NC0045993_Staff Comments_19820902

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NPDES Permit:
NC0045993
Teledyne ALLVAC WWTP
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Document Date:
September 2, 1982
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MEMORANDUM
DIVISION OF ENVIRONMENTAL W NA
September 2, 1982
D. Rex Gleason
Mooresville Regional Office
FROM: Forrest westall, Head Original Signed By
Operations Branch FORREST R. WESTALL
SUBJECT: Request for Confirmation of Effluent Limitations
Teledyne - Allvac Monroe Plant
iNPDLS Permit No. N. C. 0045993
Union County, N. C.
In your memo of June 23, 1982, you requested that we re-evaluate the
wasteload allocation for Teledyne A11vac in light of copper and zinc
bioassay studies done by the Biological Monitoring Group. These bioassay
studies were performed; however, they indicated that site -specific factors
such as receiving water hardness significantly affect the toxicity level of
copper and zinc. Because of this, the results of these studies may not be
readily transferrable to the Teledyne-A11vac situation.
To establish effluent limitations for copper and zinc for this
discharger (or others), a bioassay specific to their discharge site would
need to be performed. I have copied Steve Tedder on this memo and you
should contact him to discuss the possibility of a study.
If bioassay -based limitations for copper and zinc are not established
at the time the discharge permit comes up for renewal, then a permit
condition requiring a biomonitoring program may be in order. The purpose of
this program would be to assess the impact of the toxic components of their
waste on the receiving stream.
If you have any further questions, please co not hesitate to call.
FW:cs
cc: Steve Tedder
Jennifer Buzun

MEMORANDUM T0:
FROM:
SUBJECT:
DIVISION OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
June 23, 1982
Forrest Westall
D. Rex Gleason
Request for Confirmation of Effluent Limitations
Teledyne Allvac-Monroe Plant
NPDES Permit No. NC 0045993
Union County, North Carolina
Jut ' 2 4 1982
WATER QUALITY
OPERATIONS BRANCH
Attached is a letter from Mr. Don Bailey, Teledyne Allvac, requesting
that the Division of Environmental Management reconsider the effluent
limitations in the subject Permit (copy attached).
Teledyne Allvac produces nickel and titanium alloys. The Company has
a history of non-compliance with the fluoride and copper limitations and has
in the past had difficulty with nickel and zinc.
A memo from you to Mr. Dave Adkins and Mr. Walt Evans (Mooresville
Regional Office) dated January 25, 1980 (copy attached), concerning the
derivation of the effluent limitations, stated that the Biological Monitoring
Group of Technical Services was planning bioassay tests to determine the 96-hour
LC50 for copper and zinc.
Considering that there may now be more information available on the toxicity
of copper and zinc, it may be that these limitations should be modified.
It is suggested that the Technical Services Branch re-evaluate the waste
load allocation for this discharge. In making this analysis, it is suggested
that all parameters listed in the Permit, and on the attached waste load
allocation request, be re-evaluated.
To our knowledge, there are no BPT limitations applicable to this industry.
When Technical Services has developed a revised waste load allocation,
the Mooresville Regional Office staff will further investigate the situation
at Teledyne Allvac, giving consideration to Mr. Bailey's comments, to determine
if the effluent limitations should be revised.
If you have any questions regarding this matter of if we can offer any
assistance, please advise Mr. Thurman Horne or me.
Attachment

WTELEDYNE
ALLVAC
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Mr. D. Rex Gleason, P.E.
Water Quality Regional Engineer
Division of Environmental Management
919 N. Main Street
Mooresville,N.C. 28110-0950
P.O. BOX 759
MONROE. NORTH CAROLINA 28110
[phone]
June 14, 1982
Subject: Notice of Non -Compliance (5/19/82)
Monroe Plant - NPDES Permit # N.C. 0045993
Dear Mr. Gleason;
This letter is written in response to your letter to me of
May 19, 1982 and a follow-up of my letter to Mr. Van M. Jones
of June 2, 1982. Over the past couple of weeks, I have had
analytical analyses ran on influent streams into Teledyne All -
vac's lower cooling pond. These analyses have been performed
by both our internal chemistry lab as well as a state certified
lab. The main influent sources into the lower cooling pond
consists of storm water run off from the surrounding neigh-
borhood, in particular a 24" RCP storm water drain line and
city water that is used in our steam boiler that is eventually
discharged to the upper pond for cooling. This water is also
discharged to the lower pond via the same ditch as the major-
ity of storm water influent.
Please find attached the analytical results of our sampling
over several days. In examining these results, it becomes evi-
dent that Teledyne Allvac's violation of its N.P.D.E.S. permit
limits for copper and fluoride can be partially or completely
attributed to the influent sources into the lower pond that
far exceeds the pond's permit limits. An example is the re-
sults from samples taken on June 4, 1982 and tested by Chem-
Bac laboratory. The fluoride found in city water was 15.0
mg/L and copper entering from the storm drain was at 0.15 mg/L.
Both the city water make-up and the storm water influent for
the lowerpond constitutes a large percentage of its continuous
volume and therefore, would strongly influence it's effluent
quality.

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Since Teledyne Allvac has no control on storm water entering
onto it's property or the chemical make-up of the city's water
supply, I petition the State, through your office to ease
Teledyne Allvac's N.P.D.E.S. permit #N.C. 0045993 into Rich-
ardson Creek to within reasonable attainable limits and still
be environmentally acceptable.
Please notify me of any additional data that you may need for
action on this petition or any questions you may have in this
regard.
Sincerely,
)r7
Don M. Ba eyy P
Plant Engineer
DB/va
Enclosures:
c Mr. Johnnie H. Rollins, Jr.
(City of Monroe)
Mr. Gary L. Mills, P.E.
attachment

TELEDYNE ALLVAC LABORATORY ANALYTICAL REPORT
Results Are Reported as MG/L
Date 5/24/82
Lower Pond
Storm Drain
To Pond
City Water
Supply
F
TSS
0.04
Cu.
Pb
0.2
N1
0.06
CR
0.0
Date 6/2/82
F
30.1
3.7
TSS
64.0
59.0
54.0 --
Cu
.04
0.04
0.0
0.0
Pb
0.0
0.0
0.06
N1
0.12
0.12
CR
0.0
0.06
0.0
Date 6/4/82
F
6.4
5.8
6.5
12.0
TSS
11.0
13.0
Cu
0.08
0.04
0.04
Pb
0.20
0.20
0.20
0.06
N1
0.06
0.06
CR
0.08
0.16
0.08

TELEDYNE ALLVAC LABORATORY ANALYTICAL REPORT
Results Are Reported as MG/L
Date 6/7/82
Lower Pond
Storm Drain
To Pond
City Water
Supply
r -
5.7
3.8
4.6
TSS
7.0
7.0
6.0
Cu.
0.04
0.04
0.04
Pb
0.20
0.20
0.20
N1
0.14
0.06
0.0
CR
0.24
0.24
0.40
Date 6/4/82
Chem-Bac
Laboratory
F-
1.75
1.75
15.0
TSS
6.1
9.6
<1.0
Cu
0.05
0.15
<0.03
Pb
< 0.05
<0.05
<0.05
N1
0.14
0.08
< 0.05
CR
< 0.05
0.05
<0.05
Date 6/7/82
F-
4.5
1.75
2.8
TSS
12.2
9.6
< 1.0
Cu
0.03
0.15
<0.03
Pb
<0.05
<0.05
<0.05
N1
<0.05
0.08
( 0.05
CR
<0.05
0.05
0.05

Mayor
Fred C. Long
Council Members
James S. Barnett
P. E. Bazemore
Thomas L. Gordon
Lynn A. Keziah
H. Duke Parker
I. B. Shive
City Manager
J. E. Hinkel
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June 18, 1982
Mr. Don M. Bailey
Teledyne Allvac
P. 0. Box 759
Monroe, N. C.28110
Re: NPDES Permit NC 0045993
Dear Mr. Bailey:
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AIR QU!.'.
SECT 1
By letter dated June 14, 1982, you presented information to
Mr. Rex Gleason which we feel is incorrect. The water supply
for Monroe is tested daily by the Filtration Plant Laboratory
(which is state certified) for requirements issued by the
Division of Health Services and these analysis are reported monthly.
The Filtration Plant supplies water to the distribution system with
maximum fluoride content 1.1 mg/1. There are no requirements for
TSS, but turbidity is less than 1.0 mg/1. Chem-Bac Laboratory
analysis appears to contain a typing error for fluoride which should
be 1.5 mg/1, not 15.0 mg/l. The other results seem to be compatible.
I trust by checking your laboratory results, you will confirm my
comments. If I can offer assistance, please contact me.
Sincerely,
P. Wilson Crook
Director of Utilities
PWC/jm
cc: J. E. Hinkel
D. Rex Gleason
J. L. Montgomery
Johnnie Rollins
P. O. Box 69 - 300 W. Crowell St. Monroe, N. C. 28110 704/289-8557