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Appendices to the Biological and Water Quality Study of the Huron River Basin, 2016 Erie, Seneca, Huron, Crawford and Richland Counties Huron River at Milan Wildlife Area Ohio EPA Technical Report AMS/2016-HURON-2 Division of Surface Water Assessment and Modeling Section January 2020 Draft Appendices to the Biological and Water Quality Study of the Huron River Basin, 2016 Erie, Seneca, Huron, Crawford and Richland Counties January 2020 Ohio EPA Technical Report AMS/2016-HURON-2 Prepared by: Ohio Environmental Protection Agency Division of Surface Water Lazarus Government Center 50 W. Town Street, Suite 700 Columbus, Ohio 43215 Ohio Environmental Protection Agency Division of Surface Water Groveport Field Office 4675 Homer Ohio Lane Groveport, Ohio 43125 and Ohio Environmental Protection Agency Northwest District Office 347 N. Dunbridge Road Bowling Green, Ohio 43402 Mail to: P.O. Box 1049 Columbus, Ohio 43216-1049 Mike DeWine, Governor, State of Ohio Laurie A. Stevenson, Director, Ohio Environmental Protection Agency Appendices • Appendix A – NPDES Descriptions • Appendix B – Macroinvertebrate Collection Results • Appendix C – Macroinvertebrate ICI Scores and Metrics • Appendix D – Fish Species and Abundance for Each Sampling Location • Appendix E – Fish IBI Scores and Metrics • Appendix F – Qualitative Habitat Evaluation Index Scores and Attributes • Appendix G – Surface Water Inorganic Chemistry Results • Appendix H – Surface Water Organic Chemistry Results • Appendix I – Sediment Chemistry Results • Appendix J – Water Quality Sonde Results • Appendix K – Surface Water Bacteriological Results • Appendix L – Lake Sampling Results Appendix A NPDES‐Permitted Facilities A total of 43 National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES)-permitted facilities discharge sanitary wastewater, industrial process water or industrial storm water into the study area. All tributaries in the study area are located within the 04100012 HUC and within portions of Huron, Erie, Crawford, Sandusky and Richland counties. Per sampling and monitoring conditions specified in their NPDES permit, each facility must monitor their discharges and report results to Ohio EPA in a discharge monitoring report (DMR). Individual NPDES permits in the Huron River basin watersheds are listed in Table 1. The city of Willard WPCF, city of Norwalk WWTP and Huron Basin WWTP are considered major dischargers based on the volume (>1 MGD) and type of waste they discharge. All other individual NPDES- permitted facilities in the watershed are considered minor dischargers. Minor dischargers include 25 package plants, two trickling filter treatment plants, one sequencing batch reactor, one oxidation ditch and 11 industrial discharges. There are no permitted concentrated animal feeding operations in the watershed. General NPDES permits are a potential alternative for facilities that have a minimal effect on the environment, have similar operations and meet certain eligibility criteria. There are several different types of general permits, including, but not limited to, small sanitary sewer discharges, petroleum bulk storage and non-contact cooling water. A list of facilities covered under each type may be found at epa.ohio.gov/dsw/permits/NonStormgplist.aspx. There are also several types of general permits specific to storm water, including, but not limited to, small MS4s, construction sites, industries and marinas. A list of facilities covered under each type may be found at epa.ohio.gov/dsw/permits/gplist.aspx. Table 1 — Facilities regulated by an individual NPDES permit for the portions of 04100012 included in the Huron Basin watershed. Permit numbers that start with 2P are public/municipal and those that start with 2I are industrial. (MGD‐ million gallons per day, UT‐ Unnamed Tributary) Ohio EPA Design Permit Flow Number Facility Name (MGD) Treatment System Receiving Stream (river mile) County 041000120401 ‐ Marsh Run 2PR00187 Wagon Wheel Campground 0.015 Extended Aeration Package Plant Marsh Run (9.55) Crawford 2PY00077 Huron Valley Mobile Home Park (MHP) 0.012 Extended Aeration Package Plant UT to Marsh Run (0.7) Huron 2PY00052 Willard MHP 0.0225 Extended Aeration Package Plant UT to Marsh Run (Unknown) Huron 2PY00030 Coble Village MHP 0.015 Extended Aeration Package Plant Marsh Run (1.4) Huron 2PY00086 Branchwood Estates MHP 0.0084 Extended Aeration Package Plant Marsh Run (1.2) Huron 041000120402 ‐ Town of Plymouth ‐ West Branch Huron River 2PB00017 Shiloh Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) 0.120 Trickling Filter Hale's Ditch (3.5) Richland 2PB00014 Plymouth Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) 0.450 Sequencing Batch Reactor West Branch Huron River (38.9) Richland 2PT00013 New Haven Elementary School 0.005 Extended Aeration Package Plant West Branch Huron River (37.3) Huron 041000120404 ‐ Holiday Lake 2IT00020 CSX Transportation Inc. Carbon Adsorption UT to Jacob's Creek (~0.8) Huron 2PD00005 Willard Water Pollution Control Plant (WPCP) 4.5 Activated Sludge Plant West Branch Jacob's Creek (0.08) Huron 041000120405 ‐ Willard Lake ‐ West Branch Huron River 2IN00135 Huron County Transfer Station Sedimentation Pond‐ Storm Water West Branch Huron River (25.95) Huron 041000120504 ‐ Seymour Creek 2IG00023 Marathon Ashland Pipeline‐ Bellevue Storm Water UT to Megginson Creek (~0.9) Huron 041000120506 ‐ Town of Monroeville ‐ West Branch Huron River 2PB00004 Monroeville WWTP 0.200 Oxidation Ditch West Branch Huron River (7.45) Huron 041000120602 ‐ Cole Creek 2PY00054 Meadowbrook Mobile Estates 0.0075 Extended Aeration Package Plant UT to Cole Creek (~0.02) Huron 2PY00031 Fieldcrest MHP 0.010 Extended Aeration Package Plant Cole Creek (~11.9) Huron 2PP00043 ODOT Huron County Garage 0.0015 Extended Aeration Package Plant UT to Cole Creek (~3.8) Huron 041000120603 ‐ Norwalk Creek 2PR00152 Norwalk Elks Lodge No. 730 #2 0.0015 Extended Aeration Package Plant North Creek (~0.8) Huron 2PT00041 Christie Lane School & Workshop 0.060 Extended Aeration Package Plant North Creek (2.3) Huron 2IV00061 Norwalk Water Treatment Plant (WTP) 0.052 Settling Tank‐ Sand Filter Backwash Norwalk Creek (3.7) Huron 041000120604 ‐ Lower East Branch Huron River 2PR00183 Norwalk American Legion Post 41 0.0015 Extended Aeration Package Plant East Branch Huron River (6.14) Huron 041000120605 ‐ City of Norwalk 2PG00116 Huron County Airport Authority 0.002 Package Plant Rattlesnake Creek (6.3) Huron 2IN00130 Sunrise Cooperative Inc Sedimentation Pond‐ Storm Water Willow Brook (~2.6) Huron 2PY00080 Eagles Wing WWTP 0.015 Extended Aeration Package Plant East Branch Rattlesnake Creek (~0.4) Huron 2PY00053 Will‐O‐Brook MHP 0.006 Extended Aeration Package Plant Willow Brook (1.73) Huron Ohio EPA Design Permit Flow Number Facility Name (MGD) Treatment System Receiving Stream (river mile) County 2PD00024 Norwalk WWTP 3.5 Trickling Filter West Branch Rattlesnake Creek (2.42) Huron 2IR00006 Tenneco Inc (Johns Manville) Storm Water Brewery Creek (~0.5) Erie 041000120606 ‐ Mud Brook ‐ Frontal Lake Erie 2IY00050 Milan WTP Backwash Water Village Creek (1.9) Erie 2PR00174 Edison High School 0.015 Extended Aeration Package Plant UT to Huron River (2.3) Erie 2PB00037 Milan WWTP 0.370 Trickling Filter Huron River (12.06) Erie 2IA00002 CertainTeed Products Corp.‐ Avery Plant 0.272 Sedimentation Pond‐ Process Water Mud Brook (6.67) Erie 2IN00001 Freudenberg NOK Corp.‐ Milan 0.006 Package Plant UT to Mud Brook (~2.9) Erie 2PR00073 Hampton Inn 0.012 Extended Aeration Package Plant UT to Mud Brook (1.2) Erie 2PR00060 Days Inn Motel‐ Milan 0.012 Extended Aeration Package Plant UT to Mud Brook (~0.6) Erie 2PR00058 Super 8 Motel 0.018 Extended Aeration Package Plant Mud Brook (6.5) Erie 2PR00093 Milan Travel Park 0.015 Package Plant UT to Mud Brook (~0.6) Erie 2PW00012 Riverview Manor Apartments 0.010 Extended Aeration Package Plant Huron River (7.6) Erie 2PY00040 Alpine Trail MHP 0.0025 Extended Aeration Package Plant Huron River (7.24) Erie 2IN00137 Erie County Sanitary Landfill Sedimentation Pond‐ Storm Water Mud Brook (4.23) Erie 2PR00091 Huron River Valley Campground 0.004 Package Plant Huron River (4.77) Erie 2PR00069 Huron River Estates 0.0076 Extended Aeration Package Plant Huron River (4.4) Erie 2PC00001 Huron Basin WWTP 2.0 Rotating Biological Contactor Huron River (1.03) Erie 2IV00040 Huron WTP Settling Pond‐ Backwash Water Washburn Ditch (0.04) Erie All major dischargers and relevant minor dischargers located in the study area are discussed in detail below. City of Willard WPCP (Ohio EPA Permit # 2PD00005) The City of Willard Water Pollution Control Plant (WPCP) serves approximately 6,290 residents in the city of Willard and unincorporated users. Sewer services for the city are provided by a municipal sanitary sewage treatment plant with an average daily design flow of 4.5 MGD. Sanitary waste from the village receives treatment through influent screw pumps, mechanical bar screening, grease removal, grit removal, activated sludge aeration using four Figure 1 — Annual total phosphorus loadings from the Willard WPCP, 2007‐2016. vertical loop reactors, biological phosphorus removal, secondary clarification (three final clarifiers), ultraviolet disinfection and post aeration. The final treated effluent is discharged to the West Branch Jacobs Creek at RM 0.08. The collection system consists of 40 percent separate and 60 percent combined sewers. A retention lagoon with surface aerators is available to receive wet weather flows from the interceptor sewer serving the Figure 2 — Annual nitrate‐nitrite loadings from the Willard WPCP,