WQ0011431_BIMS Report_20230906

Compliance Inspection Report
Permit: WQ0011431 Effective: 01/01/20 Expiration: 03/31/25 Owner: Town of Cleveland
SOC: Effective: Expiration: Facility: Town of Cleveland RLAP
County: Rowan 625 Third Creek Church Rd
Region: Mooresville
Cleveland NC 27013
Contact Person: John Ritchie Title: WW-4 Phone:
Directions to Facility:
System Classifications: LA,
Primary ORC: Sherrill Ray Gambill
Secondary ORC(s):
On -Site Representative(s):
Certification: 985951 Phone:[phone]
Related Permits:
NC0049867 Town of Cleveland - Cleveland WWTP
Inspection Date: 09/05/2023 Entry Time 10:OOAM Exit Time: 12:30PM
Primary Inspector: Edward Watson Phone:
Secondary Inspector(s):
Reason for Inspection: Routine Inspection Type: Compliance Evaluation
Permit Inspection Type: Land Application of Residual Solids (503)
Facility Status: Compliant ❑ Not Compliant
Question Areas:
Miscellaneous Questions Record Keeping Sampling
Land Application Site Pathogen and Vector Attraction Transport
(See attachment summary)
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Permit: WQ0011431 Owner - Facility: Town of Cleveland
Inspection Date: 09/05/2023 Inspection Type: Compliance Evaluation Reason for Visit: Routine
Inspection Summary:
On September 5, 2023, MRO staff performed a Compliance Inspection under permit WQ0011431.
Additional signage needs to be placed at the second enterance to the application field to inform the public of the occurance
of the LA event.
Adding land to the permit was also mentioned during the site visit. New land can be added during he permit renewal
process in 2024. The new land will need to have a soil analysis performed before the field(s) can be added to the program.
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Permit: WQ0011431 Owner - Facility: Town of Cleveland
Inspection Date: 09/05/2023 Inspection Type: Compliance Evaluation Reason for Visit: Routine
Type
Distribution and Marketing
Land Application
Yes No NA NE
Record Keeping
Yes No NA NE
Is GW monitoring being conducted, if required?
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Are GW samples from all MWs sampled for all required parameters?
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Are there any GW quality violations?
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Is GW-59A certification form completed for facility?
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Is a copy of current permit on -site?
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Are current metals and nutrient analysis available?
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Are nutrient and metal loading calculating most limiting parameters?
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a. TCLP analysis?
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b. SSFA (Standard Soil Fertility Analysis)?
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Are PAN balances being maintained?
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Are PAN balances within permit limits?
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Has land application equipment been calibrated?
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Are there pH records for alkaline stabilization?
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Are there pH records for the land application site?
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Are nutrient/crop removal practices in place?
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Do lab sheets support data reported on Residual Analysis Summary?
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Are hauling records available?
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Are hauling records maintained and up-to-date?
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# Has permittee been free of public complaints in last 12 months?
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Has application occurred during Seasonal Restriction window?
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0 ❑ ❑
Comment: Soil anaylsis information and soil PH was provided in the AR. The soils should be sampled
post application event to determine if a lime ammendment is necessary.
Pathogen and Vector Attraction
Yes No NA NE
a. Fecal coliform SM 9221 E (Class A or B)
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0 ❑ ❑
Class A, all test must be <1000 MPN/dry gram
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Geometric mean of 7 samples per monitoring period for class B<2.0*10E6 CFU/dry gram
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Fecal coliform SM 9222 D (Class B only)
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Geometric mean of 7 samples per monitoring period for class B<2.0*10E6 CFU/dry gram
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b. pH records for alkaline stabilization (Class A)
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c. pH records for alkaline stabilization (Class B)
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Temperature corrected
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Permit: WQ0011431 Owner - Facility: Town of Cleveland
Inspection Date: 09/05/2023 Inspection Type: Compliance Evaluation Reason for Visit: Routine
d. Salmonella (Class A, all test must be < 3MPN/4 gram day) 0 ❑ ❑ ❑
e. Time/Temp on: 0 ❑ ❑ ❑
Digester (MCRT)
Compost ❑
Class A lime stabilization ❑
f. Volatile Solids Calculations ❑ ❑ 0 ❑
g. Bench -top Aerobic/Anaerobic digestion results 0 ❑ ❑ ❑
Comment: 30-day bench test is utilized to determine if adequate pathogen reduction has been
accomplished.
Sampling Yes No NA NE
Describe sampling:
Composite sampling was performed for TCLP analysis. No elevated metals or corrosivity was determined to
be present in the TCLP results.
Is sampling adequate? 0 ❑ ❑ ❑
Is sampling representative? 0 ❑ ❑ ❑
Comment:
Transport Yes No NA NE
Is a copy of the permit in the transport vehicle? 0 ❑ ❑ ❑
Is a copy of the spill control plan in the vehicle? ❑ ❑ ❑
Is the spill control plan satisfactory? ❑ ❑ ❑
Does transport vehicle appear to be maintained? 0 ❑ ❑ ❑
Comment:
Land Application Site
Yes No NA NE
Is a copy of the permit on -site during application events?
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Is the application site in overall good condition?
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Is the site free of runoff/ponding?
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If present, is the application equipment in good operating condition?
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Are buffers being maintained?
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Are limiting slopes buffered?
10% for surface application
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18% for subsurface application
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Are there access restrictions and/or signs?
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Is the application site free of odors or vectors?
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Have performance requirements for application method been met?
For injection?
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For incorporation?
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Does permit require monitoring wells?
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Permit: WQ0011431 Owner - Facility: Town of Cleveland
Inspection Date: 09/05/2023 Inspection Type: Compliance Evaluation Reason for Visit: Routine
Have required MWs been installed? ❑ ❑ 0 ❑
Are MWs properly located w/ respect to RB and CB? ❑ ❑ 0 ❑
Are MWs properly constructed (including screened interval)? ❑ ❑ 0 ❑
Is the surrounding area served by public water? ❑ 0 ❑ ❑
If Annual Report indicates overapplication of PAN, are wells nearby that may be impacted? ❑ 0 ❑ ❑
Are soil types consistent w/ Soil Scientist report/evaluation? 0 ❑ ❑ ❑
Is the water table greater than 173' bls. 0 ❑ ❑ ❑
Is application occurring at the time of the inspection? 0 ❑ ❑ ❑
Comment: The surrounding area wells are mostly private wells.
The application area was dry. The application had been postponed due to excessive rains.
The rain gauge is at the WWTP.
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