NC0032867_NOV2017PC0602_20170917

Water Resources
NVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
CERTIFIED MAIL # 70151520 0002 6880 2603
RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED
Laeeq Khan, President
Malik's International, Inc.
3425 Carnoustie Drive
Chambersburg, PA 17202
Subject: Notice of Violation
Tracking Number NOV-2017-PC-0602
Kings Mountain Travel Plaza WWTP
NPDES Permit NCO032867
Cleveland County
Dear Mr. Khan -
September 8, 2017
ROY COOPER
Governor
MICHAEL S. REGAN
Secretary
S JAY ZIMMERMAN
Director
RECEiVEDINCDEUDINR
SEP 13 2017
Water Quality
Permitting Section
Please find enclosed the Compliance Evaluation Inspection conducted on September 6, 2017 by Ori Tuvia and Mr
Wes Bell of the Mooresville Regional Office. The cooperation of Daniel Dougherty and Ron Haynes during the site visit was
much appreciated. The following violations were noted during the inspection:
1. In accordance with Part II, Section D.6 of the subject permit, (Records and Retention), "Except for records
monitoring information required by this permit related to the permittee's sewage sludge use and disposal
activates, which shall be retained for a period of at least five years (or longer as required by 40 CFR 503), the
permittee shall retain records of all monitoring information including":
• All calibration and maintenance records
• All original strip chart recording of continuous monitoring instrumentation
Copies of all reports required by the permit
Copies of all data used to complete the application for this permit
These records or copies shall be maintained for a period of at least three (3) years from the date of the sample,
measurement, report or application. At the time of the inspection, no records were available for review for the period
August 1, 2014 through August 1, 2017. It is the duty of the permittee to maintain all records for a least three (3) years
The records that were unavailable include:
• Discharge Monitoring Reports (DMRs)
• Lab results with Chain of Custody
• Flow meter readings
• pH and other relevant instrument calibration records
• ORC log (including visitation records)
• Septic tank pumping records
• Maintenance logs
Mooresville Regional Office
Location 610 East Center Ave , Suite 301 Mooresville, NC 28115
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2. In accordance with Part II, Section C.2 of the subject permit, proper Operation and Maintenance (0&M) of
the WWTP is required. As noted at the time of the inspection, the following areas of concern should be
addressed:
• Dye test is needed to determine if the effluent from the truck stop reaches the treatment unit. At
the time of the inspection, a settleability test revealed a low solids ratio (30/1000). This should be
investigated as low solids could indicate that no solids are reaching the wastewater treatment plant.
• An out of service lift station was observed downhill from the facility. Is this lift station associated
with the wastewater treatment system? If so, the broken pipe exiting the_lift station must be
repaired.
• The facility has two (2) treatment trains: One is active and the other is inactive. The ORC indicated
that there was leakage from the septic tanks into the inactive train. The inactive treatment train
must not receive any wastewater influent.
• The inactive treatment train has missing grating. Proper grating is needed to insure a safe work
environment.
• The active treatment train has a broken return air pipe.
• There are three (3) diffusers in the aeration basin that require replacement.
• Visual alarm is not functional. Please identify what portion of the treatment unit this visual alarm is
connected to and repair the visual alarm.
Please be advised that this letter is a Notice of Violation. You are requested to respond to this Notice in writing
within fifteen (15) days of receipt indicating your plan of action to resolve the non-compliance issues. Failure to respond
and/or failure to resolve the violations could subject you for further action by the Division of Water Resources. Please be
advised that pursuant to G.S. 143-215.6A, a civil penalty of not more than twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000.00) per
day, per violation and may be assessed against any person who violates or fails to act in accordance with the terms,
conditions, or requirements of any permit issued pursuant to G.S. 143-215.1.
The report should be self-explanatory; however, should you have any questions concerning this report, please
do not hesitate to contact Ori Tuvia at [phone], or at [e-mail].
Sincerely,
W. Corey Basinger
Regional Supervisor
Mooresville Regional Office
Division of Water Resources
Cc: Ibraym Salym (Certified Mail 7015 1520 0002 6880 2566)
Ron Haynes (E -copy)
NPDES (Derek Denard)
MRO Files

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 a, PCS)
Transaction Code NPDES yr/mo/day Inspection Type Inspector Fac Type
1 IN 1 2 15 1 3 I NCO032867 I11 12 17/09/06 17 18 I S I 19 I s I 20I I
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166
211 I I I I I I I I I 11 I 1 I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I 11
Inspection Work Days Facility Self -Monitoring Evaluation Rating 131 QA --- Reserved ---
67 20 70I_ 71 IN I 72 I N 1 73I 1 I74 75 80
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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 Dermit Number)
09 45AM 17/09/06
14/01/01
Kings Mountain Travel Plaza
Exit Time/Date
Permit Expiration Date
400 Dixon School Rd
12 OOPM 17/09/06
18/08/31
Kings Mountain NC 28066
Name(s) of Onsite Representative(s)/Titles(s)/Phone and Fax Number(s)
Other Facility Data
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Daniel James Dougherty/ORC/704-477-5514/
W Ronald Haynes/ORC/828-495-42681
Name, Address of Responsible Official/Tifie/Phone and Fax Number
Contacted
Laeeq Khan,PO Box 805 Kings Mtn NC
No
280860805/President/704-739-641517047390732
Section C Areas Evaluated During Inspection (Check only those areas evaluated)
Permit 0 Flow Measurement Operations & Maintenance Records/Reports
M Self -Monitoring Program 0 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)
(See attachment summary)
Name(s) and Signature(s) of Inspector(s) Agency/Office/Phone and Fax Numbers Date
Wes Bell MRO WQ//704-663-1699 Ext 2192/
On A Tuvia uPQ WQ//704-663-16991
Signature of Management Q A Reviewer Agency/Office/Phone and Fax Numbers Date
W. Corey Basinger MRO WQ//704-235-2194/
EPA For 3560-3 (Rev 9-94) Previous editions are obsolete
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NPDES yr/mo/day Inspection Type
31 NCO032867 I11 121 17/09/06 117 18 ICI
Section D Summary of Finding/Comments (Attach additional sheets of narrative and checklists as necessary)
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permit- NCO032867 Owner- Facility: Kings Mountain Travel Plaza
Inspection Date: 09/06/2017 Inspection Type: Compliance Evaluation
Permit
Yes No NA NE
(if the present permit expires in 6 months or less). Has the permittee submitted a new
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application?
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E
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Is the facility as described in the permit?
N
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# Are there any special conditions for the permit?
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0
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Is access to the plant site restricted to the general public?
0
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Is the inspector granted access to all areas for inspection?
N
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Comment: The subject permit expires on 8/31/2018.
The last compliance evaluation Inspection was performed on 7/28/2016.
Faclllity had a change of ORC on 8/7/2017.
Record Keeping
Yes No NA NE
Are records kept and -maintained as required by the permit?
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Is all required information readily available, complete and current?
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E
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Are all records maintained for 3 years (lab reg required 5 years)?
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Are analytical results consistent with data reported on DMRs?
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0
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Is the chain -of -custody complete?
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0
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Dates, times and location of sampling
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Name of individual performing the sampling
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Results of analysis and calibration
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Dates of analysis
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Name of person performing analyses
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Transported CDCs
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Are DMRs complete do they include all permit parameters?
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N
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Has the facility submitted its annual compliance report to users and DWQ?
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0
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(If the facility is = or z 5 MGD permitted flow) Do they operate 24/7 with a certified operator
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on each shift?
Is the ORC visitation log available and current?
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Is the ORC certified at grade equal to or higher than the facility classification?
0
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Is the backup operator certified at one grade less or greater than the facility classification?
0
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Is a copy of the current NPDES permit available on site?
N
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Facility has copy of previous year's Annual Report on file for review?
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0
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Comment. No records were available for review for the period of August 1 ,2014 - August 1,
2017
Laboratory
Yes No NA NE
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Permit. NCO032867 Owner - Facility Kings Mountain Travel Plaza \
Inspection Date. 09/06/2017 Inspection Type, Compliance Evaluation
Laboratory Yes No NA NE
Are field parameters performed by certified perscnnel or laboratory?
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M
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Are all other parameters (excl ud Ing field parameters) performed by a certified lab?
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0
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# Is the facility using a contract lab?
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M
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# Is proper temperature set for sample storage (kept at less than or equal to 6.0 degrees
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0
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Celsius)?
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# Is proper temperature set for sample storage (kept at less than or equal to 6.0 degrees
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Incubator (Fecal Coliform) set to 44 5 degrees Celsius+/- 0 2 degrees?
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0
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Incubator (BOD) set to 20 0 degrees Celsius +/-1 0 degrees?
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0
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Comment. No lab data was avialble for review for the period of August 1 .2014 - August 1.
2017.
New ORC has used PAR Labs for sampling on August 4. 2017
Effluent Samolina
Yes No NA NE
Is composite sampling flow proportional?
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M
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Is sample collected below all treatment units?
M
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Is proper volume collected?
0
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Is the tubing clean?
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M
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# Is proper temperature set for sample storage (kept at less than or equal to 6.0 degrees
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Celsius)?
Is the facility sampling performed as required by tha permit (frequency, sampling type
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representative)?
Comment: Permit requires grab samples.
Samples for the month of August were high for ammonia.
Operations & Maintenance Yes No NA NE
Is the plant generally clean with acceptable housek--eping? ❑ M ❑ ❑
Does the facility analyze process control parameters, for ex MLSS, MCRT, Settleable ❑ ❑ 0 ❑
Solids, pH, DO, sludge Judge, and other that are applicable?
Comment: The Facillity is classfied as Waste Water 2 (WW -2) and requires ORC or backup ORC to
visit 5 times a week Visit must be recorded on ORC log. ORC log records were not
available for review for the period of August 1 .2014 - August 1. 2017.
At the time of the inspection the facility needed the following items to be
repaired/investigated (see attached letter).
Septic Tank
Yes No NA NE
(If pumps are used) Is an audible and visual alarm operational?
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M
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Is septic tank pumped on a schedule?
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M
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Are pumps or syphons operating properly?
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Are high and low water alarms operating properly?
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0
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Permit NCO032867
Inspection Date- 09/06/2017
Septic Tank
Owner -Facility: Kings Mountain Travel Plaza
Inspection Type: Compliance Evaluation
Comment: Septic tank pumping records were not avilable for review during the inspection
Aeration Basins
Mode of operation
Type of aeration system
Is the basin free of dead spots?
Are surface aerators and mixers operational?
Are the diffusers operational?
Is the foam the proper color for the treatment process?
Does the foam cover less than 25% of the basin's surface?
Is the DO level acceptable?
Is the DO level acceptable?(1 0 to 3 0 mg/1)
Yes No NA NE
Yes No NA NE
Ext Air
Diffused
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Comment: The facility has 2 treatment trains one is active and the other is inactive The CIRC
indicated that there was leakage from the septic tanks Into the inactive train The inactive
treatment train must be Properly sealed.
Three diffusers need to be replaced in the active aeration basin.
Secondary Clarifier
Yes No NA NE
Is the clarifier free of black and odorous wastewater?
0
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Is the site free of excessive buildup of solids in center well of circular clarifier?
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Are weirs level?
E
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Is the site free of weir blockage?
0
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Is the site free of evidence of short-circuiting?
0
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Is scum removal adequate?
0
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Is the site free of excessive floating sludge?
0
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Is the drive unit operational?
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0
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Is the return rate acceptable (low turbulence)?
0
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Is the overflow clear of excessive solids/pin floc?
0
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Is the sludge blanket level acceptable? (Approximately 1/4 of the sidewall depth)
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E
Comment
Disinfection -Tablet Yes No NA NE
Are tablet chlorinators operational? 0 ❑ ❑ ❑
Are the tablets the proper size and type? N ❑ ❑ ❑
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Permit. NC0032867
Inspection Date. 09/06/2017
Owner - Facility: Kings Mountain Travel Plaza
Inspection Type: Compliance Evaluation
Disinfection -Tablet
Yes No NA NE
Number of tubes in use?
1
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Is the level of chlorine residual acceptable?
N
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Is the contact chamber free of growth, or sludge JIulldup?
0
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Is there chlorine residual prior to de -chlorination?
0
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Comment:
De -chlorination
Yes No NA NE
Type of system ?
Tablet
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Is the feed ratio proportional to chlorine amount (1 Ito 1)?
1:1
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Is storage appropriate for cylinders?
0
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# Is de -chlorination substance stored away from chlorine containers?
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0
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Comment G
Are the tablets the proper size and type? N ❑ ❑ ❑
Are tablet de -chlorinators operational? S ❑ ❑ ❑
Number of tubes in use? I 1
Comment:
Flow Measurement - Effluent I
Yes No NA NE
# Is flow meter used for reporting?
S
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Is flow meter calibrated annually?
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Is the flow meter operational?
N
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(if units are separated) Does the chart recorder match the flow meter?
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Comment.
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