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Home My WebLink AboutNC0023540_Application (FTSE)_20210923United States Environmental Protection Agency EPA Washington, D.C. 20460 Water Compliance Inspection Report Form Approved. OMB No. 2040-0057 Approval expires 8-31-98 Section A: National Data System Coding (i.e., PCS) Transaction 1 IN I 21 1 1 1 Code NPDES yr/mo/day Inspection 2 IL I 3 I NC0023540 111 121 21/09/15 117 Type 181l I I I 1 1 1 Inspector Fac Type 191 S I 2011 1 1 1 1 1 1 11 1 1 1 I I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 I I I I I 1 11 1 1 1 I 1 P6 Inspection Work Days Facility Self -Monitoring Evaluation Rating B1 QA Reserved 67I2.0 I 70I3 I 71IN I 72 I N I 73I I 74 71 I I 1 I I I I I I Il80 Section B: Facility Data Name and Location of Facility Inspected (For Industrial Users discharging to POTW, also include POTW name and NPDES Dermit Number) Belmont Textile Machinery WWTP 1212 W Catawba Ave Mount Holly NC 28120 Entry Time/Date 09:30AM 21/09/15 Permit Effective Date 20/07/01 Exit Time/Date 11:30AM 21/09/15 Permit Expiration Date 25/02/28 Name(s) of Onsite Representative(s)/Titles(s)/Phone and Fax Number(s) /// Joseph R. Cote/ORC/704-827-5836/ Other Facility Data Name, Address of Responsible Official/Title/Phone and Fax Number Contacted Walter P Rhyne,PO Box 568 Mount Holly NC 281200568//704-827-5836/7048278551 No Section C: Areas Evaluated During Inspection (Check only those areas evaluated) Permit Flow Measurement Operations & Maintenar Records/Reports Self -Monitoring Progran Sludge Handling DispoFacility Site Review Effluent/Receiving Wate Laboratory Section D: Summary of Finding/Comments (Attach additional sheets of narrative and checklists as necessary) (See attachment summary) Name(s) and Ori A Tuvia Signature(s) of Inspector(s) Agency/Office/Phone and Fax Numbers Date 9/23/2021 ,-DocuSigned by: DWR/MRO WQ/704-663-1699/ _ I \-- BB057A2DE017498__ Signature of Management Q A Reviewer Agency/Office/Phone and Fax Numbers Date W. Corey Basinger DWR/Division of Water Quality/704-235-2194/ EPA Form 3560-3 (Rev 9-94) Previous editions are obsolete. DocuSigned by: 9/23/2021 �A14CC681AF27425... Page# 1 NPDES yr/mo/day 31 NC0023540 111 121 21/09/15 I17 Inspection Type 18i i 1 Section D: Summary of Finding/Comments (Attach additional sheets of narrative and checklists as necessary) Page# 2 Permit: NC0023540 Inspection Date: 09/15/2021 Owner - Facility: Belmont Textile Machinery WWTP Inspection Type: Compliance Sampling Permit Yes No NA NE (If the present permit expires in 6 months or less). Has the permittee submitted a new El El ❑ application? Is the facility as described in the permit? • El El El # Are there any special conditions for the permit? El • El El Is access to the plant site restricted to the general public? • ❑ ❑ ❑ Is the inspector granted access to all areas for inspection? • El El El Comment: The subject permit expires on 2/28/2025. Record Keeping Are records kept and maintained as required by the permit? Is all required information readily available, complete and current? Are all records maintained for 3 years (lab. reg. required 5 years)? Are analytical results consistent with data reported on DMRs? Is the chain -of -custody complete? Dates, times and location of sampling Name of individual performing the sampling Results of analysis and calibration Dates of analysis Name of person performing analyses Transported COCs Are DMRs complete: do they include all permit parameters? Has the facility submitted its annual compliance report to users and DWQ? (If the facility is = or > 5 MGD permitted flow) Do they operate 24/7 with a certified operator on each shift? Is the ORC visitation log available and current? Is the ORC certified at grade equal to or higher than the facility classification? Is the backup operator certified at one grade less or greater than the facility classification? Is a copy of the current NPDES permit available on site? Facility has copy of previous year's Annual Report on file for review? Yes No NA NE • ❑ ❑ ❑ • ❑ ❑ ❑ • ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ • ❑ ❑ • ❑ ❑ ❑ • • ❑ ❑ ❑ • ❑ • ❑ ❑ ❑ • ❑ • ❑ ❑ ❑ • ❑ ❑ ❑ • ❑ ❑ ❑ Comment: The records reviewed during the inspection were well maintained and organized. DMRs, COCs, calibration logs and ORC logs were reviewed for the period April 2021 through June 2021. Some of the field data taken did not match the EDMR, ORC will revise EDMR. Page# 3 Permit: NC0023540 Inspection Date: 09/15/2021 Owner - Facility: Belmont Textile Machinery WWTP Inspection Type: Compliance Sampling Laboratory Are field parameters performed by certified personnel or laboratory? Are all other parameters(excluding field parameters) performed by a certified lab? # Is the facility using a contract lab? # Is proper temperature set for sample storage (kept at less than or equal to 6.0 degrees Celsius)? Incubator (Fecal Coliform) set to 44.5 degrees Celsius+/- 0.2 degrees? Incubator (BOD) set to 20.0 degrees Celsius +/- 1.0 degrees? Yes No NA NE • ❑ ❑ ❑ • ❑ ❑ ❑ • ❑ ❑ ❑ • ❑ ❑ ❑ • ❑ • ❑ Comment: On -site field analyses (pH, total residual chlorine, temperature) are performed under the facility's field laboratory certification # 5479. K&W Labs (Certification #559) has also been contracted to provide analytical support Effluent Sampling Yes No NA NE Is composite sampling flow proportional? ❑ El • El Is sample collected below all treatment units? • LI El El Is proper volume collected? • ❑ ❑ ❑ Is the tubing clean? ❑ El • ❑ # Is proper temperature set for sample storage (kept at less than or equal to 6.0 El El • El degrees Celsius)? Is the facility sampling performed as required by the permit (frequency, sampling type • El El El representative)? Comment: The subject permit requires effluent grab samples. Operations & Maintenance Yes No NA NE Is the plant generally clean with acceptable housekeeping? ❑ • ❑ El Does the facility analyze process control parameters, for ex: MLSS, MCRT, Settleable DOME Solids, pH, DO, Sludge Judge, and other that are applicable? Comment: The facility appeared to be adequately treating the wastewater at the time of the inspection. However, at the time of the inspection the facility showed signs of aging and is in need maintenance. The bar screen appeared too coarse and insufficient to catch the debris of the influent flow. Rags, paper products and other debris were observed in downstream treatment units. A settleability test of solids at the time of the inspection was very low settling in the 10% range after 15 minutes. Slow settling may be an indication of insufficient wasting. At the time of the inspection, only one of the two blowers was working the other was out of service earlier that week. It was observed that the skimmers in the clarifier were not removing the floating solids sufficiently and the clarifier had floating solids. At the time of the inspection, the wasting pump was not working. Advanced signs of rusting were clearly visible in the digester and adjacent wet well. Bar Screens Yes No NA NE Page# 4 Permit: NC0023540 Inspection Date: 09/15/2021 Owner - Facility: Belmont Textile Machinery WWTP Inspection Type: Compliance Sampling Bar Screens Type of bar screen a.Manual b.Mechanical Are the bars adequately screening debris? Is the screen free of excessive debris? Is disposal of screening in compliance? Is the unit in good condition? Yes No NA NE • ❑ • ❑ ❑ • ❑ ❑ ❑ Comment: The bar screen appeared too coarse and insufficient to catch the debris of the influent flow. Rags, paper products and other debris were observed in downstream treatment units. Aeration Basins Yes No NA NE Mode of operation Ext. Air Type of aeration system Diffused Is the basin free of dead spots? • ❑ ❑ ❑ Are surface aerators and mixers operational? ■ ❑ ❑ ❑ Are the diffusers operational? ❑ ❑ • ❑ Is the foam the proper color for the treatment process? • ❑ ❑ ❑ Does the foam cover less than 25% of the basin's surface? • ❑ ❑ ❑ Is the DO level acceptable? ❑ ❑ ❑ • Is the DO level acceptable?(1.0 to 3.0 mg/I) ❑ ❑ ❑ • Comment: Dog food is added as a food supplement five days per week (at a minimum) due to the low influent flows/loading. The facility is equipped with two blower/motor units, however, one of the blowers was not working at the time of the inspection. Secondary Clarifier Is the clarifier free of black and odorous wastewater? Is the site free of excessive buildup of solids in center well of circular clarifier? Are weirs level? Is the site free of weir blockage? Is the site free of evidence of short-circuiting? Is scum removal adequate? Is the site free of excessive floating sludge? Is the drive unit operational? Is the return rate acceptable (low turbulence)? Yes No NA NE • ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ • ❑ • ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ • ❑ ❑ Page# 5 Permit: NC0023540 Inspection Date: 09/15/2021 Owner - Facility: Belmont Textile Machinery WWTP Inspection Type: Compliance Sampling Secondary Clarifier Yes No NA NE Is the overflow clear of excessive solids/pin floc? Is the sludge blanket level acceptable? (Approximately'/4 of the sidewall depth) Comment: At the time of the inspection, the skimmers in the clarifier were not removing the floating solids sufficiently and the clarifier had floating solids and scum. Disinfection -Tablet Yes No NA NE Are tablet chlorinators operational? • ❑ El El Are the tablets the proper size and type? • El El El Number of tubes in use? 1 Is the level of chlorine residual acceptable? • El El El Is the contact chamber free of growth, or sludge buildup? • El El El Is there chlorine residual prior to de -chlorination? • El El El Comment: De -chlorination Yes No NA NE Type of system ? Tablet Is the feed ratio proportional to chlorine amount (1 to 1)? • ❑ ❑ ❑ Is storage appropriate for cylinders? El El • El # Is de -chlorination substance stored away from chlorine containers? El • El El Are the tablets the proper size and type? • El El El Comment: The chlorination and dechlorination tablets are stored inside the industrial facility. Are tablet de -chlorinators operational? • El El El Number of tubes in use? 1 Comment: The chlorinated wastewater is pumped through the dechlor tablet unit prior to the effluent pumping area. Flow Measurement - Effluent # Is flow meter used for reporting? Is flow meter calibrated annually? Is the flow meter operational? (If units are separated) Does the chart recorder match the flow meter? Comment: Instantaneous flows are measured by a dose counter (150 gallons per dose). Yes No NA NE ❑ ❑ • ❑ ❑ ❑ • ❑ Page# 6 Permit: NC0023540 Inspection Date: 09/15/2021 Owner - Facility: Belmont Textile Machinery WWTP Inspection Type: Compliance Sampling Effluent Pipe Is right of way to the outfall properly maintained? Are the receiving water free of foam other than trace amounts and other debris? If effluent (diffuser pipes are required) are they operating properly? Comment: Yes No NA NE Page# 7