WQ0003902_BIMS Report_20230503

Compliance Inspection Report
Permit: WQ0003902 Effective: 06/10/21 Expiration: 02/28/26 Owner: City of Newton
SOC: Effective: Expiration: Facility: City of Newton RLAP
County: Catawba 1407 McKay Farm Rd
Region: Mooresville
Newton NC 28658
Contact Person: James Dusty Wentz Title: Phone: [phone]
Directions to Facility:
System Classifications: LA,
Primary ORC: Alex William Fox
Secondary ORC(s):
On -Site Representative(s):
Certification: 1009594 Phone:
Related Permits:
NC0036196 City of Newton - Clark Creek WWTP
Inspection Date: 05/03/2023 Entry Time 11:OOAM Exit Time: 05:OOPM
Primary Inspector: Edward Watson Phone:
Secondary Inspector(s):
Reason for Inspection: Routine Inspection Type: Annual Report Review
Permit Inspection Type: Land Application of Residual Solids (503)
Facility Status: Compliant ❑ Not Compliant
Question Areas:
Miscellaneous Questions Record Keeping Treatment
Sampling Pathogen and Vector Attraction
(See attachment summary)
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Permit: WQ0003902 Owner - Facility: City of Newton
Inspection Date: 05/03/2023 Inspection Type: Annual Report Review Reason for Visit: Routine
Inspection Summary:
This is an Annual Report(AR)review. A site visit was not conducted as part of the review process.
SAR and PAN values with populated formulas were present for all four quarters.
All of the PAN and SAR values are within the limits of the permit.
The several of the Chain of Custodys(C.O.C.) continue to not indicate a presevation method. It is important to show the
method of preservation on the C.O.C.'s. If the C.O.C. does not have a check box to indicate type of preservation used, a
noted can be made on the C.O.0 to indicate the preservation method used for the collected samples.
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Permit: WQ0003902 Owner - Facility: City of Newton
Inspection Date: 05/03/2023 Inspection Type: Annual Report Review Reason for Visit: Routine
Type Yes No NA NE
Distribution and Marketing ❑
Land Application
Record Keeping
Yes No NA NE
Is GW monitoring being conducted, if required?
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❑ 0 ❑
Are GW samples from all MWs sampled for all required parameters?
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❑ 0 ❑
Are there any GW quality violations?
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❑ 0 ❑
Is GW-59A certification form completed for facility?
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❑ 0 ❑
Is a copy of current permit on -site?
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Are current metals and nutrient analysis available?
0
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Are nutrient and metal loading calculating most limiting parameters?
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0 ❑ ❑
a. TCLP analysis?
0
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b. SSFA (Standard Soil Fertility Analysis)?
0
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Are PAN balances being maintained?
0
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Are PAN balances within permit limits?
0
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Has land application equipment been calibrated?
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Are there pH records for alkaline stabilization?
0
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Are there pH records for the land application site?
0
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Are nutrient/crop removal practices in place?
0
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Do lab sheets support data reported on Residual Analysis Summary?
0
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Are hauling records available?
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❑ 0 ❑
Are hauling records maintained and up-to-date?
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❑ 0 ❑
# Has permittee been free of public complaints in last 12 months?
0
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Has application occurred during Seasonal Restriction window?
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0 ❑ ❑
Comment: A lime amendment of 0.9 tons has been reported in the SSFA for field CA-20.
The are no wells associated with this permit.
Hauling repcords are not required to be reported in the AR
Pathogen and Vector Attraction
Yes No NA NE
a. Fecal coliform SM 9221 E (Class A or B)
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Class A, all test must be <1000 MPN/dry gram
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Geometric mean of 7 samples per monitoring period for class B<2.0*10E6 CFU/dry gram
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Fecal coliform SM 9222 D (Class B only)
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Geometric mean of 7 samples per monitoring period for class B<2.0*10E6 CFU/dry gram
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b. pH records for alkaline stabilization (Class A)
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c. pH records for alkaline stabilization (Class B)
0
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Permit: WQ0003902 Owner - Facility: City of Newton
Inspection Date: 05/03/2023 Inspection Type: Annual Report Review Reason for Visit: Routine
Temperature corrected
d. Salmonella (Class A, all test must be < 3MPN/4 gram day) ❑ ❑ 0 ❑
e. Time/Temp on: 0 ❑ ❑ ❑
Digester (MCRT)
Compost ❑
Class A lime stabilization ❑
f. Volatile Solids Calculations ❑ ❑ 0 ❑
g. Bench -top Aerobic/Anaerobic digestion results ❑ ❑ 0 ❑
Comment: Final reduction is achieved by lime stabilization.
Treatment
Yes No NA NE
Check all that apply
Aerobic Digestion
Anaerobic Digestion
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Alkaline Pasteurization (Class A)
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Alkaline Stabilization (Class B)
Compost
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Drying Beds
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Other
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Comment: Primary treatment is by aerobic digestion.
Sampling Yes No NA NE
Describe sampling:
Is sampling adequate? ❑ ❑ ❑
Is sampling representative? 0 ❑ ❑ ❑
Comment: Sampling appears to be adequate and representative.
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