WQ0000520_Final Permit_19890405

State of Norah Carolina
Department of Natural Resources and Community Development
Division of Environmental Management
512 North Salisbury Street * Raleigh, North Carolina 27611
James G. Martin, Governor R. Paul Wilms
William W. Cabey, Jr., Secretary Director
April 5, 1989
Mr. William R. Baker
City Manager
City of Burlington
P. O. Box 1358
Burlington, North Carolina 27216
Subject. Permit No. WQ0000520
City of Burlington
Land Application of Sludge
Pen -nit Amendment and Renewal
Alamance County
Dear Mr. Baker;
In accordance with your request for permit amendment received July 5, 1988, and your
request for permit renewal recieved September 16, 1988, we are forwarding herewith Pemait No.
WQ0000520, dated April 5, 1989, to the City of Burlington for the operation of the subject land
application of sludge program.
This permit shall be effective from the date of issuance until March 31, 1994, and shall be
subject to the conditions and limitations as specified therein. Issuance of this permit hereby voids
Permit No. 14115 issued December 23, 1986, Permit No. 141158 issued March 9, 1987, Permit
No. 14115RA1 issued June 12, 1987, and Permit No. 14155R2 issued May 11, 1988.
If any parts, requirements, or limitations contained in this permit are unacceptable 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 in the form of a written petition, conforming to Chapter
150E 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 permit shall be final and
binding.
P.O. Box 27687, Raleigh, North Carolina 27611-7687 Telephone [phone]
An Equal Opportunity Affirmative Action Employer

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If you need additional information concerning this matter, please contact Ms. Carolyn
McCaskill at 919/ 733-5083, ext. 540.
Sincerely,
R. Paul Wilms
cc: Alamance County Health Department
Winston Salem Regional Office
Bill Reid, Groundwater Section
AMS CO, Inc.

NORTH CAROLINA
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT COMMISSION
DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT
RALEIGH
PERMIT
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 Burlington
Alamance County
FOR THE
operation of a sludge land application program for the disposal of sludge from the City of
Burlington's Wastewater Treatment Plants onto agricultural lands identified in Condition No. 32
of this permit with no discharge to the surface waters of this State, pursuant to the applications
received July 5, and September 16, 1988, and in conformity with the project plan,
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 March 31, 1994, and shall
be subject to the following specified conditions and limitations:
1 . This permit is effective only with respect to the nature and volume of wastes described in
the application and other supporting data.
2. The facilities shall be properly maintained and operated at all times.
3. This permit is not transferable.
4. Issuance of this permit hereby voids Permit No. 14115 issued December 23, 1986,
Permit No. 14115R issued March 9,1987, Permit No. 14115RA1 issued June 12,
1987, and Permit No. 14155R2 issued May 11, 1988.
5. This permit shall become voidable in he event of failure of the soil to adequately absorb
the wastes and may be rescinded unless the facilities are operated and maintained in a
manner which will protect the assigned water quality standards of the surface and
ground waters_

6. Any monitoring deemed necessary by the Division of Environmental Management to
ensure surface and ground waters' protection will be established and an acceptable
sampling reporting schedule shall be followed.
7. The land application 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 render them unsatisfactorily for normal use.
8. In the event that the facilities fail to perform satisfactorily, including the creation of
nuisance conditions or failure of the application sites to adequately absorb the waste, the
Permittee shall take such immediate corrective action as may be required by the Division
of Environmental Management.
9. A suitable year round vegetative cover shall be maintained.
O. 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 warranted, will extend the Permit for
such period of time and under such conditions and limitations as it may deem appropriate.
11 . Diversion or bypassing of the sludge from the application sites is prohibited.
12. The application rates shall not exceed:
CROP PAN (pounds/acre)
Co rn
1 8 0
Grain
100
Soybeans
1 5 0
Sudan Grass
1 8 0
Fescue/Hay/Pasture
150
13. Cumulative application rates for metal shall not exceed the following:
METAL POUNMACRE
Pb
500
Zn
250
Cu
125
Ni
50
Chi
0.45
Al
10,000
14. Adequate facilities shall be provided to prevent surface runoff from carrying any disposed
or stored material into any surface waters.
15. The issuance of this permit shall not relieve the Permittee of the responsibility for
damages to surface or ground waters resulting from the.operation of this facility.

1 6. The facilities shall be effectively maintained and operated as a non -discharge system to
prevent the discharge of any waste resulting from the operation of this facility.
17. No type of sludge other than primary and secondary sludge from the City of Burlington's
Wastewater Treatment Plants shall be placed on the land application disposal sites.
18. 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.
19. Sludge shall not be applied in inclement weather or until 24 hours following a rainfall
event of 112 -inch or greater in 24 hours. Emergency sludge disposal measures shall be
approved by the Division of Environmental Management.
20. The site shall be adequately limed to a soil pH of 6.5 prior to sludge application and shall
be maintained above a minimum of 6.0 at all times.
21. No crops for direct human consumption shall be raised on these sites for a period of 18
months following sludge application.
22. Maximum slope for sludge application shall be 10 percent for surface applications and
18 percent for subsurface applications.
23. Slopes shall be calculated using proper instrumentation. Slopes 10 percent or greater
shall be flagged and not utilized.
24. No liquid sludge shall be surface applied within a 100 -foot buffer zone of any water
course or surface drainage area.
25. No liquid sludge shall be applied by subsurface injection within a 25 -foot buffer zone of
any water course or surface drainage area.
26. In any future transfer of the land permitted for land application of sludge, a notice shail
be given to the new owner that gives full details of the materials applied or incorporated
at this site, the land owner agreements amended and the permit amended to reflect this
change in ownership.
27. A 50 -foot buffer shall be maintained between drainageways, a 100 -foot buffer shall be
maintained between each landowner's property lines, and a 400 -foot buffer shall be
maintained between any residence and any applied sludge.
28. A recorded log of sludge applications including amounts applied, dates, method of
application, and site location shall be maintained by the Permittee as a permanent record.
These records shall be available upon request to representatives of the Division.
29. Animals should not be grazed on sludge applied land within a 30 day period following the
sludge application. Application sites that are to be used for grazing shall have fencing
that will be used to prevent access during the 30 day period after each application.

30.
31
Surface applied sludge will be plowed or incorporated in immediately after application on
lands with no cover crop established.
Public access to the land application sites shall be controlled during active site use and
for the 12 month period following the land application event.
32. Sludge shall be applied only to the following approved sites and fields:
FARM FIELDS
Ellington Farm
1
Holt Farm
2,
3
Covington Route 119 Farm
2,
3
Covington Sykes Road Farm
1,
2, 3
Carson -Ingle Farm
2,
3, 4, 6, 7,
8,
13
James Lamm Farm
1,
2, 6, 9
Judge Sharpe Farm
1
Coble Farms
3
Wilson Property
1
Covington Property
1
Bradshaw Property
1,
3`, 4*, 5,
6,
7, 8, 9, 10*
Williamson Property
2,
3, 4, (excluding central
lowland), 5,
6
Massey Farm
1,
2, 3
Ophelia Needham Farm
3,
5, 6, 7, 8,
9,
10
Kermit Ingle Farm
1,
2`, 3% 4,
7,
9', 11
Kathleen Tinnan Farm
1,
2, 3,
David Isley
2,
3
Howard Cates Farm
1,
2, 3, 5, 5B-*,
6, 7, 8, 9
Leonard Hall Farm
2
Gwyn/Atkins
1,
2, 3% 4%
6*,
10, 11
Rufus Dale Farm
1,
2, 3
Foust Property
1,
2, 3, 4
J. A. Hill Farm
2,
3, 4, 5*'
7`*
8"
C. M. Ivey Farm
2,
3, 4, 5, 6,
9,
10, 1 1 , 12,
13"*R
Lena Means Farm
1,
2, 3
Richard Bowling
3
Raymond Montgomery
1
Murray Lynch Farm
3,
4
* Due to the presence of massive clays, sludge application on these fields is limited to
one-half the application rate listed in condition number 12.
** No sludge shall be applied to these sites from November through April due to massive
clays at shallow depths.
"** No sludge shall be applied in the 100 -year flood plain.

33. This permit allows the application of sludge up to the property lines of certain fields
identified below:
a) A portion of field no. 1 of the James Lamm Farm which is bordered by the T. Vaughn
Willoughby property;
b) A portion of field no. 2 of the James Lamm Farm which is bordered by the Joe Lindley
property;
c} A portion of field no. 9 of the James Lamm Farm which is bordered by the Kathleen
Tinnan property.
33. The Ivey farm, field numbers 1,7, and 8; the Dale farm, field numbers 4 and 5; and the
Lynch farm, field numbers 1 and 2 have been withdrawn from consideration due to buffer
restrictions, and are therefore, not included in this permit.
34. Due to the presence of a seasonal high water table at a depth of 1.5 feet or less, below
land surface, the Bowling farm, field numbers i and 2, are eliminated and cannot be
utilized for land application and are therefore, not included in this permit.
35. Due to unsuitable soils on the Hill farm, field number 1, it cannot be utilized for land
application and therefore, is not included in this permit.
36. The results of the Phosphorus absorption study should be submitted on or before August
31, 1989. If the results of this study indicate the loading rates should be changed, the
Division shall have the right to request this permit be amended to reflect these changes.
t31. No application of sludge shall be conducted where the depth to the seasonal high water
table is less than three (3) feet.
38. The owner of the disposal site shall be furnished an analysis of the sludge delivered to the
site, annually.
39. Sludge shall be uniformly applied to avoid runoff, ponding, or erosion.
40. The Permittee shall contact the Winston-Salem Regional Office to obtain the proper
forms and assistance in maintaining proper records and submitting reports.
41. If any nuisance condition arise concerning this land application system including the
transportation, storage, application or creation of an odor problem, the Permittee shall
terminate sludge disposal immediately after notification by the Division of Environmental
Management.
42. Analysis of sludge for zinc, copper, chromium, and aluminum shall be conducted
quarterly. The information shall be submitted to the Division's Winsion-Salem Regional
Office and appropriate changes made in the sludge application rates as needed.
43, A complete sludge analysis shall be conducted annually, results submitted to the
Winston-Salem Regional Office, an appropriate changes made to the sludge land
application operation and management as needed.

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A complete soil analysis shall be conducted annually on those areas receiving sludge, the
results submitted to the Winston-Salem Regional Office, and appropriate operation and
management as needed.
No sludge shall be land applied within 100 feet of rock outcrops.
The hydraulic rate of application shall be limited to 1-inch/ac/wk to minimize runoff.
The six (6) existing monitoring' wells located on field numbers 2 and 3 of the Holt farm,
shall be sampled every March, July, and November for the following:
Na
NH3
TDS
Water Level*
TOX**
CL
pH
Fecal Coliform
* Water Level shall be measured prior to sampling for the other parameters.
** The analytical methods used for TOX must be capable of detecting the total of all
halogenated organic compounds present at a concentration of 5.0 parts per billion (ppb)
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 (MDL) must be identified and quantified utilizing EPA methods
601, 602, 604, and 611.
The results of the sampling and analysis shall be sent to the N.C. Division of
Environmental Management on Form GW -59 (Compliance Monitoring Report
Form) by the last day of the month following the months in which sampling is required.
Dairy cattle shall not be grazed on the land application sites within 60 days of
application.
Permit issued this the 5th day of April, 1989
NORTH CAROLINA ENVIRONMENTAL. MANAGEMENT COMMISSION
R. Paul Wilms, Director
Division of Environmental Management
By Authority of the Environmental Management Commission
Permit No. WQ0000520