Weyerhaeuser Company
Example - NPDES Public Information
EXAMPLE - NPDES PUBLIC INFORMATION
Background: See attached October 1996 NPDES Operation Monitoring Report as an example of the type of public environmental performance data that is currently reported on a monthly basis per our current permit.
Example of a Public Inquiry for December 5, 1996:
Weyerhaeuser Company, Flint River Operations, NPDES Permit Number GA 0049336, Discharge Location - 001 - Flint River.
Flow - 14.30 million gallons
(outfall flow higher than normal, pumping rainwater out of holding pond)
BOD5 - 14.97 mg/l
BOD5 lbs/day - 1,785
BOD5-14.97 mg/l BOD5 lbs/day - 1.785 |
BOD5 Permit Limit - Monthly Average 7,420 lbs/day Daily Maximum 14,420 lbs/day |
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TSS - 13.7 mg/l TSS lbs/day - 1,634 |
TSS Permit Limit - Monthly Average 8,120 lbs/day Daily Maximum 14,980 lbs/day |
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pH - 7.91 | pH Permit Limit - Minimum 6.0 & Maximum 9.0 standard units | |||||
Color - 764 PCU |
For additional information, please contact teh Site Environmental Manager, Weyerhaeuser Company, Flint River Operations, PO Box 238, Oglethorpe, Georgia, 31068.
OPERATION MONITORING REPORT | Permit Number GA 0049336 |
Location Description 001 - Final Effluent-Treated Process |
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Weyerhaeuser Company P.O. Box 238 Oglethorpe, GA 31068 |
Date Yr Mo Da Begin 96 10 01 End 96 10 31 |
Wastewater From Stabilization Basin to Flint River |
Location Code Parameter Code |
001 |
001 |
001 |
001 |
001 |
001 |
001 |
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Para,eter Name &Units |
Effluent |
BOD5 |
BOD5 |
TSS |
TSS |
pH |
Color |
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Type of Sample Freq. of Analysis |
Inst |
Comp-24 |
Comp-24 |
Comp-24 |
Compe-24 |
Grab |
Comp-24 |
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Limits | Avg 7420 Max 14420 |
Avg 8120 Max 14980 |
Min 6.0 Max 9.0 |
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Date | ||||||||
1 |
9.60 |
11.63 |
931 |
11.0 |
881 |
7.67 |
848 |
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2 |
10.90 |
13.50 |
1,227 |
7.3 |
664 |
7.64 |
868 |
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3 |
11.90 |
13.40 |
1,329 |
13.7 |
1,360 |
7.83 |
808 |
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4 |
11.90 |
15.63 |
1,512 |
10.7 |
1,059 |
7.85 |
820 |
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5 |
11.10 |
14.26 |
1,320 |
10.3 |
954 |
7.79 |
810 |
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6 |
8.54 |
15.41 |
1,098 |
15.7 |
1,118 |
7.76 |
775 |
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7 |
8.30 |
19.83 |
1,373 |
21.0 |
1,453 |
7.89 |
800 |
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8 |
8.30 |
13.19 |
913 |
19.3 |
1,336 |
7.79 |
840 |
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9 |
11.80 |
16.10 |
1,584 |
26.0 |
2,558 |
7.46 |
808 |
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10 |
13.10 |
12.60 |
1,377 |
20.0 |
2,185 |
7.69 |
800 |
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11 |
9.80 |
13.75 |
1,124 |
14.0 |
1,144 |
7.78 |
732 |
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12 |
6.90 |
11.97 |
689 |
13.7 |
787 |
7.79 |
720 |
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13 |
9.36 |
10.65 |
831 |
11.3 |
882 |
7.86 |
698 |
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14 |
10.84 |
10.00 |
904 |
11.8 |
1,067 |
7.82 |
780 |
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15 |
10.97 |
15.40 |
1,409 |
26.6 |
2,434 |
7.68 |
750 |
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16 |
8.99 |
15.00 |
1,125 |
24.5 |
2,538 |
7.70 |
780 |
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17 |
9.20 |
12.00 |
921 |
18.5 |
1,677 |
7.73 |
750 |
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18 |
10.80 |
16.70 |
1,504 |
14.0 |
1,261 |
7.75 |
780 |
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19 |
10.50 |
9.70 |
849 |
7.5 |
657 |
7.72 |
626 |
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20 |
10.10 |
10.93 |
920 |
13.1 |
1,109 |
7.73 |
680 |
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21 |
9.20 |
8.32 |
638 |
8.5 |
652 |
7.91 |
760 |
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22 |
8.50 |
11.40 |
811 |
8.3 |
591 |
7.89 |
530 |
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23 |
8.58 |
9.29 |
664 |
4.7 |
336 |
7.94 |
590 |
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24 |
10.36 |
14.20 |
1,227 |
7.3 |
631 |
7.82 |
560 |
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25 |
12.42 |
17.60 |
1,831 |
8.1 |
839 |
7.71 |
656 |
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26 |
10.30 |
16.10 |
1,383 |
9.3 |
799 |
7.77 |
664 |
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27 |
8.40 |
12.50 |
876 |
13.2 |
946 |
7.95 |
490 |
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28 |
8.20 |
18.20 |
1,245 |
16.3 |
1,117 |
7.68 |
690 |
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29 |
8.20 |
23.20 |
1,587 |
19.5 |
1,333 |
7.98 |
800 |
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30 |
10.00 |
23.43 |
1,954 |
25.1 |
2,093 |
7.99 |
710 |
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31 |
11.20 |
30.72 |
2,869 |
25.3 |
2,363 |
7.63 |
960 |
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Average Value |
9.94 |
14.73 |
1227 |
14.7 |
1252 |
7.78 |
735 |
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Maximum Value |
13.10 |
30.72 |
2869 |
26.6 |
2558 |
7.99 |
960 |
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Minimum Value |
6.90 |
8.32 |
638 |
4.7 |
336 |
7.46 |
490 |
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I Certify that I am familiar with the information
contained in this report and that to the best of my knowledge and belief such information is true, complete and accurate |
Kent Walker - Site Manager | ________________________ | Signature | 11/17/96 | Date |
SOLID WASTE |
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1. Exempt from "No Free Liquids" requirement for landfilled materials. | 1. Amend
Solid Waste Permit 094-004D(L)(I) for the landfill (including a comparable
amendment to the Design and Operational Plan) to allow certain liquid
waste to be placed in the landfill as follows: Liquid Wastes may be placed in the landfill, even though said wastes contain "free liquids" under Method 9095 (Paint Filter Liquids Test). |
2. Maintain exemptions as a private industrial landfill vs. municipal | 2. This is current status, with request that Subtitle D landfill rules not be extended to this landfill. Future Georgia legislation issue as well. |
3. No fee assessment on solid waste tonnage to onsite landfill | 3. Future Ga. statutory/regulatory issue. |
4. No mandated reduction percentages | 4. Issue of implementation of current Ga. statute and rules, with some future implication as well. |
5. Exempt forestry Land Application from agricultural Land Application requirements | 5. Current
Georgia Rules and guidelines do not recognize that the criteria which
apply to the application of mill sludge and other wastes (e.g., lime
mud) to forestry land should be less stringent than those applicable
to materials land applied to agricultural land. Place language in
FPA such as follows: Weyerhaeuser's materials which are to be land applied exclusively to forest land areas are not required to comply with Georgia Rules 391-3-6-.17 and accompanying Guidelines in order to be permitted under Rules 391-3-6-.11 or 391-6-6.19. |
6. Provide for statewide application permit on forest lands | 6. Weyerhaeuser can apply for a General Permit for a Land Application System under Georgia Rules 391-3-6-.19 which allows for multiple land application activities in a defined geographic area. This general permit rule only became effective on September 19, 1995. |
WATER USE |
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1. Extend Surface and Groundwater Withdrawal Permit life | 1. Current permit terms are 10 years for groundwater withdrawal and 17 years for surface water. Explore statutory change to allow for longer permit terms or in the alternative, follow No. 2 below. |
2. Exemption from mandated water conservation planning and usage impact studies | 2. To obtain
flexible interpretation of water use regulations applicable to the
mill, add language to FPA as follows: Based on current mill water use and water conservation practices, Georgia will not impose any additional water conservation or usage impact requirements on the mill, unless so required by legislation enacted after the effective date of this agreement. |
EMERGENCY PLANNING AND SPILL CONTROL |
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1. Eliminate SPCC Plan | 1. EPA
Rules require SPCC Plan. Flexible interpretation and/or variance needed
to eliminate paperwork, updates and staff that are costly and without
substantive impact. Longer term view related to ISO 14000. Add language
to FPA as follows: Based on the documented emergency planning and spill control procedures described in Attachment __ to this Agreement, Weyerhaeuser is not required to comply with the requirements of 40 C.F.R. Part 112. |
2. Maintain existing storm water discharge requirements. | 2. Currently
addressed in NPDES permit. Add language to FPA as follows: Weyerhaeuser shall not be required to prepare a Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan nor receive a permit for its storm water discharge other than NPDES Permit No. GA 0049336. |
HAZARDOUS WASTE |
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1. Removal from Ga. HSI List | 1. Provide
for the following in the FPA: Hazardous Site Inventory Site Number 10013 is removed from the Hazardous Site Inventory pursuant to Georgia Rules 391-3-19-.05(4). |
2. No Hazardous Waste Fees | 2. For offsite hazardous waste disposal there is a $100 annual fee required for the mill, because it is a small quantity generator. If the mill becomes a conditionally exempt small quantity generator then they are exempt from all hazardous waste fees. There is a future Georgia legislative issue as to onsite hazardous waste handling, such as characteristically hazardous wastewater going into an elementary neutralization unit, becoming subject to fees. |
3. Land Disposal Restrictions -- LDR rules do not apply to Wastewater Treatment System (WWTS) | 3. Interpret
"elementary neutralization system" (40 C.F.R. 260.10) to
cover process at Flint to neutralize acidic and caustic wastewaters
prior to discharge to the surface impoundments. Include in FPA language accepting process chemical spill management/removal system at Flint as adequate (in the abstract) to be covered under the heading of immediate response to a discharge of materials which may be hazardous waste when discharged and, thus, excluded from RCRA permitting requirements. See, 40 C.F.R. 270.1(c)(3). |
AIR |
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1. MACT (proposed) - No MACT VOC collection/ incineration requirement. | 1. Revise
proposed Pulp, Paper and Paperboard NESHAP, Part 63, Subpart S, to
provide that a source (as defined by the proposed standard) that is
equipped with oxygen delignification and is a party to a Project XL
Final Project Agreement covering HAP emissions from pulping, bleaching
and process wastewater components at the source, shall comply with
the terms of the FPA in lieu of the categorical MACT standard. (a) Applicability to pulping component, proposed 40 C.F.R. 63.444(a) (p. 66176). Add, after subparagraph (3), Any source subject to a Project XL Final Project Agreement that covers HAP emissions from the source's pulping component shall maintain such controls as are required by the Agreement in lieu of additional or alternative measures otherwise required by this section.(b) Applicability to bleaching component, proposed 40 C.F.R. 63.445 (p. 66177) Add new paragraph (b) as follows: Any source subject to a Project XL Final Project Agreement that covers HAP emissions from the source's process wastewater component shall maintain such controls as are required by the Agreement in lieu of additional or alternative measures otherwise required by this section. Renumber existing paragraph (b) to be paragraph (c). (c) Applicability
to process wastewater component, proposed 40 C.F.R. 63.446 (p. 66,177-8) Any source subject to a Project XL Final Project Agreement that covers HAP emissions from the source's process wastewater component shall maintain such controls as are required by the Agreement in lieu of additional or alternative measures otherwise required by this section. |