NC0028916_Triangle Ice_20011205

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NCDENR
North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Michael F. Easley, Governor
December 5, 2001
Douglas Byrd
Triangle Ice, Incorporated
303 Albemarle Road
Troy, N.C. 28371
Subject: Question Concerning Whether This
Facility Needed an NPDES Discharge Permit
Triangle IceIncoiporated. •
Montgomery County
William G. Ross, Jr., Secretary
Gregory J. Thorpe, Ph.D.
Acting Director
Division of Water Quality
Dear Mr. Byrd:
On September 11, 2001, Ms Kitty A.K. Kramer, staff member with the Division .of Water
Quality conducted a site visit at your plant in Troy, N.C. The visit was to discuss whether this facility
needed to acquire an NPDES Permit for the existing discharge of water from this facility.
This facility generates and packages ice for commercial use. A sump collection area located
behind the ice plant discharges water via an overflow pipe into a storm drainageditch that empties into
an unnamed tributary to Warner Creek. Water discharged from this sump consists of water received
from condensers, ice shavings and overflow water from the ice generating machines. Only potable
water received from the Town of Troy is used at this plant. Potable water comes into a holding tank
that .pumps the water into the building that houses the five (5). ice generating machines. The ice
machines are filled to capacity with the overflow water going to four. of five condenser units and
overflow water going directly to the sump collection area. Once through water from thecondenser
units discharges to the sump area. The sump collection area also receives "snow which is generated.
when all the packaged ice moves through a snow screen unit used to remove the snow from the ice.
No chemical additives are placed in the water discharged from this plant but is just the portable
water as received from the Town of Troy.
As a result of this site visit, it is determination of this Office that the discharge from Triangle
Ice Inc. as described above does not required any discharge permit from this Office. However, should
Triangle Ice Inc. change the nature of the existing discharge, this Office should be immediately
notified.
If you have any questions or require further clarification, please do not hesitate to contact me a
[phone].
Sincerely,
Kitty A.K. Kramer
Environmental Technician V
AKK
cc: Gary Walls, Director of Public Works
Fayetteville Regional. Office
225 Green Street— Suite 714, Fayetteville, North Carolina 28301-5043
Phone: [phone]/FAX: [phone] Internet: www.enr.state.nc.us/ENR
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TRIANGLE
TRIANGLE ICE, INC. 303 ALBEMARLE RD. • TROY, NC 27371 • [phone] • 1-800-222-4804
September 25, 2001
N.C. Dept. of Environment and Natural Resources
Kitty Kramer
Suite 714 225 Green St.
Fayetteville, N.C. 28301
Dear Ms. Kramer
SEP 2s2001
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Thank you for your visit and assistance in determining our overflow water situation at Triangle Ice, Inc. in
Troy;
I have monitored the water temparture on 3 different days and the results are listed below.
Thur. Sept. 13, condenser overflow 81 degrees
drain to storm sewer 78 degrees
Fri. Sept. 14,condenser overflow 83 degrees
drain to storm sewer 83 degrees
Thur: Sept. 20, condenser overflow 82 degrees
drain to storm sewer 79.5 degrees
150 ft. down drainage ditch 80 degrees
Please send a letter authorizing the action I need to take in this matter.
Thank Yo_y,
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Douglas Byrd
Plant Manager