NC0006351_Regional Office Historical File Pre 2018

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NCDENR
Mooresville Regional Office
Division of Water Quality
610 East Center Ave
Mooresville,'NC 28115
704=663-1699
704-663-6040 (fax)
Subject: NPDES Permit NC0006351
Dear Ms. Sifford:
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JAN 0 4 2001;
JUlN 11 OF 4
The purpose of this letter is to document CSI's notification to your department on
12/30/04 at 4:30pm of an unanticipated bypass of CSI's wastewater treatment
system and to provide details of the event.
The bypass occurred on 12/30/04 between the hours of 9:15am and 3:30pm. The
bypass was identified at 3:30pm and was immediately stopped by the treatment
operator. The event time is firm since the system had been shut down over the
.previous days to prevent freezing in the line over the holiday.
The treatment system consists of pH adjustment in tanks then discharge into a 2
acre settling lagoon prior to discharge into Rocky River. The cause of the bypass
occurred during line maintenance and resulted from movement of the 3" flexible
hose that discharges into lagoon (from adjustment tanks) to the top of the lagoon
berm causing treated, but unsettled material to discharge across approximately
200' of land and then enter Rocky River. Solids were evident upon the water path
to the river. The total volume of water to enter the river is estimated at 3594
gallons. See attached for rational on volume calculation.
After speaking with Dee Browder and Barbara Sifford, it was requested that a
visual inspection of upstream and downstream areas be made and that a sample
be taken for pH. There was no evidence of any visual water quality differences or
fish kills. The pH samples were taken at 5:30 pm and the results are as follows:
7.43 upstream and 7.52 downstream.
PO Box 1330.5910 Pharr Mill Road • Harrisburg, NC 28075.704-455-518.1
Main Fax [phone] • Purchasing and Transportation Fax [phone]
Lab Fax [phone] • Accounting and PoleCare Fax [phone]
Engineering Fax [phone]

Corrective measures include work order issued to permanently install hose into
lagoon to prevent reoccurrence. Also, treatment system start up procedures have
been modified to include a complete line check and lagoon perimeter check.
This letter complies with the notification requirements set forth in Part II, Section
6, Item 4 and Section E, Item 6 of the referenced NPDES permit. Also included is
a completed Sewage Spill Response Evaluation.
If you have any further questions or I can be of further assistance. Please do not
hesitate to contact me at 704-455-4171. My email address is
ion nas a(D.chemspec.com.
Sincerely,
Jonna A. Stein
Safety, Health and Environmental Manager
CC: Dee Browder
Internal NPDES File
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Rational for Discharge Volume Calculation
The mass balance of flow from the Waste Treatment Plant to the two -acre
storage lagoon shows 13,800 GPD. See attached diagram.
13,800 Gallons/Day is equivalent to 575 Gallons/Hr x 6.25 Hour duration for the
event = 3594 gallons

trCDErIR MRO Fax: [phone]uo f ec 30 2004 1 7: 03 F. 02
Sewage Spill Resnouse Evaluation:
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Permittee C leal (a n Permit Number_&ZXk3!T I County c.ct k (6(L{5
Incident Ended: (Date/Time) 12 5D 04 / 15: 3o Estimated Duration (Time)_(
I Irst knowledge of incident: (Date/Time) ! J_3L
Estimated volume of spill/bypass 35 `i � : _ gallons. Show rational for volume.
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If spill is ongoing, please notify Regional Office on a daily basis until spill can be stopped.
Reported to: �- iha/G- 5rt (d- (Date/time) 2 3 0 Z6
Named person —"
Weather conditions: Walryl aill - _
Source of spill/bypass (check one): _Sanitary Sewer __Pump Station ✓ WIIVi-P
Level of treatment (check one): None . ✓Primary Treatment
Secondary Treatment Chlorination Only
Did spill/bypass reach surface waters? ✓ Yes _No (if Yes, please list the following)
Volume reaching surface waters? 35� ­_ gallons
Name of surface water C ;tfef
Did spill/bypass result in a fish kill? Yes LZNo
If Yes, what is the estimated number of fish killed?
Please provide the following information:
1. Location of spill/bypass:,
COlne✓'
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B i tef
3. Did you have personnel available to perform initial assessment 24 hours/day (including weekends and
holidays)? /
Yes ✓ No
4. How long did it take to make an initial assessment of the spill/overflow after first knowledge?
Hours 30 Minutes
How long did it take to get a repair crew onsite? t/A
Hours Minutes
Please explain the time taken to make initial assessment: _ I/l/Cc l i%'IcL }� 1C[CDU✓�
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Sewage Spill Response Evaluation:
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Permittee el"kA (eet:Q— SQ°C(Q.�T` 1�SPerrr,it Number_n1C QQ&351 County `ACt //a5
0. Action taken to contain spill-cleap up waste, and/or remediate the site:
dVk
6. Were the equipment and parts needed to make repairs readily available?
Yes —_ No If no, please explain why.
7. If the spill/overflow occurred at a pump station, or was the result of a pump stnti on failure,
was the alarm system functional at the time of the spill? Yes No ✓ If the alarm
system did not function, please explain why:
8. Repairs made are: Permanent __ Temporary
Please describe what repairs were made. If the repairs are temporary, please indicate a date by
which permanent repairs will be completed, and notify the Regional Office within 7 days of the
9. vS
Sat actions have been made to prevent this discharge from occurring again in the
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10. Comments: IP(n-se �C4 -iiT.c lets-1 _ _
Other agencies notifed:
Person reporting spill/bypass+: ,j&ly)CL . SIC Phone Number: 7045 — ql :� 1
Signature la .
For DWQ Use Only:
DWC> requested additional written report? Yes No
If yes, what additional information is needed?
Requested by

2109gpd
Water Softeners
91gpd
Evap 200gpd
Boilers
County Water Supply
36364gpd
Evap 600gp d �21164gpd
00 pd Rain 500gpd
Scrubbers Chemical
Manufacturing
1246gpd 0. 18000gpd
Landfills Products
200gpd
9600gpd 2600gpd
Evap 8240gpd
Cooling Towers Sanitary Water
2000gpd 1000gpd
1818gpd -Rain 500gpd Rain
Evap1700gpd 2000gpd Max.
8900gpd 340
Waste Treatment Half -Acre gpd
Plant Storage Lagoon
340gpd
13800gpd
Evap Recirculation
2600gpd
680gpd
Septic Tank
2600gpd
To Drain Field
6800gpd
To
Rocky River
Rain Two -Acre
10000gpd MaxStorage Lagoon 7000gpd 0. pH Adjustment Weir Box 10
7000 d
gP
Plus Rain Plus Rain
Rainwater amounts are
difficult to quantify due to Schematic Of Water Flow
drought conditions in Chemical Specialties, Inc.
previous years and the Harrisburg, Cabarrus, NC
current changing 2003
conditions.

JAN. 3.2005 4:37AM CSI N0.493 P.1i7
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Fax Cover Sheet
Date: II old �j
To:
Company:
From: Jonna Stein
Safety, Health and Environmental Manager
Chemical Specialties
Mineral Research and Development
PO Box 1330 ,
5910 Pharr Mill Road .
Harrisburg, NC 28075
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Pages: (P nof- 111cl tef i G �
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JAN. 3.2005 4:37AM CSI NO.493 P.2/7
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NCDENR
Mooresville Regional Office
Division of Water Quality
610 East Center Ave
Mooresville, NC 28115
704-663-1699
704-663-6040 (fax)
Subject: NPDES Permit NC0006351
Dear Ms, Sifford:
The purpose of this letter is to document CSI's notification to your department on
12/30/04 at 4:30pm of an unanticipated bypass of CST's wastewater treatment
system and to provide details of the event.
The bypass occurred on 12/30/04 between the hours of 9:15am and 3:30pm. The
bypass was identified at 3:30pm and was immediately stopped by the treatment
operator. The event time is firm since the system had been shut down over the
previous days to prevent freezing in the line over the holiday.
The treatment system consists of pH adjustment in tanks then discharge into a 2
acre settling lagoon prior to discharge into Rocky River. The cause of the bypass
occurred during line maintenance and resulted from movement of the 3" flexible
hose that discharges into lagoon (from adjustment tanks) to the top of the lagoon
berm causing treated, but unsettled material to discharge across approximately
200' of land and then enter Rocky River. Solids were evident upon the water path
to the river. The total volume of water to enter the river is estimated at 3594
gallons. See attached for rational on volume calculation.
After speaking with Dee Browder and Barbara Sifford, it was requested that a
visual inspection of upstream and downstream areas be made and that a sample
be taken for pH. There was no evidence of any visual water quality differences or
fish kills. The pH samples were taken at 5:30 pm and the results are as follows:
7.43 upstream and 7,62 downstream.
PC Box 1330.5910 Pharr Mill Road • Harrisburg, NC 26075.704-455-5161
Main Fax [phone] • Purchasing and Transportation Fax [phone]
Lab Fax [phone] • Accounting and PoleCare Fax [phone]
Engineering Fqx 704-454-5348

JAN. 3.2605 4:37AM CSI NO.493 P.3/7
Corrective measures include work order issued to permanently install hose into
lagoon to prevent reoccurrence. Also, treatment system start up procedures have
been modified to include a complete line check and lagoon perimeter check.
This letter complies with the notification requirements set forth in Part II, Section
6, Item 4 and Section E, Item 6 of the referenced NPDES permit. Also included is
a completed Sewage Spill Response Evaluation.
If you have any further questions or I can be of further assistance. Please do not
hesitate to contact me at 704-455-4171. My email address is
ionnas _chemsoee.com.
Sincerely,
Jonna A. Stein
Safety, Health and Environmental Manager
CC: Dee Browder
Internal NPDES File
2

JAN. 3.2005 4:37AM CSI N0.493. P.4/7
Rational for Discharge Volume Calculation
The mass balance of flow from the Waste Treatment Plant to the two -acre
storage lagoon shows 13,800 GPD. See attached diagram.
13,800 Gallons/Day is equivalent to 575 Gallons/Hr x 6.25 Hour duration for the
event = 3594 gallons
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........JAN. 3.2005.'' 4:37AM CSI I •e,: ;ll4bI:-JRl4U [ir,; "ill _�tltl4 1 i N0,kPLI.493 F,PU:
Se���rr S ilk 1 Xtespo� a Evaluatio •
(page 1 of 2)
nermitiee C wnleal _Permit NumberAL'i Qp 1p3,i�L_ County Q(IU5
Incident Erlded: (Datelrime) )� 3D I IS: 3a Earimaled Duration Mime) _a�__�,
I•Irst knowledge of incident: (Date/Time) zf 1I. _30
Estimated volume of spillibypass gallons. Show rational for volume.
SeC aAvr"d—
If spill is ongoing, please notify Regional Office on a daily basis unlAspill can bo stopped,
Reparted to; ImoWdf�I haiA- 5W4, G� (Date/time) ,, j.Z .3 0 , I i� = 3l�
Named person
Weather conditions: S /di/%— _
Source of spillibypass (check one): _Sanitary Sewer _,_Pump Station , ✓ WWiP
Level of treatment (check one): Norte ''primary Treatment
--Secondary Treatment _ Chlorination Only
Did spill/bypass reach surface waters? ✓ Yes No (if Yes, please list the following)
Volume reaching surface waters? 3514_ _gallons
Nay lie of surface water. iva-
Did spill/bypass result in a fish kill? _Yes �_ ✓Ne
If Yes. what is the estimated number of fish killed?
Please Provide tha foilowino information-
1. Location of
C omer
?11
tD
-Rite,
s. uld YOU have personnel available to perform initial assessment 24 hoursldey (including weekends and
holidays)?
Yes No
4. How long did It take to make an initla i assessment of the spill/overflow after first knowledge?
- Hours ­3 C - Minutes
Now long did It take to get a repair crew onsite? WA
--_— Hours . minutes
thO time taken to make initial assessment: wliI ee&-i��

1 .e.U4l,b.➢EUaU flee -XI 1 it 0M93 �'.6/7
—..,TAN. 3.2005� . 4� 38AM CSI `,: 1
Sewage 5llRespOttSt~Y91ua ' n:
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Permiltee d km f eau L -C Q, ormil Nurahar/DQ&351 County ea,6 t!14s
s. Action taken to cor$ain spill, cleap up waste, endlor remediate the site:
akt
6. Were the equipment and parts needed to make repairs. readil available?
Yes No If no, please explain why.
7. It the $piN/overflow occurred at a pump station, or wss the result of a pump stgtton failure,
was the alarm system functional at the time of the spill? Yes �_ No s/ If the alarm
system did not function, please explain why.
0. Repairs made are: Permanent = Temporary
Please describe what repairs wei made. If the repairs are temporary, please indicate a date by
which permanent repalm will be completed, and notify the Regional Office within 7 days of the
perman e t r airy
S. VVhat actions have been made to prevent this discharge from occurring pgalri In the
10. Coinments -1rjce 5r!C
Other agencies notifed: l Jon e'
Person reporting spilUbypaSs: 5�[A phone Number U —
Signature (it . Date:—
f=nr awQ use Only:
=_=;�____,.__�.____
DWO requested additional written report? Yes No
If yes, what additional information Is needed7
Requested by

JAN. 3.2605 4:38AM CSI
NO.493 P.7/7
2109gpd
Water Softeners
919pd
Evap 200gpd
Boilers
1818gpd
Evap
6800gpd
1
County Water Supply
36364gpd
Svap 21764gpd
400 pd sDOgpd Rain 500gpd
Scrubbers Chemical
Manufacturing
200gpd
1246gpd
Landfills
2000gpd
18000gpd
Products
1000gpd
9000gpd 2600gpd
Evap 8240gpd
Cooling Towers Sanitary Water
Rain 5009pd Rain
2
Evap 17009pd000gpd Max,
9900gpd
Waste Trealment Half -Acre
Plant Storage Lagoon
340gpd
3800gpd
Recirculation
3401
2600gpd
680gpd -
Septic Tank
2600gpd
To Drain Field
To
Rain Two -Acre Racky River
10000gpd Max Storage Lagoon 7000gpd Ow pH Adjustment
Weir Qox
Plus Rein 7000gpd
Plus Rain
Rainwater amounts are
difficult to quantify due to Schematic Of Water FLOW
drought conditions In Chemical Specialties, Inc.
current changing previous years the Harrisburg, Cabarrus, NC conditions. 2003

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Collection System SSO 24-Hour Notification
Required Information
a Spill Date 3C) 0 Time ° ', 5- 330 Incident Number
Reported Date Oq Time BIMS APP
Reported To (DWQ Staff) �)1 6,0
Reported B 7) ,;
P Y Phone(�?0
Address of Spill
County City (Spill Location)
Collection. System: SSO WWTP Spill: BYPAS�
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WQCS 00 NPDES NCOOd 3
Map Location WWTP `
Cause of Spill
Estimated Gallons vV Gal to Surface Waters _..
Stream
Fish Kill: No Yes - How many
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