WQ0001026_Final Permit_19940412

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, Governor R. Paul Wilms
William W. Cobey, Jr., Secretary April 12, 1989 Director
Mr. Jerry Cutler
City of Washington
PO Box 1988
Washington, NC 27889
SUBJECT: Permit No. WQ0001026
City of Washington
Land Application of Municipal Wastewater sludge
Beaufort County
Dear Mr. Cutler:
In accordance with your application received January 6, 1989, we are
forwarding herewith Permit No. WQ0001026, dated April 12, 1989, to the City of
Washington for the continued operation of the subject land application of wastewater
sludge.
This permit shall be effective from the date of issuance until April 1, 1991,
and shall be subject to the conditions and limitations as specified therein.
As there may be evidence groundwater quality impact due to current disposal
practices, the City of Washington is advised to evaluate their current disposal
practices particularly with respect to nitrate loadings to ensure that groundwater
quality is maintained.
This permit shall also void Permit No. 7843R and any other permits relative to
Permit No. 7843R.
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, 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.
Sincerely,
r4—�R. Paul Wilms
cc: Beaufort County Health Department
Washington Regional SupervisOrPoilution Prevention Pays
Groundwater PO Box 27687, Raleigh, North Carolina 27611-7687 Telephone [phone]
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NORTH CAROLINA
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT COMMISSION
DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
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P E R M I T
For the discharge of Sewage, Industrial 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 Laws, Rules, and Regulations
PERMISSION IS HEREBY GRANTED TO
City of Washington
Beaufort County
FOR THE
continued operation of a land application program consisting of land applying
digested sludge form the City of Washington Wastewater Treatment Facility to
approximately 432 acres as described in Condition No. 25, with no discharge of sludge
to the surface waters, pursuant to the application received January 6, 1989, 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 April 1, 1991, and
shall be subject to the following specified conditions and limitations:
1. This permit shall void Permit No. 7843R and any other permits related to Permit
No. 7843R.
2. This permit shall become voidable unless the land application activities are
carried out in accordance with the approved plans and supporting documents.
3_ This permit is effective only with respect to the nature and volume of wastes
described in the application and other supporting data.
4. The facilities shall be properly maintained and operated at all times.
5. This permit is not transferable.
6. This permit shall become voidable in the event of failure of the soil to
adequately absorb the wastes and may be rescinded unless the facilities are
installed, maintained, and operated in a manner which will protect the assigned
water quality standards of.the surface waters and ground waters.

7. 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.
8. 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.
9. The facilities shall be effectively maintained and operated as a non -discharge
system to prevent the discharge of any wastewater resulting from the operation of
this facility.
10. 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.
11. Sludge shall not be applied in inclement weather or until 24 hours following a
rainfall event of 1/2-inch or greater in 24 hours. Emergency sludge disposal
measures shall be approved by the Division of Environmental Management.
12. No type of sludge other than that from the City of Washington Wastewater
Treatment Plant shall be placed on the land application disposal site.
13. A suitable year round vegetative cover shall be maintained.
14. 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.
15. Adequate facilities shall be provided to prevent surface runoff from carrying any
disposed or stored material into any surface waters.
16. The site shall be adequately limed to a soil pH of 6.5 prior to sludge
application.
17. No crops for direct human consumption shall be raised on these sites for a period
of 18 months following sludge application.
18. Maximum slope for sludge application shall be 10% for surface application and 18%
for subsurface applications.
19. A 50-foot buffer shall be maintained between the appropriate land owner's
property line and any applied sludge.
20. No liquid sludge shall be applied by subsurface injection within a 25-foot buffer
zone of any water course or surface drainage area.
21. No liquid sludge shall be surface applied within a 100-foot buffer zone of any
water course or surface drainage area.

22. Surface applied sludge will be plowed or disced in immediately after application
on lands with no cover crop established.
23. All areas with no existing cover crop shall be seeded with a fast growing crop
immediately after the first application of liquid sludge to prevent erosion of
soil and migration of nutrients from the soil.
24. This permit shall become voidable unless the agreement between the City of
Washington, and Mr. J. D. Briley is kept in full force and effect.
25. Sludge shall be land applied to the following sites:
Site A consists of approximately 86 acres of farmland divided into six fields
owned by Mr. J. D. Briley.
Site B consists of approximately 346 acres of farmland divided into nine fields,
numbered 7-16, and is owned by Mr. J. D. Briley.
26. The Permittee shall maintain records of the operation of sludge disposal
practices. These records shall include but are not necessarily limited to the
following:
A. Date of sludge application,
B. Volume of sludge applied in dry tons/acre,
C. Site receiving sludge,
D. Method of application,
E. Annual and cumulative totals in dry tons per acre of sludge, pounds per acre
of lead, cadmium, nickel, zinc and copper, and pounds per acre of plant
available nitrogen applied to each field.
These records shall be summarized quarterly and submitted to the Water Quality
Supervisor of the Washington Regional Office.
27. 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.
28. Surface application of liquid sludge shall not be used on sites that are prone to
flooding conditions. (Below the 100-year flood level.)
29. Public access to the land application sites shall be controlled during active
site use and for the 12-month period following the land application event.
30. Should analysis show that PCB is present at greater than 10 ppm (dry weight) the
waste sludge must incorporated into the soil by discing, subsurface injection, or
other appropriate measure.
31. The application rates for Sites A and Sites B shall not exceed the following:
a. 8.33 dry tons sludge per acre per year
b. 300 pounds per acre per year sodium (Na)
c. 1075 pounds per acre per year gypsum
d. 0.5 pounds/acre/year. cadmium

32. The cumulative heavy metal loading rates shall not exceed the following:
For CEC <5 6 - 15 >.
Lead (lbs/acre)
500
1000
2000
Zinc (lbs/acre)
250
500
1000
Copper (lbs/acre)
125
250
500
Nickel (lbs/acre)
50
100
200
Cadmium (lbs/acre)
4.5
9
18
where CEC = cation exchange capacity
33. An annual soils analysis of each site receiving sludge shall be performed by the
Permittee and shall be submitted to the Water Quality Supervisor of the
Washington Regional Office on or before March 1st of the following year. This
analysis should include data on nutrients, heavy metals, sodium, calcium,'
magnesium, sulfates and chlorides.
34. Within 90 days of permit issuance, two (2) additional monitor wells shall be
installed to monitor groundwater quality. One of these wells shall be installed
in the vicinity of downgradient well #3 at site "A" (Briley Farm), and the second
shall be installed in the vicinity of downgradient well #5 at site (B). Both of
these two (2) new wells shall be screened in "GA" zone groundwaters (those
occurring at depths greater than 20 feet below land surface). The locations and
construction details fox• these wells shall be approved by the Washington Regional
Office, from which a well construction permit must be obtained.
35. The two (2) new "GA" zone monitor wells shall be sampled initially after
construction and thereafter every March, July, and November for the following
parameters:
NO3 Ammonia Nitrogen
TDS TOC
PH Chloride
Water Level TOX (in Nov. only)
The measurement of water level must be made prior to sampling for the remaining
parameters.
The six (6) existing monitor wells shall continue to be sampled every March, July
and November for those parameters described above.
1f 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.

The analytical methods used for TOX must 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
concentration at or above the method detection limit (MDL) must be identified and
quantified 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.
36. Any additional groundwater quality monitoring, as deemed necessary by the
Division, shall be provided.
Permit issued this the 12th day of April, 1989.
NORTH CAROLINA ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT COMMISSION
Division of Environmental Management
By Authority of the Environmental Management Commission
Permit No. WQ0001026