WQ0001759_Final Permit_19891005

State of North Carolina
Department of Environment, Health and Natural Resources
Division of Environmental Management
512 North Salisbury Street • Raleigh, North Carolina 27611
James G. Martin, Governor
William W. Cobey, Jr., Secretary
October 5, 1989
Mr. Joe Hudson
City of Statesville
P.O. Box 1111
Statesville, N.C. 28677
Subject: Permit No.WQ0001759
City of Statesville
Forth Creek
Sludge Landfill
Iredell County
Dear 'Mr. Hudson-
R. Paul Wilms
Director
In accordance with your application received May 23, 1989 we are forwarding herewith
Permit No. WQ0001759, dated October 5, 1989 to the City of Statesville for the continued
operation of the subject sludge landfill.
This permit shall be effective from the date of issuance until September 30, 1994, shall
void both permit no. 6934-R2 and permit no. 10817, and shall be subject to the conditions and
limitations as specified therein.
If any parts, requirements, or lirrl tations contained in this permit are unacceptable to you,
you have the right to request an adjudicatory hearing upon written request within 30 days
follo%ving 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.
If you need additional information concerning this matter, please contact Babette
McKemie at 919/ 733-5083.
Sincerely; % J
R. Paul Wilms
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cc: Iredell County Health Department
Mooresville Regional Office 61
Pollution Prevention Pays
P.O. Box 27687, Raleigh, North Carolina 27611-7687 Telephone [phone]
An Equal Opportunity Aft-irmative Action Employer

NORTH CAROLINA
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT COMMISSION
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, HEALTH AND NATURAL RESOURCES
RALEIGH
SLUDGE LAND APPLICATION 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 Statesville
Iredell County
FOR THE
continued operation of Forth Creek Landfill, a 9.4 acre sludge landfill consisting of trenches
approximately 80 to 100 feet in length and 10 feet in depth serving the City of Statesville's Forth
Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant and water drinking plant with no discharge of wastes to the
surface waters, pursuant to the application received May 23, 1989 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 September 30, 1994 , shall
void permits no. 6934R2 and 10817, and shall be subject to the following specified conditions
and limitations:
PERFORMANCE STANDARDS
This permit shall become voidable if the soils fail to adequately assimilate the wastes
and may be rescinded unless the sites are maintained and operated in a manner
which will protect the assigned water quality standards of the surface waters and
groundwaters.
2. The land application program shall be effectively maintained and operated as a
non -discharge system to prevent the migration off the designated landfill site
of any wastes resulting from the operation of this program.
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 program is not operated satisfactorily, including
the creation of nuisance conditions, the Permittee shall cease landfilling sludge and
shall take any immediate corrective actions, including the construction of
additional or replacement wastewater treatment or disposal facilities.

5. No crops for direct human consumption shall be raised on these sites.
6. Maximum slope for sludge landfilling shall be 10% for surface application and
18% for subsurface applications.
7. The following buffers zones shall be maintained:
a) 400 feet from residences under separate ownership for surface application
method,
b) 200 feet from residences under separate ownership for injection method,
c) 100 feet from "SA and SB" classified waters, any public or private water
supplies, including potable drinking water wells,
d) 50 feet from "WS" classified waters and other streams, creeks, lakes, rivers,
and surface water drainage ways for injection method.
e) 100 feet from "WS" classified waters and other streams, creeks, lakes, rivers
and surface water drainage ways for surface application method,
f) 100 feet from property lines for both methods,
g) 50 feet from public right of ways for surface application method,
h) 10 feet from upslope interceptor drains and surface water diversions for both
methods,
i) 25 feet from downslope interceptor drains, surface water diversions and
groundwater drainage systems for both methods.
8. All domestic and municipal sludges included in this permit must be stabilized by a
process to significantly reduce pathogens (as described in 40 CFR Part 257,
Appendix H) prior to application or incorporation. An evaluation of all sludges as
specified in condition 1113 must be conducted to determine their ability to comply
with this requirement. 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 27687, Raleigh, NC 27611-7687, on or
before January 1, 1990.
11. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE RE UIRFMENTS
1. The facilities and disposal sites shall be properly maintained and operated at all
times.
2. Adequate facilities shall be provided to prevent surface runoff from carrying any
disposed or stored material into any surface waters.
3. Public access to the landfill site shall be controlled.
4. Adequate provisions shall be taken to prevent wind erosion and surface runoff
from conveying pollutants from the sludge landfill area onto the adjacent
property or into the surface waters.
5. Sludge shall not be landf lied in inclement weather or until 24 hours following a
precipitation event of 1/2-inch or greater in 24 hours. Any emergency sludge
disposal measures must first be approved by the Division of Environmental
Management.
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6. The site shall be adequately limed to a soil pH of at least 6.5 prior to, during and
after sludge landfilling.
7. No sludges other than the following are hereby approved for landfill operations in
accordance with this permit:
Source County VoIu�gallonslyear)
Forth Creek Wastewater Treatment Irer'.e11 50,000
Plant
City of Statesville Water Treatment IredelI 25,000
Plant
8. Application rates shall not exceed 44,500 cubic feet/year.
III. MONITORING AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS
1. Any monitoring (including groundwater, surface water, sludge, soil, or plant
tissue 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.
2. Proper records shall be maintained by the Permittee tracking all landfill disposal
activities. These records shall include, but are not necessarily limited to the
following information:
a) source of sludge
b) date of landfilling activities
c) weather conditions
d) soil conditions
e) volume of sludge landfilled (cubic feet/year)
f) annual and cumulative totals of dry tons of sludge landfilled and pounds
of each heavy metal landfilled.
3. An annual sludge analysis and annual EP Toxicity analysis shall be conducted by
the Permittee for each sludge source specified in condition II.7 and the results
maintained on file by the Permittee for a minimum of five years. The sludge analysis
shall include but is not necessarily limited to the following parameters:
% total solids
Magnesium
Chlorides
Calcium
pH
Chromium
Lead
Zinc
Copper
Nickel
Cadmium
Sodium
The EP Toxicity analysis shall include the following parameters:
Arsenic
Barium
Cadmium
Chromium
Lead
Mercury
Selenium
Silver
Endrin
Lindane
Methoxychlor
Toxaphene
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4. Two copies of all monitoring and reporting requirements, as specified in conditions
1111, 1112 and III 3, shall be submitted annually on or before January 31st day of
the following year to the following address:
NC Division of Environmental Management
Water Quality Section
Facility Assessment Unit
PO Box 27687
Raleigh, NC 27611-7687
5. Noncompliance Notification:
The Permittee shall report by telephone to the Mooresville Regional Office,
telephone no.[phone], 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 landfill program which results in the
landfilling of significant amounts of wastes which are abnormal in
quantity or characteristic.
b. Any failure of the landfill program resulting in a discharge of
wastes to receiving waters.
C. Any time that self -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 leakage or spillage that occurs during the transfer or transport of the
sludge to the landfill 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 REQUIREMENTS
1. Any groundwater quality monitoring as deemed necessary by the Division of
Environmental Management shall be provided.
2. The three (3) existing monitor wells shall continue to be sampled every March, July,
and November for the following parameters:
NO3 (10.0)
TDS (500.0)
TOC
TOX (in November only)
pH (6.5-8.5 standard units)
Cd (0.005)
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Ammonia Nitrogen
Total Coliforms (1j100 ml)
Chloride (250.0)
Cu (1.0)
Zn (5.0)
Water Level

The measurement of water level must be made prior to sampling for the remaining
parameters.
The numbers in parentheses represent the maximum allowable concentrations in
groundwater for the various chemical constituents, as specified in 15 NCAC 2L
[Groundwater Classifications and Standards].
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 background TOC
concentration exceeds 10 mg/1, 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 on Form GW-59 [Compliance Monitoring Report
Form] every April, August and December.
The Compliance Boun r delineated on the attached site map for the disposal
system is specified by regulations in 15 NCAC 2L, Groundwater Classifications and
Standards. An exceedance of Groundwater Quality Standards beyond the
Compliance Boundary is subject to the penalty provisions applicable under General
Statute 143-215.6(1)a. The sale of property, by the Permittee, which is within or
contiguous to the disposal site, may alter the location of the Compliance Boundary.
For facilities permitted prior to December 30, 1983, the Compliance Boundary is
established at a distance of 500 feet from the Iandfill perimeter or the property
boundary, whichever is less.
If the title to any property which may affect the location of the Compliance Boundary
is changed, the Permittee shall notify the DEM Director within 14 days. The
Director shall then establish a modified Compliance Boundary which will be done as
a modification to the Permit.
The REVIEW BOUNDARY delineated on the attached site map for the disposal
system is specified by regulations in 15 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; pr, (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.
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3. Within 90 days of permit renewal, monitor well MW-3 shall be sampled and
analyzed for TOX. The purpose of this sampling and analysis shall be to define the
organic compounds responsible for the elevated level of TOX (20 ppb) as reported
for this well during the November, 1988 sampling. The sample shall be analyzed in
accordance with the detection limits and EPA methods as specified above.
The results of this sampling and analysis shall be sent to the N.C. Division of
Environmental Management, Groundwater Section, Mooresville Regional Office
within 90 days of permit renewal.
V. INSPECTIONS
1. 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 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
per-mit; 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 CONDITIONS
This permit shall become voidable unless the landfill 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. 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.
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5. 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 143-215.6.
6. 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).
7. 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.
8. A set of approved documents for the subject project must be retained by the applicant
for the life of the project.
9. 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.
10. This permit may be modified or 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.
Permit issued this the 5th day of October, 1989
NORTH CAROLINA ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT COMMISSION
f . R. Paul Wilms, Director
_ Division of Environmental Management
By Authority of the Environmental Management Commission
Permit No. WQ0001759
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