NCS000527_Staff Report_20190715

NC Division of Energy, Mineral and Land Resources
Review for New Permit — NCS000527
IPS Structural Adhesives, Inc.
Durham, NC
Facility Activities and Process:
• SIC Code: 2891— Miscellaneous Chemical Products — Adhesives and Sealants (Blends/Mixes)
• The facility blends and mixes chemical constituents used to manufacture adhesives for industrial
customers.
• Packaging, warehousing, and distribution of adhesives products and blended catalysts are also a
part of the facilities procedures.
Monitoring Information:
• The facility provided consistent Monitoirng data.
• The facility has monitored twice annually in accordance with the permit.
• The facility has not experienced a benchmark exceedance since at least 2014.
• Previous benchmark exceedances appear to have been addressed in accordance with the
permit.
• The facility has one sampled outfall. The area around the outfall was well maintained. A storm
drain located in Ellis Road collects water from beyond the borders of the facility and drains to
the same outfall. This water is not considered the responsibility of IPS Structural Adhesives.
Surface Water Information:
• Stormwater at the site discharges to Third Fork Creek, a class WS-V; NSW stream in the Cape
Fear River Basin.
• Third Fork Creek is an impaired waters experiencing problems with benthos, toluene, selenium,
arsenic, dissolved oxygen, dieldrin, turbidity, PCB, cadmium, chlorinated benzenes, cadmium
dissolved chronic, methoxychlor, nickel, aldrin, lead dissolved chronic, water temperature,
mirex, beryllium, parathion, cyanide, DDT 4,4, pH, demeton, silver dissolved chronic, total
suspended solids, lindane, chromium dissolved chronic, endosulfan, hardness, iron, chlorinated
phenols, carbon tetrachloride, selenium dissolved chronic, toxaphene, heptachlor, copper
dissolved chronic, chloride, tetrachloroethylene, phenols, zinc dissolved chronic, chromium,
lead, fluoride, nickel dissolved chronic, chlordane, benzene, sulfate, PAHs, beryllium dissolved
chronic, endrin, trichloroethylene, manganese, tetrachloroethane, vinyl chloride, mercury,
hexachlorobutadiene, arsenic dissolved chronic, and selenium.
• Additionally, Third Fork Creek discharges into waters upstream of the Upper New Hope Arm of
the Jordan Reservoir, experiencing problems with nutrients and chlorophyll a violations
(indicative of excess nutrient loads). A Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) for total suspended
solids (TSS) was approved in January 2005 to address turbidity impairment of a segment of Third
Fork Creek further downstream.
Discussions with the Facility:

• Contact was made with the facility over phone and email was made on 4/11/2019 and
monitoring data was seen onsite during the inspection on 5/01/2019.
Regional Office Information:
Sent to Regional Office Contact, Thad Valentine, on 4/11/2019.