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Home My WebLink AboutWQ0002712_Compliance Evaluation Inspection_20180828ROY COOPED Govwnw MICHAEL S. REGAN S4hr ary LINDA CULPEPPER lrrrerfm &[rector Mr. Steven Peeler, Director Public Works and Utilities City of Lincolnton P.O. Box 617 Lincolnton, North Carolina 28093 Dear Mr. Peeler: NORTH CAROLINA E. rVf1V"m#rrrdf Qrtariry August 28, 2018 Subject: Land Application Inspection Report City of Lincolnton - Permit #WQ0002712 Land Application of Residuals Lincoln County On August 24, 2018, Edward Watson of the Mooresville Regional Office (MRO) viewed a land application event at City of Lincoln RLAP Program fields NC -LT -19 -1 and NC -LT -19-3 in Lincoln County. The WWTP residuals loading area was also reviewed during this site visit. The WWTP facility will be inspected at a separate date. Records, residuals processing, and storage will be reviewed during that site visit. Enclosed you will find the report for the compliance inspection that was conducted for the referenced application event. A copy of the current permit, haul records and spill plan were available at the application site. Information was requested and received for application equipment calibration and soil analytical data. I would like to thank Mike Cox of Synagro for his time during the inspection. The report should be self-explanatory. Should you have any questions regarding this report, feel free to contact Edward Watson at edward.watson(a-)ncdner.aov. or 704-235-2198. Sincerely, DocuSigned by: F161FB69A2D84A3... Andrew H. Pitner, P.G., Assistant Regional Supervisor Water Quality Regional Operations Section Mooresville Regional Office Division of Water Resources Attachment: WQ0002712 Compliance Inspection Report CC: Donald Burkey, Jr., City of Lincolnton WWTP Supervisor (email) Erik Bruce, SYNAGRO, LA ORC (email) QE ��_N ft\Yo"�' North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality I Division of Water Resources Mooresville Regional Office 1 610 East Center Avenue, Suite 301 I Mooresville, North Carolina 28115 704.663.1699 Compliance Inspection Report Permit: WQ0002712 Effective: 02/16/15 Expiration: 01/31/20 owner: City of Lincolnton SOC: Effective: Expiration: Facility: City of Lincolnton Residuals Land Application Progra County: Lincoln PO Box 617 Region: Mooresville Lincolnton NC 280930617 Contact Person: Scott Douglas Berg Title: Phone: 336-998-7150 Ext.13 Directions to Facility: Linconton WWTP - Frm MRO travel to NC -150 W Rt on NC150/NC-27 Lft on NC-150-BYP. from WWTP to WTP- turn Rt onto NC -150W Rt onto S Grove Lt on Hilltop Rt on W Hwy 150 Rt on NC -27 E Lt on N Grove cont. on Reepsville Rd. System Classifications: LA, Primary ORC: Certification: Phone: Secondary ORC(s): On -Site Representative(s): Related Permits: NC0025496 City of Lincolnton - Lincolnton WWTP NC0085588 City of Lincolnton - Lincolnton WTP Inspection Date: 08/24/2018 Entry Time: 10:46AM Primary Inspector: Edward Watson Secondary Inspector(s): Reason for Inspection: Routine Permit Inspection Type: Land Application of Residual Solids (503) Facility Status: Compliant Not Compliant Question Areas: Miscellaneous Questions Record Keeping Pathogen and Vector Attraction Transport (See attachment summary) Exit Time: 12:15PM Phone: Inspection Type: Compliance Evaluation 0 Land Application Site Page: 1 Permit: WQ0002712 Owner - Facility: City of Lincolnton Inspection Date: 08/24/2018 Inspection Type : Compliance Evaluation Reason for Visit: Routine Inspection Summary: On August 24, 2018, MRO staff conducted a routine compliance inspection of City of Lincolnton RLAP fields NC -LT -19-1 and NC -LT -19-3 for class "B" residuals produced under permit WQ0002712. Signage and rain gauge were present at the application site. No rain had occurred within the past 24 hours. The fields were adequately bufferd and additional care was taken with buffering the on-site surface water/drainage features present on field LT -19-3. PAN and Soils Report were provided by Synagro. No lime amendments were required either field for this application event. PAN value for field 1 is 162 after accounting for a 25% rate decrease for grazed pasture. PAN for field 3 is 148 after pasture decrease. PAN values are within the permitted limits for both of these fields. Hauling records were available for review. The hauling records appear to be accurate with the truck turn around time to the WWTP and back to the application field. No spillage was observed at the field transfer area. The WWTP loading area was clean. No residuals were observed to be on the ground. The on-site return drain was buffered with hay bails to absorb any possible spillage that might occur during the residuals loading process. Page: 2 Permit: WQ0002712 Owner - Facility: City of Lincolnton Yes No NA NE a. Fecal coliform SM 9221 E (Class A or B) Inspection Date: 08/24/2018 Inspection Type : Compliance Evaluation Reason for Visit: Routine Class A, all test must be <1000 MPN/dry gram ❑ Type Yes No NA NE Distribution and Marketing ❑ Fecal coliform SM 9222 D (Class B only) Land Application ❑ ❑ ❑ Geometric mean of 7 samples per monitoring period for class B<2.0*10E6 CFU/dry gram Record Keeping Yes No NA NE Is GW monitoring being conducted, if required? ❑ ❑ ❑ Are GW samples from all MWs sampled for all required parameters? ❑ ❑ ❑ Are there any GW quality violations? ❑ ❑ ❑ Is GW -59A certification form completed for facility? ❑ ❑ ❑ Is a copy of current permit on-site? ❑ ❑ ❑ Are current metals and nutrient analysis available? ❑ ❑ ❑ Are nutrient and metal loading calculating most limiting parameters? ❑ ❑ ❑ a. TCLP analysis? ❑ ❑ ❑ b. SSFA (Standard Soil Fertility Analysis)? ❑ ❑ ❑ Are PAN balances being maintained? ❑ ❑ ❑ Are PAN balances within permit limits? ❑ ❑ ❑ Has land application equipment been calibrated? ❑ ❑ ❑ Are there pH records for alkaline stabilization? ❑ ❑ ❑ Are there pH records for the land application site? ❑ ❑ ❑ Are nutrient/crop removal practices in place? ❑ ❑ ❑ Do lab sheets support data reported on Residual Analysis Summary? ❑ ❑ ❑ Are hauling records available? ❑ ❑ ❑ Are hauling records maintained and up-to-date? ❑ ❑ ❑ # Has permittee been free of public complaints in last 12 months? ❑ ❑ ❑ Has application occurred during Seasonal Restriction window? ❑ 0 ❑ ❑ Comment: Soils analytcal data was was provided by Synagro. PAN data indicates that the PAN values are within limits for the filed where the residuals were applied.. Pathogen and Vector Attraction Yes No NA NE a. Fecal coliform SM 9221 E (Class A or B) ❑ ❑ 0 ❑ Class A, all test must be <1000 MPN/dry gram ❑ Geometric mean of 7 samples per monitoring period for class B<2.0*10E6 CFU/dry gram ❑ Fecal coliform SM 9222 D (Class B only) ❑ ❑ ❑ Geometric mean of 7 samples per monitoring period for class B<2.0*10E6 CFU/dry gram b. pH records for alkaline stabilization (Class A) ❑ 1:10 ❑ c. pH records for alkaline stabilization (Class B) ❑ 1:10 ❑ Temperature corrected ❑ Page: 3 Permit: WQ0002712 Owner - Facility: City of Lincolnton Inspection Date: 08/24/2018 Inspection Type : Compliance Evaluation d. Salmonella (Class A, all test must be < 3MPN/4 gram day) e. Time/Temp on: Digester (MCRT) Compost Class A lime stabilization f. Volatile Solids Calculations Reason for Visit: Routine g. Bench -top Aerobic/Anaerobic digestion results Comment: The analytical data presented for the 38% vector attraction reduction is in compliance with Class B residuals. On avaerage, 50% reduction was achieved. Transport Is a copy of the permit in the transport vehicle? ❑❑■❑ Yes No NA NE ■❑❑❑ Is a copy of the spill control plan in the vehicle? ❑ ❑ ❑ Is the spill control plan satisfactory? ❑ ❑ ❑ Does transport vehicle appear to be maintained? M ❑ ❑ ❑ Comment: All trucks and theapplication vechicle had a copy of the permit and spill control present. All vechicles appeared to be well maintained. Hauling records were present and reviewed during the inspection event. Land Application Site Yes No NA NE Is a copy of the permit on-site during application events? ❑ ❑ ❑ Is the application site in overall good condition? ❑ ❑ ❑ Is the site free of runoff/ponding? ❑ ❑ ❑ If present, is the application equipment in good operating condition? ❑ ❑ ❑ Are buffers being maintained? ❑ ❑ ❑ Are limiting slopes buffered? 10% for surface application ❑ ❑ ❑ 18% for subsurface application ❑ ❑ ❑ Are there access restrictions and/or signs? ❑ ❑ ❑ Is the application site free of odors or vectors? ❑ ❑ ❑ Have performance requirements for application method been met? For injection? ❑ ❑ ❑ For incorporation? ❑ ❑ ❑ Does permit require monitoring wells? ❑ ❑ ❑ Have required MWs been installed? ❑ ❑ ❑ Are MWs properly located w/ respect to RB and CB? ❑ ❑ ❑ Are MWs properly constructed (including screened interval)? ❑ ❑ ❑ Is the surrounding area served by public water? ❑ ❑ ❑ If Annual Report indicates overapplication of PAN, are wells nearby that may be impacted? ❑ ❑ ❑ Page: 4 Permit: WQ0002712 Owner - Facility: City of Lincolnton Inspection Date: 08/24/2018 Inspection Type : Compliance Evaluation Reason for Visit: Routine Are soil types consistent w/ Soil Scientist report/evaluation? ❑ ❑ ❑ 0 Is the water table greater than 173' bls. ❑ ❑ ❑ Is application occurring at the time of the inspection? 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ Comment: All buffers appeared to be properly located. The surface water features present on field LT -19-3 have been adequately bufferred. No ponding was observed during the site visit. The material appears to dry relatively quickly after application reducing the chance of run-off of the residual material. Soil plugs were collected on field 3 to check to determine correct separation betwwen the aDDlication surface and the distance to aroundwater. Page: 5