WQ0001462_Final Permit_19890828

State of North Carolina
Department of Natural Resources and Community Development
Division of Environmental Management
512 No^h Salisbury Street • Raleigh, North Carolina 27611
James G. Martin, Governor
William W. Cobey, Jr., Secretary
August 28, 1989
Philip H. Klein
Director -Corporate Engineering
Burlington Industries, Inc.
P.O. Box 21207
Greensboro, NC 27420
R. Paul Wilms
Director
Subject: Permit No. WQ0001462
Burlington Industries, Inc.
Land Application of Sludge
Wake Forest and Denton Plant
Wake County
Dear Mr. Klein:
In accordance with your application received March 30, 1989, we are forwarding herewith
Permit No.WQ0001462, dated August 28, 1989, to Burlington Industries, Inc. for the operation
of the sludge Iand application program.
This permit shall be effective from the date of issuance until July 31, 1992, and shall be
subject to the conditions and limitations as specified therein.
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.O. Box 11666, Raleigh, NC 27604. Unless such demands are made this permit shall
be final and binding.
One set of approved plans and specifications is being forwarded to you. If you need
additional information concerning this matter, please contact Mr. William Barlow at 919/733-5083.
Sine y,
Paul Wilms
cc: Wake County Health Department
Raleigh Regional Office 4
Environmental Waste Disposal, Inc
Pollution Prevention Pays
P.O. Box 27687, Raleigh, North Carolina 27611-7687 Telephone [phone]
An Equal Opportunity Affirmative Action Employer

NORTH CAROLINA
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT COMMISSION
DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT
RALEIGH
PERMIT
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
Burlington Industries, Inc.
Wake County
FOR THE
operation of the land application program for disposal of approximately 500 cubic feet of combined
cake sludge from Burlington Industries, Incorporated's Wake Forest and Denton Plant and the one
time application of six (5) million gallons of liquid sludge form the Wake Forest Plant's polishing
pond onto the parcel of land indicated in condition V-(8) pursuant to the application received March
30, 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 July 31, 1992, and shall be
subject to the following specified conditions and limitations:
PERFORMANCE STANDARD
1. 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.
2. 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.
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.

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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.
No type of sludge other than that from Burlington's Industries, Incorporated's Wake Forest
and Denton Plants shall be placed on the land application disposal site.
No crops for direct. human consumption shall be raised on these sites for a period of 18 months
following sludge application.
Maximum slope for sludge application shall be 10% for surface application and 18% for
subsurface applications.
The F.C. Winston, Jr. site, field # 7 track viewing area shall not receive sludge 120 days prior
to any track events.
The following buffers zones shall be maintained:
i) 400 feet
ii) 200 feet
iii) 100 feet
iv) 50 feet
v) 100 feet
vi) 100 feet
vii) 50 feet
viii) 10 feet
ix) 25 feet
from residences under separate ownership for surface application method,
from residences under separate ownership for injection method,
from "SA and SB" classified waters and public surface water supplies for
both methods,
from "WS" classified waters and other streams, creeks, lakes, rivers, and
surface water drainage ways for injection method.
from "WS" classified waters and other streams, creeks, lakes, rivers and
surface water drainage ways for surface application method,
from property lines for both methods,
from public right of ways for surface application method,
from upslope interceptor drains and surface water diversions for both
methods,
from downslope interceptor drains, surface water diversions and
groundwater drainage systems for both methods.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE REQUIREMENTS
The facilities shall be properly maintained and operated at all times.
A suitable vegetative cover shall be maintained as indicated in condition II(3).
The application rates shall not exceed the following for bermuda grass, fescue, corn, barley
and soybeans:
200 lbs./acre of Plant Available Nitrogen (PAN) annually
100 lbs./acre of Phosphate annually
0.45 lbs./acre of cadmium annually
Adequate facilities shall be provided to prevent surface runoff from carrying any disposed or
stored material into any surface waters.
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5. Animals should not be grazed on sludge applied land within a 30-day period following the
sludge application. Lactating dairy cattle shall not be grazed on these lands until eighteen (18)
months following 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.
6. Surface applied sludge will be plowed or disced within twenty-four (24) hours after application
on lands with no cover crop established.
7. For areas that are prone to flooding or within the 100-year flood elevation, sludge may be
applied during periods of dry weather. The sludge must be incorporated into the soil within
twenty-four (24) hours of application.
8. Public access to the land application sites shall be controlled during active site use and for the
12-month period following sludge application. Such controls must include the posting of signs
showing the activities being conducted at each site.
9. 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.
10. 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.
11. The site shall be adequately limed to a soil pH of at least 6.5 prior to sludge application.
Sludge may also be applied to sites with a pH of less than 6.5 provided a sufficient amount of
lime is also applied to achieve a final pH of at least 6.5.
III. MONITORING REQ>• JIREMEI M
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.
2. No land application of waste activities shall be undertaken when the seasonal high water table
is less than three feet below land surface.
3. Proper records shall be maintained by the pern-dttee tracking all disposal activities. These
records shall include, but are not necessarily limited to the following information:
a) date of sludge application
b) location of sludge application (site, field, or zone #)
c) method of application
d) weather conditions
e) soil conditions
f) volume of sludge applied in gallons/ acre and dry tons/ acre
g) annual and cumulative totals of dry tons/ acre of sludge, pounds/
acre of each heavy metal, pounds/ acre of plant available nitrogen applied to each field.
These records shall be summarized annually and submitted to the Water Quality Supervisor of the
Raleigh Regional Office on or before January 31 of the following year. The records shall be
maintained by the Permittee for a minimum of five years.
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An annual soils analysis shall be conducted and the results maintained on file by the permittee
for a minimum of five years. The analysis shall include but is not limitted to the following:
Standard Soil Fertility Test
Phosphorus Potassium.
Calcium
Magnesium Manganese
Nickel
Lead Copper
Zinc
Cadmium
Sodium
pH
A complete sludge analysis shall be conducted by the permittee annually and the results
maintained on file by the permittee for a minimum of five years. The analysis shall include but
is not limited to the following.
pH
Percent Solids
Total Kjeldahl Nitrogen
Cadmium
Chromium
Ammonia Nitrogen
Nickel
Lead
Nitrate Nitrogen
Phosphorus
Potassium
Magnesium
Zinc
Copper
Manganese
An EP Toxicity analysis of a representative sample of the sludge shall be conducted by the
permittee annually and the results maintained on file by the permittee for a minimum of five
years. The analysis shall include but is not limited to the following.
Arsenic
Barium
Cadium
Chromium
Mercury
Selenium
Silver
Lead
pH
Endrin
Methoxychlor
2,4-D
Lindane
Toxaphene
2,4,5-TP Silvex
Any groundwater quality monitoring, as deemed necessary by the Division, shall be provided.
INSPECTIONS
1. The permittee 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 permittee
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.
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V. GENERAL CONDITIONS
1. This permit shall become voidable unless the land application activities are carried out 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 until such time as the permittee has requested a name change to a
new permittee. Such a request must be accompanied by an application fee, documentation
from the new and current permittees, and other supporting data as may be appropriate.
4. 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.
5. Prior to any 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.
6. A set of approved documents for the subject project must be retained by the applicant for the
life of the project.
7. This permit shall become voidable unless the agreements between the Permittee and the
landowners/lessees are in full force and effect.
8. The following are approved sites for sludge application:
Site No. Owner/Lessee Application Area facresl Total Acreage
(excluding buffers) acres
3 Robert Allen 15.05 15.05
4 Robert Allen 43.96 43.96
4B Robert Allen 18.93 18.60
5 Robert Allen 9.42 9.0
6 Rotwrt Allen 6.57 6.0
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F. C. Winston Jr.
27.58
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F. C. Winston Jr.
16.47
16
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F. C. Winston Jr.
6.29
6
1
Larry & Melvin Welder
26.85
25.0
2
Larry & Melvin Welder
38.94
35.0
3
Larry & Melvin Welder
28.63
25.0
4
Larry & Melvin Welder
36.05
34.0
5
Larry & Melvin Welder
12.33
12.33
6
Larry & Melvin Welder
28.2
28.2
7
Larry & Melvin Welder
7.05
6.5
8
Larry Welder
3295
28.0
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Larry Welder
54.2
50.0
10
Larry Welder
51.5
48.0
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9. Failure to abide by the conditions and limitations contained in this permit will subject the
Permittee to any enforcement action by the Division of Environmental Management in
accordance with North Carolina General Statutes 143-215.6.
10. The Permittee must pay the annual administering and compliance fee within thirty (30) days
after being billed by the Division. Fdlure-to timely pay the fee in accordance with 15 NCAC
2H .0205(c)(4) may result in revocation of this permit.
11. The Raleigh Regional Office should be contacted twenty-four (24) hours prior to the initial
application in order to observe buffer areas.
Permit issued this the 28th day of August, 1989
NORTH CAROLINA ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT COMMISSION
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R. Paul Wilms, Director
'4L Division of Environmental Management
By Authority of the Environmental M dgement 'Commission
Permit No. WQ0001462