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Home My WebLink AboutNC0082694_Compliance Evaluation Inspection_20161014ti Water Resources ENY1R0NMEN7'AL OUALITY - 'Mr. Bill Trudnak, Public Works Director Town of Dallas 210'North Holland Street Dallas, NC 28034 October 14, 2016 PAT .MCCRORY Gmewor DONALD R. VAN DER VAART Sacretnry S. JAY ZIMMERMAN Du ctor RECEIVED/NME W OCT 17 2016 Water Quality Permitting Section Subject: Compliance Evaluation Inspection Dallas WTP NPDES Permit No. NCO082694 Gaston County Dear Mr. Trudnak: Enclosed is a copy of the Compliance Evaluation Inspection for the inspection conducted at the subject facility on October 12, 2016, by Ori Tuvia. Zachary Foreman's cooperation during the site visit was,much appreciated. Please advise the staff involved with this NPDES Permit by forwarding a copy of the enclosed report. The following areas of concern were observed during, the inspection: 1) The Residual Chlorine Calibration has expired. 2) pH standards for the 10 buffer expired on 10/2015. 3) The facility must add Zachary Foreman as the ORC (see attached ORC designation. Form). Facility staffmust ensure that on-site filed analysis instrumentation calibration and standards have not expired. The report should be self-explanatory; however, should you have'any questions concerning this report, please do not hesitate to contact Ori Tuvia at (704) 235-2190, or at ,ori.tuvia@ncdenr..eov. Sincerely, Ori Tuvia, Environmental Engineer Mooresville Regional Office, Division of Water Resources, DEQ Cc: NPDES Unit, MRO Files . Mooresville Regional Office i -#i-; ; FM Cent r.m., Avn Cuitn mi Mnnmovilln m(` )Aiir. 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 2 h I 3 I N.C60k604 I11 121 i6i1oi1z I17 18 i r. I 19 i G I 20I 211 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 j I I I I I I I 'I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I f6 Inspection Work Days Facility Self -Monitoring Evaluation Rating B1 QA Reserved 67 ,1.0 70 dJ 71 LJ 72.iLti_73LJJ74 75 1 1 1 1 1 80 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) 10:45AM 16/10/12 15/10/01 Dallas WrP 1342 Dallas -Stanley Hwy Exit Time/Date Permit Expiration Date Dallas NC 28034 12:15PM 16/10/12 20/07/31 Name(s) of Onsite Represehtative(s)mties(s)/Phone and Fax Number(s) Other Facility Data Michael Wayne Hurt/ORC/704-922-1309/ Zachary. Foreman//704-922-1309 % Name, Address of Responsible Official/ritie/Phone*and Fax. Number Contacted James M Palenick,210 N Holland St Dallas NC 280342749/lnterim Town No Manager7704-922-317677049224701 Section C: Areas Evaluated During Inspection (Check only those areas evaluated) Permit �. Flow Measurement Operations & Maintenance Records/Reports Self -Monitoring Program Sludge Handling Disposal Facility Site Review Effluent/Receiving Waters Laboratory Section D: Summary of Finding/Comments (Attach additional sheets of narrative and checklists as necessary) . I (See attachment summary) Name(s) and Signature(s) of Inspector(s) Agency/Office/Phone and Fax Numbers Date Ori A Tuvia MRO WQ/f704-663-1699/. Signature of Management Q A Reviewer Agency/Office/Phone and Fax Numbers Date W: Corey Basinger MRO WQ//704-235-2194/ EPA Form 3560-3 (Rev 9794) Previous editions are obsolete. Page# 1 NPDES yr/mo/day Inspection Type 1 , 91 Ncooa2694 111 121 16/10/12 1 17 18 ICI Section D: Summary of Finding/Comments (Attach additional sheets of narrative and checklists as necessary) tj � Permit: NCO082694 Owner - Facility: Dallas WTP '❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Inspection Date: 10/1212016 Inspection Type: Compliance_ Evaluation ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ M ❑ 0 ❑ ❑ Permit Yes No NA' NE. (If the present permit expires in 6 months or less). Has the permittee submitted a new ❑ ❑ 0 ❑ application7.... ❑ Comment: The records reviewed during the inspection were organized and well maintained:! Discharge Is thefacility as. described in the permit? . . ❑ ❑ ❑ # Are there any special conditions, for the permit? ❑ . ❑ „❑ Isaccess to the plant site restricted to the general public? 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ Is the inspector granted access to all areas for inspection? ❑ ❑ ❑ Comment: The subject permit. expires on 7/31/2020. Record Keeoin Are records kept and maintained as.required by the permit? Is all required information readily available, complete and current?. Are all records maintained for 3 years -(lab. reg: required 5 years)? Are analytical results consistent with data reported on DMRs? Is the chain -of -custody complete? Dates,.4imes and location, of sampling Name'of individual performing the sampling Results of analysis and calibration Dates.gf analysis: Name -.of person performing analyses Transported COCs Are DMRs complete:.do they include all permit parameters'? Has the facility submitted its annual 'compliance report to users and DWQ? (If the facility is = or > 5 MGD permitted flow) Do they operate 2#7 with a certified operator on each shift? Yes No NA NE 0 '❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ .o ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ M ❑ 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ Comment: The records reviewed during the inspection were organized and well maintained:! Discharge ❑ A '❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ M ❑ ❑ ❑ M ❑ Is -the ORC visitation log available and current? ❑ ❑ ❑ Is the ORC certified.at grade equal to or higher than the facility classification? ❑ ❑ Is the backup operator certified at one grade less or greater than.the facilityclassification? 'M ❑ '❑ ❑ Is a copy of the current NPDES permit available on site? ❑ ❑ ❑ Facility has copy of previous year's Annual Report on;fle for revlew? ❑ ❑ ❑ Comment: The records reviewed during the inspection were organized and well maintained:! Discharge Were reviewed for the period January 2016 through July 2016. Review of the COCs for toxicity revealed they were incomplete, no indication of the delivery from the sampler (K&W. labs), to the analyzer (Meritech Labs). Page# 3 Permit: NCO082694 Owner - Facility: Dallas WTP .Yes No NA. NE Is composite'sampling flow proportional? ❑ ❑ Inspection Date: 10/12/2016 Inspection Type: Compliance Evaluation ❑ Is sample collected below all treatment units? M ❑ Laboratory Yes No NA NE Are field parameters performed by certified personnel or laboratory? M ❑ ❑ ❑ Are all other parameters(excluding field parameters) performed by a certified lab? 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ # Is the facility using a contract lab? 0 .❑ ❑ ❑ # Is proper temperature set for sample storage (kept at less than or equal to 6.0 degrees 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ Celsius)? M ❑ ❑ ❑ Incubator (Fecal Coliform) set to 44.5 degrees Celsius+/- 0.2 degrees? ❑ ❑ 0 ❑ Incubator (BOD) set to 20.0 degrees Celsius +/-1.0 degrees? ❑ ❑ M .❑ Comment: On-site field analvses (DH and total residual chlorine) are. Derformed under field laborato certification #5606. K&W Labs (total suspended solids: metals, turbidity, fluoride) and Meritech Labs (toxicity) have also been contracted to provide an support. Review of the laboratory instrumentation used for field analysis revealed the following: .1) The Residual Chlorine Calibration has expired. 2) pH standards for the 10 buffer. expired on 10/2015. Facility staff must ensure that on-site field analysis instrumentation calibration and standards have not expired. Effluent Samolinq .Yes No NA. NE Is composite'sampling flow proportional? ❑ ❑ 0 ❑ Is sample collected below all treatment units? M ❑ ❑ ❑ Is proper volume collected? 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ Is the tubing clean? ❑ ❑ M ❑ # Is proper temperature set for sample storage (kept_ at less than or equal to 6.0 degrees '❑ ❑ - 0 ❑ Celsius)? Is the facility sampling performed as required by the permit (frequency, sampling type M ❑ ❑ ❑ representative)? Comment: The subject permit. requires effluent grab samples. Y Operations & Maintenance Yes No NA NE Is the plant generally clean with acceptable housekeeping? ❑ ❑ ❑ Does the facility analyze process control parameters, for ex: MLSS, MCRT, .Settleable ❑. ❑' ❑ Solids, pH, DO, Sludge Judge, and other that are applicable? Comment: The facility must add Zacharv'Foreman as the ORC. The facility aDDeared to be DrODerIv operated and maintained. The process control measurements (PH and total residual chlorine levels prior to drying beds) were being_ _ properly documented and maintained on-site Lagoons- Yes No NA NE Type of lagoons? Page# 4 ••1 Permit: NCO082694 Owner - Facility: Dallas wTP Inspection Date: 1 011 2/2 01 6 Inspection Type: Compliance Evaluation Lagoon$ . ', Yes No NA NE " # Number of lagoons in operation at time of visit? 2 Are lagoons operated in? # Is a re -:circulation line present? ❑ ❑ E., Is lagoon free of excessive floating materials? .,:. ❑ ❑ Q # Are baffles between ponds or effluent baffles adjustable? 0 , .❑ ❑ Are dike slopes clear of woody vegetation? M ❑ 11'. ❑.. . Are weeds controlled around the edge of the lagoon? ❑ ❑ ❑. Are.dikes free of seepage? M ❑ ❑ ❑ Are dikes free of erosion? M ❑ . ❑ ❑ Are dikes free of burrowing animals? ❑ ❑ ❑ # Has the sludge blanket in the lagoon (s) been measured periodically in multiple ❑ ❑ 0 ❑ locations? # If excessive algae is present, has barley straw been used to help control -the growth?. ❑ ❑ 0 ❑ Is the lagoon surface free of weeds? ❑ ❑ ❑ Is the lagoon free of short circuiting?, M ❑ ❑ ❑ Comment:. The facililty is equipped with two settling ponds (1 -primary and 1 -overflow). Overflow pond was covered with weeds. The facility is equipped with dual pumps. at the primary pond to pump the wastewater onto the drying beds. Drying Beds Yes No NA NE Is there adequate drying bed space? ❑ ❑ ❑ Is the sludge distribution on drying beds appropriate? ❑ ❑ ❑ Are the drying beds free of vegetation? N ❑ ❑ ❑ # Is the site free of dry sludge remaining in beds? ❑ ❑ ❑ Is the site free of stockpiled, sludge? 0 ❑ 1_1 ❑ Is the filtrate from sludge drying beds returned to the front of the plant? ❑ ❑ 0 ❑ # Is the sludge disposed .of through county landfill? N ❑ ❑ ❑ # Is the sludge land applied? ❑ ❑ ® ❑ (Vacuum filters) Is polymer mixing, adequate? ❑ ❑ 0 ❑ Comment: -The facility is equipped with two drying beds (alternated). At the time of the inspection only . one drying bed was operational the other was undergoing maintenance. ' Flow Measurement- Effluent Yes' No NA NE # Is flow meter used for reporting? ❑ ❑ W ❑ Page# 5 Permit: NC0082694 Owner - Facility: Dallas WTP c' Inspection Date: 10/12/2016 Inspection Type: Compliance Evaluation Flow Measurement - Effluent Yes No NA NE Is flow meter calibrated annually? ❑ ❑ N ❑ Is the flow meter operational? ❑ ❑ A ❑ - (If units are separated) Does the chart recorder match the flow meter? ❑ ❑ ❑ Comment: Instantaneous flows are based on calculations that include number of pumps, flow rate, and pump run time Effluent Pipe Yes No NA NE Is right of way to. the outfall properly maintained? 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ Are the receiving water free of foam other than trace amounts and other debris? 0 ❑ ' ❑ ❑ If effluent (diffuser pipes are required) are they operating properly? ❑ ❑ N ❑ Comment: