NC0021857_NOV2015PC0192_20150815

United States Environmental Protection Agency Form Approved
EPA Washington,D C 20460 OMB No 2040-0057
Water Compliance Inspection Report Approval expires 8-31-98
Section A:National Data System Coding(i.e.,PCS)
Transaction Code NPDES yr/mo/day_ Inspection Type Inspector Fac Type
1 2 15 I 3 I NC0021857 111 12 15/07/14 17 181 13 19 I G j 201 I
211 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 11 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 11 I I 1 1 1 166
Inspection Work Days Facility Self-Monitoring Evaluation Rating B1 QA --------------Reserved--------------
67
---------Reserved-------------
67 70 I I 71 � LJ I I 72 ti 73I I 174 75III 80
LJ Section B:Facility Data
Name and Location of Facility Inspected(For Industrial Users discharging to POTW,also include Entry Time/Date Permit Effective Date
POTW name and NPDES permit Number) 10.00AM 15/07/14 11/07/01
Newland WWTP
Cow Camp Rd Exit Time/Date Permit Expiration Date
11 30A 15/07/14 16/02/29
Newland NC 28657
Name(s)of Onsite Representative(s)/Titles(s)/Phone and Fax Number(s) Other Facility Data
Name,Address of Responsible Official/Title/Phone and Fax Number
Contacted
Keith E Hoilman,PO Box 429 Newland NC 28657//828-733-2023/
Yes
Section C:Areas Evaluated During Inspection(Check only those areas evaluated)
Operations&Maintenance ■ Sludge Handling Disposal 0 Facility Site Review Effluent/Receiving Waters
Section D Summary of Finding/Comments(Attach additional sheets of narrative and checklists as necessary)
:(See attachment summary)
Name(s)and Signature(s)of Inspector(s) Agency/Office/Phone and Fax Numbers Date
Linda S Wiggs _ ARO WQH828-296-4500 Ext.4653/
Signature of Manageme Q A Reviewer Agency/Office/Phone and Fax Numbers Date
EPA Form 3560-3(Rev 9-94)Previous editions are obsolete
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NPDES yr/mo/day Inspection Type (Cont 1
31 NC0021857 I11 12 15/07/14 17 18 1 C
Section D Summary of Finding/Comments(Attach additional sheets of narrative and checklists as necessary)
The inspection was in response to a bypass that occurred at the digester due to the pulley lock pin
releasing and allowing the decant arm to lower. The digesters are the original WWTP components
converted. When the new WWTP was built, the supernatant from the digesters was not routed back
to the head of the new plant. The digesters discharge to the drying beds and then the liquid flows from
these beds to a pump station to be delivered back to the digester. When the decant arm fell,the
digester discharged to the drying beds but overwhelmed them. Most of the bypass was captured in the
beds/pump station or absorbed into the ground adjacent to the beds. The bypass flows that did reach
the Toe-River flowed via overland flow and through a stormwater drain (near the pump station)to an old
polishing pond then into the Toe River.
The polishing,pond and its tributary to the Toe River were also observed during this inspection; no
adverse impacts from the bypass were noted. Personnel said the old WWTP discharged through this
small polishing pond.
The drying beds will need to be cleaned.An accumulation of solids was present in the drying beds
limiting their capacity. The facility will be required to report back to regional office staff on the timeline,
the method of cleaning the beds and where the solids were disposed. See NOV-2015-PC-0192.
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