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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: MSR000950 Effective Date: 12/10/2020 Expiration Date: 11/30/2025 Facility Name: Gloster Chips SIC Code: 2499 Address: 600 E Carney St / Gloster, MS 39638 On-Site Representatives: Responsible Official: Steven Farr, Mill Manager Scott Montablano, Procurement Manager Hood Container of Louisiana Scott.montablano@hoodcontainer.com Steven Farr, Mill Manager Gloster Chips, Inc. steven@thepricecompanies.com (601) 225-4120 INSPECTION ENTRY DATES/TIMES Entry Date/Time: 1:45pm 03/06/2024 Exit Date/Time: 3:30pm 03/06/2024 NAMES OF STATE INSPECTORS MDEQ: Yang Li, Thomas Schaub EPA LSASD: Chris McHugh, Asher Sampong AREAS EVALUATED DURING INSPECTION (Check those areas evaluated) X Permit X Records X Facility Site Review X Effluent/ Receiving Waters Flow Measurement Self-Compliance Program Compliance Schedule Laboratory X Operations & Maintenance Sludge Handling/ Disposal INSPECTION SUMMARY Pretreatment X Pollution Prevention X Storm Water Combined Sewer Overflow Sanitary Sewer Overflow Facility has two NPDES permits: the Wet Deck GP (MSG170023) and the Industrial Stormwater GP (MSR000950). Since the Facility has coverage under both, its stormwater discharges are covered by the IGP, and the Wet Deck GP covers only the wastewater discharge. INSPECTOR SIGNATURE CELINA RUSSO Digitally signed by CELINA RUSSO Date: 2024.04.24 15:52:15 -04'00' Celina Russo, Environmental Engineer JEREMY JUDD Digitally signed by JEREMY JUDD Date: 2024.04.24 17:05:42 -04'00' Jeremy Judd, Environmental Engineer AHMAD Digitally signed by AHMAD DROMGOOLE DROMGOOLE 09:40:03 -04'00' Date: 2024.05.02 Ahmad Dromgoole, Section Chief Waterways and Wetlands Enforcement Section Page 1 of 5 OFFICE/PHONE NUMBER USEPA Region 4/ECAD-WEB-WWES 404-562-9804 USEPA Region 4/ECAD-WEB-WWES 404-562-9505 USEPA Region 4/ECAD-WEB-WWES 404-562-9212 NPDES Industrial Stormwater Worksheet (Mississippi IGP) GPS Coordinates Receiving Water(s) or MS4 Site Acreage 1. FACILITY LOCATION INFORMATION Latitude 31 11' 3.9" N UT of Little Beaver Creek ~40 acres SIC Code Longitude Discharge to 303(d) or TMDL waters 2499 91 01 '49.8" W No Weather Condition Sunny, warm 2. STORMWATER POLLUTION PREVENTION PLAN (SWPPP) BASIC INFORMATION PLAN TOPICS SWPPP available on-site SWPPP was dated 06/07/2022. SWPPP Certification Signature/Date Signature/certification page was left blank. SWPPP modified and updated to current conditions Pollution Prevention Manager/Committee Team consists of the Mill Manager. Employee training schedule (annual) Employee training is to be completed upon hire and annually thereafter. YES NO N/E ACT9.S-1(1) X ACT5 T-9 X ACT9.S-1(4) X ACT5.T-6(1) X ACT5.T-6(7) & 14 X Site Description Facility produces wood chips for the paper production industry. X Site Map A copy of the site map, dated 2018, is shown in photo DSCN2958. ACT5-1.T-3 X Summary of potential pollutant sources and particular pollutants ACT5.T-1 Potential pollutant sources are also identified on the site map (photo DSCN2958). The pollutant X assessment in the SWPPP was dated 2011, but operations have not changed substantially. Risk Identification and Material Inventory ACT5.T-6(2) X Sediment and Erosion Prevention ACT5.T-6(3) SWPPP calls for gravel roads, ground cover on bare areas, and bark around the rotary crane. X Schedule and Procedures for Good Housekeeping Includes the usage of secondary containment for fuel storage. ACT5.T-6(5) X Preventative Maintenance Program SWPPP calls for regular maintenance and periodic inspections of equipment. ACT5.T-6(4) X Description of Control Measures Identified control measures include gravel roads; tarping down trucks; hard/soft wood storage piles; X rotary crane by the log storage piles covered with bark. Page 2 of 5 Spill Prevention and Response Procedures Schedule & Procedures for Routine Visual Inspections Inspections are to be done at least once per month. Stormwater Management Ponds retain water onsite. Water from the WDLS pond is reused. Non-Stormwater Discharge Management ACT5.T-6(6) X ACT5.T-8(9) X ACT5.T-8(10) X ACT5.T-8(11) X 3. SITE DESCRIPTION AND SWPPP Facility is a chipper of yellow pine for clients, which includes the paper products industry. Logs are delivered via truck and stored onsite while awaiting processing. The western portion of the site is dedicated to wet decking. The site has two permitted outfalls and coverage under two NPDES permits: the MS Industrial Stormwater General Permit and the MS Wet Deck Log Spray (WDLS) General Permit. The WDLS permit covers discharge from the facility's WDLS recirculation pond shown in photo DSCN2961. Both the recirculation pond and stormwater runoff discharge through Outfall #2. An additional retention pond near the southern end of the site discharges through Outfall #1. 4. RECORD REVIEW RECORD REVIEW Representative on-site NOI Submitted to DEQ YES NO N/E X ACT4 S-1&T-3 X Records of incidents with spills, leaks, pollutant releases Including: dates and description of incident and the corrective actions ACT5.T-3(4) Facility maintains monthly spills sheets/logs. Forms were completed monthly for January 2018 X through January 30, 2024. Records of maintenance and repairs of control measures Corrective actions are incorporated into the monthly inspection checklist. X Records of employee training ACT14 S-1 Records for annual employee training with rosters completed on 11/23/2018, 11/22/2019, X 12/31/2020, 12/31/2021, 12/28/2022. Training for 2023 was not completed. Records of monthly site inspections ACT10.R-1 Self-inspections are completed monthly using the standard form from MDEQ. The earliest recorded inspection was done on 01/28/2021 and the most recent inspection was X completed on 01/31/2024. Inspections for 2023 were completed on the following dates: 01/31, 02/28, 03/31, 04/30, 05/31, 06/30, 07/31, 08/31, 09/30, 10/31, 11/30, and 12/30. Records of monthly visual jar test For inspections conducted during storm event ACT10.R-1 Records were available for 01/28/2021 through 01/31/2024, with the form being completed on a X monthly basis. "No discharge" was always reported. Records of ANNUAL Comprehensive SWPPP Evaluation ACT10.R-2 X Page 3 of 5 Not available onsite. Facility personnel believe that the regional managers complete the annual evaluation and corresponding form. SPCC Not required. Facility reports not meeting storage capacity requirements for SPCC. A regular X inventory log is completed. Illicit Connects Evaluation Certification ACT5.T-7(8) X Pollutant Sources 5. FIELD EVALUATION & PLAN IMPLEMENTATION Note location, quantitative description, design issue, O&M deficiencies, and pollutants offsite Loading/Unloading Area Both incoming logs and finished products are shipped via truck. Outdoor Storage Stormwater Management Logs are stored in the northern end of the site (see photo DSCN2973) and around the radial crane. Logs in wet storage are kept on the western end of the site, which is dedicated to wet decking (see for example photo DSCN2961). Chips awaiting shipment are stockpiled outdoors, as shown in photo DSCN2963 and DSCN2974. Front end loaders then move chips into trucks. The western end of the site is dedicated to wet decking and wet storage. Runoff from this area drains back into the WDLS recirculation pond for reuse. When the recirculation pond needs to be lowered, the low level drain discharges into the mid-site swale as shown in photo DSCN2962 before discharges via Outfall #2 (see photo DSCN2959). Discharge from the recirculation pond is permitted as a wastewater discharge under the WDLS General Permit. The mid-site drainage feature, shown in photos DSCN2960 and DSCN2975, discharges stormwater through Outfall #2, as permitted under MDEQ's IGP. This conveyance receives runoff from the processing area (see photo DSCN2976-2977). The retention pond, located near the main office and shown in photo DSCN2966 discharges to Outfall #1 via the conveyance shown in photos DSCN2964-2965 and DSCN2967. The drainage system around the rotary crane, which begins at the location shown in photo DSCN2972, flows into one of two concrete detention basin (photos DSCN2969-2971) before discharging into the retention pond as shown in photo DSCN2968. Outdoor Manufacturing/ Processing Operations Outdoor processes include wet decking, debarking, and chipping. The area around the chipper drains into the mid-site swale, as shown in photos DSCN2976-2977. Treatment/Storage/Disposal Areas By-product is sold as a final product. For example, tree bark is used in mulch products. Sediment & Erosion Controls (BMPs) The control measures identified in the SWPPP were in use in the field. As shown in photo DSCN2972, roads were gravel. Page 4 of 5 Spills / Leaks Handling / Good Housekeeping Sawdust around the chipper is cleaned on a weekly basis. According to facility personnel, the concrete basin shown in photo DSCN2969 was recently cleaned (c. November 2023) and the basin shown in photo DSCN2971 is scheduled to be cleaned out later that week. Fuel/diesel, oils (hydraulic/motor), and DEF tanks are stored indoors in the shed shown in photo DSCN2978. This is consistent with the SWPPP. Total storage capacity of oil products does not trigger SPCC requirements. 6. OUTFALL, STORMWATER DISCHARGE & RECEIVING WATER OBSERVATIONS YES NO DESCRIPTION Number & location of stormwater discharge(s)/outfall(s) consistent with SWP3 There are two permitted outfalls, consistent with those shown in the site map (see photo DSCN2958). Outfall #1 (photo DSCN2964) X discharges overflow from the southern retention pond and Outfall #2 discharges runoff from the drainage feature shown in photo DSCN2960 and also occasionally from the WDLS recirculation pond, which is permitted separately under the WDLS GP. Evidence of off-site accumulation of pollutants in receiving water Other discharges or potential discharges off-site (not through permitted outfalls) X None observed. X None observed. Non-stormwater discharge X None observed. Exit interview conducted with: Mr. Farr and Mr. Montalbano Preliminary findings discussed during the exit interview included: - All records of the monthly visual jar tests report "no discharge." However, Outfall #1 appeared to be discharging at the time of the inspection. Even if water only discharges during or following a rain event, this still qualifies as a discharge. Photo Log is attached. Page 5 of 5