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DIVISION OF WATER QUALITY
GROUNDWATER SECTION
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SUBJECT: Application for Permit Renewal,
New Permit
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Repair/Alteration of Exist. Disposal System [DEHJ
APPLICABLE PERtiIIT NO.s: WQ Oa 3?elGW
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EPA (CONST. GRANTS)
ANIMAL WASTE (DWQ)
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The Groundwater Section has received ONLY ONE Q) copy of the referenced permit application. A copy of the
application should have been sent to your Regional Water Quality Supervisor, so please use that copy for
your review - IF A COPY HAS NOT BEEN RECEIVED N THE REGIONAL OFFICE, PLEASE LET ME
KNOW.
The Groundwater Section has received ONLY ONE (l) copy of the referenced permit application. A copy of the
application should have been sent to . DEH's Regional Soil Specialist, so please use
that copy for your review - IF A COPY HAS NOT BEEN RECEIVED N THE REGIONAL OFFICE, PLEASE
�LE_ME KNOW.
The Groundwater Section received two 2) cop
ies pies of the referenced permit application. One copy of the
application documents we received is attached.
Please review the application u}ateri s for completeness. If you feel additional information is necessary, please
let me know no later than `j �� / 7� A copy of any formal request for additional information
will be forwarded to you.
If you do not need anv additional information to complete your review, please provide your final comments
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by �a 2 ,. . If you request and/or receive additional information, your final comments
\9-98TRAN.SHL (rev. 9/29/98)

Carolina
State of NorthC a
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Division of Environmental Manage I
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».,,,r,u'ar ` Non -Discharge Permit Application Form `kb�,
(THIS FORM MAY BE PHOTOCOPIED FOR USE AS AN ORIGINAL) �c°A
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LAND APPLICATION OF RESIDUAL SOLIDS
s lication is intended for residuals which will be regulated under 40 CFR Part 503
I. Q r GENERAL - INFORMATION:
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® 661. A,p,Ii a-Lp s name (please specify the name of the municipality, corporation, individual, etc.):
City of Newton
tir Pri4t Owners or Signing Official's name and title (the person who is legally responsible for the facility and its compliance):
Jay C. Stowe, P.E., Director of Public Works and Utilities
3. Mailing address: Post Office Box 550
City:
Newton
State: North Carolina
Telephone Number: ( 8 2 8 ) 4 6 5— 7 4 6 0
Zip: 28658
4. Application Date:
5. Fee Submitted: S n [The permit processing fee should be as specified in 15A NCAC 2H .0205(c)(5).]
6. Specify whether these residuals will be land applied to: 3_ agricultural lands, forest, public contact sites,
reclamation sites; (Please be advised, if these residuals will be.distributed for lawn or home garden use, the
application for the "DISTRIBUTION OF RESIDUAL SOLIDS" should be completed rather than this application.)
7. If the alternative for residual disposal consists of "surface disposal" as defined under 40 CFR Part 503, please complete the
application titled "SURFACE DISPOSAL OF RESIDUAL SOLIDS. Please identify if there is any storage of residuals in
a surface impoundment or disposal thru landfilling. Explain:
8. For Class B Residuals (or Class A Residuals to be land applied on a dedicated site), please specify the number of acres on
which residual solids are to be land applied under the authority of this permit
proposed in this application: 74 acres; total (current and proposed): 894.1 acres
9. County(ies) where residuals will be land applied: Catawba and Lincoln -
II. PERMIT INFORMATION:
1. Application No. (will be completed by DEM):
2. Specify whether project is: new; renewal"; x modification
For renewals, complete all sections included in the application, in addition, please submit updated cumulative loadings
for the ten (10) pollutants and updated owner's agreement for each site.
3. If this application is being submitted as a result of a renewal or modification to an existing permit, list the existing permit
number W40 0 0 3 9 0 2 and itsissue date June 24, 1998
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III. FACILITY INFORMATION (attach additional pages for additional sources of residuals):
1. Name of facility where residuals are generated or prepared: Clark Creek Wastewater Treatment
Piant
2. Facility permit number: NCO 0361 96 ; facility permit holder: City of Newton
3. Specify whether facility in Section IlI.1 is owned by: federal; private; state; X local government.
4. Specify facility design flow: 7.5 MGD; facility average daily flow: 3.5 MGD;
Type of residual storage: Liquid Thickened Sludge
Volume of residual storage: 761,000 GAL
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Length of residuals storage at facility: 30 days (the Division requires a minimum 30 days storage in units that
are separate from treatment system, i.e. not in clarifiers, aeration basins, etc.);
Maximum storage time of residuals between application events: 30 days.
Estimated volume of residuals: 3,438 Max (dry tons/yr.);
Are there any other storage facilities, other than the above, currently on site: Yes, X No.
If Yes, please identify:
Facility contact (person familiar with residuals preparation):
Facility contact's telephone number: ( 828 )
Location of treatment facility: North Carolina
Mailing address: City of Newton
James Richards
465-7480
State;
Catawba
County
Post Office Box 550
Newton, North Carolina 28658
10. Latitude:
3 5. 3 7 45 Longitude: 81 14 1 5
11. Specify the source of the residuals: treatment of domestic wastewater, treatment of industrial wastewater,
other (explain): Domestic and Industrial Wastewater
Attach an explanation of either the treatment process, manufacturing process, or how the waste is generated. Provide full
and complete details of the entire process.
12. Does the facility which generates the residuals have an approved pretreatment program? X Yes; No.
This includes facilities which are classified as a "Class I" facility (any publicly owned treatment works required, under 40
CFR 403.8, to have an approved pretreatment program or any facility treating domestic sewage that is classified as "Class
I" by the appropriate federal or State authority)
IV. RESIDUALS INFORMATION (attach additional pages for additional sources of residuals):
1. Information for Hazardous Waste (RCRA) Determination. The information requested on the limitations specified below
pertain only to those residuals that are generated from:a municipal wastewater treatment facility with industrial contribution
or active pretreatment program and from any other treatment facility with wastewater sources that include industrial sources.
a. Are any of the residuals covered by this application listed in 40 CFR 261.31-261.33? Yes; X No. If Yes,
list the number(s):
b. Do the residuals exhibit any of the four characteristics defined by 40 CFR 261.21-261.24? Yes; X No.
Attach laboratory results for the Toxicity Characteristic Leaching Procedure Analyses, Reactivity, Ignitability, and
Corrosivity for each residual.
Note: If the following constituent levels (as determined by the Toxicity Characteristic Leaching Procedure Analyses) are
exceeded in the residuals or if the pH of the residual is not within the range listed below, the residual is by
definidon a Hazardous waste. Chemical analyses must be made to Minimum Detection Levels.
PPM FEM
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Arsenic
5.0
Barium
100.0
Benzene
0.5
Cadmium
1.0 .
Carbon tetrachloride
0.5
Chlordane
0.03
Chlorobenzene
100.0
Chloroform
6.0
Chromium
5.0
o-Cresol
200.0
m-Cresol
200.0
p-Cresol
200.0
Cresol
200.0
2,4-D
10.0
1,4-Dichlorobenzene
7.5
1,2-Dichloroethane
0.5
1,1-Dichloroethylene
0.7
2,4-Dinitrotoluene
0.13
Endrin
0.02
Heptachlor (and its hydroxide)
0.008
Hexachlorobenzene
0.13
Hexachloro-1,3-butadiene
0.5
Hexachloroethane
3.0
Lead
5.0
Lindane
0.4
Mercury
0.2
Methoxychlor
10.0
Methyl ethyl ketone
200.0
Nitrobenzene
2.0
Pentachlorophenol
100.0
Pyridine
5.0
Selenium
1.0
Silver
5.0
Tetrachloroethylene
0.7
Toxaphene
0.5
Trichloroethylene
0.5
2,4,5-Trichlorophenol
400.0
2,4,6-Trichlorophenol
2.0
2,4,5-TP (Silvex)
1.0
Vinyl chloride
0.2
pH (2:1 vol./wt.):
>2.0 s.u. - <12.5 s.u.
NOTE: IF ANY OF THE RESIDUALS MEET THE DEFINITIONS OF A HAZARDOUS WASTE,
AS NOTED IN EITHER "A" OR "B ABOVE, A PERMIT CANNOT BE ISSUED FOR
THAT RESIDUAL AND IT SHOULD NOT BE INCLUDED AS PART OF THIS
APPLICATION.
2. For each residual, please attach a complete chemical analysis of the material. This analysis must be comprehensive enough
to completely characterize the residual and must be based upon a review of the process that generates the material- If the
facility that will generate the residual is not yet in operation, the characterization must be based on similar existing
facilities and projection based on the type of facility. The analysis must include a minimum of the following parameters
and any other known and suspected contaminants that are tributary to the system.
Arsenic
Molybdenum
Cadmium
Nickel
Chromium
Selenium
Copper
Zinc
Lead
Aluminum
Mercury
Ammonia -Nitrogen
Calcium
Phosphorus
Magnesium
Potassium
Nitrate -Nitrite Nitrogen
Sodium
% Total Solids
TKN
pH
Plant Available Nitrogen
(by calculation)
3. Wastewater residuals shall not be applied to the land if the concentration of any pollutant in the residuals exceeds the ceiling
concentrations speed in the table below. Specify the pollutant concentration of these residuals (attach lab analysis):
Pollutant
Pollutant Ceiling Concentration (mg/kg)
Dry Weight Basis
Pollutant Concentration (mg/kg)
DryWeightBasis
Arsenic
75
< 0.0 0 5
Cadmium
85
0-282
Chromium
3000
Copper
4300
25.70
Lead
840
2.82
Mercury
57
< 0.0 0 0 2
Molybdenum
75
< 0 . 1 0
Nickel
420
101
Selenium
100
< 0 .
Zinc
7500
50.18
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V . PATHOGEN AND VECTOR ATTRACTION REDUCTION INFORMATION (attach additional pages for
additional sources of residuals):
1. In accordance with 40 CFR Part 503, a residual can not be land applied if it does not meet one of the following alternatives
for Class B pathogen reduction.
b5 Please specify a, bl, b2, b3, b4, b5 or c from below (submit all lab analysis, test results and calculations):
a. at least seven residuals samples should be collected at the time of use and analyzed for Fecal coliforms during each
monitoring period. The geometric mean of the densities of these samples will be calculated and should be less than
2,000,000 most probable number per gram of total dry solids, or less than 2,000,000 Colony Forming Units per gram
of total dry solids.
b. the residuals must be treated by one of the following "Process to Significantly Reduce Pathogens" (PSRP).
1. Aerobic Digestion - residuals are agitated with air or oxygen to maintain aerobic conditions for a specific mean cell
residence time and temperature between 40 days at 200 C and 60 days at 150 C.
2. Air Drying - residuals are dried on sand beds or on paved or unpaved basins for a minimum of three months.
During two of the three months, the ambient average daily temperature is above Oo C.
3. Anaerobic Digestion - residuals are treated. in the absence of air for a specific mean cell residence time and
temperature between 15 days at 350 C to 550 C and 60 days at 200 C:
4. Composting - using either the within -vessel, static aerated pile, or windrow composting methods, the temperature
of the residuals are raised to 400 C or higher for five days. For four hours during the five days, the temperature in
the compost pile exceeds 550 C.
5. Lime Stabilization - sufficient lime is added to the residuals to raise the pH of the residuals to 12 after two hours
of contact.
c. The residuals shall be treated by a process that is equivalent to a "Process to Significantly Reduce Pathogens" (PSRP),
as determined by the permitting authority, based on an evaluation of the recommendations provided by the Pathogen
Equivalency Committee.
2. In addition, when residuals are being land applied, at least one of the following vector attraction reduction requirements (a,
b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, or j) described below must be met.
Z Specify the letter(s) of the vector attraction reduction requirement that have been met (submit lab results, test
results and calculations). Any variation of the below must be described in full detail and attached.
a. Aerobic or Anaerobic Digestion - The mass of volatile solids are reduced by at least 38%. Volatile solids reduction is
measured between the residuals, prior to stabilization, and the residuals ready for use or disposal. This criterion should
be readily met by properly designed and operated anaerobic digestors, but not as readily met by aerobic digestors.
Treatment facilities with aerobic digestors may need to meet the vector attraction reduction requirement through.18c or
18d.
b. Anaerobic Digestion -If 38% volatile solids reduction cannot be achieved, vector attraction reduction can be
demonstrated by further digesting a portion of the previously digested residuals in a bench scale unit for an additional
40 days at 300 C to 370 C. If, at the end of the 40 days, the volatile solids are reduced by less than 17%, vector
attraction reduction is achieved.
c. Aerobic Digestion - If 38% volatile solids reduction cannot be achieved, vector amaction reduction can be demonstrated
by further digesting a portion of the previously digested residuals that have a solids content of 2% or less in a bench
scale unit for an additional 30 days at 200 C. If, at the end of the 30 days, the volatile solids are reduced by less than
15%, vector attraction reduction is achieved.
d. Aerobic Digestion - The specific oxygen uptake rate (SOUR) shall be equal to or less than 1.5 milligrams of oxygen
per hour per gram of total dry solids at 201 C.
e. Aerobic Processes - The temperature of the residuals for at least 14 days shall be greater than 400 C. During this time,
the average temperature shall be greater than 450 C.
f. Alkaline Stabilization - The pH of the residuals is raised to 12 or higher by alkali addition and, without the addition of
more alkali, remains at 12 or higher for 2 hours and then at 11.5 or higher for an additional 22 hours.
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g. DZdn_Q (stabilized solids) - The total solids of residuals that do not contain unstabilized solids, and which are generated
in a primary wastewater treatment process, shall be equal to or greater than 75%. Blending with other materials is not
allowed to achieve the total solids percentage.
h. Dr -vine (unstabilized solids) - The total solids of residuals that contains unstabilized solids, and which are generated in a
primary wastewater treatment process, shall be equal to or greater than 90%. Blending with other materials is not
allowed to achieve the total solids percentage.
i. 11liection - Liquid residuals are injected below the land surface, with no significant amount of residuals present on the
land surface after 1 hour, unless the residuals are Class A for pathogen reduction. In this case, the residuals shall be
injected within 8 hours after being discharged from the pathogen treatment process.
j . Inco ration - Residuals that are surface land applied shall be incorporated into the soil within 6 hours of application,
unless the residuals are Class A for pathogen reduction. In this case, the residuals shall be incorporated within 8 hours
after discharge from the pathogen treatment process.
VI. RESIDUALS TRANSPORT AND APPLICATION:
1. How will the residuals be delivered to the application sites (leak proof trucks, etc.)?
Leak Proof 5,000 and 6,500 GAL Tanker Trucks.
2. What type of equipment will be utilized for land application?
Surface application and subsurface injection equipment.
3. How will the application of the residual be controlled to ensure that there is proper distribution over the site?
Systematic application in rows
4. Will the land application operation utilize a contractor who specializes in Residuals Management or will the permittee
management the program? Contractor; X Permittee. If a contractor is utilized, provide the name of the firm, a
contact, address, and telephone number:
VII. SITE EVALUATION AND RECOMMENDED LOADING RATES:
The following sites are to be used for land application under this permit application (please attach map(s),see l-a.]:
Application Area (acres] Maximum slope
Site No County Owner/Lessee (excluding buffers) (in percent)
Note: If more than ten (10) sites are to be covered by this application, please attach a form listing all of the sites along
with the information listed below:
a. A vicinity map must be attached. This map must show the location of each site in relation to at least two
geographical references and major intersection (numbered roads, named streams/rivers, etc.).
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b. For all new or modified sites, a detailed site location map must be attached delineating both total and buffered acres.
This map must be drawn to scale with topographical contour intervals not exceeding ten feet or 25% of total site relief
(whichever is more descriptive) and showing the property lines; all existing wells, all surface waters and drainage ways
and all dwellings within 500 feet of the land application areas; and all buffers.
Note: At least the following buffers must be maintained. If residuals are sprayed on the sites, larger buffers may be
requinec
1. 400 feet from any habitable residence or place of public assembly under separate ownership or which is to be sold
for surface residual application,
200 feet from any habitable residence or place of public assembly under separate ownership or which is to be sold
for subsurface residual injection.
2. 100 feet between the disposal area and any public or private water supply source, all streams classified as WS or B,
waters classified as SA or SB and any Class I or Class E impounded reservoir used as a source of drinking water.t
3. 100 feet between any surface residual application area and any stream, lake, river, or natural drainage way,
50 feet between any subsurface residual injection area and any stream, lake, river, or natural drainage way.t
4. 50 feet between the residual application area and property lines for both surface and subsurface application (if the
original permit was issued with the buffer distance to property line as 100 feet, updated
maps must be submitted and new acreage delineated for the buffer to be reduced).
5. 10 feet between the disposal area and any interceptor drains or surface water diversions (upslope).
6. 25 feet between the disposal area and any interceptor drains or surface water diversions (downslope).
7. 25 feet between the disposal area and any groundwater lowering and surface drainage ditches.
t SPECIFY THE NAME OF AND CLASSIFICATION OF THE CLOSEST DOWNSLOPE SURFACE WATERS
(as established by the Environmental Management Commission) TO THE LAND APPLICATION SITE(S). USE
THE ATTACHED INFORMATION SHEET (PAGE 9 OF 18) TO OBTAIN THIS INFORMATION.
Note: The maximum slope for land application of residuals is 10% for surface application and 18% for subsurface
application.
For each land application site, attach a soil evaluation by a soils scientist (the evaluation must be signed by the soil
scientist) which addresses soil color; the depth, thickness and type of restrictive horizons; the presence or absence of a
seasonal high water table or bedrock within three vertical feet of the deepest point of residual application; pH and canon
exchange capacity. If the depth to either groundwater or bedrock is less than three feet, please also attach a demonstration,
using predictive calculations or modeling methods acceptable to the Director of the Division of Environmental
Management, that the use of this site will not result in the contravention of classified groundwater standards as contained in
NCAC 2L .0200. In no case shall the separation be less than one foot. This report must be signed by the soil
scientist and submitted with application.
3. For each site, please attach a project evaluation conducted by an agronomist including recommendations concerning cover
crops and their ability to accept the proposed loading of liquids, solids, nitrogen, phosphorus, heavy metals, salts and any
other contaminant know to be in the residual. A part of the agronomists recommendations must be a crop management
plan. This plan must determine the crops to be grown on the site(s), when they should be grown and how they should be
harvested and marketed. This report must be signed by the agronomist and submitted with application.
4. Attach a representative soils analysis of each site. The soils analysis shall include the following parameters, along with
any other significant parameter that has been shown to be contained in the residual:
Standard Soil Fertility Test (which includes):
And the following Metals:
PH
Phosphorus
Acidity
Calcium
Magnesium
Zinc
% Humic Matter
Sodium
Base Saturation (by
calculation)
Arsenic Lead
Cadmium Mercury
Chromium Molybdenum
Potassium
Manganese
Copper
Cation Exchange Capacity
Nickel
Selenium
5. In order to assist DEM in the review of the proposed loading rates, please complete the calculations contained in the
attachment dried "Calculations Work Sheet" (beginning on Page 11 of 18). If more than one residual is to be covered by
this permit, additional worksbeets must be attached. -
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t
VIII. GENERAL INFORMATION:
1. Five (5) complete copies of the permit application and five (5) copies of all required supporting information, including
cover letters must be submitted or the application package will be returned as incomplete.
2. Please explain bow access to the land application sites, by both people and animals, will be controlled following the
application of residuals: Land is for grazing. No access within 30 days
of application. Land is fenced and posted.
a. Animals shall not be grazed on the land application sites within 30 days after the application of residuals.
b. Appropriate measures must be taken to control public access to the land application sites during the active site use and
for 12 months following the last application event. Such controls may include the posting of signs indicating the
activities being conducted at the site.
3. Please explain the procedures that will be used to establish and maintain the buffers during the application process (i.e. will
the sites be flagged): Flagged
4. Please attach an executed "Agreement For the Land Application of Residuals to Private Lands" for each land application site
that is not owned by the applicant. A copy of the DEM approved form is attached. If the applicant wishes to use a
different form or a modified form, prior approval must be received from DEM.
5. Each application site must be assigned a site identification number.
6. Attachments may be utilized to provide the information that is requested in this application form; however, if attachments
are utilized, their location should be so indicated on the application form. All attachments must be numbered to correspond
to the individual parts of the application that require the attachment. If the attachments are pan of a larger document, a
table must be provided that lists the locations of the required information.
Applicant's Certification:
I Jay C. Stowe
,attest that this application for The City of Newton
has been reviewed by me and is accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge. I understand that if all required parts of this
application are not completed and that if all required supporting information and attachments are not included, this application package
will be returned as incompl te.
Signature Date (l% L -
THE COMPLETED APPLICATION PACKAGE, INCLUDING ALL SUPPORTING INFORMATION AND
MATERIALS, SHOULD BE SENT TO THE FOLLOWING ADDRESS:
NORTH CAROLINA DIVISION OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
WATER QUALITY SECTION
PERMITS AND ENGINEERING UNIT
POST OFFICE BOX 29535
RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA 27626-0535
TELEPHONE NUMBER: [phone]
FAX NUMBER: [phone]
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Instructions:
Processing of this application will not be initiated until five (5) copies of all of the following
items have been submitted in addition to five(5) copies of the completed application form. If
any of the below items have been excluded from the package, please explain.
1. Is a general location map included?
YES ✓ or NO
2. Is a site map (drawn to scale) included which delineates total and buffered acres and
shows all property lines, buffers, existing wells within 500 feet, topography, drainage
features, and any surface waters?
YES ✓ or NO
3. Is a vicinity map enclosed which clearly indicates the projects location with respect to
State roads and named Surface waters?
YES ✓ or NO
4. Is a signed soil scientist report included which defines the following:
a) field descriptions of texture, color, and structure,
b) depth and thickness of soil horizons,
c) presence of any restrictive soil horizons or layers,
d) depth to seasonal high water table,
e) the hydraulic conductivity,
f) recommended loading rate for the site,
YES ✓ or NO
5. Is a signed agronomist's report included which identifies the crop and loading
recommendations for N-P-K?
YES ✓ or NO
6. Is the Crop Management Plan included in the application package?
YES or NO
7. Has the Land Owner's agreement been completed and signed?
YES ✓ or NO
8. Appropriate fee in accordance with 15A NCAC 2H .0205(c)(5)-(eff. February 1, 1993):
New Applications, Modifications or Late Renewals $400
D
Timely Renewals without Modifications 50.00
n/I � til otz
YES ✓ or NO
9. Five (5) copies of -all reports, evaluations, agreements, supporting calculations, etc. must
be inclued as a part of the application package.
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This form must be completed by the appropriate Regional Office and included with the
submission of the application package.
INSTRUCTIONS TO APPLICANT
In order to determine the classification of the watershed in which these land application activities will be
located, you are required to submit this form, with items 1 through 8 completed, to. the appropriate Division of
Environmental Management Regional Water Quality Supervisor (see attached listing). At a minimum, you must
include an 8.5" by 11" copy of the portion of a 7.5 minute USGS Topographic Map which shows the subject
surface waters. You must identify the location of the facility and the closest downslope surface waters (waters for
which you are requesting the classification) on the submitted map copy. The application may not be
submitted until this form is completed and included with the submittal.
1. Applicant (please specify the name of the municipality, corporation, individual, or other ):
n%'�rrJAi
2. Name and Complete Address of Applicant:
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City: t-l6�JTLIKi State: tVG Zip:
Telephone Number: ( j3 zS ) 465S— 74160
3. Project Name: GAD HPLIMPOJ PfT66W4Vt4
4. Volume of residuals to be land applied: ZSGO dry tons per year
5. Name of closest surface waters: Soir �omr-, C4T;qW3q' 2i
6. County(s) where land application site is located: C-41-4CAI&A G� COGtii
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7. Map name and date:
8. Applicant Signature:
TO: REGIONAL WATER QUALITY SUPERVISOR
Please provide me with the classification of the watershed where.these land application activities will occur,
as identified on the attached map segment:
Name of surface waters: -:5004 1'r::C4rP 6-InlI✓lTof
Classification (as established by the Environmental Management Commission): kJ S
Proposed Classification, if applicable: nJ1.4
Signature of regional office personnel:
Date:
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DIVISION OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT REGIONAL OFFICES (12/94)
Asheville Regional WQ Supervisor
59 Woodfin Place
Asheville, NC 28801
[phone]
Fax [phone]
Washington Regional WQ Supervisor
Post Office Box 1507
Washington, NC 27889
[phone]
Fax [phone]
Avery
Macon
Beaufort
Jones
Buncombe
Madison
Bertie
Lenoir
Burke
McDowell
Camden
Martin
Caldwell
Mitchell
Chowan
Pamlico
Cherokee
Polk
Craven
Pasquotank
Clay
Rutherford
Currituck
Perquimans
Graham
Swain
Dare
Pitt
Haywood
Transylvania
Gates
Tyrell
Henderson
Yancy
Greene
Washington
Iackson
Hertford
Wayne
Hyde
Fayetteville Regional WQ Supervisor
Wachovia Building. Suite 714
Fayetteville,, NC 28301
[phone]
Fax [phone]
Mooresville Regional WQ Supervisor
919 North Main Street
Mooresville, NC 28115
[phone]
Fax [phone]
Raleigh Regional WQ Supervisor
Post Office Box 27687
Raleigh, NC 27611
[phone]
Fax [phone]
Chatham
Nash
Durham
Northampton
Edgecombe
Orange
Franklin
Person
Granville
Vance
Halifax
Wake
Johnston
Wamm
I.Ce
Wilson
Wilmington Region. WQ Supervisor
127 Cardinal Drive Extension
Wilmington, NC 28405-3845
[phone]
Fax [phone]
Anson
Moore
Alexander
Mecklenburg
Brunswick New Hanover
Bladen
Robeson
Cabarrus
Rowan
Carteret Onslow
Cumberland
Richmond
Catawba
Stanly
Columbus Pender
Harnett
Sampson
Gaston
Union
Duplin
Hoke
Scotland
Iredell
Cleveland
Montgomery
Lincoln
Winston-Salem Regional WQ Supervisor
585 Wauehto%%m Street
Winston-Salem, NC 27107
[phone]
Fax-(910) 7714631
Alamance
Rockingham
Alleghany
Randolph
Ashe
Stokes
Caswell
Surry
Davidson
Watauga
Davie
Wilkes
Forsyth
Yadkin
Guilford
FORM: LARS 02/95 Page 10 of 18

CALCULATIONS WORK SHEET
This work sheet is designed to assist the Division of Environmental Management in reviewing this application as expeditiously as
possible. Its preparation in a complete and accurate manner is critical to'this review. For permits that cover multiple sources of
residuals or different residuals from the same source, use additional work sheets.
A. List the specific residual that is covered by these calculations (place or process of origin)
What are the total dry tons of this residual to be land applied each year?
Total Dry Tons = Gallons of Residuals * % Solids * 8.341bsJgallon
Rroduced annuallv 100
2,000 lbs./ton
Total Dry Tons = * * 8.341bsJgallon
100
2,000 lbs./ton
Dry Tons per year
If the quantity of residual will vary significantly or if there will be a larger initial application, please attach a detailed
explanation and provide calculations for each variation.
B . Complete the following calculations to establish the portion of the residual that is made
up of the various parameters:
% Total Solids =
(PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL CONSTITUENTS ARE TO BE IN TOTAL CONCENTRATIONS)
PARAMETER
mg/L
T % Solids (Decirrial)
= m lk(dry wt.
x 0.002
= lbs./dry ton
Arsenic
= '
x 0.002
=
Cadmium
=
x 0.002
=
Chromium
=
x 0.002
=
Copper
—
x 0.002
=
Lead
=
x 0.002
=
Mercury
=
x 0.002
=
Molybdenum
=
x 0.002
=
Nickel
=
x 0.002
=
Selenium
=
x 0.002
=
Zinc
=
x 0.002
=
Ammonia-N
=
x 0.002
=
Calcium
=
x 0.002
=
Magnesium
=
x 0.002
=
NO3-NO2-N
=
x 0.002
=
Phosphor —us
=
x 0.002
=
Potassium
=
x 0.002
=
Sodium
=
x 0.002
=
TKN
=
x 0.002
=
FORM: LARS 02/95 Page 11 of 18

C . Plant Available Nitrogen (PAN) calculations and land application area requirements:
CONSTITUENTS
mg/Kg - DRY WEIGHT
TKN
AMMONIA-N
NO3-NO2-N
1. Mineralization Rate (MR)
VA
(These values can be established for the specific residual or default values can be used for domestic wastewater treatment
residuals. If actual values are established, attach the documentation. The default values are as follows):
Unstabilized Primary and Secondary Residuals 40%
Aerobically Digested Residuals 30%
Anaerobically Digested Residuals 2091,
Composted Residuals 10%
(If the default values are used, attach an explanation as to why the specific chosen default value is appropriate.)
2. Complete the following calculations for the application method proposed (Please note, the Mineralization
Rate [MR] should be utilized in the following calculations as a decimal):
PAN for Surface Application
PAN = [(.MR) x (TIC'; - NH3)] + .5 x (NH3) + (NO3-NO2-M
PAN =[ x(
PAN =
PPM Dry Weight
)]+.5x( )+
PAN for Subsurface Application
PAN = [(MR)x(TK'� - NH3)] + (NH3) + (NO3-NO2-N)
PAIN =[ x(
PAN =
PPM Dry Weight
3. Total PAN to be land applied per year
Total dry tons of residual to be land applied per year:
Total PAN in pounds = (PAN in mQ/kQ Dry Weight) x 20()0 Pounds / Ton
per dry ton 1,000,000
= (PAN in PPM Dry Weight) x 0.002
Pounds/Dry Ton/Year
Total PAN in pounds = (PAN in Pounds / Dry Ton) x Total tons of residual to be land applied
x
Pounds/Year
Due to the fact that organic nitrogen is mineralized slowly over time, the amount of nitrogen that comes available in years
following the initial application must be taken into consideration when calculating application rates for the subsequent
years. This being the case, please attach an evaluation of this factor and its impact on loading rates. Show the adjusted pan
for at least five years.
The maximum adjusted annual PAN is
Pounds/Year.
FORM: LARS 02/95 Page 12 of 18

4. Crop information on nitrogen uptake per year
(Division
Recommendations) (Provide for the Crops Specified)
Crop(s) PAN
(lbs./acre/year) PAN (1bsJacre/year)
Alfalfa
200
Bermuda Grass (Hay, Pasture)
220
Blue Grass
120
Corn (Grain)
160
Corn (Silage)
200
Cotton
70
Fescue
250
Forest (Hardwood & Softwood)
75
Milo
100
Small Grain (Wheat, barley, oats)
100
Sorghum, Sudex (Pasture)
180
Sorghum, Sudex (Silage)
220
Soybeans
200
Timothy, Orchard, & Rye Grass
200
Please provide the basis for the uptake rates used if different than Division Recommendations:
5. Total acres needed to land apply the pounds of available nitrogen calculated above
Total.acres needed: = Maximum total pounds of plant available nitrogen (PANT
Pounds of nitrogen needed for crop*
Minimum acres needed based on most restrictive PAN = acres
* This value must be the, value for the crop to be grown that has the lowest nitrogen uptake rate per acre.
If there are various crops that will only be utilized for certain sites, please attach the calculations for each site and determine
the total needed acres using the format outlined above.
D . Calculate the Sodium Adsorption Ratio (SAR)
(**This section must be completed in mg/l, to convert: mg/kg x % solids [as a decimal] = mgll**)
SAR = Na Milli Equivalent + 10.5 (Ca Milli Equivalent + Mg Milli Equivalent)] 0.5
CONCENTRATION (mg/1) + Equivalent'Weight = Milli Equivalents of Ion
SODIUM (Na) (mg/1) + 23 =
CALCIUM (Ca) (mg/1) + 20 =
MAGNESIUM (Mg) (mg/1) + 12 =
SAR =
FORM: LARS 02/95 Page 13 of 18

E.
If calculation sheets are being completed for more than one residual or site, please attach a
summary sheet that bring the results of all the calculation sheets to one point.
Determine the Site Life for this land application site:
The lifetime pollutant loadings shall not be exceeded. The site life is determined by calculating the number of years that the site
can receive the residual without exceeding the lifetime pollutant loadings. The site life calculations will be based on the most
restrictive crop plant available nitrogen (PAN) requirement specified and the maximum dry tons of residuals to be land applied
annually. Therefore, in the table below the Tons of Residuals to be Applied/Acre/Year will be calculated as:
1. Most restrictive crop based on the plant available nitrogen (PAN) requirement
Associated plant available nitrogen (PAN) requirement:
2. Minimum acres needed based on most restrictive PAN (as found in CS above):
3. Dry Tons of Residuals to be land applied per year.
(lbsJacre/year)
dry tons per year
4. Tons of Residuals to be Applied/Acre/Year = Dry Tons/Year of Residuals to be land aMbed
Minimum number of acres required for land application
Tons of Residuals to be Applied/Acre/Year =
acres
If any of the application sites are to be loaded at greater than the rate specified above, please specify the loading rate and explain:
Tons of Residuals to be Applied/Acre/Year (different from above) _
Explanation:
In the table below, the highest annual loading (Tons of Residuals to be Applied/Acre/Year) speed above, will be multiplied
by the lbs./dry ton of each pollutant as found in B above. The Site Life can then be determined by:
Site Life (Years) = Allowable Lifetime Loadings (lbs./acre)
Projected Pounds to be Applied/Acre/Year
Pollutant
Tons of
Residuals to be
Applied per
Acre per Year
lbs./dry ton of each
pollutant
(as found in PartB
above)
Projected
Pounds to be
Applied/Acre
Near
Allowable Lifetime
Pollutant Loadings
(lbs./acre)
Site Life
(Years)
Arsenic
*
=
36
=
Cadmium
*
=
34
=
Chromium
*
=
2,677
=
Copper
*
=
1,338
=
Lead
*
_
:267
=
Mercury
*
=
15
Nickel.
*
=
374
=
Selenium
*
=
89
=
Zinc
*
=
2,498
J=
Compare the nine (9) pollutants above and determine which pollutant that will result in the shortest life for this site.
The Limiting Pollutant is
The Site Life is
years.
FORM: LARS 02/95 Page 14 of 18

North Carolina Division of Environmental Management
AGREEMENT FOR THE LAND APPLICATION- OF WASTEWATER RESIDUALS
TO PRIVATE LANDS
Permittee:
Contact Person:
Address of Permittee:
List of wastewater residuals to be applied to these lands:
Site ID Number:
Field Number:
Location of Land to be used for residual application (include map for each site):
Owner of Property used for residual application:
Lessee of Property (if appropriate):
Land use or cropping patterns:
Intended use or disposition of crops:
The undersigned land owner or his representative hereby permits
hereinafter referred to as the Permittee, to apply the above listed residuals onto the land at the location
shown as described herein in accordance with the restrictions and stipulations as given below. The
landowner or his representative receives, in consideration, full -use of the nutrient value of the applied
residuals while the Permittee receives, in consideration, the use of the land described above for the
disposal of wastewater residuals. This agreement shall remain in effect for the length of the Division of
Environmental Management land application permit and shall be renewed each time the land application
permit is renewed. The undersigned land owner or his representative and the Permittee agree to abide with
the following restrictions and stipulations until such time as written notification, given thirty (30) days in
advance, modifies or cancels this Land owner's Agreement-.
Notification of cancellation of this agreement shall be immediately forwarded to:
Division of Environmental Management
Permits and Engineering Unit
Post Office Box 29535
Raleigh, North Carolina 27626-0535
FORM: LARS 02/95 Page 15 of 18

STIPULATIONS:
1. The landowner or his representative hereby authorizes the Permittee, County and State Officials or
their representatives to inspect each parcel of property prior to, during, and after residual application
and to established monitoring facilities on or near the application site as required by the residual land
application permit.
2. The landowner or his representative authorizes the Permittee, County and State Officials or their
representatives to take necessary soil, surface and ground water samples during the term of, and
twelve (12) months after termination of, this Agreement.
3. The Permittee will provide each landowner or his representative with a copy of the land application
permit as issued by the N.C. Department of Environment, Health and Natural Resources
(NCDEHNR) Division of Environmental Management (DEM) for the land described above prior to
commencement of residual application. The NCDEHNR-DEM permit will specify maximum
application rates, limitations and other restrictions prescribed by the laws and regulations.
4. The Permittee has provided the landowner or his representative with information and data concerning
the program for land application of residuals to.privately owned lands which includes an analysis of
constituents of the residual, residual application methods and schedules for typical cropping patterns
and a description of the equipment used by the Permittee for residual application.
5. The Perminee will furnish each landowner or his representative with a copy of the results of each soil
analysis.
6. The site shall be adequately limed to a soil pH of at least 6.0 prior to residual application. Residuals
may be applied to sites with a pH of less than 6.0 provided a sufficient amount of lime is also applied
to achieve a final pH of the lime, residual and soil mixture of at least 6.0.
7. The landowner or his representative will inform the Permittee of any revisions or modifications to the
intended use and cropping patterns shown above prior to each planting season to enable the Perminee
to amend this Agreement and schedule applications at appropriate periods. Within the limits of the
NCDEHIN*R-DEM permit, the owner or his representative and the Permittee will determine residual
application rates and schedules based on crop patterns and the results of soil samples.
8. Crops for direct human consumption shall be harvested in accordance with the conditions of the
permit.
9. The landowner or his representatives or successors shall adhere to the provisions of this Agreement
for a period of eighteen (18) months from the date of the most recent residual application.
10. Appropriate measures must be taken by the Permittee or Land Owner (Lessee) to control public
access to the land application sites during active site use and for the twelve (12) month period
following residual application. Such controls may include the posting of signs indicating the
activities being conducted at each site.
11. Specific residual application area boundaries shall be clearly marked on each site by the Permittee or
Land Owner (Lessee) prior to and during application.
12. Should the landowner or his representative lease or otherwise permit the use of the land by a third
party, the landowner shall be responsible to insure the third party agrees and complies with the terms
and conditions of this Agreement.
13. The existing lessee, if any, of the site agrees, by execution of this Agreement, to comply with all
provisions of this Agreement.
FORM: LARS 02/95 Page 16 of 18

14. This Agreement shall be binding on the grantees, the successors and assigns of the parties hereto
with reference -to the subject matter of this Agreement.
15. Animals should not be grazed on residual applied lands within a thirty (30) day period following the
residual application. Application sites that are to be used for grazing shall have fencing that will be
used to prevent access during these periods after each application.
16. Prior to a transfer of this land to a new owner, a permit modification must be requested and obtained
from the Division of Environmental Management. The request shall contain appropriate fees and
agreements. In addition, a notice shall be given by the current landowner to the new landowner that
gives full details of the materials applied or incorporated at each site.
17. Any duly authorized officer, employee, or representative of the Division of Environmental
Management may, upon presentation of credentials, enter and inspect any property, premises or
place on or related to the application site and facility at any reasonable time for the purpose of
determining compliance with this permit; may inspect or copy any records that must be kept under
the terms and conditions of this permit; or may obtain samples of groundwater, surface water, or
leachate.
18. The landowner shall not enter into any additional waste disposal contracts or agreements with
another municipality, contractor, or other permitted entity for the land specified by this Agreement.
The land application of any additional wastewater residual sources, other than the residuals specified
by this permit, is prohibited.
RESTRICTIONS:
FORM: LARS 02/95 Page 17 of 18

1 have read this land owner's agreement and do hereby grant permission
to the Permittee to apply sludge/residual to my lands as specified'herein.
Land Owner
Date
NORTH CAROLINA, COUNTY,.
I, the undersigned Notary Public, do hereby certify that
personally appeared before me this day and acknowledged the due execution of the forgoing instrument.
WITNESS my hand and official seal this day of , 19
NOTARY PliBLIC
My commission Expires
SEAL:
1 have read this land owner's agreement and do hereby agree to abide by
the stipulations and restrictions as specified herein.
Lessee
Date
1 have read this land owner's agreement and do hereby agree to abide by
the stipulations and restrictions as specified herein.
Permittee
Date
FORM: LARS 02195 Page 18 of 18 -

WIIIISENGINEERS
ME
9-14
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N
9-7
CITY OF NEWTON
LAND APPLICATION PROGRAM
ART VILES PROPERTY
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JANUARY 1999
SCALE FIGURE
1 "=500' 1

SITE INVESTIGATION
BIOSOLIDS RECEIVER SITE
NEWTON, NC
Recently the operator of the land application system serving the City of Newton, NC.
inadvertently applied a lime stabilized biosolid product to a site that was not permitted for that
activity. The site was located in an area that contained several sites that were added to the land
application permit for the Town, but this particular site was not added since no request was
submitted for the site. The site is well suited as a receiver site for biosolids and the site and soil
conditions encountered over the site render it well suited to receive and treat the lime stabilized
biosolid materials from Newton.
Immediately following the inadvertent land application operation, the Town officials reported
the incident to the Regional Office of the Division of Water Quality. The town officials
indicated that they would undertake a study to determine the impact of the inadvertent land
application activity on soil and vegetation. In support of this effort, depth composited samples.of
soil were collected in 6 inch to 12 inch intervals from both the receiver site and from areas
adjacent to the receiver site, but which did not receive biosolid material. Samples of the
vegetation were also collected from the receiver site and from the adjacent land area which did
not receive the biosolid material. The samples of soil and vegetation were subjected to a battery
of standard tests as utilized by the North Carolina Department of Agriculture to determine levels
of essential nutrient and potentially toxic metals contained in these materials.
There are two purposes for the brief report which follows. The first is to describe the methods
used to assess soil and vegetation. The second is to ascertain whether this unpermitted land
application activity adversely impacted either site, soil, or vegetation in the area.
Procedures:
the unpermitted land application activity was reported to me by Mr. Charles Willis, P. E., with
Willis Engineering, Charlotte, NC. He provided directions to the land application site and a.site
visit was accomplished during which samples of soil and vegetation were collected. The soil
sampling program utilized a random sample procedure whereby representative soil materials
were collected from numerous locations (approximately 25) over the site and from a control
area. Soil samples were collected from the surface horizon to a depth of approximately 2 inches
and then in 6 inch to 12 inch increments to a depth of approximately 30 inches. These soil
samples were composited within each of the depths sampled and the soil samples were
transported to the Biological and Agricultural Engineering Department at North Carolina State
University where the soil was subjected to standard extractions or digestion procedures and then
analyzed for nutrients as Nitrogen, Phosphorus, and Potassium; pH, CEC, Organic Matter
Levels, and base saturation, as well as concentrations of metals as: Ca, Mg, Na, Zn, Cu, Ni, Pb,
and Cd. These results are summarized in Table 1, Soil Test Results from Newton Biosolids
Receiver Site, attached.

The vegetation on the site was predominantly fescue. Samples of the vegetation were collected
from both the receiver area and from a control area adjacent to the site. The vegetation samples
were placed in paper sample bags and transported to the BAE laboratory for analysis. Standard
digestion, extraction, and analytical procedures were for the analysis of the plant tissue. The
results of the vegetation analysis are summarized in Table 2, Results of Vegetation Sampling,
Newton Biosolids Receiver Site and Control Area, attached.
Results:
The soil test information of the shallow soil from the receiver site (R(a)) does show increased
levels of the soil test parameters when compared to the levels from the control site which
received no biosolid material. The differences are most pronounced for calcium and soil pH.
This is not surprising since the lime stabilization process is used to treat the biosolid material
from Newton. The levels of the soil test parameters are all within levels typical for soils in the
Piedmont Region of North Carolina.
The regulated metal levels are low and well below the maximum cumulative limits established
by federal rule. The plant nutrient levels are slightly below optimum for the soils in the region.
The soil pH on the. receiver site is elevated above the optimum for a fescue grass crop, but within
a few months of this single application event, the soil pH should fall to optimum ranges.
The vegetation from the receiver site does show an elevated level of calcium. This is most
probably due to the accumulation of calcium from the biosolid material on the surface of the
grass leaf tissue and is not related to the uptake of calcium into grassy vegetation. The levels of
nutrients and metals in the vegetation from the receiver site and do not show any significant
differences suggesting that the land application operation did not adversely impact vegetation
quality.
The inadvertent application of the biosolid material from the Town of Newton onto the
unpermitted receiver site appears to have had no adverse impact on the site, soil, or vegetation in
the area. This result is expected since the material is applied routinely to lands in the area with
only beneficial results. The site onto which the material was applied was located in an area that
would be permitted for this land application activity. All site and soil factors which influence
the permitting process were suitable on this unintended receiver site. The slope was well within
the limits imposed on permitted land application operations. The soil depth was adequate to
facilitate the treatment and renovation of biosolid materials. The vegetation consists of a well
established stand of fescue grass. All of these factors lead to permits for land application
activities. The site is well suited as a receiver for the lime stabilized biosolid product from
Newton. The distance from the application area to the nearest adjacent homes is well over 500
feet. The distance from the site to surface water features that may influence land application
activities is also well over 500 feet. The City of Newton should strongly consider applying for a
permit to add this site to their list of permitted biosolids receiver sites.
Conclusion:

The land application of this lime stabilized biosolid material onto the unpermitted receiver site
has resulted in the accumulation of calcium in the uppermost layer of the soil and an elevation in
the soil pH in this horizon. Neither of these conditions are deleterious. The material is routinely
applied onto lands permitted to receive the product.
Neither site nor soil nor vegetation was adversely impacted by this activity. The site is well
suited as a receiver site for the beneficial reuse of the lime stabilized biosolid material from
Newton, NC. The site should be added to the permit for the beneficial reuse activity ongoing
with the lime stabilized biosolid material from Newton, NC.
Respectfully Submitted,
A. R. Rubin, Professor and Extension Specialist
Biological and Agricultural Engineering

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North Carolina Division of Environmental Management
AGREEMENT FOR THE LAND APPLICATION OF WASTEWATER RESIDUALS
TO PRIVATE LANn4
Permittee:
Contact Person:
Address of Permittee:
P. 0-
ss�?
List of wastewater residuals to be applied to these lands:
TYLff�il V %Lam+ F,aCt L-l7Y
Site ID Number: "t —7
Field Number:
Location of Land to be used for residual application (include map for each site):
Owner of Property used for residual application: %q , L . V l L-E5
Lessee of Property (if appropriate): T v L E A A p R e y
Land use or cropping patterns:
Intended use or disposition of crops:
The undersigned land owner or his representative hereby permits C rvY O F .�610—, 0rJ
hereinafter referred to as the Permittee, to apply the above listed residuals onto the land at the location
shown as described herein in accordance with the restrictions and stipulations as given below. The
landowner or his representative receives, in consideration, full use of the nutrient value of the applied
residuals while the Permittee receives, in consideration, the use of the land described above for the
disposal of wastewater residuals. This agreement shall remain in effect for the length of the Division of
Environmental Management land application permit and shall be renewed each time the land application
permit is renewed. The undersigned land owner or his representative and the Permittee agree to abide with
the following restrictions and stipulations until such time as writ ten.notification, given thirty (30) days in
advance, modifies or cancels this Land owner's Agreement.
Notification of cancellation of this agreement shall be immediately forwarded to:
Division of Environmental Management
Permits and Engineering Unit
Post Office Box 29535
Raleigh, North Carolina 27626-0535
FORM: LAORS 04/94 Page 16 of 19

STIPULATIONS:
1. The landowner or his representative hereby authorizes the Permittee, County and State Officials or
their representatives to inspect each parcel of property prior to, during, and after residual application
and to established monitoring facilities on or near the application site as required by the residual land
application permit.
2. The landowner or his representative authorizes the Permittee, County and State Officials or their
representatives to take necessary soil, surface and ground water samples during the term of, and
twelve (12) months after termination of, this Agreement.
3. The Permittee will provide each landowner or his representative with a copy of the land application
permit as issued by the N.C. Department of Environment, Health and Natural Resources
(NCDEHNR) Division of Environmental Management (DEM) for the land described above prior to
commencement of residual application. The NCDEHNR-DEM permit will specify maximum
application rates, limitations and other restrictions prescribed by the laws and regulations.
4. The Permittee has provided the landowner or his representative with information and data concerning
the program for land application of residuals to privately owned lands which includes an analysis of
constituents of the residual, residual application methods and schedules for typical cropping patterns
and a description of the equipment used by the Permittee for residual application.
5. The Permittee will furnish each landowner or his representative with a copy of the results of each soil
analysis.
6. The site shall be adequately limed to a soil pH of at least 6.0 prior to residual application. Residuals
may be applied to sites with a pH of less than 6.0 provided a sufficient amount of lime is also applied
to achieve a final pH of the lime, residual and soil mixture of at least 6.0.
7. The landowner of his representative will inform the Permittee of any revisions or modifications to the
intended use and cropping patterns shown above prior to each planting season to enable the Permittee
to amend this Agreement and schedule applications at appropriate periods. Within the limits of the
NCDEHNR-DEM permit, the owner or his representative and the Permittee will determine residual
application rates and schedules based on crop patterns and the results of soil samples.
8.. Crops for direct human consumption shall be harvested in accordance with the conditions of the
permit.
9. The landowner or his representatives or successors shall adhere to the provisions of this Agreement
for a period of eighteen (18) months from the date of the most recent residual application.
10. Appropriate measures must be taken by the Permittee or Land Owner (Lessee) to control public
access to the land application sites during active site use and for the twelve (12) month period
following residual application. Such controls may include the posting of signs indicating the
activities being conducted at each site.
11. Specific residual application area boundaries shall be clearly marked on each site by the Permittee or
Land Owner (Lessee) prior to and during application.
12. Should the landowner or his representative lease or otherwise permit the use of the land by a third
party, the landowner shall be responsible to insure the third party agrees and complies with the terms
and conditions of this Agreement.
13. The existing lessee, if any, of the site agrees, by execution of this Agreement, to comply with all
provisions of this Agreement.
FORM: LARS 04/94 Page 18 of 20

14. This Agreement shall be binding on the grantees. the successors and assigns of the parties hereto
with reference to the subject matter of this Agreement.
15. Animals should not be grazed on residual applied lands within a thirty (30) day period following the
residual application. Application sites that are to be used for grazing shall have fencing that will be
used to prevent access during these periods after each application.
16. Prior to a transfer of this land to a new owner, a permit modification must be requested and obtained
from the Division of Environmental Management. The request shall contain appropriate fees and
agreements. In addition, a notice shall be given by the current landowner to the new landowner that
gives full details of the materials applied or incorporated at each site.
17. Any duly authorized officer, employee, or representative of the Division of Environmental
Management may, upon presentation of credentials, enter and inspect any property, premises or
place on or related to the application site and facility at any reasonable time for the purpose of
determining compliance with this permit; may inspect or copy any records that must be kept under
the terms and conditions of this permit; or may obtain samples of groundwater, surface water, or
leachate.
18. The landowner shall not enter into any additional waste disposal contracts or agreements'with
another municipality, contractor, or other permitted entity for the land specified by this Agreement:
The land application of any additional wastewater residual sources, other than the residuals specified
by this permit, is prohibited.
RESTRICTIONS:
FORM: LARS 04/94 Page 19 of 20

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1, 4. 4 • Via 5 have read this land owner's agreement an do hereby grant permission
to the Permittee to apply sludge/residual to my lands as specified herein.
Land Owner
Date //-/2'%%
NORTH CAROLINA, Cd g7,ga),A A COUNTY,
I, the undersigned Notary Public, do hereby certify that i9.L. V/ _FS
personally appeared before me this day and acknowledged the due execution of the forgoing instrument.
WITNESS my hand and official seal this day of 0 1 AA Ol1, , 19 ?�,
My commission Expires 0/
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1, TIe_ L . Aid re, f have read this land owner's agreement and do hereby agree to abide by
the stipulations and restrictions as specified herein.
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Lessee
Date
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have read this land owner's agreement and do hereby agree to abide by
the stipulations and restrictions as specified herein.
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Peimittee
Date
FORM: LARS 04/94 Page 20 of 20

PAR Laboratories, Inc.
fg"BORA ron S, INC.
2217 GRAHAM PARK DRIVE
BOX 411483
WP.O.
CHARLOTTE, NC 28241-1483
704/588-8333 ,
NC Certification N 20
SC Certification N 99003001
November 5, 1997
Reference No: 97 3978
Made For:
City
Of Newton
P.O.
Box 550
Newton,
NC
28658
Attention:
James
Richards
Analyses Of:
Sludge
Sample
Marked:
#1 Thickener
Received On:
10/22/97
Analyses:
Tested
TS
5.377
11/04
1400
CT
(PPm)
Al
599
10/28
1154
CH
As
<.005
10/24
1234
CH
Ca
9836
10/28
1200
CH
Cd
.282
10/28
1147
CH
Cu
25.70
10/28
1154
CH
Hg
<.0002
10/30
1645
CH
K
683
10/28
1154
CH
Mg
222
10/28
1154
CH
Mo
<.10
10/28
1147
CH
Na
291
10/28
1147
CH
Ni
101
10/28
1154
CH
Pb
2.82
10/28
1147
CH
Se
<.005
10/24
1023
CH
Zn
50.18
10/28
1147
CH
NH3 as N
578
10/24
1400
TL
NO2+NO3asN
3.03
10/28
1458
CH
T-PO4 As P
1141
10/31
1126
CH
TKN
1425
10/24
1135
CH
Respectfully submitted:
PAR Laboratories, Inc.
o S. Rice
L oratory Director

SITE INVESTIGATION
CITY OF NEWTON
BIOSOLIDS RECEIVER SITES
M
Professor and Extension Specialist
Biological and Agricultural Engineering
North Carolina State University
Introduction: The City of Newton, North Carolina has been operating a PSRP Lime stabilization
program followed by land application to manage the biosolids generated at this publicly owned
wastewater treatment facility (POTW). This biosolids management program has been very
successful for both the Town and the local land owner/farmer who has been hauling and land
applying the biosolids from this municipal facility. The land application effort has relied upon
lands primarily at the Sigmon Farming operations and as development encroaches on permitted
sites or the wastewater reclamation facility expands, additional lands are required on which to
manage the biosolids generated at the POTW. The existing land application sites have received
biosolids for several years and the soil pH on several of the currently permitted sites is
moderately high, but not excessively high. The land application system proposed is considered
an experimental program designed to test long term impacts of land application on selected
characteristics of receiver site soils and vegetation. The experimental land application program
proposed offers an excellent opportunity to examine the impacts of the lime stable biosolid
materials on newly permitted sites and to compare the lime equivalency of materials with the
nutrient content of the product.
The project proposed, although listed as an experimental project, is intended only as a
mechanism to test lime and nutrient properties of the PSRP product. The new sites proposed in
this document as potential biosolids receiver sites each have excellent potential to receive the
lime stabilized PSRP material generated at the City of Newton POTW.
Location and Topography of Proposed Receiver Sites:
The expansion areas proposed to receive the lime stabilized biosolids from the City of Newton
POTW are all located in the southwestern portion of Catawba County. The sites are all located
on the map attached. All sites proposed for inclusion in this expansion program are located near
the intersection of state roads 2021 and 2022 near the South Fork of the Catawba River. A
small portion of site 12 actually lies in Lincoln County.
Each of the sites examined for possible inclusion in this land application program is typical of
the Piedmont Physiographic Region of the State. Slopes typically range from nearly level along
the ridges and broad flats occupying drainage ways and river terraces to gently sloping along the

linear landscape positions which occupy the positions between ridges or hill -tops and the
drainage ways or river terraces. Slopes average between 10% and 12% throughout much of the
area while few areas exhibit slopes of as much as 20%. Those areas with slopes in excess of
15% will require injection or incorporation of biosolids while those areas with slopes ranging up
to 15% can receive surface applications of these biosolid products.
General descriptions for each site are contained in table 1, below. This table provides the
general slope features on each of the proposed biosolids receiver sites. Slopes were measured on
each of the sites with a hand held clinometer. Additional site features such as erosion potential,
eullvina, or terraces were observed during the walking reconnaissance of these sites.
Site
average
maximum
erosion
gullies
terraces
slope
slope
potential
1
6-8
12
moderate
few
adequate
shallow
2
10-12
20
moderate
few
few
to high
3
8-10
15
moderate
few
few
4
6-8
12
low to
few to
adequate
moderate
none
5
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
6
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
7
10-12
15
low to
few
few but
moderate
adequate
8
4-6
10
low
few to
few but
floodplain
none
adequate
unsuitable
9
6-8
12
low
few to
few but
none
adequate
10
2
4
low
few to
not
floodplain
none
required
unsuitable
11
6-8
12
low
major
few but
adjacent to
drainage
adequate
drainage
unsuitable
12
6-8
18
low
major
adequate
adjacent to
drainage
drainage
unsuitable
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13
8-10
20
low to
major
adequate
adjacent to
moderate
drainage
drainage
unsuitable
Table 1, General Site Features, Proposed Waste Receiver Sites, Newton POTW
The sites proposed for inclusion in the existing biosolids management program for the Town of
Newton are all located in close proximity to each other and within a reasonable haul distance of
the wastewater treatment facility. The location is ideal for expansion of this program.
Slope on each of the proposed biosolids receiver sites range from nearly level to moderately
steep. Few locations exceed the requirements established in North Carolina Rules for inclusion
in a land application program, but many areas on each of the sites proposed contain slopes that
will require injection of the material rather than surface application. North Carolina Law (15A
NCAC .0200) does require injection or incorporation of biosolids where the slope on the
intended waste receiver site is in excess of 12%. Many of the areas contain slopes in excess of
this 12% level allowed for surface application. Injection is best accomplished with blades that
will do as little damage to the grass crop as possible. Injectors are available on all land
application equipment. The material is best injected to a shallow depth (6" to 8") to assure that
the nutrients contained in the biosolid material is well utilized.
Slope does pose some limitation for the design and operation of the land application project
proposed. The slope is not, however, excessive and each of the sites investigated has potential to
receive the lime stabilized residuals or biosolids from the Town of Newton. Slope will not
preclude or eliminate the use of any of the sites proposed as receiver sites for the lime product
from Newton. Operationally, the material may require injection rather than surface application
to insure compliance with provisions contained in rule.
Neither slope nor location will limit potential of these sites to accept'a portion of the lime stable
PSRP material generated in the Newton Wastewater Reclamation Facility. Materials must,
however, be applied in a manner that allows no runoff and on the steeper sloping areas this may

require injection or incorporation. This operational limitation appears to be the only limitation
noted. Some of sites originally proposed, however, do appear to be in an early stage of
residential development (sites 5 and 6) and these sites were not included as a part of this
examination. Those sites that had obvious signs of development or were impacted by
development proposed were deliberately not included in this investigation.
Slope, location, and landscape position are all well suited for land application programs. Neither
of these factors will limit potential of the areas examined to receive biosolids. Compliance with
permit conditions associated with slopes and buffers must be assured in this or any land
application program..
Soils:
The soil resources on each of the designated receiver sites appear well suited for the land
application/beneficial reuse program proposed. These deep, well drained, fertile Piedmont soils
are very well suited for agricultural or silvicultural production and are consequently well suited
for the land application effort proposed as a continuation of the ongoing land application efforts
of the City of Newton. The City has been involved in a long standing land application effort and
the opportunity to examine the effects of the lime stabilized biosolids on old and new sites offers
an excellent research opportunity. The expanded land application effort is forwarded as a
controlled demonstration project. The opportunity to examine the effects of lime stable product
application on soil pH and nutrient status offers an excellent chance to broaden our knowledge
of the long and short term impacts of land application efforts on soil and crop quality. Soil, site,
and crop resources are all very similar as this report will show and these conditions provide
conditions ideal for this controlled demonstration or experimental program.
Hand auger borings were advanced at locations on each of the proposed waste receiver sites to
characterize the soil materials on each site. Hand auger borings were advanced at locations
thought to represent the various soil resources on the site. The approximate location for each
boring on each of the proposed receiver sites is provided on the map attached. In general, the
soil resources reported in the Soil Survey of Catawba County represent the actual soils
encountered on each of the proposed receiver sites. Descriptions for the principal soil resources
represented on each of the proposed sites are included in the attachment to this report.
Soil materials encountered on each of the sites are generally of deep and well drained. The
loamy to sandy clay loam dark gray to gray brown or red brown topsoil ranges in depth from 4
to 8 inches. Underlying this topsoil is a red to deep red clay to sandy clay subsoil that extends
to between 40 and 54 inches in depth. Saprolitic material intrudes into the profile below the
clayey subsoil and the saprolite extends to a depth of over 72 inches. An extensive plant root
system has developed on each of the sites because of the lush, well developed pasture grasses
that have proliferated on each of these sites.
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The soil resources encountered on each of the sites proposed for inclusion in this expanded land
application program are well 'suited for this purpose. Representative one inch diameter core
samples of the soil materials from each site were collected simultaneously with the auger borings
for chemical or fertility analysis. The soil tests were as accomplished by the North Carolina
Department of Agriculture, Agronomic Services Laboratory. The soil fertility indicators are
typical of Piedmont Soils and generally, the soils of the Piedmont are well suited for a wide
variety of agricultural activities including the land application of biosolids. The results of the
soil fertility testing are summarized in table 2, Soil Fertility Test Results and Recommended
Nutrient and Lime Additions, Proposed Biosolids Receiver Sites for the City of Newton.
The Catawba County Soil Survey lists the predominant soils in the area where these sites are
located as:
1. Hiwassee loam and clay loam
2. Cecil sandy loam and clay loam
The soil materials represented in both the Cecil series and the Hiwassee series are well suited for
inclusion in a land treatment program. The most significant of the soil based limitations are
associated with the Congaree series or Congaree complex represented only on sites 8 and 10.
The low-lying portions of these sites should not be included in this experimental or
demonstration land application program. There is ample land represented on the sites well
suited for this effort and there is no need to examine impacts associated with land application on
flood -plain soils that are apparently flooded as frequently as those on sites 8 and 10 appear.
The soil resources on the sites proposed for inclusion in this expanded program appear well
suited for the land application program proposed. Both soil physical properties and chemical
properties appear well suited for the land application of waste. The soil fertility indicators
suggest that the addition of lime will be essential for optimum soil fertility. The lime stabilized
biosolid material will provide essential lime to optimize agricultural activities on each of the
sites. Each of the sites examined for potential inclusion in this program consists of pasture land
with well established grassy vegetation. The addition of the lime stabilized biosolid material
which contains moderate levels of essential plant nutrient will improve the quality of vegetation
raised on each of the sites.
The soil resources on each of the sites recommended for inclusion in this program are well suited
as potential receiver sites for biosolid products. The soil resources are suitable for the land
application activities proposed and soil fertility levels are within ranges encountered in Piedmont
soils. Neither site nor soil properties will limit the potential of these areas to receive agronomic
applications of the lime stable biosolid materials generated in the Newton POTW. Minor soil
fertility level adjustments are required to adjust soil pH, phosphorus and potassium levels on
selected sites. The biosolid materials will supply a portion of these requirements, but
supplemental potassium may be required.
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Recommendations:
The biosolid material to be applied to the receiver sites specified in this expansion effort is
identical to the biosolid material currently permitted for land application for the City of Newton.
These lime stable biosolid materials have been land applied very successfully for several years to
produce a definite agronomic benefit on receiver sites at the Sigmon Farm and elsewhere in
Catawba County.
The lime stabilized materials are produced at the City of Newton Wastewater Reclamation
facility as a means for achieving the process to significantly reduce pathogens (PSRP) and
required vector attraction reduction methods listed in 40 CFR pt. 503 rules.
The annual soil testing accomplished as a component of the permitted land application program
indicates that the soil pH, nutrient status, and regulated metal levels are all increasing, but none
to a level of concern. Nonetheless, additional receiver sites will benefit this land application
program by providing additional sites onto which these materials can be applied. The waste
analysis indicates that this material does contain valuable nutrients. A land application program
for this or any other biosolid material must be based on a limiting constituent theory - the theory
that states that materials should be applied to receiver sites at the most limiting rate rather than
the most generous.
The waste analysis data for 1997 was examined and the highest values from any single analysis
was used to develop an artificial, worst case biosolid product. This worst case biosolid does not
exist, but for purposes of calculating application rates for this material, the worst case material
applied at agronomic rates represents the highest levels of each constituent that would be applied
to a receiver site. Table 3, Biosolids Analysis and Recommended Loading Rates, City of
Newton Biosolid Products presents the maximum allowable biosolid load based on the fescue
grass harvested at a realistic yield expectation (RYE) of 5 tons per acre per year. The site/soil
conditions encountered in the Catawba County area easily justify these harvest rates.
The biosolid materials produced in the Newton POTW contain very low levels of regulated
metals and these biosolid products may qualify as complying with the table 3 values in the 503
rule. If monitoring indicates that these materials consistently meet the table 3 values listed in the
503 rule, then the need for maintaining cumulative metal loading records may be reduced. The
table 3 values contained in the 503 rule are listed in the waste characterization and recommended
loading table below.
Based on the limiting constituent analysis summarized in table 3, below, the application of
biosolid material will be limited to 7020 gallons per acre per year and that will supply the
phosphorus required by the fescue grass on these sites. Supplemental nitrogen may be required
to optimize crop production while the potassium contained in these materials is near the
agronomic requirement and no potassium appears required. The metal that appears to limit the
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site life in this system is lead (Pb). At the agronomic load of 7020 gallons per acre per year, the
site for lead will be reached in approximately 700 years.
The calcium level in this material is moderately high. The reason for this high level of calcium
is the fact that this material is stabilized with lime prior to land application. One frequent
concern with lime stabilized materials is the potential to foster deficiencies of phosphorus,
magnesium, or manganese. The levels of phosphorus and magnesium are sufficiently high that
this should not occur. Future testing should include analysis fir manganese. Soil tests
accomplished by the NCDA do, however, include tests for manganese. Operators of this system
should closely monitor manganese levels in the soil and soil pH to insure that manganese
deficiencies do not occur. Plant tissue tests should also be considered as a diagnostic tool to
insure that plant materials contain sufficient manganese.
Table 3, Biosolids Analysis and Recommended Loading Rates, City of Newton Biosolid Product
Constituent
Concentration
Mass/1000 Gal
Agronomic
Load
Biosolid Load
mg/1
lb/1000 Gal
lb./Ac/Y.
1000 Gal/Ac/Y.
TKN
2255
na
NH3
478
na
NO3
4.3
na
PAN
1161
9.7
200
20.620
TP
1367
11.4
80
7.020
K
911
7.8
100
12.821
Ca
14929
124.5
1000
8.032
Mg
771
6.4
100
15.625
Na
605
5.1
500
98.040
As
0.05
.0004
2.0
<5x10E6
Cd
0.42
.004
1.9
<5x 1 OE6
Cu
19.12
.16
75
468.75
Hg
0.0002
.00002
0.9
<5x 10E6
Ni
28.13
.24
21
87.5
7

A
7.1
.06
15
250.0
Se
0.05
.0004
1.8
4500.0
Zn
39.5
.33
140
4242.0
CaCO3 (%)
2.9
na
na
na
Any biosolid material can be applied only when site and soil conditions permit ingress to,
operation, and egress from receiver sites.. If a loaded application vehicle creates ruts greater than
three (3) inches in depth, then a receiver site is not considered trafficable and land application
operations should cease until the receiver site is suitable for agricultural operations.
Soil and waste analysis are required components of any land application operation. In addition
to this required testing, samples of the plant tissue from these receiver sites will be collected and
examined to determine levels of essential nutrients contained in plant tissue and removed from
the receiver sites through harvest activities. This testing is also necessary to insure that no
deficiencies in manganese, magnesium, or phosphorus occur. This experimental component of
the proposed land application operation will increase our knowledge and understanding of land
application operations involving high, yet agronomic levels of calcium.
A time series study design will be used as the basis for the design of the research study. Soil and
plant tissue samples will be collected and analyzed from each of the designated receiver sites
prior to the application of the lime stabilized biosolid product. Similarly, samples of the soil and
vegetation will be collected 3, 6, and 12 months after application of biosolid materials to test the
levels of the following constituents in plant tissue and soil:
Plant tissue: TN, P, K, Ca, Mg, Mn, Na, Zn, Cu, and dry matter
Soil: pH and acidity, CEC, P, K, Ca, Mg, Mn, Na, Zn, Cu, and organic matter
Accurate records will be maintained concerning the application rates and the crop yields.
Through this mechanism, removal efficiencies can be calculated and the land application
operations with these high lime (Calcium) biosolid products can be improved. The ability to
better manage these and biosolid products from a variety of operations is a concern for operators
statewide. The research based information which will be obtained through this project will
enable operators to better manage similar operations throughout the southeast.
The biosolid material proposed for application onto these sites is well suited for this activity.
The lime value of the material is the constituent of greatest concern. The material should be
applied at a conservative rate to assure that the receiver site soils are not over limed. The lime
equivalence of this material is low when the lime equivalence is calculated on a wet basis.
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When the lime equivalence of the material is determined on a dry basis, then that value is much
higher than the liquid basis. The lime equivalence of material is determined as over 50% and
this is moderately high for a waste material. The land limiting constituent in this material is
phosphorus. The approximately 7000 gallons of material will weigh approximately 60,000
pounds or approximately 30 tons. The dry weight of this material is approximately 1800 pounds
and this will contain a lime equivalence of approximately 0.5 tons.
The recurring application of a lime material with a lime equivalence of 50 % may result in an
over -application of lime. If soil pH becomes excessive, then some impacts may be observed in
plant material. The primary purpose of the plant tissue testing is to assure that the nutrient
balance in plant material is maintained properly.
Conclusion: Neither site, nor soil, nor waste quality will limit the potential to manage these
materials in productive agricultural operations. The potential for managing these materials on
these expanded sites is excellent. The materials proposed for application onto these sites are
well suited for the land application activities proposed. Both the lime and the phosphorus value
of this material must be considered when developing programs to manage these materials on
land.
These materials are valuable amendments for agricultural activities. Many of the soils in the
Piedmont of North Carolina are naturally acidic and the addition of this lime rich biosolid
material will improve soil fertility dramatically. The City of Newton should continue with the
land application operation ongoing. This is a well managed land application program and
expansion onto these additional sites will improve the ability of the city to manage biosolids and
comply with increasingly stringent water quality limits which will be imposed on wastewater
discharges statewide.
Respectfully Su miffed.
1
G
A. R. Rubin
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PROPOSED CITY OF NEWTON
BIOSOLIDS RECEIVER SITES
Soil Boring Logs
Site 1: Flood Plain
No Borings Accomplished - Site deemed unacceptable because of landscape position in flood
plain.
Site 2: Boring 1
0-4" red brown loam to clay loam; granular structure; many
fine and medium roots
4-6" light red brown clay loam; granular structure; many fine
roots
6=38' red to red brown clay; weak, fine subangular blocky
structure; firm
38-44" red clay loam to sandy clay loam; weak, fine, subangular
blocky structure; few saprolitic fragments
44-48" red sandy loam saprolite
48" Boring terminated with no evidence of seasonal
saturation.
Site 2 Boring 2:
0-5" red brown loam to clay loam; granular structure; many
fine and medium roots
5-81 light red brown clay loam; granular structure; many fine
roots
8-40" red to red brown clay; weak, fine subangular blocky
structure; firm
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Site 2
Site 3
40-48" red sandy loam saprolite
48"
boring terminated with no evidence of seasonal saturation
Boring 3
0-4"
gray brown to dark brown sandy loam; granular structure;
many fine and medium roots
4-6"
red brown sandy loam; medium granular structure; many
fine roots and few quartz pebbles
6-30"
red clay; medium subangular blocky structure; firm;
slightly sticky and slightly plastic; few roots; few quartz
pebbles
30-42"
red clay; weak, medium, subangular blocky structure; very
firm and very plastic; many fine mica flakes
42-50"
red clay loam; with common saprolitic fragments
50"
boring terminated with no evidence of seasonal saturation
Boring 1
0-8"
red brown loam to clay loam; granular structure; many
fine and medium roots
8-36"
red to red brown clay; weak, fine subangular blocky
structure; firm
36-48"
red clay; weak, medium, subangular blocky structure; very
firm and very plastic; many fine mica flakes
48"
boring terminated with no evidence of seasonal saturation
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Site 3
Site 3
Site 4
Boring 2:
0-8" red brown loam to clay loam; granular structure; many
fine and medium roots
8-42" red to red brown clay; weak, fine subangular blocky
structure; firm
42-54" red clay loam; with common saprolitic fragments
54" boring terminated with no evidence of seasonal water
table
Boring 4
0-8" red brown to brown loam to sandy loam; granular
structure; many fine and medium roots; few quartz
fragments
8-40" red clay; weak, fine, subangular blocky structure; firm;
slightly sticky and slightly plastic; few fine roots
40-46" red clay loam to sandy clay; weak, fine, subangular blocky
structure; firm; slightly sticky and slightly plastic; few
medium roots; increasing mica fragments or flakes and
quartz fragments with depth
46-54" red clay loam; with common saprolitic fragments
54" boring terminated with no evidence of seasonal saturation
Boring 1
0-5" red brown clay loam to loam; granular structure; many
fine and medium roots
5-36" bright red clay to sandy clay; weak, fine, subangular
blocky structure; few medium roots; few quartz fragments
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36-42" red brown to red clay with few yellow mottles; weak, fine,
subangular blocky structure; firm, sticky and plastic; few
quartz and mica fragments; few saprolite fragments with
increasing depth
42" boring terminated with no evidence of seasonal saturation
Site 4: Boring 2
0-81fred brown clay loam to loam; granular structure; many
fine and medium roots
8-36" bright red clay to sandy clay; weak, fine, subangular
blocky structure; few medium roots; few quartz fragments
36-42" red brown to red clay with few yellow mottles; weak, fine,
subangular blocky structure; firm, sticky and plastic; few
quartz and mica fragments
42" boring terminated with no evidence of seasonal saturation
Site 5 No borings advanced because of proximity to proposed development
on Site 6 and because property manager chose not to utilize pastures
and pens for biosolids application.
Site 6 No borings advanced because of potential property development.
Site 7 Boring 1
0-4" red brown loam to clay loam; granular structure; many
fine and medium roots
4-6" light red brown clay loam; granular structure; many fine
roots
6-38" red to red brown clay; weak, fine subangular blocky
structure; firm
13

38-44" red clay loam to sandy clay loam; weak, fine, subangular
blocky structure; few saprolitic fragments
44-48" red sandy loam saprolite
48" Boring terminated with no evidence of seasonal
saturation.
Site 7 Boring 2
0-5" red brown loam to clay loam; many fine and medium roots
5-8" light red brown clay loam; granular structure; many fine
roots
8-40" red to red brown clay; weak, fine subangular blocky
structure; firm
40-48" red sandy loam saprolite
48" boring terminated with no evidence of seasonal saturation
Site 7 Boring 3
0-8" gray to gray brown sandy loam; granular structure; many
fine and medium roots
8-42" red clay; weak, fine, subangular blocky structure; few mica
flakes encountered with increasing depth; firm, sticky and
plastic
42-48" . red clay loam with prominent yellow mottles; weak, fine,
subangular blocky structure; increasing quartz and mica
fragments with depth
48-54" red loamy saprolite
54" boring terminated with no evidence of seasonal saturation
14

Site 7
Site 7
Site 8
Boring 3
0-5" gray to gray brown sandy loam; granular structure; many
fine and medium roots
5-42" red clay; weak, fine, subangular blocky structure; few mica
flakes encountered with increasing depth; firm, sticky and
plastic
42-48" red clay loam with prominent yellow mottles; weak, fine,
subangular blocky structure; increasing quartz and mica
fragments with depth
48-54" red loamy saprolite
54" boring terminated with no evidence of seasonal saturation
Boring 4
0-10" gray to gray brown sandy loam; granular structure; many
fine and medium. roots
10-42" red clay; weak, fine, subangular blocky structure; few mica
flakes encountered with increasing depth; firm, sticky and
plastic
42-48" red clay loam with prominent yellow mottles; weak, fine,
subangular blocky structure; 'increasing quartz and mica
fragments with depth
48-54" red loamy saprolite
54" boring terminated with no evidence of seasonal saturation
Boring 1
0-8flgray loam; granular structure; many fine and medium
roots
15

Site 9
Site 9
8-48" red clay; weak, fine, subangular blocky structure; few
yellow mottles encountered with increasing depth; weak,
fine, subangular blocky structure
48-54" red clay loam; prominent yellow mottles; weak, fine,
subangular blocky structure; friable; few fine mica flakes
with increasing depth
54" . boring terminated with no evidence of seasonal saturation
Boring 1
0-8" gray loam; granular structure; many fine and medium
roots
8-48" red clay; few yellow mottles encountered with increasing
depth; weak, fine, subangular blocky structure; firm
48-54" red clay loam; prominent yellow mottles; weak, fine,
subangular blocky structure; friable; few fine mica flakes
with increasing depth
54" boring terminated with no evidence of seasonal saturation
Boring 2
0-5" red brown loam to clay loam; granular structure; many
fine and medium roots
5-8" light red brown clay loam; granular structure; many fine
roots
8-40" red to red brown clay; weak, fine subangular blocky
structure; firm
40-48" red sandy loam saprolite
48" boring terminated with no evidence of seasonal saturation
16

1 0
Site 10 No borings advanced of proximity to flood plain
Site 11 Boring 1
0-8" red brown loam to clay loam; granular structure; many
fine and medium roots
8-42" red to red brown clay; weak, fine subangular blocky
structure; firm
42-54" red clay loam; with common saprolitic fragments
54" boring terminated with no evidence of seasonal saturation
Site 11 Boring 2
0-8" gray loam; granular structure; many fine and medium
roots
8-48" red clay; weak, fine, subangular blocky structure; few
yellow mottles encountered with increasing depth; weak,
fine, subangular blocky structure
48-54" red clay loam; prominent yellow mottles; weak, fine,
subangular blocky structure; friable; few fine mica flakes
with increasing depth
54" boring terminated with no evidence of seasonal saturation
Site 11 Boring 3
0-811gray loam; granular structure; many fine and medium
.roots
8-48" red clay; weak, fine, subangular blocky structure; few
yellow mottles encountered with increasing depth; weak,
fine, subangular blocky structure
17

a I
Site 12
Site 12
48-54" red clay loam; prominent yellow mottles; weak, fine,
subangular blocky structure; friable; few fine mica flakes
with increasing depth
54" boring terminated with no evidence of seasonal saturation
Boring 1
0-4" dark gray brown sandy loam; weak, medium, granular
structure; many fine and medium roots; few quartz
pebbles
4-6" gray brown sandy loam; weak, medium, granular
structure; friable; many fine and medium roots; few quartz
pebbles
6-12" pale yellow red sandy clay loam; weak, fine, subangular
blocky structure; friable; few small and medium roots
12-40" red clay; subangular blocky structure; firm; sticky and
plastic; few fine roots and few mica flakes
40-48" red clay to clay loam with few brown and yellow mottles;
few mica flakes encountered with increasing depth
48-54" red sandy loam saprolite
54" boring terminated _with no evidence of seasonal saturation
Boring 2
0-311 dark gray brown sandy loam; weak, medium, granular
structure; many fine and medium roots; few quartz
pebbles
3-6" gray brown sandy loam; weak, medium, granular
structure; friable; many fine and medium roots; few quartz
pebbles
18

7 11
Site 12
Site 12
6-12" red clay loam; subangular blocky structure; firm; sticky and
plastic; few fine roots and few mica flakes
12-40" red clay; subangular blocky structure; firm; sticky and
plastic; few fine roots and few mica flakes
40-48" red clay to clay loam with few brown and yellow mottles;
few mica flakes encountered with increasing depth
48-54" red sandy loam saprolite
54" boring terminated with no evidence of seasonal saturation
Boring 3
0-4" dark gray brown sandy loam; weak, medium, granular
structure; many fine and medium roots; few quartz
pebbles
4-48" red clay to clay loam with few brown and yellow mottles;
weak, fine, subangular blocky structure; few mica flakes
encountered with increasing depth
48-54" red sandy loam saprolite
54" boring terminated with no evidence of seasonal saturation
Boring 4
0-6" dark gray brown sandy loam; weak, medium, granular
structure; many fine and medium roots; few quartz
pebbles
6-48" red clay to clay loam with few brown and yellow mottles;
weak, fine, subangular blocky structure; few mica flakes
19

encountered with increasing depth
48-54" red sandy loam saprolite
54" boring terminated with no evidence of seasonal saturation
Site 12 Boring 5
0-6" brown to red brown loam to clay loam; weak, medium
granular structure; very friable; many fine and medium
roots
6-30" deep red clay; fine and medium subangular blocky
structure; firm; sticky and plastic
30-48" deep red to red clay loam; weak, medium, subangular
blocky structure; firm; sticky and plastic
48-56" red clay loam with few yellow mottles; weak, fine,
subangular blocky structure; common mica flakes with
increasing depth
56" boring terminated with no evidence of seasonal saturation
Site 12 Boring 6
0-6" brown to red brown loam to clay loam; weak, medium
granular structure; very friable; many fine and medium
roots
6-48" deep red to red clay loam; weak, medium, subangular
blocky structure; firm; sticky and plastic
48" boring terminated with no evidence of seasonal saturation
Site 13 Boring 1
20

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Site 13
0-4" dark gray brown sandy loam; weak, medium, granular
structure; many fine and medium roots; few quartz
pebbles
4-6" gray brown sandy loam; weak, medium, granular
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pebbles
6-12" pale yellow red sandy clay loam; weak, fine, subangular
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12-40" red clay; subangular blocky structure; firm; sticky and
plastic; few fine roots and few mica flakes
40-48" red clay to clay loam with few brown and yellow mottles;
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M
Boring 2
red sandy loam saprolite
boring terminated with no evidence of seasonal saturation
0-3" dark gray brown sandy loam; weak, medium, granular
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pebbles
3-6" gray brown sandy loam; weak, medium, granular
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red clay; subangular blocky structure; firm; sticky and
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Division of Water Quality
August 13, 1999
Internal Memorandum
To: J. R. Joshi
From: D. Rex Gleason
Prepared by: Ellen Huffman
Subject: Permit Application # WQ0003902
City of Newton — Land Application
This office received the subject application on August 30, 1999.
The application is for an addendum to an existing permit. The map attached for site 9-14
is not properly marked indicating buffers, wells, field acreage, etc. The attached soil -
boring log does not include site 9-14. Site 9-14 is where the City of Newton land applied
wastewater residuals on a non -permitted field (see attached enforcement report dated Feb.
18, 1999). Mike Parker inspected this site on Nov. 4, 1998 and found the topography
suitable for land application.
This office recommends that the incomplete application be returned, or that the applicant
be advised to submit a properly completed application package.
If you have any questions, please advise.

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Subject: [Fwd: [Fwd: non -discharge permit review, late comments -]]
Date: Thu, 07 Oct 1999 16:55:45 -0400
From: Barbara Christian <[e-mail]>
Organization: NC DENR - Mooresville Regional Office
To: "Susie. Caldwell" <[e-mail]>
Hi Susie,
Why do I think this is incorrect? Again??
be
Subject: [Fwd: non -discharge permit review, late comments -]
Date: Thu, 07 Oct 1999 16:32:34 -0400
From: Brian Wootton <[e-mail]>
To: BARBARA CHRISTIAN <[e-mail]>,
Sherri Knight <[e-mail]>,
ART BARNHARDT <[e-mail]>,
WILLIE HARDISON <[e-mail]>,
CHARLES STEHMAN <[e-mail]>
CC: DAVID GOODRICH <[e-mail]>,
DEREK LEWIS <[e-mail]>,
SALAM MURTADA <[e-mail]>
> > TO: Barbara Christian, Sherri Knight, Art Barnhardt,
Willie Hardison, Charles Stehman
> > FROM: Brian Wootton
> > SUBJECT: Permit Applications Awaiting Review Comments by the
> > > > Regional Groundwater Supervisor
> > Please see that the review of these application packages and
submittal
> > of comments to us is completed as soon as possible.
> > If there are any discrepancies, or if you have any questions,
please
> > direct your calls to the designated Central Office staff
reviewer.
> >
*David
Goodrich:
919-715-6162
> >
*Brian
Wootton:
919-715-6164
> >
*Derek
Lewis
919-715-6168
> >
*Salam
Murtada
919-715-6180
> *Attachment
----------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------
> > Date: 10107199 REGIONAL OFFICE: MOORESVILLE - COMMENTS LATE
> Page: 1
> GW NO. PERMIT NO. PROJECT NAME
> 99156 WQ0003902 NEWTON, CITY OF 5
> PROJECT DESCRIPTION
1 of 6 10/14/99 9:55 AM

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>
SLUDGE LAND
APPLICATION
>
Date RO
Notified: 9103199
GW CO Contact: WOOTTON
>
Date RO
Comments Due: 9124199
GW RO Contact:
>
Date RO
Comments Received:
Completion Code:
>
County
(Facility: CATAW
Regional Office: 3
> Date: 10107199 REGIONAL OFFICE: WINSTON-SALEM - COMMENTS
LATE
> Page: 1
> GW NO. PERMIT NO. PROJECT NAME
>
99131
WQ0000461
ABTCO
5
>
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
>
SLUDGE LAND
APPLICATION
>
Date RO
Notified:
8109199
GW CO Contact:
GOODRICH
>
Date RO
Comments Due:
8130199
GW RO Contact:
>
Date RO
Comments Received:
Completion Code:
>
County
(Facility: WILKE
Regional Office: 4
>
99160
WQ0000461 ABTCO
5
>
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
>
SLUDGE LAND
APPLICATION
>
Date RO
Notified:
9103199
GW CO Contact:
GOODRICH
>
Date RO
Comments Due:
9124199
GW RO Contact:
>
Date RO
Comments Received:
Completion Code:
>
County
(Facility: WILKE
Regional Office: 4
----------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Date: 10/07/99 REGIONAL OFFICE: FAYETTEVILLE - COMMENTS LATE
Page: 1
GW NO. PERMIT NO. PROJECT NAME
------------------ -----------------------------------
------------------ -----------------------------------
99162 WQ0013729 PORTER'S SANITATION 5
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
SLUDGE LAND APPLICATION
Date RO Notified: 9/03/99 GW CO Contact: GOODRICH
Date RO Comments Due: 9/24/99 GW RO Contact:
Date RO Comments Received: Completion Code:
County (Facility: ROBES Regional Office: 6
----------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------
2 of 6 10/14/99 9:55 AM

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> Date: 10107199 REGIONAL OFFICE: WASHINGTON - COMMENTS LATE
> Page:
1
ems"'
> GW NO.
PERMIT NO.
PROJECT NAME
> 99138
DEH 99-13 MT.
VERNON ESTATES 1
>
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
>
SUBSURFACE LPP SYSTEM
> Date RO
Notified:
8112199 GW CO Contact: LEWIS
> Date RO
Comments Due:
8126199 GW RO Contact:
> Date RO
Comments Received:
Completion Code:
> County
(Facility: LENOI
Regional Office: 7
> 99154
DEH 99-30 HOLY REDEEMER CATHOLIC CHURCH 1
>
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
>
LPP
SYSTEM
> Date RO
Notified:
8130199 GW CO Contact: MURTADA
> Date RO
Comments Due:
9120199 GW RO Contact.
> Date RO
Comments Received:
Completion Code:
> County
(Facility: DARE
Regional Office: 7
> 99158
WQ0002520 BATH,
TOWN OF 2
> PROJECT DESCRIPTION
> SPRAY IRRIGATION SYSTEM
> Date RO Notified: 9103199 GW CO Contact: WOOTTON
> Date RO Comments Due: 9124199 GW RO Contact:
> Date RO Comments Received: Completion Code:
> County (Facility: BEA OF Regional Office: 7
> > Date: 10107199 REGIONAL OFFICE: WILMINGTON - COMMENTS
LATE f
> Page: 1
> GW NO. PERMIT NO. PROJECT NAME
> 99159 WQ0000165 SANDS VILLAS UTILITIES 6
> PROJECT DESCRIPTION
> ROTARY DISTRIBUTOR
> Date RO Notified: 9103199 GW CO Contact: MURTADA
> Date RO Comments Due: 9124199 GW RO Contact:
> Date RO Comments Received: Completion Code:
> County (Facility: CARTE Regional Office: 8
3 of 6 10/14/99 9:55 AM

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Subject: Re: non -discharge permit review, late comments -
Date: Thu, 07 Oct 1999 16:17:16 -0400
From: Brian Wootton <[e-mail]>
To: [e-mail]
> > TO: Barbara, Christian, Sherri Knight, Art-
* Barnhardt, Willie Hardison, Charles Stehman
FROM: Brian Wootton
SUBJECT: Permit Applications Awaiting Review Comments by the
Regional Groundwater Supervisor
Please see that the review of these application packages and submittal
of comments to us is completed as soon as possible.
If there are any discrepancies, or if you have any questions, please
direct your calls to the designated Central Office staff reviewer.
*David Goodrich
*Brian Wootton:
*Derek Lewis
*Salam Murtada
> *Attachment
919-715-6162
919-715-6164
919-715-6168
919-715-6180
> >Date:
10107199 REGIONAL OFFICE: MOORESVILLE - COMMENTS LATE
>
Page:
1
>
GW NO.
PERMIT NO. PROJECT NAME ^,
>
99156
WQ0003902 NEWTON, CITY OF 5
>
DESCRIPTION
------_PROJECT
>
SLUDGE LAND APPLICATION
>
Date RO
Notified: 9103199 GW CO Contact: WOOTTON
>
Date RO
Comments Due: 9124199 GW RO Contact:
>
Date RO
Comments Received: Completion Code:
>
County
(Facility: CATAW Regional Office: 3
>
Date: 10107199 REGIONAL OFFICE: WINSTON-SALEM - COMMENTS LATE
>
Page:
1
>
GW NO.
PERMIT NO. PROJECT NAME
> 99131 WQ0000461 ABTCO 5
> PROJECT DESCRIPTION
4 of 6 10/14/99 9:55 AM

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>
SLUDGE LAND
APPLICATION
>
Date RO Notified:
8109199
GW CO Contact:
GOODRICH
>
Date RO Comments
Due: 8130199
GW RO Contact:
>
Date RO Comments
Received:
Completion Code:
>
County (Facility:
WILKE
Regional Office:
4
>
99160 WQ0000461
ABTCO
5
>
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
------------------------
>
SLUDGE LAND
APPLICATION
>
Date RO Notified:
9103199
GW CO Contact:
GOODRICH
>
Date RO Comments
Due: 9124199
GW RO Contact:
>
Date RO Comments
Received:
Completion Code:
>
County (Facility:
WILKE
Regional Office:
4
Date:
10/07/99 REGIONAL OFFICE:
FAYETTEVILLE
- COMMENTS LATE
Page: 1
GW NO. PERMIT NO.
------------------
PROJECT NAME
-----------------------------------
------------------
99162 WQ0013729
-----------------------------------
PORTER'S SANITATION
5
PROJECT
-----------------------------------
DESCRIPTION
-----------------------------------
SLUDGE LAND APPLICATION
Date RO Notified:
9/03/99
GW CO Contact: GOODRICH
Date RO Comments Due: 9/24/99
GW RO Contact:
Date RO Comments Received:
Completion Code:
County (Facility: ROBES
Regional Office:
6
Date: 10107199 REGIONAL OFFICE: WASHINGTON - COMMENTS LATE
Page: 1
GW NO. PERMIT NO. PROJECT NAME
99138 DEH 99-13 MT. VERNON ESTATES 1
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
SUBSURFACE LPP SYSTEM
Date RO Notified: 8112199 GW CO Contact: LEWIS
Date RO Comments Due: 8126199 GW RO Contact:
Date RO Comments Received: Completion Code:
County (Facility: LENOI Regional Office: 7
99154 DEH 99-30 HOLY REDEEMER CATHOLIC CHURCH 1
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
LPP SYSTEM
Date RO Notified: 8130199 GW CO Contact: MURTADA
Date RO Comments Due: 9120199 GW RO Contact:
Date RO Comments Received: Completion Code:
5 of 6 10/14/99 9:55 AM

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> County (Facility: DARE Regional Office: 7
> 99158 WQ0002520 BATH, TOWN OF 2
> PROJECT DESCRIPTION
> SPRAY IRRIGATION SYSTEM
> Date RO Notified: 9103199 GW CO Contact: WOOTTON
> Date RO Comments Due: 9124199 GW RO Contact:
> Date RO Comments Received: Completion Code:
> County (Facility: BEAUF Regional Office: 7
> >
Date:
10107199
REGIONAL OFFICE: WILMINGTON - COMMENTS LATE
>
Page:
1
>
GW NO.
PERMIT NO.
PROJECT NAME
>
99159 WQ0000165
SANDS VILLAS UTILITIES 6
>
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
>
ROTARY DISTRIBUTOR
>
Date RO
Notified:
9103199 GW CO Contact: MURTADA
>
Date RO
Comments Due: 9124199 GW RO Contact:
>
Date RO
Comments Received: Completion Code:
>
County
(Facility:
CARTE Regional Office: 8
6 of 6 10/14/99 9:55 AM

E-Mail of 07 Oct -non -discharge permit review
Subject: E-Mail of 07 Oct -non -discharge permit review
Date: Thu, 14 Oct 1999 13:59:05 -0400
From: Susie Caldwell <[e-mail]>
Organization: NC DENR - Mooresville Regional Office
To: [e-mail]
Hi Brian -
This is in response to the e-mail sent on Oct. 7. I just got it today
(been out of the office) and wanted to remind you that I had called you
when you were out of the office until Sept. 20. So I called again on
9/21/99 and spoke with you about the City of Newton sludge application.
Ellen Huffman, the MRO Water Quality reviewer, returned the permit to
J.R. Joshi, requesting an adequate map and missing soil boring logs. I
asked you if I should send the application back to you or hold it here
until the corrected papers came in the make the application complete.
You told me to hold it here at the MRO.
Does the clock not stop when the application is returned for more
information? I assumed there would be a new Comments Due date for me.
Susie Caldwell - [e-mail]
North Carolina Dept. of Environment & Natural Resources
Div. of Water Quality - Ground Water Section
919 N. Main St.
Mooresville, NC 28115
Ph: [phone] Fax: [phone]
Susie Caldwell <[e-mail]>
NC DENR - Mooresville
Div. of Water Quality - Ground Water Section
1 of 1 10/14/99 2:00 PM

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I11ISENGINEERS AUG 9999
August 10, 1999 IIIVISI311 �� ['�,E�� t �. s� 9 ��"` � i13T
North Carolina Division of Water Quality
Permits and Engineering Unit
512 N. Salisbury Street
Raleigh, North Carolina 27604
n Subiect: City of Newton
Application for Permit Modification
Land Application and Residuals Solids
Gentlemen:
949.032 (34)
On behalf of the City of Newton, we request that a modification be issued for the City of
Newton's Land Application Permit (Permit No. WQ0003902). The attached application
and supporting documentation include a request for the addition of approximately 74
acres of land application area. This property is owned by Mr. Art Viles and is contiguous
with other properties he owns which are already in the City's land application program. In
October, 1998, the City's land application contractor inadvertently applied residual solids
to a portion of this property. This activity was reported to the State in accordance with the
Permit at which time the City indicated they would seek addition of the property to the
land application program.
Surrounding properties owned by Mr. Viles were added to the City's Permit in June 1998.
A significant site investigation was undertaken prior to that application. In addition to the
City's previous efforts they have commissioned a site evaluation by Dr. A.R. Rubin who
has determined both that the site is suitable for land application and that activities already
undertaken in no way damaged the property.
The City of Newton immediately discontinued land application upon discovery of their
error. The City would like to continue application on this field during the fall of 1999 and
therefore requests your prompt attention to this modification request. Should you have
any questions, or need any additional information, please let me know.
Yours very truly,
WILLIS ENGINEERS
Charles A. Willis, Jr., P.E.
Attachments
cc w/Attachments: Mr. Jay C. Stowe, P.E.
Mr. Danny Sigmon
Dr. A. R. Rub'
Mr. D. Rex Gleason, P.
1112 Harding Place
Charlotte, North Carolina 28204
704/377-9844 • FAX [phone]

State of North Carolina
Department of Environment
and Natural Resources
Division of Water Quality
James B. Hunt, Jr., Governor
Wayne McDevitt, Secretary
A. Preston Howard, Jr., P.E., Director
Mr. Jay C. Stowe, P.E. Director
City of Newton Public Works and Utilities
P.O. Box 550 -
Newton, NC 28658
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Subject: Permit No. WQ0003902
City of Newton
Land Application of Wastewater Residuals
Catawba County
In accordance with your application received on February 18, 1998, we are forwarding herewith Permit
No.WQ0003902, dated June 24, 1998, to the City of Newton for the operation of a wastewater residuals land
application program.
This permit shall be effective from the date of issuance until December 31, 2000, shall void Permit No.
WQ0003902 issued January 9, 1996, and shall be subject to the conditions and limitations as specified therein.
Please pay particular attention to the monitoring and reporting requirements contained in this permit. Failure tc
establish an adequate system for collecting and maintaining the required operational information will result in
future compliance problems.
If any parts, requirements, or limitations contained in this permit are unacceptable, you have the right to
request an adjudicatory hearing upon written request within thirty (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, P.O. Drawer 27447, Raleigh, NC 27611-7447. Unless such
demands are made this permit shall be final and binding.
If you need additional information concerning this matter, please ntact Mr. Randy Kepler at (919) 733-
5083 extension 544.
Sincerel ,
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. Preston Howard, Jr., P.E.
cc: Catawba County Health Department
Lincoln County Health Department
Mooresville Regional=Office; Waier- Quality -Section
Mooresville Regional Office, Groundwater Section
Bob Cheek, Groundwater Section, Central Office
Technical Assistance and Certification Unit
Non -Discharge Compliance/Enforcement Unit
PO Box 29535, Raleigh, North Carolina 27626-0535 - Telephone [phone] Fax [phone]
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NORTH CAROLINA
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT COMMISSION
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES
RALEIGH
RESIDUALS LAND APPLICATION PERMIT
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 Newton
Catawba County
FOR THE
operation of a wastewater residuals land application program consisting of the application of 3,438 dry tons per
year of residuals from sources listed in Condition II 5, to approximately 820.1 acres of land in Catawba and Lincoln
County with no discharge of wastes to the surface waters, pursuant to the application received on February 18, 1998
and in conformity with the project plan, specifications, and other supporting data subsequently filed and approved
by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources and considered a part of this permit.
This permit shall be effective from the date of issuance until December 31, 2000, shall void Permit No.
WQ0003902 issued January 9, 1996, and shall be subject to the following specified conditions and limitations:
I. PERFORMANCE STANDARDS
The Mooresville Regional Office, telephone number 704-663-1699, and the appropriate local
governmental official (county manager/city manager) shall be notified at least twenty-four (24) hours
prior to the initial application of the residuals to a site so that an inspection can be made of the
application sites and application method. Such notification to the regional supervisor shall be made
during the normal office hours from 8:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. on Monday through Friday, excluding
State Holidays. In addition, the Catawba or Lincoln County Manager's office must be notified prior to
the initial application so that they will be aware that the operation has commenced.
2. This permit shall become voidable if the soils fail to adequately assimilate the wastes and may be
rescinded unless the sites are maintained and operated in a manner which will protect the assigned
water quality standards of the surface waters and ground waters.
3. The land application program shall be effectively maintained and operated as a non -discharge system to
prevent the discharge of any wastes resulting from the operation of this program.
4. The issuance of this permit shall not relieve the Permittee of the responsibility for damages to surface
or groundwaters resulting from the operation of this program.

5. In the event that the land application program is not operated satisfactorily, including the creation of
nuisance conditions, the Permittee shall cease applying residuals to the sites and take any immediate
corrective actions as may be required by the Division of Water Quality (Division).
6. Some of the buffers specified below may not have been included in previous permits for this land
application operation. However, any sites or fields that are included in this permit, but were approved
with different applicable buffers shall be reflagged to comply with the below buffers. The following
buffer zones shall be maintained:
a) 400 feet from residences or places of public assembly under separate ownership for surface
application method; however, the buffer zone requirement may be reduced to a minimum of 100
feet upon written consent of the owner and approval from the appropriate regional office,
b) 200 feet from residences or places of public assembly under separate ownership for subsurface
residual injection method; however, the buffer zone requirement may be reduced to a minimum of
100 feet upon written consent of the owner and the appropriate regional office,
c) 100 feet from any public or private water supply source, waters classified as SA or SB, and any
Class I or Class II impounded reservoir used as a source of drinking water for both methods,
d) 100 feet from any streams classified as WS or B, any other stream, canal, marsh or coastal waters
and any other lake or impoundment for surface application,
e) 50 feet from any streams classified as WS or B, any other stream, canal, marsh or coastal waters
and any other lake or impoundment for subsurface application,
f) 50 feet from property lines for both surface and subsurface application methods;
g) 50 feet from public right of ways for both application methods,
h) 10 feet from upslope interceptor drains and surface water diversions for both application methods,
i) 25 feet from downslope interceptor drains, surface water diversions, groundwater drainage systems
and surface drainage ditches for both application methods.
7. A copy of this permit shall be maintained at the land application site when residuals are being applied
during the life of this permit. A spill prevention and control plan shall be maintained in all residuals
transport and application vehicles.
Specific residual application area boundaries shall be clearly marked on each site prior to and during
application.
9. No residuals at any time shall be stored at any application site, unless approval has been requested and
obtained from the Division.
10. Maximum slope for residual application shall be 10% for surface application and 18% for subsurface
applications.
11. When wastewater residuals are applied, the Class A pathogen requirements and site restrictions in 40
CFR Part 503.32(a) or the Class B pathogen requirements and site restrictions in 40 CFR Part
503.32(b), and one of vector attraction reduction requirements in 40 CFR Part 503.33 shall be met.
Additionally, an evaluation must be performed which demonstrates the residuals ability to comply with
this requirement. Upon request, a copy of this evaluation must be submitted including all test results
and calculations.
II. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE REQUIREMENTS
1. The facilities and application sites shall be properly maintained and operated at all times.

2. A suitable vegetative cover, as listed in condition II 4, shall be maintained in accordance with the crop
management plan outlined by the local Extension Office, the Department of Agriculture, the Natural
Resource Conservation Service, or other agronomist, and approved by this Division.
1 An acceptable pH must be maintained in the soil, residual and lime mixture, greater than 6.0, on all
land application sites to insure optimum yield for the crop(s) specified below. The agronomist shall
provide information on the pH best suited for the specified crop and the soil type.
4.
5.
2.1
The application rates shall not exceed the following for the specified crops:
Crop PAN
(lb./acre/yr.)
Crop PAN
(lb./acre/Yr.)
Alfalfa
200
Forest (Hardwood & Softwood)
75
Bermuda Grass (Hay, Pasture)
220
Milo
100
Blue Grass
120
Small Grain (Wheat, barley, oats)
100
Corn (Grain)
160
Sorghum, Sudex (Pasture)
180
Corn (Silage)
200
Sorghum, Sudex (Silage)
220
Cotton
70
Soybeans
200
Fescue
250
Timothy, Orchard, & Rye Grass
200
If the approved land application sites are to be double cropped (i.e., a crop in the spring and a second
crop in the fall, with BOTH crops to receive wastewater residuals), then the second crop shall receive
an application of nutrients at a rate of no greater than 50 lbs./acre/yr. This practice will be allowed as
long as the second crop is to be harvested. If the second crop is to be planted for erosion control only,
and is to be tilled into the soil, then no wastewater residuals shall be applied to these fields because the
nitrogen will essentially be returned to the soil.
No residuals other than the following are hereby approved for land application in accordance with this
permit:
Permit Volume
Source County Number (dry tons/year)
City of Newton, Clark Creek WWTP Catawba NC0036196 3,438
The metal loading rates shall not exceed the following Cumulative Pollutant loading rates:
Parameters
Kilograms
per Hectare
Pounds
per Acre
Arsenic
41
36
Cadmium
39
34
Copper
1,500
1,338
Lead
300
267
Mercury
17
15
Molybdenum
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Nickel
420
374
Selenium
100
89
Zinc
2,800
2,498
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7. The pollutant concentrations in the residuals which will be applied to the land shall not exceed the
following Ceiling Concentrations (Dry Weight Basis):
Parameters In
Arsenic
75
Cadmium
85
Copper
4,300
Lead
840
Mercury
57
Molybdenum
75
Nickel
420
Selenium
100
Zinc
7,500
8. Upon classification of the facility by the Water Pollution Control System Operators Certification
Commission (WPCSOCC), the Permittee shall employ a certified land application/residuals operator to
be in responsible charge (ORC) of the land application program. The operator must hold a certificate
of the type classification assigned to the land application program by the WPCSOCC. The Permittee
must also employ a certified back-up operator of the appropriate type to comply with the conditions of
15A NCAC 8A .0202.
9. Adequate procedures shall be provided to prevent surface runoff from carrying any disposed or stored
residuals into any surface waters.
10. Surface applied residuals will be plowed or disced within twenty-four (24) hours after application on .
lands with no cover crop established.
11. For areas that are prone to flooding or within the 100-year flood elevation, residuals may be applied
only during periods of dry weather. The residuals must be incorporated into the soil within twenty-four
(24) hours after application.
12. Appropriate measures must be taken to control public access to the land application sites during active
site use and for the 12-month period following the last residual application event. Such controls may
include the posting of signs indicating the activities being conducted at each site.
13. Adequate provisions shall be taken to prevent wind erosion and surface runoff from conveying
pollutants from the residuals application area onto the adjacent property or into any surface waters.
14. Residuals shall not be applied in inclement weather or until 24 hours following a rainfall event of 1/2-
inch or greater in 24 hours. Any emergency residuals disposal measures must first be approved by the
Division.
15. Residuals shall not be applied to any land application site that is flooded, frozen or snow-covered.
16. Residuals shall not be applied at rates greater than agronomic rates, unless authorized by the Division
17. Animals shall not be grazed on an application site for 30 days after residuals application. Application
sites that are to be used for grazing shall have fencing that will be used to prevent access after each
application.
18. Food crops, feed crops and fiber crops that do not come in contact with the residuals shall not be
harvested for 30 days after residuals application.
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19. ..Food crops with harvested parts that touch the residual/soil mixture and are totally above the land
surface .(ex. tobacco, melons, cucumbers, squash, etc.) shall not be harvested for 14 months after
residuals application.
20. Food crops with harvested parts below the surface of the land (root crops such as potatoes, carrots,
radishes, etc.) shall not be harvested for 20 months after application of residuals when the residuals
remain on the land surface for four (4) months or longer prior to incorporation into the soil.
21. Food crops with harvested parts below the surface of the land shall not be harvested for 3 8 months after
application of residuals when the residuals remain on the land surface for less than four (4) months
prior to incorporation into the soil.
22. Turf shall not be harvested for 1 year after residuals application if the turf.is to be placed on land with a
high potential for public exposure.
III. MONITORING AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS
1. Any monitoring (including groundwater, surface water, residuals, soil, or plant tissue analyses) deemed
necessary by the Division to insure protection of the environment will be established and an acceptable
sampling and reporting schedule shall be followed.
2. Proper records shall be maintained by the Permittee tracking all application activities. These records
shall include, but, are not necessarily limited to the following information:
a. source of residuals
b. date of residual application
c. location of residual application (site, field, or zone #)
d. method of application
e. weather conditions (sunny, cloudy, raining, etc.)
f. soil conditions
g. type of crop or crops to be grown on field
h. volume of residuals applied in gallons/acre, dry tons/acre or kilograms/hectare
i. annual and cumulative totals of dry tons/acre of residuals, annual and cumulative pounds/acre of
each heavy metal (which shall include, but not be limited to arsenic, cadmium, copper, lead,
mercury, molybdenum, nickel, selenium and zinc), annual pounds/acre of plant available nitrogen
(PAN), and annual pounds/acre of phosphorus applied to each field.
3. A representative annual soils analysis (Standard Soil Fertility Analysis) shall be conducted on each site
receiving residuals in the respective calendar year and the results maintained on file by the Permittee
for a minimum of five years.
The Standard Soil Fertility Analysis shall include, but is not necessarily limited to, the following
parameters:
Acidity
Calcium
Copper
Magnesium
Cation Exchange Capacity
Manganese
Percent Humic Matter
pH
Phosphorus
Potassium
Sodium
Zinc
Base Saturation (by calculation)
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4. A residuals analysis will be conducted every 60 days from the date of permit issuance by the Permittee
and the results maintained on file by the Permittee for a minimum of five years. If land application
occurs at a frequency less than every 60 days, a residuals analysis will be required for each instance of
land application. The residuals analysis shall include but is not necessarily limited to the following
parameters:
Arsenic
Cadmium
Lead
Mercury
Nickel
Selenium
Aluminum
Ammonia -Nitrogen
% Total Solids
pH
Potassium
TKN
Copper
Molybdenum
Zinc
Nitrate -Nitrite Nitrogen
Phosphorus
Plant Available Nitrogen (by calculation)
After the residuals have been monitored for two years at the above frequency, the Permittee may
submit a request to the Division for a permit modification for the reduction of the frequency of
monitoring for pollutant concentrations and for the pathogen density requirements, but in no case shall
the frequency of monitoring be less than once per year when residuals are applied to the land.
A Toxicity Characteristics Leaching Procedure (TCLP) analysis shall be conducted by the Permittee
annually. The TCLP analysis shall include the following parameters (please note the regulatory level
in mg/L in parentheses):
Arsenic (5.0)
Cadmium (1.0)
Chlorobenzene (100.0)
o-Cresol (200.0)
Cresol (200.0)
1,2-Dichloroethane (0.5)
Endrin (0.02)
Hexachlorobenzene (0. 13)
Lead (5.0)
Methoxychlor (10.0)
Pentachlorophenol (100.0)
Silver (5.0)
Trichloroethylene (0.5)
2,4,5-TP (Silvex) (1.0)
Barium (100.0)
Benzene (0.5)
Carbon tetrachloride (0.5)
Chlordane (0.03)
Chloroform (6.0)
Chromium (5.0)
m-Cresol (200.0)
p-Cresol (200.0)
2,4-D (10.0)
1,4-Dichlorobenzene (7.5)
1,1-Dichloroethylene (0.7)
2,4-Dinitrotoluene'(0.13)
Heptachlor (and its hydroxide) (0.008)
Hexachloro-1,3-butadiene (0.5)
Hexachloroethane (3.0)
Lindane (0.4)
Mercury (0.2)
Methyl ethyl ketone (200.0)
Nitrobenzene (2.0)
Pyridine (5.0)
Selenium (1.0)
Tetrachloroethylene (0.7)
Toxaphene (0.5)
2,4,5-Trichlorophenol (400.0)
2,4,6-Trichlorophenol (2.0)
Vinyl chloride (0.2)
All residuals included in this permit must be monitored every' 60 days, from the date of permit
issuance, for compliance with condition I 11 of this permit. Data to verify stabilization and vector
attraction reduction of the residuals must be maintained by the Permittee. The required data is specific
to the stabilization process utilized, but should be sufficient to clearly demonstrate compliance the
Class A pathogen requirements in 40 CFR Part 503.32(a) or with the Class B pathogen requirements
and site restrictions in 40 CFR Part 503.32(b), and one of vector attraction reduction requirements in 40
CFR Part 503.33. In addition, the EPA certification statements concerning compliance with pathogen
requirements, vector attraction reduction requirements and management practices must be completed
every 60 days by the proper authority or authorities if more than one is involved, either the person who
prepares the residuals, the person who derives the material, or the person who applies the residuals.
After the residuals have been monitored for two years at the above frequency, the Permittee may
request a permit modification for the reduction of the frequency of monitoring for pollutant
concentrations and for the pathogen density requirements, but in no case shall the frequency of
monitoring be less than once per year when residuals are applied to the land.

7. Three copies of all required monitoring and reporting requirements as specified in conditions III 1, III
2, III 3, III 4, III 5 and III 6 shall be submitted annually on or before March 1 of the following year to
the following address:
NC Division of Water Quality
Water Quality Section
Non -Discharge Compliance/Enforcement Unit
Post Office Box 29535
Raleigh, North Carolina 2762670535
8. Noncompliance Notification:
The Permittee shall report by telephone to the Mooresville Regional Office, telephone number 704-
663-1699, as soon as possible, but in no case more than 24 hours or on the next working day following
the occurrence or first knowledge of the occurrence of any of the following:
a. Any occurrence with the land application program which results in the land application of
significant amounts of wastes which are abnormal in quantity or characteristic.
b. Any failure of the land application program resulting in a release of material to receiving waters.
c. Any time that self -monitoring information indicates that the facility has gone out of compliance
with the conditions and limitations of this permit or the parameters on which the system was
designed.
d. Any process unit failure, due to known or unknown reasons, that render the facility incapable of
adequate residual treatment.
e. Any spillage or discharge from a vehicle or piping system transporting residuals to the application
site.
Persons reporting such occurrences by telephone.shall also file a written report in letter form within
five days following first knowledge of the occurrence. This report must outline the actions taken or
proposed to be taken to ensure that the problem does not recur.
IV. GROUNDWATER REQUIREMENTS
The three existing monitor wells (MW-1, MW-2, and MW-4) at the Sigmon farm shall be sampled
every March and November for the following parameters:
Water Level pH
Nitrate (NO3 as N) Total Organic Carbon (TOC)
Total Ammonia Fecal Coliform
Total Dissolved Solids (TDS)
The measurement of water levels must be made prior to sampling for the remaining parameters. The
depth to water in each well shall be measured from the surveyed point on the top of the casing.
The measuring points (top of well casing) of all monitoring wells shall be surveyed to provide the
relative elevation of the measuring point for each monitoring well.
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If TOC concentrations greater than 10 mg/1 are detected in any downgradient monitoring well,
additional sampling and analysis must be conducted to identify the individual constituents comprising
this TOC concentration. If the TOC concentration as measured in the background monitor well
exceeds 10 mg/1, this concentration will be taken to represent the naturally occurring TOC
concentration. Any exceedances of this naturally occurring TOC concentration in the downgradient
wells shall be subject to the additional sampling and analysis as described above.
The results of the sampling and analysis must be received on Form GW-59 (Groundwater Quality
Monitoring: Compliance Report Form) by the Groundwater Section, Permits and Compliance Unit,
P.O. Box 29578 Raleigh, N.C. 27626-0578 on or before the last working day of the month following
the sampling month.
2. The COMPLIANCE BOUNDARY for the disposal system is specified by regulations in 15A NCAC
2L, Groundwater Classifications and Standards. The Compliance Boundary is for the disposal system
constructed after December 31, 1983 is established at either (1) 250 feet from the waste disposal area,
or (2) 50 feet within the property boundary, whichever is closest to the waste disposal area. An
exceedance of Groundwater Quality Standards at or beyond the Compliance Boundary is subject to
immediate remediation action in addition to the penalty provisions applicable under General Statute
143-215.6A(a)(1).
In accordance with 15A NCAC 2L, a REVIEW BOUNDARY is established around the disposal
systems midway between the Compliance Boundary and the perimeter of the waste disposal area. Any
exceedance of standards at the Review Boundary shall require remediation action on the part of the
permittee.
2. Any groundwater quality monitoring, as deemed necessary by the Division, shall be provided.
3. No land application of waste activities shall be undertaken when the seasonal high water table is less
than three feet below land surface.
V. INSPECTIONS
1. The Permittee or his designee shall inspect the residuals storage, transport, and application facilities to
prevent malfunctions and deterioration, operator errors and discharges which may cause or lead to the
release of wastes to the environment, a threat to human health, or a nuisance. The Permittee shall
maintain an inspection log or summary including at least the date and time of inspection, observations
made, and any maintenance, repairs, or corrective actions taken by the Permittee. This log of
inspections shall be maintained by the Permittee for a period of five years from the date of the
inspection and shall be made available to the Division or other permitting authority, upon request.
2. Any duly authorized officer, employee, or representative of the Division may, upon presentation of
credentials, enter and inspect any property, premises or place on or related to the application site or
facility at any reasonable time for the purpose of determining compliance with this permit; may inspect
or copy any records that must be kept under the terms and conditions of this permit; and may obtain
samples of groundwater, surface water, or leachate.
VI. GENERAL CONDITIONS
This permit shall become voidable unless the land application activities are carried out in accordance
with the conditions of this permit, the supporting materials, and in the manner approved by this
Division.

2. This permit is effective only with respect to the nature and volume of wastes described in the
application and other supporting data.
3. This permit is not automatically transferable. In the event that there is a desire for the facilities to
change ownership or a name change of the Permittee, a formal permit request must be submitted to the
Division accompanied by an application fee, documentation from the parties involved, and other
supporting materials as may be appropriate. The approval of this request will be considered on its
merits and may or may not be approved.
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4. The following are approved sites for residuals application (see attached map[s]):
Application Area [acres]
Site No. Owner/Lessee (excluding buffers)
Catawba County
1-14
Sigmon Dairy Farm, Inc.
13.0
1-15
Sigmon Dairy Farm, Inc.
10.0
1-16
Sigmon Dairy Farm, Inc.
40.5
1-17
Sigmon Dairy Farm, Inc.
5.5
1-18
Sigmon Dairy Farm, Inc.
3.5
1-19
Sigmon Dairy Farm, Inc.
26.5
subtotal - 99.0 acres
2-0
Arville J. Sigmon
71.6 acres
5-0
Kermit Wayne Smith
122.7 acres
6-0*
Maiden Amusement Company
52.9 acres
7-0
Jeffrey L. Smyre
51.1 acres
8-0
David Seaford
65.1 acres
9-2
Al Viles / Mark Poovey
40.0
9-3
Al Viles / Mark Poovey
22.0
9-4
Al Viles / Mark Poovey
6.5
9-7
Al Viles / Tyle L. Ardrey
35.6
9-8
Al Viles / Tyle L. Ardrey
29.5
9-9
Al Viles / Tyle L. Ardrey
8.3
9-10
Al Viles / Tyle L. Ardrey
11.9
9-11
Al Viles / Tyle L. Ardrey
18.9
9-12*
Al Viles / Tyle L. Ardrey
172.3
9-13
Al Viles / Tyle L. Ardrey
12.7
subtotal - 357.7 acres
* Portions of Fields 6-0 and 9-12 are located in Lincoln County.
TOTAL AVAILABLE ACRES
820.1 acres
5. Failure to abide by the conditions and limitations contained in this permit may subject the Permittee to
an enforcement action by the Division in accordance with North Carolina General Statute 143-215.6A
to 143-215.6C.
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The annual administering and compliance fee must be paid by the Permittee within thirty (30) days
after being billed by the Division. Failure to pay the fee accordingly may cause the Division to initiate
action to revoke this permit as specified by 15 NCAC 2H .0205 (c)(4).
7. The issuance of this permit does not preclude the Permittee from complying with any and all statutes,
rules, regulations, or ordinances which may be imposed by other government agencies (local, state, and
federal) which have jurisdiction.
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.
9. This permit may be modified, or revoked and reissued to incorporate any conditions, limitations and
monitoring requirements the Division deems necessary in order to adequately protect the environment
and public health.
10. This permit shall become voidable unless the agreements between the Permittee and the
landowners/lessees are in full force and effect. The land owner agreements are considered expired
concurrent with the expiration date of the permit and must be renewed at the same time the permit is
renewed.
Permit issued this the enty Fourth day of June, 1998
NORTH C LINA E O AL MANAGEMENT COMMISSION
A. Preston Howard, Jr., P.E., Director /
Division of Water Quality
By Authority of the Environmental Management Commission
Permit Number WQ0003902
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State of North Carolina
Department of Environment,
Health and Natural Resources
Division of Water Quality
James B. Hunt, Jr., Governor
Wayne McDevitt, Secretary
A. Preston Howard, Jr., P.E., Director
Mr. J. Thomas Lundy, County Manager
County of Catawba
P.O. Box 389
Newton, North Carolina 28658
Dear Mr. Lundy:
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May 19, 1998
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Subject: Permit Application No. WQ0003902
Town of Newton
Land Application of Wastewater
Treatment Residual Solids
Catawba County
The Division of Water Quality has received an application from the Town of Newton for the land application of
residual solids from the treatment of wastewater to sites in Catawba County. This Division will ensure that all federal and
state regulations are enforced.
Maps of the sites are available at the Division's Mooresville Regional Office. Please contact Mr. Rex Gleason,
Water Quality Supervisor, at 704-663-1699 for more information. Should you desire to comment on this application as it
relates to your interests, please do so no later than June 15, 1998.
If you have any questions or comments, please contact Mr. Randy Kepler at [phone] extension 544.
Sin rely, �fz_
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V Non Discharge Permitting Unit
cc: Ivl0 esville Regional WURMFEalit} Su ervisryr�
Permit File WQ0003902
P.O. Box 29535, Raleigh, North Carolina 27626-0535 Teldphone [phone] FAX [phone]
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DIVISION OF WATER QUALITY
GROUNDWATER SECTION
April 27, 1998
MEMORANDUM
To: Kim Colson
Water Quality Section
Through: Bob Cheek Q- VI L
From: Brian Wootton 10611V
Subject: City of Newton
Land Application of Wastewater Residuals
Catawba/Lincoln Counties
WQ0003902/GW98033
Matt Williams: SERG Review Engineer
Apn 20 1993
The Groundwater Section has reviewed the subject permit amendment request for the
continued operation of the sludge land application program. The permittee has proposed to modify
the following:
1. Modification no. 1: Add the following sites to the permit:
Owner
Site Acres
AL Viles
9-2
40.0
AL Viles
9-3
22.0
AL Viles
9-4
6.5
AL Viles
9-7
35.6
AL Viles
9-8
29.5
AL Viles
9-9
8.3
AL Viles
9-10
11.9
AL Viles
9-11
18.9
AL Viles
9-12
172.3
AL Viles
9-13
12.7
Response: The new sites were visited by regional office personnel on April 3 and April
7, 1998. We recommend that the new sites be buffered (originally not shown
on maps submitted with the permit application) accordingly to the following
and two of the sites (Fields 9-8-E, and 9-13) are to be omitted from the permit:
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Field 9-2:
Property boundaries and drainage gully/creek to southwest.
Field 9-3
Property boundaries, residences, water supplies and bedrock
outcrops. A 20 foot buffer is recommended around the rock
outcrops.
Field 9-4
Property boundaries and drainage gully/creek to
northeast.
Field 9=7
Property boundaries, residences, and water supplies.
Field 9-8
Property" boundaries, river, and low marshy areas.
Field 9-8-A
Property boundaries, river, and low marshy areas.
Field 9-8-B
Property boundaries, river, and low marshy areas.
Field 9-8-C
Property boundaries.
Field 9-8-D
Property boundaries, river, and bedrock out crops. The rock
out crops should have a 20 feet buffer.
Field 9-8-E,
Not suitable based on rock debris throughout filed indicating
shallow rock structures less than-3 feet below land surface.
Field 9-8-F,
Property boundaries, creek, river, and springs/marshy area to
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the north.
Field 9-9
Property boundaries, pond, residences, and water supplies.
Field 9-10
Property boundaries and river.
Field 9-11
Property boundaries, pond, residences, and water supplies.
Field 9-12
Property boundaries, river, residences, water supplies, and
bedrock outcrops (20 foot buffer)
Field 9-13
Not to include in the permit according to Tyle L. Ardrey, the
leasee for this site.
2. Modifications no. 2,3,4,6 (see attached modification requests)
Response: We have no objections to these changes.
3. Modification no. 5 The permittee requests that the existing monitor well, MW-2
be abandoned, since residual solids are no longer being applied
to this site and that the concentrations of nitrates have recently
been below 2L standards.
Response: We recommend that monitoring of this site continue. The concentration
levels for nitrate did reach a low of 5mg/1 on 3/18/97, but have
increased to 9.85mg/liter (11/19/97). The general trend for nitrate
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concentrations from this well has been above 2L groundwater
standards, since sampling commenced (July 1991). Although
wastewater residuals are not being applied to this site, we recommend
that monitoring continue since the nitrate levels have risen again, since
March 3, 1997. In addition, some of the parameters in the groundwater
monitoring program have had concentrations below 2L groundwater
standards since groundwater sampling commenced. The constituents
have had time to migrate to and beyond the existing monitor wells,
therefore we recommend that these parameters (Chloride and V.O.C.)
be omitted from the sampling requirements. We also recommend that
the groundwater sampling frequency be reduced from three times
a year to twice a year.
In conclusion, the Groundwater Section recommends that the following conditions be
included in the permit:
* 1. The three (3) existing monitor wells (MW-1, MW-2, and MW-4) at the Sigmon farm shall be
sampled every March and November for the following parameters:
Water Level
Nitrate (NO3)
Total Ammonia
Total Dissolved Solids (TDS)
pH
Total Organic Carbon (TOC)
Fecal Coliforms
2. The measurement of water levels must be made prior to sampling for the remaining
parameters. The depth to water in each well shall be measured from the surveyed point on
the top of the casing.
The measuring points (top of well casing) of all monitoring wells shall be surveyed to provide
the relative elevation of the measuring point for each monitoring well.
If TOC concentrations greater than 10 mg/l are detected in any downgradient monitoring well,
additional sampling and analysis must be conducted to identify the individual constituents
comprising this TOC concentration. If the TOC concentration as measured in the background
monitor well exceeds 10 mg/l, this concentration will be taken to represent the naturally
occurring TOC concentration. Any exceedances of this naturally occurring TOC concentration
in the downgradient wells shall be subject to the additional sampling and analysis as described
above.
4. The results of the sampling and analysis must be received on Form GW-59 (Groundwater
Quality Monitoring: Compliance Report Form) by the Groundwater Section, Permits and
Compliance Unit, P.O. Box 29578 Raleigh, N.C. 27626-0578 on or before the last
working day of the month following the sampling month.

*5. No application of residuals shall be applied during periods of prolonged rainfall nor when
the water table is less than three feet below land surface.
6. The COMPLIANCE BOUNDARY for the disposal system is specified by regulations in
15A NCAC 2L, Groundwater Classifications and Standards. The Compliance Boundary is
for the disposal system individually permitted after December 31, 1983 is established at either
(1) 250 feet from the waste disposal area, or (2) 50 feet within the Property boundary,
whichever is closest to the waste disposal area. An exceedance of Groundwater Quality
Standards at or beyond the Compliance Boundary is subject to immediate remediation action
in addition to the penalty provisions applicable under General Statute 143-215.6A(a)(1).
In accordance with 15A NCAC 2L, a REVIEW BOUNDARY is established around the
disposal systems midway between the Compliance Boundary and the perimeter of the waste
disposal area. Any exceedance of standards at the Review Boundary shall require remediation
action on the part of the permittee.
7. Any additional groundwater quality monitoring, as deemed necessary by the Division,
shall be provided.
*Denotes different language than the shell document.
cc: �Ba'rbara Christian'
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Land Application Program
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Permit Modifications
The City of Newton requests the following modifications to their Permit for Land
Application of Residual Solids, Permit WQ0003902 issued January 9, 1996.
New Application Areas — The City requests the addition of 289.2 acres of land
application area on property owned by Mr. A. L. Viles hereinafter referred to as Site
9. Site 9 includes 13 separate fields, 10 of which are suitable for land application.
The attached Non -Discharge Permit Application form and supporting
documentation were prepared for this additional property.
The City requests these new fields be permitted for application as part of an
experimental program conducted by Dr. A.R. Rubin at North Carolina State
University. Dr. Rubin will examine the long-term effects of lime stabilized biosolids
on selected sites. Details of his requested permit requirements are included in the
attached Site Investigation.
2. Site 3, B. M. Wilson Property — The City requests Site 3 owned by Bonnie M.
Wilson consisting of 36.4 acres of permitted application area be removed from the
Land Application Permit.
3. Site 2, A. J. Sigmon Property — The City requests a portion of Site 2 located east of
St. James Church Road (SR 1880) consisting of 24.0 acres of application area be
removed from the Permit. A revised figure reflecting this modification is attached.
This property was originally added to the City's Application Program by
modification of Permit WQ0003902 issued May 13, 1991. At that time an accurate
calculation of land application area was performed and supporting figures
submitted as part of the Permit modification application.' During a subsequent
modification to the Permit the figure was improperly reproduced and its scale
changed. The application area reported in the current Permit is inaccurate. Upon
modification of the Permit the approved application area for Site 2 should be 71.6
acres.
4. Site 5, K. W. Smith Property — During a previous Permit modification the land
application area for Site 5 owned by K. W. Smith was improperly calculated. The
application area in the Permit should be 122.7 acres as reflected in the
Non -Discharge Permit Application tabulation and on the attached figure for the
K.W. Smith property. The City requests this correction be made upon issuance of
this modification.
5. Monitoring Well Number 2 — Under the terms of the current Permit the City was
required to continue monitoring Well Number 2 which is located in the vicinity of
inactive land application areas until samples from that well no longer exceed State
standards for nitrates. The attached summary tabulation of nitrate concentrations
for Monitoring Well Number 2 demonstrate that the well no longer exceeds State
requirements. The City therefore requests they be allowed to abandon Monitoring
Well Number 2.
IWillis Engineers 1 February 16, 1998

City of Newton
Land Application Program
Permit Modifications
6. Monitoring Frequency — Under the terms of the existing Permit, the City is required
to monitor all residuals every 60 days for various pollutant concentrations as
described in their Permit Section III-4. The quality of biosolids produced by the
City is very high as demonstrated by the attached summary tabulation of their
monitoring. The City therefore requests that the monitoring frequency for these
parameters be reduced to one year.
Willis Engineers 2 February 16, 1998

GROUNDWATER SECTION GW # ' C33
DIVISION OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
Jf RECORD OF �WASTE DISPOSAL PERMIT APPLICATION REVIEW
REVIEW BY sH'�u-- Uly_dd-Lcc j DATE - ��� �7 FIELD INVESTIGATION? (,Y
FACILITY NAME COUNTY
LOCATION A L U'o D/LOFJLC' , 5Z S `
TYPE OF DISPOSAL SYSTEM (LAGOON, ETC.) /IUU g DESIGN CAP. (GPD)
DESCRIPTION OF FACILITY � n "C � � , � n ! �t q L • Lt h
SIZ� OF I�POUND` ENT (FT. SQ.) &/OR SIZE OF APPLICATION AREA S- t� 6 4- a-UV_'o
WASTE SOURCE: MUN. SLUDGE ✓ MUN. W. WATER: PRIMARY SECONDARY TERTIARY
IND. SLUDGE -IND. WELL WATER -OTHERS:
DISTANCE FROM WASTE SOURCE TO NEAREST: STREAM 7/ 6Z) FT., WELL El " FT.
FOR WELL: TYPE OF USE DEPTH ((ht,h/l�lrrlPUMP RATE (EST.)
WHAT DESIGN CONDITIONS WILL REDUC INCREASE CHANCE OF GW CONTAMINATION: If) J'Y�
WHAT "NATURAL SITE CONDITIONS ILL REDUCE/ CREA CHANCE OF GW CONTAMINATION:
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DEPTH TO:'BEDROCK A, 7`l FT., SEASONAL HIGH W.T. 2_4 FT., ANNUAL W.T. FLUX + FT.
SURFICIAL AQUIFER I BEDROCK/ARTESIANAQUIFER
GEN. LITHOLOGY 5�. sa vt�vi SI (4-1 U (LA4 e)-s S
HYD. COND. %U FT./DAY MEASURED - /DAY C MEASURED
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NO. OF MONITER WELLS: PROPOSED: UP U DOWN ; EXISTING: UP DOWN
FROM WORKSHEET: SITE NUMERICAL DESCRIPTION= -
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SITE GRADE (HYDROGEOL) _ SITUATION GRADE= I
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HAVE THERE BEEN"A��(NY EXCE�EDANCES OF THE GROUNDWATER STANDARDS? YES NO
HAS ANY ENFORCEMENT ACTION BEEN TAKEN? YES
BRIEF SUMMARY OF ENFORCEMENT ACTION TAKEN:
NO L' DATE OF ACTION:
REMARKS/ RECOMMENDATIONS (Continue on reverse, if necessary): 5.b-) r^yl-g/112 7.
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Division of Water Quality
Groundwater Section
April 16, 1998
To: Brian Wootton
From: Shawna W. Caldwell
Subject: City of Newton Land Application Permit Review, A.L. Viles fields, Lincoln and
Catawba Counties
On April 3 and 7, 1998, Chuck Pippin and I met with Bob Mullinex and Tyle L. Ardrey, leasers
of the property, and conducted a field review of additional agricultural fields identified in the
permit amendment application for the land application of residual solids from a municipal waste
generating facility. The fields inspected were based on the leaser's request, and do not include
all fields in the application, while other fields not included in the application were inspected. All
of the fields observed except one, are suitable for land application of residual solids if they are
buffered appropriately. Isolated areas of bedrock exposure are located in some fields that need to
be buffered from the application area. Fields inspected and approximate areas of bedrock
exposure as noted in our field review are presented on the attached maps. Following are
comments on areas that require mapping and buffering for each field.
Field 9-2: Property boundaries and drainage gully/creek to southwest.
Field 9-3:
Property boundaries, residences, water supplies and bedrock outcrops.
Field 9-4:
Property boundaries and drainage gully/creek to northeast.
Field 9-7:
Property boundaries, residences and water supplies.
�y Field 9-8:
Property boundaries, river and low marshy areas.
Field 9-8-A: Property boundaries, river and low marshy areas.
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Field 9-8-B: Property boundaries, river and low marshy areas.
Field 9-8-C: Property boundaries.
Field 9-8-1): Property boundaries, river and bedrock outcrops.
Field 9-8-E: Not suitable based on rock debris throughout field indicating shallow rock
structures.
�" Field 9-8-F: Property boundaries, creek, river and springs/marshy area to north.

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d Field 9-9: Property boundaries, pond, residences and water supplies.
0 Field 9 10: Property boundaries and river.
`Y� Field 9-11: Property boundaries, pond, residences and water supplies.
Field 9-12: Property boundaries, river, residences, water supplies and bedrock outcrops.
Field 9-13: Not inspected based on leaser request.
I recommend approval of the addition of all .fields noted herein except Fields 9-8-E and 9-13,
contingent upon receipt of maps presenting all buffer zones and buffered items as well as
additional field investigation information presenting supporting data for buffering of zones of
shallow bedrock. In fields with flood plains or wet areas, I recommend seasonal application as
long as it is verified that the separation between the water table and the land surface is greater
than three feet immediately prior to application.
Additional information to be provided should include identification of property lines, residences,
ponds, springs, marshes, bedrock, wells, and drainage systems/ditches and the appropriate
buffers from each of these items. Hand auger borings that we completed .to depths of
approximately three feet indicated no shallow bedrock within a few horizontal feet of noted
outcrops. A few borings around these outcrops should provide sufficient data for mapping a .
buffer zone around them. Acreage of application areas should be also be revised and presented
before the permit is granted.
I do not recommend abandonment of monitoring well number 2 as requested in the application,
based on the most recent upward trending nitrate results in this well. The nitrate concentration in
MW-2 in November 1997 was 9.85 mg/L and the 2L standard is 10 mg/L.

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GROUNDWATER SECTION
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MEMORANDUM
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FROM: AA./
SUBJECT: Application for Permit Renewal,
New Permit
Repair/Alteration of Exist Disposal System [DEHJ
Facility Name: C.-ry
County: C 4Zi4"'0-
Type of Project: S/'--47V= Ja.wX 9.p a
APPLICABLE PERMIT NO.s: °' Q G19a 77-oZ
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The Groundwater Section has received ONLY ONE (1) copy of the referenced permit application. A copy of the
application should have been sent to your Regional Water Quality Supervisor, so please use that copy for
,your review - IF A COPY HAS NOT BEEN RECEIVED IN THE REGIONAL OFFICE, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.
The Groundwater Section has received ONLY ONE (1) copy of the referenced permit application. A copy of the
application should have been sent to , DEH's Regional Soil Specialist, so please use
that copy for your review - IF A COPY HAS NOT BEEN RECEIVED IN THE REGIONAL OFFICE, PLEASE
LET ME KNOW.
Please review the�appllcation -materials for 11eteness. If you feel additional information is necessary, please let
me know no later than ,✓tom / �e d <' Sty Aopy of any formal request for additional information will be
forwarded to you.
If you do not need any additional information to complete your review, please provide your final comments by
01A ^c-k , 2-5�, / °5 �f. If'.r�ou request and/or receive additional information, your final comments are due
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UUMiS ENGINEERS
February 16, 1998
North Carolina Division of Water Quality
Permits and Engineering Unit
Post Office Box 29535
Raleigh, North Carolina 27626-0535
Subject: City of Newton
Application for Permit Modification
Land Application of Residual Solids
Gentlemen:
949.032 (34)
On behalf of the City of Newton we request that a modification be issued for the City of
Newton's Land Application of Residual Solids Permit, Number W00003902. The attached
Application and supporting documentation include approximately 300 acres of additional
application area, several corrections to the existing Permit, and requests for modifications
to several monitoring requirements.
The City wishes to begin application of their biosolids product for their new customer
within the next few months. Your prompt attention to this Permit modification is
appreciated. Should you have any questions or need any additional information, please
let me know.
Yours very truly,
WILLIS ENGINEERS
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Charles A. Willis, Jr., P.E.
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Attachments
cc: Mr. Jay C. Stowe, P.E.
Mr. James Richards
Dr. A. R. Rubin
1112 Harding Place
Charlotte, North Carolina 28204
704/377-9844 • FAX [phone]

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WIIIISENGINEERS
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February 16, 1998 949.032 (34)
North Carolina Division of Water Quality
Permits and Engineering Unit
Post Office Box 29535
Raleigh, North Carolina 27626-0535
Subject: City of Newton
Application for Permit Modification
Land Application of Residual Solids
Gentlemen:
On behalf of the City of Newton we request that a modification be issued for the City of
Newton's Land Application of Residual Solids Permit, Number W00003902. The attached
Application and supporting documentation include approximately 300 acres of additional
application area, several corrections to the existing Permit, and requests for modifications
to several monitoring requirements.
The City wishes to begin application of their biosolids product for their new customer
within the next few months. Your prompt attention to this Permit modification is
appreciated. Should you have any questions or need any additional information, please
let me know.
Yours very truly,
WILLIS ENGINEERS
/6/1 11el
Charles A. Willis, Jr., P.E.
CAWjr:dcs
Attachments
cc: Mr. Jay C. Stowe, P.E.
Mr. James Richards
Dr. A. R. Rubin
1112 Harding Place
Charlotte, North Carolina 28204
704/377-9844 9 FAX [phone]

Permit Application
Land Application of
Residual Solids
City of Newton
February 1998
11111US ENGINEERS

PERMIT APPLICATION
LAND APPLICATION OF RESIDUAL SOLIDS
CITY OF NEWTON
i
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Permit Modifications Request
Non -Discharge Permit Application Form
Site Summary
List of Property Owners and Leases
Site Maps — 1 Sites 9-2 through 9-4
2 Sites 9-8 through 9-11
3 Sites 9-12 through 9-13
Supplemental Information
Site Investigation Report — Dr. A. R. Rubin
Property Owner Agreements
Sludge Analysis Report
Copy of Check No. 011977 from the City of Newton
Revised Site Maps — Site 2, A. J. Sigmon
Site 5, K. W. Smith
Summary Data — Monitoring Well Number 2
Summary of Sludge Analyses

City of Newton
Land Application Program
Permit Modifications
The City of Newton requests the following modifications to their Permit for Land
Application of Residual Solids, Permit WQ0003902 issued January 9, 1996.
1. New Application Areas — The City requests the addition of 289.2 acres of land
application area on property owned by Mr. A. L. Viles hereinafter referred to as Site
9. Site 9 includes 13 separate fields, 10 of which are suitable for land application.
The attached Non -Discharge Permit Application form and supporting
documentation were prepared for this additional property.
The City requests these new fields be permitted for application as part of an
experimental program conducted by Dr. A.R. Rubin at North Carolina State
University. Dr. Rubin will examine the long-term effects of lime stabilized biosolids
on selected sites. Details of his requested. permit requirements are included in the
attached Site Investigation.
2. Site 3, B. M. Wilson Property — The City requests Site 3 owned by Bonnie M.
Wilson consisting of 36.4 acres of permitted application area be removed from the
Land Application Permit.
3. Site 2, A. J. Sig mon Property --The City requests a portion of Site 2 located east of
St. James Church Road (SR 1880) consisting of 24.0 acres of application area be
removed from the Permit. A revised figure reflecting this modification is attached.
This property was originally added to the City's Application Program by
modification of Permit WO0003902 issued May 13, 1991. At that time an accurate
calculation of land application area was performed and supporting figures
submitted as part of the Permit modification application. During a subsequent
modification to the Permit the figure was improperly reproduced and its scale
changed. The application area reported in the current Permit is inaccurate. Upon
modification of the Permit the approved application area for Site 2 should be 71.6
acres.
4. Site 5, K. W. Smith Property — During a previous Permit modification the land
application area for Site 5 owned by K. W. Smith was improperly calculated. The
application area in the Permit should be 122.7 acres as reflected in the
Non -Discharge Permit Application tabulation and on the attached figure for the
K.W. Smith property. The City requests this correction be made upon issuance of
this modification.
5. Monitoring Well Number 2 — Under the terms of the current Permit the City was
required to continue monitoring Well Number 2 which is located in the vicinity of
inactive land application areas until samples from that well no longer exceed State
standards for nitrates. The attached summary tabulation of nitrate concentrations
for Monitoring Well Number 2 demonstrate that the well no longer exceeds State
requirements. The City therefore requests they be allowed to abandon Monitoring
Well Number 2.
Willis Engineers 1 February 16, 1998

City of Newton
Land Application Program
Permit Modifications
6. Monitoring Frequency — Under the terms of the existing Permit, the City is required
to monitor all residuals every 60 days for various pollutant concentrations as
described in their Permit Section III-4. The quality of biosolids produced by the
City is very high as demonstrated by the attached summary tabulation of their
monitoring. The City therefore requests that the monitoring frequency for these
parameters be reduced to one year.
Willis Engineers 2 February 16, 1998

State of North Carolina
Department of Environment, Health and Natural Resources
Division of Environmental Management
Non -Discharge Permit Application Form
(THIS FORM MAY BE PHOTOCOPIED FOR USE AS AN ORIGINAL)
LAND APPLICATION OF RESIDUAL SOLIDS
This application is intended for residuals which will be regulated under 40 CFR Part 503
I. GENERAL INFORMATION:
1. Applicant's name (please specify the name of the municipality, corporation, individual, etc.):
City of Newton
2. Print Owners or Signing Official's name and title (the person who is legally responsible for the facility and its compliance):
Jay C. Stowe, P.E., Director of Public Works and Utilities
3. Mailing address: Post Office Box 550
City: Newton State: North Carolina Zip: 28658
Telephone Number: ( 704 ) 465-7400
4. Application Date:
5. Fee Submitted: S 400 [The permit processing fee should be as specified in 15A NCAC 2H .0205(c)(5).]
6. Specify whether these residuals will be land applied to: X agricultural lands, forest, public contact sites,
reclamation sites; (Please be advised, if these residuals will be.distributed for lawn or home garden use, the
application for the "DISTRIBUTION OF RESIDUAL SOLIDS" should be completed rather than this application.)
7. If the alternative for residual disposal consists of "surface disposal" as defined under 40 CFR Part 503, please complete the
application titled "SURFACE DISPOSAL OF RESIDUAL SOLIDS. Please identify if there is any storage of residuals in
a surface impoundment or disposal thru landfilling. Explain:
8. For Class B Residuals (or Class A Residuals to be land applied on a dedicated site), please specify the number of acres on
which residual solids are to be land applied under the authority of this permit:
proposed in this application: 357.7 acres; total (current and proposed): 820.1 acres
9. County(ies) where residuals will be land applied: Catawba and Lincoln -
II. PERMIT INFORMATION:
1. Application No. (will be completed by DEM): lit/ L 0 2
2. Specify whether project is: new; renewal`; X modification
For renewals, complete all sections included in the application, in addition, please submit updated cumulative loadings
for the ten (10) pollutants and updated owner's agreement for rach site.
3. If this application is being submitted as a result of a renewal or modification to an existing permit, list the existing permit
number WQ0003902 and its issue date January 9, 1996
FORM: LARS 02/95 Page 1 of 18

III. FACILITY INFORMATION (attach additional pages for additional sources of residuals):
1. Name of facility where residuals are generated or prepared: Clark Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant
2. Facility permit number: NCO036196 ; facility permit holder: City of Newton
3. Specify whether facility in Section HIA is owned by: federal; private; state; X local government
4. Specify facility design flow: 7.5 MGD; facility average daily flow: 3.5 MGD;
Type of residual storage: Liquid Thickened Sludge ;
Volume of residual storage: 761,000 gallons ;
Length of residuals storage at facility: 30 days (the Division requires a minimum 30 days storage in units that
are separate from treatment system, i.e. not in clarifiers, aeration basins, etc.);
Maximum storage time of residuals between application events: 30 days.
Estimated volume of residuals: 3, 438 maximum (dry tons/yr.);
5. Are there any other storage facilities, other than the above, currently on site: Yes, X No.
If Yes, please identify:
6. Facility contact (person familiar with residuals preparation):
7. Facility contact's telephone number: ( 704 )
8. Location of treatment facility: South of Newton
9. Mailing address: City of Newton
10. Latitude:
Post Office Box 550
Newton, North Carolina 28658
35 37-45
Longitude:
James Richards
465-7480
State; Catawba . County
81 14 15
11. Specify the source of the residuals: treatment of domestic wastewater, treatment of industrial wastewater;
other (explain): Domestic and Industrial Wastewater
Attach an explanation of either the treatment process, manufacturing process, or how the waste is generated. Provide full
and complete details of the entire process. SEE ATTACHED
12. Does the facility which generates the residuals have an approved pretreatment program? X Yes; No.
This includes facilities which are classified as a "Class I" facility (any publicly owned treatment works required, under 40
CFR 403.8, to have an approved pretreatment program or any facility treating domestic sewage that is classified as "Class
I" by the appropriate federal or State authority)
IV. RESIDUALS INFORMATION (attach additional pages for additional sources of residuals):
1. Information for Hazardous Waste (RCRA) Determination. The information requested on the limitations specified below
pertain only to those residuals that are generated from:a municipal wastewater treatment facility with industrial contribution
or active pretreatment program and from any other treatment facility with wastewater sources that include industrial sources.
a. Are any of the residuals covered by this application listed in 40 CFR 261.31-261.33? Yes; X No. If Yes,
list the number(s):
b. Do the residuals exhibit any of the four characteristics defined by 40 CFR 261.21-261.24? Yes; X No,
Attach laboratory results for the Toxicity Characteristic Leaching Procedure Analyses, Reactivity, Ignitability, and
Corrosivity for each residual.
Note: If the following constituent levels (as determined by the Toxicity Characteristic Leaching Procedure Analyses) are
exceeded in the residuals or if the pH of the residual is not within the range listed below, the residual is by
definition a Hazardous waste. Chemical analyses must be made to Minimum Detection Levels.
REM RPM
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Arsenic
5.0
Barium
100.0
Benzene
0.5
Cadmium
1.0
Carbon tetrachloride
0.5
Chiordane
0.03
Chlorobenzene
100.0
Chloroform
6.0
Chromium
5.0
o-Cresol
200.0
m-Cresol
200.0
p-Cresol
200.0
Cresol
200.0
2,4-D
10.0
1,4-Dichlorobenzene
7.5
1,2-Dichloroethane
0.5
1,1-Dichloroethylene
0.7
2,4-Dinitrotoluene
0.13
Endrin
0.02
Heptachlor (and its hydroxide)
0.008
Hexachlorobenzene
0.13
Hexachloro-1,3-butadiene
0.5
Hexachloroethane
3.0
Lead
5.0
Lutdane
0.4
Mercury
0.2
Methoxychlor
10.0
Methyl ethyl ketone
200.0
Nitrobenzene
2.0
Pentachlorophenol
100.0
Pyridine
5.0
Selenium
1.0
Silver
5.0
Tetrachloroethylene
0.7
Toxaphene
0.5
Trichloroethylene
0.5
2,4,5-Trichlorophenol
400.0
2,4,6-Trichlorophenol
2.0
2,4,5-TP (Silvex)
1.0
Vinyl chloride
0.2
pH (2:1 vol./wt.):
>2.0 s.u. - <12.5 s.u.
NOTE: IF ANY OF THE RESIDUALS MEET THE DEFINITIONS OF A HAZARDOUS WASTE,
AS NOTED IN EITHER "A" OR "B ABOVE, A PERMIT CANNOT BE ISSUED FOR
THAT RESIDUAL AND IT SHOULD NOT BE INCLUDED AS PART OF THIS
APPLICATION.
2. For each residual, please attach a complete chemical analysis of the material. This analysis must be comprehensive enough
to completely characterize the residual and must be based upon a review of the process that generates the material- If the
facility that will generate the residual is not yet in operation, the characterization must be based on similar existing
facilities and projection based on the type of facility. The analysis must include a minimum of the following parameters
and any other known and suspected contaminants that are tributary to the system.
Arsenic
Molybdenum
Cadmium
Nickel
Chromium
Selenium
Copper
Zinc
Lead
Aluminum
Mercury
Ammonia -Nitrogen
Calcium
Phosphorus
Magnesium
Potassium
Nitrate -Nitrite Nitrogen
Sodium
% Total Solids
TKN
pH
Plant Available Nitrogen
(by calculation)
3. Wastewater residuals shall not be applied to the land if the concentration of any pollutant in the residuals exceeds the ceiling
concentrations specified in the table below. Specify the pollutant concentration of these residuals (attach lab analysis):
Pollutant
Pollutant Ceiling Concentration (mg/kg)
Dry Weight Basis
Pollutant Concentration (mg/kg)
Dry Weight Basis
Arsenic
75
<0.005
Cadmium
85
0.282
Chromium
3000
Copper
4300
25.70-
Lead
840
2.82
Mercury
57
<0.0002
Molybdenum
75
<0.10
Nickel
420
101
Selenium
100
<0.005
Zinc
7500
50.18
FORM: LARS 02/95 Page 3 of 18

V . PATHOGEN AND VECTOR ATTRACTION REDUCTION INFORMATION (attach additional pages for
additional sources of residuals):
1. In accordance with 40 CFR Part 503, a residual can not be land applied if it does not meet one of the following alternatives
for Class B pathogen reduction.
b5 please specify a, bl, b2, b3, b4, b5 or c from below (submit all lab analysis, test results and calculations):
a. at least seven residuals samples should be collected at the time of use and analyzed for Fecal coliforms during each
monitoring period. The geometric mean of the densities of these samples will be calculated and should be less than
2,000,000 most probable number per gram of total dry solids, or less than 2,000,000 Colony Forming Units per gram
of total dry solids.
b. the residuals must be treated by one of the following "Process to Significantly Reduce Pathogens" (PSRP).
1. Aerobic Digestion - residuals are agitated with air or oxygen to maintain aerobic conditions for a spec mean cell
residence time and temperature between 40 days at 200 C and 60 days at 150 C.
2. Air Dreg - residuals are dried on sand beds or on paved or unpaved basins for a minimum of three months.
During two of the three months, the ambient average daily temperature is above Oo C.
3. Anaerobic Digestion - residuals are treated in the absence of air for a specific mean cell residence time and
temperature between 15 days at 350 C to 550 C and 60 days at 200 C:
4. Composting - using either the within -vessel, static aerated pile, or windrow composting methods, the temperature
of the residuals are raised to 400 C or higher for five days. For four hours during the five days, the temperature in
the compost pile exceeds 550 C.
5. Lime Stabilization - sufficient lime is added to the residuals to raise the pH of the residuals to 12 after two hours
of contact.
c. The residuals shall be treated by a process that is equivalent to a "Process to Significantly Reduce Pathogens" (PSRP),
as determined by the permitting authority, based on an evaluation of the recommendations provided by the Pathogen
Equivalency Committee.
2. In addition, when residuals are being land applied, at least one of the following vector attraction reduction requirements (a,
b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, or j) described below must be met.
f Specify the letter(s) of the vector attraction reduction requirement that have been met (submit lab results, test
results and calculations). Any variation of the below must be described in full detail and attached.
a. Aerobic or Anaerobic Digestion - The mass of volatile solids are reduced by at least 38 x. Volatile solids reduction is
measured between the residuals, prior to stabilization, and the residuals ready for use or disposal. This criterion should
be readily met by properly designed and operated anaerobic digestors, but not as readily met by aerobic digestors.
Treatment facilities with aerobic digestors may need to meet the vector attraction reduction requirement through 18c or
18d.
b. Anaerobic Digestion -If 38% volatile solids reduction cannot be achieved, vector attraction reduction can be
demonstrated by further digesting a portion of the previously digested residuals in a bench scale unit for an additional
40 days at 300 C to 370 C. If, at the end of the 40 days, the volatile solids are reduced by less than 17%, vector
attraction reduction is achieved.
c. Aerobic Digestion - If 380k volatile solids reduction cannot be achieved, vector attraction reduction can be demonstrated
by further digesting a portion of the previously digested residuals that have a solids content of 2% or less in a bench
scale unit for an additional 30 days at 200 C. If, at the end of the 30 days, the volatile solids are reduced by less than
15%, vector attraction reduction is achieved.
d. Aerobic Digestion - The specific oxygen uptake rate (SOUR) shall be equal to or less than 1.5 milligrams of oxygen
per hour per gram of total dry solids at 200 C.
e. Aerobic Pr ce«es - The temperature of the residuals for at least 14 days shall be greater than 40° C. During this time,
the average temperature shall be greater than 450 C.
f. Alkaline Stabilization - The pH of the residuals is raised to 12 or higher by alkali addition and, without the addition of
more alkali, remains at 12 or higher for 2 hours and then at 11.5 or higher for an additional 22 hours.
FORM: LARS 02/95 Page 4 of 18

g. I 'L+a (ctabi i ed sniiids) - The total solids of residuals that do not contain unstabilized solids, and which are generated
in a primary wastewater treatment process, shall be equal to or greater than 75`Jb. Blending with other materials is not
allowed to achieve the total solids percentage.
h. Diyjng (unsttbilized solids) - The total solids of residuals that contains tmstabilized solids, and which are generated in a
primary wastewater treatment process, shall be equal to or greater than 90%. Blending with other materials is not
allowed to achieve the total solids percentage.
i. Injection - Liquid residuals are injected below the land surface, with no significant amount of residuals present on the
land surface after 1 hour, unless the residuals are Class A for pathogen reduction. In this case, the residuals shall be
injected within 8 hours after being discharged from the pathogen treatment process.
j . Inccoo ,oration - Residuals that are surface land applied shall be incorporated into the soil within 6 hours of application,
unless the residuals are Class A for pathogen reduction. In this case, the residuals shall be incorporated within 8 hours
after discharge from the pathogen treatment process.
VI. RESIDUALS TRANSPORT AND APPLICATION:
1. How will the residuals be delivered to the application sites (leak proof trucks, etc.)?
Leak Proof 5,000
and 6,500 gallon tankers
2. What type of equipment will be utilized for land application? Subsurface Injection Equipment
3. How will the application of the residual be controlled to ensure that there is proper distribution over the site?
Systematic Application in Rows
4. Will the land application operation utilize a contractor who specializes in Residuals Management or will the permittee
management the program? Contractor; X Permittee. If a contractor is utilized, provide the name of the firm, a
contact, address, and telephone number:
V II. SITE EVALUATION AND RECOMMENDED LOADING RATES:
The following sites are to be used for land application under this permit application [please attach map(s),see La.]:
Application Area [acres] Maximum slope
Site No. County Owner/Lessee (excluding buffers)(in percent)
SEE ATTACHED
Note: If more than ten (10) sites are to be covered by this application, please attach a form listing all of the sites along
with the information listed below:
a. A vicinity map must be attached. This map must show the location of each site. in relation to at least two
geographical references and major intersection (numbered roads, named streams/rivers, etc.).
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b. For all new or modified sites, a detailed site location map must be attached delineating both total and buffered acres.
This map must be drawn to scale with topographical contour intervals not exceeding ten feet or 25% of total site relief
(whichever is more descriptive) and showing the property lines; all existing wells, all surface waters and drainage ways
and all dwellings within 500 feet of the land application areas; and all buffers.
Note: At least the following buffers must be maintained. If residuals are sprayed on the sites, larger buffers may be
required
1. 400 feet from any habitable residence or place of public assembly under separate ownership or which is to be sold
for surface residual application,
200 feet from any habitable residence or place of public assembly under separate ownership or which is to be sold
for subsurface residual injection.
2. 100 feet between the disposal area and any public or private water supply source, all streams classified as WS or B,
waters classified as SA or SB and any Class I or Class E impounded reservoir used as a source of drinking water.t
3. 100 feet between any surface residual application area and any stream, lake, river, or natural drainage way,
50 feet between any subsurface residual injection area and any stream, lake, river, or natural drainage way.t
4. 50 feet between the residual application area and property lines for both surface and subsurface application (if the
original permit was issued with the buffer distance to property line as 100 feet, updated
maps must be submitted and new acreage delineated for the buffer to be reduced).
5. 10 feet between the disposal area and any interceptor drains or surface water diversions (upslope).
6. 25 feet between the disposal area and any interceptor drains or surface water diversions (downslope).
7. 25 feet between the disposal area and any groundwater lowering and surface drainage ditches.
t SPECIFY THE NAME OF AND CLASSIFICATION OF THE CLOSEST DOWNSLOPE SURFACE WATERS
(as established by the Environmental Management Commission) TO THE LAND APPLICATION SITE(S). USE
THE ATTACHED INFORMATION SHEET (PAGE 9 OF 18) TO OBTAIN THIS INFORMATION.
Note: The maximum slope for land application of residuals is 10% for surface application and 18% for subsurface
application.
For each land application site, attach a soil evaluation by a soils scientist (the evaluation must be signed by the soil
scientist) which addresses soil color; the depth, thickness and type of restrictive horizons; the presence or absence of a
seasonal high water table or bedrock within three vertical feet of the deepest point of residual application; pH and cation
exchange capacity. If the depth to either groundwater or bedrock is less than three feet, please also attach a demonstration,
using predictive calculations or modeling methods acceptable to the Director of the Division of Environmental
Management, that the use of this site will not result in the contravention of classified groundwater standards as contained in
NCAC 2L .0200. In no case shall the separation be less than one foot. This report must be signed by the soil
scientist and submitted with application.
3. For each site, please attach a project evaluation conducted by an agronomist including recommendations concerning cover
crops and their ability to accept the proposed loading of liquids, solids, nitrogen, phosphorus, heavy metals, salts and any
other contaminant know to be in the residual. A part of the agronomists recommendations must be a crop management
plan. This plan must determine the crops to be grown on the site(s), when they should be grown and how they should be
harvested and marketed. This report must be signed by the agronomist and submitted with application.
4. Attach a representative soils analysis of each site. The soils analysis shall include the following parameters, along with
any other significant parameter that has been shown to be contained in the residual:
Standard Soil Fertility Test (which includes): pH
Phosphorus
Potassium
Acidity
Calcium
Manganese
Magnesium
Zinc
Copper
% Humic Matter
Sodium
Cation Exchange Capacity
Base Saturation (by
calculation)
And the following Metals: Arsenic
Lead
Nickel
Cadmium
Mercury
Selenium
Chromium
Molybdenum
5. In order to assist DEM in the review of the proposed loading rates, please complete the calculations contained in the
attachment titled "Calculations Work Sheet" (beginning on Page 11 of 18). If more than one residual is to be covered by
this permit, additional worksheets must be attached.
FORM: LARS 02/95 Page 6 of 18

VIII. GENERAL INFORMATION:
1. Five (5) complete copies of the permit application and five (5) copies of all required supporting information, including
cover letters must be submitted or the application package will be returned as incomplete.
2. Please explain bow access to the land application sites, by both people and animals, will be controlled following the
application of residuals: land is for grazing, no access within 30 days of application;
land is fenced .and posted
a. Animals shall not be grazed on the land application sites within 30 days after the application of residuals.
b. Appropriate measures must be taken to control public access to the land application sites during the active site use and
for 12 months following the last application event. Such controls may include the posting of signs indicating the
activities being conducted at the site.
3. Please explain the procedures that will be used to establish and maintain the buffers during the application process (i.e. will
the sites be flagged): Flagged
4. Please attach an executed "Agreement For the Land Application of Residuals to Private Lands" for each land application site
that is not owned by the applicant. A copy of the DEM approved form is attached. If the applicant wishes to use a
different form or a modified form, prior approval must be received from DEM.
5. Each application site must be assigned a site identification number.
6. Attachments may be utilized to provide the information that is requested in this application form; however, if attachments .
are utilized, their location should be so indicated on the application form. All attachments must be numbered to correspond
to the individual parts of the application that require the attachment. If the attachments are part of a larger document, a
table must be provided that lists the locations of the required information.
Applicant's Certification:
I,
Jay C. Stowe
, attest that this application for the City of Newton
has been reviewed by me and is accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge. I understand that if all required parts of this
application are not completed and that if all required supporting information and attachments are not included, this application package
will be returninto 1 %
Signature Date v115
THE COMPLETED APPLICATION PACKAGE, INCLUDING ALL SUPPORTING INFORMATION AND
MATERIALS, SHOULD BE SENT TO THE FOLLOWING ADDRESS:
NORTH CAROLINA DIVISION OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
WATER QUALITY SECTION
PERMITS AND ENGINEERING UNIT
POST OFFICE BOX 29535
RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA 27626-0535
TELEPHONE NUMBER: [phone]
FAX NUMBER: [phone]
FORM: LARS' 02/95 Page 7 of 18

Instructions:
Processing of this application will not be initiated until five (5) copies of all of the following
items have been submitted in addition to five(5) copies of the completed application form. If
any of the below items have been excluded from the package, please explain.
1. Is a general location map included?
YES or NO
2. Is a site map (drawn to scale) included which delineates total and buffered acres and
shows all property lines, buffers, existing wells within 500 feet, topography, drainage
features, and any surface waters?
YES ✓ or NO
3. Is a vicinity map enclosed which clearly indicates the projects location with respect to
State roads and named Surface waters?
YES ✓ or NO
4. Is a signed soil scientist report included which defines the following:
a) field descriptions of texture, color, and structure,
b) depth and thickness of soil horizons,
c) presence of any restrictive soil horizons or layers,
d) -depth to seasonal high water table,
e) the hydraulic conductivity,
f) recommended loading rate for the site,
YES ✓ or NO
5. Is a signed agronomist's report included which identifies the crop and loading
recommendations for N-P-K?
YES ✓ or NO
6. Is the Crop Management Plan included in the application package?
YES ✓ or NO
7. Has the Land Owner's agreement been completed and signed?
YES '� or NO
8. Appropriate fee in accordance with 15A NCAC 2H .0205(c)(5)-(eff. February 1, 1993):.
New Applications, Modifications or Late Renewals $400.00
Timely Renewals without Modifications $250.00
YES ✓ or NO
9. Five (5) copies of all reports, evaluations, agreements, supporting calculations, etc. must
be inclued as a part of the application package.
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This form must be completed by the appropriate Regional Office and included with the
submission of the. application package.
INSTRUCTIONS TO APPLICANT
In order to determine the classification of the watershed in which these land application activities will be
located, you are required to submit this form, with items 1 through 8 completed, to the appropriate Division of
Environmental Management Regional Water Quality Supervisor (see attached listing). At a minimum, you must
include an 8.5" by 11" copy of the portion of a 7.5 minute USGS Topographic Map which shows the subject
surface waters. You must identify the location of the facility and the closest downslope surface waters (waters for
which you are requesting the classification) on the submitted map copy. The application may not be
submitted until this form is completed and included with the submittal.
1. Applicant (please specify the name of the municipality, corporation, individual, or other ):
City of Newton
2. Name and Complete Address of Applicant: City of Newton
Post Office Box 550
City: Newton State: North Carolina Zip: 28658
Telephone Number:( 704 ) 465-7400.
3. Project Name: Land. Application of Residual Solids
4. Volume of residuals to be land applied: 3,438 dry tons per year
5. Name of closest surface waters: South Fork Catawba River .
6. County(s) where land application site is located: Catawba - Lincoln
7. Map name and date: Portion of USGS TL min topo - Reedsville, NC
8. Applicant Signature:
TO: REGIONAL WATER QUALITY SUPERVISOR
Please provide me with the classification of the watershed where these land application activities will occur,
as identified on the attached map segment:.
Name of surface waters: South Fork Catawba River
Classification (as established by the Environmental Management Commission):
Proposed Classification, if applicable: N/A
Signature of regional office personnel:
Date:
C
FORM: LARS 02/95 Page 9 of 18

DIVISION OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT REGIONAL OFFICES (12194)
Asheville Regional WQ Supervisor
59 Woodfin Place
Asheville, NC 28801
[phone]
Fax [phone]
Avery
Macon
Buncombe
Madison
Burke
McDowell
Caldwell
Mitchell
Cherokee
Polk
Clay
Rutherford
Graham
Swain
Haywood
Transylvania
Henderson
Yancy
Jackson
Fayetteville Regional WQ Supervisor
Wachovia Building, Suite 714
Favetteville. NC 28301
[phone]
Fax [phone]
Washington Regional WQ Supervisor
Post Office Box 1507
Washington, NC 27889
[phone]
Fax [phone]
Beaufort Jones
Berrie
Lenoir
Camden
Martin
Chowan
Pamlico
Craven
Pasquotank
Currituck
Pergnimans
Dare
Pitt
Gates
Tyrell
Greene
Washington
Hertford
Wayne
Hyde
Mooresville Regional WQ Supervisor
919 North Main Street
Mooresville, NC 28115
[phone]
Fax [phone]
Raleigh Regional WQ Supervisor
Post Office Box 27687
Raleigh, NC 27611
[phone]
Fax �919) 571-4718
Chatham
Nash
Durham
Northampton
Edgecombe
Orange
Franklin -
Person
Granville
Vance
Halifax
Wake
Johnston
Waxen
Lee
Wilson
Wilmington Region. WQ Supervisor
127 Cardinal Drive Extension
Wilmington, NC 28405-3845
[phone]
Fax [phone]
Anson
Moore
Alexander
Mecklenburg
Brunswick New Hanover
Bladen
Robeson
Cabar us
Rowan
Carteret Onslow
Cumberland
Richmond
Catawba
Stanly
Columbus Peader
Harnett
Sampson
Gaston
Union
Duplin
Hoke
Scotland
Iredell
Cleveland
Montgomery
Lincoln
Winston-Salem Regional WQ Supervisor
585 Waughtown Street
Winston-Salem, NC 27107
[phone]
Fax [phone]
Alamance
Rockingham
Alleghany
Randolph
Ashe
Stokes
Caswell
Surry
Davidson
Watauga
Davie
Wilkes
Forsyth
Yadkin
Guilford
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City of Newton, NC
Site Summary
Land Application Progrm
Application
Area
Site
Property Owner
Leasee
Existing
Proposed
1 -
14
Sigmon Dairy Farm, Inc.
13.0
13.0
1 -
15
Sigmon Dairy Farm, Inc.
10.0
10.0
1 -
16
Sigmon Dairy Farm, Inc.
40.5
40.5
1 -
17
Sigmon Dairy Farm, Inc.
5.5
5.5
1 -
18
Sigmon Dairy Farm, Inc.
3.5
3.5
1 -
19
Sigmon Dairy Farm, Inc.
26.5
26.5
2 -
0
Arville J. Sigmon
65.2
71.6
3, -
0
Bonnie M. Wilson
36.4
0.0
5 -
0
Kermit Wayne Smith
75.1
122.7
6 -
0
Maiden Amusement Co.
52.9
52.9
7 -
0.
Jeffrey L. Smyre
51.1
51.1
8 -
0
David Seaford
65.1
65..1
9 -
1
A. L. Viles - No Application
9 -
2
A. L. Viles
Mark Poovey
40.0
9 -
3
A. L. Viles
Mark Poovey
22.0
9 -
4
A. L. Viles
Mark Poovey
6.5
9 -
5
A. L. Viles - No Application
9 -
6
A. L. Viles - No Application
9 -
7
A. L. Viles
Tyle L. Ardrey
35.6
9 -
8
A. L. Viles
Tyle L. Ardrey
29.5
9 -
9
A. L. Viles
Tyle L. Ardrey
8.3
9 -
10
A. L. Viles
Tyle L. Ardrey
11.9
9 -
11
A. L. Viles
Tyle L. Ardrey
18.9
9 -
12
A. L. Viles
Tyle L. Ardrey
172.3
9 -
13
A. L. Viles
Tyle L. Ardrey
12.7
Total Land Application Area
444.8
820.1
Willis Engineers
949.032

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NOTES:
1. THIS DRAWING IS FOR REFERENCE ONLY. THE EXACT
LIMITS OF LAND APPLICATION SHALL BE ESTABLISHED
AND MARKED IN THE FIELD ACCORDING TO THE
FOLLOWING SETBACKS.
NATURAL DRAINAGE WAYS 5OFT
PROPERTY LINES 5OFT
HABITABLE STRUCTURES 4OOFT
LANDOWNERS HABITABLE 2O0FT
STRUCTURES
SURFACE DRAINS, UPSLOPE 1OFT
DOWNSLOPE 25FT
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AND INFORMATION SYSTEM DATABASE
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APPLICATION PROGRAM
SITES 9-10 THROUGH 9-13
FEB 1998

SITE INVESTIGATION
CITY OF NEWTON
BIOSOLIDS RECEIVER SITES
:1
A. R. RUBIN
Professor and Extension Specialist
Biological and Agricultural Engineering
North Carolina State University
Introduction: The City of Newton, North Carolina has been operating a PSRP Lime stabilization
program followed by land application to manage the biosolids generated at this publicly owned
wastewater treatment facility (POTW). This biosolids management program has been very
successful for both the Town and the local land owner/farmer who has been hauling and land
applying the biosolids from this municipal facility. The land application effort has relied upon
lands primarily at the Sigmon Farming operations and as development encroaches on permitted
sites or the wastewater reclamation facility expands, additional lands are required on which to
manage the biosolids generated at the POTW. The existing land application sites have received
biosolids for several years and the soil pH on several of the currently permitted sites is
moderately high, but not excessively high. The land application system proposed is considered
an experimental program designed to test long term impacts of land application on selected
characteristics of receiver site soils and vegetation. The experimental land application program
proposed offers an excellent opportunity to examine the impacts of the lime stable biosolid
materials on newly permitted sites and to compare the lime equivalency of materials with the
nutrient content of the product.
The project proposed, although listed as an experimental project, is intended only as a
mechanism to test lime and nutrient properties of the PSRP product. The new sites proposed in
this document as potential biosolids receiver sites each have excellent potential to receive the
lime stabilized PSRP material generated at the City of Newton POTW.
Location and Topography of Proposed Receiver Sites:
The expansion areas proposed to receive the lime stabilized biosolids from the City of Newton
POTW are all located in the southwestern portion of Catawba County. The sites are all located
on the map attached. All sites proposed for inclusion in this expansion program are located near
the intersection of state roads 2021 and 2022 near the South Fork of the Catawba River. A
small portion of site 12 actually lies in Lincoln County.
Each of the sites examined for possible inclusion in this land application program is typical of
the Piedmont Physiographic Region of the State. Slopes typically range from nearly level along
the ridges and broad flats occupying drainage ways and river terraces to gently sloping along the

linear landscape positions which occupy the positions between ridges or hill -tops and the
drainage ways or river terraces. Slopes average between 10% and 12% throughout much of the
area while few areas exhibit slopes of as much as 20%. Those areas with slopes in excess of
15% will require injection or incorporation of biosolids while those areas with slopes ranging up
to 15% can receive surface applications of these biosolid products.
General descriptions for each site are contained in table 1, below. This table provides the
general slope features on each of the proposed biosolids receiver sites. Slopes were measured on
each of the sites with a hand held clinometer. Additional site features such as erosion potential,
gullying, or terraces were observed during the walking reconnaissance of these sites.
Site
average
maximum
erosion
gullies
terraces
slope
slope
potential
1
6-8
12
moderate
few
adequate
shallow
2
10-12
20
moderate
few
few
to high
3
8-10
15
moderate
few
few
4
6-8
12
low to
few to
adequate
moderate
none
5
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
6
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
7
10-12
15.
low to
few
few but
moderate
adequate
8
.4-6
10
low
few to
few but
floodplain
none
adequate
unsuitable
9
6-8
12
low
few to
few but
none
adequate
10
2
4
low
few to
not
floodplain
none
required
unsuitable
11
6-8
12
low
major
few but
adjacent to
drainage
adequate
drainage
unsuitable
12
6-8
18
low
major
adequate
adjacent to
drainage
drainage
unsuitable
2

13
8-10
20
low to
major
adequate
adjacent to
moderate
drainage
drainage
unsuitable
Table 1, General Site Features, Proposed Waste Receiver Sites, Newton POTW
The sites proposed for inclusion in the existing biosolids management program for the Town of
Newton are all located in close proximity to each other and within a reasonable haul distance of
the wastewater treatment facility. The location is ideal for expansion of this program.
Slope on each of the proposed biosolids receiver sites range from nearly level to moderately
steep. Few locations exceed the requirements established in North Carolina Rules for inclusion
in a land application program, but many areas on each of the sites proposed contain slopes that
will require injection of the material rather than surface application. North Carolina Law (15A
NCAC .0200) does require injection or incorporation of biosolids where the slope on the
intended waste receiver site is in excess of 12%. Many of the areas contain slopes in excess of
this 12% level allowed for surface application. Injection is best accomplished with blades that
will do as little damage to the grass crop as possible. Injectors are available on all land
application equipment. The material is best injected to a shallow depth (6" to 8") to assure that
the nutrients contained in the biosolid material is well utilized.
Slope does pose some limitation for the design and operation of the land application project
proposed. The slope is not, however, excessive and each of the sites investigated has potential to
receive the lime stabilized residuals or biosolids from the Town of Newton. Slope will not
preclude or eliminate the use of any of the sites proposed as receiver sites for the lime product
from Newton. Operationally, the material may require injection rather than surface application
to insure compliance with provisions contained in rule.
Neither slope nor location will limit potential of these sites to accept a portion of the lime stable
PSRP material generated in the Newton Wastewater Reclamation Facility. Materials must,
however, be applied in a manner that allows no runoff and on the steeper sloping areas this may
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require injection or incorporation. This operational limitation appears to be the only limitation
noted. Some of sites originally proposed, however, do appear to be in an early stage of
residential development (sites 5 and 6) and these sites were not included as a part of this
examination. Those sites that had obvious signs of development or were impacted by
development proposed were deliberately not included in this investigation.
Slope, location, and landscape position are all well suited for land application programs. Neither
of these factors will limit potential of the areas examined to receive biosolids. Compliance with
permit conditions associated with slopes and buffers must be assured in this or any land
application program..
Soils:
The soil resources on each of the designated receiver sites appear well suited for the land
application/beneficial reuse program proposed. These deep, well drained, fertile Piedmont soils
are very well suited for agricultural or silvicultural production and are consequently well suited
for the land application effort proposed as a continuation of the ongoing land application efforts
of the City of Newton. The City has been involved in a long standing Land application effort and
the opportunity to examine the effects of the lime stabilized biosolids on old and new sites offers
an excellent research opportunity. The expanded land application effort is forwarded as a
controlled demonstration project. The opportunity to examine the effects of lime stable product
application on soil pH and nutrient status offers an excellent chance to broaden our knowledge
of the long and short term impacts of land application efforts on soil and crop quality. Soil, site,
and crop resources are all very similar as this report will show and these conditions provide
conditions ideal for this controlled demonstration or experimental program.
Hand auger borings were advanced at locations on each of the proposed waste receiver sites to
characterize the soil materials on each site. Hand auger borings were advanced at locations
thought to represent the various soil resources on the site. The approximate location for each
boring on each of the proposed receiver sites is provided on the map attached. In general, the
soil resources reported in the Soil Survey of Catawba County represent the actual soils
encountered on each of the proposed receiver sites. Descriptions for the principal soil resources
represented on each of the proposed sites are included in the attachment to this report.
Soil materials encountered on each of the sites are generally of deep and well drained. The
loamy to sandy clay loam dark gray to gray brown or red brown topsoil ranges in depth from 4
to 8 inches. Underlying this topsoil is a red to deep red clay to sandy clay subsoil that extends
to between 40 and 54 inches in depth. Saprolitic material intrudes into the profile below the
clayey subsoil and the saprolite extends to a depth of over 72 inches. An extensive plant root
system has developed on each of the sites because of the lush, well developed pasture grasses
that have proliferated on each of these sites.
rd

The soil resources encountered on each of the sites proposed for inclusion in this expanded land
application program are well suited for this purpose. Representative one inch diameter core
samples of the soil materials from each site were collected simultaneously with the auger borings
for chemical or fertility analysis. The soil tests were as accomplished by the North Carolina
Department of Agriculture, Agronomic Services Laboratory. The soil fertility indicators are
typical of Piedmont Soils and generally,, the soils of the Piedmont are well suited for a wide
variety of agricultural activities including the land application of biosolids. The results of the
soil fertility testing are summarized in table 2, Soil Fertility Test Results and Recommended
Nutrient and Lime Additions, Proposed Biosolids Receiver Sites for the City of Newton.
The Catawba County Soil Survey lists the predominant soils in the area where these sites are
located as:
1. Hiwassee loam and clay loam
2. Cecil sandy loam and clay loam
The soil materials represented in both the Cecil series and the Hiwassee series are well suited for
inclusion in a land treatment program. The most significant of the soil based limitations are
associated with the Congaree series or Congaree complex represented only on sites 8 and 10.
The low-lying portions of these sites should not be included in this experimental or
demonstration land application program. There is ample land represented on the sites well -
suited for this effort and there is no need to examine impacts associated with land application on
flood -plain soils that are apparently flooded as frequently as those on sites 8 and 10 appear.
The soil resources on the sites proposed for inclusion in this expanded program appear well
suited for the land application program proposed. Both soil physical properties and chemical
properties appear well suited for the land application of waste. The soil fertility indicators
suggest that the addition of lime will be essential for optimum soil fertility. The lime stabilized
biosolid material will provide essential lime to optimize agricultural activities on each of the
sites. Each of the sites examined for potential inclusion in this program consists of pasture land
with well established grassy vegetation. The addition of the lime stabilized biosolid material
which contains moderate levels of essential plant nutrient will improve the quality of vegetation
raised on each of the sites.
The soil resources on each of the sites recommended for inclusion in this program are well suited
as potential receiver sites for biosolid products. The soil resources are suitable for the land
application activities proposed and soil fertility levels are within ranges encountered in Piedmont
soils. Neither site nor soil properties will limit the potential of these areas to receive agronomic
applications of the lime stable biosolid materials generated in the Newton POTW. Minor soil
fertility level adjustments are required to adjust soil pH, phosphorus and potassium levels on
selected sites. The biosolid materials will supply a portion of these requirements, but
supplemental potassium may be required.

Recommendations:
The biosolid material to be applied to the receiver sites specified in this expansion effort is
identical to the biosolid material currently permitted for land application for the City of Newton.
These lime stable biosolid materials have been land applied very successfully for several years to
produce a definite agronomic benefit on receiver sites at the Sigmon Farm and elsewhere in
Catawba County.
The lime stabilized materials are produced at the City of Newton Wastewater Reclamation
facility as a means for achieving the process to significantly reduce pathogens (PSRP) and
required vector attraction reduction methods listed in 40 CFR pt. 503 rules.
The annual soil testing accomplished as a component of the permitted land application program
indicates that the soil pH, nutrient status, and regulated metal levels are all increasing, but none
to a level of concern. Nonetheless, additional receiver sites will benefit this land application
program by providing additional sites onto which these materials can be applied. The waste
analysis indicates that this material does contain valuable nutrients. A land application program
for this or any other biosolid material must be based on a limiting constituent theory - the theory
that states that materials should be applied to receiver sites at the most limiting rate rather than
the most generous.
The waste analysis data for 1997 was examined and the highest values from any single analysis
was used to develop an artificial, worst case biosolid product. This worst case biosolid does not
exist, but for purposes of calculating application rates for this material, the worst case material
applied at agronomic rates represents the highest levels of each constituent that would be applied
to a receiver site. Table 3, Biosolids Analysis and Recommended Loading Rates, City of
Newton Biosolid Products presents the maximum allowable biosolid load based on the fescue
grass harvested at a realistic yield expectation (RYE) of 5 tons per acre per year. The site/soil
conditions encountered in the Catawba County area easily justify these harvest rates.
The biosolid materials produced in the Newton POTW contain very low levels of regulated
metals and these biosolid products may qualify as complying with the table 3 values in the 503
rule. If monitoring indicates that these materials consistently meet the table 3 values listed in the
503 rule, then the need for maintaining cumulative metal loading records may be reduced. The
table 3 values contained in the 503 rule are listed in the waste characterization and recommended
loading table below.
Based on the limiting constituent analysis summarized in table 3, below, the application of
biosolid material will be limited to 7020 gallons per acre per year and that will supply the
phosphorus required by the fescue grass on these sites. Supplemental nitrogen may be required
to optimize crop production while the potassium contained in these materials is near, the
agronomic requirement and no potassium appears required. The metal that appears to limit the
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site life in this system is lead (Pb). At the agronomic load of 7020 gallons per acre per year, the
site for lead will be reached in approximately 700 years.
The calcium level in this material is moderately high. The reason for this high level of calcium
is the fact that this material is stabilized with lime prior to land application. One frequent
concern with lime stabilized materials is the potential to foster deficiencies of phosphorus,
magnesium, or manganese. The levels of phosphorus and magnesium are sufficiently high that
this should not occur. Future testing should include analysis fir manganese. Soil tests
accomplished by the NCDA do, however, include tests for manganese. Operators of this system
should closely monitor manganese levels in the soil and soil pH to insure that manganese
deficiencies do not occur. Plant tissue tests should also be considered as a diagnostic tool to
insure that plant materials contain sufficient manganese.
Table 3, Biosolids Analysis and Recommended Loading Rates, City of Newton Biosolid Product
Constituent
Concentration
Mass/1000 Gal
Agronomic
Load
Biosolid Load
mg/1
lb/1000 Gal
lb./Ac/Y.
1000 Gal/Ac/Y.
TKN
2255
na
NH3
478
na
NO3
4.3
na
PAN
1161
9.7
200
20.620
TP
1367
11.4
80
7.020
K
911
7.8
100
12.821
Ca
14929
124.5
1000
8.032
Mg
771
6.4
100
15.625
Na
605
5.1
500
98.040
As
0.05
.0004
2.0
<5x10E6
Cd
0.42
.004
1.9
<5x10E6
Cu
19.12
.16
75
468.75
Hg
0.0002
.00002
0.9
<5x10E6
Ni
28.13
.24
21
87.5
7

Pb
7.1
.06
15
250.0
Se
0.05
.0004
1.8
4500.0
Zn
39.5
.33
140
4242.0
CaCO3 (%)
2.9
na
na
na
Any biosolid material can be applied only when site and soil conditions permit ingress to,
operation, and egress from receiver sites. If a loaded application vehicle creates ruts greater than
three (3) inches in depth, then a receiver site is not considered trafficable and land application
operations should cease until the receiver site is suitable for agricultural operations.
Soil and waste analysis are required components of any land application operation. In addition
to this required testing, samples of the plant tissue from these receiver sites will be collected and
examined to determine levels of essential nutrients contained in plant tissue and removed from
the receiver sites through harvest activities. This testing is also necessary to insure that no
deficiencies in manganese, magnesium, or phosphorus occur. This experimental component of
the proposed land application operation will increase our knowledge and understanding of land
application operations involving high, yet agronomic levels of calcium.
A time series study design will be used as the basis for the design of the research study. Soil and
plant tissue samples will be collected and analyzed from each of the designated receiver sites
prior to the application of the lime stabilized biosolid product. Similarly, samples of the soil and
vegetation will be collected 3, 6, and 12 months after application of biosolid materials to test the
levels of the following constituents in plant tissue and soil:
Plant tissue: TN, P, K, Ca, Mg, Mn, Na, Zn, Cu, and dry matter
Soil: pH and acidity, CEC, P, K, Ca, Mg, Mn, Na, Zn, Cu, and organic matter
Accurate records will be maintained concerning the application rates and the crop yields.
Through this mechanism, removal efficiencies can be calculated and the land application
operations with these high lime (Calcium) biosolid products can be improved. The ability to
better manage these and biosolid products from a variety of operations is a concern for operators
statewide. The research based information which will be obtained through this project will
enable operators to better manage similar operations throughout the southeast.
The biosolid material proposed for application onto these sites is well suited for this activity.
The lime value of the material is the constituent of greatest concern. The material should be
applied at a conservative rate to assure that the receiver site soils are not over limed. The lime
equivalence of this material is low when the lime equivalence is calculated on a wet basis.
M.

When the lime equivalence of the material is determined on a dry basis, then that value is much
higher than the liquid basis. The lime equivalence of material is determined as over 50% and
this is moderately high for a waste material. The land limiting constituent in this material is
phosphorus. The approximately 7000 gallons of material will weigh approximately 60,000
pounds or approximately 30 tons. The dry weight of this material is approximately 1800 pounds
and this will contain a lime equivalence of approximately 0.5 tons.
The recurring application of a lime material with a lime equivalence of 50 % may result in an
over -application of lime. If soil pH becomes excessive, then some impacts may be observed in
plant material. The primary purpose of the plant tissue testing is to assure that the nutrient
balance in plant material is maintained properly.
Conclusion: Neither site, nor soil, nor waste quality will limit the potential to manage these
materials in productive agricultural operations. The potential for managing these materials on
these expanded sites is excellent. The materials proposed for application onto these sites are
well suited for the land application activities proposed. Both the lime and the phosphorus value
of this material must be considered when developing programs to manage these materials on
land.
These materials are valuable amendments for agricultural activities. Many of the soils in the
Piedmont of North Carolina are naturally acidic and the addition of this lime rich biosolid
material will improve soil fertility dramatically. The City of Newton should continue with the
land application operation ongoing. This is a well managed land application program and
expansion onto these additional sites will improve the ability of the city to manage biosolids and
comply with increasingly stringent water quality limits which will be imposed on wastewater
discharges statewide.
Respectfully Su miffed.
A. R. Rubin
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PROPOSED CITY OF NEWTON
BIOSOLIDS RECEIVER SITES
Soil Boring Logs
Site 1: Flood Plain
No Borings Accomplished - Site deemed unacceptable because of landscape position in flood
plain.
Site 2: Boring 1
0-4" red brown loam to clay loam; granular structure; many
fine and medium roots
4-6" light red brown clay loam; granular structure; many fine
roots
6-38" red to red brown clay; weak, fine subangular blocky
structure; firm
38-44" red clay loam to sandy clay loam; weak, fine, subangular
blocky structure; few saprolitic fragments
44-48" red sandy loam saprolite
48" Boring terminated with no evidence of seasonal
saturation.
Site 2 Boring 2:
0-5" red brown loam to clay loam; granular structure; many
fine and medium roots
5-8" light red brown clay loam; granular structure; many fine
roots
8-40" red to red brown clay; weak, fine subangular blocky
structure; firm
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Site 2
Site 3
40-48" red sandy loam saprolite
48" boring terminated with no evidence of seasonal saturation
Boring 3
0-4" gray brown to dark brown sandy loam; granular structure;
many fine and medium roots
4-6" red brown sandy loam; medium granular structure; many
fine roots and few quartz pebbles
6-30" red clay; medium subangular blocky structure; firm;
slightly sticky and slightly plastic; few roots; few quartz
pebbles
30-42" red clay; weak, medium, subangular blocky structure; very
firm and very plastic; many fine mica flakes
42-50" red clay loam; with common saprolitic fragments
50" boring terminated with no evidence of seasonal saturation
Boring 1
0-8" red brown loam to clay loam; granular structure; many
fine and medium roots
8-36" red to red brown clay; weak, fine subangular blocky
structure; firm
36-48" red clay; weak, medium, subangular blocky structure; very
firm and very plastic; many fine mica flakes
48" boring terminated with no evidence of seasonal saturation
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Site 3
Site 3
Site 4
Boring 2:
0-8" red brown loam to clay loam; granular structure; many
fine and medium roots
8-42" red to red brown clay; weak, fine subangular blocky
structure; firm
42-54" red clay loam; with common saprolitic fragments
54" boring terminated with no evidence of seasonal water
table
Boring 4
0-8" red brown to brown loam to sandy loam; granular
structure; many fine and medium roots; few quartz
fragments .
8-40" red clay; weak, fine, subangular blocky structure; firm;
slightly sticky and slightly plastic; few fine roots
40-46" red clay loam to sandy clay; weak, fine, subangular blocky
structure; firm; slightly sticky and slightly plastic; few
medium roots; increasing mica fragments or flakes and
quartz fragments with depth
46-54" red clay loam; with common saprolitic fragments
54" boring terminated with no evidence of seasonal saturation
Boring 1
0-5" red brown clay loam to loam; granular structure; many
fine and medium roots -
5-36" bright red clay to sandy clay; weak, fine, subangular
blocky structure; few medium roots; few quartz fragments
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36-42" red brown to red clay with few yellow mottles; weak, fine,
subangular blocky structure; firm, sticky and plastic; few
quartz and mica fragments; few saprolite fragments with .
increasing depth
42" boring terminated with no evidence of seasonal saturation
Site 4: Boring 2
0-8" red brown clay loam, to loam; granular structure; many
fine and medium roots
8-36" bright red clay to sandy clay; weak, fine, subangular
blocky structure; few medium roots; few quartz fragments
36-42" red brown to red clay with few yellow mottles; weak, fine, .
subangular blocky structure; firm, sticky and plastic; few
quartz and mica fragments
42" boring terminated with no evidence of seasonal saturation
Site 5 No borings advanced because of proximity to proposed development
on Site 6 and because property manager chose not to utilize pastures
and pens for biosolids application.
Site 6 No borings advanced because of potential property development.
Site 7 Boring 1
0-4" red brown loam to clay loam; granular structure; many
fine and medium roots
4-6" light red brown clay loam; granular structure; many fine
roots
6-38" red to red brown clay; weak, fine subangular blocky
structure; firm
13

38-44" red clay loam to sandy clay loam; weak, fine, subangular
blocky structure; few saprolitic fragments
44-48" red sandy loam saprolite
48" Boring terminated with no evidence of seasonal
saturation.
Site 7 Boring 2
0-5" red brown loam to clay loam; many fine and medium roots
5-8" light red brown clay loam; granular structure; many fine
roots
8-40" red to red brown clay; weak, fine subangular blocky
structure; firm
40-48" red sandy loam saprolite
48" boring terminated with no evidence of seasonal saturation
Site 7 Boring 3
0-8" gray to gray brown sandy loam; granular structure; many
fine and medium roots
8-42" red clay; weak, fine, subangular blocky structure; few mica
flakes encountered with increasing depth; firm, sticky and
plastic
42-48" red clay loam with prominent yellow mottles; weak, fine,
subangular blocky structure; increasing quartz and mica
fragments with depth
48-54" red loamy saprolite
54" boring terminated with no evidence of seasonal saturation
14

Site 7 Boring 3
0-5" gray to gray brown sandy loam; granular structure; many
fine and medium roots
5-42" red clay; weak, fine, subangular blocky structure; few mica
flakes encountered with increasing depth; firm, sticky and
plastic
42-48" red clay loam with prominent yellow mottles; weak, fine,
subangular blocky structure; increasing quartz and mica
fragments with depth
48-54" red loamy saprolite
54" boring terminated with no evidence of seasonal saturation
Site 7 Boring 4
0-10" gray to gray brown sandy loam; granular structure; many
fine and medium roots
10-42" red clay; weak, fine, subangular blocky structure; few mica
flakes encountered with increasing depth; firm, sticky and
plastic
42-48" red clay loam with prominent yellow mottles; weak, fine,
subangular blocky structure; increasing quartz and mica
fragments with depth
48-54" red loamy saprolite
54" boring terminated with no evidence of seasonal saturation
Site 8 Boring 1
0-8" gray loam; granular structure; many fine and medium
roots
15

Site 9
Site 9
8-48" red clay; weak, fine, subangular blocky structure; few
yellow mottles encountered with increasing depth; weak,
fine, subangular blocky structure
48-54" red clay loam; prominent yellow mottles; weak, fine,
subangular blocky structure; friable; few fine mica flakes
with increasing depth
54" boring terminated with no evidence of seasonal saturation
Boring 1
0-8" gray loam; granular structure; many fine and medium
roots
8-48" red clay; few yellow mottles encountered with increasing
depth; weak, fine, subangular blocky structure; firm
48-54" red clay loam; prominent yellow mottles; weak, fine,
subangular blocky structure; friable; few fine mica flakes
with increasing depth
54" boring terminated with no evidence of seasonal saturation
Boring 2
0-5" red brown loam to clay loam; granular structure; many
fine and medium roots
5-8" light red brown clay loam; granular structure; many fine
roots
8-40" red to red brown clay; weak, fine subangular blocky
structure; firm
40-48" red sandy loam saprolite
48" boring terminated with no evidence of seasonal saturation
16

Site 10 No borings advanced of proximity to flood plain
Site 11 Boring 1
0-8"
red brown loam to clay loam; granular structure; many
fine and medium roots
8-42"
red to red brown clay; weak, fine subangular blocky
structure; firm
42-54"
red clay loam; with common saprolitic fragments
54"
boring tenninated with no evidence of seasonal saturation
Site 11 Boring 2
0-8"
gray loam; granular structure; many fine and medium
roots
8-48"
red clay; weak, fine, subangular blocky structure; few
yellow mottles encountered with increasing depth; weak,
fine, subangular blocky structure
48-54"
red clay loam; prominent yellow mottles; weak, fine,
subangular blocky structure; friable; few fine mica flakes
with increasing depth
54"
boring terminated with no evidence of seasonal saturation
Site 11 Boring 3
0-8"
gray loam; granular structure; many fine and medium
roots
8-48"
red clay; weak, fine, subangular blocky structure; few
yellow mottles encountered with increasing depth; weak,
fine, subangular blocky structure
17

Site 12
Site 12
48-54" red clay loam; prominent yellow mottles; weak, fine,
subangular blocky structure; friable; few fine mica flakes
with increasing depth
54" boring terminated with no evidence of seasonal saturation
Boring 1
0-4" dark gray brown sandy loam; weak, medium, granular
structure; many fine and medium roots; few quartz
pebbles
4-6" gray brown sandy loam; weak, medium, granular
structure; friable; many fine and medium roots; few quartz
pebbles
6,12" pale yellow red sandy clay loam; weak, fine, subangular
blocky structure; friable; few small and medium roots
12-40" red clay; subangular blocky structure; firm; sticky and
plastic; few fine roots and few mica flakes
40-48" red clay to clay loam with few brown and yellow mottles;
few mica flakes encountered with increasing depth
48-54" red sandy loam saprolite
54" boring terminated with no evidence of seasonal saturation
Boring 2
0-3" dark gray brown sandy loam; weak, medium, granular
structure; many fine and medium roots; few quartz
pebbles
3-6" gray brown sandy loam; weak, medium, granular
structure; friable; many fine and medium roots; few quartz
pebbles
18

Site 12
Site 12
6-12" red clay loam; subangular blocky structure; firm; sticky and
plastic; few fine roots and few mica flakes
12-40" red clay; subangular blocky structure; firm; sticky and
plastic; few fine roots and few mica flakes
40-48" red clay to clay loam with few brown and yellow mottles;
few mica flakes encountered with increasing depth
48-54" red sandy loam saprolite
54" boring terminated with no evidence of seasonal saturation
Boring 3
0-4" dark gray brown sandy loam; weak, medium, granular
structure; many fine and medium roots; few quartz
pebbles
4-48" red clay to clay loam with few brown and yellow mottles;
weak, fine, subangular blocky structure; few mica flakes
encountered with increasing depth
48-54" red sandy loam saprolite
54" boring terminated with no evidence of seasonal saturation
Boring 4
0-6" dark gray brown sandy loam; weak, medium, granular
structure; many fine and medium roots; few quartz
pebbles
6-48" red clay to clay loam with few brown and yellow mottles;
weak, fine, subangular blocky structure; few mica flakes
19

Site 12
Site 12
Site 13
encountered with increasing depth
48-54" red sandy loam saprolite
54" - boring terminated with no evidence of seasonal saturation
Boring 5
0-6" brown to red brown loam to clay loam; weak, medium
granular structure; very friable; many fine and medium
roots
6-30" deep red clay; fine and medium subangular blocky
structure; firm; sticky and plastic
30-48" deep red to red clay loam; weak, medium, subangular
blocky structure; firm; sticky and plastic
48-56" red clay loam with few yellow mottles; weak, fine,
subangular blocky structure; common mica flakes with
increasing depth
56" boring terminated with no evidence of seasonal saturation
Boring 6
0-6" brown to red brown loam to clay loam; weak, medium
granular structure; very friable; many fine and medium
roots
6-48" deep red to red clay loam; weak, medium, subangular
blocky structure; firm; sticky and plastic
48" boring terminated with no evidence of seasonal saturation
Boring 1
20

Site 13
0-4" dark gray brown sandy loam; weak, medium, granular
structure; many fine and medium roots; few quartz
pebbles
4-6" gray brown sandy loam; weak, medium, granular
structure; friable; many fine and medium roots; few quartz
pebbles
6-12" pale yellow red sandy clay loam; weak, fine, subangular
blocky structure; friable; few small and medium roots
12-40" red clay; subangular blocky structure; firm; sticky and
plastic; few fine roots and few mica flakes
40-48" red clay to clay loam with few brown and yellow mottles;
weak, fine, subangular blocky structure; few mica flakes
encountered with increasing depth
48-54" red sandy loam saprolite
54" boring terminated with no evidence of seasonal saturation
Boring 2
0-3" dark gray brown sandy loam; weak, medium, granular
structure; many fine and medium roots; few quartz
pebbles
3-6" gray brown sandy loam; weak, medium, granular
structure; friable; many fine and medium roots; few quartz
pebbles and fragments
6-12" red clay loam; subangular blocky structure; firm; sticky and
plastic; few fine roots and few mica flakes
12-40" red clay; subangular blocky structure; firm; sticky and
plastic; few fine roots and few mica flakes
40-48" red clay to clay loam with few brown and yellow mottles;
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encountered with increasing depth
48-54" red sandy loam saprolite
54" boring terminated with no evidence of seasonal saturation
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North Carolina Division of Environmental Management
AGREEMENT FOR THE LAND APPLICATION OF WASTEWATER RESIDUALS
TO PRIVATE LANDS
Permittee: C t-r`? O F N Ew- Of-i
Contact Person: j mES P ic,rtf-2pS
Address of Permittee: P.O. g o x SS C
N(ft-J-10N KC 2R65-6
List of wastewater residuals to be applied to these lands: C6 fqr k CCEE(4-
Site lDNumber: 9 - Z Tt%zo xt j
Field Number:
Location of Land to be used for residual application (include map for each site):
Owner of Property used for residual application: - �- . V I L E 5
Lessee of Property (if appropriate): / iq x K P p a U E v
Land use or cropping patterns:
Intended use or disposition of crops:
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * or * * * * * * * * * *
The undersigned land owner or his representative hereby permits 1, l TY o F ILl -or J
hereinafter referred to as the Permittee, to apply the above listed residuals onto the land at the location
shown as desdribed herein in accordance with the restrictions and stipulations as given below. The
landowner or his representative receives, in consideration, full use of the nutrient value of the applied
residuals while the Permittee receives, in consideration, the use of the land described above for the
disposal of wastewater residuals. This agreement shall remain in effect for the length of the Division of
Environmental Management land application permit and shall be renewed each time the land application
permit is renewed. The undersigned land owner or his representative and the Permittee agree to abide with
the following restrictions and stipulations until such time as written notification, given thirty (30) days in
advance, modifies or cancels this Land owner's Agreement .
Notification of cancellation of this agreement shall be immediately forwarded to:
Division of Environmental Management
Permits and Engineering Unit
Post Office Box 29535
Raleigh, North Carolina 27626-0535
FORM: LAORS 04/94 Page 16 of 19

STIPULATIONS:
1. The landowner or his representative hereby authorizes the Permittee, County and State Officials or
their representatives to inspect each parcel of property prior to, during, and after residual application
and to established monitoring facilities on or near the application site as required by the residual land
application permit.
2. The landowner or his representative authorizes the Permittee, County and.State Officials or their
representatives to take necessary soil, surface and ground water samples during the term of, and
twelve (12) months after termination of, this Agreement.
The Permittee will provide each landowner or his representative with a copy of the land'application
permit as issued by the N.C. Department of Environment, Health and Natural Resources
(NCDEHNR) Division of Environmental Management (DEM) for the land described above prior to
commencement of residual application. The NCDEHNR-DEM permit will specify maximum
application rates, limitations and other restrictions prescribed by the laws and regulations.
4. The Permittee has provided the landowner or his representative with information and data concerning
the program for land application of residuals to privately owned lands which includes an analysis of
constituents of the residual, residual application methods and schedules for typical cropping patterns
and a description of the equipment used by the Permittee for residual application.
5. The Permittee will furnish each landowner or his representative with a copy of the results of each soil
analysis.
6. The site shall be adequately limed to a soil pH of at least 6.0 prior to residual application. Residuals
may be applied to sites with a pH of less than 6.0 provided a sufficient amount of lime is also applied
to achieve a final pH of the lime, residual and soil mixture of at least 6.0.
7. The landowner of his representative will inform the Permittee of any revisions or modifications to the
intended use and cropping patterns shown above prior to each planting season to enable the Permittee
to amend this Agreement and schedule applications at appropriate periods. Within the limits of the
NCDEHNR-DEM permit, the owner or his representative and the Permittee will determine residual
application rates and schedules based on crop patterns and the results of soil samples.
8. Crops for direct human consumption shall be harvested in accordance with the conditions of the
permit.
9. The landowner or his representatives or successors shall adhere to the provisions of this Agreement
for a period of eighteen (18) months from the date of the most recent residual application.
10. Appropriate measures must be taken by the Permittee or Land Owner (Lessee) to control public
access to the land application sites during active site use and for the twelve (12) month period
following residual application. Such controls may include the posting of signs indicating the
activities being conducted at each site.
11. Specific residual application area boundaries shall be clearly marked on each site by the Permittee or
Land Owner (Lessee) prior to and during application.
12. Should the landowner or his representative lease or otherwise permit the use of the land by a third
party, the landowner shall be responsible to insure the third party agrees and complies with the terms
and conditions of this Agreement.
13. ..The existing lessee, if any, of the site agrees, by execution of this Agreement, to comply with all
provisions of this Agreement.
FORM: LARS 04/94 Page 18 of 20

14. This Agreement shall be binding on the grantees. the successors and assigns of the parties hereto
with reference to the subject matter of this Agreement.
15. Animals should not be grazed on residual applied lands within a thirty (30) day period following the
residual application. Application sites that are to be used for grazing shall have fencing that will be
used to prevent access during these periods after each application.
16. Prior to a transfer of this land to a new owner, a permit modification must be requested and obtained
from the Division of Environmental Management. The request shall contain appropriate fees and
agreements. In addition, a notice shall be given by the current landowner to the new landowner that
gives full details of the materials applied or incorporated at each site.
17. Any duly authorized officer, employee, or representative of the Division of Environmental
Management may, upon presentation of credentials, enter and inspect any property, premises or
place on or related to the application site and facility at any reasonable time for the purpose of
determining compliance with this permit; may inspect or copy any records that must be kept under
the terms and conditions of this permit; or may obtain samples of groundwater, surface water, or
leachate.
18. The landowner shall not enter into any additional waste disposal contracts or agreements -with
another municipality, contractor, or other permitted entity for the land specified by this Agreement:
The land application of any additional wastewater residual sources, other than the residuals specified
by this permit, is prohibited.
RESTRICTIONS:
FORD: LARS 04/94 Page 19 of 20

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I. A.L. VfLE •S have read this land owner's agreement d do hereby grant permission
to the Permittee to apply sludge/residual to my lands as specified herein.
Land Owner
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Date
NORTH CAROLINA, �'�jrgGt/,B/� COUNTY,
I, the undersigned Notary Public, do hereby certify that d , L. V1/ -&$
personally appeared before me this day and acknowledged the due execution of the forgoing instrument.
WITNESS my hand and official seal this day of Ka ti A101r , 19
NOTARY PUBLIC
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have read this land owner's agreemen and do hereby agree to abide by
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FORM: LARS 04/94 Page 20 of 20

North Carolina Division of Environmental Management
AGREEMENT FOR THE LAND APPLICATION OF WASTEWATER RESIDUALS
TO PRIVATE LANDS
Permittee:
Contact Person: J
Address of Permittee:
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List of wastewater residuals to be applied to these lands: C-Z-"raV- Cn oEk (/\1,95TzN6T�(z
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Site ID Number: `-I
Field Number:
Location of Land to be used for residual application (include map for each site):
Owner of Property used for residual application: A, L . V l L ES
Lessee of Property (if appropriate): TY L G 1. , 4 n Q R e y
Land use or cropping patterns:
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Intended use or disposition of crops:
The undersigned land owner or his representative hereby permits (2 rrY O r- (�j�D-i
hereinafter referred to as the Permittee, to apply the above listed residuals onto the land at the location
shown as described herein in accordance with the restrictions and stipulations as given below. The
iandowner or his representative receives, in consideration, full use of the nutrient value of the applied
residuals while the Permittee receives, in consideration, the use of the land described above for the
disposal of wastewater residuals. This agreement shall remain in effect for the length of the Division of
Environmental Management land application permit and shall be renewed each time the land application
permit is renewed. The undersigned land owner or his representative and the Permittee agree to abide with
the following restrictions and stipulations until such time as written notification, given thirty (30) days in
advance, modifies or cancels this Land owner's Areeement .
Notification of cancellation of this agreement shall be immediately forwarded to:
Division of Environmental Management
Permits and Engineering Unit
Post Office Box 29535
Raleigh, North Carolina 27626-0535
FORM: LAORS 04/94 Page 16 of 19

STIPULATIONS:
1. The landowner or his representative hereby authorizes the Permittee, County and State Officials or
their representatives to inspect each parcel of property prior to, during, and after residual application
and to established monitoring facilities on or near the application site as required by the residual land
application permit.
2. The landowner or his representative authorizes the Permittee, County and State Officials or their
representatives to take necessary soil, surface and ground water samples during the term of, and
twelve (12) months after termination of, this Agreement.
3. The Permittee will provide each landowner or his representative with a copy of the land application
permit as issued by the N.C. Department of Environment, Health and Natural Resources
(NCDEHNR) Division of Environmentaf Management (DEM) for the land described above prior to
commencement of residual application. The NCDEHNR-DEM permit will specify maximum
application rates, limitations and other restrictions prescribed by the laws and regulations.
4. The Permittee has provided the landowner or his representative with information and data concerning
the program for land application of residuals to privately owned lands which includes an analysis of
constituents of the residual, residual application methods and schedules for typical cropping patterns
and a description of the equipment used by the Permittee for residual application.
5. The Permittee will furnish each landowner or his representative with a copy of the results of each soil
analysis.
6. The site shall be adequately limed to a soil pH of at least 6.0 prior to residual application. Residuals
may be applied to sites with a pH of less than 6.0 provided a sufficient amount of lime is also applied
to achieve a final pH of the lime, residual and soil mixture of at least 6.0.
7: The landowner of his representative will inform the Permittee of any revisions or modifications to the
intended use and cropping patterns shown above prior to each planting season to enable the Permittee
to amend this Agreement and schedule applications at appropriate periods. Within the limits of the
NCDEHNR-DEM permit, the owner or his representative and the Permittee will determine residual
application rates and schedules based on crop patterns and the results of soil samples.
8.. Crops for direct human consumption shall be harvested in accordance with the conditions of the
permit.
9. The landowner or his representatives or successors shall adhere to the provisions of 'this Agreement
for a period of eighteen (18) months from the date of the most recent residual application.
10. Appropriate measures must be taken by the Permittee or Land Owner (Lessee) to control public
access to the land application sites during active site use and for the twelve (12) month period
following residual application. Such controls may include the posting of signs indicating the
activities being conducted at each site.
11. Specific residual application area boundaries shall be clearly marked on each site by the Permittee or
Land Owner (Lessee) prior to and during application.
12. Should the landowner or his representative lease or otherwise permit the use of the land by a third
party, the landowner shall be responsible to insure the third party agrees and complies with the terms
and conditions of this Agreement.
13. The existing lessee, if any, of the site agrees, by execution of this Agreement, to comply with all
provisions of this Agreement.
FORM: LARS 04/94 Page 18 of 20

14. This Agreement shall be binding on the grantees. the successors and assigns of the parties hereto
with reference to the subject matter of this Agreement.
15. Animals should not be grazed on residual applied lands within a thirty (30) day period following the
residual application. Application sites that are to be used for grazing shall have fencing that will be
used to prevent access during these periods after each application.
16. Prior to a transfer of this land to a new owner, a permit modification must be requested and obtained
from the Division of Environmental Management. The request shall contain appropriate fees and
agreements. In addition, a notice shall be given by the current landowner to the new landowner that
gives full details of the materials applied or incorporated at each site.
17. Any duly authorized officer, employee, or representative of the Division of Environmental
Management may, upon presentation of credentials, enter and inspect any property, premises or
place on or related to the application site and facility at any reasonable time for the purpose of
determining compliance with this permit; may inspect or copy any records that must be kept under
the terms and conditions of this permit; or may obtain samples of groundwater, surface water, or
leachate.
18. The landowner shall not enter into any additional waste disposal contracts or agreements with
another municipality, contractor, or other permitted entity for the land specified by this Agreement:
The land application of any additional wastewater residual sources, other than the residuals specified
by this permit, is prohibited.
RESTRICTIONS:
FORM: LARS 04/94 Page 19 of 20

- I, /�• �. • V 1a 5 have read this land owner's agreement an do hereby grant permission
to the Permittee to apply sludgelresidual to my lands as specified herein.
Land Owner
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Date
NORTH CAROLINA, �'9T.gl,J�/� COUNTY,
I, the undersigned Notary Public, do hereby certify that At— V/LES'
personally appeared before me this day and acknowledged the due execution of the forgoing instrument.
WITNESS my hand and official seal this day of 0 Nol/, 19
NOTARY PUBLIC
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have read this land owner's agreement and do hereby agree to abide by
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FORM: LARS 04/94 Page 20 of 20

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LABORATORIES, INC.
PAR Laboratories, Inc.
2217 GRAHAM PARK DRIVE
P.O. BOX 411483
CHARLOTTE, NC 28241-1483
704/588-8333
NC CeRifiCation # 20
SC Certification # 99003001
November 5, 1997
Reference No: 97 3978
Made For: City Of Newton
P.O. Box 550
Newton, NC 28658
Attention: James Richards
Analyses Of:
Marked:
Received On:
Analyses:
TS
Al
As
Ca
Cd
Cu
Hg
K
Mg
Mo
Na
Ni
Pb
Se
Zn
NH3 as N
NO2+NO3asN
T-PO4 As P
TKN
Sludge Sample
#1 Thickener
10/22/97
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5.377
(PPm)
599
<.005
9836
.282
25.70
<.0002
683
222
<. 10
291
101
2.82
<.005
50.18
578
3.03
1141
1425
Tested
11/04 1400 CT
10/28 1154 CH
10/24 1234 CH
10/28 1200 CH
10/28 1147 CH
10/28 1154 CH
10/30 1645 CH
10/28 1154 CH
10/28 1154 CH
10/28 1147 CH
10/28 1147 CH
10/28 1154 CH
10/28 1147 CH
10/24 1023 CH
10/28 1147 CH
10/24 1400 TL
10/28 1458 CH
10/31 1126 CH
10/24 1135 CH
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Date
Nitrate (NO3) as N
07/10/91
20.60
11 /25/91
27.30
03/05/92
27.60
07/30/92
24.90
11 /02/92
24.90
11 /19/92
23.10
12/28/93
29.70
01/27/93
20.60
02/23/93
3.94
03/09/93
19.20
04/28/93
18.20
05/17/93
16.40
06/23/93
17.20
07/21 /93
23.10
11/09/93
16.40
03/22/94
15.30
07/25/94
14.80
11 /14/94
15.30
03/15/95
14.40
07/25/95
13.80
11 /20/95
13.60.
03/25/96
13.00
07/18/96
13.6
11 /21 /96
9.32
04111 /97
5.52
07/16/97
9.08
11 /19/97
9.85

Results of Residual Analysis 1995 -1997
Parameter
2/96
4/95
6195
8/95
10/95
12/95
2/96
4196
5/96
MIS
10/96
12196
2/97
4/97
6/97
8/97
10197
12/97
Parameter
Arsenic
<.005
0.040
<.005
0.082
0.244
0.010
<,005
<.005
'<.005
<.005
<.05
<.05
<.005
<.05
<.05
<.005
<.005
Arsenk
Cadmium
0.222
<.10
0.090
<.01
0.626
0.293
0.491
<.02
0.2T4
0.204
0.153
0.118
0.421
0.320
0.353
0.342
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Cadmium
Copper
7.07
4.05
2.88
1.02
23.76
12.94
16.35
9.83
14.31
1 5.81
53.821
4.91
19.121
12.06
16.431
12.50
26.70
Copper
Lead
2.37
2.69
1.59
1.08
7.16
3.26
4.80
1.89
3.10
222
1.80
1.39
7.06
3.21
4.47
4.00
' 2.82
Lead. '
Mercury
<.0002
0.0045
<.0002
0.0021
0.0039
<.0002
<.0002
1 <.0002
<.0002
<.0002
<.0002
<.002
'<.002
<.002
<.0002
<.0002
<.0002 1
IMercury
Mo denum
<.10
<,10
<.10
<.10
<,10
<,10
<.10
I <.10
I <.10
<.10
I <.10
<.10
I <.10
<.10
I <.10
<.10
1 <.10
Mo denum
Nickel
1.64
1.10
<.10
I <.10
19.69
19.00
8.37
3.95
17.11
3.56
12.25
9.24
15.2E
10.66
11.33
28.13
101
Nickel
Selenium
<.005
<.005
<.005
<.005
<.005
1 <.005
<.005
<.005
<.005
<.005
<.05
<.05
<.005
< 05
<.05
<.005
<.005
Selenium
Lnc
14.49
10.33
7.25
2.41
50.81
23.96
34.20
19.66
24.66
1 11.14
12.29
10.88
39.061
24.82
35.01
39.50
50.18
Zinc
Aluminum
1
37.3
1,249
586
1242
733
449
619
2781
221
310
1,010
1,151
j 1,0661
599
lAluminum
moria-Nitrogen
21.60
36.30
34.00
41.90
42.00
'51.00
66.30
60.40
32.00
27.00
35.00
62.0
44.0
76.0
41
478
678
Ammoria-Mm en
Calcium
18,000
8,308
22.5801
20,503
32.4501
13,070
26,060
1.276
13,080
9,031
299
4,928
6.830
6,866
11,87E
14,929
9,836
Calcium
Nitrate- Nitrite Nitro en
<.10 1
<.10
<.10 1
7.26
7.18 1
2.40
15.29
11.20
0.19 1
<.10
1.20
<.10
<.10 1
<.10
<.10
4.30
3.03
Nkrate- M-ke Nibo en
Magnesium
533
355.00
574
356
2.271
882
1.074
58.20
645
433
354
42.34
492
368
673
771
2221
Ma eslum
%Total Solids
4.6
3.96
6.08
5.2
12.E
6.4
8.16
5.36
6.90
7.13
7.31
4.22
2.11
3.31
7.45
112
6.337
%Total Solids
pH
12.5
12.5
12.4
12.2
11.9
12.3
12.51
12.6
11.9
12.0
12.2
12.5
12.2
12.2
12.2
12.2
12.3
pH
Phosphorus
182.42
298.00
148.001
457
1,2281
992
183
379
4191
228
1,4511
673
888
1,307
762
939
1141
Phosphorus
Plant Available Nitrogen SS
179.92
219.52
189.68
494.53
381.54
251.92
310.76
153.88
262.55
11628
169.76
176.66
331.28
611.88
410.48
638.84
749.821
Plant AvaHableNitro en SS
Plant Available Nitrogen (S)
168.97
201.32
172.63
469.95
356.95
225.22
269.97
118.08
246.46
102.73
151.66
145.63
309.23
473.83
1 389.93
397.69
459.31
Plant Available Nitro en (S
Potassium
60.61
41.70
67.28
54.00
144
51.19
92.83
5.76
59.13
43.11
40.47
42.34
91.81
911
102
93.35
683
Potasshm
sodium
192
198
346
241
229
325
169
123
208
1891
2121
2061
6051
474
264
196
291
Sodium
TKN
812
952
812
2,2T6
1,711
1046
1,227.44
4831
1,184
473
T04 1
635
1,480
2,255
1,8881
1.265
r1 425
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