ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

       OFFICE OF ENFORCEMENT
   A Summary of Water Pollution
        and Related Factors
     Memphis Metropolitan Area
Arkansas - Mississippi - Tennessee
   Review and Evaluation Branch
 Denver Field Investigation Center
         Denver, Colorado
           October 1971

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                        TABLE OF CONTENTS


Section                       Title                           Page

               LIST OF FIGURES                                ii

               LIST OF TABLES                                 ii

   I           INTRODUCTION                                     1

 • II           SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS                          2

 III           DESCRIPTION OF AREA                              5

  IV           APPLICABLE WATER QUALITY REGULATIONS             8
               A.   ENFORCEMENT CONFERENCE REQUIREMENTS         8
               B.   WATER QUALITY STANDARDS                    10
               C.   WASTE DISCHARGE PERMIT PROGRAMS            16
                    Refuse Act Permit Program (RAPP)            16
                    State Certifications                       19
                    Oil Pollution Regulations                  20
                    State Discharge Permits                    20

   V.          HISTORY OF ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS                  22
               A.   FEDERAL-STATE ENFORCEMENT CONFERENCE       22
               B.   MERCURY POLLUTION INVESTIGATIONS            24
               C.   REFUSE ACT ACTIONS                     .    25

  VI           SOURCES OF POLLUTION                            28
               A.   MUNICIPAL WASTE SOURCES                    29
               B.   INDUSTRIAL WASTE SOURCES                   35.
                    Loosahatchie River Drainage                49
                    Wolf River Drainage                        50
                    Nonconnah Creek Drainage                   50
                    Mississippi River Drainage                 54

 VII           WATER QUALITY PROBLEMS                          55
               A.   LOOSAHATCHIE RIVER                         56
               B.   WOLF RIVER                                 56
               C.   NONCONNAH CREEK                            57
               D.   MCKELLAR LAKE                              58
               E.   MISSISSIPPI RIVER                          58


               BIBLIOGRAPHY                                    60

               APPENDICES

               A.   Arkansas Water Quality Criteria
                    applicable to the Mississippi River

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                  TABLE OF CONTENTS  (continued)
Section
               Title

B.   Summary of Tennessee Water Quality
     Standards

C.   Summary of Mississippi Water Quality
     Standards

D.   Refuse Act Permit Application

E.   Tennessee Discharge Permit Requirements

F.   Enforcement Conference Summary
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                         LIST OF FIGURES
Figure No.

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               Title
     'Vicinity Map
     Sources of Pollution
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                         LIST OF  TABLES
Table No.

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   VI-3

   VI-4
               Title

     Designated Water Uses

     Municipal Waste Sources

     Non-Municipal Sewage Treatment
       Facilities

     Industrial Waste Discharge Summary

     Implementation Plan for Industrial
       Sources
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                      CHAPTER I.  INTRODUCTION





     The Region IV office of EPA has requested that the Denver Field Inves-




tigation Center (DFIC) undertake an investigation of waste sources and




water quality conditions in the Memphis, Tennessee, metropolitan area.




Large volumes of untreated municipal and industrial wastes are discharged




to the Mississippi River and tributaries at this.location.  Completion of




adequate treatment facilities is several years away.  Violations of water




quality standards are occurring.




     Field investigations and evaluations of existing information arc plan-




ned to determine if the need exists for appropriate enforcement actions




such as Refuse Act cases or a reconvening of the Lower Mississippi River




Enforcement Conference.




     This report, summarizes., existing .information on waste sources, and .water




quality conditions in the Memphis, Tennessee, metropolitan area including




minor portions of Arkansas and Mississippi.  Applicable water quality regu-




lations and previous enforcement activities arc also discussed.

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                CHAPTER II.   SUMMARY AMD CONCLUSIONS





1.   Abatement of pollution  caused by discharges of untreated and inade-




     quately treated municipal and industrial wastes from sources located




     in the Memphis metropolitan area has proceeded at a slow rate in the




     past.  At the present time, almost all municipal wastes and a major




     portion of the industrial wastes receive no treatment.




2.   A large-scale regional  interceptor sewer system is under construction.




     As interceptors are completed, most industries are connecting to the




     system for disposal of  industrial wastes.  Essentially  all domestic




     and industrial sources  of sanitary wastes in the area covered by the




     Memphis system have already connected to the system.




3.   Two large secondary treatment plants are planned to serve the Memphis




     regional sewerage, .system.-. The .South. Plant, with a .desi'gn capacity-.of .




     85 mgd, is under construction and is scheduled for completion in July,




     1974.  Construction of  the North Plant, with a design capacity of 135




     mgd, is scheduled to begin about January, 1973, with completion in




     December, 1976.  Until  these plants are in operation, all wastes




     discharged to the Memphis sewer system will be discharged to the




     Mississippi River without treatment except for some pretreatment of




     industrial wastes.




4.   In 1970, an average of  about 90 mgd of mixed municipal  and industrial




     wastes was discharged to the Mississippi River from six large Memphis




     interceptor sewer outfalls.  An additional 43 mgd of industrial wastes




     was discharged to tributary streams in the Memphis area.




5.   As a result of the above pollution, water quality conditions in the

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     Wolf and Mississippi Rivers,  Nonconnah Creek,  and  McKellar  Lake  are




     in violation of Federal-State water quality standards.




6.   A Federal-State Enforcement Conference was  held  in Hay,  1964,  to con-




     sider means of abating interstate pollution in the Lower Mississippi




     River resulting from discharges of Endrin by Velsicol Chemical Corpor-




     ation in Memphis.   The recommendations of this conference have essen-




     tially been complied with and the Endrin pollution problem  abated with




     the exception that a potential problem still exists.




7.   A court suit has been filed against the American Finishing  Company




     (Whittaker Corporation Textile Service Center) by  the U. S. Attorney




     citing pollution of Nonconnah Creek by discharges  of  textile wastes




     in violation of the Refuse Act of 1899.




8.   As of September 15, 1971, a total of 31 applications  .from industries




     for discharge permits under the provisions  of  the  Refuse Act of  1899




     had been received' for review by the Atlanta, Gebrg'iaj EPA 'Regional




     Office.  Other permit applications were being  processed  by  the U. S.




     Army "Engineers District, Memphis.  Not" all  industries'required "to




     obtain'discharge permits had submitted applications.




9.   Due to the current industrial activity to connect  to  the Memphis




     interceptor system, the present status of various  industrial waste




     sources is unknown.  A detailed source inventory is needed  to  determine




     which, if any, industries may be discharging to surface  v/aters without




     submitting applications for Refuse Act discharge permits.




10.  A survey of waste constituents and water quality conditions in receiving




     waters is needed for a number of industrial sources to  form the  basis




     for establishing discharge permit requirements.

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11.  A determination needs to be made if the discharges of industrial




     wastes to the Mississippi River without treatment by way of the




     Memphis municipal interceptor sewer system constitute violations




     of the Refuse Act of 1899.

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                CHAPTER III.  DESCRIPTION OF AREA





   The Memphis metropolitan area is located on the Mississippi River in




southwestern Tennessee.  Almost all of this population and industrial .




center is located in Shelby County, Tennessee, with a minor suburban area




extending southward into Dcsoto County Mississippi.  The West Memphis por-




tion of Crittenden County, Arkansas, across the Mississippi River is also




part of the metropolitan area.  The Memphis vicinity is shown in Figure




III-l.




   The City of Memphis has a present population of about 500,000.  The




metropolitan area population totals about 700,000.  Surburban and nearby




communities include West Memphis, Arkansas and Woodstock, Millington,




Ellendalc, Arlington and Collierville, Tennessee.




   Memphis -is an industrial-center- supporting a/number-of-diversified ••




industries.  Important products manufactured by area industries include




vegetable oils, agricultural chemicals, pesticides, industrial chemicals,




farm machinery, automobile tires, animal feeds and breakfast foods.




Memphis is one of the world's largest cotton markets and a major inland




port.  It is also a major distribution point for hardwood lumber.




   McFiphis is situated on one of the highest land areas adjacent to the




Mississippi Rivci: in the Lower Mississippi River Valley.  Bluffs in the




city extend more than 200 feet in elevation above the river.  In contrast,




the river valley north, south and west of the city is flat and low-lying.




This.valley .contains large areas of rich farmland which supports intensive




agricultural activity.  Soybeans, cotton and other farm products from the




valley arc the basis for much of the commerce and industry present in the




Memphis area.

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Figure III-l.  Vicinity Map
     (to be inserted)

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   As shown in Figure III-l, three tributaries of the Mississippi River,




the Loosahatchie and Wolf Rivers and Nonconnah Creek flov; through the metro-




politan area.  In contrast to the hilly urbanized areas of the city, the




stream valleys are low-lying and subject to flooding by backwater from the




Mississippi River during high flow stages on the Mississippi.  A levee




system has been constructed along the tributaries and the Mississippi River




to protect low areas subject to this flooding.  An extensive interior storm




drainage system has been constructed with large pumping stations to lift




drain flow into the streams during flood stages.  Many of the area industries




are located along the streams in areas protected by the levee system.




   The Wolf River and Nonconnah Creek arc interstate streams with head-




watero in Mississippi.  With a drainage area of about 770 square miles, the




Wolf .River is the largest tributary.  Flow in the river is low e.nough,




however, that flow stagnation occurs in the lower reach of the river durinp,




high stages on the Mississippi River.  Cypress Creek, Leath Bayou and




•Workhouse Bayou are snail tributaries draining urban and industrial areas.




   The Loosahatchie River also has 'a drainage area of several hundred




square miles.  Flov/ conditions in this stream are affected to a lesser




extent by Mississippi River backwaters.  Big Creek, with a drainage area of




about 137 square miles, is the main tributary of the Loosahatchie.




   Nonconnah Creek is a snail stream with low flow.  In its lower reach,




much of the flov; consists of industrial wastes, sanitary sever overflows




and'urban runoff.  Cane Creek is a small tributary draining an industrial




area.




   Nonconnah Creek discharges to McKcllar Lake, a slack water arm of the




Mississippi River.  The lake is located in an old channel of thn river rmd

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is connected to the river by Tennessee Chute.  Backwater conditions produced




by high stages on the Mississippi Fviver frequently produce flow stagnation




in the lake.  The Memphis Harbor area and several industrial parks are




located adjacent to the lake.  A large channel has been dredged in the lake.,




Riverside Park provides access for water based recreation.




   At Memphis, the Mississippi River is a very large stream with an average




flow of about 458,000 cubic feet per second  (cfs).  Flow extremes range from




79,200 cfs to more than one million cfs.  The low flow of record occurred




prior to the construction of the various large upstream reservoirs which




now provide flow regulation.  Such a low flew is not expected to occur again




in the future.  High flows usually occur in  the winter and spring months




with lowest flows in the late summer.

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               IV.   APPLICABLE WATER QUALITY REGULATIONS


      The  Mississippi  River  is an  interstate and  navigable  stream.  McKellar

 Lake, the Wolf River,  and Nonconnah Crep.k are  interstate waters  tributary

 to  the Mississippi  River and, therefore,  tributaries  of a  navigable  stream.

 Pollution of  interstate streams is  subject to  abatement under  provisions of

 the Federal Water Pollution Control Act,  as amended  (33 U.S.C. 466 et.  seq.)

 Water quality standards applicable  to  the Mississippi River  and  interstate

 tributaries in the  Memphis  metropolitan area have  been established by  the

 states of Arkansas, Mississippi nnd Tennessee  and  approved as  Federal  stan-

 dards pursuant to the provisions  of the Water  Quality Act  of 1965.   The

 Rivers and Harbors  Act of 1899 is applicable to  discharges of  industrial

 wastes to navigable waters.  All  three States  require waste  sources  to

. ob.tain .permits, to -discharge to. surface streams.  T,hesq water quality, regula-

 tions are discussed below.


 A«    ELtFJ?ACEJJML CONFERENCE REQUIREMENTS

           Section 10(a) of  the Federal Water Pollution Control Act,  as

      amended  (hereafter referred  to as the Act), provides  that "the

      pollution of interstate or navigable waters in  or adjacent  to any

      State or States  ... which endangers  the health  or welfare of any

      persons, shall be subject to abatement as provided in this  Act".

           One step  in securing such abatement  is the calling of  a Federal-

      State Enforcement Conference.   Section 10(d)  of  the Act provides  the

      following basis  for calling  such  a conference:

           "the Secretary* shall also call such a conference  whenever,  on
 * Prior  to May,  1966,  the Act was  administered  by  the Secretary  of  Health,
 Education and  Welfare.   The Secretary  of  the  Interior then administered  the
 Act  until December,  1970, when this  function  was  transferred to  the
 Administrator  of EPA.

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the basis of reports, surveys or studies, he has reason to believe




that any pollution referred to in subsection (a) and endangering




the health or welfare of persons in a State other than that in which




the discharge or discharges originate is occurring;....".




     In the Fall and Winter of 1963-64, a major fish kill occurred in




the Lower Mississippi River.  A prime factor contributing to this fish




kill was interstate pollution resulting from the discharge of pesticide




residues by a Memphis, Tennessee, industry.  A Federal-State Enforcement




Conference was held in New Orleans, Louisiana, on May 5-6, 1965, under




the above provisions of the Act to consider this pollution.  Conferees




were the Arkansas Water Pollution Control Commission, the Louisiana




Stream Control Commission, the Louisiana State Board of Health, the




Mississippi State Board of Health, the Tennessee Stream Pollution




Control Board and the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare.  The




Conferees'recommended, among other things; that (1) "known sources 'of




Endrin discharges from industry, land drainage, and mud deposits be




brought under control immediately",-and (2) "Other sources of Endrin'




pollution be identified and brought under control as soon as possible".




These recommendations were subsequently complied with.  Details of this




enforcement proceeding and subsequent activities are discussed in




Chapter V.




     The conferees agreed that tiic Conference could be reconvened at




the call of the Chairman if a technical committee composed of the




conferees or their designees so recommended.




     Section 10(d)(l) also provides several ways in which an enforce-




ment conference could be called to consider pollution of interstate

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     streams in the Memphis metropolitan area.   If pollution originating




     in one State endangers the health or welfare of persons in another




     State or States, the Administrator may call a conference "whenever




     requested by the Governor of any State or  a State water pollution




     control agency,' or (with the concurrence of the Governor and of the




     State water pollution control agency for the State in which the




     municipality is situated) the governing body of any municipality".




     When pollution is confined to one State, the Administrator may call




     a conference only at the request of the Governor of that State.




          Other means of securing abatement of  pollution under the pro-




     visions of Section 10 of the Act when violations of water quality




     standards occur are discussed in the following section.





B.  .WATER QUALITY STANDARDS




          Section 10 (c) of the Act, as amended  by the Water Quality Act of




     1965, provides that the States be given the opportunity to establish




     by June 30, 1967, water quality standards  applicable to all interstate




     and coastal waters.  These standards were  to consist of water quality




     criteria applicable to each interstate stream or portion thereof and




    . a plan for implenentation and enforcement  of the criteria.  Arkansas,




     Mississippi and Tennessee established such standards and submitted




     them for Federal approval as required.  Details of each State's stan-




     dards are discussed below.
          Water quality standards applicable to all interstate streams in




     Arkansas including the Mississippi River were established by the

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Arkansas Pollution Control Commission in June, 1967, and were sub-




sequently  fully approved as Federal standards on August 7, 1967.




Arkansas established one set of water quality criteria applicable




to  all  interstate waters    .  These criteria are summarized in




Appendix A.  The Arkansas criteria were designed to protect all




waters  for all beneficial water uses.  No specific designations of




beneficial water uses by stream reach were made although existing




uses were  summarized.




     In general, the Arkansas water quality criteria applicable to




the Mississippi River are equal to or less restrictive than the




Tennessee  or Mississippi criteria assigned to the same waters.  An




important  exception occurs in the reach between Loosahatchie Bar and




.the Tennessee-Mississippi state line.  Tennessee established no




bacteriological criterion for this reach.  The Arkansas criterion




'is  thus limiting.




     The Arkansas implementation plan specified pollution'abatement




needs for  only one waste source in the Memphis metropolitan area.  The




City of West Memphis, then providing no treatment for its municipal'




waste discharges to the. Mississippi River, was scheduled to complete




secondary  treatment facilities to serve its sewered population of




25,000  by  September, 1969.  West Memphis completed primary treatment




facilities this year.  The  City is thus in violation of the implemen-




tation  plan and the Arkansas Pollution Control Commission requirement




that all waste sources provide secondary treatment or its equivalent.

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Tennessee




     Water quality  standards  applicable  to  interstate waters of




Tennessee were  submitted  by  the Tennessee Stream Pollution Control



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Board  for Federal approval on June  28, 1967    .  The standards were




not  acceptable  as submitted  and revisions were  subsequently made by




the  State.   The standards received  Federal  approval, with some excep-




tions,  on February  28,  1968.   The revised standards and  exceptions  to




approval are summarized in Appendix B.   Negotiations with the State to




remove  these exceptions are  continuing.




     In the  Memphis area, water quality  standards were established  for




McKellar Lake,  Nonconnah  Creek and  the Wolf River in addition to the




Mississippi  River.   Standards were  not established for the only  other




sizeable stream in  the  area,  'the Loosahatchie River, since it is an




intrastate stream.   The State is currently  conducting hearings to




••'establish'-standards -for this-.stream.-



     Tennessee  specified  water uses to be protected in each stream



reach  and established different-water quality criteria-for each  use.




Where .more than one water use is specified, the most restrictive liir.it




on each water quality parameter applies. Designated water uses  to be




protected and stream reach boundaries are summarized in  Table IV-1.




The  two reaches defined for  each stream  apparently differentiate




between the  relatively  unpolluted upstream  areas and the downstream




readies affected by waate discharges i;i  the Memphis metropolitan area.



     For the Mississippi  and Wolf Rivers and Nonconnah Creek in  the




area affected by Memphis  pollution, the  fish and aquatic life criteria




are  the most restrictive. In McKellar Lake, the recreational criteria

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                             TABLE IV-1

                        DESIGNATED WATER USES
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 Stream
                                 Water Uses
Mississippi  River
Mississippi River
Wolf  River


Wolf  River
 Nonconnah Creek
•Nonconnah Creek.
McKcllar Lake
Mississippi River
Mississippi-Tennessee State
Line to upstream end of
Loosahatchie Bar
Upstream end of Loosahntchic
Bar to Kentucky-Tennessee
State Line
Mouth to L & N Railroad
Bridge

L & N Railroad Bridge to
Mississippi-Tennessee State
Line
Mouth to bridge on
Winchester Tlo'ad'
Winchester Road to Mead-
waters in Fayettc County
 Mississippi Kiver
       Arkansas

Missouri-Arkansas State
Line to Louisiana-Arkansas
State Line
Mississippi-Tennessee State
Line to Mississippi-Louisiana
State Line
 Industrial,  fish &
  aquatic life,  irri-
  gation, livestock
  watering &  wildlife,
  navigation

 Domestic raw water
  supply, industrial,
  fish & aquatic life,
  irrigation, recreation,
  livestock watering &
  wildlife, navigation

 Fish & aquatic  life
 Domestic raw water
  supply, industrial,
  fish & aquatic life,
  recreation, irrigation,
  livestock watering &
  wildlife

 Fish 6 aquatic life,
 ' .livest'ock: watering'
  & wildlife

•.Fish &. aquatic life,
  recreation, livestock
  watering & wildlife

 Industrial, fish &
  aquatic life, recrea-
  tion, -navigation
 Partial body contact
  recreation, fish &
  aquatic life,  assimila-
  tion of treated wastes,
  navigation

 Fish & wildlife

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add a bacteriological criterion to the more restrictive fish and wild-




life criteria.  Criteria of interest are those for dissolved oxygen,




pH, temperature, taste or odor, toxic substances and microbiological




coliform.




     The dissolved oxygen criterion specifies a minimum concentration




of 5.0 milligrams per liter (nig/1) except in limited stream sections




receiving treated effluents where a minimum of 3.0 mg/1 is allowed.




The interpretation of this criterion is controversial and open to




question.  It is interesting to contemplate the possibility that




untreated waste discharges may be required to meet the 5.0 mg/1 limit.




     Tennessee requires secondary treatment or the equivalent as the




minimum level of waste treatment for all discharges to interstate




waters.  Secondary treatment is defined as 75 to 90 percent removal




of the 5-day biochemical oxygen demand and from 80 to 90 percent sus-




pended solids removal.




     A number of industries and the City of Memphis were required to




provide new or improved treatment facilities by the Tennessee implemen-




tation plan.  The date for completion of these facilities, most signi-




ficantly the City of Memphis treatment plants, has been the subject




of controversy between the EM and Tennessee.  Some adjustments of




original compliance dates have been made.  Some waste sources are in




violation of the Federally approved implementation plan.  The status




of compliance for Tennessee waste sources is discussed in Chapter VI,




Sources of Pollution.

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Mississippi




     Water quality standards for the Mississippi River and other inter-




state waters in Mississippi were submitted on June 22, 1967, for




Federal approval.  The initial standards were not acceptable.  Revisions




to the standards were subsequently adopted by the Air and Water Pollu-




tion Control Commission.  The standards received Federal approval, with




a number of exceptions, on May 6, 1968.  The detailed standards and




exceptions to approval are summarized in Appendix C.  Negotiations are




continuing with Mississippi to resolve the exceptions.




     The structure of the Mississippi standards is similar to the




Tennessee standards.  Water uses were designated for each stream reach




and specific water quality criteria established for each water use.




As shown intTable.iy-l, Mississippi designated fish and wildlifc as




the only water use for the Mississippi River.  The specific criteria




for 'fish and wildlife uses are comparable to the Tennessee criteria




with the exception of the 4.0 mg/1 minimum limit for dissolved oxygen




concentrations.  This limit is not Federally approved.




     Mississippi requires secondary treatment or its equivalent for




all discharges of municipal wastes, industrial wastes, or other wastes.




No waste sources in the Memphis vicinity were listed in the Mississippi




implementation plan.




Abatement of Standards Violations




     Sections 10(c) and (g) of the Act provide means for abating pollu-




tion which is causing violations of the Federal-State water quality




standards discussed above.  Section 10(c)(5) provides that a notice




shall be issued to violators of the standards at least 180 days before

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     an abatement action is initiated in the courts.   If  reasonable action




     is not taken by the violators within the 180-day period  to  secure




     abatement of pollution, a direct court action can be requested under




     provisions of Section 10(g).   In cases where the discharge  or dis-




     charges causing the violations are located in a  different State  than




     the location of the violations, the Administrator of EPA can request




     the Attorney General to bring suit on behalf of  the  United  States  to




     secure abatement of pollution.  In cases where the discharges and  •




     violations are located in the same State, the written consent of the




     Governor of that State is required before court  action can  be requested,




          With regard to violations of Mississippi or Arkansas standards




     for the Mississippi River by  pollution from the  waste sources in




     Memphis, Tennessee, direct court action could be .requested  by the




     Administrator.  For violations of standards for  the  Mississippi  River




     in Tennessee and for the'Uol'f'River ,'McKellar Lake and Nonconnah Creek




     by pollution from Memphis sources, the consent of the Governor of




     Tennessee 'would be required'prior to initiating  court action.





C.   WASTE DISCHARGE PERMIT. PROGRAMS




     Refuse Act Permit Program (RAPP)




          The Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899 prohibits the discharge  of




     industrial wastes to navigable waters without a  permit from the  U.S.




     Army Corps of Engineers. Section 13 of the Act,  referred to as  the




     Refuse Act of 1899, makes it  unlawful to discharge from  any "...manu-




     facturing establishment, or mill of any kind, any refuse matter  of




     any kind or description whatever other than that flowing from streets




     and sewers and passing therefron in a liquid state,  into any navigable

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water of the United States, or into any tributary of any navigable




water from which the same shall float or be washed into such navigable




water..." provided that a discharge may be permitted under certain




conditions specified by the Corps of Engineers.




     Executive Order No. 11574, signed by President Nixon on December




23, 1970, tightened enforcement of the Refuse Act of 1899 by requir-




ing that all sources of industrial wastes discharging to navigable




waters on their tributaries must apply to the Corps of Engineers by




July 1, 1971, for permits to continue such discharges.  To meet the




requirements of the Executive Order, the Corps of Engineers and the




EPA have cooperatively undertaken a major program to process permit




applications, develop permit requirements and issue permits.  The




respective responsibilities of the Corps of.Engineers, and the EPA are




spelled out in a memorandum of agreement between the Administrator of




the EPA and the Secretary of the Army which was signed on January 12,




1971(3).




     In general, the permit processing is conducted as follows.




Applications are submitted by industries to the District Office of the




Corps of Engineers.  For the Memphis area, this office is the U.S.




Army Engineer District, Memphis, Tennessee.  A copy of the application




is forwarded to the proper EPA regional office for review.  Applications




from Mississippi and Tennessee are reviewed by the Region IV office,




Atlanta, Georgia.  Arkansas applications are reviewed by the Region VI




office, Dallas, Texas.  The applications are also reviewed by the




State pollution control agency for certification as discussed in the




following section.

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     Following their review, the EPA regional office advises the




District Engineer on water quality aspects of the discharge and ap-




plicable water quality standards.  EPA may also specify some permit




requirements including effluent requirements where appropriate.




     The District Engineer issues the discharge permit when all re-




view actions have been completed.  In cases where the discharge may




be of major public interest, a public hearing may be held prior to




issue of the permit.




     Detailed application forms have been developed cooperatively by




the Corps of Engineers and the EPA.  These forms are reproduced in




Appendix D.  The form is divided into two parts, A and B.  Part A




contains basic information on the type of industry, main processes and




products, water use and discharge locations.  A qualitative summary




of waste constituents and a very limited amount of quantitative waste




data for c'ertain" critical industries "are also included.  Part A was




required to be submitted by July 1," 1971.




     'Part B of the application contains detailed quantitative' waste




constituent data.   This form was required to be submitted by certain




critical industry types by October 1, 1971.




     Not all known industrial waste discharges in the Memphis area met




the July 1 deadline for submission of Part A.  As of September 15, the




number of applications being processed by the Atlanta EPA office had




reached 31.  The number being processed by the Memphis District Engineer




was not known.  Several delinquent applications were known to have been




submitted to the District Engineer as the result of a delinquent notice




mailed by the Corps of Engineers.  The status of Part B submissions is

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not known at this time.




     Processing of the permit applications will continue for up  to one




year.  Specific permit requirements may thus not be available for some




time.




State Certifications




     Section 21(b) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as




amended by the Water Quality Improvement Act of 1970, provides that




"Any applicant for a Federal license or permit to conduct any activity




including, but not limited to, the construction or operation of  facil-




ities , which may result in any discharge into the navigable waters of




the United States, shall provide the licensing or permitting agency a




certification from the State in which the discharge originates or will




originate, or, ^..appropriate,, from the interstate.water pp.llution




control agency having jurisdiction over the navigable waters at  the




point where the discharge originates or will' originate, that there is




reasonable assurance, as determined by the State or interstate agency




that such activity will be conducted in a manner which will not  violate




applicable water quality standards."




     All industrial waste sources applying for discharge permits under




the provisions of the Refuse Act are required to obtain a State  certi-




fication as discussed above.  In addition, other activities such as




construction of structures in navigable waters, since such activity




requires a. Federal permit, must also obtain a State certification.




     Discharges to navigable waters existing prior to April 3, 1970,




are allowed until April 3, 1973 to receive certification.

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Oil Pollution Regulations.




     Federal rules regulating the discharge of oil to navigable waters




were established on September 11, 1970, pursuant to the provisions of




Section 11 (b) (3) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended




by the Water Quality Improvement Act of 1970.  These rules prohibit




discharges of oil to navigable waters from any source which:




     "(a) Violate applicable water quality standards, or




      (b) Cause a film or sheen upon or discoloration of the surface




          of the water or adjoining shorelines or causes sludge or




          emulsion to be deposited beneath the surface of the water




          or upon adjoining shorelines".




     Waste discharges in the Memphis area must comply with these




regulations.




>tate I)isc.re Periaits,
     All three States 'in the 'Memphis' area have some form of discharge




permit requirement.  Both Arkansas and Mississippi water pollution




control laws contain provisions which require any source of industrial




or municipal waste 'to secure a permit from the State pollution control




agency to discharge such wastes into surface waters.  Construction




plans and specifications for proposed treatment facilities arc reviewed




and the adequacy of treatment evaluated.  A discharge permit is issued




to adequate treatment facilities.




     The Tennessee stream pollution control law contains provisions




which authorize the Tennessee Stream Pollution Control Board to issue




discharge permits.  The Board has established general regulations which

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specify the conditions under which a permit may be issued.   These




regulations are presented in Appendix E.  All discharges of sewage,




industrial wastes or other wastes are required to obtain a  permit.




The discharge permits stipulate the conditions which must be main-




tained in the discharge effluents by means of limiting concentrations




on specific waste constituents and other restrictions.  In  effect,




the discharge permits set effluent requirements.




     The Tennessee regulations also provide that a "Tolerance Permit"




may be issued in cases where pollution cannot be immediately abated




and the discharge is not immediately dangerous to health.  Abatement




of pollution must be achieved within a reasonable time period.




     Several of the industrial waste sources in the Memphis area have




received discharge .permits.  .A number of sources are discharging under




tolerance permits with inadequate or no treatment.  A common justi-




fication for such permits is that the waste source plans to connect




to the Memphis sewerage system when a planned interceptor sewer  is




completed in the vicinity.

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             CHAPTER V.  HISTORY OF ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS





A.   FEDERAL-STATE ENFORCEMENT CONFERENCE




          During the winter of 1963-64, a massive fish kill occurred in the




     Lower Mississippi River.  Investigations of the kill revealed that the




     pesticide Endrin was the causative agent.  The Velsicpl Chemical




     Corporation, in Memphis, Tennessee, one of two Endrin manufacturers




     in the United States, was found to be a major source of Endrin pollu-




     tion in the river.  As a result of this interstate pollution a




     Conference in the Matter of Pollution of the Interstate Waters of the




     Lower Mississippi River (Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee)




     was held on Hay 5 and 6, 1964 in New Orleans, Louisiana.  A summary of




     the conference is presented in Appendix F.




         "'.Following :the conference',several' -significant -.actions- were taken.




     which, together, resulted in the elimination of further Endrin caused




     fish kills in the lower Mississippi River.  The Velsicol Chemical




     Corporation instituted waste treatment and disposal practices which




     substantially reduced the discharge of Endrin from this source.  Other




     sources of Endrin were identified and reductions effected.  The general




     use of Endrin on agricultural lands also declined.




          In response to a request for technical assistance from the State




     of Louisiana and recommendations of the conference, the Lower Mississippi




     Technical Assistance Project was initiated with headquarters in Baton




     Rouge, Louisiana.  The Project was staffed by-predecessor agencies of




     EPA.  The Project conducted intensive studies of the occurrence and




     sources of pesticides in the Lower Mississippi River and major tribu-




     taries from Hickman, Kentucky, to the gulf of Mexico, a distance of

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about 900 miles.  These studies were conducted from October, 1964, to




September, 1967.  Monitoring of the Velsicol Chemical Corporation waste




discharges continued through December, 1968.




     The results of the Project's studies were published in June,




1969    .  Significant findings applicable to the Memphis area are as




follows:




1.  Although the Velsicol Chemical Corporation has made significant




    progress in reducing Endrin losses from its Memphis plant, the




    potential still exists for releases that could result in concen-




    trations toxic to aquatic life in the Lower Mississippi River.




2.  Endrin contamination of the Memphis, Tennessee, area tributaries




    including the Wolf, Hatchic and Loosahatchic Rivers and Nonconnah




    Creek, is greater ..than, the contamination in other., .waterways, of the.




    Lower Mississippi River Basin.  Ac late as early 1967, Endrin con-




    centrations in the Wolf River especially were dangerous to fish




    populations and other aquatic life.




3.  The Hardenan County, Tennessee, farm utilized by the Velsicol




    Chemical Corporation'as a dump for solid waste materials is a




    potential source of groundwater contamination.





     With respect to Endrin pollution, the recommendations of the




conference have been complied with and no additional formal action has




been taken.  The conference did raise the possibility that discharges




pf sewage and Indus trial-wastes reaching the Mississippi River may




have been causing pollution of an interstate nature which required




further study.  The conference could be reconvened at the call of the

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     Chairman, if the technical committee so recommended.  No formal action




     to reconvene the conference to consider other types of pollution has




     been taken.




B.   MERCURY POLLUTION INVESTIGATIONS




          As the result of the discovery of mercury contaminated fish in




     various waters across the country which were receiving industrial waste




     discharges containing mercury, a nationwide survey of potential sources




     of mercury pollution was undertaken during the second half of 1970.




     Five such sources in the Memphis area were surveyed.




          The Buckeye Cellulose Corporation plant at 28SO Jackson Avenue,




     Memphis, was surveyed and two sets of effluent samples obtained.  Grab




     samples were taken on July 22, 1970 and a 24-hour composite sample was




     taken on August 13, 1970,  llercury jLn.tlie plant effluent was below




     detectable limits,  iso mercury is used in plant procnsses.




          Buckman'Laboratories, manufacturers of industrial chemicals,




     utilize some mercury'in their operations.  Grab samples of the plant




     effluent collected on July 21, 1970 and a 24-hour composite sample




     ob'tained on August 11, 1970 indicated that the mercury discharge from




     this facility was only about 0.01 pound per day.




          The K. T. du?ont de Ncnours plant in Memphis was sampled on




     July 21 and August 5, 1970.  Mercury concentrations in the plant




     effluent were less than detection li.rn.ts.




          Chapman Chemical Company formulates sor.ie chemical compounds




     utilizing mercury bearing compounds.  Production is by batch process.




     Sampling of the plant effluent on July 22 and August 14, 1970,

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     indicated that the mercury discharge from this source is less than 0.01



     pounds per day.



          Velsicol Chemical Company effluent was sampled on July 22 and



     August 7, 1970.  Mercury levels in the effluent were below detection



     limits.  The company produces chlorine utilizing Hooker cells and does



     not use mercury in any of its manufacturing processes.



          As a result of the above surveys, it "as concluded that no signi-



     ficant sources of mercury pollution existed in the Memphis area.



C.   REFUSE ACT ACTIONS



          On August 17, 1970, the United States Attorney for the Western



     District of Tennessee requested the District Engineer, U. S. Army



     Engineers District, Memphis, Tennessee, to undertake an investigation



     of., pollution.- o.f- Nonconnah, Cr.eek and ..McKellar .Lake by American .Finishing.



     Company    .  This request was prompted by numerous complaints to the



     U. S. Attorney from private individuals.



          On October 23, 1970, staff from the Memphis Corps of Engineers



     Office visited the American Finishing Company plant site and obtained



     visible evidence of pollution of Nonconnah Creek.  Samples of the plant



     effluent were obtained that some date by the Memphis and Shelby County



     Health Department.  Analysis of the samples indicated that the effluent



     had a high temperature (106°F) and had high pH, excessively high COD,


                                  (12)
     high BOD and suspended solids    .  The chemical and physical charac-



     teristics were grossly in.violation of.acceptable limits for .waste dis-



     charges to Nonconnah Creek as established by the Tennessee Department



     of Public Health.

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     The U. S. District Court of the Western District of Tennessee,




Western Division, Memphis, issued an order on September 2, 1971 to




the Whittakcr Corporation Textile Service Center (formerly American




Finishing Company) citing four counts of pollution and requesting an




initial court hearing on September 24, 1971 (II. S. v. American Finish-




ing Company, CR-71-179, 33.USC § 407).  The results of that hearing




arc not known at this time.




     In response to a request from the Region IV Enforcement Office,




sampling of effluents from two industries in Memphis was conducted in




September, 1971, by DFIC staff.  This sampling was to establish that




these industries were discharging wastes to tributaries of navigable




waters.  Neither industry had filed an application for a Refuse Act




discharge permit.




     On Scptcuber 8, 1971, waste effluents at the Chapman Chenical




Company, 216 lirooks Road, were' sampled by••DFIC and a'waste discharge




confirmed.  No notice of delinquency in filing a permit'application




had been received from the Corps of Engineers.  The Company subse-




quently filed a permit application with the Corps oi: Engineers on




September 15, 1971.




     Between 1 larch am! Aujust, 1971, the Chapman Chenical Company




effluents were sampled on a nu-iibcr of occasions.  On at least seven




different days, one or more parameters in the waste effluent were




found to be in violation of applicable effluent requirements.




     On September 9, 1971, DFIC staff sampled waste effluents at the




Whit taker Corporation Textile Service Center and confirmed the exis-




tence of waste discharges to Nonconnah Creek.  On August 4, 1971, the

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Corps of Engineers had notified the Corporation that they were delin-




quent in filing a permit application.   The Corpration then notified




the Corps of Engineers of their intent to connect their waste discharge




to the Cane Creek Interceptor Sewer (completed in September,  1971).




The connection was to be completed by  December, 1971.  The Corporation




contended that since they were connecting to a municipal sewer,  they




did not need to apply for a discharge  permit.  Arrangements were com-




pleted by the Corporation about September 9 for the connecting sewer-




construction and for the waste acceptance contract with Memphis.

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                   CHAPTER VI.  SOURCES OF POLLUTION





      The principal sources of pollution in the Memphis area are untreated




 and Inadequately treated municipal and industrial waste discharges.  Agri-




 cultural runoff from adjacent rural areas and typical urban runoff also




 contribute pollution.




      Pollution control measures in the Memphis metropolitan area have lagged




 significantly behind national progress in cities of similar size.  The




 large assimilative capacity of the Mississippi River reduced the apparent




 need for major treatment facilities.  Tributary streams were grossly polluted,




 however, and initial pollution control measures have been directed toward




 reducing or eliminating such pollution.




      A distinct pattern of waste, sources and waste disposal practices can




-.be .fiisc.erned. ..Within the area ..served -by. .the.Memphis • sewer system, -'essentially




 all sources of sanitary sewage have been connected to collection or inter-




 ceptor sewers.  Wastes so collected arc discharged to the Mississippi River




 without treatment.  A majority of the industries located within the sewp.rcd




 area also discharge their industrial wastes to the city sewer system.  Some




 industries provide pretreatir.ent prior to such discharge.  A number of indus-




 tries located in close proximity to tributary strear.s discharge treated and/or




 untreated industrial wastes directly to the tributaries.




      Outside of the sewered area, most sources of sanitary sewage provide




 secondary treatment.  Industrial waste sources also generally provide some




 treatment although it may .riot be adequate. .. Specific sources.of pollution




 and treatment facilties are discussed below.

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A.   MUNICIPAL WASTE SOURCES




          Almost all of the municipal wastes in the Memphis area arc col-




     lected by the city sewer system.  This system is presently being sub-




     stantially improved by the construction of a number of large interceptor




     sewers.  These interceptors primarily parallel existing sewers and are




     designed to relieve overloads of the existing system, allow connection




     of additional industrial waste sources and extension of the system to




     presently unsewered areas.  The improvements are based on a regional




     sewerage plan completed in 1969




          At present, about 90 million gallons per day (mgd) of untreated




     municipal and industrial wastes are discharged from the Memphis sewer




     system to the Mississippi River through six outfalls.  These outfalls




     are listed in Table VI-1 and shown in Figure VI-1.  The population




     served by each outfall is unknown; however, the sewered population is




     estimated 'to total about'- 050',"000/




          Two-major waste treatment facilities arc planned by the City of




     -Memphis to provide secondary treatment for all municipal and industrial




     wastes in the metropolitan area.  The South Plant is under construction




     near the outlet of the Noncounah Creel; Interceptor.  This plant, which




     has a design capacity of 85 mgd, will serve the Nonconnah Creek, Pack-




     inghouse, and President's Island Interceptors, and the Horn Lake Creek




     area presently served by an interim treatment facility.  Completion is




     scheduled for July, 1974.




          The North Plant is scheduled to be placed under construction




     about January, 1973, and to be completed by December 1976.  The plant,

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Figure VI-1.  Sources of Pollution
         (to be ins erted)

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                             TABLE VI-1.
                       MUNICIPAL WASTE SOURCES
No.
Source
Population Flow               Receiving
  Served    MGD   Treatment     Water
 1.    City of West Memphis
                 ARKANSAS

                 25,000


               MISSISSIPPI
            1.87  Primary
 2.    Horn Lake Creek
        Sanitary District*

 3.    Horn Lake Creek
        Sanitary District*

 4.    Horn Lake Creek
        Sanitary District*
 5.    City of Arlington
                                   None
                                   None
                                   None
                              TENNESSEE
                    370      0.37  Lagoons
 6.    City of Collierville     2,400      0.24  Lagoon
 7.    -Ellendale-                 610'
        Utility District No. 1

 8.    Kllendalc                  500
        Utility District No. 2

 9.    Ellendnle                  500
        Utility District No. 3

10.    City of Memphis           	
        Front Street Interceptor**

11.    City of Muinpitis           	
        Loosahacchie River
        Interceptor**

12.    City of Memphis           	
        Nonconnah Creek
        Interceptor*
                                   Lagoon


                                   Lagoon
                                   Lagoon
                            22.50  None
                             2.40  N
                            17.10  None
Mississippi
 River
                              Rocky Creek to
                               Horn Lake Creek

                              Horn Lake Creek
                              Horn Lake
                              Loosahatchie
                               River

                              Ditch to Wolf
                               River

                              Fletcher" Creek
                              Fletcher Creek
                              Fletcher Creek
                              Mississippi
                               River

                              Mississippi
                              •River
                              Mississippi
                               River

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                        TABLE VI-1.  (cont'd)

                       MUNICIPAL WASTE SOURCES
                                                                     31
No.           Source
                        Population Flow
                          Served    MOD
                             Receiving
                 Treatment     Water
                         TENNESSEE (con'd)

13.    City of Memphis
        Packing House
        Interceptor*

14.    City of Memphis
        President's Island
        Interceptor*

15.    City of Memphis
        Wolf River
        Interceptor**

16.    City of Memphis          1,000
        Horn Lake Creek Plant*

17."    City of Millington     '  7,:>uu
18.    Millington Naval Base
19.
20.
Shelby County Clover-    1,200
 haven Utility District
 No. 2
Shelby County
 Lakeland Develop-
 ment No. 3
1,000
                                    3.10  None
                                    0.54  None
                                   44.40  None
                                          Lagoon
                             Mississippi
                              River
                             Mississippi
                              River
                             Mississippi
                              River
                             Horn Lake Cutoff
           1.33  Secondary   Big'Creek
                 (trickling
                  •filters)

           1.42  Secondary   Big Creek
                 (trickling
                  filters.)

          	    Lagoon      Big Creek
Lagoon      Loosahatchie River
*   To be served by the Memphis South Plant
**  To be served by the Memphis North Plant

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which has a design capacity of 135 mgd will serve the Front Street,




Wolf River and Loosahatchie Interceptors.  The Loosahatchie Interceptor




may be extended after 1972 to serve the Woodstock, Millington and




Arlington areas presently served by local treatment facilities.




     The implementation plan submitted with the initial Tennessee water




quality standards called for completion of primary treatment facilities




by the end of 1972 to serve all of the Memphis discharges.  The pri-




mary treatment requirement was in conflict with the Tennessee Stream




Pollution Control Board requirement that all waste sources provide




secondary treatment.  The Memphis implementation schedule was not




Federally approved.  The validity of the scheduled July 1974 and




December 1976 completion dates as standards compliance dates is thus




j»dt.. clear.




     There arc several other minor municipal waste sources in the




Memphis vicinity.  These sources are listed in Table VI-1.  The City




of West Memphis primary treatment facility is the only significant




municipal waste source not scheduled to be served by the Memphis




regional sewerage system.  The Arkansas implementation plan called for




completion of secondary treatment facilities for West Memphis in 1969.




The primary plant was completed in 1971.  This waste source is in




violation of the implementation plan.




     A number of small, non-municipal sewage treatment facilities arc




scattered around the .Memphis vicinity.  These, facilities, which arc




listed in Table VI-2, provide treatment for sanitary wastes from




schools, industries, subdivisions and other facilities located outside

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No.



 1.

 2.

 3.


 4.

 5.

 6.

 7.

 8.

 9..

10.

11.
12.

13.

14.

15.

16.

17.

18.
                             TABLE VI-2

              NON-MUNICIPAL SEWAGE TREATMENT FACILITIES
                                Type
Facility                      Treatment

         LOOSAHATCHIE RIVER DRAINAGE BASIH
                   Receiving
                    Stream
Barrett's Chapel School

Bolton School

Chromium Mining & Smelting
 Corporation

Dupont Chemical Company

Grace Chemical Company

E. E. Jeter School

Lucy School

'Pleasant View Trailer Park

Shadowlawn School-
  % • •             "

Taylor Forge

.Tennessee Department of
 Mental Health
Oxidation Lagoon

Oxidation Lagoon

Imhoff Tank
Loosahatchie River
Imhoff Tank        Loosahatchie River

Imhoff Tank        Loosahatchie River

Extended Aeration

Extended Aeration

Oxidation Lagoon

Oxidation,Lagoon

Oxidation Lagoon

Oxidation Lagoon
             WOLF RIVER DRAINAGE BASIH

Adams Brothers Co., Eads

Baptist Children's Home

Holly Kills Country Club
Oxidation Lagoon

Oxidation Lagoon

Oxidation Lagoon
Houston Levee Country Club    Oxidation Lagoon
L & N Industrial Park

Mount Pisgah School

Parsons Manufacturing &
 Stamping Company
Oxidation Lagoon

Oxidation Lagoon

Extended Aeration

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                        TABLE VI-2  (cont'd)

              NON-MUNICIPAL SEWAGE TREATMENT FACILITIES


                                         Type             Receiving
No.      Facility                      Treatment           Stream

                 WOLF RIVER DRAINAGE BASIN (cont'd)

19.      Tranqualair Hospital          Oxidation Lagoon

20.      Walnut Grove Lake             Oxidation Lagoon
          Subdivision

21.      Walnut Grove Subdivision      Oxidation Lagoon


                   NONCONNAH £REEK DRAINAGE BASIN

22.      Bella Vista Country Club      Oxidation Lagoon

23.      Pace Corporation              Oxidation Lagoon

24,..     ...Ten.ness.ee ...Yard, Capleyille-.   Trickling Filter

25.      White's Chapel School         Extended Aeration

26.      Windyke Country Club          Oxidation Lagoon

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     sewered areas.  With the exception of the three industries in the




     Loosahatchic River drainage, all sources provide secondary treatment.





B.   INDUSTRIAL WASTE SOURCES




          There are a large number of industrial establishments in the




     Memphis area, as would be expected for a city of this size.  A 1969


                                                                          (8 )
     industrial directory listed over 600 individual industrial facilities




     A majority of these industries would be expected to generate no signi-




     ficant quantities of industrial wastes.  It is probable that most such




     industries and a number of industries with significant industrial




     waste discharges are connected to the Memphis sewer system.




          The exact number of industrial sources discharging to surface




     streams other than through the Memphis sewer system is unknown.  An




    .inventory, of possible .industrial,- waste, .discharges.^prepared;by. the...



                                                                       (21)
     Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Field Station of liPA listed 185 industries




     A 1970 Memphis and Shelby County Health Department report listed 70




     known industrial waste discharges    .  Industrial waste source surveys




     have been conducted during the past year at 45 industries with known



                                                                  ( ??)
     discharges by the Memphis and Shelby County Health Department    .




     Refuse Act permit applications had been received from 31 industries




     in the Memphis area as of September 15, 1971.  From this information,




     it can be concluded that there are probably in the range of 100 dis-




     charges of industrial wastes directly to surface streams.  Industri.il




    .wastes also make up a substantial portion.of the wastes.discharged




     by the Memphis sewer system.




          From the above information, Table VI-3 was prepared to summarize

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             TABLE VI-3




INDUSTRIAL WASTE DISCHARGE SUMMARY
Discharge to Sewerace System
Industry Nane
Ho. r.r.d Address .
Type
Indus try
(SIC)
Volume Type
(MGD) Waste Treatment
Sewerage
Svs tern
Surface Discharge
Receiving Volume
Stream (MOD)
Type
Was tc
Treatment
Remarks
LOOSAHATCHIE RIVER DRAINAGE
1. Cardox "'vision
Chemetxon Corporation
5800 Old Millinp,ton Rd.

2. Chromium Mining & Smelting
Co™.par.y
3323 Flee Road

3. E. I. duPont de Nemours
& Company
Highway 51 N.
' Woodstock, Tennessee



4. V. R. Grace & Company
Agricultural Chcnicals
Group
Woodstock, Tennessee

5. tlllok Chemicals, Inc.
5030 Old Xillinston Rd.




Manufacture
Carbon
Dioxide
(2813)
Fcrro Alloy
Smelter
(3313)

Manufacture
of General
Industrial
Organic &
Inorganic
Chemicals
(2818-2C19)
Production
of Ammonia
& Urea
(2871)

Manufacture
of Cyanurlc
Chloride
(231U)


Sanitary Primary
(W. R.
Grace)

0.01 Sanitary • Imhotf
Tan!(-
~

' Sanitary Irahoff
Tank





Sanitary Inhoff
Tank-



0.003 Sanitary Primary
and
Lagoon



W. R.
'Grace


Company
Cvned


Company
'Cvned





Company
'Owned



Company
Owned




Uitch to
Loosahatchie
River

Ditch to 0.47
Loosahatchie
River

Loosahatchle 10. 5
River





Drain Ditch 1.46
to
Loosahatchie
River

Loosahatchie 0.02
River
No Discharge 0.01



Storm
Drainage


Cooling
Water
Process
Wastes
Cooling
Water
Process
Wastes
•


Cooling
Water
Process
Wastes

Cooling
Water
Process
Wastes


„



—



Alkali-
Chlorine
Treatment
of cyanide
wastes


Lagoon




—

Alkaline
Chlorinatlon
and Holding
Pond
Adjacent to W.R. Grace
& Co. Plane


Sanitary wastes also
Discharged to
Loosahatchie River.

Sanitary wastes also
Discharged to
Loosahatchie River.




State effluent permit
requires additional
treatment in 1973 and
1974. Sanitary wastes
to River.
Effluent permit for
holding pond, but no
discharge scheduled
before 1974. Sanitary
wastes to river.

                                                                                             to

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             TABLE VI-3 (cont'd)




INDUSTRIAL "WASTE -DISCHARGE SWMARY
Industry "ano
I'o. and Address
Type .
Industry
(SIC)
Discharge to Sewer.ice System
Volume Type Scwcrngc
(MCD) Waste • Treatment 'System

Receiving
Stream
Surface Discharge
Volume Type
(MOD) Waste

Treatment Remarks
LOgSjuiATCJUE RIVER DRAINAGE (Cont)
6. The Sanymetal Products
Corpany, Inc.
11C06 Memphis-Arlington Rd.
Arlington, Tennessee .









7. Adams Brothers Co., Inc.
Highway 64
Ecds , Tennessee
8. Allen Concrete Co.
1572 Chelsea



9. Atlas Chemical Industries,
Inc.
1235 Pope Street


Plating Zinc
Castings
Anodyzing
Aluminum
(3471)








Extrusion of
PVC Pipe
(3079)
Ready Mix
Concrete
Concrete
IJlocks
(3271-3273)
Production of
Food Emulsl-
fiers
(2096)

_-











WOLF '.RIVER DRAINAGE
-- Sanitary Lagoan Company
pwncd

0.001 Sanitary None- Chelsea
Avenue
"Sewer
(Memphis)

0.01 Sanitary — WarEorJ
Avenue'
Sower
(Memphis)

Ditch to
Loosnhatchic
River









BASIN
__


Allen Lake




Drain to
Workhouse
Bayou


0.02 Process
Wastes











0.29 Cooling
water

0.03 Truck
Wash



0.12 Process
Was tes



Alkaline
Chlorination
of cyanide
wastes.
Evaporation
of chromic
wastes.
Chemical
treatment,
neutraliza-
tion and
lagoon.

__


Settling In Private Lake on
Lake property receives
waste water.


Oil flotation High COD waste



to
-o

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             TABtK VI-3 (eont'd)


INDUSTRIAL' WASTE DISCHARGE SUMMARY
Discharge to. Sewerage
So.
10.
11.

12.

13.



14.

15.
Industry Name
and Address
Borg-Warncr
E. L. Bruce •
1648 Thomas

Buckeye Cellulose Corp.
Hollywood Mill
2782 Chelsea Avenue

Buckeye Cellulose Corp.
C & S Division
2899 Jsckson Avenue


Buckraan Chemical Company
1256 H. McLean Blvd.

Commercial Chemical Corp.
1172 Thomas
Type
Industry Volume
(SIC) (MOD)
•__
Prefinished
Wooil Floor-
ing, Furniture
Parts
(2420-2511)
Cottonseed 0.23
and Soybean
Oil
(2091-2092)
Chemical Pulp 10.60
(2021)



Industrial 0.86
Chemicals
(2318-2819)
Arsenic Acid 0.58
Production
(2819)
Typo
Waste Treatment
•WOLF RIVER
t
Sanitary —

Sanitary —
' and Process
Wastes

Sanitary ' -^
and Process
Wastes


Sanitary ~
and Process
Was tes •
Sanitary -.-
and Boiler
Slowdown
System Surface
Sewerage Receiving Volume
.Svstein Stream (MOD)
•.
DRAINAGE BASIN (Cont)
, — Workhouse 0.002
Bayou
Memphis Leath 0.60
•Sewer Bayou

Memphis Fairfax 1.40
'Sewers Storm Drain
.
Wolf Cypress Creek 1.51
River
Interceptor
(Memphis)


•Wolf Cypress Creek 0.01
River
Interceptor
Memphis Leath 0.01
• Sewers Bayou
Discharge
Type
Was tc Treatment Remarks
Industrial — Discharge contains oil
Waste
Cooling ~
Watcr
Boiler
Slowdown

Cooling ~
Water

Cooling —
Water
Water treat-
ment Plant
V.'astewaters
Floor
Drainage
Boiler —
Slowdown

Memphis-Shelby Health
Department Report
indicates possible
                                                                         pesticides discharge
                                                                                             to
                                                                                             00

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             TABL£ vi-3 (cont'd)
INDUSTRIAL'.WASTE- DISCHARGE SUMMARY
Discharge to' Sewerage System
No.

IS.


17.'



18.



19.



20.



21.'

22.


Industry Name
and Address

Cordova Sand and Gravel Co.
8348 Ralcigh-LcGrangc Rd.

The Firestone Tire and
Rubber Company
Firestone Blvd.
m
Hu-nko Products, Operation
of Kraftco Corn.
1231 Pope Avenue

liunko Products, Division
of Kraftco
1702 Thonas Street

Kimberly-Clark Corp.
400 Mahannali Avenue


Lehnan-Rober ts
1093 Wilson
The Lchon Company
Division of Philip Carey
Corp.
Type
Industry Volume
(SIC) (MOD)

Washed Sand
and Gravel
(144)
Automobile 0.25
Tires
(3011)

Soap, vege-
table Oils,
Fatty Acids
( ~ )
Edible Oil 0.05
Production
(2096)

Sanitary 0.28
Paper Prod.
(2647)

Asphalt Mixes —
(2951)
Asphalt Roof-
ir.£ Dry Felt
(2952)
Type ."• ' Sewerase
Waste Treatment Systc-.
WOLF RIV ER DRAINAGE
None ~» . —

•
Sanitary ~ Memphis
Scuers


— ._ • __



Sanitary — * Memphis
•Sewer


Sanitary — r Memphis
•Sewer


Sanitary — Memphis
.Severs
-_ . — —


Receiving
Stream
BASIN (Cont)
. _


Leath
Bayou


Workhouse
Bayou


Leath
Bayou


Wolf River



Allen Lake

Leath
Bcyou

Surface Discharge
Volume Type
(MOD) Waste Treatment Remarks

— Gravel Sediment
wash- ponds
water
2.00 Cooling — Plan to connect process
Water . wastes to Wolf River
Process Interceptor
Waste
0.90 Process Primary To connect to Wolf
Wastes treatment River Interceptor in
Cooling under con- 1972
Water struction
4.14 Cooling* ~ To connect to Memphis
Water sewers September 1971.
Process
Wastes
7.30 Process Screening To connect to Wolf
Wastes River Interceptor in
Cooling 1972
Water
0.05 Scrubber
Overflow
0.30 Cooling —
Water
Wash Water
l .1
                                                                                               vo

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             TABLE VI-3 (eont'd)




INDUSTRIAL WASTE'DISCHARGE SUMMARY
Dlscharcc to Sewerage
Industry Name'
No. and Address

23. Lindie

24. Memphis Stone and Gravel Co.
East Plant
South Sanga Road
25. John Morrel and Company
1400 Warford

26. National Cylinder Gas
1182 Tully



27. Pulvair Corp.
2885 Warford Place

28. The Quaker Oats Company
Chemical Plant
3324 Chelsea Avenue


29. Ralston-Purina



Type
Industry Volume
(SIC) (MGD)

m*mf • •

Washed Sand
and Gravel
(144)
Meat Packing —
Rendering
(2011)
Acetclvne Gas
(2813)



Pesticide —
Formulation
(2879)
Production of 0.90
Furfural,
Furfuryl
Alcohol
(2818)
—



Type
Waste Treatment
WOLF 'RIVER
^™ «••

__ —


Sanitary Blood
(Process Recovery
. 7)'
Sanitary




Sanitary —
(Process •?)

Sanitary —
Process
Was tcs •


— — -



System
Sewerage
Svstem
DRAINAGE
— _

—


fcenphis
' Sewers

' Memphis
Sewers



Memphis
.•Sewers

Wolf
River
Inter-
ceptor

—



Surface
Receiving Volume
Stream (KCD)
BASIN (Cont)
Cypress 0.001

Wolf River


Workhouse 0.10
Bayou '

Leath 0.003
Bayou •



__ __


Wolf River 2.10




Cypress Creek 2.00



Discharge
Type
Waste Treatment Remarks
•
Industrial — •
Was tcs
Gravel Settling
Wash- Basins
vatcr
Holding — To connect to Workhouse
Pen Spray Bayou Interceptor
(Process ?)
Cooling --
Water
Process
Was tes
(Lime Slurry)
— - .No known surface dis-
charge. One four-inch
sewer.
Cooling —
Water


'
Cooling —
Water
Boiler
Slowdown £"

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             TABLE VI-3 (cont'd)




INDUSTRIAL- WASTE DISCHARGE SUMMARY
Discharge Co Sewerage SvsCcn Surface Discharge
No.

30.


31.


32.




33.

34.







Industry Naaie
and Address .

. Southern Boiler and
Tank Works
1199 Thonas Street
Standard Construction-
Company , Inc .
3260 Houston Leves Rd-.
Trunbull Asphalt Conpany
710 Corrinc Street



Taylor Forge Division.'
5577 Taylor Forge Drive
Velsicol Chemical Corp.
1199 War ford Street






Type
Indus try Volume
(SIC) (MOD)

Steel Tank
Fabrication
(3443)
Washed Sand —
and Gravel
(144)
Asphalt
Products
(2951)


Pipe Fittings —
(3493)
Chlorine 6 4.42
Sodium
Hydroxide
MfR.
(2812)
Chlorinated
Pesticides
(2815)
Type " Sewerage Receiving Volume Type
Waste Treatment System Stream (MOD) Waste Treatment Remarks
WOLF RIVER DRAINAGE BASIN (Cont)
Sanitary — : Memphis Storm Drain 0.001 Testing
Sewers Water

Sanitary Septic Private — — Gravel —
Tank. Wash water

— — ! — — 0.001 Cooling — •
Water
Boiler
Slowdown
(Process ?)
Sanitary 'Oxidation Private Storm Drain 0.02 Cooling — To connect to sanitary
Pond' Water sewer September, 1971.
Sanitary — • — Cypress Creek 0.001 — —
and Process
Wastes






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             TABLB:'VI-3  (cont'd)




INDUSTRIAL-WASTE DiSCHARGE SUMMARY
No.


35.


36.




37.


33.



39.

40.



41.



Industry Kane
and Address


Air Products & Chemicals,
Inc.
Sodley & La Chan Streets
American Finishing Co.
('.%'!iit taker Corporation)
615 Eodlcy Avenue

•
Armour & Company
1337 Riverside Drive

V. M. Sarr Conpany, Inc.
2336 S. Lauderdall Street


Surks-Uallnan Company
712 Crur.p Blvd.
Cargill, Inc.
Processing 6 Refining Div.


Central Soya



Dischnrjic to Sewerage Systcn Surface
Type
Industry Volume Type Sewerage RcceivinR Volume
(SIC) (MCU) Waste Treatment System Stream O'CD)
'
NOKCOKKAII CREEK DRAINAGE BASIN
Acetylene 0.01 Sanitary — Memphis Storm Drain to 0.02
C.is Sewers Nonco'nnah Creek
' (2313)
Broad t.'oven — — — - — Drainage Ditch 3.00
Cotton to Nonconnah
Fabirc Fin- Creek
ishcrs
(2201)
Meat Packing — Sanitary Clari'ffer Menphis McKellar Lake 1.00
(2011) ft Process & Screen- Outfall
Was tcs ing
Paint Remover — — — — — 0.002
Wood Preserva-
tives
(2351)
Paints — — — — — 0.002
(2351)
Soybean Oil 0.06 Sanitary — ••• Memphis McKellar Lake 4.80
Products Sewers
(2092)
.
0.01



Discharge
Type
Waste Treatment Remarks


Line Settling
Slurry

Process
Wastes
Dye
Wastes

Cooling — Total flow 1.0 mgd
Water

WashwatoV — Wastes contain caustics
and solvents.


Washwater ~ Wastes contain dyes &
solvents
Cooling Oil traps Process wastes 0.08 mgd
Water
Process
Wastes
Cooling —
Water
Process
Wastes • *T

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             TABLE VI-3  (cont'd)




INDUSTRIAL WASTE-DISCHARGE SUMMARY
No.
Industry Name .
and Address
Type
Indus try
(SIC)
Discharge to Sewerap.e
Volume Type
(XGD) Waste Treatment
Svsten Surface
Sewerage Receiving Volune
System Stream (MGD)
Discharge
Tyre
Waste Treatment Remarks
NONCONUAH CREIiK DRAINAGE BASIN (Cont)
42.
43.
44.
AS.
46.
47.
48.
Chapman Chemical Company
416 Srooks Road
Chicago Brldfie "& Iron Co.
2700 Channel Avenue
Construction Aggregates
Carrier Road & Nonconnah
Creek
Coyne Cylinder Company
155 W. Bodley
The Davis Company
Delta Chemical Corp.
3915 Air Park Street
Delta Refining Company
Kallory at Riverside
Industrial
Chemicals
(281-2879)
Pressure •
Vessels
(3443)
Washed Sand
4 Gravel
(144)
Acetylene
Gas
(2813)
—
Cleaning
Chemicals
(2841)
Petroleum
Refining
(2911)
0.006 Sanitary
(Process?)
— Sanitary -r-
& Wash water
__ __ __
— Sanitary —
_
Sanitary ~
& Indus-
trial
Was tes
0.29 Sanitary —
(Process?)
Meirphis Drain to 0.40
'Sewer Nonconnah
Creek
Kcniphis McKellar Lake
Sewer
Nonconnah —
Creek
Memphis Nonconnah —
. Sewer Creek
0.002
Memphis — —
- Sewer
Nonconnah Drain Ditch to 0.72
..Interccp- Nonconnah
tor . Creek
(Memphis)
Cooling —
Water
(Process?)
Cooling —
Water
Test Water
Gravel Settling in
Wash Dredge Pit
Water
Wash
Water
Cooling —
Water
Wash Reck
Drainage
Surface API Separator All process wastes nay
Runoff Air Flotation now be connected to
Process Nonconnah Interceptor
Wastes

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             TA3LE VI-3 (cont'd)




IHDUSTRIAi WASTE.DISCHARGE SUMMARY
No.
Industry Name
and Address
Type
Industry
(SIC)
Discharge to Sewerage
Volume Type
(MGD) Waste Treatment
Sys tern
Sewerage
'Systen

Receiving
Stream
Surface
Volume
(MCD)
Discharge
Type
Was te Treatment Remarks
NONCdJCNAH CREEK DRAINAGE BASIN (Cont)
49.
50.
51.
52.
53.
54.
55.
56.
General Electric Company
y.eirrahis Lann Plane
1356 Riverside Blvd.
Could National Battery
2215 Person
Huntler Fan Company
Hunt-Wesson Foods, Inc.
Keaohis Refinery
1351 Williams Street
Illinois Central Railroad
Johnston Yards
135 E. llth Place
Kellosg Company
2168 Frisco Avenue
Kroeger Warehouse
Lehman-Roberts Co., Inc.
1098 Wilson Street
Light Bulbs
(3641)
Auto
Batteries
(3691)
—
Refine Vege-
table Oils
(2096)
Railroad
Yards
Breakfast
Food
(2043)
Grocery
Distributor
Asphalt Mixes
(2951)
0.01 Sanitary --
— Sanitary Neutrali-
& Process zation
Wastes

0.05 Sanitary -7

— Sanitary —
t
. — Sanitary --
Memphis
'. Sewer
Memphis
'"Sewer
~
Metnphls
Sewer

Memphis
• -.Sewer
—
Memphis
• 'Sewer
Storm Drain
Frisco Branch
to Can Creek
—
Drain to Cane
Creek
Drain to
Nonconnah
Creek
Frisco Branch
to Cane Creek
Frisco Branch
to Cane Creek
Drain to Cane
Creek
0.31
0.03
0.05
2.20
0.23
0.50
0.001
0.03
Cooling —
Water
Cooling ~
Water
Cooling
Water
Cooling ~
Watcr
Process
Was tes
Cooling —
Water
Wash
Water
Cooling ~
Water
Wash
Water ' •
Scrubber — •
Overflow x-

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             TABLE VI-3  (cont'd)




INDUSTRIAL WASTE "DISCHARGE SUMMARY
Discharge to Sovcr.tRe System Surface
No.
57.
58.
59.
60.
61.
62.
63.
64.
Industry Name
p.ncl Address
Lion Oil Coiinany
"cir.phis Tenrlnal
1023 Riverside Drive
!!arl Metal Company
"ei?phis Compress 6
St-orese Cononny •
2350 Florida Street
Memphis Lead Conpany
304 Industrial Avenue
Mcisphis Plywood Company
337 E. Mallory
National Distillers
Products Conpany
2459 Channel Avcnua
National Manufacturing Co.
P.O. 3os 6087
Norton Manufacturing .Co.
133 Industrial Avenue
Type
Industry Volume
(SIC) OICD)
Petroleun
Fuel Distri-
bution
—
Cotton
Doling
Lead Alloys --
(3341)
Plvwood ' 6.002
(2432)
Barrel —
Staves
(2429)
Advertising —
Display Racks
(2542)
Furniture
parts
(2/,26)
Type . Sewcrafje Receiving Volume
Waste Treatment •System Stream (MOD)
•NOXCONNAII CREEK DRAINAGE HAS IK (Cont)
Sanitary — Memphis
' .Sewer
0.001
Sanitary — Mermhis
.-Sewers
—
Sanitary '-- Monphis Latham Bayou 0.04
.Sewer
Sanitary -- Memphis McKcllar Lake —
^Sewer
— — — Cane Creek 0.001
. — — Latham Bayou 0.001
Discharge
Type
Waste Treatment
Tank
Drainage
Indus-
trial Waste
— —
—
Boiler
Slowdown
Condcnsor
Log Spray
Log Spray
Washwater —
~ --
Remarks



May have a treated
waste effluent


Contains detergents
Waste contains phenols

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                                                                     TABLE VI-3 (cont'c!)

                                                       , INDUSTRIAL WASTES DISCHARGE SUMMARY
Discharge to Scwerace Sv'stcr.
No.

Industry Name
and Address

Tyre
Industry Volume
(sic) (MOD;

Type Sewerage
Waste Treatment .Svsten
•
Surface
Receiving Volume
Stream (MCD)

Discharge
Type
Waste Treatment

Remarks

SOXCONN'All CREEK DRAINAGE BASIN (Cont)
65.




66.



67.

68.


69.


70.


71.


Pace Corp.
Division of AMEAC
5607 Hwy. 61 South


The Quaker Oats Company
Feed Mill
1526 Ragan Street

R. C. Can Company
1440 Ragan Street
Ralston-Purina Company
1725 Airways

Schevenell Ready Mix
Concrete Conpany
1280 Walker Aver.ue
Jos. Schlitz Brewing Co.
P. 0. Box 18309
Holiday City Station
S real ley Ha<;ncsiun
Division of Piper
Industries
Military
Pyrotechnics
(2899)


Animal & ~
Poultrv Feed
(2042)

Fibre Cans
(2655)
Anlr.al & —
Poultry Feed
(2042)
Ready Mix
Conrotc
(3273)
Brewery 1.90
(2082)

Battery 0.20
Cases
(3691)
Sanitary Ln^oono Private
& Plat- Chemical System
ing Treatment
wastes Sedimenta-
tion.'.
__ -1 __
.


__ — _ _•.

— ~ --
•

__ __• —


Sanitary — Ken?his
6 Process Sewers
Wastes
Sanitary ~ —
& Rinse
Water
Tributary to
Nonconnah Creek



Cane Creek 0.90



Cane Creek 0.03

Frisco Branch 0.001
to Cane Creek

Cane Creek 0.035


Johns Creek to 0.38
Nonconnah Creek

Konconnah 0.05
Creek

Lagoon —
System
Outflow


Cooling
Water
Boiler
Slowdown
Cooling —
Water
Hashwater —


Truck —
Washwater

Cooling —
Water

Chrome Chemical
Wastes Treatment
Boiler & Sedlnen-
Copper, Chromium and
cyanide contained in
plating wastes


Some oil discharged











New Plane. Operation
to begin 8/71




719 Pi^cr Street
Coilicrsviilc

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             TABtE VI-3 (cont'd)
INDUSTRIAL WASTE.DISCHARGE SUMMARY
Discharge to Sew.erafic
No.

72.


73.



74.


75.


76.


77.


78.


79.


Industry Nanc
end Address

Southern Cotton Oil Company
1351 Williams

Southern Laminating Comnany
1G01 Clancy Street


South Memphis Stock Yards
Conpany

Standard Brake Shoe &
Foundry Company
130 li. liodlcy Avenue
Swift & Conpany
Ice Crcan Plant
2022 Hidison
Tennessee Air National
Cuard
Democrat Road
Union Carbide Corp.
Llndc division
1259 McLean 31vcl.
Valley Products Co.
3GA H. lirooks

Type
Indus try Volume
(sic) O:CD)

Cottonseed 0.002
i Products
(2091)
Curved
Plvwood
(2432)

Livestock — •
Warehouse

Railroad
Ura'-.c
(3321)
Ice Cream --
(2024)

Aircraft
Maintenance

Acetylene --
Gas

Industrial
So.tp Products
(2341)
Type
Waste Trcatnent
NOIICO^MU
Sanitary «•


—



Sanitary —
•Pen Wash-
water?
— ^_

•
Sanitary --
& Process
Was tes
Sanitary


Sanitary -^r


Sanitary —
& Industrial
Was tcs
SYS ten Surface
•Sewernge Receiving Volume
Svsten Strca-a (""0)
CR'-KK DRAINAttC EASIN (Cont)
Memphis — —
••.Sewers

Cane Creek 0.001



Armour McKellar Lake --
.6 Co.

— • Latham Bayou 0.025
•

Memphis Frisco Branch 1.500
Sever

Memphis Hurricane
•Sewer Creek

.neirnhls — 0.006
,Sewer

Memphis Ditch to 0.08
'Sewers Nonconnah Creek

Discharge
Type
Waste Treatment Remarks

Storm ' —
Runoff
Only
Boiler — Some glue wastes
Slowdown
Process
Wastes?
Armour ™
Sewcr
discharge
Cooling
Water

Cooling — Discharge contains oils
Water . and solids

Aircraft Oil separator
Washwater

Lime Holding No Discharge
Slurry Pond

Condenser — Other Industrial waste
& Cooling discharges' observed
Water *•

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             TABLE VI-3 (cont'd)

INDUSTRiAt WASTE.DISCHARGE SUMMARY
So.
80.
81.
82.
83.
84.
Industry Kane '
and Address
Uunble Oil & Refining Co.
1010 Riverside Drive
International Harvester
Co. - Memphis Works
3003 Harvester Lane
Illinois Central Railroad
National Distillers
Products Company
155 Wisconsin Avenue
Wabash , Inc .
1217 Florida Street
Type
Industry
(SIC)
Bulk Oil
Plant
Farm
Machinery
(3522)

Wood
Barrels
(2445)
Wood doors
(2431)
Discharge to Sewerage Svstcm
Volume Type Sewerage Receivinp.
(MGD) Waste Treatment 'Svste-n Stream
MISSISSIPPI RIVER DRAINAGE AREA
Ditch to
Mississippi
River
— — Ditch to
Mississippi
River

— -— Incline Creek
— • Incline Creek
Surface Discharge
Volume Type
(MCD) Waste Treatment Remarks
— Surface Oil Separator
Runoff
1.234 Process Neutral!- About 8 pounds chromium
Wastes zation discharged daily.
Sanitary
Wastes
Cooling
Water
-- Cooling —
Water
Boiler «
Slowdown
Hash-
water
Cooling — -
Water
Process
Water
0.10 Cooling
Water
                                                 Process
                                                  Water
                                                                                             oo

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                                                               49







 pertinent information on industrial waste discharges.  A total of 85




 known sources were identified.  Of this total, 15 sources discharge




 more than one mgcl.  Waste discharges totalled about 43 mgd, of which




 12 mgd were located in the Loosahatchie River drainage area, 23 mgd




 in the Wolf River drainage area, 17 mgd in the Nonconnah Creek drainage




 area and 1 mgd in the Mississippi River drainage area.




      As shown in Figure VI-1, the industrial waste sources are primarily




 located in five areas: north of Memphis near Woodstock in the Loosahatchie




 River drainage, along lower Wolf River at the north edge of Memphis,




 along lower Nonconnah Creek at the south edge of Memphis, along the




 Mississippi River and around the harbor area of McKellar Lake.




      Detailed data on water uses and waste characteristics were avail-




able for-, -only about ha.lf of-- the-was.te. -sources listed in-.Tn.ble-VT-3.  .




 Cooling water discharges probably account for a major portion of the




 waste volumes shown.  In many cases, these cooling water discharges




 are contaminated by other wastes.  Details of the most significant




 waste sources are discussed below by drainage area.




 Loosahatchie River_ Drainage




      Significant waste discharges in this drainage include Chromium




 Mining & Smelting Co., E. I. duPont dc Nemours & Co., W. R. Grace & Co.,




 Kilok Chemicals, Inc., and the Sanymetals Products Co., Inc.  The




 duPont discharge is the largest industrial discharge in the Memphis




-area.  All of the industries.listed above are potential sources of




 toxic materials.  None of the industries in this drainage are listed




 in the Tennessee implementation plan.  However, W. R. Grace & Co. is




 scheduled to provide additional treatment facilities by 1974 as speci-




 fied in its effluent permit.

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                                                              50
Wolf River Drainage




     Significant: waste discharges in this drainage include Atlas




Chemical Industries, Buckeye Cellulose Corporation (two plants), Com-




mercial Chemical Corporation, The Firestone Tire & Rubber Company,




Humko Products (two plants), Kimberly-Clark Corporation, Pulvair




Corporation, The Quaker Oats Company, and Velsicol Chemical Corporation.




These waste discharges are sources of pesticides, toxic materials or




organic and oxygen demanding substances.




     A total of nine industries in the Wolf River drainage are included




in the Tennessee implementation plan as shown in Table VI-4.   With the




exception of Kimberly-Clark Corporation, the original compliance date




for each source has been passed.  Only one source is known to be in




compliance.  In the 1971 State Program,Grant application.to EPA,




Tennessee indicated that four sources would be in compliance in 1971




and another source in 1972    .  The-present status of compliance for




these sources is unknown.  In several cases, the reported treatment




needs would appear to be inadequate for control of the wastes dis-




charged.




Nonconnah Creek Drainage.




     The largest number of waste sources (45) are located in this




drainage area.  Of this total, eight sources are considered to be of




significance with respect to actual or potential water quality impact.




These sources are American Finishing Company (Whittaker Corporation




Textile Service Center), Cargill Inc., Chapman Chemical Company,




Delta Refining Company, Hunt-Wesson Foods, Inc., Pace Corporation,




Smalley Magnesium, and Valley Products Company.

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                                         TABLE V.I-4

                         IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR INDUSTRIAL SOURCES
No.
Industry Name
and Address
Treatment Original
Needs Compliance Date
Present
Completion Date
WOLF RIVER DRAINAGE BASIN
1.



2.


3.



4.



5.


6.



7.


8.
The Firestone Tire & Rubber'   Aerated Lagoon
 Company
Firestone Blvd.
Lloyd A. Fry Roofing Company
704 Corrine Avenue

Humko Products
(Chemical Plant)
1231 Pope Street

lluir.ko Products
(Edible Oils Plant)
17C2 Thon.is Street

Kir.-berly-Clark Corp.
400 Mahannah Street

The Lehon Company
Division of Philip Carey
Box 7254 K. Station

John Morrel & Company
1400 Warford Street
Aerated Lagoon
October, 1970



June, 1970


January, 1971
Aerated Lagoon    January, 1971
Aerated Lagoon
Aerated Lagoon
January, 1972


June, 1970
National Cylinder Gas Co.     Sedimentation &
Division of C'uenetron Corp.   Chemical Treat-
1220 S. 3rd Street            went
                  June, 1970
                                            1971
1971
                          1971
1971
                          1972

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                                          TABLE VI-4 (cont'd)

                          IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR- INDUSTRIAL SOURCES
No.
 9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
      Industry Name
       and Address
      Treatment
        Needs
   Original
Compliance Date
    Present
Completion Date
Parsons Manufacturing &
Stamping Company
Box 465
Cordova, Tennessee
WOLF RIVER PJAIKACE BASIN (Cont)

    Chemical Treat-   November, 1969
    ment .& Settling
                                  NONCONNAH' CREEK- DRAINAGE AREA
American Finishing Company
(Whittaker Corn.)
61 .r. E. Bod ley

Coyne Cylinder Company
Box 9217

Delta Refining Company
543 W. Mallory

Hunt-Wesson Foods, Inc.
1351 Williams Street

Memphis Lead Company
304 Industrial Avenue
Memphis Plywood Company
337 E. Mallory
    Secondary
    Sedimentation
    Sedimentation
    & Chemical^Treat-
    ment

    Secondary
January, 1971



June, 1970


January, 1972


September, 1971


June, 1970



June, 1970
                    In compliance
December, 1971
                                                                                                        to

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                                          TABLE :.VI-4 (cont'd)

                          IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR INDUSTRIAL SOURCES
              Industry Name             Treatment          Original             Present
No.	and Address                Needs         Compliance Date     Completion Date

                                   •MISSISSIPPI RIVER DRAINAGE BASIN

16.     International Harvester Co.   Chemical Treat-   August, 1971                ?
        P.O. Box 268                  ment & Sedimen-
                                      tation
                                                                                                       en

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                                                               54







     The Tennessee implementation plan  (Table VI-4) lists six indus-




tries in this drainage area.  With the  exception of Delta Refining




Company, the compliance, dates have already passed.  American Finishing




Company is presently scheduled to connect to the Memphis interceptor




sewer system by December, 1971.  Such action would be 11 months behind




schedule and would avoid the requirement for secondary treatment.  The




status of compliance for other sources  is unknown.




Mississippi River Drainage




     Only five industries are known to  discharge directly to the




Mississippi River.  International Harvester Company is the only signi-




ficant waste source.  The Tennessee implementation plan calls for




addition of chemical treatraert and sedimentation at this source by




.August, 1971.  .The plant plans_ to. connect to Memphis sewers when avail-




able in several years.  Present treatment is inadequate and probably




in* non-compliance with the implementation plan.

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                CHAPTER VII.  WATER QUALITY PROBLEMS





     Water quality conditions in the various streams in the Memphis area




reflect the effects of the large waste loads discharged by this urban area.




The Loosahatchie and Wolf Rivers and Nonconnah Creek are relatively unpol-




luted in their upper reaches but are severely degraded as they flow through




Memphis.  The Mississippi River is also degraded as it flows past the city.




Uue to the large flow of the river, this degradation is much less severe




than in the tributaries.




     Available water quality data for the Memphis area are limited.  A long-




term pollution surveillencc station has been operated by the EPA and its




predecessor agencies on the Mississippi River at West Memphis, Arkansas,




since 1958.  Some water quality sampling was done in the area by the Federal




Water Pollution Control-administration as.-part, of .the -study ,.of- -endrin_,ppl- ,-




lution in the Lower Mississippi River.  Most of this data is pesticide con-




centrations.  The Memphis-Shelby County Health Department has limited stream




quality data.  Data collected by the Tennessee Stream Pollution Control




board were not evaluated.




     Due to the lack of data, specific definitions of water quality condi-




tions cannot be made at this time.  Reports by the Memphis-Shelby County




Health Department     and the Tennessee Stream Pollution Control Board




provide general information on water quality conditions and violations of




water quality standards which may be occurring.  Water quality problems




specific to each stream arc.discussed below.

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A.   LOOSAHATCHIE RIVER




          The Loosahatchie River is the least polluted of the major streams




     in the Memphis area.  Upstream from Woodstock, the stream is of good




     quality.  Between Woodstock and the Mississippi River, water quality




     conditions are affected by discharges of treated municipal wastes and




     some industrial waste discharges.  The lower reach of the river is af-




     fected by backwater conditions from the Mississippi River, especially




     during hiph flow stages.




          The-present status of water quality conditons in the Loosahatchie




     River is not defined.  Tennessee is currently in the process of estab-




     lishing standards for this, intrastate stream.




          In June, 1965, the Lower Mississippi River Technical Assistance




     Project investigated a fish kill, near _thc mouth of the Lposahatchie




     River    .  Low dissolved oxygen (DO) concentrations (0.5 mg/1) were




     observed.  The cause of the DO depression was not defined.





B.   WOLF RIVER




          The Wolf River is the largest tributary stream in the Memphis




     area.  The major portion of the stream, located upstream from Memphis,




     is relatively unpolluted.  Within the metropolitan area, severe water




     quality degradation occurs.  Most of this degradation is due to inade-




     quately treated industrial waste discharges.  Most of the untreated




     municipal wastes formerly discharged to the river have been diverted




     to the Mississippi River by the Memphis interceptor ecwer system.  The




     lower reaches of the river are affected by backwater conditions from




     the Mississippi River.

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           Two  large fish  kills  occurred  in  the  lower  river  in May and October



      of  1965     .   Total  lack of  dissolved  oxygen was observed  in both  cases.



           In 1970,  the  Tennessee  Stream  Pollution Control Board  reported



      that  water  quality in  the  lower  six miles  of the Wolf  River was in non-



      compliance  with water  quality  criteria for dissolved oxygen, solids,


                                                              ( 9)
      floating  material, deposits, color  and toxic substances.       In



      addition, bacteriological  concentrations were  in noncompliance in  the



      lower 12  miles of  the  river.  Factors  contributing  to  the  standards



      violations  were municipal  and  industrial waste discharges  from the



      Memphis area.   Major waste contributors included the City  of Memphis,



      liumko Company  (2 plants),  Kimberly-Clark and the Firestone Tire and



      Rubber Company.




--C.'•••;• :  -NONCONNAIi CREEU-



           Nonconnah Creek is a  small  stream which carries little natural



      flow  during dry periods.   The  stream is severely degraded  within the



      urban area  and is  the  most polluted stream in  the Memphis  vicinity.



      Municipal and  industrial wastes  are the primary  sources  of pollution.



      American  Finishing Company is  the largest  waste  source discharging



      to  the stream.



           Although  not  recently reported by the Tennessee Stream Pollution



      Control Board, it  is probable  that  water quality conditions in Nonconnah



      Creek are in violation of  applicable water quality  standards.  The de-



      graded outflov-from  the creek  also  contributes to violations of stan-



      dards which occur  in McKellar  Lake  downstream, as discussed below.

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D.   MCKELLAR LAKE



          McKellar Lake is a backwater lake located in an old channel sec-



     tion of the Mississippi River.  The lake is connected to the river by



     an outlet known as Tennessee Chute.  Nonconnah Creek enters the lake



     near its upper end.  Water quality conditions are adversely affected




     by high river stages as resulting backwater conditions produce stagna-



     tion of stream flow through the lake for extended periods.



          Industrial wastes from the Memphis harbor area and several indus-



     trial parks arc discharged directly to the lake.  Also, Nonconnah Creek



     carries a heavy pollution load into the lake.



          In 1971, the Tennessee Stream Pollution Control Board reported



     that water quality conditions in McKellar Lake were in noncompliance


                                                       (1Q)
    ,with dissolved oxygen .and .bacteriological criteria



          A large fish kill occurred in the lake in February 196G    .  Dis-



     solved oxygen and pH were observed to be normal.  No explanation for



     the fish kill was given.  With the exception of pesticides, no evalua-



     tion of the possible presence of toxic materials was made.





E-   *1LSS.LSS-IPJPI RIVER



          At Memphis, the Mississippi River is a very large stream.  Conse-



     quently, the assimilative capacity of the river is enormous and large



     waste loads have only minor effects on most water quality parameters.



          The Mississippi River receives the untreated municipal wastes



     from A sewered population of more than 600,000 persons, several



     industrial waste discharges and the residual pollution loads from the



     streams discussed above.  The Tennessee Stream Pollution Control Board

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reports that water quality does not meet the bacteriological criterion




between river miles 713.4 and 733.0 as a result of the above pollution.




Apparently other parameters are in compliance with applicable criteria.




     The pollution surveillance station at West Memphis, Arkansas, is




located upstream from about half of the waste discharges in the Memphis




area.  The station is also located on the opposite side of the river




from Memphis pollution sources.  Consequently, the data from this sta-




tion do not reflect the full impact of Memphis pollution on water quality




in the Mississippi River.




     Examination of the data from the surveillcnce station, with the




exception of bacteriological concentrations, did not reve.il any signi-




ficant long-term trends in water quality.  Average total coliform con-




centrations increased substantially. b.etyeea 1958 and..the present.

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                               BIBLIOGRAPHY
 1.   Allen & Hoshall &  Clark Dietz & Associates Engineers, Inc., Consulting
      Engineers;  Engineering Report:  Waste Water Treatment Facilities,
      Vol.  II, Engineering  Studies; Memphis, Tennessee, March 1969.

 2.   Allen & Hoshall &  Clark Dietz & Associates Engineers, Inc., Consulting
      Engineers;  Engineering Report:  Industrial Waste Data; Memphis,
      Tennessee,  March  1969.

 3.   Department  of the  Army, Corps of Engineers; Permits for Discharges or
      Deposits into Navigable Waters or_ Tributaries  thereof; Part II and
      Part  III; 1971 Preliminary Edition.

 4.   Environmental Protection Agency, STORET Municipal Waste Treatment
      Facilities  Inventory; 1971.

 5.   Environmental Protection Agency, STORET Industrial Waste Treatment Needs
      and Implementation Plan; -1971.

 6.   Everett, Duane E.; Hydrologic and Quality Characteristics of the Lower
      Mississippi River; Technical Report No. 5; U.  S. Department of the
      Interior, Geological  Survey, in cooperation with State of Louisiana
      Department  of Public  Works; Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 1971.

 7.   Memphis and Shelby County Health Department; Pollution of Surface Waters
      in Memphis  and Shelby County; Memphis, Tennessee; December, 1970.

 8.   Executive Office  -- State of Tennessee, Staff  Division for Industrial
      Development;  Directory of_ Tennessee Industries  1969; Nashville,
      Tennessee,  July  1969.

 9.   Tennessee Stream Pollution Control Board; 1970 State Program Plan Ap-
      plication to Environmental Protection Agency.

10.   Tennessee Stream Pollution Control Board; 1971 State Program Plan Ap-
      plication to Environmental Protection Agency.

11.   Tennessee Stream Pollution Control Board; Tennessee Water Quality
      Standards Implementation Plan; 1967.

12.   U. S. Army  Engineer District, Memphis, Tennessee; Pollution Incident
      Report, American Finishing Company, Memphis; November 1970.

13. •  U. S. Attorney, Western District of Tennessee;  letter to District
      Engineer, Corps of Engineers, Memphis, Tennessee, requesting investi-
      ga t ion of_ pollution caused by American Finishing Company, Memphis,
      Tennessee;  Memphis, Tennessee; August 17, 1970.

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                            BIBLIOGRAPHY (cont'd)
14.   U.  S.  Department of Health,  Education,  and Welfare;  Proceedings, Con-
      ference In the matter of Pollution of_ Interstate  Waters  of  the  Lower
      Mississippi River,  May 5-6,  1964,  New Orleans,  Louisiana; Volumes  I-IV;
      Washington, D. C.

15.   U.  S.  Department of Health,   Education,  and Welfare,  Public Health
      Service;  Report on  Pollution of the Lower Mississippi River --  Arkansas,
      Tennessee, Mississippi,  Louisiana; May 5, 1964.

16.   U.  S.  Department of Health,  Education,  and Welfare;  Summary of  Con-
      ference,  Pollution  of Interstate Waters  of the  Lower Mississippi
      River and its Tributaries (Arkansas-Louisiana-Mississippi-Tennessee)
      May 5-6.  1964.

17.   U.  S.  Department of the  Interior,  Federal Water Pollution Control
      Administration, South Central Region;  Endrin Pollution jjQ. the Lower
      Mississippi River Basin; Dallas, Texas;  June 1969.

18.   U.  S.  Department of the  Interior,  Water  Quality Standards Office,
      Federal Water Pollution  Control Administration, Southeast Region;
      Summary and Status  of Water  Quality Standards for Interstate Waters
      of. Mississippi; Atlanta,..Georgia.

19.   U.  S.  Department of the  Interior,  Water  Quality Standards Office,
      Federal -Water -Pollution  Control. Administration,. .S.outheast .Region; ..
      Summary and Status  of_ Water  Quality Standards for Interstate' Waters
      of  Tennessee; Atlanta, Georgia.

20..   U.  S.. Department of the  Interior,  Federal Water Pollution Control
      Administration, and Arkansas Pollution Control  Commission;  Summary
      of  Water  Quality Standards  for the Interstate Waters  of_  Arkansas;
      October 1969.

21.   Environmental Protection Agency; Baton Rouge Field Station; List of
      Potential Sources of Industrial Waste Discharges, Memphis Tennessee
      Area;  1970.

22.   Memphis and Shelby  County Health Department; Industrial  Waste Source
      Data Sheets, 1971.

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            APPENDIX A
  ARKANSAS WATER QUALITY CRITERIA
APPLICABLE TO THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER

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SPECIFIC CRITERIA
     1.   Temperature - The maximum temperature shall not be ele-
          vated above 95° F.  The temperature of a stream as de-
          termined by natural conditions shall not be increased
          or decreased more than 5° F. by discharges thereto.

     2.   Color - True color shall not be increased to the extent
          Chat it will interfere with present usage and projected
          future use of the stream.

     3.   Turbidity - There shall be no distinctly visible increase
          in turbidity due to waste discharges to the stream.

     4.   Taste and Odor - Taste and odor producing substances shall
          be limited to concentrations in the stream that will not
          interfere with the production of potable water by reason-
          able water treatment processes, or impart unpalatable
          flavor to food -fish, or result in offensive odors arising
          from the stream, or otherwise interfere with the reason-
          able use of the water.

     5.   Solids, Floating Material, and Deposits - The stream shall
          have no distinctly visible solids, scum or foam of a per-
          sistent nature, nor shall there be any formation of slimes,
          bottom deposits or sludge banks, attributable to waste
          discharges.

     6.   Oil and Grease - The stream shall be essentially free of
          the relatively nonvolatile liquid components that contribute
          to the formation of oil films, deposits and emulsions.

     7.   pH - The pH of water in the stream must not fluctuate in
          excess of 1.0 pH unit, within the range of 6.0 - 9'.0 over
          a period of 24 hours.  The pH shall not be below 6.0 or
          above 9.0 due to wastes discharged to the receiving stream.

     8.   Dissolved Oxygen (D.O.) - The dissolved oxygen in the
          stream shall not be less than 4 ppm, and this shall be
          the critical deficit point of the dissolved oxygen pro-
          file.  The only exception will be when periodic lower
          values are of natural origin and therefore beyond con-
          trol of the water user... On the larger rivers the dis-
          solved oxygen shall be determined by the average of con-
          centrations in samples collected at quarter points across
          the river, and at two-tenths and eight-tenths of the depth
          at each point.

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 9.   Radioactivity - The Rules and Regulations for the Control
      of Sources of Ionizing Radiation,  of the Division of Radio-
      logical Health, Arkansas State Board of Health,  shall apply
      as to the limits established for radiation levels in un-
      controlled areas.

10.   Bacteria - The Arkansas State Board of Health has the re-
      sponsibility of approving or disapproving surface waters
      for swimming and drinking water supply, and it has issued
      rules and regulations pertaining to such uses.  These re-
      gulations state that the coliform group shall not exceed
      1,000/100 milliliters as a monthly average value (either
      most probable number or membrane filter count) for waters
      substantially used for body contact sports; nor exceed
      this number in more than twenty percent of the samples
      examined during any one month; nor exceed 2,400/100 mil-
      liliters on any day except during periods of storm water
      runoff; provided, however, that no fecal contamination is
      known to be present.  In other waters, the coliform bac-
      teria group shall not exceed 5,000/100 milliliters as a
      monthly average value (either Most Probable Number or mem-
      brane filter count); nor exceed this number in more than
      twenty percent of the samples examined during any month;
      nor exceed 20,000/100 milliliters in more than 5% of such
      samples.  Arithmetic averages will be used.

11.   Toxic'Substances - Toxic materials, organic or inorganic,
      shall not be present in such quantities as to cause the
      waters to be toxic to human, animal, plant or aquatic life
      or to interfere with the normal propagation of aquatic
      life.  For aquatic life and using bioassay techniques, the
      level of toxic materials in the stream shall not exceed
     " ohe-'centh' (0.1) 'of the forty-eight (48) hour Median Toler-
      ance Limit.
                                                        •
12.   Mineral Quality - Waste discharges shall not affect exist-
      ing mineral quality so as to interfere with other beneficial
      uses....

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           APPENDIX B
           Summary of
TENNESSEE WATER QUALITY STANDARDS

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            STATE OF TENNESSEE WATER QUALITY STANDARDS

                    A Status Report and Summary
     Tennessee Water Quality Standards were submitted on June 28,

1967.  Certain revisions were later adopted by the Tennessee Stream

Pollution Control Board, and approval with exceptions was made on

February 28, 1968, by the Secretary of the Interior.  The excep-

tions to approval and action taken is as follows:
         Requirements

Inclusion of a clause relating
to the non-degradation of high
quality waters.
Review of bacteriological
criteria for Public Water •
Supply and Recreational Uses
Classifications.
                             r,
Upgrading temperature criteria
for Fish and Wildlife
Classifications and other
higher uses.
                                            Action Taken

                                   Statement prepared by state
                                   agency and submitted on
                                   "Tennessee Formal Policy to
                                   Protect Existing High Quality
                                   Water and to Correct Present
                                   Pollution."  Statement is
                                   currently under regional and
                                   Headquarters review.

                                   Joint study in progress.  Data
                                   •collection expected to terminate
                                   July 1, 1969.
                                   Regional study by FWPCA in
                                   cooperation with the states for
                                   review of historical, temperature
                                   data and effects of healed
                                   effluents on receiving waters
                                   has been initiated.  Study
                                   expected to terminate about
                                   January 1, 1970.

     Other action by the Tennessee Stream Pollution Control  Board

requires secondary treatment or the equivalent as the minimum

level of waste treatment for all discharges to interstate waters,

with higher treatment levels where necessary to protect water uses.

Secondary treatment and efficiency expected has been defined by

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the Tennessee Stream Pollution Control Board as 75 to 90 percent




removal of the 5-day BOD, and from 80 to 90 percent suspended



solids removal.	




     Temperature criteria were also amended to restrict temperature




increases to 10°F total increase, as measured against an upstream




control point.  The changes have been incorporated in the water



quality criteria which follow.

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 GENERAL WATER QUALITi* CRITERIA FOR THE DEFINITION AND CONTROL OF
               POLLUTION IN THE WATERS OF TENNESSEE

                   7  Adopted on May 26, 1967
             Tennessee Stream Pollution Control Board
     Tennessee Code Annotated, Sections 70-301 through 70-319, makes
it the duty of the Stream Pollution Control Board to study and in-
vestigate all problems concerned with the pollution of the waters
of the State and with its prevention, abatement, and control and to
establish such standards of quality for any waters of the State in
relation to their reasonable and necessary use. as the Board shall
deem to be in the public interest and establish general policies
relating to existing or proposed future pollution as the Board shall
deem necessary to accomplish the. purpose of the Control Code.  The
following general considerations and criteria are officially adopted
by the Board as a guide in determining the permissible conditions of
waters with respect to pollution and the preventive or corrective
measures required to control pollution in various waters or in
different sections of the same waters.

GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS

     1. .Waters have many uses which in the public interest, are
         reasonable and necessary.  Such uses include:  sources of
         water supply for domestic and industrial purposes; propa-
         gation and maintenance of fish and other desirable aquatic
         life; recreational boating and fishing; the final disposal
         of .municipal sevage and industrial waste following adequate
         treatment; stock vatering and irrigation; navigation;
         genera 1: ion of power; and the enjcynuint: of -scenic and
         esthatic qualities of the waters.

     2.  The rigid application of uniform war.er quality is no't
         desirable or reasonable because of the. varying uses of
         such waters.  The assimilative capacity of a stream for
         sevrage and waste. varies depending upon various factors
         including the following:  volume of flow, depth of channel,
         the presence of falls or rapids, rate of flow, temperature,
         natural characteristics, and the nature of the stream.
         Also the-, relative importarce assigned to each use will
         differ for different waters and sections of waters through-
         out ths? s
         To permit reasonable and necessary uses of the waters of
         the State, existing pollution should be corrected as
         rapidly as practical and future pollution controlled by
         treatment plants or other measures.  There is an economical
         balance between the cost of sewage, and waste treatment and
         thr. benefits received and within permissible limit:s the

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         dilution factor and the assimilative capacity of surface
         water should be utilized.  Waste recovery,  control of
         rates and dispersion of waste into the streams, and control
         of rates and characteristics of flow of waters in the
         stream where adequate, will be considered to be a means of
         correction.

         Sewage, industrial wastes, or other wastes, as defined in
         the Stream Pollution Control Code, shall not be discharged
         into or adjacent to streams or other surface waters in
         such quantity and of such character or under such conditions
         of discharge in relation to the receiving waters as will
         result in visual or olfactory nuisances, undue interference
         to other reasonable and necessary uses of the water, or
         appreciable damage to the natural processes of self-
         purification.  In relation to the various qualities and
         the specific uses of the receiving waters,  no sewage,
         industrial wastes, or other wastes discharged shall be
         responsible for conditions that fail to meet the criteria
         of water quality outlined below.  Bypassing or accidental
         spills will not be tolerated.

         The criteria of water quality outlined below are considered
         as guides in applying the water quality objectives in order
         to insure reasonable and necessary uses of  the. waters of-.
         the State'. .In prder to protect the public  health and
         maintain the water suitable for other reasonable and
         necessary uses; to provide for future development; to
         .allow proper sharing of available water resources; and to
         meet the needs of particular situations additional criteria
         will be set.
CRITERIA OF WATER CONDITIONS

     1.  Domestic Raw Water Supply

         (a) Dissolved Oxygen - There shall always be sufficient
             dissolved oxygen present to pr&vent odors of decomp
             sition and other offensive conditions.
         (b) pH - The pK value shall  lie within the. range  of 6.0 to
            . 9.0 and shall not fluctuate more than 1.0 unit in this
             range over a period of 24 hours.

         (c) Hardness or Mineral Compounds - There shall be r.o
             substances added to the  waters that will increase the
             hardness or mineral content of the waters to  such an
             extent to appreciably impair tha usefulness of the
             water as a source of domestic water supply.

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(d) Total Dissolved Solids - The total dissolved  solids
    shall at no time exceed 500 mg/1.

(e) Solids,  Floating Materials and  Deposits  -  There  shall
    be no distinctly visible solids,  scum,  foam,  oily sleek,
    or the formation of slimes, bottom deposits or sludge
    banks of such size or character as may  impair the
    usefulness of the water as a source of domestic  water
    supply.

(f) Turbidity or Color - There shall  be no  turbidity or
    color added in amounts or characteristics  that can not
    be reduced to acceptable concentrations  by conventional
    water treatment processes.

(g) Temperature - The temperature of  the water shall not
    exceed 93°F and the maximum rate  of change shall not
    exceed 3°F per hour.  In no case  shall  the maximum temperature
    rise be more than 10°F above the  stream  temperature which shall
    be measured at an upstream control .point.
(h) Microbiological Coliform - Coliform group  shall  not
    exceed 10,000 per 100 ml. as a  monthly average value
    (either MPN or MF count); nor exceed this  number in
    more than 20 per cent of the samples examined during
    any month; nor exceed 20,000 per  100 ml. in more than     f
    five per cent of such samples.   These values  may be
    .exceeded-provided'the organisms are known  to  be  of
    nonfecal origin'.  No disease producing bacteria  or
    other objectionable organisms shall be added  to  surface
    waters which will result in the contamination of said
    waters to such an extent as to  render the  water  unsuit-
    able as sources of domestic water supply after
    conventional water treatment.

(i) Taste or Odor - There shall be  no substances  added
    which v/ill result in taste or odor that  prevent .the
    production of potable water by  conventional water
    treatment processes.

(j) Toxic Substances - There shall  be no toxic substances
    added to the waters that will produce toxic conditions
    that materially affect man or animals or impair  the
   -safety of a conventionally treated water supply.

(k) Other Pollutants - Other pollutants shall  not be added
    to the water in quantities that may be detrimental to
    public health or impair the usefulness of  the water as
    a source of domestic water supply.

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2.  Industrial Water Supply

    (a) Dissolved Oxygen- - There shall always be sufficient
        dissolved oxygen present to prevent odors of decompo-
        sition and other offensive conditions.

  •  (b) pH - The pH value shall lie within the range of 6.0 to
        9.0 and shall not fluctuate more than 1.0 unit in this
        range pver a period of 24 hours.

    (c) Hardness or Mineral Compounds - There shall be no
        substances added to the waters that will increase the
        hardness or mineral content of the waters to such an
        extent as to appreciably impair the usefulness of the
        water as a source of industrial water supply.

    (d) Total Dissolved Solids - The total dissolved solids
        shall at no time exceed 500 mg/1.

    (e) Solids, Floating Materials and Deposits - There shall
        be no distinctly visible solids, scum, foam, oily sleek,
        or the formation of slimes, bottom deposits or sludge
        banks of such size or character as may impair the
        usefulness of the water as a source of industrial water
        supply.

    (f) Turbidity or Color - There shall be no turbidity or
       . color added in amounts or characteristics that can not
        be reduced to acceptable concentrations by conventional
        water treatment processes.

  , . <[g) Temperature - The temperature of the water shall not
        exceed 93°F and the maximum rate of change shall not
        exceed 3°F per hour.  In no case shall the maximum temperature
        rise be more than 10°F above the stream temperature which
        shall be measured at an upstream control point.
    (h) Taste or Odor - There shall be no substances added
        that will result in taste or odor that would prevent
        the use of the water for industrial processing.

    (i) To:!ic Substances - There shall be no substances added
        to the waters that may produce toxic conditions that
        will adversely affect the water for industrial process-
        ing.

    (j) Other Pollutants - Other pollutants shall not be added
        to the waters in quantities that may adversely affect
        the water for industrial processing.

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3.  Fish and Aquatic Life

    (a) Dissolved Oxygen - The dissolved oxygen shall be
        maintained at 5.0 mg/1 except in limited sections of
        the stream receiving treated effluev.*.- .   In these
        'limited sections, a minimum of 3.0 nu;/l dissolved
        oxygen shall be allowed.  The dissolved oxygen content
        shall be measured at mid-depth in waters having a total
        depth of ten (10) feet or less and at a depth of five
        (5) feet in waters having a total depth of greater than
        ten (10) feet.  A minimum dissolved oxygen content of
        6.0 mg/1 shall be maintained in recognized trout
        streams.

    (b) pH - The pH value shall lie within the range of 6.5
        to 6.5 and shall not fluctuate more than 1.0 unit in
        this range over a period of 24 hours.

    (c) Solids, Floating Materials and Deposits - There shall
        be no distinctly visible solids, scum, foam, oily
        sleek, or the formation of slimes, bottom deposits or
        sludge banks of such size or character that may be
        detrimental to fish and aquatic life.

    (d) Turbidity or Color - There shall be no turbidity or  .
   '.    color, added in such amounts or of such "character that
        will materially affect fish and aquatic life.

    (e) Temperature - The temperature of the water shall not
        exceed 93°F and the maximum rate.of change shall not
       . exceed 3°F per hour.  The maximum temperature of
        recognized trout streams shall not exceed 68°F.  In no case shall
        the' maximum temperature rise be more than 10°F above the stream
        temperature which shall be measured at an upstream control point.
    (f) Taste or Odor - There shall be no substances added
        that will impart: unpalatable flavor to fish or result
        in noticeable offensive odors in the vicinity of the
        water or otherwise interfere with fish or aquatic life.

    (g) Toxic Substances - There shall be no substances added
        to the waters that will produce toxic conditions that
        affect fish or aquatic life.

    (h) Other Pollutants - Other pollutants shall not be added
        to the waters that will be detrimental to fish or
       . aquatic life.

4.  Recreation

    (a) Dissolved Oxygen - There shall always be sufficient
        dissolved oxygen present to prevent odors of decompo-
        sition and" other offensive conditions.

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    (b) pH - The pH value shall lie within the range of 6.0 to 9.0
        and shall .not fluctuate more than 1.0 unit in this range
        over a period of 24 hours.

    (c) Solids, Floating Materials, and Deposits - There shall be
        no distinctly visible solids, scum, foam, oily sleek,  or
        the formation of slimes, bottom deposits or sludge banks
        of such size or character that may be detrimental to
        recreation.

    (d) Turbidity or Color - There shall be no turbidity or color
        added in such amounts or character that will result in an
        objectionable appearance to the water.

    (e) Temperature - The temperature of the water shall not exceed
        93°F and the maximum rate of change shall not exceed 3°F
        per hour.  In no case shall the maximum temperature rise
        be more than 10°F above the stream temperature which shall
        be measured at an upstream control point.

    (f) Microbiological Coliform - The fecal coliform group shall
        not exceed 5,000 per 100 ml. as a monthly average value
        nor exceed this number in more than 20 per cent of the
        samples examined during any month; nor exceed 20,000 per
        100 ml. in more than five per cent of such samples.  In
        those waters that are physically suitable and available to
        the public for water-contact recreation the fecal coliform
        concentration shall not exceed 1,000 per 100 ml. in any
        two consecutive samples collected during the months of
        May through September.  Water areas near outfalls of domes-
        tic sewage treatment plants are not considered suitable
        for water-contact recreation.

    (g) Taste or Odor - There shall be no substances added that
        will result in objectionable taste or odor.

    (h) Toxic Substances - There shall be no substances added  to
        the water that will produce toxic conditions that affect
        man or animal.

    Ci) Other Pollutants - Other pollutants shall not be added to
        the water in quantities which may have a detrimental effect
        on recreation.

5.  Irrigation

    (a) Dissolved Oxygen - There shall always be sufficient dis-
        solved oxygen present to prevent odors of decomposition
        and other offensive conditions.

    (b) pll - The pll value shall lie within the range of 6.0 to 9.0
        and shall not fluctuate more than 1.0 unit in this range
        over a period of 24 hours.

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    (c) Hardness or Mineral Compounds - There shall be no
        substances added to the water that will increase the
        mineral content to such an extent as to impair its use
        for irrigation.

    (d) Solids, Floating Materials and Deposits - There shall
        be no distinctly visible solids, scum, foam, oily
        sleek, or the formation of slimes, bottom deposits or
        sludge banks of such size or character as may impair
        the usefulness of the water for irrigation purposes.

    (e) Temperature -'The temperature of the water shall not
        be raised or lowered to such an extent as to interfere
      •  with its use for irrigation purposes.

    (f) Toxic Substances - There shall be no substances added
        to water that will produce toxic conditions that will
        affect the water for irrigation.

    (g) Other Pollutants - Other pollutants shall not be added
        to the water in quantities which may be detrimental to
        the waters used for irrigation.

6.  Livestock Watering and Wildlife

    •(a) Dissolved Oxygen - There shall always be sufficient
        dissolved oxygen present to prevent odors of decompo-
        sition and other offensive conditions.

    (b) pH - The pll value shall lie within the range of 6.0 to
        9.0 and shall not fluctuate more than 1.0 unit in this
        range over a period of 24 hours..

    (c) Hardness or Mineral Compounds - There shall be no
        substances added to water that will increase the'
        mineral content to such an extent as to impair its
        use for livestock watering and wildlife.

    (d) Solids, Floating Materials and Deposits - There shall
        be no distinctly visible solids, scum, foam, oily
        sleek, or the formation of slimes, bottom deposits' or
        sludge banks of such size or character as to interfere
        with livestock watering and wildlife.

    .(e) Temperature - The temperature of the water shall not
        be raised or lowered to such an extent as to interfere
        with its use for livestock watering and wildlife.

    (f) To'xic Substances - There shall be no substances added
        to water that will produce, toxic conditions that will
        effect th'e water for livestock watering and wildlife.

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         (g) Other Pollutants - Other pollutants shall not be added
             to the water in quantities which may be detrimental to
             the water for livestock watering and wildlife.

     7. ' Navigation'

         (a) Dissolved Oxygen - There shall always be sufficient
             dissolved oxygen present to prevent odors of decompo-
            ' sition and other offensive conditions.

         (b) Hardness or Mineral Compounds - There shall be no
             substances added to the water that will increase the
             mineral content to such an extent: as to impair its use
             for navigation.

         (c) Solids, Floating Materials and Deposits - There shall
             be no distinctly visible solids, scum, foam, oily
             sleek, or the formation of slimes, bottom deposits or
             sludge banks of such size or character as to interfere
             with navigation.

         (d) Temperature - The temperature of the water shall not
             be raised or lowered to such an extent as to interfere
             with its use for navigation purposes.

         .(e) .Toxic Substances - There shall be no'substances added
             to water that will produce toxic conditions that will
             affect the water for navigation.

         (f) Other Pollutants - Other pollutants shall not be added
             to the water in quantities which may be detrimental to
             the waters used for navigation.

     These criteria should not be construed as permitting the
degradation of higher quality water when such can be prevented by
reasonable pollution control measures.  The above conditions are
recognized as applying to waters affected by the discharge of sewage
and/or industrial waste or other waste and not resulting from
natural causes.

DEFINITIONS

     1.  Conventional Water Treatment - Conventional water treatment
         as referred to in the criteria denotes coagulation, sedi-
         mentation, filtration and chlorination.

     2.  Mixing Zone - Mixing zone refers to that section of flowing
         stream or impounded waters necessary for effluents to become
         dispersed.

         The mixing zone necessary in each particular case shall be
         defined by the Tennessee Stream Pollution Control Board.

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            APPENDIX C
            Summary of
MISSISSIPPI WATER QUALITY STANDARDS

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        STATE OF MISSISSIPPI WATER QUALITY STANDARDS

                 A Status Report and Summary
     Water quality ^standards were submitted by the State of
Mississippi on Jurie.?22,  1967.' A revision  to the water quality
criteria and stream classifications were later adopted by the Air
and Water Pollution Control Commission, and approval with certain
exceptions was given  to Mississippi standards on Nay 6, 1968, by
'the Secretary of  the  Interior.  The remaining exceptions to
approval and action taken are as follows:
        . Requirements

 Inclusion of a clause relative .
:to  non-degradation of existing
 high  quality waters.

 Upgrading criteria for
 dissolved oxygen  for Fish and
 Aquatic Life 'and  other higher
 uses, and upgrading dissolved
 oxygen for open ocean waters.

 Upgrading criteria for
 temperature for Shellfish
 Harvesting and Fish and Wildlife
 Classifications and other higher
 uses.
Review of bacteriological
criteria for Public Water
Supply and Recreational Uses
Classifications.

Review of mineral criteria
(dissolved solids and  specific
conductance) for Public Water
Supply.and other applicable
uses.

Completed and updated
implementation plan with time
schedules and treatment
requirements for all industries
and municipalities discharging
'into  interstate waters.
         Ac tio n_T_a_ken

Acceptable clause prepared by
the state but not officially
adopted.

Under negotiation.
Regional study by FWPCA"in
cooperation with the states for
review of historical tempera-
ture data and effects of heated
effluents on receiving waters
has been initiated.  Study
expected to terminate'about
January 1, 1970.
                       •
Joint study in progress.  Data
collection expected to terminate
July 1, 1969.
Joint study in process with
FWPCA and Lower Mississippi
River Stales to review mineral
criteria for regionwide compat-
ibility.

Under preparation by state
agency.

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      In previous  actions  by  the  State  Air  and Water  Pollution
 Control Commission,  secondary  or equivalent  levels of waste
• treatment  will  be required  for all  discharges- to  interstate
 waters. The  Commission also reviewed  and  changed certain  stream
 .classifications to.higher use  levels.  Water quality criteria  for
 the entire bacteriological  parameter has been changed from total
 to fecal coliforms,  and maximum  temperature  levels for  all water
 use classifications  have  been  lowered  to a 93°F maximum.   These
 changes are incorporated  in  the  classifications and  water  quality
 criteria which  follow.                 '

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     WATER QUALITY CRITERIA FOR INTERSTATE AND COASTAL WATERS

                         STATE OF MISSISSIPPI


SECTION I.  GENERAL CONDITIONS;

1.' It is the intent of the Mississippi Air & Water Pollution
    Control Commission that the pollution of waters of the State
    shall be prevented, eliminated or reduced to acceptable levels
    £p protect the public health or welfare and enhance the quality
    of waters to insure their value for public water supplies,
    propagation of fish and wildlife, recreational purposes,
    agricultural, industrial and other legitimate uses.

2.  The limiting values of water quality herein described shall be
    measured by the Commission in waters under consideration as
    determined by good sanitary engineering practice and after
    consultation with affected parties.  Samples shall be taken
    from points so distributed over the area and depth of the
    waters being, studied as to permit a realistic appraisal of
    such actual or potential damage to water use or aquatic life
    as may exist.  Samples shall be analyzed in accordance with
    latest edition of "Standard Methods for the Examination of
    Water & Wastewater"-or other methods acceptable to the
    Commission.

3.'  Exceptions.

    In cognizance of the fact that certain waters of the State  may
    not fall within desired or prescribed limitations as outlined,
    the Commission may authprize exceptions to these limits upon
    presentation of good and sufficient evidence of intent to com-
    ply to the extent practical or technically feasible.  In no case
    shall it be permissible to deposit or introduce materials1 in
    vaters of the State which will cause impairment of the reason-
    able, or legitimate use to said waters.

4.  In view of the fact that industry is continuing to produce  new
    materials whose characteristics and effects are unknown at  this
    time, such materials- shall be evaluated on their merits as  infor-
    mation becomes available to the Commission.

5.  All criteria conraine.d herein shall apply at all stages of
    streamflow which exceed the 7-day, 10-year minimum flow in
   •unregulated, natural streams.  This requirement shall not be
    interpreted to permit any unusual waste discharges during
    periods of lower flow.

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 SECTION II.   MINIMUM CONDITIONS  APPLICABLE TO ALL WATERS.

 1.   Free from substances  attributable  to municipal,  industrial,
     agricultural  or  other discharges that will  settle  to  form
     putrescent or otherwise objectionable sludge deposits.

 2.   Free from floating  debris, oil, scum and other  floating materials
     attributable  to  municipal, industrial, agricultural or other dis-
     charges  in amounts  sufficient  to be unsightly or deleterious.

 3.   Free from materials attributable to municipal,  industrial,
     agricultural  or  other discharges producing  color,  odor, or
     other conditions in such degree as to create a  nuisance.

 4.   Free from substances  attributable  to municipal,  industrial,
     agricultural  or  other discharges in concentrations or combina-
     tions which are  toxic or harmful to humans, animal or aquatic
     life. •

 5.   Municipal wastes, industrial wastes, or other wastes shall
     receive  effective treatment  or control (secondary  or equivalent)
     in accordance with  the latest practical technological advances
     and shall be  approved by the Commission. " A degree of treatment
     greater  than  secondary will  be required when necessary to
     protect  legitimate  water uses.
 SECTION'III.  SPECIFIC WATER QUALITY CRITERIA.

'!.'   PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY:
    Water  in  this  classification  is  for use as a source of raw
    water  supply for drinking and  food processing purposes.  The
    water  treatment process shall  be approved by the Mississippi
    State  Board of Health.  The raw water supply will meet the
    Public Health  Service Drinking Water Standards  (latest edition).

    a.  Dissolved  Oxygen;  There  shall be no oxygen demanding sub-
        6tanc.es added which will  depress the D. 0.  content below
        4.0 mg/1.                                             •  .

    b.  jgll:   The pl-I shall not be  caused to vary more than 1.0 unit
        above, or brlow normal pll  of  the waters and  lower value shr>l I
       . be not less than 6.0 and  upper value not more than 8.5

    c.  Temperature:  Shall not be increased more than ten degrees  F
        (10°F), after reasonable  mixing, above the  natural prevail-
      " ing background temperatures, nor exceed a maximum of 93°F.
                    •  i
    d.  Bac-tcria:  Fecal coliform not to exceed 5,000 per 100 ml.
        as a  monthly average, value (either MPN or MF count); nor
        to exceed  this number in  more than twenty percent (20%) of
        the samples examined during  any month; nor  to exceed 20,000
        per 100 ml. in more than  five percent (5%)  of such samples.

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    e.  Chlorides (Cl~);   There shall be no substances added which
        will cause the chloride content to exceed 250 mg/1 in fresh
        water streams.

    f.  Specific Conductance:   There shall be no substances added
        to increase the conductivity above 500 micromhos/cm for
       • fresh water streams.

    g.  Dissolved Solids;   There shall be no substances added to
        the waters to cause the dissolved solids to exceed 500 mg/1.

    h.  Threshold Odor;  There shall be no substances added which
        will cause the threshold odor number to exceed 24 (at 60°C)
        as a daily average.

    i.  Phenolic Compounds;  There' shall be no substances added
        which will cause the phenolic content to be greater than
        0.001'mg/1 (phenol).

    j.  Radioactive Substances;   There shall be no radioactive
       .substances added to the waters which will cause the gross
        beta activity (in the known absence of Strontium-90 and
        alpha emitters) to exceed 1000 micromic'rocuries at any
        time.

    k.  Chemical Constituents:  Not to exceed the following
        concentrations at any time:

        Constituent                            Concentration (mg/1)

        Arsenic                                0.05
        Barium                                • 1.0
        Cadmium                                0.01
        Chromium (hexavalent)                   0.05
        Cyanide                                0.2
        Fluoride                               0.7 - 1.2
        Lead                                   0.05
        Selenium                               0.01
        Silver                                 0.05

2.  SHELLFISH HARVESTING'AREAS:

    Waters classified for this use are for propagation and harvest-
    ing shellfish for sale or use as a food product.  These waters
    will meet the requirements set forth in the latest edition of
    the National Shellfish Sanitation Program, Manual of Operations,
    Part I, Sanitation o£ Shellfish Growing Areasi as published by
    the-U. S. Public Health Service.

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    c.  Temperature;  Shall not be increased more than ten degrees F
        (10°F), after reasonable mixing, above the natural prevailing
        background temperatures, nor exceed a maximum of 93° F.
                    "•                                .
    d.  Bacteria:  Fecal coliform group riot to'exceed 1000 per-100-ml. as
        a monthly average value .(either MPN or MF count); nor exceed
        this number in more than twenty percent (20%) of the samples
        examined d.uring any month; nor exceed 2,400 per 100 ml. (MPN
        or MF count) on any day.

    e.  Specific. Conductance;   There shall be no substances added
        to increase the conductivity above 1000 micromhos/cm for
        fresh water streams.

    £.  Dissolved solids;   There shall be no substances added to the
        waters to cause the dissolved solids to exceed 750 mg/1 as a
        monthly average value, nor exceed 1500 mg/1 at any time.

    g.  Toxic Substances,  Color, Taste and Odor Producing Substances:
        There shall be no substances added, whether alone or in com-
        bination'with other substances that will render the waters
        unsafe or unsuitable for water contact activities, or impair
        the use of waters requiring lesser quality.

4.  FISH AND WILDLIFE;

    Waters in this classification arc intended for fishing, propa-
    gation of fish, aquatic life and wildlife and any other uses
    requiring water of lesser quality.

    a.  Dissolved Oxygen;   There shall be no oxygen demanding sub"
        stances added which will depress the D.O. content' below
        4.0 mg/1.
                                                             •
    b.  pH;  The pH shall not be caused to vary more than 1.0 unit
        above or below normal pH of the waters and lower value shall
        be not less than 6.0 and upper value not more than 8.5.

    c.  Temperature:  Shall not be increased more than ten degrees
      •  F (10°F), after reasonable mixing, above the natural prevail"
        ing background temperatures, nor exceed a maximum of 93° F.

    ^«  Specific Conductance;   There shall be no substances added
        to increase the conductivity above 1000 micromhos/cm for
        fresh water streams.

    c.  Dissolved Solids:   There shall be no substances added to the
      • 'Waters to cause the. dissolved solids to exceed 750 mg/1 as a
        monthly average value, nor exceed 1500 mg/1 at any time.

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    f.  Toxic Substances:   There shall be no substances added to
        the waters to exceed one-tenth (l/10th) of the 48-hour
        median tolerance limit.
                    ^
   . g.  Taste and Odo'f;   There shall be no substance added, whether
        alone or in combination with other substances that will
        impair the palatability of fish or unreasonably affect the
        aesthetic value of the water.

    h.  Phenolic Compounds:   There shall be no substances added
        which will cause the phenolic content to exceed 0.05 mg/1
        •(phenol) .

5.  AGRICULTURAL AND INDUSTRIAL WATER SUPPLIES;

    Waters in this classification will be suitable for agricultural
   • irrigation and livestock watering, industrial cooling and pro-
    cess water supplies, fish survival and other uses, except fish
    and wildlife propagation, water contact sports and source of
    potable water supply.
               . •          '      '
    a.  Dissolved Oxygen;   There shall be no oxygen demanding sub-
        stances added which will depress the dissolved oxygen
        content below 3.0  mg/1.

    b.  jpH;  The pH shall  not be caused to vary more than 1.0 unit
        above or below normal pH of the waters and lower value
        shall be not less  than 6.0 and upper value not more than
        8.5.

    c.  Temperature;   Shall not be increased more than ten degrees
    '• '  F (10°F), after reasonable'mixing, above the natural pre-
        vailing background temperatures, nor exceed a maximum of
        93° F.                                               .

    d.  Specific Conductance;  There shall be no substances added
        to increase the conductivity above 1000 micromhos/cm for
        fresh water streams.

    .c.  Dissolved Solids;'  There shall be no substances added to
        the waters to cause- the dissolved solids to exceed 750 mg/1
        as a monthly average value,  nor exceed 1500 mg/1 at any
        time.

6.  NAVIGATION & UTILITY USE:

    Waters in this classification will be suitable for navigation,
    survival of fish and any other use.except source of potable
    water'supply, fish and wildlife propagation, recreational
    activities, including  water contact sports, agricultural irri-
    gation and livestock watering.

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a.  Dissolved Oxygen:  There shall be no oxygen demanding sub-
    stances added which will depress the dissolved oxygen con-
    tent below 3.0 mg/1.

b.  j>H;  The pH shall not be caused to vary more than 1.5 unit
    above or be.low;.the normal pH of the waters and lower value
    shall not be less than 5.0 and upper value not more than
    9.5.

c.  Temperature:  Shall not be increased more than ten degrees
    F (10°F), after reasonable mixing, above the natural pre-
    vailing background temperatures, nor exceed a maximum of
    950F.

<*•  Specific Conductance;  There shall be no substances added
    to increase the conductivity above 1500 micromhos/cin for
    fresh water streams.

e.  Dissolved Solids:  There shall be no substances added to
    the waters to cause the dissolved solids to exceed 1000
    mg/1 as-a monthly average value, nor exceed 2000 mg/1 at
    •any time.

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         APPENDIX D
REFUSE ACT PERMIT APPLICATION

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                                                                                                                   FORM APPROVED
                                                                                                                   OMB NO. 49-R 0400
                                 DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY, CORPS OF ENGINEERS

            APPLICATION FOR PERMIT TO DISCHARGE OR WORK IN NAVIGABLE WATERS AND THEIR TRIBUTARIES
SECTION I. GENERAL INFORMATION
                                                                    1. State
                               Application Number (to be assigned by Corps of Engineers)

                                 Div.    Dist.         Type       Sequence No.
2. Name of applicant and title of signing official
3. Mailing address of applicant
4. Name, address, telephone number and title of applicant's authorized agent for permit application coordination and correspondence.
NOTE TO APPLICANT: Refer to the pamphlet entitled "Permits for Work and Structures in and for Discharges or Deposits into Navigable Waters"
                       before attempting to complete this form.
    lired Information
     All information contained in this application will, upon request, be made available to the public for inspection and copying. A separate sheet   .
     entitled "Confidential Answers" must be used to set out information which is considered by the applicant to constitute trade secrets or com-
     mercial or financial information of a confidential nature. The information must clearly indicate the item number to which it applies. Con-
     fidential treatment can be considered only for that information for which a specific written request of confidentiality has been made on the
     attached sheet. However, in no event will identification of the contents and frequency of a discharge be recognized as confidential or privileged
     information.
  b. The applicant shall furnish such supplementary information as is required by the District Engineer in order to evaluate fully an application.
  c. If additional space is needed for a complete response to any item on this form, attach a sheet entitled "Additional Information." Indicate on
     that sheet the item numbers to which answers apply.
  d. Drawings required by items 20 and 21 should be attached to this application. Other papers which must be attached  to this application include,
   • • if applicable, copies of a water quality certification or  a written communication which describes water quality impact (sec Item 22 and Item. 10 ..
     of Section II below), the additional information sheet(s) in "c" above, and the confidential  information sheet described in "a" above.
Fees
     If any discharge or deposit is involved, an application fee of $100 must be submitted with this application. An additional $50 is required  for each
     additional point of discharge or deposit.
Signature
  a. If a discharge is involved, an application submitted by  a corporation must be signed by the principal executive officer of that corporation or by
     an official of the rank of corporate vice president or above who reports directly to such principal executive officer and who has been designated
     by the principal executive officer to make such applications on behalf of the corporation. In the case of a partnership or a sole proprietorship,
     the application must be signed by a general partner or  the proprietor. Other signature requirements are discussed in  the pamphlet.
  b. If no discharge is involved, an application may be signed by the applicant or his authorized acjoni.
     Application is hereby made for a permit or permits to authorize the activities described herein. I certify that I am familiar with the information
     contained in this application, and that to the best of my knowledge and belief such information is true, complete, and accurate.
     18 U.S.C. Section 1001 provides that:
                                                                               Signature of Applicant
     Whoever, in any matter within the jurisdiction of any department or agency of the United States knowingly and wilfully falsifies, conceals or
     covers up by any trick, scheme, or device a material fact, or makes any false, fictitious or fraudulent statements or representations, or makes
     or uses any false writing or document knowing same to contain any false, fictitious or fraudulent statement or entry, shall be fined not more
     than $10.000 or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.
     Acronym name of applicant
     Date received, form not complete	— —  —	
     Date received, form complete	
       but without certificate
     Date received, form complete         	— —  —  — —
     Date of CertVLtr.	— —
      	day	rr.o	yr
FOR CORPS OF ENGINEERS USE ONLY
                    Arc discharge structures

                                       Minor? '
                                                                  Major?
                                                                                                         N/A?
                    Date sent to EPA, form not complete	—	

                    Date sent to EPA. WOAA, D/l. AEC,
                       FPC in complete form             — —	
                                                         day      mo       yr
ENG FORM
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5. Date
                      mo      day     yr
                                                                              (Office use only)
   -heck type of application:
                              a. Original
                                                       b. Revision
D
                                                                             7. Number of original application
8. Name of facility where discharge or construction will occur.
9. Full mailing address of facility named in item 8 above.
10. Names and mailing addresses of all adjoining property owners whose property also adjoins the waterway.
11. Check to indicate tho nature of the proposed activity:
          a. Dredging   [   [        b. Construction [   [
                                                                                          _                              _
                                                             c. Construction with Discharge [   [           b. Discharge only   I
    If activity is temporary in nature, estimate its duration in months.
   If application is for a discharge:

1 3. List, intake sources

                        Source

         Municipal or private water supply system
        . Surface water body                                     .
         Ground water                                         •
         Other

14. Describe water usage within the plant

                         Type

         Cooling water
         Boiler Feed water
         Process water
         Sanitary system*
         Other

15. List volume of discharges or losses other than into navigable waters.


                         Type              .     .       '

         Municipal waste treatment system
         Surface containment
         Underground disposal
         Waste Acceptance firms
         Evaporation
         Consumption
                                                                    Estimated Volume in Million
                                                                     Gallons Per day or Fraction
                                                                             Thereof
                                                                    Estimated Volume in Million
                                                                     Gallons Per day or Fraction
                                                                              Thereof
                                                                    Estimated Volume in Million
                                                                     Gallons Per day or Fraction
                                                                              Thereof
         • Indicate number employees served per day
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   If structures exist, or dredging, filling or other construction will occur, the
   precise location of the activity must be described.
(Office use only)
   Name the corporate boundaries within which the structures exist or the
   activity will occur.
                      State                               County                      City or Town
                16.	    17.	  18.	
b. Name of waterway at the location of the activity
                19.-
20. Maps and sketches which show the location and character of each structure or activity, including any and all outfall devices, dispersive devices,
    and non-structural points of discharge, must be attached to this application.
21. For construction or work in navigable waters for which a separate permit is sought under 33 U.S.C. 403, the character of each structure must bo
    fully shown on detailed plans to be submitted with this application. Note on the drawings those structures for which separate discharge informa-
    tion (Section II  of this form) has been submitted.	
22. List all approvals or denials granted by Federal, interstate. State or local agencies for any structures, construction, discharges or deposits
    described in this application.

                         Type of document               Id. No.                Date                  Issuing Agency
  ..Check if facility existed or was lawfully under construction prior- to April 3.1970.      •• ' I   I
"24. If dredging or filling will occur:

    Stato the type of materials involved, their volume in cubic yards, and the proposed method of measurement.
 25. Describe tho proposed method of instrumentation which will be used to measure the volume of any solids which may be deposited and to
    determine its effect upon the waterway.
 26. State rates and periods of deposition described in Item 25.
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                               SECTION II.   PLANT PROCESS AND DISCHARGE DESCRIPTION
1. Discharge described below is
     "•resent .	,        b. Proposed new ,
            I             or changed
   2. Implementation
     schedule
D
                                (Office use only)
Name of corporate boundaries within which the point of discharge is located.
                  State                                   County
                                                   City or
                                                   Town
                                                            6. Discharge Serial No.
State the precise location of the point of discharge.

   7. Latitude  	 	 Degrees;	Min;	Sec.

   8. Longitude	 Degrees;	Min;	Sec.
                  9. Name of waterway at the point of discharge.
10. Has application for water quality certification or description of impact been made? If so, give date:

                            Date                   Check if certificate   I   I              Name Issuing Agency
      Check if certificate
      is attached to form
                     mo      day
                                       yr
11. Narrative description of activity (include terms of general 4-digit Standard Industrial Classification, and specific manufacturing process).
12. Standaid industrial classification number.
      13. Principal product.
                           14. Amount of principal product produced
                              per day.
15. Principal raw material.
      16. Amount of principal raw material
        ' consumed per day.'
                           17. Number of batch discharges per day.
18. Average gallons per batch discharge.
19. Date discharge began.
                                                                       day
                      20. Date discharge will begin.
                                                           mo        day
21. Describe waste abatement practices.
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22.
                            PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION OF INTAKE WATER AND DISCHARGE
Parameter
and (Code)
Flow
(Gallons per day)
00056
pH
00400
Temperature
(Winter) (°F)
74028
Temperature
(Summer) (°F|
74027
23.
                                                DISCHARGE CONTENTS
          PARAMETER
                                                 PARAMETER
                                                                                            PARAMETER
                                                                         ui
                                                                         V)
                                                                         Ml
                                                                         DC
                                                                         CL
                                                                                                                      I-

                                                                                                                      Ul
Color
00080
Aluminum
01105
Nickel
01067
Turliidity
00070
Antimony
01097
Selenium
01147
Radioactivity.
74050
Arsenic
01002
Silver
01077
Hardness
00900
Beryllium
01012
Potassium
00937
Solids
00500
Barium
01007
Sodium
00929
Ammonia
00610
Boron
01022
Titanium
01152
Organic Nitrogen
00605
Cadmium
01027
Tin
01102
Nitrate
00620
Calcium
00916
Zinc
01092
Nitrite
00615
Cobalt
01037
Algicides
74051
Phosphorus
00665
Chromium
01034
Oil and Grease
00550
Sulfate
00945
Copper
01042
Phenols
32730
Sulficle
00745
 Iron
 01045
Surfactants
382GO
Sulfite
00740
 Lead
 01051
Chlorinated Hydrocarbons
74052
Bromide
    •q	
    .ide
00940
Magnesium
00927
Pesticides
74053
Manganese
01055 ,'
Fecal Streptococci Bacteria
74054
Cyanide
00720
Mercury
71900
Coliform Bacteria
74056
Fluoride
00951
Molybdenum
010C2
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24a.  Have all known hazardous or potentially hazardous substances in your plant been inventoried?
           n  YM           n N°
.   ,.  If yes. have steps been taken to insure that there exists no possibility of any such known hazardous or potentially hazardous substance entering
     this discharge?
                Yes
                D
No
25. Remarks.
The information above completes the basic reporting requirements which are required of all applicants. Those applicants whose discharge results from
an activity included within any of the Standard Industrial Classification Code (SIC Code) categories listed below must complete Part A of this form as
well.
SIC  098

SIC  10-14

SIC  201

SIC  202

SIC  203
SIC  2031.
     2036
SIC • 204

SIC  206

SIC  207

SIC  208

SIC  209


SIC  22

SIC  23



SIC  242

SIC  2432

SIC  2491

SIC  26

SIC  281


SIC  2818

SIC  282




Sir  283

     284
FISH HATCHERIES. FARMS. AND PRESERVES

DIVISION B - MINING

MEAT PRODUCTS

DAIRY PRODUCTS

CANNED PRESERVED FRUITS. VEGETABLES
(EXCEPT SEAFOODS. SIC 2031 AND 2036)

CANNED AND CURED FISH AND SEAFOODS;
FRESH OR FROZEN PACKAGED FISH AND
SEAFOpDS

GRAIN MILL PRODUCTS

SUGAR

CONFECTIONARY AND RELATED PRODUCTS

BEVERAGES

MISCELLANEOUS FOOD PREPARATIONS AND
KINDRED PRODUCTS
                        f:    •
TEXTILE MILL PRODUCTS

APPAREL AND OTHER FINISHED PRODUCTS
MADE FROM FABRICS AND SIMILAR
MATERIALS

SAWMILLS AND PLANING MILLS

VENEER AND PLYWOOD

WOOD PRESERVING

PAPER AND ALLIED PRODUCTS

INDUSTRIAL INORGANIC AND ORGANIC
CHEMICALS (EXCEPT SIC 2818)

INDUSTRIAL ORGANIC CHEfvliCALS

PLASTICS MATERIALS AND SYNTHETIC
RESINS. SYNTHETIC RUBBER. SYNTHETIC
AND OTHER JV1AN-MADE FIBERS. EXCEPT
GLASS

DRUGS

SOAP. DETERGENTS. AND CLEANING PREP-
ARATIONS. PERFUMES. COSMETICS. AND
OTHER TOILET PREPARATIONS
        CRITICAL INDUSTRIAL GROUPS

                       SIC  285
PAINTS, VARNISHES. LACQUERS. ENAMELS. AND
ALLIED PRODUCTS
                       SIC   2871     FERTILIZERS

                       SIC   2879     AGRICULTURAL PESTICIDES. AND OTHER AGRI-
                                    CULTURAL CHEMICALS, NOT ELSEWHERE
                                    CLASSIFIED

                       SIC   2891     ADHESIVES AND GELATIN

                       SIC   2892     EXPLOSIVES

                       SIC   29      PETROLEUM REFINING AND RELATED INDUSTRIES
                                            •            .
                       SIC   3011.    TIRES AND INNER TUBES: FABRICATED RUBBER
                            3069     PRODUCTS. NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED

                       SIC   3079.    MISCELLANEOUS PLASTICS PRODUCTS

                       SIC   311      LEATHER TANNING AND FINISHING

                       SIC   32      STONE. CLAY. GLASS. AND CONCRETE PRODUCTS

                       SIC   331      BLAST FURNACES. STEEL WORKS. AND ROLLING
                        •'" '        AND FINISHING MILLS     '     •--.-.

                       SIC   332      IRON AND STEEL FOUNDRIES

                       SIC   333.     PRIMARY SMELTING AND REFINING OF NON-
                            334      FERROUS METALS; SECONDARY SMELTING AND
                                    REFINING OF NONFERROUS METALS

                       SIC   336      NONFERROUS FOUNDRIES

                       SIC   347      COATING, ENGRAVING, AND ALLIED SERVICES

                       SIC   35      MACHINERY. EXCEPT ELECTRICAL

                       SIC   36      ELECTRICAL MACHINERY. EQUIPMENT. AND
                                    SUPPLIES

                       SIC   37      TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT (EXCEPT SHIP
                                    BUILDING AND REPAIRING. SIC 3731)

                       SIC   3731     SHIPBUILDING AND REPAIRING

                       SIC   491      ELECTRIC COMPANIES AND SYSTEMS

                       SIC   493      COMBINATION COMPANIES AND SYSTEMS
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                                                    PART  A
    :  Submission of Part A is required of all applicants whose processes are listed
      on page 3 above.)
                                                                 (Office use only)
                                                                                         Discharge Serial No.
                              INFORMATION REQUIRED OF SPECIFIED INDUSTRIES
    Intake
Discharge
PARAMETER
AND CODE
ALKALINITY (asCaCO-j)

00410
B.O.D. 5-DAY

00310
CHEMICAL OXYGEN
 DEMAND (C.O.D.)

r  -0
»_.AL SOLIDS

00500
TOTAL DISSOLVED
     SOLIDS

70300
TOTAL SUSPENDED
     SOLIDS

00530
TOTAL VOLATILE
     SOLIDS

00505
AMMONIA (asN)

00810
KJELDAHL NITROGEN

00625
NITRATE (asN)
PHOSPHORUS TOTAL
       (asP)

OOG65
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TABLE A
Guide for Completion of Part A
PARAMETER
&
UNITS
ALKALINITY
AS Ca CO3
Mg/liter
B.O.D.
5-DAY
Mg/litcr
CHEMICAL OXYGEN
DEMAND (C.O.D.)
Mg/liter
TOTAL SOLIDS
Mg/litcr
L DISSOLVED
ERABLE)
SOLIDS
Mg/liter
TOTAL SUSPENDED
(NON-FILTERABLE)
SOLIDS
Mg/liter
TOTAL VOLATILE
SOLIDS
Mg/hter
AMMONIA
(asN)
Mg/litcr
KJELDAHL NITROGEN
Mg/liter
NITRATE
(asN)
Mg/litcr
lol'AL PHOSPHORUS
(asP)
Mg/liter
METHOD
ELECTROMETRIC TITRATION
TECHNICON METHYL
ORANGE.METHOD
MODIFIED WINKLER METHOD
OR
PROBE METHOD
DICHROMATE REFLUX
METHOD
GRAVIMETRIC, 105°C.
METHOD
GLASS FIBER FILTRATION
METHOD, 180°C.
GLASS FIBER FILTRATION
METHOD, 103-105°C.
GRAVIMETRIC METHOD
550°C.
DISTILLATION-NESSLERIZATION
METHOD OR
TECHNICON-DIGESTION &
PHENOLATE METHOD
DIGESTION-DISTILLATION METHOD
OR TECHNICON-DIGESTION &
PHENOLATE METHOD
BRUCINE SULFATE METHOD
OR TECHNICON-HYDRAZINE
REDUCTION METHOD
PERSULFATE DIGESTION «• SINGLE
REAGENT METHOD OR '
TECHNICON-MANUAL DIGESTION &
SINGLE REAGENT OR STANNOUS
CHLORIDE
REFERENCES
STANDARD
METHODS
13TH ED.
1971
p. 370
p. 489
p. 495
p. 535
'p. 539 '
p. 537
p. 536
p. 453
p. 469
p. 461
p. 526
A.S.T.M.
STANDARDS
Pt. 23
1970
p. 154
p. 712
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
W.Q.O.
METHODS
1971
P. 6
p. 15
p. 17
p. 280
p. 275
p. 278
p. 282
•
p. 134
p. 149
p. 170
p. 235
SIGNIFICANCE
IN
REPORTING
DATA
X.
X.
X.
X.
X. '
X.
X.
.XX
.XX
.XX
.XX
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                                    PART B  DISCHARGE DESCRIPTION
    (Note: Submission of Part B is required of all applicants who are
    i required to submit Part A. Only those parameters specifically
   Bleated in the Instructions are to bo reported by a particular industry)
                                                           (Office use only)
                                                                                    Discharge Serial No.
  B-1.
    PHYSICAL AND BIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS OF INTAKE WATER AND DISCHARGE (See Table B-1)
  Intake
                                                     Discharge
  PARAMETER
  AND CODE
  COLOR
  00080
  SPECIFIC
  CONDUCTANCE
  00095
    'RBIDITY
    J70
  FECAL STREPTOCOCCI
  BACTERIA
  74054
  FECAL COLIFORM
  BACTERIA
  74055 	
  TOTAL COLIFORM
  BACTERIA
  74056
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                                                  PARTB
                                                          (Office use only)
                                                                                   Discharge Serial No.
  B-2.
CHEMICAL PARAMETERS OF INTAKE WATER AND  DISCHARGE (See Table B-2)
  Intake
                                      Discharge
  PARAMETER
  AND CODE
                                                                                  (11)
  ACIDITY (as CaCO3)
  00435
  TOTAL ORGANIC
  CARBON (T.O.C.)
  OOG80
   /TAL HARDNESS
  00900.
  NITRITE (as N)
  00615
  ORGANIC NITROGEN
  00605
  PHQSPHORUS-ORTHO
  (as P')
  70507
  SULFATE
  00945
  SULFIDE
  00745
  SULFITE
  10740
  BROMIDE
  71870
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                                                PARTB
                                                         (Office use only)
                                                                                 Discharge Serial No.
  B-2. (cont.)
CHEMICAL PARAMETERS OF INTAKE WATER AND DISCHARGE (See Table B-2)
  PARAMETER
  AND CODE
  CHLORIDE
  00940
  CYANIDE
  00720
     IORIDE
    J51.
  ALUMINUM-TOTAL
  01105
  ANTIMONY-TOTAL
  01097
  ARSENIC-TOTAL
  01002
  BARIUM-TOTAL
  01007
  BERYLLIUM-TOTAL
  01012
  BORON-TOTAL
  01022
  CADMIUM-TOTAL
  01027
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                                                PARTS
                                                         (Office »i« only)
                                                                                 Discharge Serial No.
  B-2. (cont.)
CHEMICAL PARAMETERS OF INTAKE WATER AND  DISCHARGE (See Table B-2)
  Intake
  PARAMETER
  AND CODE
  (1)
(11)
 CALCIUM-TOTAL
 00916
 CHROMIUM-TOTAL
 01034
     ALT-TOTAL
 01C37
 COPPER-TOTAL
 01042
  IRON-TOTAL
  01045
  LEAD-TOTAL
  01051
  MAGNESIUM-TOTAL
  00927
  MANGANESE-TOTAL
  01055
  MERCURY-TOTAL
  —«JOO
  MOLYBDENUM-TOTAL
  01062
ENG FORM
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                                                  PARTS
                                                          (Office use only)
                                                                                   Discharge Serial No.
 B-2. (cont.)
             CHEMICAL PARAMETERS OF INTAKE WATER AND DISCHARGE (See Table B-2)
  Intake
                                                  Discharge
  PARAMETER
  AND CODE
                                                                                      (9)
(10)
(11)
  NICKEL-TOTAL
  01067
  POTASSIUM-TOTAL
  00937
  ocLENIUM-TOTAL
  01147
  SILVER-TOTAL
  01077
  SODIUM-TOTAL
  00929
  THALLIUM-TOTAL
  01059
  TIN-TOTAL
  01102
  TITANIUM-TOTAL
  01152
  ZINC-TOTAL
    092
  OIL AND GREASE
  00550
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                                                  PARTS
                                                           (Office use only)
                                                                                     Discharge Serial No.
 B-2. (cont.)
CHEMICAL PARAMETERS OF INTAKE WATER AND DISCHARGE (See Table B-2)
  PARAMETER
  AND CODE
  PHENOLS
  32730
  SURFACTANTS
  38260
    5ICIDES*
  ,4051
  CHLORINATED HYDRO-
  CARBONS" (EXCEPT
  PESTICIDES)
  74052
  PESTICIDES"
  74033
  •Name specific compounds) end fill in Iho required data for ccch. Use extra blanks at tha end of the form ond the "Remarks" space
   as necessary.
ENG FORM
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                                                PARTS
                                                         (Office use only)
                                                                                  Discharge Serial No.
  B-3.
RADIOACTIVE  PARAMETERS OF INTAKE WATER AND DISCHARGE (See Table B-3)
  Intake
                                            Discharge
  PARAMETER
  AND CODE
            ID
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
(7)
  ALPHA-TOTAL
  01501
  ALPHA COUNTING
  ERROR
  01502
  BETA-TOTAL
  03501
   .TA COUNTING
  ERROR
  03502
  GAMMA-TOTAL
  05501
  GAMMA COUNTING
  ERROR
  05502
  TRITIUM-TOTAL
  07000
  TRITIUM COUNTING
  ERROR
  07001
  B-4. REMARKS
ENG FORM
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              APPENDIX E
TENNESSEE DISCHARGE PERMIT REQUIREMENTS

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         TENNESSEE STREAM POLLUTION CONTROL LAW (Extracts)
        Tennessee Code Annotated - Sections 70-301 - 70-319
Sec. 70-305.     Applications received and permits issued for dis-
                 charge of wastes. - It shall be the duty of the
                 board and it shall have authority to receive and
                 examine applications, plans, specifications and
                 other data and to issue permits for the discharge
                 of 'sewage, industrial wastes, and other wastes
                 into or adjacent to the waters of the state, stip-
                 ulating in each permit the conditions under which,
                 and the time during which, such discharge may be
                 permitted.  (Acts 1945, ch. 128, § 3; C.Supp.
                 1950, § 5749.3.)
                        GENERAL REGULATIONS

             Tennessee Stream Pollution Control. Board
PERMITS TO DISCHARGE SEWAGE
INDUSTRIAL WASTES OR OTHER WASTE

     (a)  Application for Permit - Any person planning or construct-
ing any new works .whereby sewage, industrial wastes or other wastes.
may be discharged into or adjacent to any waters of the State shall
make written application to the Tennessee Department of Public Health
for permit to discharge such sewage or waste.  Such application shall
be on forms furnished by the Department and should be filed at the
time complete plans and specifications are submitted but may be sub-
mitted 30 days or more prior to the time it is desired to begin the
discharge of sewage or wastes and such discharge shall not be started
until written permit is received.

     All persons responsible for existing works which discharge
sewage, industrial wastes or other waste into or adjacent to waters
of the State shall file, prior to October 1, 1951, an applicarion
for permit to continue to discharge such waste.  These applications
shall be made on forms furnished by the Department and will be filed
in the same manner as specified for new works.

     (b)  Issuance of Permits - Applications for permits will  be re-
viewed together with operation records, plans and specifications or

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other data submitted by the person making such application or which
may be requested by the Department to ascertain the effect of such
sewage or waste upon  the waters into which discharged.  Each per-
mit issued shall stipulate the conditions under which and the time
during which such discharge may be permitted.  All permits must be
signed by the Commissioner of Public Health and Director of the
Division of Stream Pollution Control.

     Provided, however, that a tolerance permit may be issued in
cases where the pollution is not immediately dangerous to health,
and will not prevent reasonable use of the water by other riparian
owners, and cannot be immediately corrected on a temporary or per-
manent basis by any means short of stopping the operation of a pub-
lic service or industry.  Before any such tolerance permit is issued
to allow time for correction, the person responsible for such pollu-
tion must file a statement with the Department indicating that work
will be started immediately to correct the condition and continued
according to a specified schedule until completed.  Any such
tolerance permits issued will be reported to the Board at the next
meeting.

     (c)  Revocation of Permits - All permits shall be revocable or
Subject to modification and change indicated by operation records,
investigations or by other information regarding the works or the
rec.ei\ing waters.  All permits shall automatically terminate at the
end of'the period specified in such permit, or, if no time is speci-
fied in the permit, it nay be terminated by written notice served on
the person responsible for such works.  The right to discharge any
sewage, industrial wastes or other waste into any waters of the State
shall cease and terminate after the expiration date of any permit or
30 days after the mailing of notice of revocation of permit, and the
prohibition of Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 70-301 through 30-319
against such discharge shall be in full force, as 'though no permit had
been granted, but a new permit may thereafter again be granted as here-
inbefore provided.  No works for which a permit has been granted shall
be added to, modified or altered,  nor shall such sewage or wastes be
materially increased or changed in character without first having re-
ceived approval and permit from the Department.

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          APPENDIX F
ENFORCEMENT CONFERENCE SUMMARY

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                         SUMMARY OF CONFERENCE .

                 POLLUTION OF INTERSTATE WATERS

                                 OF THE

         LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND ITS TRIBUTARIES

         (ARKANSAS- LOUISIANA-MISSISSIPPI-TENNESSEE)

                           MAY 5-6,  1964


       The Lower Mississippi River, as defined for this conference,  begins

at the northern border of Arkansas and flows  southwards for 912 miles

into the Gulf of Mexico.  For all but the last 303  miles of this distance,

the River forms the boundary between the States  of Tennessee and Mississippi

on the left bank, and Arkansas and Louisiana  on the right bank.

       On the basis of reports surveys, or studies, the Secretary of Health,

Education,  and Welfare, having reason to believe that pollution of the

Mississippi River was responsible for  recent fish kills and was endangering
                                                                    ;
the health or welfare  of persons in States other than i\^ze in which the

discharges originate,  called a conference in the matter of pollution of

the  interstate waters  of the Lower Mississippi River.  The conference was

held on May 5 and 6,  1964,  in the Federal Office Building,  New Orleans,

Louisiana.

       The following  conferees,  representing the State water pollution control

agencies of Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Tennessee and the U.S.

Department of Health, Education, and Welfare attended the Conference:

Marvin Wood                           Director,  Arkansas-Water Pollution
                                         Control Commission
                                       Little Rock, Arkansas

Edward A. Alba res                    Chairman, Arkansas Water Pollution
                                          Control Commission

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                                      z.
.Richard N.  Deed
Robert A.  Lafleur
John E. .Trygg
J. E. Johnston
S. Leary Jones
Jcrmone Svore
Murray Stein,  Chairman
Vice Chairman, Arkansas Water Pollution
  Control Commission
Little Rock, Arkansas

Executive Secretary, Louisiana Stream
  Control Commission
Baton Rouge,  Louisiana
       m

Director, Division of Public Health
.  Engineering, Louisiana State Board
  of Health
New Orleans,  Louisiana

Director, Sanitary Engineering
Mississippi State Board of Health
Jackson, Mississippi

Executive Secretary, Tennessee Stream
  Pollution Control Board
Nashville,  Tennessee  .

Regional Program Director
Division of Waver Supply and Pollution Control
Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
Dallas,  Texas

Chief,  Enforcement Branch
Division of Water Supply and Pollution Control
Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
Washington, D. C:
       The following also participated in the conference;
Robert J. Anderson
K.  E.  Biglane
Edwin C. Boudreaux
Dr.  Andrew W. Breidenbach
Richard Carlton
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Washington, D. C.

Public Health Service
Washington,  D. C.

Food and Drug Administration

Public Health Service
Washington,  D. C.

Louisiana Department of Agriculture
Baton Rouge,  Louisiana

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                                    3.
Grover C. Dowell


Dr. Denzel E.  Ferguson


Dr. Alfred R.  Grzenda


Eugene H. Holeman


Dr. R..E. Johnson


Francis W. Kittrell


Keith S. Krause


Lloyd L.  Laud en


Bernard Lorant


Jack Lowe



Suniner H. McAllister



Dr. Fred P. Meyer


Dr. Donald Mount


Dr. L. D. Newsom


Walter K.  Porter,  Jr.


Dr. Mary Schacfer
University of Arkansas Extension Service
Little Rock,  Arkansas

Mississippi State University
Starkville, Mississippi

Public Health Service
Atlanta, Georgia

Tennessee Department of Agriculture
Nashville, Tennessee

U.S.  Department of the Interior
Washington,  D. C.

Public Health Service
'Cincinnati,  Ohio

Public Health Service
Washington,  D. C.

American Sugar Cane League of the U.S.A. Inc
New Orleans,  o_,ouisiana
 Velsicol Chemical Corporation
 Chicago,  Illinois

 Bureau of Commercial Fisheries
 U.S. Department of the Interior
 Pensacola, Florida

 Agricultural Chemicals Division
 Shell Chemical Company
 New York, New York

 Fish Farming Experimental Station
 Stuttgart,  Arkansas

 Public'Health Service
 Cincinnati, Ohio

 Louisiana State University
 Baton Rouge,  Louisiana

 Mississippi Agricultural  Experiment Station
 Stoncville, Mississippi

 Public Health Service
 Cincinnati, Ohio

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                                    4.

Dr. Lyle S. St.  Amant             ' Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission
                                    Baton Rouge, Louisiana

John M.. Stubbs                      Tennessee Fish & Game Commission
                                    Nashville, Tennessee

Dr. Clarence M. Tarzwell          Public Health Service
                                    Cincinnati, Ohio

      The Chairman of the conference pointed out that:

      1.  Under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S. C.

      466  et seq.) pollution of interstate waters which  endangers the health

      or welfare of persons in a State or States other than that  in which

      the discharges originate is subject to abatement  under procedures

      described in section 8 of the Federal Act.

      2.  The first step of these procedxires is the calling of a conference.

      3.  The purpose of the conference is to bring the States and  the

      Department  of Health, Education, and Welfare together to review the
                                                         i              *
      existing situation and progress made, to lay a basis for futxire action

     .by all parties concerned, and to give the States and localities an

      opportunity to take any remedial1 action which may be indicated
                  » "                                          •
      under State and local law.

      4.  The area considered by the conference may be expanded, in further

      sessions,  to include States along the Mississippi which may be

      contributing to pollution problems in the present conference area.


      The conferees reached the following conclusions;

      1.  The Mississippi River,  in the area covered by this conference,

      is an interstate waterway,  within the definition of the Federal Water

      Pollution Control Act, and a navigable stream.

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                              5.
2.  The conferees representing the States of Louisiana, Mississippi,


and the Department of Health,  Education, and Welfare concluded that the


pesticide  Endrin was responsible for the fish kill in the Mississippi
                                     4*

and Atchafalaya Rivers, in Louisiana,  during the fall and winter of


1963-64.  The conferee representing Arkansas stated that Endrin. was at


least a contributing factor.  The conferee representing Tennessee


stated  that other factors might also be present. J_/


3.  Industrial wastes and drainage from contaminated areas in and near


Memphis,  Tennessee,  are sources of the discharge of Endrin into the


Mississippi.


4.  The available cl^.ta demonstrate that soui't^a, not yet identirioJ,  ol'.ier


than those in the Memphis area, may contribute to  the Endrin found in


the Lower Mississippi  drainage area.  These other sources must be


identified through further  study.





5.  The presence of minute concentrations of Endrin in the 'treated water


supply of  Vicksburg, Mississippi, and New Orleans,  Louisiana, is a matter


of concern.  While acute effects on humans of this  pecticide in water


have not been detected,  the effects of continued ingestion of even these


rninute quantities must be evaluated.


6.  Discharge of Endrin into the Mississippi River  from sources outside


Louisiana appear to constitute pollution within the meaning of the

                     •
Federal Water Pollution Control Act.


I/  (see page 6)

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      I/ •  The Tennessee conferee wished to include in this conclusion a


fuller description of the Mississippi fish kills, as follows;  "There were


two type of fish kills occurring in Louisiana.  One was the type of fish kill

which caused immediate 'death to fish and was noted after the application of


Endrin, and  the other was an a typical type of fish kill and a species -


preferential  type of die-off.  This did not extend out into the Gulf of Mexico,
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and presumably.does not refer to the menhaden fish."

      7.  Discharges of sewage and industrial wastes reaching the

     . Mississippi River may also cause pollution of an interstate nature,

      and may require further study.  (The Tennessee conferee did not

      concur.)  In any further'study performed,  consideration should be

      given to extending the area of jurisdiction to upstream States from

      which discharges into the Mississippi -may be affecting-water-quality


      in the conference area.  Studies of pollution in tributaries to the

      Mississippi will commence at the conflxience ot tnesc tributaries

      with the main stem and will proceed upstream only if significant

      pollution is found to affect the main stem.



      The conferees 'unanimously recommended that:

      1.  Known sources of Endrin discharges from industry,  land drainage,

      and mud deposits be brought under control immediately.

      2.  Other sources of Endrin pollution be identified and brought

      under control as soon as  possible.

      3.  A technical committee composed of the conferees or their designecs


      be established,  to direct and advise  in the identification and

      abatement of all soxirc.es  of pollution affecting the main stem of

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the Lower Mississippi.  The Department of Health, Education,, and

Welfare will participate and aid in the investigatory project.

4.  A progress report be prepared within one year from the issuance

of this summary.

5.  The Department of Health,  Education,  and \Velf are prepare, at

the request  of the State of Louisiana and for the benefit  of other
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interested agencies, a preliminary report on progress made to abate

pollution of  the Mississippi'between now and the low-flow month

(August) of  1964, and anticipated Endrin loads at that time.

6.  The conference be reconvened at the call of the  Chairman,  if

the technical committee so  recommends.

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