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Home My WebLink AboutNC0023353_Parameter Decertification_20050111January 11, 2005 5211 Mr. Timothy F. Frush Town of White Lake WWTP P.O. Box 7250 White Lake, NC 28337- SUBJECT: Parameter Decertification TOTAL RESIDUAL CHLORINE SM 4500CIG Michael F. Easley, Governor William G. Ross Jr., Secretary North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources Alan W. Klimek, P.E. Director Division of Water Quality CERTIFIED MAIL DENR-FRO FEB - 12005 Dear Mr. Frush: - Please be advised that under provisions of Regulations '15A NCAC 2H .0807 (b) (1) and the powers duly delegated to me, a sixty day parameter decertification notice is .hereby issued to the Town, of White Lake WWTP laboratory for above parameter(s) effective January 24, 2005. No testing for the above parameter(s) shall be performed at your laboratory for clients or wastewater treatment plants reporting to. this Department for purposes of State water, wastewater, or groundwater monitoring required under Article 21 of G.S. 143. Sixty days thereafter you may again apply for parameter recertification as detailed in 15A NCAC 2H .0808 (b) of the regulations. The results your laboratory reported on evaluation samples for the above parameter(s) are shown on our letter dated, December 15, 2004 (copy attached). These results lie outside the acceptable variation limit from the true value set forth as acceptable in the Laboratory Certification Regulation 15A NCAC 2H .0803(4). This decertification may be appealed to the N.C. Office of Administrative Hearings in accordance with Chapter 150B of the General Statutes. Attached is our form LC-22 which requests, as a result of this parameter decertification, that certain information be reported concerning your laboratory and/or clients for whom State required monitoring analysis are performed. The attached form must be completed and returned within thirty days of the decertification effective date. Failure to complete and return this form may result in further enforcement actions. ' Also enclosed is a revised certified parameter listing for your certificate which removes the decertified parameter(s) from your certification. If you have questions or need additional information - concerning this matter, please contact James W. Meyer telephone (919) 733-3908. Sincerely, James W. Meyer Certification Branch Manager Laboratory Section Attachments cc: Norm Good Wilmington Regional "Office Laboratory Section 1623 Mail Service Center; Raleigh, NC 27699-1623 4405 Reedy Creek Road; Raleigh, NC 27607 .Phone (919) 733-3908 / FAX (919) 733-2496 / Internet: www.dwglab.org hCarolina hatura!!y• An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer— 50% Recycled/10% Post Consumer Paper DECERTIFIED LABORATORY REPORT LABORATORY NAME: Town of White Lake WWTP DATE: January 11, 2005 DECERTIFIED PARAMETER(s): TOTAL RESIDUAL CHLORINE SM 4500CIG CERT #: 5211 LABORATORY TYPE - Municipalllndustrial'., As 'a result of the above decertification; you are required to furnish information about this wastewater facilities, for whom state required wastewater monitoring analysis; are performed. Municipal or Industrial Laboratories - During any _decertification period, the decertified laboratory is required to have samples analyzed by another certified laboratory and supply the State Laboratory the name of the laboratory to be. used: Please respond to the following:. 1. ,'Arrangements' have been made to have samples for the decertified parameter(s) analyzed by another certified •laboratory.- ( ) Yes;(" )' No If yes, enter name, oflaboratory to be. used. If no, explain: If necessary, attach additional pages. Within.thirty days of the decertification effective date, Return to: DENR/DWQ Laboratory Section ;{ 1623 Mail Service Center " Raleigh, North Carolina .27699-1623 Attn: James W. Meyer Laboratory Supervisor Signature -. LC-22M. Rev. 3/00 Date • Attachment North Carolina Wastewater/Groundwater Laboratory Certification Certified Parameters Listing FIELD PARAMETERS ONLY _ab Name: Town of White Lake WWTP kddress: P.O. Box 7250 White Lake, NC 28337- Certificate Number: 5211 Effective Date: 01/01/2005 Expiration Date: 12/31/2005 Date of Last Amendment: 01/11/2005 the above named laboratory, having duly met the requirements of 15A NCAC 2H.0800, is hereby certified for the measurement of the parameters listed below. CERTIFIED PARAMETERS INORGANICS DISSOLVED OXYGEN Std Method 4500 0 G pH Std Method 4500 H B TEMPERATURE Std Method 2550E This certification requires maintance of an acceptable quality assurance program, use of approved methodology, and satisfactory performance on evaluation samples. Laboratories are subject to civil penalties and/or decertification for infractions as set forth in 15A NCAC 2H.0807. Michael P. Easley, Governor - William G. Ross Jr., Secretary North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources Alan'W. Klimek, P.E:. Director Division of Water Quality December 15, 2004 5211• .. Mr. Timothy F. Frush Town of White Lake WWTP P.O. Box 7250 White Lake, NC. 28337- SUBJECT: Sixty -Day Parameter. Decertification Dear Mr._Frush: The rerun ; result(s) for the below parameters) by your laboratory' for the N.C. Department. of Environment, Health and Natural Resources laboratory certification performance evaluation was unsatisfactory and a sixty-dav parameter decertification will be "recommended. The results reported and the true values as' they appear in our records are as follows: Ampule Parameter Units '' Reported True'Value • Lower Limit Upper Limit Performance- NSI WP-092 Residual Chlorine mg/L . 3.72. 4.65 3.85 5.44 UNACCEPTABLE No Response to 60 day Follow.up NSI WP-096 Residual. Chlorine ' mg/L 2.33 0.871 ' ° ' 0.733 1.01 UNACCEPTABLE This is to notify you that the Laboratory Certification Branch of the Division'' of Water Quality, Laboratory Section, is considering recommending a °parameter(s) decertification to the "Laboratory Section Chief. The recommendation concerns the abovementioned violation(s). This; is not. a decertification, it is a notification of our intent to % consider decertification. You will, be informed in a separate communication if decertification is issued. Contact us imniediately"at. (919) 733-3908 if your records do not agree withours'. 'of if yoil have questions..' Sincerely,. James W: Meyer Laboratory Section cc Norman L. Good Wilmington Regional Office . Laboratory Section 1623 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1623 4405•Reedy Creek Road; Raleigh, NC 27607 " ' Phone (919) 733-3908 / FAX (919) 733-6241. / Internet. www.dwglab.org An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer — 50% Recycled/10% Post Consumer Paper "One ' NorthCarolina Naturally