WQ0000881_Final Permit_19890127

State of North Carolina
Department of Natural Resources and Community Development
Division of Environmental Management
512 North Salisbury Street • Raleigh, North Carolina 27611
James G. Martin, Governor January 27, 1989 R. Paul Wilms
William W. Cobey, Jr., Secretary Director
Mr. H. Lewis Price
City of High Point
P.O. Box 230
High Point, NC 27261
SUBJECT: Permit No. WQ0000881
City of High Point
Amendment to non -discharge Permit
for hand Application of
Municipal Sludge
Guilford County
Dear Mr. Price:
The Division of Environmental Management is forwarding herewith Permit No.
WQ0000881 dated January 27, 1989 to the City of High Point for the continued operation
of the subject land application of sludge as amended.
Several currently permitted sites were not included in the recent renewal of
Permit No. WQ0000881 that should be included. Also, the Covington site (HPG -35), the
Hedgecock site (HPR-11), and the Kinley site (HPR-13) are hereby deleted from the
permit.
This permit shall be effective from the date of issuance until February 29, 1992,
and shall void all permits previously issued to the City of high Point for sludge
disposal activities.
Please make note of the change in site numbers to facilitate a more adequate
means of accounting for sludge disposal, activities.
If any parts, requirements, or limitations contained in this permit are
unacceptable to you, you have the right to 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 150B of North Carolina General
Statutes, and filed with the Office of Administrative Hearings, Post Office Drawer
11666, Raleigh, North Carolina 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

'If you need additional information concerning this matter, please contact Mr.
.Tack Floyd, telephone number. (919) 733--5083 ext. 547.
Sincerely,
R. Paul Wilms
JF/tla
cc: Guilford Health Department
Randolph Health Department
Davidson Health Department
Winston-Salem Regional Office
Groundwater
AMSCO, Inc.

NORTH CAROLINA
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT COMMISSION
DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
RALEIGH
P E R M I T
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 High Point
Guilford. County
FOR THE
continued operation of land application activities consisting of disposing stabilized
sludge from the City of: High Point's Eastside and Westside Wastewater Treatment
Facilities to sites located in Guilford, Randolph and Davidson Counties having a
total area of approximately 1,380 acres as specified in condition No. 37, with no
;discharge of sludge to the surface waters of the state pursuant to the application
received December 5, 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 February 29, 1992,
and shall_ be subject to the following specified conditions and limitations:
I. Issuance of this permit shall void Permit No. 7055-R and any other permits
regulating sludge disposal activities by the City of High Point previously issued.
2. This permit shall become voidable unless the land application activities are
undertaken in accordance with the approved documents.
3. This permit is not transferable.
4. This permit is effective only with respect to the nature and volume of wastes
described in the application and other supporting data.
5. In the event that the facilities fail to perform satisfactorily, including the
creation of nuisance conditions, the Permittee shall take such immediate
corrective action as may be required by this Division, including the construction
of additional or replacement wastewater treatment or disposal facilities.

6.. This permit shall become voidable in the event of failure of the soil to
adequately absorb the wastes and may be rescinded unless the facilities are
installed, maintained, and operated in a manner which will protect the assigned
water quality standards of the surface waters and ground waters,
7. The facilities shall be effectively maintained and operated as a non -discharge
system to prevent the discharge of any wastewater resulting from the operation of
this facility.
8. The issuance of this permit shall not relieve the Permittee of the responsibility
for damages to surface or groundwa.ters resulting from the operation of this
facility.
9. 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.
10. Sludge shall not be applied in inclement weather or until 24 hours following a
rainfall event of 1/2 -inch or greater in 24 hours. Emergency sludge disposal
measures shall be approved by the Division of Environmental Management.
11. No type of sludge other than that from City of High Point's Eastside and
Westside Wastewater Treatment Plants shall be placed on the land application
disposal site.
12. The site shall be adequately limed to a soil pH of 6.5 prior to sludge
application.
13. The following buffers shall be maintained:
a) 400 feet between application area and any residence for surface
applied sludge,
b) 200 feet between application area and any residence for injected sludge,
c) 100 feet between application area and potable water wells,
d) 100 feet between application area and property lines,
e) 50 feet between application area and drainageways for injected sludge, and
f) 100 feet between application area and drainageways for surface applied
sludge.
14. No crops for direct human consumption shall be raised on these sites for a period
of 18 months following sludge application.
15. Any additional groundwater duality monitoring as deemed necessary by the
Department, shall be provided.
16. A suitable vegetative cover shall be maintained on each site.
17. 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.

18: Adequate facilities shall be provided to prevent surface runoff from carrying any
disposed or stored material into any surface waters.
19. Maximum slope for sludge application shall be 10% for surface application and 18%
for subsurface applications.
20. In any future transfer of this land, a notice shall be given to the new owner
that gives full details of the materials applied or incorporated at this site.
21. 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
periods after each application.
22. Surface applied sludge will be plowed or disced in immediately after application
on lands with no cover crop established.
23. Surface application of liquid sludge shall not be used on sites that are prone to
flooding conditions. (Below the 100 -year flood level.)
24. A copy of the approved documents shall be maintained on file by the permittee
for the life of the permit.
25. The following application notes shall not be exceeded:
lbs PAN mer acre per_year Crop
a) 300 Fescue, bermuda and other grasses
b) 200 Corn
c) 150 Grains, soybeans
26. Sludge shall be infected on fields 4 and 6 of site JIPR-34.
'-K 27. No further land application of sludge shall be conducted at the Riverdale
Landfill Site (HPG -39), the Jacksonville Take Landfill Site (HPG -36), and
City of High Point Landfill Site (HPG -13).
28. The cumulative lifetime heavy metal loadings shall not exceed the following:
For CEC < 5 For CEG 5-15
a)
Lead, ponds per acre
500
1,000
b)
Zinc, pounds per acre
250
500
c)
Copper, pounds per acre
125
250
d)
Nickel, pounds per acre
.50
100
e)
Cadium, pounds per acre
4.5
9
29. A liquid sludge spill emergency response plan shall be prepared and be
maintained at the wastewater treatment plant site.

30—Proper records shall be maintained by the permittee tracking all sludge
disposal activities. These records shall include, but are not necessarily
limited to the following information:
a) date of sludge application
b) location of sludge application
c) method of application
d) volume of sludge applied in gallons per acre and dry tons per acre
e) annual and cumulative totals of dry tons per acre of sludge, pounds per
acre of each heavy metal, pounds per acre of plant available nitrogen
(PAN) applied to each field.
These records shall be summarized annually and submitted to the Water Quality
Supervisor of the Winston-Salem Regional Office on or before January 30 of the
following year.
31. Fields 5 and 6 of the Wellborne Property (HPR-31) are hereby not included in
this permit.
32. This Permit shall become voidable unless the agreements between the City of High
Point and the landowners listed in condition No. 37 are in full force and effect.
33. Sludge must be surface applied or disced to not more the six (6) inches below
land surface on the Wall. Property (HPR-22) fields 6, 7, and 9.
34. Field No. 1.1 on the Spencer Property (IIPR-20) is approved for surface
application of sludge only.
35. Sludge shall not be applied within a 75 foot radius of the rock outcrop between
fields 2 and 3 of site NPR -35.
36. The Covington site (HPG -35), the lledgecock site (HPR-11), and the Kinley site
(IIPR-13) are bereby deleted from this permit.

37. The following is a list of sites permitted to receive sludge. Please note the
change of some site numbers. Sites not found are Hereby not authorized to
receive sludge.
Site No. Owner Total acres
(including buffers)
1)
HPG -28
E, L. Willard/G. Garland Wear
95
2)
HPDV-30
Jack Rochelle
84
3)
HPR-12
Eimer Beeson
15
4)
HPR-15
M. Mendenhall
51
5)
RPR -16
K. M. Smithy
74
6)
HPR-17
C. Mackey
55
7)
.HPR-18
Sidney Underwood
49
8)
HPR-20
Dale Hollingsworth
32
9)
HPR-20
Bruce Spencero'
52
10)
HPR--21
Jean Swiggett
25
11)
HPR-22
Richard Wall'—'
51
12)
IIPR-23
Wayne Loflin
72
13)
HPR-24
William Farlow
15
14)
HPR-25
Keith Davis
20
15)
HPR-26
Channel 2/David Cashett
15
16)
HPR-27
Phillips Estate
17
17)
HPR-29
Theresa Owens
118
18)
HPR-30
Carl Redding
40
19)
IIPR-31
Charlie WellborneL
27
20)
HPR-32
Elmer Beeson
66
21)
HPR-33
Walter Sink
147
22)
HPR-34
T.E. Terrell'
100
23)
BPR -35
W.S. Beeson c,
160
Total acreage 1,380
Permit issued this the 27th day of January, 1989.
NORTH CAROLINA ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT COMMISSION
fi. Paul Wilms, Director I/
Division of Environmental Management
By Authority of the Environmental Management Commission
Permit No. WQ0000881