2009-10 Annual Report Source Control OCSD Orange County Sanitation District ANNUAL REPORT 2010 SOURCE CONTROL PROGRAM Orange County Sanitation District 10844 Ellis Avenue Fountain Valley, CA 92708-7018 (714) 962-2411 TABLE OF CONTENTS Page SOURCE CONTROL PROGRAM Letter of Transmittal Affirmation Table of Contents ...................................................... i List of Tables ........................................................ xi List of Figures ........................................................ xvi List of Appendices ..................................................... xix EXECUTIVE SUMMARY E.1 BACKGROUND ................................................. E.1 E.2 INTRODUCTION ................................................ E.1 E.2.1 Pretreatment Program Summary ............................ E.2 E.2.2 Pretreatment Program Elements ............................ E.3 E.2.3 Compliance with NPDES Discharge Requirements .............. E.5 chapter 1 NPDES REQUIREMENTS - PRETREATMENT 1.1 PRETREATMENT REQUIREMENTS – COMPLIANCE WITH NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM (NPDES) PERMIT REQUIREMENTS ........................ 1.1 chapter 2 OCSD’S FACILITIES AND COMPLIANCE WITH DISCHARGE REQUIREMENTS 2.1 INTRODUCTION ................................................ 2.1 2.2 EXISTING OCSD FACILITIES ..................................... 2.2 2.2.1 Description of Treatment Plants ............................. 2.2 i TABLE OF CONTENTS (continued) Page 2.2.1.1 Reclamation Plant No. 1 ........................... 2.4 2.2.1.2 Treatment Plant No. 2 ............................. 2.6 2.2.1.3 Joint Works Facilities ............................. 2.6 2.3 COMPLIANCE WITH NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM (NPDES) REQUIREMENTS ................... 2.6 2.4 EFFLUENT CHARACTERISTICS ................................... 2.8 2.4.1 General ................................................ 2.8 2.4.2 Suspended Solids ........................................ 2.8 2.4.3 Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD) ......................... 2.8 2.4.4 Oil and Grease ........................................... 2.8 2.4.5 Settleable Solids ......................................... 2.10 2.4.6 Turbidity ................................................ 2.10 2.4.7 pH ..................................................... 2.10 2.4.8 Toxicity ................................................. 2.11 2.4.9 Outfall Disinfection ........................................ 2.12 2.5 METALS ....................................................... 2.12 2.6 MASS EMISSION BENCHMARKS .................................. 2.13 chapter 3 PERMITS 3.1 INTRODUCTION ................................................ 3.1 3.2 PERMIT CLASSIFICATIONS ....................................... 3.1 3.3 PERMIT ISSUANCE ............................................. 3.2 3.3.1 Identification of New Permittees ............................. 3.4 3.4 DISCHARGE LIMITS ............................................. 3.4 ii TABLE OF CONTENTS (continued) Page 3.4.1 Industrial ............................................... 3.4 3.4.2 Wastehaulers ........................................... 3.4 3.5 ESTABLISHING MASS EMISSION RATES (MER) ..................... 3.5 chapter 4 INSPECTION, SAMPLING, COMPLIANCE, ENFORCEMENT 4.1 INTRODUCTION ................................................ 4.1 4.2 ROUTINE SAMPLING AND INSPECTION ............................ 4.1 4.3 NON-ROUTINE SAMPLING AND INSPECTION ....................... 4.2 4.3.1 Downstream Sampling .................................... 4.2 4.4 ORANGE COUNTY HAZARDOUS MATERIALS STRIKE FORCE (STRIKE FORCE) ................................. 4.3 4.5 INDUSTRIAL COMPLIANCE STATUS WITH DISCHARGE LIMITS ............................................. 4.3 4.5.1 Industries Consistently Achieving Compliance (CAC) ............ 4.3 4.5.2 Industries Inconsistently Achieving Compliance (IAC)............ 4.3 4.5.3 Industries in Significant Noncompliance (SNC) ................. 4.3 4.6 ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES ..................................... 4.5 4.6.1 Compliance Inspections ................................... 4.6 4.6.2 Compliance Meetings ..................................... 4.6 4.6.3 Notices of Violation – Noncompliance Fees, Penalties ........... 4.6 4.6.4 Probation Orders ......................................... 4.7 4.6.5 Enforcement Compliance Schedule Agreement ................ 4.7 4.6.6 Administrative Penalties ................................... 4.7 4.6.7 Permit Suspensions ...................................... 4.7 iii TABLE OF CONTENTS (continued) Page 4.6.8 Permit Revocations ....................................... 4.8 4.6.9 Emergency Suspension Order .............................. 4.8 4.6.10 Civil/Criminal Complaints ................................... 4.8 4.7 ENFORCEMENT SUMMARY ....................................... 4.8 4.8 JOINT AGENCY INSPECTIONS .................................... 4.33 chapter 5 NON-COMPATIBLE POLLUTANTS DISCHARGED BY INDUSTRY 5.1 INTRODUCTION ................................................ 5.1 5.2 INDUSTRIAL DISCHARGE OF METALS ............................. 5.1 5.2.1 Cadmium ............................................... 5.2 5.2.2 Chromium ............................................... 5.3 5.2.3 Copper ................................................. 5.3 5.2.4 Lead ................................................... 5.4 5.2.5 Nickel .................................................. 5.4 5.2.6 Silver .................................................. 5.4 5.2.7 Zinc .................................................... 5.5 5.3 ARSENIC ...................................................... 5.5 5.4 MERCURY ..................................................... 5.5 5.5 CYANIDE ...................................................... 5.6 5.6 ORGANIC PRIORITY POLLUTANTS ................................ 5.6 5.6.1 Influent/Effluent Organic Priority Pollutants .................... 5.6 5.6.2 Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB) ............................. 5.6 5.6.3 Pesticides ............................................... 5.6 iv TABLE OF CONTENTS (continued) Page 5.6.4 Phenolic Compounds ..................................... 5.7 5.7 RADIOACTIVITY ................................................ 5.7 5.8 OVERALL TRENDS .............................................. 5.7 chapter 6 SOURCE CONTROL PROGRAM STAFFING, COSTS, AND FIELD EQUIPMENT 6.1 INTRODUCTION ................................................ 6.1 6.2 STAFFING, REVENUES, AND COSTS .............................. 6.1 6.2.1 Staffing ................................................ 6.1 6.2.2 Revenues .............................................. 6.1 6.2.3 Program Costs .......................................... 6.1 6.3 FIELD EQUIPMENT ............................................. 6.2 6.3.1 Equipment Inventory ...................................... 6.2 chapter 7 SOURCE CONTROL PROGRAM STATUS 7.1 INTRODUCTION ................................................ 7.1 7.2 PUBLIC PARTICIPATION ......................................... 7.1 7.3 WASTEHAULER PROGRAM ...................................... 7.1 7.3.1 Wastehauler Permitting ................................... 7.1 7.3.2 Wastehauler Discharges .................................. 7.1 7.3.3 Wastehauler Monitoring ................................... 7.3 7.4 SOURCE CONTROL INSPECTION AND SAMPLING ................... 7.3 7.5 QUALITY ASSURANCE AND QUALITY CONTROL (QA/QC) ACTIVITIES ................................... 7.5 v TABLE OF CONTENTS (continued) Page 7.5.1 QA/QC Program Tasks .................................... 7.5 7.5.2 QA/QC Sampling Results .................................. 7.6 7.5.3 Conclusions ............................................. 7.8 7.6 TOTAL TOXIC ORGANICS WAIVER PROGRAM ...................... 7.9 7.7 SPECIAL PURPOSE DISCHARGE PERMIT PROGRAM ................ 7.13 7.7.1 Metrics and Trends ....................................... 7.13 7.7.2 SPDP Program Response .................................. 7.14 7.7.3 SPDP Program Enforcement ............................... 7.15 7.7.4 SPDP Regulatory Program ................................. 7.15 7.8 INDUSTRIAL SELF-MONITORING PROGRAM ........................ 7.15 7.9 INDUSTRIAL OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM ....................................... 7.16 7.10 SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN OPERATING THE PRETREATMENT PROGRAM ...................................... 7.17 chapter 8 INTERACTION WITH OTHER AGENCIES 8.1 INTRODUCTION ................................................ 8.1 8.2 REVENUE ZONE NO. 14 (IRVINE RANCH WATER DISTRICT) ........... 8.1 8.3 OPERATING PERMIT, REGIONAL BOARD ORDER 07-03 .............. 8.2 8.4 REPORTING REQUIREMENTS .................................... 8.2 8.4.1 Analytical Reporting ........................................ 8.2 8.4.2 Inorganic Pollutants ........................................ 8.3 8.4.3 Organic Pollutants ......................................... 8.6 8.4.4 Report of Upset, Pass-Through and Interference Events ......................................... 8.6 vi TABLE OF CONTENTS (continued) Page 8.4.5 Discussion of the List of Industrial Users ....................... 8.6 8.4.6 Discussion of Industrial User Compliance Status ................ 8.8 8.4.7 Summary of SIU Compliance ................................ 8.8 8.4.8 Discussion of Significant Changes in the Pretreatment Program ...................................... 8.8 8.4.9 Pretreatment Program Costs ................................. 8.8 8.4.10 Equipment Purchases for FY 2009/10 ........................