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EAlJ\ ft Unitad States 0 l"\~~~~~mental ProlU<tiun Region 6 Compliance Assurance and Enforcement Division INSPECTION REPORT Inspection Date(s): Media: Regulatory Program(s) July 10,2018 Water CWA Company Name: Facility Name: Facility Physical Location: (city, state, zip code) Mailing address: (city, state, zip code) County/Parish: Facility Contact: City of Farmington Farmington Wastewater Treatment plant 1395 South Lake State (615 South Carlton Avenue) 87401 Farmington, New Mexico 87401 800 Municipal Drive Fannington, New Mexico 87401 San Juan Dean Roquemore I Operations Manager Large Projects Dean.roquemore(illch2m.com Identification/Permit Number: Media Number: NAICS: SIC: NM0020583 N/A 221320 4952 Personnel participating in inspection: Dean Roquemore CH2MHill-Contract Operator (Jacobs) Monica Peterson CH2MHill-Contract Operator (Jacobs) Jacob Smith Jeffmy Smaka, P.E. CH2MHill-Contract Operator (Jacobs) City of Farmington Teresa Brenik Ruben Salcido CH2MHili-Contract Operator (Jacobs) City ofFannington Jennifer Foote NMED Magda Dallemagne David Esparza USEPA US EPA Operations Manager Large Projects Assistant Project Manager/ Analytical Laboratmy Manager Operator Water/Wastewater Administrator Operations Supervisor Operations Manager & Environmental Coordinator Industrial and Stormwater Team Supervisor Inspector Environmental Engineer 505-325-7027 505-325-6953 505-386-6383 505-599-1283 970-749-9674 505-599-1284 505-827-0596 214-665-7396 505-366-8402 EPA Lead Inspector Signature/Date Supervisor Signature/Date li.Dih /k_lh -4'1_ MaJ{da Dallemagne / (/ I lA:...1 '(b) Robert Houston ctkJwol Date if/6~o!t Date 6ENFORM-019-R7 (2/15/2017) 1 Section I- INTRODUCTION City of Farmington WWTP Julyl0,2018 PURPOSE OF THE INSPECTION EPA Region 6 inspectors Magda Dallemagne and David Esparza, along with Jenifer Foote, New Mexico Enviromnent Department- Point Source Regulation Section (NMED), Industrial and Stmmwater Team Supervisor, atTived at the City of Farmington Wastewater Treatment Plant (the Facility) at 8:35AM on July 10, 2018, for an unannounced inspection. We met with Dean Roquemore, Operations Manager Large Projects, Monica Peterson, Assistant Project Manager, and Mr. Jacob Smith, Water Operator. I presented my credentials to Mr. Roquemore and informed him that this was an EPA inspection to detetmine the Facility's compliance with the facility's National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit, NM0020583. The scope of the inspection is to evaluate the compliance of the facility's laboratory and sampling with its NPDES operating permit. Separate inspections were conducted to observe the Facility's operations to determine compliance with the NPDES permit and an NPDES- Stmmwater inspection in conjunction with this site visit, by David Esparza and Jenifer Foote, respectively. FACILITY DESCRIPTION The Facility laboratory is not accredited under National or Private programs. There is one supervising laboratory manager with two supporting technicians. The laboratory perfmms pH, 5 Day Carbonaceous Biochemical Oxygen Demand (CBODs), Total Suspended Solids (TSS), Total Dissolved Solids (TDS), Chlorine, and Fecal Colifotm (E. coli) testing under their NPDES operating permit, the remaining required testing is sampled on site and sent to a contract laboratory, Sea Crest, to satisfy the permit requirements. Section II - OBSERVATIONS The inspector discussed the operations and management of the laboratory and observed as the technician walked them through the processes for testing and sampling as per the NPDES permit. The following observations were made. I. An alternate method was used for the TSS testing, the laboratory is using a shake and pour method instead of the approved stir and pipette method. The laboratory has a letter from the EPA giving permission to use this alternate method, however the Facility has not been performing yearly quality assurance (QA) testing between the two methods. 2. The temperature of the instruments/equipment is recorded at the beginning of day and end of day. No additional temperature readings are recorded when samples are placed into the instruments/equipment or taken out. 2