMISSION
DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND COM MUN ITY DEVELOPMENT
RALEIGH
For the Discharge of Sewage, Industrial Wastes, or Other Wastes
In accordance with the provisions of Article 21 of Chapter 143, General
Statutes of North Carolina as amended, and other applicable Laws, Rules and
Regulations
PERMISSION IS HEREBY GRANTED TO
City of Hickory
Catawba County
FOR THE
construction and operation of land application facillities and programs to dispose
of digested stabilized municipal sludges from the Henry Fork and the Northeast
Wastewater Treatment Plants, to sites having a total approximate area as identified
in Condition No. 31 of this permit,
pursuant to the application received February 1, 1985, and in conformity with
the project plans, specifications, and other supporting data, subsequently filed
and approved by the Department of Natural Resources and Community Development
and considered a part of this permit.
This Permit shall be effective from the date of issuance until May 31, 1989,
shallvoid Permit No. 10587R1, dated August 3, 1984, and shall be subject to
the following specified conditions and limitations:
1. This permit shall become voidable unless the facilities art- ron.qt-riirrPd in
'2. This perm

Permit No. 10587R2
Page T o
6. The facilities sball, be effectively maintained and operated as a non -discharge
system to prevent the discharge of any wastewater into the surface waters of the
State.
7. This permit is not transferable.
8. The issuance of this permit shall not relieve the City of Hickory of the
responsibility for damages to surface or ground waters resulting from the
operation of this facility.
9. Adequate provisions shall be taken to prevent wind erosion and surface runoff
from conveying pollutants from the sludge application area onto the adjacent
property and/or surface waters.
10. Sludge shall not be applied in inclement weather or until. 24 hours following a
rainfall event of �-inch or greater in 24 hours. Emergency sludge disposal
measures shall be approved by the Division of Environmental Management.
11. The land disposal sites shall be effectively maintained and operated at all times
so that there is no discharge to the surface waters, nor any contamination of
ground waters which will reader them unsatisfactory for normal use. In event
the facilities fail to perform satisfactorily, including the creation of 'nuisance
conditions, or failure of the irrigation area to adequately absorb the wastewater,
the Permittee, shall take such immediate corrective action as may be required
by the Division of Environmental Management.
12. No , sludges other than those from Henry Fork and Northeast Wastewater Treatment
Plants shall be applied to the sludge disposal site.
13. A 100-foot buffer shall be maintained between the appropriate land owner's property
line and any applied sludge.
14. A 50 foot buffer shall be maintained between drainageways, a 100 foot buffer shall
be maintained between each landowner's property lines, and a 200 foot buffer shall
be maintained between any residence and any applied sludge.
15., No liquid sludge will be applied by surface or subsurface application within 100
feet of any surface water or well, or within 200 feet of any tributary of public
water supply.
16. Maximum slope for sludge application shall be 10% for surface application and
18% for subsurface applications.
17. No sludge shall 'be disposed in areas subject to the 100-year flood.
18. The owner of the disposal site shall be furnished an analysis of sludge delivered
to the site.
19. A recorded log of applications including amounts applied, dates, whether injected
or incorporated, coordinates of application, etc., shall be maintained at the
wastewater treatment plant as a permanent record..

Permit No. 10587R2
Page.Three
20. In any future transfer of this land, a notice shall be given to the new owner
that gives full details as to the materials applied or incorporated at this
site.
21. The Permittee, at least six (6) months prior to the expiration of this Permit,
shall request its extension. Upon receipt of the request, the Commission will
review the adequacy of the facilities described therein, and if indicated,
will extend the Permit for such period of time and under such conditions and
limitations as it may deem appropriate.
22. Sludge shall be evenly applied and then plowed or disced in within 24 hours
after application, where no cover crop is established.
23. Prior to initial sludge application, the Permittee shall apply lime and potassium
in accordance with the following schedule:
Site No. Owner Lime jL2Ls/ACj Potassium (lbs tLcl
3 D. R. Baxley/W.D.
Reeves 1.1 80
4 R. Z. Bowman 1.1 80
5 George L. Finger 1.5 30
6 Kenneth R. Mayor 1.5 50
7 Dr. Robert Hart, 111 0.7 50
8 H. W. Sherrill 0 50
After initial application, the soil shall be analyzed at least annually and
limed to maintain a PH of 6.5 s.u. prior to future sludge applications.
24. No root or leaf crops for public consumption shall be raised on these sites.
25. Any monitoring deemed necessary by the Division of Environmental Management
to insure surface and ground water protection will be established and an
acceptable sampling reporting schedule shall be followed.
a. Monitoring wells shall be constructed and sampling schedules, arranged as
required by the Division of Environmental Management and constructed in
accordance with 1.5 NCAC 2C 0.0100.
b. Initially, groundwater monitoring shall be conducted at each site using
(1) up gradient well and two (2) down gradient wells. Contact the Mooresville
Groundwater Regional Supervisor for well siting and other related questions.
c. The wells shall be sampled initially and then quarterly for Cl, NO3, NH3,
Pb, Zn, Cu, Fe, Cr, Fecal Coliform, pH, Conductivity, and phenol. Reports
shall be forwarded to the Mooresville Groundwater Regional Supervisor within
sixty (60) days of each sampling.
26. The application rates shall not exceed:
a. Sludge from Henry Fork Wastewater Treatment Plant
1. 200 lbs. of plant available nitrogen (PAN) per acre per year
2. 1.11 lbs. of cadmium per acre per year
3. 29.4 lbs. of zinc per acre per year
4. Cumulative cadmium applications should not exceed 4.45 lbs. Cd/acre.

Pc Four
. Contd.
tam Sludge from the Northwest Wastewater Treatment Plant
1. 150 lbs. of plant available nitrogen (P per acre per year
. 1.1 ides. of cadmium per acre per year
. 33.4 lbs. of zinc per acre er year
. Cumulative cadmium applicat ons should not exceed 4.45 lbs Cd,acre.
C. Sludge shall be uniformly applied so to avoid runoff, ponding or erosion.
d. The additions should not exceed the needs of the crops dieing grown based ;
upon current sail and sludge analysis.
e. Since different application rates are to be used for sludge from each treatment
plant, careful site management and records keeping gust be practiced.
7. public access to the land application sites shall be controlled during active
site use and for the 12-- canth period following the last application event..
. Animals should not be grazed can sludge applied land within 0-day period fallowing
the sludge application. Application sites that are to be also used for grazing
shall have fencing that will: be used to prevent access during the -day periods
after each application.
9 The Permittee shall submit a current sludge; analysis report. (one for each wastewater
treatment plant), and summary of all applications., annually, to the North Carolina
Department of Natural Resources and. Community Development, Mooresville Regional
Office (919 forth Main 'Street, Mooresville, Norte Carolina llfa . The sludge
analysis report shall contain at least the following:
Parameter Units
a olds
b. Lead lb/dry ton
c.; Cadmium lbs/dry ton
d Nickel lbs/dry ton
e. Copper lbs/dry ton
f. Zinc lbs/dry tan
g. Residual Chlorine lbs/dry ton'
h.' PO4 as P lbs/dry ton
is TKN lbs/dry ton
j . NH3 as N lbs/dry ton
. NC '+ NC lbs/dry ton
1. Chromium,°Dotal lbs/dry ton
. pH S.U.
The summary of sludge applications shall specify the dates of application, location
of; application and loading rates for nutrients, metals and hydraulic.
The Permittee shall contact the Mooresville Regional Office to obtain proper
forms and assistance in maintaining proper records and submitting reports.

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Page, Five
30. A records log of applications including amounts in pounds of all nutrients and
heavy metals applied, dates, records, coordinates of application, dates applied,
etc., shall be maintained at the Henrys fork Wastewater Treatment Plant and Northeast
Wastewater "treatment Plant`as a permanent record.
31.. This Permit shall become voidable unless the agreements between the City of
Hickory and the land owners listed in this Permit are in full :force and effect:
Site No. Owner :area
1 Charles Bowman > "
3 acres
Robert Mau er 30}acres
3 D. H. Baxley/W. D. Reeves 10,acres
R. Z. Bowman 31 acres
George L. finger 60 acres
Kenneth H. Moyer 16'acres
7 Dr. Hobert Hart, 111 86.acres
d H. W. Sherrill 99 acres
37. Prior to sludge application, one (1) upgrade and two ( downgrade monitoring
wells must be installed on the Bowman sites.
33. Prior to sludge application on the Baxley/Reeves, Finger Griffin(Moyer) and
Hart sites the data specified by the department's Regional Office in Mooresville
must be. submitted'.
34. Prior to sludge application on the Sherrill (herrch- Farms) site the data
specified by the Department's Regional Office in Mooresville mast be submitted.
This site will also require' two 7} upgrade and .four (4) downgrade monitoring
wells.
3. Should analysis show that the PCB is present at greater than 10 ppm ;(drys weight)
the waste sludge mast be incorporated into the soil by di,s in , subsurface
injection, or other appropriate measure.
36. The following paragraph should be made a part of the property deed. "Portions
of this property* have received solid waste at high cadmium application rates
and care should be taken when food chain crops are grown due to a possible
health hazard".
Permit issued this the days of May, 1985.
.
NORTH CAROLINA ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGE MEN T COMMISSION
R. Paul Wilms, irector
Division of ENvironmental Mane ant
By Authority of the Environmental Management Commission
Permit No. 1.587H

PPPIPW, DM&ON OF
ENVIRONMEnw
North Carolina Depaftment of Natural MG
ANAEMErvT
Direct,,,,,
Resources & CommunV Development
Jame , Hunt, J,,. Governor James fie. SUMMerS, Secretary TeIevr) tie 9 1E4 733-7C,,1
Mr. jerry f"wiggs, Pals laa. Util z.t:les Director
City of Hickory
Ov
Box 31-48
6 0 3
SUBJECT: permit No. 105 ,1
City of Hickory
Lan , Applicatien of Digested Municipal
Sludge from the Henry Fork and Northeast
Wastewater Treatment Plants
Catawba Count
in accordance with your application received July , f, 1984, we are forwarding
ne r w th Permit No. .105 Rlw, dated August 30, 1984, to the City of Hickory for
the site: ',preparation and operation of the subject land application sites for
digested sludge.
This permit shall be effective from the date of issuance until September 30,1986,
and shall be subject to the conditions and _limitations as specified therein.
If any parts, requirements, or limitations contained in this permit are
unacceptable to you, you nave the right to an ad ud ca ory hearing before a`
hearing officer upon written demand to the Director within thirty (30) days
following receipt of this permit, identifying the specific issues to be con-
tended. Unless such demand is made, this e it shall 'be final taa.l. and binding.
One (1) set of approved site plans and supportive documents is being forwarded
to you. If you have any; questions or need additional information concerning
this matter, please contact Mr. A. R. Hagstrom, telephone No. 1. 3-50 , ext.
105.
Sincerely yours,
Original Siorned 8y
FORKST R. WESTALL
FOR
Robert F. Helm
cc® Catawba County Health Department
Mr. Forrest R. Westall,
Mooresville Regional Supervisor
Mr. Artbur Nlouberr
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.. 0 Box 27687, Rali:' & N l µ"Lai 7'68—
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NORTH CAROLINA
ENVIRONMENTAL, MANAGEMENT COMMISSION
DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES ANrD COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
RALEIGH
P E R M I T
For the Discharge of Sewage, Industrial Wastes, or other Wastes
In accordance with the provisions of Article 21 of Chapter 143, General
StatULeS o' . North Carolina as amended, and other applicable Laws, Rules, and
Kei_'�Ulla L'i ons
PERMIISSION IS HEREBY GRANTED TO
City of Hickory
Catawba Countv
FOR THE
construction and operation ol land application far-ilities and programs to dispose
of digested stabi-lized municipal sludges from the Henry Fork and the Northeast Wastewater
Treatment Plants by land application to sites having a total approximate area as identified
in Condition No. 3.1. of this permit,
pursuant to the application received July 27, 1984, and in conformity with the project
plans. specifications, and other supporting data, subsequently filed and approved
by the Department of Natural Resources and Community Development and considered a
part of this permit.
This Permit shall be effective from the date of issuance until, September 30, 1986,
and shall be subject to the following specifiedcconditions and limitations:
1. The permit shall become voidable unless the land application sludge disposal
facilities are used in accordance with the approved documents.
2. This permit is effective. only with respect to the nature and volume of wastes
described in the application and other supporting data.
3. This permit shall 'become voidable in the event of failure of the soil to adequately
absorb the wastes, and may be rescinded unless the facilities are installed,
maintained and operated in a manner which will protect the assigned water quality
standards of the surface waters and ground waters.
4. If any nuisance condition arises concerning the land application operations of
the sites including creation of an odo�r pro"'blem the City of Hickory shall terminate
S.,.udge disposal, operation immediately after notification by the Division of Environ-
mental Management.
5. Diversion or bypassing of the untreated wastewater from the sludge land application
site is prohibited,

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6. The facilities shall be effectively maintained and operated as a non —discharge
system to prevent the discharge of any wastewater into the surface waters of
the State
This permit is not transferable.
E. The issua.y Of tfl"LS permit shall not relieve City of Hickory of the responsibility
.or damrage6 tc surface or ground watery; resulting from the operation of this
,lit;
Auequate provisions shall be taken to prevent wind erosion and surface runoff
� r om c0111ve;y"infix pollutants from the sludge application area onto the adjacent
property and/or surface waters.
J, S ; ud a:}a.. n'ot lb(--_, applied ir. inclement weather or until 2 hours following-
r initw7 , .'y;aent of or orec-aLer ii 24 hours. Emergency sludge disposal
e asur eS ,.sh .,. l be approved b,, the i'�i"w' 1:a icni of Environmental �-Ia li3gE'ment a
d suet; h �1 be offecti el�; maintained and operated at all times
il The, I aan c'ispsa .c
sca that there, i no discharge to the surface waters, nor any contamination of
,r;)trrad Waates which will render then unsatisfactory for normal use. In event;
Lh( feed ties fail to perform satisfactorily, including the creation of nuisance
conditions, or failure of the irrigation area to adequately absorb the wastewater,
the per :ittee. shall tape such immediate corrective action as may be required
by the. Division of Environmental Management
ld. No sludges othea: than those from Henry Fork and Northeast Wastewater Treatment plants
,,shall. be applied to the sludge disposal site.
13. A 100-foot buffer shall, be maintained between the appropriate Land owner's
property line and any applied sludge
14. A 50 foot buffer shall be maintained between drainageways, d 100 foot ;buffer
shall, be maintained between each lando e 's property lines:, and a 200 foot buffer
shall be maintained between any residence and any applied sludge'.
15. o liquid sludge will be applied; by surface or subsurface application within
100 teen of any surface water or well, or within 200 feet of any tributary of
a public water supply.
16,. Maximum slope for sludge application stall be 1 for surface application and
18% for subsurface applications.
17. Surface application of liquid sludge shall not be applied to sites that are prone
to flooding conditions.
18. The owner of the disposal site shall be furnished an analysis of sludge delivered
to the site.
19. A recorded log of applications including amounts applied, dates, whether injected
or incorporated, coordinates of application, etc., shall be maintained at the
wastewater treatment plant as a permanent record.

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Permit No 10587RI
Pag�, Three
20. in any future transfer of this land, a notice shall be given to, the new owner
that gives full, details as to the materials applied or incorporated at this
i t e
21. The Permittee, at least six (6) months prior to the expiration of this Permit,
shall request its extension. Upon receipt of the request, the Commission will
review the adequacy of the facillities described therein, and if indicated,
arii'l exLend the Permit for such period of time and under such conditions and
limitations as it maT,, deem appropriate.
Sludge sha-111 be evenly applied and then plowed or disced in within 24 hours
application, where no cover crop is established.
The Site shall be, adequately limed tO a soil pli of 6.5 prior to each sludge
N' o r o r 1 ea op, s f, c�r public consumption shall Jw,� raiseet on these sites,
mon- -L-rinc, deemed necessary by the Division of Environmentai Management
iiisure surface and ggrclund water protection will be established and an
acce�pCable sampling reporting schedule shall be followed.
a. Mon-411-oring wells shall be constructed and sampling schedules arranged as
required by the Division of Environmental Management and constructed in
accordance with 10 NCAC 2C 0.0100.
b. Initially, groundwater monitoring shall be conducted at each situsing(1) up
gradient well and two (2) down gradient wells. Contact the Mooresville
Groundwater Regional Supervisor for well siting and other related questions.
C. The wells shall be sampled initially and then quarterly for Cl, NO3, NH3,
Pb, Zn, Cu, Fe, Cr, Fecal Coliform, PH, Conductivity, and phenol. Reports
shall be for -warded to the Mooresville Groundwater Regional Supervisor within
sixty (60) days of each sampling.
26. The application rates shall not exceed:
a. Sludge from Henry Fork Wastewater Treatment Plant
1. 200 lbs, of plant available nitrogen (PAN) per acre per year
2. 1.11 ins. of cadmium per acre per year
3. 29.4 lbs. of zinc per acre per year
b. Sludge from the Northwest Wastewater Treatment Plant
1. 150 lbs. of plant available nitrogen (PANI) per acre per. year
2. 1.11 Its. of cadmium per acre per year
3. 33.4 !be. of zinc per acre per year
C. Sludge shall, be uniformly' applied so as to avoid runoff, ponding or erosion.
d. The Additions should not exceed theneeds of the crops being grown based
upon current soil and sludge analysis.
eal. Since different application rates are to be used for sludge from each treatment
Pl2TIt, careful site management and records keeping inust be practiced.

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Page
Four
27.
Public access to the 'Land application sites shall be controlled during active
site use and for the 12-montb period following the last application event.,
28.
Animals should not be, grazed on sludge applied land within 30-day period following
the sludge application. Application sites that are to be also used for grazing
shall have fencing that will be used to prevent access during the 30-day periods
after each application.
29.
The permittee shall submit a current sludge analysis report, annually, the North
Carolina Department of Natural Resources and Community Development, Mooresville
Regional. office (919 North Main Street, Mooresville, North Carolina 28115).
The following, parameters are tc be analyzed and reported along with the date
of sampling:
a. Percent solids
h , Lead, lbs/ton (drv, weic,11it basis)
co- Cadmium, lbs/ton (dry weight basis']
d. Nickel, lbs/ton, (dry wel'ght basis)
e. Copper, abs/ton (dry weight basis)
f. Ziuc, lbs/ton (dry weight basis)
g. Nitrogen, lbs/ton (dr-v weight 'basis)
h. Residual Chlorine, mg/kg (dry weight basis)
30.
A records log of applications including amounts in pounds of all nutrients and
heavy metals applied, dates, records, coordinates of application, dates applied,
J
etc., shall be maintained at the Henry Fork Wastewater Treatment Plant and North-
east Wastewater Treatment Plant as a permanent record.
31.
This permit shall become voidable unless the agreements between the City of
Hickory and the land owners listed in this permit are in full force and effect:
Site No. Owner Area
Charles Boman 53 Acres
2 Robert Mauser 300 Acres
Permit
issued this the 3filth day of August, 1984.
NORTH CAROLINA ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT COMMISSION
Original Signed By
FORKST R, WEST -ALA
FOR
Robert F. Helms, Director
Division of Environmental Management
By Authority of the Environmental Management Commission
Permit No. 10587RI

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Date: aril 21, 1987,
ATTN:: Gil Vinzani
A,IAND RECOMMENDATIONS
Pert I. - INSPECTION OF PROPOSEDIEXISTINGISITE
1. a. Place visited. City of Hickory
b. Mailing Address: Past Office Box 398
Hickory,North Carolina 28603
Catawba County, N. C.
2. Date of Investigation: December 1, 1986
Date of Report: April 21, 1 �
u J. Thurman Horne
4. a. Persons Contacted: r . ,drank Peat (adn), Mr. Hewitt
Sanders (City of ie 1�), Dr. Bob Rubin S
. Phone No.: 4) 1-5 (City ofHickory)
5. Directions to SiteSite No. 1 ill Lee Property):
From the intersection of State;e 1008 and State Road
1 travel south on State Road 1008 approximately 0. mi
The proposed site is on the left (east) side of State Road
1008.
Site No. 11(Rolling dills Farm): From the intersection o
State Road 1008 and State Road 2021, travel east on State
Road 1 approximately 0.5 mi . The entrance road to the
farm is on the right ( south) side of State Road 2021.
. USGS MapNo.: E13SE (seeenclosed with permit
application documents).
7. Size land available for sludge application
Site ,o. 1 _' 11` acres
Site No. 11 116 acre
8. Topography: The terrain is mildly rolling with slopes
generally 1 . Neither site appears to infringe on any
flood lains rd idin that adequate xf ra `as shownin the
permit application and stipulated by the permit, are
maintained.
9. Location of nearest dwelling: The proposed sites ,are
located in a rural farming community with only scattered
housing nearby. The applicant will be required to maintain
a minimum f t . buffer as contained in the present permit.

PART 11 - DESCRIPTION OF PROPOSEDZEXISTING TREATMENT`A 1 1 1
1,Existing Facilities: The applicant presently holds Brit
10587R2 ( issued May 22, 19 for land application of
sludge from the City's municipal 's. A full description
f these activities is included in our Staff Report and
Recommendations dated. August 17, 1984.
2. Proposed Modifications: The applicant wishes to amend
Permit No. 10587R2 to add the proposed sites to the list of
sites permitted for land application.
All other tarns, - conditions and limitations of the permit
are to remain unchanged.
Note: The applicant has a current application to add
another site to thosepermitted for land application. A
R for this application was sent from the MRO dated
March 27, 1997
PART III - EVALUATION AND RECOMMENDATIONS
1.. Performance Evaluation: Meitner of these sites have:
received any previous applications of sludge
The City employs the services of AMSCO to do the balk of
their land application but the City continues to do a small
portion of the applications with their own resources.
Overall, the land application program appears to be well
managed, ed, particularly when AMSCO is making applications.
However, the MRO has recently discovered violations in
buffer zone requirements at a, site where the City has been
making the applications. The City has been advised of our
findings and the fact that we are considering enforcement
action. The City if al.sc, performing corrective action
(removal of sludge, restoration of site, etc.) as directed
by
. Recommendations and/or Special Conditions: 1t is
recommended that the permit be amended as requested.
d
Condition No. 1 of permit No. 10587R2 should be amended t
include this new proposed site. It shul.d, be listed as
follows
Site No. Owner Area
10 Bill Lee 112 acres
11 Rolling dills 116 acres
Farm

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e amendment should state that tee sites must be
adequately limed prior to initial sludge application and
annually thereafter as necessary t maintain a soil pH of 6.
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UTILITES DEPARTMENT
P.O. BOX 398
HICKORY$ N. C. 28601
Gallons of sludge hauled from Henry Fork Treatment Plant June 1985
by Sid Brothers, Inc. (all to Mauser Farm except as ind1cated)
613/85 1 truck (3500 Cal.) 10,500 Gallons
2 trucks(3000 Gal.) 18,000 If 28,500 Gallons
6!4/85 1 truck (3500 " 21,000 It
2 trucks(3000 " 1) 36,000 57#000 to
6/5/85 1 truck (3500 101500
2 trucks(3000 18*000 28*500
6/7/85 1 truck (3500 1,41 000 of
2 trucks(3000 24* 000 It 381000
6/8/85 2 trucks(3000 15,,000 15,000
6/10/85 1 truck (3500 210000
2 trucks (3000 36,000 57#000
6/12/85 1 truck (3500 21,000
2 trucks(3000 36,000 57#000
6/13/85 1 truck (3500r 21,000 of
2 truckv(3000 36,000 57#000
6/14/85 2 truck s(3000 33,000 33,,000
6117/85 1 truck (3500 21,000
2 truck s(3000 36,000 57,000
6/18/85 1 truck (3500 10,500
2 trucks(3000 180000 28,500
6119/85 1 truck (3500 " -7 17j500
2 trucks(3000 " ) 33,000 50,500
6/21/85 1 truck (3500 " ) 21,000
2 trucks(3000 36,000 of 57,000
6/24/85 1 truck (3500 21,000
2 trucks(3000 3 36,000 570000
6/26/85 1 truck (3500 21,000 (Mauser)
2 trucks(3000 36,000 (Hart) 571,000
6/27/85 1 truck (3500 10,500 (Mauser)
2 trucks(3000 " ) ,L 16,0 «t(Hart) 281500
6/28/85 1 truck (3500 " ) 21#000 (Mauser)
2 truck s(3000 " ) 360000 (Hart) 570000
763j500 763,500

CITY OF HICKORY
RECUVED
UTILITIES DEPARTMENT
P.O. BOX 398
MAY
6 95
HICKORY, N.
c.
28601
in ar-count'with
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CITY OF
HICKORY
DEPT.
INANCE
(SIGmoN BROTHERS,
INC.
ROUTE 1, BOX 488
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C.
28658
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Removal Of
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sludge
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Fork Treatment Plant for
A pril 1985 - Purchase order #3071
4/1/85
3,
trucks
1,
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loads
30
hours @ 30.00
@ 30.00
900.00
900too
4/2/85
3
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1
18
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loads
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30
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hours @ 30.00
900.00
4/3/85
4/5/85
3
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18
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30
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4/8185
3
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18
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@ 30.00
900.00
900.00
5/10185
3
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9
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loads
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15
hours
hours @ 30.00
450.0O
5/11/85
5/12/'85
3
3
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trucks
9
loads
15
hours @ 30.00
450.00
5/15185
3
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9
loads
15
hours @ 30.00
@ 30.00
450.00
450.00
5116/85
3
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9
18
loads
loads
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30
hours
hours @ 30.00
900.00
5/17/85
5/18/85
3
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trucks
18
loads
30
hours @ 30-00
90000
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5/19/85
3
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9
loads
15
hours @ 30.00
45000
.
900.00
5/22/85
5/24/85
3
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8
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30
hours @ 30.00i
i 900.00
900.00
5/26/85
3
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5129/85
5/30/85
3
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810.00
2 N,'s C4'62*
$13,860.00 Y
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CITY OF
HICKORY
UTILITIES
DEPARTMENT
P.O. Box
398
HICKORY,
N. C. 28601
in account
with----____
SIGMON BROTHERS,
INC.
ROUTE 1.
BOX
488
Removal
of sludge
o
Henry
'Fork and Ncrth ast Treatment Pleats for May 1985
# 3483,
Purchase Order
5/2 5
3
trucks
3
loads
4.5
hours
@
30.00
135. 00
5/ 1 5
3;
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10
loads
1 -
hours
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30.00
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5/ 6/ 5
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8
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5/8/85
2
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240.00 (Northeast)
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5/13/85
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5/1 /85
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5/16/85
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540.00
5/ 17/ 5
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5/13/5
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5/22/ 5
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If HICKORY
ATIES DEPARTMENT
BOX 398
,CKORY, N. C. 28601
in scc6'unt-"wi-th
('SIGMDN BROTHERS, I
ROUTE 1, BOX 488
EWTON, N. C. 28 8
!7-1-�' 985 p.o. 2747
Removal of 8 e from Henry Fork and Northeast Treatment Plants for March 1
3/1/85 2 rucks 12 loads 20 hoqs @ 30.00 600.00
3/1/85 1 truck 4 loads 8 hours @ 30.W 240.00 (Northeast)
3/2/85 2 trucks 10: loads 16 hours @ 30.00 480.00
3/4/85 3 trucks 18 loads 30 hours @ 30.00 900.00
3/5/85 3 trucks 13 loads 21 hours @ 30.00 630.00
3/6/85 2 trucks 12 loads 20 hours @ 30.00 600.00
3/6/85 1 truck 7 loads 9 hours @ 30.00 270.00 (Northeast)
3/7/85 3 trucks 9 loads 15 hours @ 30.00 450.00
3/8/85 3 trucks 15 loads, 24 hours @ 30.00 720.00
3/9/85' 3 trucks 9 loads. 15 hours @ 30.QO 450.00
3/11/85 3 trucks 18 loads 30 hours @ 30.00 900.00
3/12/85 3 trucks 18 loads 30 hours @ 30.00 900.00
3/13/85 2 trucks 6 loads 10 hours @ 30.00 300.00
3/14/85 2 trucks 7 loads 11 hours @ 30-00 330.00
315/85 3 trucks 15 loads 25 hours @ 30.00 750.00
3/16/85 3 trucks 1`> .os �9--D-TiRu-rs CT- 3 '. 0 450.00
3/18/85 3 trucks
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3/25/85 3 truckletrucklelads.n 3Q,,,,h
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3/26/85 3 trucks loads 30 houri-@-3U.)O 900.00
3/27/85 3 trucks �)loads-- ,.�-15 hours @ 30.)0 450.00
3/19185 3 trucks loads' 3�'-h6`u-j'j-@73U. )0 900.00
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UTILITIES
DEPARTMENT
P . BOX
398
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N. C. 201
in sruu t with____
I0BROTHERS, ISO.
�ROUTE 1,
BOX 488
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Henry Fork
Treatment" Flare
for
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Removal
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24
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@'30-00
180. 00
900.00
2885
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1 lads
15 loads
30 hours
25 hours
30.00`
2 � 5
2 11 5"
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30 hou s
30.00
30.00
900.00
450.00
2 13 5
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15 huu�r
27 h urs
30.00
810.00
2 14/85
2 15 85ks
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2 loads
hours
30.0f�
1� 200.00
330.0tJ
2 1 85
2 trucks
7 lauds
1 hours
30 h ur
30.00
30.00
900.00
2 18 5
3 trucks
18 loads
-.— 2 errs
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750.00
2 1 5
225
3 trucks
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30 hours
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30.0
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2 25 5
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HICKORY, N. c. 28601 RECEIVED
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­NEWT+fit, N. C. Removal slun fork e t s t Plant for January 1985 Purchase der #2201
1 ` 3 trucks 9 load# 15 hours 0 30.00
1 1 5 3 trucks 18 loads30 hours 0 30.00 900.00
1J 5 4 trucks 23 loads 38 hours 30. 1 *1 .0
1 85 4 trucks 12 loads 20 hours @ 30.00 . 0
1 1 5 3 trucks 9 loads 15 hours @ 30.00 450.00
1 11 5 3 trucks 9 loads 15 hours @ 30.00 450.00
1/14185 3 trucks 18 loads 30 hours @ 30.00 900.00
1 15 5 3 truck# 12 loads 19 hours @ 30.00 570.00
1 16 85 3 trucks 9 loads 15 hours @ 30.00 450.00
1 1 5 3 tru 30.00 450.00
.00
4. 1 19 5 1 tru k 2 loads $3! h urs 30.0E 90.00
1 1 5 3 ru VI'7'745--1 idi",I s a 30.0E 750.00
1 85 3 'trucks 6 loads 9 hours @ 30.00. 270.00
1. r 5 3 tru ki "' "18 30.00 .
1 5 85 3 trucks 1 'loads 30 hours @ 30.00 900.00
1 55 3 tr4aCl d - u19 rs 30.00 570.00
1 3 5 3 trucks 9 loads 15 Pours @ 30.00 . 0
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P.O. BOX
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HICKORY,
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WITH
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TREATMENT PLANT FpR DECEMBER 1 - PURCHASE ORDER 1882
1 /4/84
3
TRUCKS
18
LOADS
30 HOURS 0,00
90n.00
12/7/84
3
TRUCKS
18
LOADS
30 HOURS @1 3n.nov.
12/8/84
3
TRUCKS
9
LOADS
15 H uRS (a) 30.00
450.00
1 /19
3
TRuCKS
9
LOADS
15 H- VRS 3 . 0 ,
450,00
12/11/84
3
TRUCKS
15
LOADS
25 HOURS 30.00
750.00
12/12/84
3
TRUCKS
15
LOADS
25 HOURS 30.00
750,00
12/13/84
2
"TRUCKS
8
LOADS
13 HOURS 30,00
390.00
1 /'1
TRUCKS
8
LOADS
13 HOURS @ 3n.00
390.00
12/17/84
3
TRUCKS
18
LOADS
30 HOURS @ ir).00
900.E
12/18/0,14
3
TRUCKS
15
L OAD s
25 HOB AS @
750,00
12/20/84
3
TRUCKS
18
LOADS
30 H ouRs t 3tt.O
. #
12/21/84
3
TRUCKS S
15
LOADS
25 HOURS @ 3 .00
750.00
12/24/84
3
TRUCKS
18
LOADS
3CI� LsR C} � �
10
1 ,/
3
TRACKS
18 OS
30 H uR � loo900100
1 7"
3
TRUCKS
1
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570.00
12/28/84
3
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9
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15 uRS 3 . t� �
450.nD
1 ,/71 ;
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15
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750.00
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OE HICKORY
ILITIES DEPARTMENT
.. Box 308
M KORY, N. C. 2860
iN Atr T4!
IGM0 8 OTHER5 INC.
ROUTE 1,LL 0 8
N. E. 286518
REMOVAL Of SLUDGE FRom HENRY FORK TREATMENT PLANT FOR NOVE. BER PURCHASE ORDER 167
a
11/1/84 3 TRUCKS 18 LOADS 30.0 HOURS 30.00., 900.00
TRUCKS 15 LOADS 25.0 HOURS 30.00 750.00
11/6/84 3 TRUCKS 18 LOADS 30.0_ HOURS 30.00 0"),0
11/ /84 3 TRUCKS 18 LOADS 30.0 HOURS (a) 0.00 901,00
11/10/84 3 TRUCKS 9 LOADS 15.0 HOURS Ca, 30.00 450.00
11,/1 ,/3 43 TRUCKS 18 LOADS 30.0 HOURS @ 30.00 90n,0
11/13/84 3 TRUCKS 18 LOArS 30.0 HOURS 0 30.00 9011.00
1 1 /1 '84 3 TRUCKS 18 LOADS 30.0 HOURS @ 30.00 900.00
900.00
11,/ 6,/84 3 TRUCKS 18 LOAMS 30.0 HOURS 30.00
11, 17,/84 3 TRUCKS 9 LOADS 15.0 HOURS 30.00 450.00
11/1 84 2 TRUCKS 7 LOADS 11.0 HOURS 307.00 330.00
11/20,/84 2 TRUCKS LOADS' 8.0 HOURS 30.00 24(),00
11/21/84 3 TRUCKS 18 LOADS 30.0 HOURS 3 .00 9011.00
11 2,/84 3 TRUCKS 9 LOADS 15.0 HOURS P 30.W0 450.00
/ / 1 L A' 50.00
11 23 8 3 TRUCKS
11/26/84 3 TRUCKS 1.8 L ADS 30.0 HOURS �.) 3).00 0010f
1 1 /28 2
11 / /8 2 TRUCKS 17 L ADS 2R. TOURS 30.00R55.01)
11/0/8: 3 11 L A`Tr.1 50.00
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OTILITIES DEPARTMENT
Pn 96
N.�E1OR I'l'. C. 261
IN ACCOUNT WITH'
SIGMON BROTHERS, INC
.ROLJTE 11 BOX 466
....N. C. 2E666
NOY 1
CITY Q r'�!
FINANCE °"
T.
11
REMOVAL OF
SLUDGE FROM
HENRY FORK
TREATMENT
PLANT FOR OCTOBER
1964 PURCHASE ORDER #724
1 /2 64
3
TRUCKS
18
LOADS
30
HOURS @ 30,00
900.00
1 /3/ 4
3
TRUCKS
16
LOADS
27
HOURS @ 30.00
810,00
10/5 4
3
TRUCKS
18
LOADS
HOURS @ 30.00
900.00
1 "64
3
TRUCKS
18
LOANS
30
HOURS @ 30.00-
900.00
1 /9 "64
3
TRUCKS
18
LOADS
HOURS @ 30.00
900.0()
10/11/84
2
TRUCKS
12
LOADS
20
HOURS (a) 30.00
600.00
1 "12 '64
3
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18
LOADS '
HOURS 30,00
900.00
10 15/84
3
TRUCKS <
18
LOADS
30
HOURS @ 30.00
900.00 �w
10/1&/814
2
TRUCKS
12
LOADS
20
HOURS @ 3 . i1„
600.00
1 1 7
2
T U IKS
1
LOADS
21
I� URS 30.00
600.00
,84
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1 19,, 4
TRUCKS
18
LOADS
30
HOURS @ 30.00
900,00
/2 64
3
TRUCKS
18
LOADS
HOURS 9 30,00
900.00`
10/25/84
3
TRUCKS
18
LOADS
30
FOURS .0_
900,00
10 26 4
3
TRUCKS
12
LOADS
19.9`
HOURS 30,00
585.00
1 , 29, 6N
3
TRUCKS
15
LOADS
25.5
HOURS (a) 30.00
765.00
10/30/84
3
TRUCKS
12
LOADS
1 .
' HOURS AO
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1 1 64
3
TRUCKS
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30
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900.00
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451.5
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CITY OF HICKORY
UTILITIES 3EPARTMENT
P.O. Box 39e
HICKORY# N. C. 25601
� N ' 6*14
im ACCOUNT WITH CITY OF HICKORY
FINANCE DEFL
SIGMON BROTHERS, INC.
ROUTE 1, BOX 488 pupcmAsE ORDER #724 AND �',826
INEWTON, N. C. 2B658
R Y A, S T TREATMENT PLANTS FOR SEPTEMBER 1984
REMOVAL OF SLUDGE FROM HEN ORK AND NORTHE
9/4/84 2 TRUCKS
1 TRUCK
9/5/84 2 TRUCKS
1 TRUCK
9/6/84 2 TRUCKS
I TRUCK
9/7/84 2 TRUCKS
I T A UC K
9/10/814 2 TpucKs
9/11/84 7 TRUCKS
I TRUCK
2 TRUCKS
9/17/84 2 mRucKS
I TRUCK
2 TRUCKS
9/13/84 2 TRUCKS
I TRUCK
2 TRUCKS
9/14/84 2 TRUCKS
I TRUCK
9/17/84 3 TRUCKS
9/18/84 3 TRUCKS
9/20/84 1 TRUCK
9/21/84 2 TRUCKS
1 TRUCK
9/24/IQ4 3 TRUCKS
9/25/84 3 TRUCKS
9/26/84 1 TRUCK
9/27/84 2 TRUCKS
9/28/84 3 TRUCKS
12
LOADS
20
'0
"OURS 11
30-00
7
LOADS
10
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12
LOADS
20
HOURS
30-00
7
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10
HOURS
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30.00
14
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22
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9
30.00
7
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10
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20
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16
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9
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30.00
6
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LOADS
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16
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27
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5
LOADS
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30.00
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33.00
15
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300.00 (NORTHEAST)
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660.00 (HENRY FORK)
3O%t1O (NORTHEAST)
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3g%otl (NORTHEAST)
540. 11-n (HENRY FORK)
600.00 (HENRY FORK)
27n.00 (NORTHEAST)
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270.04) (NORTHEAST)
480.�'G (DRY SL!IOCE)
600.00 (HENRY FORK)
270.00 (NORTHEAST)
390.00 (ORY SLUDGE)
600.00 (HEkPY rFORK)
24n.00 (NORTHEAST)
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UTILITIES DEPARTMENT
I, Box 398
HtCKORYj, N. C. 23601
IN ACC N'T WITf#
I M N BROTHERS, INC.
ROUTE 1, BOX 488
E N N. C. 28658
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REMOVAL O BUDGE FROM
HENRY)oRKEATMt PLANT FOR
AUGUST 1984
" 4 3 TRUCKS
as
27 mouRs
10.0
8/30/84 3 TRUCKS
18 LOADS
HOURS
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F, A. W LAPOPATORIES., INC
1215 CENTRRL AVENUE
CHRPLOITTE, tt C, 27S 2 C4
OCTORE; 1,4�, 198Z
REFERENCE NO- 831502-9-1248
DATE RECEIVED .- SEPTEMBER 82'•
CLIENT: CITY OF HICKORY
P, clBOX, '-35ts
HICfl,'OF?Y'l NC 21=1601
ATTENTION: JERRY TWIGGS
SAMPLE IDENTIFICATION:
SAMPLE VI: NORTH EAST PLANT
SAMPLE #2,- HENRY FORK PLANT
ANALYSIS
SAMPLE 2
TOTAL SLPL IE.-S, % 2,24
CHROMIUM, RPM 7'778 4700
COPPER;PPtq 16, 2250 18,357
NICKEL, RPM 1, 222 Ala 866
Z I NC,- RPM 364.720 2" 5, 17. 4 3 0
LEAD, PP M 77, 4 3 4.531
CADMIUW PPM 0687 0. 7 93,
ARSENIC, RPM 0. 0 12, 4 0.0096
SELENIUM, RPM 0. 021-2 O0132
MERCURY., RPM <-O00005 <0.00005
ANALYZED BY,
P., A. W. LFIBORATOR IE, INC.
N.C. CERTIFICATE NO. 004
E° P. A. CERTIFICATE O. 02006
S. C. !;ERT FICRTE NO, 99004
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"TESTING FOR A BETTER ENVIRONMENT"

State of North Carolina
tentof Environment, Health and Natural Resources
Division of Environmental Management
512 North Sah sbury Street - Raleigh, North Carolina 27611
,iovernor K. Faut Wilms
Jr., Secretary Director
December 6, 1989
-s, Public Utilities Director
Carolina 28603
Subject: Permit No. WQOOO 1669
City of Hickory
Land Application of Sludge
Amendment to Permit No, 10587R3
Catawba County
Dear Mr, T%dggs:
In accordance with your amendment request received May '101. 1989, we are fonvand ing
herewith Permit No. WQ0001669, dated December 6, 1989, to the City of Hickory for the
continued operation of the subject land application program. This amendment consists of the
continued operation of 1440 acres and the addition of 697.4 acres; fields 18.03, McSwain fami,
17.06, Jarrett farm, and 16.03, Huffman farm has been eliminated from consideration due to
unsuitable conditions and are not included in this permit amendment.
This perti-fit shall be effective from the date of issuance until February 28, 1993, shall
supersede Permit No. 10587R3 issued February 16, 1988, the amendment issued May 16, 1988,
and shall be subject to the conditions and limitations as specified therein.
If any parts, requirements, or limitations contained in this perniit are unacceptable to you,
you have the right to request an adjudicatorhearing upon written request within 30 days
following receipt of this permit. This request must be in the form of a written petition, con forming
to Chapter 150B of.North Carolina General Statutes, and filed with the Office of Administrative
Hearings, P.O. Box 11666, Raleigh, NC 27604. Unless such demands are made this pennit shall
be final and binding.
Pollution Prevention Pays
R0. Box V687, Raleigh, North Carolina 27611-7687 Telephone 919=733-7015
An Equal Opportunity Affirmative Action Employer

One set of approved glans and specifications is being forwarded to you, If you need
additional information concerning this matter, please `contact Ms. Carolyn McCaskill t 17
7- 08 .
crely,
R. Paul Wilms
cc: Catawba County Health Department
rtmen
Mooresville Regional Office
Groundwater Section
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NORTH CAROLINA
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT COMMISSION
DEPARTmENT OF ENVIRONMENT, HEALTH AND NATURAL RESOURCES
RALEIGH
SLUDGE LAND APPLICATION PERMIT
In accordance with the provisions of Article 21 of Chapter 143, General Statutes of North
C,uohna as amended, and other applicable Laws, Rules, and Regulations
PERMISSION IS HEREBY GRANTED TO
City of Hickory
Catawba County
FOR THE
operation of a sludge land application program consisting of the land application of sludge from
the City of Hickory's Wastewater Treatment Plants to sites identified in condition number VI 6
with no discharge of wastes to the surface waters, pursuant to the application received May 10,
1989, and in conformity with the project plan, specifications, and other supporting data
subsequently filed and approved by the Department of Environment, Health and Natural
Resources and considered a part of this permit.
This permit shall be effective from the date of issuance until February 28, 1993, shall
supersede Permit No. 10587R3 issued February 16, 1988, the amendment issued May 16,1988,
and shall be subject to the following specified conditions and limitations:
1. ME RFORMANCE STANDARDS
1 The Mooresville Regional Office, phone no. 704/663-1699, and the appropriate
local governmental official (county manager/city manager) shall be notified at least
twenty-four (24) hours prior to the initial application of the sludge so that an
inspection can be made of the application sites and application method. Such
notification to the regional supervisor shall be made during the normal office hours
from 8:00 a.m. until 5:0O p.m. on Monday through Friday, excluding State
Holidays. Also the Catawba County Manager's of must be notified prior to the
initial application so that they will be aware that the operation has been initiated.
2 This permit shall become voidable if the soils fail to adequately absorb the wastes
and may be rescinded unless the sites are maintained and operated in'a manner
which will protect the assigned water quality standards of the surface waters and
ground waters.

3.
The land application;program shall be effectively maintained and operated as a
non -discharge system to prevent the discharge of any wastes resulting from the
operation of this program.
4.
The issuance of this perrnit shall not relieve the Pern-tittee of the responsibility for
damages to surface or groundwaters resulting front the operation of this facility,
5.
In the event that the land application program is not operated satisfactorily, including
the creation of nuisance conditions, the Permittee shall cease applying sludge to the
sites and take any immediate corrective actions, including the construction of
additional or replacement wastewater treatment or disposal facilities.
6
No crops for direct human consumption shall be raised on these sites for a period
of 18 months following sludge application.
7.
Maximum slope for sludge application shall be 10% for surface application and
18% for subsurface applications.
8.
The following buffers zones shall be maintained:
a) 400 feet from residences under separate ownership for surface
application method,
b) 200 feet from residences under separate ownership for injection method,
c) 100 feet from "SA and SB" classified waters and public surface water
supplies for both methods,
d) 50 feet from "WS" classified waters and other streams, creeks, lakes,
rivers, and surface water drainage ways for injection method.
e) 100 feet from "WS" classified waters and other streams, creeks, lakes,
rivers and surface water drainage ways for surface application
method,
17) 100 feet front property lines for both methods,
g) 50 feet from public right of ways for surface application method,
h) 10 feet from upslope interceptor drains and surface water diversions for
both methods,
i) 25 feet from downslope interceptor drains, surface water diversions,
groundwater drainage systems and surface drainage ditches for both
methods.
9a
copy of this permit shall be kept in all sludge transport and application vehicles
during the life of this project,
10.
All sludges included in this permit must be stabilized by a process to significantly
reduce pathogens as described in 40 CFR Part 257, Appendix 11) prior to
,application or incorporation, An evaluation of all sludges as specified in condition
11 4 must be conducted as to their ability to demonstrate compliance with this
requirement. A copy of this report must be submitted to the Assistant Chief for
Operations, Division of Environmental Management, Water Quality Section,
Operations Branch, PO Box 27687, Raleigh, NC 27611-7687, on or before January
1, 1990.
11.
Specific sludge application area boundaries shall be clearly marked on each site prior
to and during sludge application,
2

12, No sludge at any time shall be stored at any application site,
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE REQUIREMENTS
I The facilities and disposal sites shall be properly maintained and operated at all
times.
2. A suitable vegetative cover as listed in condition 11 3, shall be maintained in
accordance with the crop management plan approved by this Division.
3. The application rates shall not exceed the following for the specified crops:
Cram EA—N (lb$ZUrdy"rj J!_hgSj2hMs (lbs/acre/vear)
Corn 150-200 100
Soybeans 150-20100
Grains 100-150 100
Grasses 150-300 100
4. No sludges other than the following are hereby approved for land application in
accordance with this pertrift:
Estimated
CQLt-nly RtrmjijLQ—. Y21umg fgajjgLi&/-uuor dry tons/year)
City of Hickory Catawba NCO040797 3,000,000 gallons/year
5The lifetime heavy metal loadings shall not exceed the following for the
corresponding Cation Exchange Capacities (CEC):
ParLm ter .g-CEC < 5
Lead (lbs/acre) Soo 1000
Zinc (lbs/acre) 250 500
Copper Qbs/acre) 125 250
Nickel (lbstacre) 125 250
Cadmium (lbs/acre) 4.5 4.5*
6. The annual application rates shall not exceed:
a. Sludge from the Henry Fork Wastewater Treatment Plant
1. I.Illbs.ofcad miumper acre per
year
2. 29.4 lbst of zinc per acre per year
b. Sludge from the Northwest Wastewater Treatment Plant
I . 1. I lbs. of cadmium per acre per year
2. 33A lbs, of zinc per acre per year
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i. The Permittee shall employ a certified wastewater treatment plant operator to be in
responsible charge of the lend application operation. The operator must hold a
certificate of the grade at least equivalent to the classification assigned to the
land application program by the Certification Commission.
7. Adequate facilities shall be provided to prevent surface runoff from c",ing any
disposed or stored material into any surface waters.
. Animals should not be grazed on sludge applied land within as 0-t ay period
following the sludge application. Application sites that are to he used for grazing
shall have fencing that will be used to prevent access after each application.
c Surface applied sludge will be plowed or disced within twenty-four 4i hours
after application on lands with no cover crop established.
10For areas that are prone to flooding or within the 1 fl-year flood elevation, sludge
may be applied during periods of dry weather. The sludge must be incorporated
into the soil within twenty-four 4 hours of application.
11 appropriate measures must be taken to control public access to the land application
sites during active site use and for the 1; - tenth period following sludge application.
(Stich controls may include the posting of suns indicating the, activities being
conducted at each site.
12, Adequate provisions shall be taken to prevent wind erosion and surface runoff
from conveying pollutants from the sludge application area onto the adjacent
property or into the surface waters.
13. Sludge dge shall not be applied in inclement weather or until 24 hours following a
rainfall event of 1 -inch or greater in 24 hours, Any emergency sludge disposal
measures must first be approved by the Division of Environmental Management.
ment.
14. The site shall be adequately limed to a soil pal of at leant 6.5 prior to sludge
application. Sludge may be applied to sites with a pH of less than 6.5 provided a
sufficient amount of lime is also applied to achieve a final pH of the lime, sludge; and
soil mixture of at least fa. .
Il L MONUORING AND &EPQRTINQ RE
1. Any monitoring (including groundwater, surface water, sludge, soil, or plant
tissue anatlyses)' deemed necessary by the Division of Environmental Management
to insure, protection of the environment will be established and an acceptable
sampling and reporting schedule shall b followed. if monitoring data indicates
minimal or no concern to the Division, reduction of monitoring requirements may be
pursued after two annual reporting periods.
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2. Proper records shall be maintained by the Pe tree tracking all disposal activities, E.
'These -records shall include, but are not necessarily limited to the following
infortnation:
a) source of sludge
b) date of sludge application
c) location of sludge application (site, field, or one #)
d) method of application
e) weather conditions
f) soil conditions
g) type, of crop growing on field
h) volume of sludge applied in gallons/acre and, dry tons/acre
it annual and cumulative totals of dry tonslacre of sludge, annual and
cumulative pounds/acre of each heavy metal, annual pounds/acre of plant
available nitrogen (PAN), and annual pounds/acre of phosphorus applied
to each field.
3. A representative annual soils analysis shall be conducted of each site receiving
sludge in the respective calendar year and the results maintained on file by the
Permittee for a minimum of five years. The soils analysis shall include but is not
r necessarily lirated to the following par-ameters:
Standard Soil Fertility Test Manganese
% Base Saturation Cation Exchange Capacity
Phosphorus Sodium
Potassium Nickel
Lead Cadmium
Zinc Copper
Magnesium Calcium
pH
4. A complete sludge analysis and EP Toxicity analysis shall be conducted by the
Permittee quarterly and annually, respectively and the results maintained on file by
the Permittee for a rninimum of five years. If land application occurs at a frequency
less than quarterly, sludge analysis will be required for each instance of land
application. The sludge analysis shall include but is not necessarily limited to the
following parameters:
% total solids Magnesium
Total Nitrogen Sulfate
Phosphorus Potassium
Lead Zinc
Copper Nickel
Cadmium Chromium
Sodium Calcium
Chlorides
Plant available Nitrogen (by calculation)
PH

The EP Toxicity analysis shall include the following parameters:
Arsenic Barium
Cadmium Chromium
Lead Mercury
Selenium Silver
E ndrin Lindane,
l lethoxydhlor Toxaphene
2,4-D 2,4,5 -TP Silvex
5 � Two copies of all monitoring and reporting requirements as specified in conditions
111 1, 1112, 1113 and 1114 shall be submitted annually on or before January 31 of
the following year to the following address:
NC Division ion of Environmental Management
Water Quality Section
Facility Assessment Unit'
PO Box 27687
Raleigh, NC 27611-7687
6. :Noncompliance Notification:
The Permittee shall reportby telephone to the. Mooresville, Regional Office
telephone no. 04/6-1 , as soon as possible, but in no case more than 24 hours
or can the next working day following the occurrence or first knowledge of the
occurrence of any of the following:
a. Any occurrence with the land application program which results in the
land application of significant amounts of wastes ;which are abnormal in
quantity or characteristic.
ba Any failure of the land application program resulting in a discharge of
wastes to receiving waters.
C. Any time that self -monitoring infonnation indicates that the facility has
gone out of compliance with the conditions and limitations of this permit
or the parameters tin which the system was designed,
d, Any process unit failure, due to known or unknown reasons, that render
the facility incapable of adequate sludge treatment.
e. Any spillage or discharge from a vehicle or piping system transporting
sludge to the application site.
Persons reporting such occurrences by telephone shall also file a written report in
letter form; within 15 days following first knowledge of the occurrence. This report
must outline the actions taken or proposed to be taken to ensure that the problem
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IV. GROUNDWATER REQUIREMENTS
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I e .any groundwater quality monitoring as deemed necessary by the Division of
Environmental Management ment shall be provided.
2. No application of waste activities shall be undertaken when the seasonal high
water table is less than three feet blow land surface.
. The fifteen 15) existing monitor wells must be sampled every March, July,. and
November for the following parameters:
k
N (l 0.0) Arnmonia "nitrogen
S (500.0) TOC
pH (. -S.5 std units) Water Level
Chloride (50,0) Total Colifonrns l 100 ml)
T (in November only) Phenol
The measurement of water level must be trade prior to sa plin for the remaining
parameters.
The numbers in parentheses represent the maximum allowble concentrations in
zroundwater for the various analytical parameters, as specified in 15 l CAC 2L
[Groundwater Classifications and Standards]. Unless otherwise noted, ;tire
concentrations are given in parts per million,
The analytical methods used for T X must be capable of detecting the natal of all
halogenated organic compounds present at a concentration of 5.0 parts per billion
(pp) or greater. In the event that a TOX concentration of 5.0 ppb or ,greater is
detected, any individual halogenated organic compound(s) present at a concentration
at or above the 'method detection limit (L) must be identified and quantified
utilizing PA methods 601, 602, 604, and 611.
If TOC concentrations ,greater than 10 mg/I are detected in any do tn, radient
monitoring well, additional sampling and analysis must be conducted to identify the
individual constituents comprising this "Tt CI concentration. If the T C concentration
as measured in the bAQkgLQu-n-d monitor well exceeds 10 , this concentration will
be taken to represent the naturally occurring TOC concentration. Any eceedanes
of this naturally occurring T C concentration in the downgradient wells shall: be
subject to the additional sampling and analysis as described above.
The results of the sampling and analysis shall be sent to the N.C. Division of
Environmental Management on For W-5 (Compliance Monitoring Report
Form) every April, August, and December.
The {Corntalianc 1 o -nJ delineated on the attached site plan for the disposal
system is specified by regulations in 15 NCAC 2L, Classifications and Water
Quality Standards applicable to the groundwater of North Carolina An eatceedance
of Groundwater'.Quality Standards beyond the Compliance Boundary is subject to
penalty provisions applicable under General Statute 1 - 5.1 a. The sale of
property, by the Perrnittee, which is within or contiguous to the disposal system site
may alter location of the Compliance Boundary.
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For land application sites permitted on or after December r tl 1983, the Compliance
Boundary is established at the lesser of 250 feet from the edge of the lard application
sites, or 50 feet within the property boundary.
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For land application sites permitted prig to December r 0, 1983, the Compliance
Boundary is established at a distance 500 feet from the edge of the land application
sites, or the property boundary, whichever is less.
If the title to any property which may affect the location of the Compliance boundary
is changed, the permittee shall notify the Division Director within 14 days, The
Director shall then establish a modified Compliance Boundary hich will be done as
a modification to the P rrit.
`Fhe REVIEW 1 �[P for the disposal system is specified by regulations in 1
L, Groundwater Classifications and Standards, A REVIEW
BOUNDA.RY is established around disposal systems midway between the
Compliance Boundary and the pe i eter of the wash disposal area. When the
concentration of any substance equals or exceeds the maximum allowable
concentration of that substance at the EM CRY, as determined by
monitoring, the permittee shall tither tij demonstrate, through predictive calculations
or modeling, that natural site conditions, facility design and operational controls will
prevent a violation of standards at the Compliance Boundary; or, (ii) submit a plan
for the alteration of existing site conditions, facility design or operational controls
that will ;prevent a violation of standards at the Compliance; oun ary, and
implement that plan upon its approval by the Director.
" INSPECTIONS
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i the Peratittee or his designee shall inspect the sludge storage, transport, and
disposal facilities to prevent malfunctions and deterioration, operator errors and
discharges which may cause or lead to the release of wastes to the environment, a
threat to human health, or a nuisance, The Permittee shall keep an inspection log
or summary including at least the gate and time of inspection, observations made,
and any maintenance, repairs, or corrective actions taken by the Permittee. Tbis
log of inspections shall be maintained by the Pe Witte for a period of three years
from the date of the inspection and shall be made available upon request by the
Division of Environmental Management or other permitting authority.
Any dulyr authorized officer, employee, or representative of the Division of
Environmental Management ement may; upon presentation of credentials, enter and
inspect any property, premises or place on of related to the disposal site and
facility at any reasonable time for the purpose of determining compliance with this
permit; may inspect or copy any records that must be kept under the tos and
conditions of this permit; or tilay obtain samples of groundwater, surface water,
or leach ate.
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V1. GENERAL CONDITIONS
1. This permit shall become voidable unless the land application activities are carried
out in accordance with the conditions of this pemrit and in the mariner approved
by this Division.
2. This pernin is effective only with respect to the nature and volume of wastes
described in the application and other supporting data.
3. This permit is not transferable, In the event there is a desire for the facilities to
change ownership or a name change of the Permittee, a formal permit request must
be submitted to the Division of Environmental Management accompanied by an
application fee, documentation from the parties involved, and other supporting
materials as may be appropriate. to approval of this request will be considered
on its merits and may, or may not be. approved.
4. Prior to any transfer of this land, a notice shall be given to the new owner that
gives full details of the materials applied or incorporated at this site.
5 This permit shall become voidable unless the agreements between the Perrnittee
and the landowners/lessees are in full force and effect.
6. The following are approved sites and crops for sludge application (see attached
map):
Site No. Qw n rd, kgh2 ln -Area (excluding buffers)
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I Charles Bowman 53
2 Robert Mauser 300
3 D. R. Baxley/W. D. Reeves 10
4 R,Z. Bowman 31
5 George L. Finger 60
6 Kenneth R. Moyer 16
7 Dr. Robert Hart, IR 86
8 H. Sherrill 90
9 Harry Frank 116
10 Bill Lee 112
11= Rolling Hills Farm 116
12, fields 1, 2, 3 W. D. Robinson 83
13, fields 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Arville Signion 128
14, fields 1-13 Dewey Hunsucker 239
16 Lois Bryant 118
17 Gaither Huffman 55.3
18 Harold Jarrett 89.8
19 David McSwain 138
20 Rolling Hills Farm 38.7
21 Buford Waters 64*
22 Gene Waters 75.6**
23 J. S. Whitener 118
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*Field No. 19.01 contains acreage located within the 100 year flood plain and is
subject land application only by surface application and only during periods when
high water is not occurring,
**Field 20.01 is limited to sludge application during the months of October through
March.
Sites or portions of sites located within the 100 year flood plain should be delineated
by flagging.
Field No. 18.03, McSwam farrm field No17.06, Jarrett farm, and field No, 16.03,
HLIffirian farm were deemed unsuitable and are therefore not included in this permit
amendment.
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Failure to abide by the conditions and limitations contained in this permit may
subject the Permittee to an enforcement action by the Division of Environmental
Management in accordance with North Carolina General, Statute 143-215.6,
8.
The annual administering and compliance fee must be paid by the Pen'nittee within
thirty (30) days after being billed by the Division. Failure to pay the fee
accordingly may cause the Division to initiate action to revoke this permit as
specified by 15 NCAC 211,0205 (c)(4).
9.
The issuance of this permit does not preclude the Permittee from complying with
any and all statutes, rules, regulations, or ordinances which may be imposed by
other govemment agencies (local, state, and federal) which have jurisdiction,
10.
A set of approved documents for the subject project must be retained by the applicant
for the life of the project.
11.
The Pennittee, at least six (6) months prior to the expiration of this permit, shall
request its extension. Upon receipt of the request, the Commission will review
the adequacy of the facilities described therein, and if warranted, will extend the
permit for such period of time and under such conditions and limitations as it may
deem appropriate,
12.
This permit may be modified, or revoked and reissued to incorporate any conditions,
limitations and monitoring requirements the Division of Environmental Management
deems necessary in order to adequately protect the environment and public health.
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Permit issued this the 6th day of December, 1989
NORUJ CAROLINA ENVIRONMENTAL AGE IENT COMMISSION
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I . Paul Wilms, Director
Division of Environmental Management
By Authority of the Environmental Management Commission
Pe iit No. WQ0001669