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HomeMy WebLinkAboutNCS000315_Email from CMSWS_20180817Bennett, Bradley From: Broadway, Chad <Chad.Broadway@mecklenburgcountync.gov> Sent: Friday, August 17, 2018 8:08 AM To: Bennett, Bradley Cc: Khan, Zahid; Moore, James Subject: [External] RE: [External]Checking in on a few more Mecklenburg County sites Attachments: IGM Resins - 9-22-15 - Final Report.pdf, Gerdau Ameristeel NOV 8-2-12.pdf, Geradu Ameristeel US Inc. - Final - 5-14-13.pdf, Gerdau - Facility Cover Letter and Inspection_11.14.17.pdf, Gerdau Monitoring - Cover Letter and Report (Color).pdf; Inspection Report - Charlotte Pipe and Foundry - FINAL.pdf, Final - Nexeo Solutions - Stormwater Facility Inspection.pdf, NexeoSolutions_report_v2.pdf Hi Bradley, Sorry for the very late response, we've had a number of issues come up over the last month and I'm just now getting caught up. For the facilities you mentioned: NCS000049 — IGM Resins USA, Inc. — 3300 Westinghouse Blvd o Our most recent inspection of the facility was on 9/22/15 (attached), although it was by an inspector who is no longer in our group and is not very thorough/descriptive. o I conducted a complaint -based inspection at the facility in June of this year and found a compromised pipe that conveys process water to their pretreatment system. While I did not view any discharge from the pipe during two visits, the pipe appeared to have a high potential to discharge residual toluene (one of the primary chemicals used on site) and other pollutants from their waste stream. I received notification last week that the pipe has been replaced. o From my visit, there was a fair amount of spilled material and a lot of outdoor ASTs, but most of the exposed area near the plant appears to be collected in a system that discharges to the facility's pretreatment system. ■ NCS000304 — Gerdau Ameristeel US, Inc. - 6601 Lakeview Road o Our most recent facility inspections were on 10/23/17 and 5/14/13 (attached). o We also conducted stormwater monitoring on 2/9/14. Results are attached — we found slight exceedances of pH, Cu, and Zn. ■ Generally speaking, the facility has a significant amount of exposure and pollution sources, but also reuses a lot of accumulated stormwater and has very large buffers between the plant and the final outfalls. o I responded to a spill of approximately 125 gallons of hydraulic oil on 1/3/18. 1 think this spill was reported to MRO, and then Zahid notified us. The discharge was due to an operator error during facility maintenance, and approximately half of the spilled amount reached the ground with no obvious impacts to the storm drainage system. The affected area was excavated by a remediation contractor within a week and results for remaining soils were below action levels. o We conducted a complaint -based inspection in January 2015 based on reports of discharges from the facility's closed-loop recycle process water (contact) system. During our inspection, no active discharge was occurring, but high-water marks and stained soils around the system's return pond indicated multiple previous discharges from the system. From my understanding, while this may not be relevant to the NPDES permit, this situation also turned into a wrongful termination whistle blower lawsuit. We have been contacted by legal representatives for the former employee on multiple occasions. o We conducted an inspection on 8/2/12 for a spill of 460 gallons of diesel fuel to the ground and a stormwater retention / process water pond. The NOV is attached, and I think James Moore may have recently been contacted about this discharge. NCS000040 — Charlotte Pipe & Foundry Co. - 1335 S. Clarkson Street o Our most recent facility inspection was on 5/14/2015 (attached). From the report, it appears they were in Tier II/III at the time, but there's not information about what parameter(s) were exceeded or how great the exceedances were. o We also responded to an "asphalt -water mixture spill" on 1-13-14. Our file did not have a lot of information about the source and cause of this spill, but I would assume it was due to site improvements as opposed to process -related. NCS000315 — Nexeo Solutions LLC — 3930 Glenwood Drive o I inspected the facility on 11/28/17 and a previous inspection was conducted on 3/31/14. (attached) The facility is a repackaging and distribution center for haz-mats, flammables, caustics, etc., and is generally well -kept. o During my inspection, I found they were not conducting qualitative monitoring at all outfalls, as required. Based on the requirement for analytical to only be conducted at one outfall, I could see how this may have been confusing. Chad Broadway, Environmental Specialist Charlotte -Mecklenburg Storm Water Services Mecklenburg County Water Quality Program 2145 Suttle Avenue Charlotte, NC 28208 704-280-1497 (mobile) chad.broadway@mecknc.gov http://charlottenc.gov/StormWater Storm Water's WHY statement: We are passionate about making our environment safe and healthy by reducing flood losses and improving water quality for all. chxktf#-X ck;@n" STORM WATER IF Services From: Bennett, Bradley <bradley. ben nett@ncdenr.gov> Sent: Monday, July 30, 2018 3:55 PM To: Broadway, Chad <Chad.Broadway@mecklenburgcountync.gov> Cc: Khan, Zahid <zahid.khan@ncdenr.gov>; Moore, James <james.moore@ncdenr.gov> Subject: [External]Checking in on a few more Mecklenburg County sites CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. Hey Chad, Over the next few weeks I'll hopefully be getting to a few more facilities for individual permit renewals. I just wanted to touch base with you and see if you had any information on these that might not be reflected in BIIMS inspections. • NCS000049 — IGM Resins USA, Inc. — 3300 Westinghouse Blvd • NCS000304 — Gerdau Ameristeel US, Inc. - 6601 Lakeview Road • NCS000040 — Charlotte Pipe & Foundry Co. - 1335 S. Clarkson Street • NCS000315 — Nexeo Solutions LLC — 3930 Glenwood Drive I haven't started the review just yet so I don't have any drafts ready. Just wanted to see if you have anything to pass along on these that we should consider as we work through it. I'll check through BIMS and see if there were any issues from the most recent DEMLR or CMSWS inspections. Zahid, James — heads of for you guys also. Let me know if you are aware of any issues. f:� Bradley Bennett Stormwater Program NC Division of Energy, Mineral & Land Resources 512 N. Salisbury Street 1612 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-1612 Note New Phone Number Phone: (919) 707-3646 Fax: (919) 807-6494 Email: brad ley. bennett@ncdenr.gov Email correspondence to and from this address may be subject to public records laws