NC0037508_Pretreatment Compliance_20080114

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Michael F. Easley, Governor
William G. Ross Jr., Secretary
North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Colcen H. Sullins., Director
'Division of Water Quality
anuary 14, 2008
Janna Scherer
Prett eatment -Coordinator/Lab Supervisor
1094 Addor Road
Aberdeen, NC 28315
SUBJECT:...: Pretreatment Compliance Inspection
Moore County Water" Pollution Control Plant
NPDES. Permit No. _NC0037508
Moore :County
-Dear Ms..Scherer.
Enclosed you will find a copy of the Pretreatment Compliance •
Inspection Report for the January 10, 2008 inspection of the pretreatment
records and files and the site visit to Thermal Metals (CIU). The report
indicates that Moore County Water Pollution Control Plant meets the
,pretreatment,requirements as outlined in 15A NCAC 2H .0900.
We appreciate your co-operation and your continued efforts with
the pretreatment program. My complements to you on an excellent job of
up-to-date record keeping and organization of the Pretreatment files. If
you have any questions concerning this report, please do not hesitate to
contact me at [phone].
Dale -Lopez
Environmental Specialist
Enclosure: Pretreatment -Compliance : Inspection: Report
;; EPA :.Water -Compliance Inspection,Report
Dana Folley, PERCS -Pretreatment Unit
James Delmo Frye, Operator in Responsible Charge (ORC)
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FAX [phone] :1-377-623-674S
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-NORTH-CAROLINA-DIVISION OF WATER -QUALITY
PRETREATMENT COMPLIANCE INSPECTION (PCI) REPORT
FAYETTEVILLE REGIONAL OFFICE
-BACKGROUND INFORMATION
1.: ControlAuthority (POTW)Name: Moore County Water -Pollution Control Plant
2. Control -Authority -Representative: Janna Scherer
3. Title(s): Laboratory Supervisor/Pretreatment Coordinator
4. Last Inspection Date: 10/05/06 Inspection Type (Circle One): FI Audit
5. Has Program Completed All Requirements from the Previous Inspection or Program Info Sheet(s)? Yesj
6. Is POTW under an Order That Includes Pretreatment Conditions?
No�
Order Type And Number: Are Milestone Dates. Being Met? Yes / No •
PCS CODING
- Trans.Code Program NPDES Number MM/DD/YY Inspec.Type Inspector
8� I N 1 CIO 10 13 17 15 10 18 1 01 / 10 ./ 08
. (DTIA)
_j� _.. _81
-gym) (INSP)
Fac.Type
Jll
(FACC)
_ .17. _ _CurrentNumber_ofSignificant Industrial -Users (SIUs)?
3
SIUS
8. Current Number of Categorical. Industrial Users (CIUs)?
3
CIUS
9. Number of SIUs Not Inspected by POTW in the Last Calendar Year?
0
10. Number of SIUs Not Sampled by POTW in the Last Calendar Year?
0
11. Enter the Higher Number of 9 or 10.
0
NOIN
12. Number of SIUs With No IUP or With an Expired IUP?
0
NOCN
13. Number of SIUs In SNC for Either Reporting or Limits`Violations During Either of the Last 2
Semi -Annual Periods (Total Number of SIUs in SNC).
0
PSNC
14. Number of SIUs in SNC for Reporting During Either of the Last 2 Semi -Annual Periods.
0
MSNC
15. Number of SIUs in SNC for Limits Violations During Either of the Last 2 Semi -Annual Periods?
0
SNPS
16. Number of SIUs in SNC for Both Reporting and Limits Violations During Either of the Last 2
Semi -Annual Periods?
0
POTW INTERVIEW
17. Since the Last PCI, has the POTW had any NPDES Limits Violations?
If Yes, What are the parameters and how are these problems being addressed?
Whole Effluent Toxicity failure in December 2006, unknown cause, and has now been
corrected" - The changes that have been•implemented because of. the: WET failure: they are now
sampling at the bottom of the step aeration unit, they install new tubing every time that there is
"'WET sampling event;`tlie cleaning procedure forthe-WET composite sampler is
recommended by DWQ-ESB Unit
18, : Since the Last PCI, has the POTW- had any Problems.Related to an IndustrialDischarge
• (Interference, Pass -Through, Blockage, Citizens' Complaints, Increased Sludge Production?
If Yes, How Are These Problems Being Addressed?
Yes
No

19. Which Industries have been in SNC during either of the Last 2 Semi-Annual.Periods?
Have any Industries in SNC (During Either of the Last 2 Semi -Annual Periods) not
been Published for Public Notice? (May refer to PAR if Excessive SIUs in SNC)
Which Industries are onCompliance °Schedules or Orders? -.For ail SIUs on an Order,
Has a Signed.copy of the Order been sent to the Division?
21_ Are any Permits or Civil.Penalties .Cmxently Under. Adjudication?
If Yes, Which Ones?
_SNC.for.Limits: 0
SNC for Reporting: 0
Not Published: 0
0
NO
PRETREATMENT PROGRAM ELEMENTS REVIEW - Please review POTW files and complete the following:
Program.. Element
.Date of Last Approval
• ::Date Next Due, -If Applicable
Headwork Analysis (IIWA)
11/04105
11/01/10
Industrial Waste Survey (IWS)
03/19/04
09/01/08
Sewer Use Ordinance (SUO)
10/16/07
Enforcement Response Plan (ERP)
10/16/07
Long Term Monitoring Plan (LTMP)
07/13/04
22. .Is the LTMP Monitoring Being Conducted at Appropriate Locations and Frequencies?
23. Should any Pollutants of Concern be Eliminated From or Added to the LTMP?
24_ Are Correct Detection Levels being used for all LTMP Monitoring?
25. - . Is -the. LTMP Data Maintained in a Table or Equivalent? . 'Yes Is the Table Adequate?
Yes
'Yes
!Yes

INDUSTRIAL USER PERMIT (UP) FILE REVIEW
26. User Name
Thermal -Metals -
Pinnacle
27. IUP Number
A008
A007
28.. Does File Contain Current Permit?
Yes
Issued 04/01/07
Yes
Issued 07/01/07
29. Permit Expiration Date?
. 06/30/08
06/30/08
30.
Categorical Standard Applied (I.E. 40 CFR 413, Etc.) or N/A
433
433
31. Does the File Contain Permit Application Completed Within One Year
Prior to.Pennit Issue natP?
Yes
02/09/07
Yes
12/26/06
32. Does the File Contain an Inspection Completed Within Last Calendar
Year?
Yes, Initial Insp.
On03/30/07
Yes
11/29/07
-33.. . •- °a:•DoesFile Contain,A Slug -Control -Plan?
b..If No,.is_OneNeeded? (See. InspectionForinfrom POTW)
Yes
Yes
34. For 40 C1 R 413_ And 433 TTO. Certif ers, Does The File Contain A
Toxic Organic Management Plan (TOMP)?
Yes
Yes
35. a. Does the File Contain Original Permit Review Letter from the Division?
b. All Issues Resolved? ..
Yes, 10/16/07::::•
Yes 10/16/07
Yes.
36. During the Most Recent Semi -Annual Period, Did the POTW Complete
its Sampling as Required by IUP?
yes
Yes
37. Does File Contain POTW Sampling Chain -Of -Custody's? .
Yes
Yes
: ; 38. During the Most Recent Semi -Annual Period, Did the SIU•,Complete
its Sampling as Required By IUP?
Yes
;i=
Yes
39. Does Sampling Indicate Flow or Production?
Yes
Yes
(water meter)
SIU sends POTW a monthly sheet with the daily flows
-40. . During the Most Recent Semi -Annual Period, Did the POTW Identify
All Non -Compliance fromBoth POTW and SIU Sampling?
Yes, No Violations
Yes
(File Review
Comment #1)
41. .a. Was the POTW Notified bySIU (Within24 Hours) of All Self-
Monitoring Violations
b.. Did Industry Resample Within 30 Days?
.a. N/A
. b. N/A
a. Yes
b. Yes
- 42.• Was the SIU Promptly Notified of any Violations (Per ERP)? ,..
N/A
Yes
43. ! - Duting'the•1N1ostRecent`Semi Annual+Period; Was thefSIU in SNC? ,..
No
No
, 44. During .the Most•Recent Semi -Annual Period, Was Enforcement Taken -
as Specified in the POTWs ERP?
N/A
Yes

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45. Does the File Contain Penalty Assessment Notices?
46. Does the File Contain Proof of Penalty Collection?
• 47. .a. Does the File Contain any Current Enforcement orders?
b. Is SIU in Compliance with Order?
• - - -48. :Did the POTW.Representative Have Difficulty in Obtaining any of this
-Requested Informationfor You?
N/A•
No
N/A •
-No
N/A • -
No
N/A
No
No
• FILE REVIEW COMMENTS
1. "Nickel — self -monitoring 2.050 mgiL on September 11,-2007 (the IUP limit is 2.00 mg/L). The SIU resample wa:
0.060mg/L on October 16, 2007.
2.
PCI Comments:
•--TheTOTW records an.d files were. organizedmid well twin -Mined.
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NOD:
NOV:
QNCR:
NO
NO
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POTW Rating:
Satisfactory 1 Marginal
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PCI COMPLETED BY: Dale Lopez, Environmental Specialist 14/08
Name and Signature of Reviewer Agency/Office7Telephone
Belinda & llenson
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- Date
NCDENR/Fayetteville/[phone] a - 1/- Y

--INDUSTRY INSPECTIONCODING:
Trans.Code . . ._. Main Program Permit Number . MM/DD/YY . .Inspec.Type . Inspector Fac.Type
_.___JJ 1 NI CIO 10 1317151018j 00 /10/ 08 II
(DTIA) - - (TYPI) - _ (INSP) (FACC)
.1.Industry Inspected:Thermal-Metals
2.Industry Address: P.O.Box 367 9546 Hwy 211 Aberdeen, NC 28315
3.Type of Industry/Product- Metal Finishing
4.Industry Contact: Jerry Ritter Title: President
Dave Wilson Title: Pretreatment Back -Up
Phone: [phone] Fax: [phone]
:3=Does:thePOTW--useThe Division Model Inspection Form or Equivalent? /No
6.Did the POTW Contact Conduct the Following Parts of the Industrial Inspection Thoroughly?
Comments:
A.-• Initial Interview 4
B Plant Tour
C. Pretreatment Tour 4
D. Sampling Review J
E. Exit Interview 4
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Industrial Inspection Comments:
Product is finished metal. The raw materials used are iron, zinc, nickel,: copper, manganese
metals for nickel plating, phosphate coating, black oxide coating of parts.for the home, and the
automotive industry, etc. ; The production rate is by batch. The non -process wastewaters that
are discharged to the POTW are cooling water from the furnaces. A separate line discharges
domestic sewage. From their website, the metal coatings are Black Oxide, Proprietary
Coatings, Iron Phosphate, Zinc Phosphate, Manganese Phosphate, Powder Coating, Nickel
Plating, Copper Plating, and Antique Coatings. They also perform -Rust Removal (both
mechanical and chemical), and they perform Machining Processes & Assembly. The metal
processes are: Natural Hardening, Carburizing Carbonitriding, Induction Hardening, Cryogenic
Treatment (with liquid nitrogen), Normalize, Stress Relieving, Annealing, Solution Treat,
Carbon & Alloy Steel, Case Hardening Grades, Medium & High Carbon, Steel & Cast Iron, and
Aluminum & Stainless. Steel.

United States Environmental Protection Agency
EPA Washington,D.C. 20460
Water Compliance Inspection Report
Form Approved,
OMB No. 2040-0057
Approval expires B-31-98
Section A: National Data System Coding (i.e., PCS)'
;Transaction. Code , i NPDES yr/mo/day inspection
1 N 2 5 3 NC0037508 11 121 08/01/10 17
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Type Inspector Fac Type .
18 P i9 S _. 20
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It 1 1 1 -I 1 1 1 I it' I ..I 1166
- Remarks -
211I I I I I I I I 1 1 1: I- I Ill l I 1 I 1 I I I I I I I 1 1 1
Inspection Work Days Facility Self -Monitoring Evaluation Rating Bi . QA
671 2.0 169 70 15 I 711 I 72I NI
Reserved
731 I' • I"74 751
111 1 1 1 180
Section B: Facility Data
Name and Location of Facility Inspected (For Industrial Users discharging to POTW, also include
POTW name and NPDES permit.Number)
Moore County WPCF
1060 Addor Rd
Aberdeen NC 28315
Entry Time/Date
'10:30 AM 08/01/10
Permit. Effective Date
05/07/01
Exit Time/Date
.D3:.00...PM .os/.01/10
Permit Expiration Date
09/07/31
Name(s) of Onsife:Representative(s)Irities(s)/Phone. and Fax Number(s)
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James Delmo Frye/ORC/910-281-3146/
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Other Facility Data
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Name, Address of Responsible Official/Title/Phone and Fax Number
Contacted
Marcus A Jones,PO Box 1927 Carthage NC 28327/Public Works Director// No
Section C: Areas Evaluated During Inspection (Check only those areas evaluated)
Pretreatment
Section D: Summary ofFinding/Comments (Attach additional sheets of narrative and checklists as necessary)
(See attachment summary)
Name(s) and Signature(s) of.lnspe s) ..Agency/Office/Phoneand Fax Numbers
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Signature of:Manageme -0 A Reviewer ..Agency/Office/Phoneand.Fax Numbers .. Date
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Section D: Summary of Finding/Comments (Attach additional sheets of narrative and checklists as necessary)
Thereport indicates that Moore County Water Pollution Control Plant meets the pretreatment requirements
as outlined in 15A NCAC 2H .0900. The POTW records and files were organized and well maintained.
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