NC0026921_Inspection_20030609

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NCDENR
North Carolina Department ofEnvironment and Natural Resources
Michael F. Easley, Governor!
June 9, 2003
The Honorable Tim Parnell
Mayor, Town of Parkton
PO Box 55
Parkton, NC 28371
SUBJECT: Compliance Evaluation Inspection (CEI)
Town of Parkton WWTP
NPDES Permit No. NC0026921
Robeson County
William G. Ross, Jr., Secretary
Alan Klimek, Director
Division of Water Quality
Dear Mr. Parnell:
Enclosed you will find a copy of the Compliance Evaluation Inspection for the inspection
conducted on May 27, 2003 by Dale Lopez, Division of Water Quality -Fayetteville Regional Office
(DWQ-FRO). As part of the inspection, a tour of the Wastewater Treatment Plant was conducted. All
observations and recommendations are in Part D. Summary of Findings/Comments of this inspection
report. Where recommendations are cited, we ask that you provide a written description of how each
has or will be addressed. We ask that your response and plan of action be forwarded to the Fayetteville
Regional Office by July.11, 2003.
Recommend the following:
1) Please haul the sludge. It was understood that the ORC was planning to haul the drying
bed sludge (and the stock piled sludge) to the Robeson County Landfill during the first or
second week of June 2003.
2) Please record the process control clarifier's sludge judge readings along with the date that
they were taken.
3) Please record on the DMRs all extra testing of chlorine that is performed at the 001
outfall. -
If you have any questions or comments concerning this report or require clarification on part(s)
of this report, please contact me at [phone].
Dale Lopez
Environmental Specialist
Enclosure: Facility Site Review
Checklist for Field Parameters (concerning laboratory certification)
Fayetteville Regional Office
225 Green Street — Suite 714, Fayetteville, North Carolina 28301-5043
Phone: [phone]/FAX: [phone] Internet: www.enr.state.nc.usJENR
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United 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
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Code NPDES yr/mo/day Inspection
03/05/28 117
NC0026921 111 121
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Type Inspector Fac Type
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Remarks
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Inspection Work Days FacilitySelf-Monitoring Evaluation Rating B1 QA Reserved
67 1 2.0 16970 lJ I( 71 I liI 72 t„ I 1 174 75 11 1 1 1 1 1 180
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Section B:FacilityData
Name and Location of Facility Inspected (For Industrial Users discharging to POTW, also include
POTW name and NPDES permit Number)
Parkton WWTP
Loop Road
Parkton NC 28371
Entry Time/Date
10:00 AM 03/05/28
Permit Effective Date
00/01/01
Exit Time/Date
02:00 PM 03/05/28
Permit Expiration Date
04/07/31
Name(s) of Onsite Representative(s)/Titles(s)/Phone and Fax Number(s)
Roy Lemuel Lowder Sr./ORC/910-858-2134/
Roy Lowder//910-850-2326/
Roy Lowder//910-858-3360/
Other Facility Data
Name, Address of Responsible Official/Title/Phone and Fax Number
Contacted
Leonard A Green,PO Box 55 Parkton NC 28371//910-858-3360/ No
Section C: Areas Evaluated During Inspection (Check only those areas evaluated)
Permit Flow Measurement Operations & Maintenance Records/Reports
Self -Monitoring Program Sludge Handling Disposal Facility Site Review Effluent/Receiving Waters
Laboratory
Section D: Summary of Finding/Comments (Attach additional sheets of narrative and checklists as necessary)
Recommend the following: 1) Please haul the sludge. Is was understood that the ORC was planning to haul
the drying bed sludge (and the stock piled sludge) to the Robeson County Landfill during the first or
second week of June 2003. 2) Please record the process control clarifier's sludge judge readings along
with the date that they were taken. 3) Please record on the DMRs all extra chlorine testing that is
performed at the 001 Outfall.
Name(s) an
Dale Lopez
nature(s) of Inspector(s) / Agency/Office/Phone and Fax Numbers
\ e FRO WQ//910.468-1541/910-486-0707
Date
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Signature of M
na ment A Reviewer Agency/Office/Phone and Fax Numbers Date
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EPA Form 3560-3 (Rev 9-94) Previous editions are obsolete.

Regional Field Inspectors Check List for Field Parameters
Jame of site to be Inspected:
field certification # (if applicable): J inspector:-
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Region:
. Circle the parameter or parameters performed at this site.
tesidu Chlorine, ettleable Solids, O Conductiv. , Temperature
I. Instrumentation:
\. Does the facility have the equipment necessary to analyze field parameters as circled above?
Date:
1. A pH meter 6AttYfri 4-
7,
A Residual Chlorine meter
3. DO meter
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4. A Cone for settleable solids
5. A thermometer or meter that measures temperature.
6. Conductivity meter
III. Calibration/Analysis:
1. Is the pH meter calibrated with a 2 buffers and
checked with a third buffer each day of use?
2. For Total Residual Chlorine, is a check standard
analyzed each day of use?
3. Is the air calibration of the DO meter performed
each day of use?
4. For Settleable Solids, is 1 liter of sample
settled for 1 hour?
5. Is the temperature measuring device calibrated
annually against a certified thermometer?
6. For Conductivity, is a calibration standard
analyzed each day of use?
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IV. Documentation:
1 1. Is the date and time that the sample was collected documented? Yes
2..Is the sample site documented?.
3. Is the sample .collector documented?
J 4. Is the analysis date and time documented?
5. Did the analyst sign the documentation?.
6. Is record of calibration documented?
7. For Settleable Solids;: is sample volume: and
1 hour time settling time documented?
8. For Temperature, is the annual calibration of
themeasuring device documented?
Comments: 0
Yes
Yes:
Yes
No
No
Please submit a copy of this completed form to the Laboratory Certification Program.
DWQ Lab Certification
Chemistry Lab •
Courier # 52-01-01
FIELD INSPECTOR CHECKLIST REV. 04/23/2002

Section D: Summary of Findings/Comments
Brief Facility Description:
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FACILITY SITE REVIEW
Ye No N/A 1. Treatment units properly operated and maintained.
0esNo N/A 2. Standby power or other equivalent provision provided.
Yes No N/A 3. Adequate alarm system for power or equipment failure available.
4. Sludge disposal procedures appropriate:
6-) No N/A a. Disposal of sludge according to regulations
Yes No N/A b. State approval for sludge disposal received.
Ie No N/A 5. Sufficient sludge disposed of to maintain treatment process equilibrium.
No N/A 6. The ORC and Backup Operator are officially designated with
NCDENRIDWQ Training and Certification Unit.
(.e;No N/A. 7. Adequate spare parts and supplies inventory maintained.
(9 No N/A 8. Plant has general safety structures such as rails around or covers over
tanks, pits, or wells.
No N/A 9. Plant is generally clean, free from open trash areas.
10. Screening:
No N/A a. Manual
Yes N b. Mechanical
Yes T NIA c. Buildup of debris
es) No N/A d. Screenings properly disposed of.
Yes No
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11. Grit Removal:
a. Excessive organic content in the grit chamber
b. Excessive odors
c. Grit properly disposed of.

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12. Primary clarifier:
a. Excessive gas bubbles
b. Black and odorous wastewater
c. Poor suspended solids removed
d. Excessive buildup of solids in center well of circular clarifier
e. Weirs level
f. Weir blockage
g. Evidence of short circuiting
h. Lack of adequate scum removal
i. Excessive floating sludge
j. Broken sludge scraper.
13. Trickling Filter:
a. Trickling filter ponding(indicating clogged media)
b. Leak at center column of trickling filter's distribution arms
c. Uneven distribution of flow on trickling filter surface
d. Uneven or discolored growth
e. Excessive sloughing of growth
f. Odor
g. Clogging of trickling filter's distribution arm orifices
h. Filter flies, worms, or snails.
14. Activated Sludge Basins/Oxidation Ditche Sri
Yes No N/A a. Dead spots
Yes No N/A b. Failure of surface aerators 1
Yes No N/A c. Air rising in clumps
Yes No N/A d. Dark foam or bad color
Yes No N/A e. Thick billows of white, sudsy foam
Yes No N/A f. Air rising unevenly
Yes No N/A g. Excessive air leaks in compressed air piping.
Yes No
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15. Stabilization Ponds/Lagoons:
a. Excessive weeds including duckweed in stabilization ponds
b. Dead fish or aquatic organisms
c. Buildup of solids around influent pipe
d. Excessive scum on surface.

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16. Secondary Clarifier:
a. Excessive gas bubbles on surface
b. Level overflow weirs
c. Weir blockage
d. Evidence of short circuiting
e. Excessive buildup of solids in center well of circular clarifier
f. Pin floc in overflow
g. Effective scum rake
h. Floating sludge on surface
i. Excessive high sludge blanket
j. Clogged sludge withdrawal ports on secondary clarifier.
17. Filtration:
a. Filter surface clogging
b. Short filter run
c. Gravel displacement of filter media
d. Loss of filter media during backwashing
e. Recycled filter backwash water in excess of 5 percent
f. Formation of mudballs in filter media.
18. Chlorination Unit:
Yes (rN N/A. a. Sludge buildup in contact chamber
Yes N/A b. Gas bubbles
Yes N/A c. Floating scum and/or solids
o N/A d. Adequate ventilation of chlorine feeding room and storage area
No N/A
e9 No N/A
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\es No N/A
e. NIOSH-approved 30 minute air pack
f. All standing chlorine cylinders chained in place
g. All personnel trained in the use of chlorine
h. Proper chlorine feed, storage, and reserve supply.
Yes No �T/A,) 19. Ultraviolet radiation disinfection present and in use.
20. Dechlorination: Le7 1t- >/j 2,44'�-V (t'-
F, n r
Yes No /� a. Proper storage of sulfur dioxide cylinde ',U-�,� L l
Yes No /A) b. Adequate ventilation of sulfur dioxide feeding room C/02-0i-4,e_.
Yes No N/Aj c. Automatic sulfur dioxide feed or feedback control operating
properly.
Yes No
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21. Aerobic Digester:
a. Excessive foaming in tank
b. Noxious odor.
c. Mechanical aeration failure
d. Clogging of diffusers.

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22. Anaerobic Digester:
Yes No /A a. Floating cover tilting
Yes No /A b. Gas burner operative
23. Sludge Drying and/or disposal:
Yes N N/A a. Poor sludge distribution on drying beds
Ys(N N/A b. Vegetation in drying beds
No N/A c. Dry sludge remaining in drying beds
No N/A d. Dry sludge stored on site
Yes No N/A e. Filtrate from sludge drying beds returned to front of plant
.!9 No N/A f. Sludge disposal through county landfill.
es No N/A g. Sludge land applied.
24. Filter Press:
Yes . No / a. High level of solids in filtrate from filter presses or vacuum filters
Yes No IN/A b. Thin filter cake caused by poor dewatering
Yes No N/ c. Sludge buildup on belts and/or rollers of filter press
Yes No N/ d. Excessive moisture in belt filter press sludge cake.
25. Polishing Ponds or Tanks:
Yes No 1/A a. Objectionable odor, excessive foam, floating solids, or oil sheens on
water surface
Yes No NA J b. Solids or scum accumulations in tank or at side of pond
Yes No c. Evidence of bypassed polishing ponds or tanks because of low
capacity.
26. Plant Effluent:
Yes To N/A a. Excessive suspended solids, turbidity, foam, grease, scum, color, and
other macroscopic particulate matter present
Yes No N/A b. Potential toxicity (dead fish, dead plant at discharge)
Yes No N/A c. Outfall discharge line easily accessible.
27. Flow Measurement:
No N/A a. Proper placement of flow measurement device
b. Flow meter calibrated
es / c. Buildup of solids in flume or weir
Yes ✓ d. Broken or cracked flume or weir
Yes o e. Clogged or broken stilling wells
Yes No A` f. Weir plate edge corroded or damaged
Yes No N/A g. Flow measurement error less than 10%.

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28. Sampling:
es No N/A a. Sampling and analysis completed on parameters specified by permit
Yes No N/A b. Composite sample temperatures maintained at 4 degrees Celsius or
less (but above freezing) during sampling
e�1 Igo N/A c. Contract laboratory used for sample analysis
es No N/A d. Effluent composite samples obtained are flow proportional.
RECORDKEEPING AND REPORTING
No N/A 1. Records and reports maintained as required by permit.
No N/A 2. All required information available, complete, and current.
g No N/A
3. Records maintained for 3 years and all sludge records maintained for 5
years.
CY—es No 'N/A 4. Analytical results consistent with data reported on DMRs.
5. Sampling and analyses data adequate and include:
N/A a. Dates, times, and location of sampling
No N/A b. Name of individual performing sampling
No N/A c. Results of analyses and calibration
N/A d. Dates of analyses
o N/A e. Name of person performing analyses.
Y No N/A
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6. Monitoring records adequate and include:
a. Monitoring charts kept for 3 years
b. Flowmeter calibration records kept for 3 years.
N/A 7. The pH meter is calibrated daily with two buffers and checked with a •
third buffer and properly documented.
Yes No N/A 8. Expirationdates of pH buffers adequate.
Yes No N/A 9. All thermometers used in NPDES permit reporting is calibrated
annually with an NIST certified thermometer or a traceable
thermometer annually and documented.
Yes No N/A 10. The following NPDES permitreuiuired param ters-are-aned on site:
mperat r rssolved Oxygen a Chlorine Residual.)

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11. The NPDES permit required parameter Total Chlorine Residual is
analyzed by approved method.
12. BOD incubator temperature maintained at 20 +/- 1 Degrees Celsius
and the temperature maintained in a log for every day of operation.
13. Fecal coliform incubator maintained at 44.5 +/- 0.2 Degree Celsius and
the temperature maintained in a log for every day of operation.
14. Plant records adequate and include:
a. O & M Manual
b. "As -built" engineering drawings
c. Schedules and dates of equipment maintenance repairs
d. Equipment data cards.
15. Permittee is meeting compliance schedule.
16. DMRs complete and include all NPDES permit required parameters.
17. The facility has a permitted flow greater than 5 MGD and is required
to operate seven days per week 24 hours a day.
18. ORC visitation logs available and current.
19. ORC certified at a level equal to or greater than the classification of
the wastewater facility.
Yes No N/A 20.
F) No N/A
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Yes No N/A
Backup Operator certified at one level less than the classification of
the wastewater facility or greater.
21. Current copy of the complete NPDES permit on site.
22. Facility description verified as contained in NPDES permit.
23. Facility analyzes process control parameters for example: MLSS,
MCRT, Settleable Solids and others that are applicable.
Yes No N/A 24.
Revised 7/16/01
by Belinda Henson
Industrial Waste Surveys (IWS) sent to all possible Significant
Industrial Users (SIUs) within the last five years (especially new
industries).