WQ0004563_2023 Residual Annual Report Review_20240327

ROY COOPER
Governor
ELIZABETH S. BISER
Secretary
RICHARD E. ROGERS, JR.
Director
Mr. Kevin B. Greer, P.E. (via email)
Asst. Public Services Director
City of Hickory
P.O. Box 398
Hickory, North Carolina 28603-0398
Dear Mr. Geer,
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
March 27, 2024
Subject: Acknowledgement of Receipt of the 2023 Annual
Report for Hickory Regional Compost Facility (RCF)
and Catawba ORGRO Distribution Program
Permit WQ0004563
Distribution of Residual Solids (503)
Catawba County
The staff of the Mooresville Regional Office (MRO) has received and reviewed the 2023 Annual Report (AR) for the
Hickory Regional Composting Facility (RCF). This facility receives treated residuals from partners of the consortium
which is comprised of 9 separate facilities that transfer treated biosolids to the RCF.
In the 2018 and subsequent AR reviews, the MRO requested that the Sodium Absorption Ratio (SAR) calculation be
presented in the AR. The populated formulas for Sodium Absorption Ration (SAR) and Plant Available Nitrogen
(PAN) continue to not be presented in the 2023 AR. Although the results of the tests appear to be accurate, the
calculations for these values should be presented in future annual reports.
For your convenience, we are attaching a PDF of the Instructions for Residual Application Annual Report Forms.
Please utilize this form as a guideline for future AR submittals.
The attached report should be self-explanatory; however, should you have any questions, feel free to contact our
office by phone at 704-235-2199 or by email at [e-mail].
Sincerely,
EA
DocuSigned by:
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Andrew H. Pitner, P.G., Regional Supervisor
Mooresville Regional Office
Water Quality Regional Operations Section
Division of Water Resources
Attachments: Compliance Inspection Report for AR
Annual Report Submittal Requirements
CC: DWR files (Laserfiche)
Phillip Reynolds, Veolia (via email)
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality I Division of Water Resources
D � Mooresville Regional Office 1 601 East Center Avenue, Suite 301 1 Mooresville, NC 28115
NORTHCARCUNA 704.663.1699