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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 4 61 Forsyth Street SW, Atlanta, GA 30303 Water Compliance Inspection Report FACILITY DATA NPDES ID: N/A Effective Date: N/A Expiration Date: N/A Facility Name: J & R Finishing Company, Inc. SIC Code: 3281 Address: 1139 Old Middleton Rd, Elberton, GA 30635 On-Site Representative(s), Title, Phone Number: Responsible Official, Title, Phone Number, Mailing Address: Rita Brown, Co-owner 1139 Old Middleton Rd Elberton, GA 30635 jrfinishingcompany@gmail.com Rita Brown, Co-owner P.O. Box 654 Elberton, GA 30635 jrfinishingcompany@gmail.com INSPECTION ENTRY DATES/TIMES Entry Date/Time: 12/07/21, 13:15 pm Exit Date/Time: 12/07/21, 14:25 pm NAMES OF EPA AND STATE INSPECTORS EPA, Region IV: Ahmad Dromgoole, Mark Robertson, Lonnie Dorn GEPD: Grant Lockman AREAS EVALUATED DURING INSPECTION (Check those areas evaluated) Permit Self-Compliance Program Pretreatment Records/ Records Compliance Schedule Pollution Prevention X Facility Site Review Laboratory X Storm Water Effluent/ Receiving Waters Operations & Maintenance Combined Sewer Overflow Flow Measurement Sludge Handling/ Disposal Sanitary Sewer Overflow INSPECTION NOTES The inspection team arrived at the facility on 12/07/21 to perform an industrial stormwater inspection of the J & R Finishing Company facility to evaluate the facility's potential need for NPDES permit coverage. Upon arrival, the inspection team met with Scott Perry, presented inspector credentials, and provided an introduction. Upon completion of the inspection, an exit conference was held with facility personnel. EPA REPRESENTATIVES Inspector Signature/Name Office/Phone Number Date Digitally signed by LONNIE LONNIE DORN DORN Date: 2022.01.07 16:38:38 -05'00' Lonnie Dorn, Life Scientist MARK ROBERTSON Digitally signed by MARK ROBERTSON Date: 2022.01.10 08:18:56 -05'00' Mark Robertson, Environmental Engineer Management Signature/Name USEPA Region 4/ECAD-WEB-WWES 706-355-8683 USEPA Region 4/ECAD-WEB-WWES 404-562-9639 Office/Phone Number Digitally signed by Dromgoole, Dromgoole, Ahmad Ahmad Date: 2022.01.10 16:55:52 -05'00' Ahmad Dromgoole, Acting Section Chief USEPA Region 4/ECAD-WEB-WWES 404-562-9212 Date Page 1 of 3 NPDES Industrial Stormwater Worksheet (Georgia) 1. FACILITY INFORMATION GPS Coordinates N 34 05' 55.30" W 82 50' 14.18" Previous SW Permit and/or Other Media Permits N/A Receiving Water(s), Wetlands, or MS4 Lower Beaverdam Creek Site Acreage & % Impervious Area ~5 acres Type of Ownership Corporate Qualify for No Exposure Exemption N/A SIC Code(s) Description Years in (Primary & Secondary) Operation 3281 ~1996 No. of Hours & Days of Discharge to 303(d) Weather Employees Operation Listed or TMDL Waters Conditions 5 days/week Cloudy, rain the 10 employees 1 shift/day N/A prior day 2. FACILITY'S OPERATION & PRODUCT DESCRIPTION and J & R Finishing operates a granite cutting and polishing operation in Elberton, GA. The facility produces stone monuments. Waste material from the process primarily includes cuts of stone, cutting dust/slurry, and dust collected from the sand blasting process. The facility receives granite slabs and performs various cutting and polishing operations. These cutting and polishing operations are wet processes for which the facility attempts to collect and reuse the process water. The facility has outdoor storage operations for the received stone in addition to waste materials storage along the southern end of the property. Pollutant Sources Outdoor Storage Facilities 3. SITE EVALUATION Note location, quantitative description, design issue, O&M deficiencies (including the nature and extent), potential pollutant, and pollutants off-site The stone slabs received at the facility are stored outdoors along the west side of the property (see photo DSCN0409). Outdoor Manufacturing/ Processing Operations N/A The facility manages process water from operations in the outdoor holding tanks along the south side of the building. Water from the various indoor cutting and polishing operations is conveyed to the southern end of the building (seen in photo DSCN0411) where it was then directed to one of the process water treatment/holding systems along the south side of the building (seen in photos DSC0414, DCN0415, and DSCN0416). Waste Treatment/Storage/ Disposal Areas The solids from the process water accumulate in the holding tanks which must be periodically cleaned. The solids removed during the cleaning of the tanks was left on the ground to allow it to dry. Once dried, the solids are moved to the southern end of the site. Runoff from the solids material storage piles was directed to the retention pond further south (see photos DSCN0417-DSCN0419). The facility disposes of waste material from its processes in the low laying areas on the south side of the property. This waste material includes dust from the collection system associated with the blast operation (seen in photo DSCN0410) and waste stone from the cutting process (seen in photos DSCN0410, DCN0412, and DSCN04018). Page 2 of 3 3. SITE EVALUATION Pollutant Sources Note location, quantitative description, design issue, O&M deficiencies (including the nature and extent), potential pollutant, and pollutants off-site Fueling Stations/Equipment Maintenance Areas & N/A Cleaning Areas Management of Run-off Controls (storage areas, diversion ditches, dumpsters, secondary containment, & etc.) The process water holding cells on the south side of the building periodically have their solids removed. The solids are stored in open piles on the ground so that the material can dry. Runoff from the extracted material drains towards a pond to the south of the storage piles (see photo DSCN0419). Although significant amounts of process water are reused in the process, a portion of it was observed discharging through a conveyance channel leading south. The observed process water was discharging from the area around the holding tanks and pond on the south end of the site. This flow path, seen in photos DSCN0416 and DSCN0417, was observed continuing south towards the tributary at the south end of the property. 4. OUTFALL, STORMWATER DISCHARGE & RECEIVING WATER OBSERVATIONS Potential Stormwater Discharges from the site occurred through the conveyance along the west side of the site (seen Discharge Points/Outfall(s) in photo DSCN0424) and sheet flow along the slopes on the south side of the site (seen in photo DSCN0418). Evidence of Off-site Accumulation of Pollutants Observed in Receiving Water & MS4 The receiving stream to the south of the facility was not observed during the inspection. Non-stormwater Discharge The water storage tanks/pond along the south side of the site were used to manage wastewater from the cutting and polishing operations. Discharges/overflows from these ponds would Observed result in the potential commingling of stormwater and process wastewater. Exit interview conducted with: At the end of the inspection, an exit meeting was held with Ms. Rita Brown (facility Co-owner) where the following observations were provided: 1. The facility's SIC code, believed to be 3281, falls under Sector N of Georgia's NPDES general permit for Storm Water Discharges Associated with Industrial Activities. 2. Confirmation of the facility's mailing address at P.O. box 654, Elberton GA, 30635. Page 3 of 3