WQ0012404_Staff Report_20200813

WQROS REGIONAL STAFF REPORT FOR
UIC Program Support
Permit No. WI0700504
Date: August 13, 2020
To: Michael Rogers
L GENERAL INFORMATION
County: Hertford
Permittee/Applicant: CF Industries Holdings, Inc.
Facility Name: CF Nitrogen, Inc.
1. This application is (check all that apply): ❑ New ® Renewal
❑ Minor Modification ❑ Major Modification
a. Date of Inspection: N/A
b. Person contacted and contact information: N/A
c. Site visit conducted by: N/A
d. Inspection Report Printed from BIMS attached: ❑ Yes ® No.
e. Physical Address of Site including zip code: Farmer's Chemical Road, Winton, NC
f. Driving Directions if rural site and/or no physical address:
g. Latitude: 36.368045 Longitude: 76.868332
Source of Lat/Long & accuracy (i.e., Google Earth, GPS, etc.): Application for Renewal
II. DESCRIPTION OF INJECTION WELL (S) AND FACILITY
1. Type of injection system:
❑ Geothermal Heating/Cooling Water Return
❑ In situ Groundwater Remediation
® Non -Discharge Groundwater Remediation
❑ Other (Specify:
2. For Geothermal Water Return Well(s) only
a. For existing geothermal system:
Were samples collected from Influent/Effluent sampling ports? ❑ Yes ❑ No.
Provide well construction information from well tag:
b. Does existing or proposed system use same well for water source and injection? ❑ Yes ❑ No
If No, please provide source/supply well construction info (i.e., depth, date drilled, well contractor,
etc.) and attached map and sketch location of supply well in relation to injection well and any other
features in Section IV of this Staff Report.
3. Are there any potential pollution sources that may affect injection? ❑ Yes ® No
What is/are the pollution source(s)?
What is the distance of the injection well(s) from the pollution source(s)?
4. What is the minimum distance of proposed injection wells from the property boundary?
5. Quality of drainage at site: ❑ Good ® Adequate ❑ Poor
6. Flooding potential of site: ® Low ❑ Moderate ❑ High
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7. For Groundwater Remediation systems, is the proposed and/or existing groundwater monitoring program
(number of wells, frequency of monitoring, monitoring parameters, etc.) adequate? ® Yes ❑ No. If No,
attach map of existing monitoring well network if applicable and recommend any changes to the groundwater -
monitoring program.
8. Does the map included in the Application reasonably represent the actual site (property lines, wells, surface
drainage)? ❑ Yes ® No. If No, or no map, please attach a sketch of the site. Show property boundaries,
buildings, wells, potential pollution sources, roads, approximate scale, and north arrow.
9. For Non -Discharge groundwater remediation systems only:
a. Are the treatment facilities adequate for the type of waste and disposal system? ❑ Yes ❑ No ❑ N/A.
If no, please explain:
b. Are the site conditions (soils, topography, depth to water table, etc.) consistent with what was reported by
the soil scientist and/or Professional Engineer? ❑ Yes ❑ No ® N/A. If no, please explain:
III. EVALUATIONAND RECOMMENDATIONS
1. Do you foresee any problems with issuance/renewal of this permit? ❑ Yes ® No. If yes, explain.
2. Recommendation
❑ Deny. If Deny, please state reasons:
❑ Hold pending receipt and review of draft permit by regional office
❑ Issue upon receipt of needed additional information
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3. Signature of report preparer(s):
Signature of WQROS Regional Supervisor: Plow T""
Date: 8/17/2020
IV. ADDITIONAL REGIONAL STAFF REVIEW COMMENTS/ATTACHMENTS (If Needed)
This permit was originally issued W00012404 to work in tandem with a groundwater remedial action plan to
remediate an historical nitrogen spill at the site, groundwater pollution incident monitoring was transferred to
the Division of Waste Management around 2010.
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