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NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF
ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES
DIVISION OF WATER QUALITY_
FAYETTEVILLE REGIONAL OFFICE
June 6, 2000
Mr. Mark Frederick
Carolina Power & Light Company
Weatherspoon Steam Electric Plant
491 Power Plant Road
Lumberton, NC 28358
SUBJECT: Compliance Evaluation Inspection'
Weatherspoon Steam Electric Plant (Lumberton)
NPDES Permit No_. NC0005363
Robeson County
Dear Mr. Frederick:
Enclosed is a copy of the Compliance Evaluation inspection conducted May
31, 2000.
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. Please remember, it is priority to
discharge a good quality effluent which will not pose any problems to the receiving
stream.
Please review the attached report. If you or your staff have any questions,
do not hesitate to contact me at [phone].
Sincerely,
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Ricky Revels
Environmental Technician V
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Enclosures
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NPDES COMPLIANCE INSPECTION REPORT
Division of Environmental Management
Fayetteville Regional Office
Section A. National Data System Coding
Transaction Code: N NPDES NO. NC0005363 Date: 000531 Inspection Type: C
Inspector: S Facility Type: 2 Reserved:
Facility Evaluation Rating: 4 BI: QA: Reserved:
Section B: Facility Data
Name and Location of Facility Inspected: CP&L (Weatherspoon Steam Electric Plant) WWTP
491 Power Plant Road
Lumberton, NC 28358
Entry Time: 1:55 PM
Exit Time/Date: 3:00 / 000531
Name(s), Title(s) of On -Site Representative(s):
Louise England - Water and Natural Resources Unit
Phone Number(s): 910-739-0297
Name, Title and Address of .Responsible Official:
Mr. Mark Frederick
491 Power Plant Road
Lumberton, NC 28358
Section C: Areas Evaluated During Inspection
Permit Effective Date: 960601
Permit Expiration Date: 010531
Contacted: Yes
(S = Satisfactory, M = Marginal, U = Unsatisfactory, N = Not Evaluated)
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Section D: Summary of Findings/Comments:
1.
The NPDES permit was available upon request.
2. A compliance evaluation for the period May 1999 through April 2000, revealed no NPDES
permit violations for this period.
3. The following required NPDES permit parameters are analyzed at this facility's laboratory:
pH, Temperature and Chlorine Residual. All other parameters are analyzed by the
commercial laboratory "Aqua Tech".
4. This facility utilizes coal to produce steam which manufactures electrical power for the area.
5. There are two (2) effluent pipes, 001 and 002, for this facility. Outfall pipe 002 is made up
of noncontact cooling water from heat exchanger units. Outfall pipe 001 is made up of
recirculated cooling water, coal pile runoff, stormwater runoff, ash sluice water, domestic
wastewater and chemical metal cleaning wastewater. The last discharge from pipe 001 was
September 1999. This pipe discharges when the depth of the lake gets to a certain depth.
This depth is measured in the intake flow area by a measuring device.
6. All coal remnants from the steam generation is pumped to the ash sluice pond. The ash
sluice is pumped to a settling pond and then to the cooling pond for discharge to the
receiving stream. The effluent from the settling pond appeared to be free of solids.
7. The Oil & Water Separator units were inspected. They appeared to be operating properly.
The water is separated and pumped to the receiving stream and the oil is pumped to a holding
area for recycling.
8. The domestic wastewater flows to a septic tank then to a splitter box and then to the sand
filters. The sand filters are the final process before it is discharged to the effluent pipe.
9. At the time of the inspection, there was flow from pipe 002.
10. There is no sludge accumulation to warrant sludge disposal at this facility.
11. The plant appeared to be clean and neat. All effluent outfalls were accessible.
Name and Signature of Inspector
Ricky Revels nc� j, ,-
Name and Signature of Reviewer
Paul E. Rawls
Action Taken
Agency/Office/Telephone
DENR/Fayetteville/
910-486-1541
Agency/Office/Telephone
DENR/Fayetteville
910-486-1541
Regulatory Office Use Only
Compliance Status
Noncompliance
Compliance
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INSPECTION REPORT
UPDATE OPTION: TRX: 5IF KEY: NC0005363INSCEI 000531
SYSMSG: *** DATA ADDED SUCCESSFULLY ***
PERMIT--- NC0005363 REG/COUNTY-- 06 ROBESON
FACILITY-- CP&L WEATHERSPOON STEAM ELEC. LOC-- LUMBERTON
INS TYPE
CEI
NEXT PLANNED
8606
INSPECTION INSPECTED BY:
DATE: 000531 RR
REPORT INSPECTION DMR RESPONSE RECEIVED
DATE STATUS 'STATUS DUE DATE DATE
000606 C C
COMMENTS: