WQ0006702_Final Permit_20020912

Mr. John Hood
Paxar Corporation
PQ Box 277, Highway 13
Snow Hill, NC 28580
Dear Mr. Hood:
Michael F. Easley, Governor
William G. Ross Jr., Secretary
North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Alan W. Klimek, P.E., Director
Division of Water Quality
September 12, 2002
Subject: Permit No. WQ0006702
Paxar Corporation
Fabric Label Group
Wastewater Spray Irrigation
Greene County
In accordance with your renewal application received July 8, 2002, we are forwarding herewith Permit
No. WQ0006702, dated September 12, 2002, to the Paxar Corporation for the continued operation of the subject
wastewater treatment and spray irrigation facilities.
This permit shall be effective from the date of issuance until August 31, 2007, shall void Permit No-
WQ0006702 issued January 25, 2002, 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.
a Conditions II(1.2) and 11(13) are new conditions applicable tc�all spray irrigation facilities upon
renewal.
Condition III(3) formally specifies daily influent flows be reported on Form NDMR. Your
water use meter readings will continue to be sufficient as long as it adequately represents the
amount of wastewater entering the lagoons.
• A soils analysis be performed immediately due to the past reporting of SAR values exceeding
20. Carefully review Condition III(5).
0 The Water Quality Section has reduced your effluent monitoring to twice per year. Please
review Condition III(4).
0 The Groundwater Section has reduced your monitoring well sampling frequency to twice per
year. Note that since MW -3 and MW -4 were not abandoned and you are continuing to monitor
these wells, they are included in the monitoring requirements. Please thoroughly review
Condition IV(4).
Non -Discharge Permitting Unit
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If any parts, requirements, or limitations contained in this permit are unacceptable, you have the right to
request an adjudicatory hearing upon written request within thirty (30) days following receipt of this permit. This
request mist be in the form of a written petition, conforming to Chapter 150E of the North Carolina General
Statutes, and filed with the Office of Administrative Hearings, 6714 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-
6714. Unless such demands are made this permit shall be final and binding.
If you need additional information concerning water quality issues in this permit, please contact Marie
Doklovic at [phone] extension 371. For groundwater issues, please contact Brian Wootton at (919) 715-
6164 or Willie Hardison at the Washington Regional Office Groundwater Section at [phone].
,f.Alan W. Klimek P.E.
cc: Greene County Health Department
Washington Regional Office, Water Quality Section
Washington Regional Office, Groundwater Section
Groundwater Section, Central Office
Technical Assistance and Certification Unit
Non -Discharge Compliance/Enforcement Unit
Water Quality Central Files
NDPU Files

NORTH CAROLINA
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT COMMISSION
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES
RALEIGH
SPRAY IRRIGATION SYSTEM 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
Paxar Corporation
Greene County
FOR THE
continued operation of a 25,400 GPD spray irrigation treatment and disposal facility consisting of a 100 GPM
duplex submersible pump station with high water alarm; approximately 2,800 linear feet of 4 -inch force main;
two 58,200 gallon aerated Iagoons; two 717,700 gallon facultative lagoons with two aerators each; a sodium
hypochlorite feed system; a 350 GPM duplex submersible pump station, approximately 500 linear feet of 8 -inch
force main and a 6.48 acre spray field to serve the Paxar Corporation, with no discharge of wastes to the surface
waters, pursuant to the application received July 8, 2002, and in conformity with the project plan, specifications,
and other supporting data subsequently filed and approved by the Department of Environment and Natural
Resources and considered a part of this permit_
This permit shall be effective from the date of issuance until Aughst 31, 2007, shall void Permit No.
WQ0006702 issued January 25, 2002, and shall be subject to the following specified conditions and limitations:
PERFORMANCE STANDARDS
1. The spray irrigation facilities shall be effectively maintained and operated at all times so that there is
no discharge to the surface waters, nor any contamination of ground waters which will render them
unsatisfactory for normal use. In the event that the facilities fail to perform satisfactorily, including
the creation of nuisance conditions or failure of the irrigation area to adequately assimilate the
wastewater, the Permittee shall take immediate corrective actions including those actions that may be
required by the Division of Water Quality (Division), such as the construction of additional or
replacement wastewater treatment and disposal facilities_
2. 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.
The residuals generated from these treatment facilities must be disposed in accordance with General
Statute 143-215.1 and in a manner approved by the Division_
4. Diversion or bypassing of the untreated wastewater from the treatment facilities is prohibited.

5. The following buffers shall be maintained:
a) 400 feet between wetted area and any residence or places of public assembly under separate
ownership,
b) 150 feet between wetted area and property lines,
c) 100 feet between wetted area and wells,
d) 100 feet between wetted area and drainageways or surface water bodies,
e) 50 feet between wetted area and public right of ways,
f) 100 feet between wastewater treatment units and wells, and
g) 50 feet between wastewater treatment units and property lines.
These buffers are not intended to prohibit or prevent modifications, which are required by the
Division, to improve performance of the existing treatment facility. These buffers do, however, apply
to modifications of the treatment and disposal facilities which are for the purpose of increasing the
flow that is tributary to the facility_ These buffers do apply to any expansion or modification of the
spray irrigation areas and apply in instances in which the sale of property would cause any of the
buffers now complied with, for the treatment and disposal facilities, to be violated. The applicant is
advised that any modifications to the existing facilities will require a permit modification.
II. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE REQUIREMENTS
The facilities shall be properly maintained and operated at all times.
Upon classification of the facility by the Water Pollution Control System Operators Certification
Commission (WPCSOCC), the Permittee shall employ a certified wastewater treatment plant operator
to be in responsible charge (ORC) of the wastewater treatment facilities. The operator must hold a
certificate of the type and grade at least equivalent to or greater than the classification assigned to the
wastewater treatment facilities by the WPCSOCC. The Permittee must also employ a certified back-
up operator of the appropriate type and grade to comply with the conditions of 15A NCAC 8G .0202.
The ORC of the facility must visit each Class I facility at least weekly and each Class Il, III, and IV
facility at least daily, excluding weekends and holidays, and must properly manage and document
daily operation and maintenance of the facility and must comply with all other conditions of 15A
NCAC 8G .0202.
A suitable year round vegetative cover shall be maintained.
4. Irrigation shall not be performed during inclement weather or w1en the ground is in a condition that
will cause runoff.
5. Adequate measures shall be taken to prevent wastewater runoff from the spray field.
6. 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.
The application rate shall not exceed a cumulative loading of 58.8 inches over any twelve (12) month
period at an instantaneous application rate not to exceed 0.27 inches per hour.
8. No type of wastewater other than that from the Paxar Corporation shall be sprayed onto the irrigation
area.
9. No traffic or equipment shall be allowed on the disposal area except while installation occurs or while
normal maintenance is being performed.
10. Public access to the land application sites shall be controlled during active site use. Such controls
may include the posting of signs showing the activities being conducted at each site.

11. Freeboard in the aerated and facultative Iagoons shall not be less than two feet at any time.
12. A waste -level gauge, to monitor waste levels in the storage pond, shall be installed within 60 days of
issuance of this permit. This gauge shall have readily visible permanent markings indicating the
maximum liquid level at the top of the temporary liquid storage volume, minimum Iiquid level at the
bottom of the temporary liquid storage volume, and top of the dam elevations. Caution must be taken
not to damage the integrity of the liner when installing the gauge.
13. A protective vegetative cover shall be established and maintained on all earthen basin embankments
(outside toe of embankment to maximum pumping elevation), berms, pipe runs, erosion control areas,
and surface water diversions. Trees, shrubs, and other woody vegetation shall not be allowed to grow
on the earthen basin dikes or embankments. Earthen basin embankment areas shall be kept mowed or
otherwise controlled and accessible.
14. The Permittee shall continue to provide the following items for the pump station:
a. Pump on/off elevations located so that 2-8 pump cycles per hour are achieved;
b. A screened vent for the wet well;
c_ Sufficient devices to protect the pump station from vandals.
III. MONITORING AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS
Any monitoring (including groundwater, surface water, soil or plant tissue analyses) deemed
necessary by the Division to insure surface and ground water protection will be established and an
acceptable sampling reporting schedule shall be followed.
2. Adequate records shall be maintained by the Permittee tracking the amount of wastewater disposed.
These records shall include, but are not necessarily limited to, the following information:
a. date of irrigation,
b. volume of wastewater irrigated,
c. field irrigated,
d. length of time field is irrigated,
e. continuous weekly, monthly, and year-to-date hydraulic (inclieslacre) loadings for each field,
f. weather conditions, and
g. maintenance of cover crops.
3. Influent flow shall be monitored and daily flow values shall be reported on Form NDMR. The
Permittee indicates that daily' water usage data from the main water source meter is an
accurate representation of the wastewater entering the lagoon. Little water is lost in the
process. A separate influent flow meter is not required unless the water meter readings do not
accurately reflect the wastewater entering the lagoons.
4. The effluent from the subject facilities shall be monitored by the Permittee at the point prior to
irrigation every March and November for the following parameters:
B OD5
TSS
Total Coliform
pH
NH3 as N
Sodium
Magnesium
Calcium
Chlorides
COD
Sodium Adsorption Ratio
by Calculation (SAR)
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Three (3 ) copies of all operation and disposal records (as specified in condition III 2) on Form
NDAR-1 and three (3) copies of all effluent monitoring data (as specified in condition 1113 and 111 4)
on Form NDMR-1 shall be submitted on or before the last day of the following month. All
information shall be submitted to the following address:
NC Division of Water Quality
Water Quality Section
Non -Discharge Comphance/Enforcement Unit
1617 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1617
A representative annual soils analysis (Standard Soil Fertility Analysis) shall be conducted on each
spray field and the results maintained on file by the Permittec for a minimum of five years. The
Standard Soil Fertility Analysis shall include, but is not necessarily limited to, the following
parameters:
Acidity Manganese Potassium
Calcium Percent Humic Matter Sodium
Copper pH Zinc
Magnesium. Exchangeable Sodium Percentage Phosphorus
Cation Exchange Capacity Base Saturation (by calculation)
Previously reported SAR values have exceeded 20 indicating a high salt content in the
wastewater. This could eventually render the disposal area unsuitable if amendments are not
incorporated. The soils analysis should be conducted upon issuance of this permit and yearly
thereafter in accordance with this condition to determine if the soils will continue to sustain an
acceptable crop or soil amendments should be added. A North Carolina Licensed Soil Scientist
can recommend the proper amendments based on your analysis to protect the disposal area.
Noncompliance Notification:
The Permittee shall report by telephone to the Washington Regional Office, telephone number (252)
946-6481, 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 at the wastewater treatment facility which results in the treatment of significant
amounts of wastes which are abnormal in quantity or characteristic, such as the dumping of the
contents of a sludge digester; the known passage of a slugof hazardous substance through the
facility; or any other unusual circumstances.
b. Any process unit failure, due to known or unknown reasons, that render the facility incapable of
adequate wastewater treatment such as mechanical or electrical failures of pumps, aerators,
compressors, etc.
c. Any failure of a pumping station, sewer line, or treatment facility resulting in a by-pass directly to
receiving waters without treatment of all or any portion of the influent to such station or facility.
d. Any time that self-monitoring information indicates that the facility has gone out of compliance
with its permit limitations.
Persons reporting such occurrences by telephone shall also file a written report in Ietter form within
five (5) 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.
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IV. GROUNDWATER REQUIREMENTS
Monitor wells MW -2, MW -3, MW -4 and MW -5 shall be sampled every March and November for
the following parameters:
Water Level pH
Chloride Total Dissolved Solids (TDS)
Fecal Coliforms Sulfate (S 04)
Nitrate (NO3-N)
Volatile Organic Compounds - In November only using one of the following:
(A) Standard Method 6230D, PQL at 0.5 ug/L or less
(B) Standard Method 621 OD, PQL at 0.5 ug/L or less
(C) EPA Method 8021, Low Concentration, PQL at OS ug/L or less
(D) EPA Method 8260, Low Concentration, PQL at 0.5 ug/L or less
(E) Another method with prior approval by the Groundwater Section Chief
Any method used must meet the following qualifications:
(1) A laboratory must be DWQ certified to run any method used.
(2) The method used must, at a minimum, include all the constituents listed in Table VIII of
Standard Method 6230D.
(3) The method used must provided a PQL at 0.5 ug/L or less which must be supported by
laboratory proficiency studies as required by the DWQ Laboratory Certification Unit. Any
constituents detected above the MDL but below the PQL at 0.5 ug/L must be qualified
(estimated) and reported.
If any volatile organic compounds are detected by the methods Iisted, then. the Washington Regional
Office Groundwater Supervisor, telephone number [phone], must be contacted immediately
for further instructions regarding any additional follow-up analyses required. The results of all initial
and follow-up analyses must be submitted simultaneously.
The measurement of water levels must be made prior to sampling for the remaining parameters. The
depth to water is each well shall be measured from the surveyedpint on the top of the casing.
The measuring points (top of well casing) of all monitoring wells shall be surveyed to provide the
relative elevation of the measuring point for each monitoring well.
The results of the sampling and' analysis must be received on Form GW -59 (Groundwater Quality
Monitoring: Compliance Report Form) by the Groundwater Section, Permits and Compliance Unit,
1636 Mail Service Center Raleigh, N.C. 27699-1636 on or before the last working day of the month
following the sampling month.
Any additional groundwater quality monitoring, as deemed necessary by the Division, shall be
provided.
The COMPLIANCE BOUNDARY for the disposal system is specified by regulations in 15A NCAC
2L, Groundwater Classifications and Standards. The Compliance Boundary is for the disposal system
constructed after December 31, 1983 is established at either (1) 250 feet from the waste disposal area,
or (2) 50 feet within the property boundary, whichever is closest to the waste disposal area. An
exceedance of Groundwater Quality Standards at or beyond the Compliance Boundary is subject to
immediate remediation action in addition to the penalty provisions applicable under General Statute
143-215.6A(a)(1).
6. In accordance with 15A NCAC 2L, a REVIEW BOUNDARY is established around the disposal
systems midway between the Compliance Boundary and the perimeter of the waste disposal area.
Any exceedance of standards at the Review Boundary shall require remediation action on the part of
the Permittee.

V. INSPECTIONS
Adequate inspection, maintenance, and cleaning shall be provided by the Permittee to insure proper
operation of the subject facilities.
The Permittee or his designee shall inspect the wastewater treatment 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 to the Division or other permitting authority.
Any duly authorized officer, employee, or representative of the Division may, upon presentation of
credentials, enter and inspect any property, premises or place on or related to the disposal site or
facility at any reasonable time for the purpose of determining compliance with this permit; may
inspect or copy any records that must be maintained under the terms and conditions of this permit,
and may obtain samples of groundwater, surface water, or leachate.
VI. GENERAL CONDITIONS
1. This permit shall become voidable unless the facilities are constructed in accordance with the
conditions of this permit, the approved plans and specifications, and other supporting data.
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
there is a name change of the Permittee, a formal permit request must be submitted to the Division
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.
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4. Failure to abide by the conditions and limitations contained in this permit may subject the Permittee
to an enforcement action by the Division in accordance with North Carolina General Statute 143-
215.6A to 143-215.6C.
5. The issuance of this permit does not exempt 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, including but not limited to applicable river buffer rules in 15A
NCAC 2B .0200, erosion and sedimentation control requirements in 15A NCAC Chapter 4 and under
the Division's General Permit NCG010000, and any requirements pertaining to wetlands under 15A
NCAC 213.0200 and 2H.0500.
6. A set of approved plans and specifications for the subject project must be retained by the Permittee
for the life of the project.
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 15A NCAC 2H .0205 (c)(4).
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.

Permit issued this the l2th day of September, 2002
NORTH C OLINA ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT COMMISSION
�%�lan W. Klimek, P.E., Director
Division of Water Quality
By Authority of the Environmental Management Commission
Permit Number WQOOO6702

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