WQ0004040_Final Permit_19930212

State of North Carolina
Department of Environment, Health and Natural Resources
Division of Environmental Management _
512 North Salisbury Street • Raleigh, North Carolina 27604
James B. Hunt, Jr., Governor
February 12, 1993
Mr. Jack King, City Manager
City of Statesville
P.O. Box 1111
Statesville, NC 28677
Jonathan B. Howes, Secretary
Subject: Permit No. WQ0004040
City of Statesville
Third Creek Sludge Landfill
Iredell County
Dear Mr. King:
In accordance with your application received July 17, 1992, we are forwarding herewith Permit
No. WQ0004040, dated February 12, 1993, to the City of Statesville for the continued operation of a
sludge landfill, This permit renewal is issued for only three (3) years, by which time the City of
Statesville's N-Viro composting facility is expected to be operating, thus making the subject landfill
operation unnecessary.
This permit shall be effective from the date of issuance until January 31, 1996, shall hereby void
Permit No. WQ0004040 issued November 30, 1990, and shall be subject to the conditions and limitations
as specified therein. Please pay particular attention to the monitoring requirements in this permit. Failure to
establish an adequate system for collecting and maintaining the required operational information will result
in future compliance problems.
If any parts, requirements, or limitations contained in this permit are unacceptable to you, you have
the right to request an adjudicatory hearing upon written request within 30 days following receipt of this
permit. This request must be in the form of a written petition, conforming to Chapter 150B of North
Carolina General Statutes, and filed with the Office of Administrative Hearings, P.Q. Drawer 27447,
Raleigh, NC 27611-7447. Unless such demands are made this permit shall be final and binding.
Regional Offices
Asheville Fayetteville Mooresville Raleigh Washington Wilmington Winston-Salem
704/251-6208 919/486-1541 704/663-1699 91915714700 919/946-6481 919/395-3900 919/896-7007
Pollution Prevention Pays
P.O. Box 29535, Raleigh, North Carolina 27626-0535 Telephone [phone]
An Equal Opportunity Affirmative Action Employer

If you need additional information concerning this matter, please contact Mr. John Seymour at 919/
733-5083.
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cc: Iredell County Health Department
Mooresville Regional Office, Water Quality Section.
Mooresville Regional Office, Groundwater Section
Jack Floyd, Groundwater Section Central Office
Training and Certification
Facilities Assessment Unit, Karen Colby

NORTH CAROLINA
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT COMMISSION
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, HEALTH AND NATURAL RESOURCES
RALEIGH
SOLID WASTE LANDFILL PERMIT
In accordance with the provisions of Article 21 of Chapter 143, General Statutes of North Carolina as
amended, and other applicable Laws, Rules, and Regulations
PERMISSION IS HEREBY GRANTED TO
City of StatesviIIe
Iredell County
FOR THE
continued operation of the Third Creek sludge landfill consisting of approximately 10.5 acres with
disposal trenches 80-100 feet in length, 10 feet in depth, about 15 feet wide, and spaced approximately 25
feet apart to serve the City of Statesville Third Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant with no discharge of
wastes to the surface waters, pursuant to the application received July 17, 1992, and in conformity with
the project plan, specifications, and other supporting data subsequently filed and approved by the
Department of Environment, Health and Natural Resources and considered a part of this permit.
This permit shall be effective from the date of issuance until January 31, 1996, shall hereby void
Permit No. WQ0004040 issued November 30, 1990, and shall be subject to the following specified
conditions and limitations:
I. PERFORMANCE STANDARDS
1. The Mooresville Regional Office, telephone number 704/663-1699, shall be notified at least
seventy-two (72) hours prior to the ceasing of operation of the landfill so that an inspection
can be made of the landfill and capping method. Such notification to the regional
supervisor shall be made during the normal office hours from 8:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. on
Monday through Friday, excluding State Holidays.
2. This permit shall become voidable unless the facilities are constructed in accordance with
the approved plans, specifications, and other supporting data.
3. The issuance of this permit shall not relieve the Permittee of the responsibility for damages
to surface or groundwaters resulting from the operation of this facility.
4. In the event that the landfill is not operated satisfactorily, including the creation of nuisance
conditions, the Permittee shall cease landfilling sludge and take any immediate corrective
actions, including the construction of additional or replacement wastewater treatment or
disposal facilities.

5. The following buffer zones shall be maintained:
a) 500 feet from residences or places of public assembly under separate ownership,
b) 100 feet from "SA and SB" classified waters and public surface water supplies,
c) 50 feet from "WS" classified waters and other streams, creeks, lakes, rivers, and
surface water drainage ways,
d) 100 feet from property lines.
6. All sludges included in this permit must be stabilized by a process to significantly reduce
pathogens (as described in 40 CFR Part 257, Appendix II) prior to application or
incorporation. An evaluation of all sludges as specified in condition H 4 must be conducted
as to their ability to demonstrate compliance with this requirement. Upon request, a copy
of this report must be submitted to the Assistant Chief for Operations, Division of
Environmental Management, Water Quality Section, Operations Branch, PO Box 29535,
Raleigh, NC 27626-0535.
7. If the title to any part of the sludge landfill property or use of said property is changed, the
permittee shall notify the new title holder or new property user that the property was
previously used as a sludge landfill site.
II. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE REQUIREMENTS
This permit shall become voidable unless the landfill is properly maintained and operated in
a manner which will protect the assigned water quality standards of the surface waters and
groundwaters.
2. No sludges other than the following are hereby approved for Iand application in accordance
with this permit:
Permit Estimated
Source County Number Volume (cf/year)
Third Creek WWTP Iredell NCO020591 78,000
3. Adequate facilities shall be provided to prevent surface runoff from carrying any disposed
or stored sludge material into any surface waters.
4. Appropriate measures must be taken to control public access to the Iandfill site.
5. Application rates to the landfill shall not exceed 78,000 cubic feet per year.
III. MONITORING AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS
1. Any monitoring (including groundwater, surface water, and sludge analyses) deemed
necessary by the Division of. Environmental Management to insure protection of the
environment will be established and an acceptable sampling and reporting schedule shall be
followed. If monitoring data indicates minimal or no concern to the Division, reduction of
monitoring requirements may be pursued after two annual reporting periods.
2. Proper records shall be maintained by the Permittee tracking all disposal activities. These
records shall include, but are not necessarily limited to the following information:
a) source of sludge
b) date
c) cumulative totals in dry tons of sludge deposited.
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Three copies of all monitoring and reporting requirements as specified in conditions In.1
and 1I1.2 shall be submitted annually on or before March I of the following year to the
folIowing address:
NC Division of Environmental Management
Water Quality Section
Facility Assessment Unit
PO Box 29535
Raleigh, NC 27626-0535
4. Noncompliance Notification:
The Permittee shall report by telephone to the MooresvilIe Regional Office, telephone
number 704/663-1699, as soon as possible, but in no case more than 24 hours or on the
next working day following the occurrence or first knowledge of the occurrence of any of
the following:
a. Any occurrence with the land appIicadon program which results in the land
application of significant amounts of wastes which are abnormal in quantity or
characteristic.
b. Any failure of the land application program resulting in a release of sludge material
to receiving waters.
c. Any time that seIf-monitoring information indicates that the facility has gone out of
compliance with the conditions and limitations of this permit or the parameters on
which the system was designed.
d. Any process unit failure, due to known or unknown reasons, that render the facility
incapable of adequate sludge treatment.
e. Any spillage or discharge from a vehicle or piping system transporting sludge to the
application site.
Persons reporting such occurrences by telephone shall also file a written report in letter
form within 15 days following first knowledge of the occurrence. This report must outline
the actions taken or proposed to be taken to ensure that the problem does not recur.
IV. GROUNDWATER _REQUIREMENT
The four (4) existing monitor wells must be sampled every March, July, and November for
the following parameters:
NO3 TDS
TOC pH
Ammonia Nitrogen Chloride
Water Level Fecal Coliforms
Cadmium Total Suspended Solids
Zinc Copper
Volatile Organic Compounds - In November only ( by Method I or Method 2
below)
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Method 1: Method 6230D ( Capillary - Column), "Standard Methods for the
Examination of Water and Wastewater", 17th edition, 1989
Method 2: Method 502.2 " Methods for the Determination of Organic Compounds
in Drinking Water", United States Environmental Protection Agency -
600/4-88/039
The measurement of water level must be made prior to sampling for the remaining
parameters.
The measuring points (top of well casing) of all monitoring wells shall be surveyed to
provide relative elevations of the measuring point for each of the monitoring wells. These
elevations shall be provided to the Regional Hydrogeologist within 60 days after well
construction. The depth of water in each well shall be measured from the surveyed point
on the top of the casing.
If TOC concentrations greater than 10 mg/1 are detected in any downgradient monitoring
well, additional sampling and analysis must be conducted to identify the individual
constituents comprising this TOC concentration. If the TOC concentration as measured in
the background monitor well exceeds 10 mg/l, this concentration will be taken to represent
the naturally occurring TOC concentration. Any exceedances of this naturally occurring
TOC concentration in the downgradient wells shall be subject to the additional sampling
and analysis as described above.
If any volatile organic compounds are detected by method 6230D, or the equivalent method
502.2, then EPA methods 604 and 611 must also be run to detect other organic compounds
which may be present. The results of all analysis specified in the monitoring requirements,
including 604 and 611 if required, must be submitted simultaneously.
The results of the sampling and analysis shall be sent to the N.C. Division of
Environmental Management on Form GW-59 (Compliance Monitoring Report Form) every
April, August, and December.
2. The Compliangg Boundary,for the disposal system is specified by regulations in 15A
NCAC 2L, Classifications and Water Quality Standards applicable to the groundwater of
North Carolina. An exceedance of Groundwater Quality Standards beyond the Compliance
Boundary is subject to penalty provisions applicable under General Statute 143-215.6A.
The sale of property, by the Permittee, which is within or contiguous to the disposal
system site may alter location of the Compliance Boundary.
For facilities permitted on or after December 30, 1983, the Compliance Boundary is
established at the lesser of 250 feet from the perimeter of waste disposal, or 50 feet within
the property boundary.
If the title to any property which may affect the location of the Compliance Boundary is
changed, the permittee shall notify the Division Director within 14 days. The Director shall
then establish a modified Compliance Boundary which will be done as a modification to the
Permit.
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The REVIEW BOUNDARY for the disposal system is specified by regulations in 15A
NCAC 2L, Groundwater Classifications and Standards. A REVIEW BOUNDARY is
established around disposal systems midway between the Compliance Boundary and the
perimeter of the waste disposal area. When the concentration of any substance equals or
exceeds the maximum allowable concentration of that substance at the REVIEW
BOUNDARY, as determined by monitoring, the permittee shall either (i) demonstrate,
through predictive calculations or modeling, that natural site conditions, facility design and
operational controls will prevent a violation of standards at the Compliance Boundary; or,
(ii) submit a plan for the alteration of existing site conditions, facility design or operational
controls that will prevent a violation of standards at the Compliance Boundary, and
implement that plan upon its approval by the Director.
3. Any additional groundwater quality monitoring as deemed necessary by the Division of
Environmental Management shall be provided.
The Permittee or his designee shall inspect the sludge storage, transport, and disposal
facilities to prevent malfunctions and deterioration, operator errors and discharges which
may cause or lead to the release of wastes to the environment, a threat to human health, or a
nuisance. The Perrriittee shall keep an inspection log or summary including at least the date
and time of inspection, observations made, and any maintenance, repairs, or corrective
actions taken by the Permittee. This log of inspections shall be maintained by the Permittee
for a period of three years from the date of the inspection and shall be made available upon
request by the Division of Environmental Management or other permitting authority.
2. Any duly authorized officer, employee, or representative of the Division of Environmental
Management may, upon presentation of credentials, enter and inspect any property,
premises or place on or related to the disposal site and facility at any reasonable time for the
purpose of determining compliance with this permit; may inspect or copy any records that
must be kept under the terms and conditions of this permit; or may obtain samples of
groundwater, surface water, or leachate.
VI. GENERAL—CONDITIQNS
1. This permit shall become voidable unless the land application activities are carried out in
accordance with the conditions of this permit and in the manner approved by this Division.
2. This permit is effective only with respect to the nature and volume of wastes described in
the application and other supporting data.
3. This permit is not transferable. In the event there is a desire for the facilities to change
ownership or a name change of the Permittee, a formal permit request must be submitted to
the Division of Environmental Management accompanied by an application fee,
documentation from the parties involved, and other supporting materials as may be
appropriate. The approval of this request will be considered on its merits and may or may
not be approved.
4. Failure to abide by the conditions and limitations contained in this permit may subject the
Permittee to an enforcement action by the Division of Environmental Management in
accordance with North Carolina General Statute 143-215.6A to 143-215.6C.
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5. The annual administering and compliance fee must be paid by the Permittee within thirty
(30) days after being billed by the Division. Failure to pay the fee accordingly may cause
the Division to initiate action to revoke this permit as specified by 15 NCAC 2H .0205
(c)(4).
6. The issuance of this permit does not preclude the Permittee from complying with any and
all statutes, rules, regulations, or ordinances which may be imposed by other government
agencies (local, state, and federal) which have jurisdiction.
7. A set of approved documents for the subject project must be retained by the applicant for
the life of the permit.
8. The Permittee, at least six (6) months prior to the expiration of this permit, shall request its
extension. Upon receipt of the request, the Commission will review the adequacy of the
facilities described therein, and if warranted, will extend the permit for such period of time
and under such conditions and limitations as it may deem appropriate.
9. This permit may be modified, or revoked and reissued to incorporate any conditions,
limitations and monitoring requirements the Division of Environmental Management deems
necessary in order to adequately protect the environment and public health.
10. When the City of Statesville's N-Viro Composting facility is operational and this sludge
landfill operation is no longer required, the City of Statesville should notify the Division in
writing and request that this landfill permit be voided.
Permit issued this the 12th day of February, 1993
CAROLINA
A." Preston Hov
Division of Env]
By Authority of
Permit No. WQ0004040
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I: RATING SCALE FOR CLASSIFICATION OF FACILITIES
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Reviewed (Train. & Cert.) Reg. Office
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Plant Class: (circle one) 01
POINTS
Industrial Pretreatment Units and/or
Industrial Pretreatment Program
(see definition No. 33) 4
aFSlrN FLOW OF PLANT IN GPD
(not applicable to non -contaminated cooling waters, sludge
handling facilities for water purification plants, totally
closed cycle systems (del. No. 11), and facilities
consisting only of Item (4) (d) or Items (4) (d) and (11) (d))
0 -• 20,000.......................... 1
20,001 -• 50,000.......................... 2
50,001 -- 100,000.......................... 3
100,001 250,000 4
250,001 500,000.......................... 5
500,001--1,000,000.......................... a
1,000,001 -- 2,000,000 ........................ 10
2,000.001 (and up) - rate 1 point additional for each
200,000 gpd capacity up to a
maximum of 30
Design Flow (gpd) :
PRELIMINARY UNITS (see definition no. 32)
(a) Bar Screens ................................ 1
or
(b) Mechanical Screens, Static Screens or
Comminuting Devices ........... ............. 2
(c) Grit Removal ............................... 1
or
(d) Mechanical or Aerated Grit Removal ........... 2
(e) Flow Measuring Device ....................... 1
or
(1) Instrumented Flow Measurement .............. 2
(g) Preaeration................................ 2
(h) Influent Flow•Eclualization ................... 2
n Grease or Oil Separators - Gravity .......... 2
Mechanical . ...... . 3
Dissolved Air Flotation. 8
(j) Piechtorination .................. :........... 5
(4) PRIMARY 7REATM ENT UNITS
(a) Septic Tank (see definition no. 43) .............. 2
(b) Imhoff Tank .................................. 5
(c) Primary Clarifiers ............................
..... ... 5
(d) Settling Ponds or Settling Tanks for Inorganic
Non•IDXiC Materials (sludge handling facilities
for water purification plants, sand, gravel,
stone, and other mining operations except
rarrazalinnat eeliviriet %UCh as oem or oold
Grade
II 111 IV Total Points
(5) SECONDARY TREATMENT UNITS
(a) Carbonaceous Stage
(i)Aeration - High Purity Oxygen System .....
Diffused Air System ...... ... .
Mechanical Air System (fixed,
floating or rotor) ..............
Separate Sludge Reaeration ....
(ii) Trickling Filter
High Rate ...................
Standard Rate ...............
Packed Tower .............. .
(iii) Biological Aerated Filter or Aerated
Biological Fiter ..................... .
(iv) Aerated Lagoons ......................
(v) Rotating Biological Contaclors ..........
(vi) Sand Filters -
intermittent biological .... .
recirculating biological .... .
(vFi) Stabifsi:ation Lagoons ...................
(viii)Clarilier ..............................
(ix) Single stage system for combined
carbonaceous removal of SOD and
nitrogenous removal by nitrification
(see def. No. 12) (Points for this item
have to be in addition to items (5) (a)
01 through (5) (a) (vile .................
(x) Nutrient additions to enhance SOD
removal. ..................
(xi) Biological Culture ('Super Bugs') addition
to enhance organic compound removal .... .
(b) Nitrogenous Stage
(i) Aeration - High Purity Oxygen System .... .
Diffused Air System ...........
Mechanical Air System (fixed,
floating, or rotor) ...... ......
Separate Sludge Reaeration .... .
(ii) Trickling Filter -
High Rate ..............
Standard Rate ............
Packed Tower............
(iii) Biological Aerated Filter or Aerated
Biological Flter . ..................... .
(iv) Rotating Biological Contactors ........... .
(v) Sand Filter -
intermittent biological ........
recirculating biological ........
fvit Clarifier
20
10
a
3
5
10
10
10
2
3
5
5
a
5
5
20
10
a
3
5
10
10
2
3
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CF.'/ TERTIARY OR ADVANCED TREATMENT UNIT
(10) CHEMICAL ADDITION SYSTEM (S) (See definition No, 9)
-�
Activated Carbons Beds -
(not applicable to chemical additions rated as item
without carbon regeneration ..................
5
(3) (1). (5) (a) (4), (6) (a), (6) (b), (7) (b). (7) (e),
with carbon regeneration ....................
Powdered or Granular Activated Carbon Feed -
15
(9) (a), (9) (b), or (9) (c) 5 points each: List:
(b)
without carbon regeneration .................
5
5
5
with carbon regeneration ....................
Is
5
(c)
Air Stripping ...........................
5
5
(d)
Deniuification Process (separate process) .....
10
(e)
Etectrodialysis ........ _ ....................
5
(11) MISCELLANEOUS UNiTS
(t)
Foam Separation .............................
5
(a) holding Ponds, HoKing Tanks or Settling Ponds
(9)
Ion Exchange ................................
5
for Organic or Toxic Materials Including wastes
(h)
Land Application of Treated Elftuenl
from mining operations containing nitrogen and/or
(see definition no. 22b) (not applicable for
phosphorous compounds In amounts significantly
sand, gravel, stone and other similar mining
greater than Is common for domestic wastewater .......... 4
operations)
(b) Effluent Flow Equalization (not applicable to storage
() on ■griculturally managed sites (See del.
basins which are inherent in land application systems). 2
No. 4)...................................
10
(e) Stage Discharge (not applicable to storage basins
(ii) by high rate infiltration on non -agriculturally
inherent in land application systems ................... .... .............. 5
managed sites (includes rotary distributors
(d) Pumps._. " 3
and similar fixed nozzle systems) ...........
4
(e) Stand -By Power Supply . _.. _. __M_ „ ...._............._..._. 3
(Iii) by subsurface disposal (includes low pressure
(f) Thermal Pollution Control Device.„.„„ ............................ ...... 3
pipe systems and gravity systems except al
plants consisting of septic tank and nitrifica-
tion Cases only) ....................... • • • ..
4
TOTAL POINTS
(i)
Microscreens..................................
5
(j)
Phosphorus RemoralbyBiologiical Processes
CLASSIFICATION
(k)
(See def. No. 26) ............................
Polishing Ponds - without aeration .......
20
2
. �.� 5 - 25 Points
with aeration ..........
5
s I1.„ ._„_�.._._. -- . - _ 26- 50 Points
(i)
Post Aeration - cascade ..............
0
Class II1_. .... _ .. 51- 65 Points
diffused or mechanical ...
5
Class IV...66- Up Points
(at)
Reverse Osmosis ...............................
5
n)
Sand or Mixed -Media Filters -low rate ...........
2
Facilities having a rating of one through four points. inclusive,
high rate ..........
5
do not require a certified operator_ Classification of all other
(a)
Treatment processes for removal of metal or
facilities requires a comparable grade operator in responsible
Cyanide ....................................
15
charge.
(p)
Treatment processes for removal of toxic
materials other than metal or cyanide .........
is
Facilities having an activated sludge process will be assigned
a minimum classification of Class 11,
I SLUDGE TREATMENT
Is)
(9)
(a)
Sludge Digestion Tank -Heated ...............
10
Aerobic ...............
5
Unheated... .......
3
(b)
Sludge Stabilization (chemical or thermal) .......
5
(c)
Sludge Drying Beds - Gravity... ........
2
Vacuum Assisted .......
5
(d)
Sludge Eluldation . .... .. . . ...........
5
(e)
Sludge Conditioner (chemical or Thermal) ........
5
(f)
Sludge Thickener (gravity) ......................
5
(g)
Dissolved Air Flotation Unit
(not applicable to a unit rates as (3) n .........
6
(h)
Sludge Gas Utilization (including gas storage) ....
2
(i)
Sludge Holding Tank- Aerated ................
5
Non -aerated .... '
2
(j}
Sludge incinerator - (not including activated
carbon regeneration) ..
10
(k)
Vacuum Filter, Centrifuge or Filter Press or other '
similar dewaledrig devices ....................
10
SLUDGE DISPOSAL (including incinerated ash)
(a)
Lagoons ........................................
2
(b)
land Application (surface and subsurface)
(see definition 22a)
-where the facility holds the land app. permit ...
10
-by contracting to a land application operator who
holds the land application permit ................
2
-land application of sludge by a contractor who does
not hold the permit for the wastewater treatment
facility where The sludge is generated .........
1�
(c)
Land filled (burial} .............................
(f5�
DISINFECTION
(a)
Chlorination .............................
5
(b)
Dechlorination ........................
5
(c)
Ozone ..............................
5
(d)
Radiation ..........................
5
Facilities having treatment processes for the removal of metal
or cyanide will be assigned a minimum classification of Class If.
Facilities having treatment processes for the biological removal
of phosphorus will be assigned a minimum classification of Class
III.
In -plant processes and related control equipment which are an
integral part of industrial production shall not be considered waste
treatment. Likewise, discharges of wastewater from residences
having a design flow of 1,ODD gpd or less, shall not be subject to
rating.
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: