Pollution Control

City of Salem Public Works Department
Environmental Services
1758 22nd Street SE
Salem OR 97302
Pollution Control
An Environmental Services Technical Bulletin
Public Works Department
Environmental Services
Spring/Summer 2003
Volume 9 Issue 1
Chief Editor and Publisher: Jim VanHouten
The employees of Environmental Services can be reached as follows:
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The following is a checklist to help guide industries in ensuring
representative samples:
Inspect the sampler and sample tubing
□ clean or replace sample tubing on a regular basis
□ clean sample buckets on a regular basis (Helpful Tip: use a two bucket system,
so buckets can be rotated on a daily basis)
Calibrate flow and pH meters
□ examine treatment equipment and controlling devices (may want to calibrate
more often than the required biannual calibration)
□ make sure flume is kept clear of any debris (debris can cause erroneous flow
measurements)
Inspect production facilities
□ use dry cleaning techniques (watch out for flushing down of solids and organic
materials, especially sugars and food waste)
Contact
Us
503-588-6228
[email protected]
Ron Bernt
ext 7855
[email protected]
Jim Corcoran
ext 7853
[email protected]
James K Gengler
ext 7854
[email protected]
Jim VanHouten
ext 7865
[email protected]
Bill Fear
ext 7850
[email protected]
Biannual Compliance Reports Due
Spring/Summer 2003
Effective Ways to Ensure a Representative Sample
Jeanne Miller
Visit Our Web Site
Environmental
Services
continues to update and add
to our Web site.
We are
making available on our web,
many of our forms and
documents as well as useful
information
and
links
regarding pretreatment and
storm water management.
Some of our forms and
required reports are available
in Adobe Acrobat format as
“print and fill in” forms and
can be filled in using Adobe
Acrobat Reader.
A requirement of the Federal pretreatment program is that categorical and other significant industrial dischargers submit periodic compliance reports to the
program control authority. The
Code of Federal Regulations
(CFR), 403.12, specifies reports
from categorical users are due
each June 1 and December 1.
The purpose of reporting is to insure dischargers are in continual
compliance with program limits
and that data can be furnished to
show compliance. Part II of the
Wastewater Discharge Permit issued in Salem addresses reporting
requirements.
Reports must include:
1) Copies of any additional
analysis done on the users effluent, beyond sampling and
analysis done by the City.
2) Updates of facility plans, alterations affecting products,
process or production area,
chemical use, and waste volume or characteristics.
3) Problems or instances of noncompliance with discharge
limits experienced during the
reporting period.
4) Changes in contact people,
signatory authorities, spill
plans, solvent management
plans, and other business information such as address or
telephone numbers.
Reports must be signed by an authorized representative of the
business and shall include the certification statement, found in the
Wastewater Discharge Permit
Part II (F), verifying all information is true and correct.
Failure to submit a required report is considered a significant
violation of the federal pretreatment program. Violators are subject to enforcement actions including public notice of the violation and civil penalties.
Don’t delay getting your report
in. June 1 is almost here!
By: Ron Bernt
Please visit us at:
www.cityofsalem.net/envserv
Environmental Services Technical Assistance
503-588-6063
Environmental Services 24 hour Emergency
503-588-6333
Environmental Services FAX
503-588-6394
Visit our web site at www.cityofsalem.net/envserv
!
Biannual Compliance Reports due June 1, 2003
Equipment calibration required TWICE annually
Spring/Summer 2003
Spring/Summer 2003
Congratulations !! No Violations!!
PREVENT FATS, OILS, AND GREASE
FROM DAMAGING YOUR HOME
AND THE ENVIRONMENT
Sewer overflows and backups can cause health hazards, damage home interiors, and threaten the environment. An increasingly common cause of overflows in sewer pipes is
grease blockage. Grease gets into the sewer from household
drains as well as from poorly maintained grease traps in restaurants and other cooking facilities.
Grease is found in such things as meat fats, lard, cooking oil,
shortening, butter and margarine, food scraps, baking goods,
sauces and dairy products. Too often, grease is washed down
the drain. Grease sticks to the inside of sewer pipes. Over
time, the grease can build up and block the pipe.
The results of these blocked pipes can be raw sewage (an upset) overflowing in your home or your neighbor’s home. This
usually results in an expensive and unpleasant cleanup that is
often paid for by the owner. Cleanups can be costly and may
make your home unliveable for a time. Overflows to the environment may result in the public contacting the raw sewage.
Grease in the sewer collection system leads to increased operation and maintenance costs for the sewer department.
These higher costs are then passed on to customers through
sewer bills.
The easiest way to solve the grease problem and help prevent
overflows of raw sewage is to keep the grease out of the
sewer system. There are several ways to do this:
1) Never pour grease down the drain or into the toilet.
2) Scrape dishes into garbage before washing them.
3) Keep pretreatment systems (grease traps and interceptors)
clean and well maintained.
Restaurants and other large users, such as retirement homes,
may have grease traps or interceptors that keep grease out of
the sewer system. For a grease trap or interceptor to work it
must be sized, installed and maintained correctly. Solids
should never be put into grease traps or interceptors. Routine
maintenance of grease traps and interceptors is needed to ensure their proper operation to reduce or prevent grease from
entering the sewer line and causing a blockage.
Be cautious of chemicals and additives that claim to dissolve
grease. Some of these products simply pass grease down
pipes where it can clog sewer lines in another area.
By: Stewart Hartley
EPA Cuts Key Water Regulatory
Requirements For Metal Products
EPA has drastically scaled-back draft effluent
guidelines for the metal products and machinery
(MP&M) industry, issuing a final rule that eliminates pre-treatment requirements for facilities
that discharge to publicly owned treatment works
(POTWs) and limited regulatory requirements for
direct dischargers to those that discharge only
"oily wastes."
During 2002, 9 Significant Industrial Users processed through the entire year without a reporting or technical violation.
To achieve this "violation free" status the businesses maintained their wastewater discharge within the limits set in their
permit, maintained and operated all required pretreatment equipment, and submitted all necessary reports on time.
A special salute and thank you goes out to the following companies and people responsible for their waste treatment and
compliance programs:
Curly’s Dairy Wilcox Family Farms
Kerr Concentrates Inc
Marion County Corrections Facility
Neilsen Manufacturing Inc
Oregon Fruit Products
EPA and industry sources say the final rule was
scaled back after industry demonstrated to the
agency that the rule imposed far higher costs
than EPA originally estimated, and because many
discharges were already covered by existing
regulations.
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By: Craig Clark
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By: Jim Corcoran
Regular sampler maintenance guarantees the best
quality and the greatest accuracy in the samples
collected, resulting in fair and accurate billing.
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UPS Aviation Technologies
Honorable mention goes to the following businesses who only had 1 violation during the 2002 season: Boise Paper
Solutions, Cruisin Classics, Norpac Plant 7, Oregon Cherry Growers, Truitt Brothers, and Ventura Foods LLC.
Permitted Facility Pretreatment Fee
If you are a facility in Salem that
has been issued a Wastewater Discharge Permit, you will notice a
statement arriving during January
of each year. The title on the
statement should read “Annual
Billing for Permitted Facility Pretreatment Fee”. The previous
name on the statement was
“Willow Lake Pretreatment Fee”.
Although shorter in length, that title caused a great deal of confusion because many recipients didn’t know what “Willow Lake” was
nor did they understand why they
had to pay for the pretreatment of
it.
Salem’s wastewater treatment
plant, located north of Keizer on
the Willamette River, is named
Willow Lake Treatment Plant.
Willow Lake discharges the
treated wastewater into the Willamette River under its own discharge permit which is issued by
the Department of Environmental
Quality (DEQ).
The yearly fee charged by DEQ
for Willow Lake’s permit is based
on many factors, one being the
number of permitted industries the
City has on January 1. Salem in
turn divides this fee up among the
permit holders. If you enter the
new year as a permitted industry,
the City will assess the “Facility
Pretreatment Fee” regardless of
how long you remain in business
during the year. If a permit is canceled regardless of the reason, the
fee shall not be refunded. Failure
to pay the fee is grounds for permit
cancellation.
Questions regarding the Pretreatment Fee may be directed to Bill
Fear, Environmental Services,
503-588-6063 ext. 7850.