NC0020656_Parameter Decertification_20010612

Michael F. Easley, Governor
William G. Ross Jr., Secretary
Department of Environment and Natural Resources
/ I Kerr T. Stevens
•�� r Division of Water Quality
June 7, 2001
133
Mr. Robert Ellis
Leith Creek WWTP Lab.
P.O. Box 249
Covington Street Ext.
Laurinburg, NC 28353-0249
Subject: First Notice of Sixty -Day Decertification
Dear Mr. Ellis:
Please refer to our letter dated May 4, 2001, enclosed, concerning Performance Evaluation Study
Requirements. The closing date for the year 2000 Performance Evaluation follow up was June 1, 2001. Our records
show that your laboratory has not met all requirements set forth in 15A NCAC .0800. According to our records your
laboratory has either failed to achieve acceptable results, or failed to analyze a blind Performance Evaluation sample
for the certified parameters listed below:
1. Turbidity
2. Conductivity
3. Ammonia Nitrogen
No results received
No results received
Unacceptable results received. No rerun sample value received.
This is _ to notify you that the Laboratory Certification Branch of the Division of Water Quality Laboratory
Section, is considering recommending a sixty-day parameter decertification to the Laboratory
Section Chief. The recommendation concerns the above -mentioned violation(s).
Contact us immediately at [phone] if your records do not agree with ours, or if you have any questions.
Enclosures:
cc: Tonja Springer
Fayetteville Regional Office
N
NCDENR
Laboratory Section
FAX: [phone]
Sincerely,
James W. Meyer
Laboratory Section
Division of Water Quality 1623 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-1623 [phone]
Internet: www.esb.enr.state.nc.us/lab

Junc 12, 2001
133
Mr. Robert Ellis
Leith Creek WWTP Lab.
P.O. Box 249
Covington Street Ext.
Laurinburg, NC 28353-0249
SUBJECT: Parameter Decertification
CONDUCTIVITY
AMMONIA NITROGEN
TURBIDITY
Dear Mr. Ellis:
Michael F. Easley, Governor
William G. Ross Jr., Secretary
Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Kerr T. Stevens
Division of Water Quality
CERTIFIED MA
DENR-.FRO
JUN 14 2001
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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 Leith Creek WWTP laboratory for above parameter(s)
effective June 25, 2001.. 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
June 7, 2001 (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 [phone].
Attachments
cc: James W. Meyer
Tonja Springer
Fayetteville Regional Office •
Sincerely,
Steve W. Tedder
Chief, Laboratory Section
NCDENR
Laboratory Section
FAX: [phone]
Division of Water Quality 1623 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-1623 [phone]
Internet: www.esb.enr.state.nc.us/lab

Attachment I
North Carolina Wastewater/Groundwater Laboratory Certification
Certified Parameters Listing
Lab Name: Leith Creek VW TP Lab.
Address: P.O. Box 249
Covington Street Ext.
Laurinburg, NC 28353-0249
Certificate Number: 133
Effective Date: 01/01/2001
Expiration Date: 12/31/2003
Date of Last Amendment: 06/25/2001
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
INORGANIC
BOD
CHLORINE, TOTAL RESIDUAL
COLIFORM, FECAL MF
pH
RESIDUE, SUSPENDED
This certification requires malntance 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.

Decertified Laboratory Report
Laboratory Name: Leith Creek WWTP Lab. Date: 06/12/2001
Decertified Parameter(s): CONDUCTIVITY Cert #: 133
AMMONIA NITROGEN
TURBIDITY
Laboratory Type - Municipal/Industrial
As a result of the above decertification, you are required to furnish information about this wastewater facility and/or clients 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 of the laboratory to be used.
2. If no, explain:
If necessary, attach additional pages.
Within thirty days of the decertification effective date, Return to:
DENR/DWQ
Laboratory Section
4405 Reedy Creek Road
Raleigh, North Carolina 27607
Laboratory Supervisor Signature Date
LC-22M(Rev. 07/96)

June 7, 2001
133
Mr. Robert Ellis
Leith Creek WWTP.Lab.
P.O. Box 249
Covington Street Ext.
Laurinburg, NC 28353-0249
Subject: First Notice of Sixty -Day Decertification
Michael F. Easley, Governor
William G. Ross Jr., Secretary
Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Kerr T. Stevens .
Division of Water Quality
Dear Mr. Ellis:
Please refer to our letter . dated May 4, 2001, enclosed, concerning Performance Evaluation Study
Requirements. The closing date for the year 2000 Performance Evaluation follow up was June 1, 2001. Our records
show that your laboratory has not met all requirements set forth in 15A NCAC .0800. According to our records your
laboratory has either failed to achieve acceptable results, or failed to analyze a blind Performance Evaluation sample
for the certified parameters listed below:
1. Turbidity
2. Conductivity
3. Ammonia Nitrogen
No results received
No _results received
Unacceptable results received. No rerun sample value received.
This is to notify you that the Laboratory Certification Branch of the Division of Water Quality Laboratory
Section, is considering recommending a sixty-day parameter decertification to the Laboratory
Section Chief. The recommendation concerns the above -mentioned violation(s).
Contact us immediately at [phone] if your records do not agree with ours, or if you have any questions.
Enclosures:
cc: Tonja Springer
Fayetteville Regional Office
•-fir
NCDENR
Laboratory Section
FAX: [phone]
Sincerely,
am'A
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James W. Meyer
Laboratory Section
Division of Water Quality 1623 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-1623 [phone]
Internet: www.esb.enr.state.nc.us/lab