WQ0000506_Final Permit_19890222

State of North Carolina
Department of Natural Resources and Community Development
Division of Environmental Management
512 North Salisbury Street • Raleigh, North Carolina 27611
James G. Martin, Governer R. Paul Wilms
William W. Cabey, Jr., Secretary February 22, 1989 Director
Mr. Wallace Woodall
Woodall Vacuum Pumping Service
PO Box 1190
Pittsboro, NC 27312
SUBJECT: Permit No. WQ0000506
Woodall Vacuum Pumping Service
Land Application of Sludge
Chatham and Wake Counties
Dear. Mr. Woodall:
In accordance with your application received November 2, 1988, we are
forwarding herewith Permit No. WQ0000506 as amended, dated February 22, 1989, to
Woodall Vacuum Pumping Service for the continued operation of the subject land
application of sludge.
This permit shall be effective from the date of issuance until August 1, 1992,
and shall be subject to the conditions and limitations as specified therein.
The permit amendment only includes the addition of approximately 300 acres in
Wake County for disposal of sludge and not the request to add the Town of
Morrisville's and CP&L's sludges.
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 1508 of North Carolina
General Statutes, and filed with the Office of Administrative Hearings, Post Office
Drawer 11666, Raleigh, North Carolina 27604. Unless such demands are made this
permit shall be final and binding.
If you need additional information concerning this matter, please contact Mr.
Jack Floyd, telephone No. 919/733-5083, ext. 547.
Sincere ,
Paul Wilms
cc: Wake County Health Department
Raleigh Regional Supervisor
Law Engineering
Groundwater
1'.O. Box 27687, Meigh, North C.anbna 27611-7667 Telephone [phone]
An Equal Oppnrtuniry Alfirmatm: Action Emnlovrr

Noxm CAROLINA
TINVIRONMFNTAT. MANAG1,MrNT COMMTSSTON
DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
RATE i GJ1
P F. R M t T
For the discharge of Sewage, Industri.ni Wastes, or Other Wastes
In accordance with the provisions of Article 21 of Chapter 143, General Statutes
of North Carolina as amended, and other applicable Taws, Rules, and Regulations
PERMISSION IS ITEREBY GRANTFD TO
Woodall Vacuum Pumping Service
Chatham and Wake. Counties
FOR THE
continued operation of a land application program to dispose of sludge from
facilities Listed in condition 24 to privately owned sites with a total area of
npproximal_ely 515 acres in Wake and Chatham Corinties as described in condition 23,
pursuant to the application received November. 2, 1988, and in conformity with the
project plan, specifications, and other supporting data subsequently filed and
approved by the Department of Natural Resources and Community Development and
considered a part of this permit,
This permit shall be effective from the date of issuance until August I, 1992,
and shall be subject to the following specified conditions and limitations:
I. Issuance of this permit shall void Permit No. 15029 and Permit No. WQ0000480.
2. The facilities shall be properly maintained and operated at all times.
3. This permit is not transferable.
4. This permit shall become voidable unless the land application activities are
conducted in accordance with the approved documents as submitted in support of
this permit application.
5. This permit is effective only with respect to the nature and volume of wastes
described in the application and other supporting data.
6. In the. event that the facilities fail to perform satisfactorily, including the
creation of nuisance conditions, the Permittee shall take such immediate
corrective action as may be required by this Division, including the construction
of additional or replacement wastewater treatment or disposal facilities.

7. Any monitoring deemed necessary by the Division of Environmental Management to
insure surface And ground water protection will be established and an acceptable
sampling reporting schedule shall be followed.
8. The Permittee, at least six (6) months prior to the expiration of thi.5 permit,
shall regiiest .its extension. Upon rer_n.ipt 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 gime and under such conditions and
limitations as it may deem app.ropri_ntA.
9. A suitable year round vegetative cover shall he maintained.
10. Adequate facilities shall be provided to prevent surface runoff from carrying any
disposed or stored material into any surface waters.
11. The issuance of this permit shall not relieve the Permittee of the responsibility
for damages to surface or gr.oundwat:ers resulting from the operation of this
facility.
12. Adequate provisions shall be taken to prevent wind erosion and surface runoff
from conveying pollutants from the sludge application area onto the adjacent
property or into the surface waters.
13. Sludge shall not be applied in inclement weather or. until 24 hours following a
rainfall event of 1/2 4 nch or greater in 24 hours. Emergency sludge disposal
measures shall be approved by the Division of Environmental Management.
14. Each site shall be adequately limed to a soil pR of 6.5 prior to sludge,
application.
15. No crops for direct human consumption shall be raised on these sites for a period
of. 18 months following sludge application.
16. Maximum slope for sludge application shall be 103 for surface application and 18a/
for subsurface applications.
17. In any future transfer of this land, a notice shall be. given to the new owner
that gives full details of the materials applied or incorporated at this site.
18. Surface applied sludge will be plowed or disced in immediately after application
on lands with no cover crop established.
19. Animals should not be grazed on sludge applied land within a 30 -day period
following the sludge application. Application sites that are to be used for
grazing shall have fencing that will be used to prevent access during the 30 -day
periods after each application.
20. The following minimum buffers shall be maintained:
a) 400 ft. from a residence for surface applied sludge,
b) 100 ft. from property lines,
c) 50 ft. from any public right-of-ways,
d) 100 ft. from surface waters and drainageways for surface application,
e) 50 ft. from surface waters and drainageways for subsurface; application,
Q 200 ft. from a residence for injected sludge, and
l g) 100 ft. from a potable well for both methods.

21. The following application rates shall not be
exceeded:
i r.
crop
a) 250
Fescue,
Bermuda, and other
grasses
b) 7.00
Corn
c) till
Grains,
soybeans.
2.2. The PermitLee shall notify
the Raleigh Regional Office if
any permi l:t:ed site is
no longer being utilized as
a receiver site
for any reason.
23. This permit shall become
voidable unless
the agreements
between the following
landowners and Woodall Vacuum Pump Service
are in full force and effect- for Lhe
following areas:
Landowner
Fi.eLd_Na.
Usable
Acreage
Mr. Charles Bouldin
1
5.5
2
18.9
3
5.9
6
3,7
7
2.9
8
3.0
9
10.0
10
5.9
11
9.7
12
1.9
A
4.2
14
5.2
15
22.3
16
7.3
17
17.6
18
1.2
19
3.8
20
0
21
4.9
22
2.6
23
7.4
24
2.2
25
6.8
J. C. Bray
100
.7
101.
16
Berney Griffins
210
5.3
201
3,8
202
13.7
203
8.7
Steve Lockman
300
4.1
301
6.6
Joseph Franks
400
25
401
74
402
45
Walton Ray Franks
00
115
411
43
Total.
515 acres

24. The following sources of sludge are approved for land npplicntion:
Facility
a) Town of Wendell
b) Mid -State Farms, Inc.
c) Cole Park Plaza
d) 1•earrington Subdivision
e) Five Oaks Subdivision
f.) Nature Trails Mobile Home Park
g) Town of Pittsboro
h) Town of Qry
Volume (gallons/week)
5,769
40,000
923
2,462
1,846
307
8,000
100,000
2.5, The Charles Boul.din property shall be designated to show which fields receive;
only sludge from the Town of Cary_ This designation shall be submitted to the
Raleigh Regional Office on or before February 15, 1989,
26. Proper records shall be maintained for tracking sludge applied on the permitted
sites. These records shall include, but are not necessarily limited to the
following minimum information:
a) date of sludge application,
b) source of sludge,
c) location of sludge application, including the specific field number,
d) volume of sludge application in gallons,
e) Monthly, annual and cumulative totals of gallons/acre of sludge, pounds/acre
of phosphorus, pounds/acre of plant available nitrogen (PAN) applied to
each field, and pounds/acre of cadmium, nickel, zinc, copper, and lead.
These records shall be submitted on a quarterly basis to the Water Quality
Supervisor of the Raleigh Regional Office,
27. Within 90 days of permit issuance, three (3) monitor wells, one (1) up+gradiont
and two (2) downgradient, must be installed to monitor groundwater quality. The
location and construction details for these wells must be by approval of the
Raleigh Regional Office, from which a well construction permit must be obtained.
28. The monitor wells must be sampled initially after construction rind thereafter
every March, July, and November for the following parameters:
NO pH
Total Ammonia TQC
TDS Chloride
Water levels phenol
TOX (in November only)
Total Coliforms
The measurement of water level must be made prior to sampling for the remaining
parameters.

The analytical methods used for TOX most be capable of detecting the total of all
halogenated organic compounds present at a concentration of 5.0 parts per billion
(ppb) or greater_ In the event that a TOX concentration of 5.0 ppb or greater is
detected, any individual halogenated organic compound(s) present at a
conceutr.atlon at or above the method detection limit (MITI,) must be identified and
q"antified utilizing EPA methods 601, 602, 604 and 611.
The results of the sampling and analysis shall be sent to the N.C. Division of.
Environmental Management of Form GW -59 (Compliance Monitoring Report Form) every
April, August and December.
29. The cummulative lifetime metal loadings for all sites shall. not exceed the
following:
30. The Permittee shall contact the Raleigh Regional Water Quality supervisor at
919/733-2314, 24 hours prior to any land disposal of sludge to any Wake County
sites.
31. All sites shall be posted to notify the public of the use of each site.
Permit issued this the 22nd day of February, 1989.
NORTH CAROLINA ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT COMMISSION
A. Yaui wiims, virector
Division of Environmental Management
By Authority of the Environmental Management Commission
Permit No. WQ0000506
CEG < 5
CEC 5-15
CIC > 15
Lead (lbs/acre)
500
1000
2000
Zinc (lbs/acre)
250
500
1000
Copper (lbs/acre)
125
250
500
Nickel, (lbs/acne)
50
100
200
Cadmium (lbs/acre)
4.5
9
18
30. The Permittee shall contact the Raleigh Regional Water Quality supervisor at
919/733-2314, 24 hours prior to any land disposal of sludge to any Wake County
sites.
31. All sites shall be posted to notify the public of the use of each site.
Permit issued this the 22nd day of February, 1989.
NORTH CAROLINA ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT COMMISSION
A. Yaui wiims, virector
Division of Environmental Management
By Authority of the Environmental Management Commission
Permit No. WQ0000506