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_l ~ PAGE 10 ~ 1 2003_A~ (1 N~r~'~ ~ - ~ r i INDUSTRIAL SOURCE CONTROL ` Pretreatment/Stormwater Database age the facilities to follow Oregon Dental Association's Best Management Practices (BMP's). The BMP's include ISC and MIS worked together to develop a database which proper disposal methods for elemental mercury and amal- allows ISC to maintain and document most of our pretreat- gam (which contains mercury). ISC staff also worked with ment/stormwater activities electronically. The database Springfield and Lane County to host a free Hazardous i contains information on 21 current Significant Industrial Waste Round-up event for Lane County Dentists. Users in Eugene (industries required to have a Wastewater Discharge Permit), 72 industries required by DEQ to have a Stormwater I NPDES 12002 Stormwater permit, 12 Wash Water permits. The information for the SIU's and 12002 permittees in- NPDES Stormwater and Wash Water permittees remained cludes pollutants of concern, permit limits or benchmarks, pretty stable at 57 and 12 respectively. During 2003, 1700A processes, pretreatment at the industry, and contact informs- Wash Water permits picked up one new permittee (Madill tion. The database contains information on 987 Food Ser- Corporation) while Central Oregon & Pacific Railroad ter- vice Facilities and 71 Photo Processors in Eugene which are urinated their 12002 Stormwater permit. ~ regulated by Pollution Management Practices. The database I also contains site information on other industrial users sur- Enforcement actions during 2003 mainly involved 12002 veyed by ISC and permit information and enforcement ac- Stormwater permittees. These enforcement actions were for tivities for 24 Mobile Waste Haulers . failure to report monitoring and Stormwater Pollution Con- trol Plans as required. Wash Water pennittees also had From the data entered into the database, and the information problems with getting their reports in on time and received entered into the Laboratory Information Management Sys- enforcement letters. tem, ISC can use the information to track permit changes and enforcement actions as well as produce monthly reports One Industry, Forrest Paints had a solvent release of about and annual reports. Kudos to Lyllian and David! 20+ gallons of n-butanol to the Amazon Channel in early August. It caused quite a commotion due to its volatile Pretreatment characteristics which required Haz Mat's presences. One j operational and two equipment malfunctions were identified ISC completed compliance inspections for 22 Significant which resulted in the release. If any one of the three had not ' Industrial Users, inspected 5 Non Discharging Categorical occurred, the release would never have reached the Amazon Industrial Users and 17 potential industrial users. A total of Channel. The operational error resulted when an employee 3,906 analytical results were reviewed by ISC staff for com- failed to close the n-butanol storage tanks main shutoff ~ pliance from city sampling of industrial users and 4,488 in- valve at the end of the day. Failure to close the valve re- dustry self-monitoring analytical results were reviewed for sulted in the seal of a transfer pump failing allowing hun- compliance. Kudos to the lab staffl dreds of gallons to leak into the tanks containment enclo- sure. Unfortunately, the containment structure had a crack ISC/Sample team inspected 84 Food Service Facilities and which allowed the solvent to enter a nearby stormwater 11 Photo processors. The inspections included facilities catch basin. Forrest Paints received a Notice of Violation such as The Hot Body Club and the Silver Dollar Club letter, a $360.00 penalty, and a requirement they repair their which were serving up more than just food. In addition, containment enclosure and initiate annual testing to ensure Food Service Facility posters were developed and delivered the enclosure has not been compromised. to some of the local restaurants. Stormwater Pollution Control Plan training required for ISC issued 16 Enforcement Actions to Significant Industrial plant personnel will hopefully be less painful in the future. Users, 35 Enforcement Actions to Mobile Waste Haulers A PowerPoint training presentation is in its final stages of and 38 Enforcement Actions to Food Service Facilities. development. The PowerPoint includes a lot of situational photos which helps smooth out the dryness of the informa- ISC staff received a grant from DEQ to assist 4J School tional text. A number of photos which are still needed are District in the disposal and replacement of mercury contain- seasonal and will be added to the presentation as they be- ing items with non mercury items. The inventory of the come available. schools is still in process. -SHARON OLSONIGARY CLOYES ISC staff also sent letters to 144 Eugene dentists to encour- I II