WQ0002616_BIMS Report_20190708

Compliance Inspection Report
Permit: WQ0002616 Effective: 01/14/15 Expiration: 12/31/19 owner: City of Albemarle
SOC: Effective: Expiration: Facility: City of Albemarle RLAP
County: Stanly
PO Box 190
Region: Mooresville
Albemarle NC 280020190
Contact Person: Brandon Wesley Plyler Title: Phone: [phone]
Directions to Facility:
System Classifications: LA,
Primary ORC: Certification: Phone:
Secondary ORC(s):
On -Site Representative(s):
Related Permits:
Inspection Date: 06/21/2019 EntryTime: 01:15PM Exit Time: 02:46PM
Primary Inspector: Maria Schutte Phone: [phone]
Secondary Inspector(s):
Reason for Inspection: Routine Inspection Type: Compliance Evaluation
Permit Inspection Type: Land Application of Residual Solids (503)
Facility Status: Compliant Not Compliant
Question Areas:
Miscellaneous Questions Record Keeping
Sampling Land Application Site
Storage Transport
(See attachment summary)
Treatment
Pathogen and Vector Attraction
Wells
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Permit: WQ0002616 Owner - Facility: City of Albemarle
Inspection Date: 06/21/2019 Inspection Type : Compliance Evaluation Reason for Visit: Routine
Inspection Summary:
Mooresville Regional Office (MRO) staff conducted a compliance inspection on June 21st, 2019, in preparation for the
upcoming permit renewal. This permit has not been utilized for years due to historically elevated copper in the residuals and
elevated Copper Index at dedicated field sites.
The City of Albemarle maintains this permit and dedicated field sites for residuals management options, but currently hauls
residuals to the Water and Sewer Authority of Cabarrus County (WSACC) for processing/incineration at their Rocky River
WWTF.
The MRO would like to thank Mr. Jim Lamp and Mr. Brandon Plyler for their time during the inspection. Questions about the
inpection report or your permit may be directed to [e-mail].
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Permit: WQ0002616 Owner - Facility: City of Albemarle
Inspection Date: 06/21/2019 Inspection Type : Compliance Evaluation 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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Are GW samples from all MWs sampled for all required parameters?
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Are there any GW quality violations?
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Is GW-59A certification form completed for facility?
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Is a copy of current permit on -site?
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Are current metals and nutrient analysis available?
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Are nutrient and metal loading calculating most limiting parameters?
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a. TCLP analysis?
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b. SSFA (Standard Soil Fertility Analysis)?
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Are PAN balances being maintained?
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Are PAN balances within permit limits?
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Has land application equipment been calibrated?
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Are there pH records for alkaline stabilization?
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Are there pH records for the land application site?
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Are nutrient/crop removal practices in place?
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Do lab sheets support data reported on Residual Analysis Summary?
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Are hauling records available?
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Are hauling records maintained and up-to-date?
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# Has permittee been free of public complaints in last 12 months?
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Has application occurred during Seasonal Restriction window?
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❑ 0 ❑
Comment: The city of Albemarle maintains this permit for future options, but it is not utilized. Material is
hauled to the Rocky River WWTF in Cabarrus County as needed. Currently plant volume is
down approx. 35% from recent industrial user reductions. There are only 2 of 4 residuals holding
tanks (former clarifiers) with waste material; and, per BU-ORC very little solids.
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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Permit: WQ0002616 Owner - Facility: City of Albemarle
Inspection Date: 06/21/2019 Inspection Type : Compliance Evaluation
Reason for Visit: Routine
c. pH records for alkaline stabilization (Class B)
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Temperature corrected
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d. Salmonella (Class A, all test must be < 3MPN/4 gram day)
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❑ 0 ❑
e. Time/Temp on:
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Digester (MCRT)
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Compost
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Class A lime stabilization
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f. Volatile Solids Calculations
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g. Bench -top Aerobic/Anaerobic digestion results
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❑ 0 ❑
Comment: No land application. This permit is maintained, but not currently utilized.
Treatment Yes No NA NE
Check all that apply
Aerobic Digestion
Anaerobic Digestion ❑
Alkaline Pasteurization (Class A) ❑
Alkaline Stabilization (Class B) ❑
Compost ❑
Drying Beds ❑
Other
Comment: Formerly had a small centrifuge for dewatering. Hauled residuals to Cab. Co. (WSACC) for
incineration until May 2019. Reduction in industrial flow has challenged the Albemarle WWTP to
maintain a stable micro organism population. There is little waste activated sludge and the plant
currentiv has two additional. unutilized residuals holdina tanks.
Sampling Yes No NA NE
Describe sampling:
Sampling is not required when the program is inactive.
Is sampling adequate? ❑ ❑ 0 ❑
Is sampling representative? ❑ ❑ 0 ❑
Comment: Sampling should be representative and adequate if sampling protocol (O&M plan) is followed.
Sampling is not required when the program is inactive.
Transport Yes No NA NE
Is a copy of the permit in the transport vehicle? ❑ ❑ ❑
Is a copy of the spill control plan in the vehicle? ❑ ❑ ❑
Is the spill control plan satisfactory? ❑ ❑ ❑
Does transport vehicle appear to be maintained? ❑ ❑ ❑
Comment: Hauling is managed in-house when operational.
Land Application Site Yes No NA NE
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Permit: WQ0002616 Owner - Facility: City of Albemarle
Inspection Date: 06/21/2019 Inspection Type : Compliance Evaluation
Reason for Visit: Routine
Is a copy of the permit on -site during application events?
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Is the application site in overall good condition?
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Is the site free of runoff/ponding?
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If present, is the application equipment in good operating condition?
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Are buffers being maintained?
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Are limiting slopes buffered?
10% for surface application
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18% for subsurface application
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Are there access restrictions and/or signs?
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Is the application site free of odors or vectors?
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Have performance requirements for application method been met?
For injection? ❑ ❑ ❑
For incorporation? ❑ ❑ ❑
Does permit require monitoring wells? ❑ ❑ ❑
Have required MWs been installed? ❑ ❑ ❑
Are MWs properly located w/ respect to RIB and CB? ❑ ❑ ❑
Are MWs properly constructed (including screened interval)? ❑ ❑ ❑
Is the surrounding area served by public water? ❑ ❑ ❑
If Annual Report indicates overapplication of PAN, are wells nearby that may be impacted? ❑ ❑ ❑
Are soil types consistent w/ Soil Scientist report/evaluation? ❑ ❑ ❑
Is the water table greater than 173' bls. ❑ ❑ ❑
Is application occurring at the time of the inspection? ❑ 0 ❑ ❑
Comment: Land application and monitoring under this permit is currently inactive. MWs are placed around
dedicated residuals application site, but not at Review or Complaince boundaries. MWs are
adequately maintained with locked exterior housing and caps.
CONVO05906
Location Yes No NA NE
Distance from septic tank & drainfield (feet)
Distance from other waste disposal/collection (feet) 20
Comment
All MWs are near residuals application field.
Distance from other pollution source (feet)
Comment
NE
Is well location subject to flooding? ❑ ❑ ❑
Minimum distance to property boundary (ft)
Comment: Floodinq is possible. MW-2 is located near an NPDES surface water samplinq location.
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Permit: WQ0002616 Owner - Facility: City of Albemarle
Inspection Date: 06/21/2019 Inspection Type : Compliance Evaluation Reason for Visit: Routine
Casing Yes No NA NE
Type
Depth (ft b.l.$) (Decimal range, e.g. 15.5 to 25.5 ft)
Weight/thickness
Height (A.L.S)
Comment: These (3) wells were installed years ago. They were viewed for continued maintenance, which
appeared adequate. Locks in place. Exterior casing intact. Some weathering noted at base of
KA\A/ I
Grout Yes No NA NE
Type
Thickness
Depth (Decimal range, e.g. 15.5 to 25.5 ft)
Comment:
Screens Yes No NA NE
Screened or Open Borehole Completion?
Screened/open borehole interval (ft b.l.$)
Comment:
ID Plate
Yes No NA NE
ID Plate present & properly completed? ❑ ❑ ❑
Well Contractor indicated on ID Plate? ❑ ❑ ❑
Comment: ID numbers painted on exterior well casing.
Wellhead Completion
Yes No NA NE
Access port present?
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Spigot present?
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Suction Line meets standards?
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Comment: Monitoring Wells for dedicated land application site & currently inactive.
Tee (jet) meets standards?
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If naturally flowing well, is flow valved?
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Vent meets standards?
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Watertight pipe entry meets standards?
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Well Entry meets standards?
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Pitless adaptor (if used) meets standards?
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Well enclosure meets standards?
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Infuent (water source) sampling port present and labeled?
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Effluent (injected fluid) sampling port present and labeled?
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Permit: WQ0002616 Owner - Facility: City of Albemarle
Inspection Date: 06/21/2019 Inspection Type : Compliance Evaluation Reason for Visit: Routine
Pump Installation Yes No NA NE
Pump Contractor ID plate present? ❑ ❑ 0 ❑
Date pump installed
Pump installation violations, if any
These are sampling MWs not permenant water supply or UIC wells.
Comment:
Disinfection
Yes No NA NE
Disinfection in compliance with standards? ❑ ❑ ❑
Describe disinfection if observed
MWs.
Comment: NA
Yes No NA NE
Type
Comment:
Development Yes No NA NE
Turbidity
Temporary abandonment completed such that well cannot be accessed without use of tools? ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑
Comment: Existing MWs on -site for many years.
Permanently abandonment completed in accordance with applicable rules?
Well abandonment comments
Comment:
GW-1/30 Construction Record Yes No NA NE
Well construction/abandonment record submitted? ❑ ❑ ❑
Comment: Histroical files were not reviewed for this inspection.
Sampling Yes No NA NE
INFLUENT (water source) lab sample ID #
EFFLUENT (injected fluid) lab sample ID #
Comment:
System Operation
Yes No NA NE
Is same well used as source well and injection well? ❑ ❑ ❑
Is injection well capable of assimilating injected fluid? ❑ ❑ ❑
Has system owner/operator noticed any abnormalities (turbidity, air in system, poor heating/cooling, etc) in ❑ ❑ ❑
system operation?
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Is system operation and construction consistent with that described in application? ❑ ❑ 0 ❑
Comment: This is not a UIC permit/well.
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Permit: WQ0002616 Owner - Facility: City of Albemarle
Inspection Date: 06/21/2019 Inspection Type : Compliance Evaluation Reason for Visit: Routine
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