NEIC
                        REPORT ON




                   INDUSTRIAL WASTE SOURCES




                   INVENTORY AND EVALUATION




                    DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA
       National Enforcement Investigations Center, Denver
G.S~ Environmental Protection Agency
                                     Office of Enforcement

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         ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
              WATER QUALITY OFFICE
                    REPORT ON

            INDUSTRIAL WASTE SOURCES

            INVENTORY AND EVALUATION

              DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA


               TECHNICAL APPENDIX
                   Prepared by

Division of Field Investigations - Denver Center
            Denver, Colorado  80225

                   March 1971

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                          INTRODUCTION








     This technical appendix includes the individual industrial




waste reports prepared for those industries visited during the




period December 1970 through February 1971.  These reports sup-




plement the information contained in the report entitled "Report




on Industrial Waste Sources Inventory and Evaluation Dade County,




Florida".

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                      TABLE OF CONTENTS






                       Name of Industry
ACME PLATING AND FINISHING




ACME PROCESSING




AERODEX, INCORPORATED




AIRCO PLATING




AIRLIFT INTERNATIONAL




AIRTECH SERVICES, INCORPORATED




ALERT PLATING




ALTON BOX BOARD




ALUMINAIRE, INCORPORATED




ALUMINUM ANODIZING COMPANY




ALUMINUM FINISHING CORPORATION OF FLORIDA




AMERICAN PLATING




ANODYNE




ANDES AIRLINES




ARROW BEEF CORPORATION




ASSOCIATED PLASTICS




ATLAS CHEMICAL




ATLAS METAL INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED




AUGUST BROTHERS BAKERY




BEVERAGE CANKERS




BIRMY PHOTO ENGRAVING COMPANY




BORDEN'S DAIRY




BRITT METAL PROCESSING, INCORPORATED




BUTLER AVIATION OF MIAMI, INCORPORATED

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                	Name of Industry	
CANADA DRY BOTTLING COMPANY OF FLORIDA, INCORPORATED




CAPITAL FILM LABS, INCORPORATED




CAUDLE AND SON MANUFACTURING COMPANY




 C. C. PACKING HOUSE




COCA  COLA BOTTLING COMPANY OF MIAMI




COLEBROOK KNITTING MILLS




COLORGRAPHIC PHOTO ENGRAVERS




CONTINENTAL BUMPER PLATING




CONTINENTAL CAN COMPANY




COTT  BOTTLING OF FLORIDA




CROWN PAINT COMPANY




DADE  COUNTY DAIRIES




DADE  DIVISION, AMERICAN HOSPITAL SUPPLY CORPORATION




DADE  FARMS




DELTA AIR LINES




DIAMOND COLOR LABS




DODGE, INCORPORATED




EASTERN AIR LINES




ECONOMY PACKING COMPANY




ENGRAVERS, INCORPORATED




ESTES SILVERSMITHS




FAR MAC PLATING, INCORPORATED




FARM  STORES, INCORPORATED




FEDERAL PACKING COMPANY

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                	Name of Industry	
FLORIDA CARIB FISHERY, INCORPORATED




FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL ENGINE SERVICE, INCORPORATED




FLORIDA PROCESSING COMPANY




G. GERTZ ENTERPRISES




GOTHAM PROVISION COMPANY, INCORPORATED




HENDERSON'S PORTION PAK




HOME MILK PRODUCERS ASSOCIATION




HOMESTEAD AIR FORCE BASE




HOWARD JOHNSON




INTERNATIONAL AERODYNE, INCORPORATED




JIM ROBBINS SEAT BELT COMPANY




KEY BISCAYNE HAND PRINT




KIM COLOR (TREMENDOUS COLOR, MONKEY COLOR, INCORPORATED)




LONDON PLATERS




McARTHUR JERSEY FARMS




MIAMI AVIATION CORPORATION




MIAMI BOARD, DIVISION OF SIMKINS INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED




MIAMI DYE WORKS




MILGO ELECTRONIC CORPORATION




MILLER INDUSTRIES,  INCORPORATED




MODERN AIR TRANSPORT




MODERN ALUMINUM COATINGS, INCORPORATED




NATIONAL BREWING COMPANY




NATIONAL LINEN SERVICE

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               	Name of Industry	
NATRO, INCORPORATED (VERIC PROCESSING)

NEWAY LAUNDRY

NORTHEAST AIRLINES

PEPSI COLA BOTTLING COMPANY OF MIAMI, INCORPORATED

PERKINS MARINE LAMP AND HARDWARD CORPORATION

PICKER X-RAY CORPORATION

PROPELLER SERVICE OF MIAMI AND AERO FACILITIES (DIVISION OF PROPELLER
     SERVICE OF MIAMI)

ROBERT RUSSELL METALS

SEABOARD COASTLINE RAILROAD

SELIG CHEMICAL

SMITH AND BUTTERFIELD

SMITH, RICHARDSON AND CONROY

SOUTHERN AIR TRANSPORT, INCORPORATED

SOUTHERN BEVERAGES

SOUTHERN PLATING, INCORPORATED

STANDARD BUMPER CORPORATION

SUN-AID FOOD PRODUCTS

SUPER BRAND DAIRY

TOWER PAINT COMPANY

TRIPURE SPRING WATER COMPANY AND STANDARD CHEMICAL COMPANY

TROPICAL PLATING

UNI-VINYL CORPORATION

ZIPPY CHOCOLATE BEVERAGE

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                    LOWER FLORIDA ESTUARY STUDY
                       Inspection Report on
                    Acme Plating and Finishing
                  Division of Watsco, Incorporated
                       651 West 18th Street
                Htaleah, Dade County, Florida  33010
                         December 14, 1970
Date of Inspection:  December 8, 1970

Inspection by:       Jim Hatheway, DFI-DC, EPA
                     Robert Rau, Dade County Pollution Control
OBSERVATIONS AND DISCUSSION

     Acme Plating and Finishing is an electroplating plant.  Process,

boiler feed, domestic and non-contact cooling water is obtained from

the City of Hialeah.

     Domestic wastes are disposed of in a septic tank.

     Industrial waste water results from rinse water following each

step in the electroplating process.  Two types of electroplating

processes are utilized.  One uses cyanides, the other hexavalent

chromium, resulting in two different wastewater treatment facilities

with the effluent from each facility discharged into a "dry well" which

is approximately 10 feet wide, 8 feet deep, and 440 feet long.  The

cyanide process is used for plating of zinc, cadmium, copper, brass

and tin, while the chromium process is used for nickel and chrome.

Water used to rinse metal parts prior to the time of either the cyanide

or chromium treatment is discharged directly to the "dry well."

     The cyanide treatment collects the rinse water in a sump.  It is

then pumped to the treatment tank, where chlorine and caustic soda are

added.  The overflow from this tank enters a settling basin with the

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 effluent from the basin going  to  the "dry well."  Analyses  of  a  sample

 taken in August  (copy attached) shoved that  the waste water entering

 the  "dry well" contained 45  ppm of cyanide.

      The chromium treatment  collects rinse water  in a sump  where it is

 pumped to the  treatment tank.  Chlorine, sulfuric acid and  sodium bi-

 sulfite  are added.   The effluent  then  is disposed of in  the "dry well,"

 where it seeps away.   The  data showed  a chromium concentration of 3.6 ppm

 in August.

      Sludge which accumulates  in  the two treatment facilities  and in the

 "dry well"  is removed by the ABC  Septic Tank Company.  The  person inter-

 viewed did  not know  what ABC does with this sludge.

      The wastewater  treatment  facilities are poorly maintained.  Ventil-

 ation of the entire  building is needed to remove plating  fumes from the

 work area.  Chlorine  gas is used  in the treatment process,  with  no safety

 provisions  for workers.

 RECOMMENDATIONS

      It  is recommended that  this  industry be sampled for  heavy metals.

 Samples  should be  taken of the effluent from the cyanide  and chromium

 treatment  facilities.   In addition, sampling of wells in  the immediate

 area for chromium and cyanide would give an idea as to the  degree of

 pollution resulting  from this  industrial discharge.

      Adequate operation and maintenance of these wastewater treatment

 facilities  should improve  their efficiency.  Adequate ventilation should

 be installed in  the  work area  to  remove fumes from the plating operation.

The  chlorine gas  cylinders should be relocated to insure  that  they have

 proper ventilation in case of  chlorine gas leak.
                                       Prepared by Jim Hatheway

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                  ANALYSES OF WASTE WATER FOR!/
             ACME PLATING AND FINISHING CORPORATION
                          August 1970

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BOD^'- ppm
Chlorine Demand!' - ppm
Suspended Solids - ppm
Oil Content - ppm
PH
Cyanides - ppm
Copper - ppm
Chromium - ppm
Cadmium - ppm
Zinc - ppm
Phenols - ppm
CYANIDE WASTE

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600
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45
6.0
3.5
0.12
20
< 0.001
CHROMIUM WASTE

< 1
3
15
7
3.6
< 0.005
26
3.6
0.34
19
< 0.001
I./ Analysis by Pollution Control Consultants, Incorporated, 794 West
   84th Street, Hialeah, Florida.
2/ Toxicity Probable; determination of true BOD would require special
   study.
3/ 30-minute contact.

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                    LOWER FLORIDA ESTUARY STUDY
                       Inspection Report on
                          Acne Processing
                      5720 W. Okeechobee Road
               Hialeah Gardens, Dade County, Florida
                         January 28, 197L
     After several previous attempts, Mr. Jim Rouse, EPA, finally

contacted Mr. Malone, the owner of Acme Processing, on January 22,

1971.  This two-man company, which is a grease reconditioning operation,

collects used cooking grease from restaurants, heats it with steam to

dry, and sells the dried grease.  The only liquid wastes produced by

the plant are steam condensate from enclosed heating coils, and

boiler blowdown water, and such wastes are then discharged to the

South River.

     The exterior of the plant is grimy and unimpressive.  On the

inside, the plant is remarkably clean.  It does not appear that Acme

Processing produces severe water pollution problems.



                                    Prepared by Jim V. Rouse

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                    LOWER FLORIDA ESTUARY STUDY
                       Inspection Report on
                           Aerodex, Inc.
                    Dade County Port Authority
                    Miami International Airport
                    Miami, Dade County, Florida
                         January 28, 1971
     This company was visited by Richard Sotiros, EPA, on January 27,

1971.  Mr. Santos, Pollution Control Engineer, vas contacted.

     Mr. Santos spent considerable time discussing the nature of their

water use and waste discharge and showing me their plant facilities.

     The nature of the business has been defense contract work, which

has been servicing airplane reciprocating engines.  The industry has

lost a large government contract and now has several engines left to

work on.  This industry has been a tenant of the Dade County Port

Authority since 1950} at its peak there were 30,000 employees and now

they are reduced to 500.  If the industry cannot get a commercial

contract, they will probably go out of business.

     There are two plants as indicated on the attached sketch.  Plant

No. 1 has caused problems in the past because of oil discharge into

the canals.  Shown on the sketch is an oil sump.  This supposedly has

come from this plant, and the industry believes several other industries

located to the north have contributed also.  An attempt was made to

clean up the pollutional drainage in this area.  The industry spent

$150,000 several years ago for the installation of oil separator

and recovery tanks on the westerly perimeter.

     The waste from this area amounts to oil and grease from cleaning

and stripping the engines and the oil and grease which is on the

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 surface and  is  picked up  by  surface run-off.  There  is  a  sanitary and

 storm drain  system within the complex.  To prevent oil  from  flowing

 into the  sump at  the north,  the  industry  installed oil  separator tanks

 to  the line, but  found  the existing 8-inch storm drain  pipe  did not

 have enough  slope to have much carrying capacity and the  scheme did

 not work.  The  latest plan which seems acceptable to the  County and

 the industry is to provide a connection from  the most northerly drain

 catchment southerly to  the sanitary sewer.  Plant No. 1 will be totally

 closed and be put in mothballs.  The oil  in the sump will be pumped

 dry and will be used by the Gold  Coast Company.  The sump will be

 filled.  Closing Plant No. 1 will solve the pollution hazard by

 Aerodex, Inc., but if activity is resumed by  some other tenant, the

 sanitary and storm drainage  systems are substandard.  A potential

 problem in the future is  the fact that the entire complex was constructed

 piecemeal during wartime  and the engineering  drawings are inadequate

 in describing the underground piping in the entire area.  Perhaps

 tracer dye studies will have to be made.

     Plant No. 2 will continue in operation.  The wastes  will be from

 their plating shops.  There are  tanks in  the  back which separate the

 floatable oils and have automatic controls for maintaining the pH below

 10 before being discharged into  the municipal sanitary  sewer system.

Monthly samples are made  and submitted to the Dade County Port Authority.

 Evaluation of the samples indicates that  the  pH control is less than

 10, 99 percent of the time, cyanides average  0.8 - 1.5  ppm,  chromic acid

 is about 3 mg/1, and phenols are negative.  BOD, COD, and heavy metals

are also analyzed.

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     The rest of the plant contains dry operations consisting mainly

of assembly line type work.

     Water is provided by the City, but there are wells which provide

water for cooling the engines.  This cooling water is discharged into

the canal.  The industry does have a permit to dispose of the cooling

water into wells.

     The following recommendations were made:

     a.  The ditch owned by the railroad along the westerly boundary

         of their property should be filled.

     b.  The storm drain system within Plant No. 1 should have a lift

         station to dump into the ditch on the east, which would

         function as a holding pond.  Water could be treated if needed.

     c.  A liquid incineration system for oil disposal would be of

         service to everyone on the airport grounds.

     Incidentally, the County initiated prosecution of this industry

for violating the 1899 Refuse Act.

CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

     Discharge of storm runoff and wastes from Plant No. 1 are causing

pollution problems.  Aerodex plans to close this down and fill in the oil

sump.  The cross connection to the sanitary sewer might alleviate the

storm runoff problem.  Perhaps a dye study may be needed to determine

the characteristics of the drainage system.  Also, Mr. Santo1s recom-

mendations above appear noteworthy.
                                     Prepared by
                                     Richard Sotiros

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                    LOWER FLORIDA ESTUARY STUDY
                       Inspection Report on
                          Airco Plating
                       3636 N. W. 46th Street
                    Miami, Dade County, Florida
                         January 18, 1971
INTRODUCTION

     This company was visited on January 13, 1971, by Robert D. Harp,

EPA.  Mr. George L. King, President of the company, was contacted.

Principal processes at the plant involve nickel, cadmium, chromium,

copper, and zinc plating.  Some tin plating is also done.

INVENTORY

     Water is supplied by Hialeah and is used for processing and

sanitary service.  A private well (shallow - 55 ft.) supplies water

for some of the rinses.  Water use amounts to over 20,000 gallons

per day.

     Sanitary wastes are treated in a septic tank and leach field.

     The industrial waste waters containing cyanides and chromates

are segregated and treated separately (see sketch).  Wastes from the

acid and alkaline rinses are brought together for neutralization

and then discharged to holding ponds.  The contents of the ponds are

allowed to seep away.  When a pond is filled, it is generally allowed

to empty before being used again.  According to Mr. King, the rainy

season of the year presents a problem in that production must be

curtailed because of inadequate pond capacity.

     A private laboratory (Acqua Chemical) analyzes the waste water

from the cyanide and chromium processes prior to discharge to the

tanks and after treatment once a month.  Mr. King showed me the

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results of their analyses (See Attached Table) for the past several

months.  Mr. King also pointed out that his chemist runs tests on the

cyanide and chromium waste waters prior to discharge into the treatment

tanks to determine their suitability for treatment.

     Other waste waters from the plating processes go directly to the

ponds without further treatment.

     Sludge build-up in any of the tanks is disposed of to the ponds.

Two batches (5,000 gallons/batch) of cyanide and chromium waste are

treated daily.

CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

     The treatment provided to the cyanide and chromium waste waters

at this plant appear adequate as judged by the laboratory data.  It is

recommended, however, that tests be run on the shallow well water to

determine the concentrations of heavy metals and other toxic substances

in the ground water.
                                    Prepared by
                                     Robert D. Harp

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                                AIRCO PLATING

                  ANALYTICAL DATA ON WASTE WATER DISCHARGED
                Effluent From Cynanide            Effluent From Chromium
Parameter    Wastewater Treatment Facility     Wastewater Treatment Facility

Flow                      10,000                            10,000
Gal/day
(Estimate)


pH                    12.0-12.5                           2.6-12.5


Total Solids         2,900-5,000                       2,000-6,000
(ppm)


Total                                                     60-1,250
Suspended
Solids (ppm)


Total                1,700-4,000                       2,900-5,000
Dissolved
Solids (ppm)


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Cr  ppm                                                    0.0
\J  Laboratory analysis by Aqua Chemical Company, Inc.  The data represent
    the range of values observed in six monthly samples analyzed during the
    last half of 1970.

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                    LOWER FLORIDA ESTUARY STUDY
                       Inspection Report on
                       Airlift International
                    Dade County Port Authority
                    Miami International Airport
                    Miami, Dade County, Florida
                         January 28, 1971
     Mr. Lewis Carter was the contact at this company.  Maintenance

area water usage is 139,000 gallons per month, supplied from the

Dade County Fort Authority.  Sanitary waste is discharged to a sanitary

sewer.  Until about December 1, 1970, after a citation, the Airlift

people started using an oil separator, which had been out of service

since before the Air Force moved out and Airlift took possession of

the facilities.

     The discharge from the oil separator now empties into a drainage

ditch.  If this waste was acceptable for the sanitary sewer and

piped to the sanitary sewer, a water pollution permit from the Florida

Department of Air and Water Pollution Control would not be necessary.

All the waste water is from plant cleaning and washing.

CONCLUSION

     Effluent to ditch should be checked and a Florida Department of Air

and Water Pollution Control Permit to operate is required.
                                    Prepared by
                                    Bruce L. Cartter, Jr.
                                    State of Florida, Department of
                                    Air and Water Pollution Control

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                  Lower Florida Estuary Study
                     Inspection Report on
                    Airtech Services,  Inc.
        (Division of Dynalectron, Washington, D.C.)
                  Dade County Fort Authority
                 Miami International Airport
                 Miami, Dade County, Florida
                      January 28, 1971
     Mr. Crownover was the contact for this company.

Water usage is 135,000 gallons per month, which is supplied

by the Dade County Port Authority.

     All wastes flow to the sanitary sewer.  The industrial

wastes are processed through an oil separator before passing to

the sewer.  The oil skimmings are picked up periodically by

Bob's Oil Service.

     At present, Airtech is preparing to install above-ground

storage tanks to hold drainage from plane sanitary holding tanks

to be disposed of by a septic tank service.

     At this time there are 35 employees while last year there

were about 150.  Airtech performs complete overhaul service for

customers' aircraft.

     Sample separator effluent.

                                               Prepared  by
                                           Bruce L. Cartter, Jr.
                                      State of Florida,  Department of
                                      Air and Water Pollution Control

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                  Lower Florida Estuary Study
                     Inspection Report on
                        Alert Plating
                    2126 N.W. 10th Avenue
                 Miami, Dade County, Florida
                      January 22, 1971
     The Alert Plating Company, a bumper refinishing firm, was

inspected by Jim Rouse on January 20, 1971.   The plant foreman,

Mr. Hon, reports all wastes are discharged to the Miami sewer.

     The Alert Plating company straightens and replates approximately

150 damaged bumpers per day.  Liquid processing involves stripping

and cleaning in a caustic solution, rinsing, plating in nickel

and/or chrome baths, draining, and rinsing.   Mr. Hon reports that

only rinse water is dumped into the sewer.  Liquid from the drain

tanks is returned to the plating tanks.   No cyanide is used.

     The plant facilities are well maintained.  The plant is so con-

structed that it appears there would be  little loss of metals, other

than through intentional dumping of spent plating solutions.
                                         Prepared by
                                         Jim V.  Rouse,  EPA

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                    LOWER FLORIDA ESTUARY  STUDY
                       Inspection Report On
                         Alton Box Board
                      6891 N.W.  74th Street
                   Medley, Dade  County, Florida
                         January  19, 1971
     Waste disposal facilities at the Alton Box Board corrugated-

cardboard plant were inspected by Messrs. Larry Larimore and Jim

V. Rouse on January 18, 1971, in the company of Mr. Stathan, the

plant manager.  The plant produces only a minor amount of waste,

which is discharged into settling and septic tanks and a leach

field.

     The only process waste from the Alton plant is wash water from

corruga tors and flexowriters.  Ninety-five percent of this waste is

used as feed water in the make-up of starch used in the process.  The

remaining waste goes through settling and septic tanks and thence into

a newly-constructed leach field.

      Mr. Stathan has been plant manager for less than eight months.

During that time, he has doubled production to 20,000,000 square feet

per month.  He has also initiated the use of the wash water in the

preparation of starch, and constructed a waste disposal system which

appeared to be larger than would be dictated by the minor waste

disposal requirements.  It appeared that the company was trying to

prevent any water pollution from the plant operation.



                                            Prepared by  Jim V. Rouse

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                    LOVER FLORIDA ESTUARY STUDY
                       Inspection Report on
                     Aluminaire, Incorporated
                      1600 N. W. 165th Street
                 North Miami Beach, Florida  33169
                            Dade County
                         December 8, 1970
     Aluminaire, Incorporated, manufactures aluminum grilles.  Process

and domestic water is obtained from the City of North Miami Beach.

With the exception of the caustic acid solution, waste water is dis-

charged to the Myrtle Grove waste treatment facility.  Process waste

water is discharged on a batch basis with frequency varying from one

month to one year.  The caustic acid solution is removed by Nustone

Septic Tank Company, 2971 N. W. 164th Street, Miami, approximately

every 3 months.  Precision Analytical Laboratories, Incorporated,

sample this waste source each month.  Recent results show the aluminum

concentration of the effluent has ranged from 27 ppm to 100 ppm.  In

order to determine the aluminum concentration, it is recommended that

a grab sample be taken during the same week that the Myrtle Grove

waste treatment facility is sampled.



                                    Prepared by James L. Hathevay,  EPA

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                    LOWER FLORIDA ESTUARY STUDY
                       Inspection Report on
                    Aluminum Anodizing Company
              Division of Russell Aluminum Corporation
                         3630 N. W. 76th St.
                 Miami, Dade County, Florida  33147
                         December 14, 1970
Date of Inspection:  December 8, 1970

Inspection by:       Jim Hatheway, DFI-DC, EPA
                     Robert Rau, Dade County Pollution Control
OBSERVATIONS AND DISCUSSION

     Aluminum Anodizing Company is an aluminum electroplating plant.

Process, boiler feed and domestic water is  obtained from the City

of Hialeah.  Domestic wastes are disposed of in a septic tank.

     Industrial waste water results from rinse water following each

step of the electroplating process (see sketch).  This waste water

enters settling basins and then a leaching pit.  Sludge from the

settling basins is pumped to sludge-drying beds.  The dried sludge is

removed by hand and placed in commercial trash containers for removal.

     As the metal part being electroplated passes from tank to tank,

any of the concentrated chemical left on the surface that drips off

falls to the ground surface, where it seeps away.  The rinse tanks are

emptied every Saturday morning, with the water being discharged to

ground surface east of the building.  These practices could cause a

ground water pollution problem in the area.

RECOMMENDATIONS

     The water drained from the rinse tanks and the chemicals that drip

off the metal parts between tanks should be collected and treated prior

to discharge.

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     It is recommended that this industry be sampled for heavy metals.

Samples should be collected of the waste water entering and leaving

the settling basins and of the water being emptied from the rinse

tanks.  There are no flow measuring devices to determine the amount

of waste water flow.



                                    Prepared by Jim Hatheway

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                       Lower  Florida  Estuary  Study
                         Inspection Report on
                  Aluminum Finishing Corp. of Florida
                          13464  NW  26th Avenue
                 Opa  Locka, Dade County, Florida  33054
                           December  14, 1970
Inspection  date:         December  7,  1970

Inspection  by:           Jim  Hatheway, DFIDC, EPA
                         Robert Rau,  Dade County Pollution Control
Observations and  Discussion:

     Aluminum Finishing Corp. of Florida  is an aluminum anodyzing plant.

Process, boiler feed, domestic and non-contact cooling water  is obtained

from the City of  Opa Locka.  Domestic wastes are discharged to the City

of Opa Locka wastewater treatment facilities.

     Industrial waste water which normally consists of rinse  water over-

flows into a trench and is pumped to a series of settling basins and

seepage ponds (see sketch).  Other wastes which are discharged to this

treatment facility are from the H-SO, and NaOH baths used in  anodyzing

aluminum.  These  are combined and emptied approximately once  per year.

     The settling ponds have not been maintained and should be cleaned of

sludge.  The sludge is removed by a septic tank truck and hauled to some

dump in Dade County.  There is no flow measuring device and the plant

superintendent could not estimate the industrial water usage.  It is be-

lieved that this  industry is causing groundwater pollution from heavy

metals.


Recommendations:

     It is recommended that this industry be sampled to determine the

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efficiency of Che settling basins.  Samples can be collected from the

trench just outside the building and from the overflow of the settling

basin.

     The sludge should be removed from settling basins and seepage ponds,

on a regular schedule, to provide the highest degree of treatment prac-

ticable .
                                          Prepared by
                                          Jim Hatheway

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                    LOWER FLORIDA ESTUARY STUDY
                       Inspection Report on
                         American Plating
                        SO N. W. 22nd Avenue
                    Miami, Dade County, Florida
                         January 20, 1971
INTRODUCTION

     Messrs. Robert Harp and Richard Sotiros, with Mr. Bruce Cartter,

Jr., State of Florida, Air and Water Pollution Control, visited this

plating plant on January 18, 1971.  Mr. Kennedy, President of the

company, was contacted.

     Eight people are employed at the plant (40-hour week).  Chromium,

copper, cadmium, nickel, silver, and a minor amount of gold plating are

performed.

INVENTORY

     Mr. Kennedy stated his water and sewer bill is about $180 per month.

About half of this is the sewer charge.

     Effluent from this plant goes to the Miami sewers.  He did not

provide any water quantity figure.  The primary sources of waste

water are the overflow from the rinse tanks and that involved with the

"drag out" of plated materials.  Any inadvertent spill would also go to

the sewer.

     No tests are performed on the waste water before it leaves the plant.

CONCLUSION

     No sampling is recommended at this time.



                                    Prepared by Robert Harp, EPA

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                       Lower Florida Estuary Study
                          Inspection Report on
                                Anodyne
                          1270 NW  165th Street
                  Miami,  Dade County, Florida   33169
                           December 14,  1970
Date of Inspection:     December  7,  1970

Inspection by:          Jim Hatheway, DPIDC, EPA
                        Robert Rau,  Dade County Pollution Control
OBSERVATIONS AND DISCUSSION

     This industry produces lithograph and silk screens.  Process and

domestic water is obtained from the City of North Miami Beach.  Organic

dyes are used in the process.  The industrial wastewater undergoes pre-

treatment prior to being discharged to the Myrtle Grove waste water

treatment facility.  Mr. E. T. Turney, Jr., President of Anodyne, did

not give any details on what type of treatment his wastewater treatment

facility provided and suggested if we had any questions to look up the

plans which are on file in the County office.  He did, however, give a

brief tour of the facility which consists of four tanks (see sketch).

Three tanks are open -- two have agitators -- and the fourth is closed.

The apparent operation of this industrial waste treatment facility is

to provide pH control of the effluent prior to discharge into the sewer.

No measuring device is available to determine the amount of wastewater

flow.

     Analysis of a composite sample taken on 3/20/70 by Precision Ana-

lytical Laboratories, Inc., showed a pH of 4.22 and aluminum of 4.8 ppm.

Earlier sample reports are attached.  Samples are taken from the top of

a tank just prior to discharge inco the sewe'r (see sketch).

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RECOMMENDATIONS

     It is recommended that a grab sample of this industrial waste

water be taken during the week that the Myrtle Grove wasteuater

treatment facility is sampled, to determine the quality of effluent

from this industry.
                                    Prepared by James L. Hatheway

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                    LOWER FLORIDA ESTUARY STUDY
                       Inspection Report on
                          Andes Airlines
                    Miami International Airport
                    Miami, Dade County, Florida
                         January 29, 1971
     Mr. A. Martinez, Traffic  and Sales Manager for this small air

freight concern conducted Mr. Jim Rouse on an inspection of the Miami

facilities.  The space leased to Andes Airlines by the Dade County

Fort Authority does not include drains on the ramp.  Oil spilled during

an engine change, and normal oil leakage, collects on the pad, and is

periodically scrubbed off by use of detergent, water and stiff brooms.

The wash water is washed off the pad and infiltrates around the margin

of the ramp.

     The company attempts to collect as much waste oil as possible, for

disposal by an oil-reclamation firm.  However, all radial engines drip

oil, and all engine changes result in some spilled oil.  The Andes

Airlines operation is small and of itself is probably not significant.

However, it illustrates the need for an industrial waste collection and

treatment system throughout the airport.  It is recommended that water

samples be collected from the upper surface of the ground-water mass,

and assayed for oil to determine the fate of oil which infiltrates the

soil.



                                    Prepared by Jim Rouse, EPA

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                    LOWER FLORIDA ESTUARY STUDY
                       Inspection Report on
                         Arrow Beef Corp.
                         18330 NE 2nd Ave.
                 Miami, Dade County, Florida  33164
                         December 14, 1970
Date of Inspection:  December 7, 1970

Inspection by:       Jim Hatheway, DFI-DC, EPA
                     Robert Rau, Dade County Pollution Control
OBSERVATIONS AND DISCUSSION

     Arrow Beef Corporation receives beef carcasses which are either

cut up into steaks or deboned.  Process and domestic water is obtained

from the City of Myrtle Grove.  The waste water which comes from clean-

up of the plant consists of dried blood and floor cleanings and is

discharged through a grease trap to a lift station and into the Myrtle

Grove wastewater treatment facility.  The amount of waste water varies

and there is no flow-measuring device in the system.  Analytical results

are attached.

RECOMMENDATIONS

     The grease trap should be cleaned on a regular schedule to insure

proper operation.  Sampling of this industry is not required.



                                     Prepared by Jim Hatheway

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                 ARROW BEEF CORPORATION




ANALYTICAL RESULTS FOR SAMPLE TAKEN ON FEBRUARY 18,  1970






                pH                  7.1




                Total Solids      765 tng/1




                Suspended Solids   85 mg/1




                Fixed Solids      215 mg/1




                Settleable Solids   0.1 mg/1




                Oil and Grease    120 mg/1




                COD               496 mg/1




                BOD5              350 mg/1

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                   LOWER FLORIDA ESTUARY STUDY
                      Inspection Report on
                       Associated Plastics
                       1010 E. 31st Street
                  Hialeah, Dade County, Florida
                        January 22, 1971
     Associated Plastics was visited on January 21, 1971, by

Richard Sotiros, EPA.  Mr. Harris was the person contacted.

     The company makes emulsified paints, and employs IS

people.

     Water is principally used for adding to paints, washing

tanks, and for rest-rooms.  Drainage goes into a septic tank

and then into a drain field,  The field is dug up and replaced

with new material every five years.  The saturated earth is hauled

off to a dump.

     The City of Hialeah provides about 62,000 gallons per month

of water to this industry.
                                    Prepared by
                                    Richard Sotiros

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                     LOWER FLORIDA ESTUARY STUDY
                       Inspection Report on
                          Atlas Chemical
                       4801 N. W. 77th Avenue
                    Miami, Dade County, Florida
                         January 22,  1971
INTRODUCTION
     Mr. Robert D. Harp, EPA, visited this plant on January 18, 1971.

The President, Mr. Frank Petersen, provided information on the plant.

About 20 people are employed in the production of paints and chemical

products.

INVENTORY

     Well water is used for production after it has been softened,

filtered (porcelain filters), and chlorinated.  Water consumption

amounts to about 30,000 - 40,000 gallons per month.  An unspecified

amount of this water goes into the water base paints.  The water used

in washing down the tanks is generally reversed in making up the next

mix except where the color of the mix changes.  Mr. Petersen estimated

that 500 - 600 gallons of liquid are wasted each month in processing.

This is hauled to the County dump.

     Sanitary sewage is treated in a septic tank and leach field system.

     In response to an inquiry on the potability of the well water, Mr.

Petersen stated a private laboratory had declared the water bacterio-

logically unsafe.  This supply has never been used for drinking.  Bottled

water serves for such purposes.

     Mr. Petersen raised questions on the State permit form, which he

had been informed was necessary for all industrial operations.  He asked

if the professional staff (chemists) could fill out the report in lieu

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of retaining a registered engineer.  It was pointed out that a report

on the vaste water disposal practices at the plant would be provided

to the Florida Department of Air and Water Pollution Control,  and that

agency would ascertain if a permit was indeed necessary.  Moreover,

it was suggested he contact Mr. Frank Kleeman, Regional Engineer, for

the agency to determine who was eligible to complete the permit form.

CONCIUSION

     The operations at this plant do not present any apparent pollution

problems.  In addition, the nature of the waste discharges do not appear

to warrant the necessity for a State permit.



                                    Prepared by Robert D.  Harp

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                    LOWER FLORIDA ESTUARY STUDY
                       Inspection Report on
                Atlas Metal Industries, Incorporated
                       1135 N. W. 159th Drive
              North Miami, Dade County, Florida  33169
                         December 8, 1970
     Atlas Metal Industries, Incorporated, are metal fabricators of

food processing and computer equipment.  The City of North Miami

Beach furnishes process, boiler feed and domestic water.  The only

industrial waste discharge is rinse water.  This is discharged to the

Myrtle Grove wastewater treatment facility.  Precision Analytical

Laboratories, Incorporated, test the wastewater discharge from this

industry.  Analysis indicates copper, zinc, chromium, nickel and alumi-

num from this source.  This industry, however, does not use any aluminum

in their processes.  A test of this incoming domestic water supply in

March 1970, indicated a concentration of 0.21 ppm of aluminum.  It is

recommended that a grab sample for heavy metals be taken during the

week that the Myrtle Grove waste treatment facility is sampled.



                                    Prepared by James L. Ha theway, EPA

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                   LOWER FLORIDA ESTUARY STUDY
                      Inspection Report on
                     August Brothers Bakery
                     10777 N.W. 36th Avenue
                   Seaboard Industrial District
                   Miami, Dade County, Florida
                        January 27, 1971
     This company was visited on January 26, 1971, by Richard

Sotiros, EPA.  Mr. F. August was contacted.

     Bread products for general distribution are baked at this

bakery.  There are about 140 employees and the bakery is in

operation 16 hours per day, except Tuesday and Saturday, which

are clean-up days.

     There are two water meters here, one measures wash water

and the other the water which goes into the dough.  Mr. August

did not know how much water he used.  Our research of records

indicated 195,000 gallons of water are delivered here.

     A sample taken in October 1970, had a BOD concentration of

170 mg/1.

CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

     Because the Seaboard Industrial wastewater treatment facility

appears overloaded and the water use in this industry is high, I

recommend measuring and determining the characteristic of the waste

discharge.
                                    Prepared by
                                    Richard Sotiros

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                     LOWER FLORIDA ESTUARY STUDY
                       Inspection Report on
                         Beverages Canners
                       3550 N.W. 110th Street
                     Seaboard Industrial District
                     Miami, Dade County, Florida
                          January 27, 1971
      This company was visited by Richard Sotiros, EPA, on January 26,

 1971.  Mr. John Slocn was  the contact for the interview.

      The company processes canned soda.  Most of the water is used

 in  the make-up of the product.  Water must be treated before it is

 processed.  Other water use is for cooling and cleaning.  Mr. Slocn

 does  not believe they have much waste water and estimates his use at

 75,000 gallons per day.  According to our research, this industry

 uses  780,000 gallons per month or 35,000 gallons per day.

      I mentioned to Mr. Slocn that the Seaboard Industrial wastewater

 treatment facility located one block away had problems from over-loading

 from  this industry.  The following was recorded by the City at a manhole

 on June 26, 1970, between 6:00 AM and 1:30 PM:

                    BOD                -   960 ppm
                    Total Solids       -  1300 mg/1
                    Fixed Solids       -   170 mg/1
                    Suspended Solids   -   245 mg/1

     Mr. Slocn was not aware of this loading.

     A sample taken in October 1970, had a BOD concentration of 720 ppm.


 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

      Because the Seaboard Industrial wastewater treatment facility

 appears overloaded and the water use in this industry is high, I

 recommend measuring and determining the characteristics of the waste

discharge.

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     The Seaboard Industrial wastewater treatment facility has a

design BOD load = 510 Ibs/day and flow design of 174,000 gpd.
                                      Prepared by
                                       Richard Sotiros

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                   LOWER FLORIDA ESTUARY STUDY
                       Inspection Report on
                  Birmy Photo Engraving Company
                        2244 NW 21 Terrace
                   Miami, Dade County, Florida
                   Contact - Mr. Ted Birminthatn
     The process at Birmy is photo developing, printing, and photo

engraving.  The water usage from the City of Miami is 5,800 gallons

per month, and all  sewage passes to the City of Miami sewer.

     This is a small operation which uses the normal photo developing

and printing chemicals plus nitric acid, and ferric chloride for

etching of plates.  Whenever any spent solutions are discharged, the

material is greatly diluted to protect the plumbing.  The normal waste

should be only clean rinse water.  No silver is recovered.


RECOMMENDATION

     As this plant discharges to city sewers, no water pollution permit

to operate is required and sampling should not be needed.
                                   Prepared by
                                   Bruce L. Cartter,  Jr.
                                   State of Florida,  Department of
                                   Air and Water Pollution Control

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                   LOWER FLORIDA ESTUARY STUDY
                      Inspection Report on
                         Borden's Dairy
                      7103 N.E. 2nd Avenue
                   Miami, Dade County, Florida
                        January 25, 1971
     This company was visited on January 22, 1971, by Richard

Sotiros, EPA.  Mr. Garrett was interviewed.

     The industry employs 150 people and operates 16 hours per

day, five days per week.  This plant processes milk.  The milk arrives

in large tankers and is then homogenized, and processed into con-

tainers for delivery.

     Water is used only for cleaning purposes.  The milk residues and

wash water goes into dry wells.  Water is provided by the City of

Miami, and the monthly consumption is about 2,818,000 gals/month.

     The toilet facilities are connected to the sewer.

     The company has no dairy farms in the area.

CONCLUSIONS

     This industry is large and the only foreseeable pollution

hazard (if so considered) is a high BOD in the wash water going into

the wells.
                                      Prepared by
                                      Richard Sotiros

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                   LOWER FLORIDA ESTUARY STUDY
                      Inspection Report on
                   Britt Metal Processing, Inc.
                      7490 N.W. 24th Avenue
                   Miami, Dade County, Florida
                        January 14, 1971
INTRODUCTION

     The company was inspected on January 12, 1971, by Messrs. Robert

Harp and Larry Larimore, EPA. .Mr. Richard L. Britt, President, was

contacted.

     The company is licensed by the FAA to rework aircraft engine

parts, which constitutes their major activity.

INVENTORY

     Water is supplied by the City of Miami and used for process water,

sanitary services, and cooling.  The water use is estimated at less

than 5,000 gallons per week.

     All sanitary wastes are treated in a septic tank with leach

field.  According to Mr. Britt, the present working force is  less than

the design capacity of the septic tank system.

     The primary source of industrial waste water is the chrome plating

process (Figure 1).  This waste water is treated for reduction of

hexavalent chromium.  Wastes leaving the 850 gallon tank generally

contain, according to Mr. Britt, hexavalent chromium concentrations of

less than 0.25 mg/1.  When the 850 gallon tank is full, sodium bisulfite

and sulfuric acid are added for chromium reduction.  After several hours

of mechanical agitation, the tank contents are pumped to the holding

tank.  Sodium hydroxide and a precipitating agent are added during this

stage.  Effluent from the holding tank goes to a seepage pit.  Attachment

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Inspection Report - Britt Metal Processing, Inc.
No. 1 outlines the quality control procedures to be followed for each

batch of waste water (approximately 800 gallons/batch) treated.

Hexavalent chromium concentrations in the waste water from the plating

room average about 20 tng/1.

     Chromic acid fumes from the plating tank are drawn from the tank

and passed through a water spray.  This waste water is collected and

subsequently discharged to the holding tank as necessary.

CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

     The water pollution controls employed at this plant appear ade-

quate.  No sampling is recommended.  Mr. Britt seems very much aware

of his responsibilities for pollution control by his company.
                                  Prepared by
                                  Robert Harp

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                                MIAMI, FLA.

             DETERMINATION OF AMOUNT OF SODIUM BISULFITE
                          TO REDUCE V ASTE TANK
1. No. gal waste in treatment tank.  ( 1 "• = 15 gal.

2. PPM of hexavalent chrome in treatment tank.	
3. From chart , no. of !bs/gal of sodium bisulfite x .001 to reduce.

4. Solve equation substituting values from steps (1 ) / (3) .
                  X .001 X                   X 1.25 =
      (step 3 )                   ( step 1 )              Weight in pounds of sodium
                                                     bisulfite to reduce waste in
                                                     tank.
SIGNATURE                                    DATE

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                      PROCEDURE FOR TREATMENT OF CHROMIC ACID VASTE


  I. Close drain valve from settling tank.

  2. Agitate treatment tank Id min. and take sample.

  3. Record pH of sample        ^	. Add Sodium carbonate to attain pH 8-10. pH 9 ideal.

  4. Color test. Compare with known standards to determine PPM of Mexavalent Chroma. Record PPM.
            I>PM
  5.  Add sulfurlc acid to adjust pH of treatment tank to pH 2-3 and record pH.

  6.  Agitato treatment tank at least 16 min. after each addition of acid.

  7.  Using form 6 and chart, determine number -of pounds of sodium bisulfite to reduce treatment tank
     and record amount.       	.

  8.  Dissolve proper amount of sodium bisulfite ( step 7) in 1 gal.  *erm ./atsr.

  9.  Add tap -water to sodium bisulfite dispenser to lower line on container.

10.  Add sodium bisulfite solution ( step 0} to dispenser and fill dispenser with tap .voter.

J1.  Start Agitator and set timer to run J hours and start flow of sodium bisulfite solution into treatment
     tank.

12.  After completion of reduction cycle (step II ) take sample jnd repeat steps 3 and 4,  record PPM.
I .>.  If any residual hoxavalent chrome is present, repeat steps 5-13.

14.  Add pre-dlssolved sodium hydroxide to bring pM of treatment tank to 8-9 with agitation of at
     least li min. record pH.	.

15.  Add 3 oz. alum ( potassium aluminum sulfate) to full tank ( proportionally less for partially full
     tank )  while agitating and start transfer of solution  to settling  tank.

16.  Ado-  settling tank to stand minimum of 4 hours or until clear.

17.  Check pH of clarified solution settling tank and record.  pH should be 7-0 1/2 '. Record pH.
1 8. Dump settling tank
 Procedure Accomplished by——— ------------------ .        Date ---- — - ----- - -----

 Form 6 A
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                   LOWER FLORIDA ESTUARY STUDY
                      Inspection Report on
                  Butler Aviation of Miami, Inc.
                  (Was d/b/a Air International)
                   Miami International Airport
                   Miami, Dade County, Florida
                        February 1, 1971
     When Mr. Anderson, Director of Material and Equipment for Butler

Aviation, finally permitted Jim Rouse into his office, he was very

upset.  He complained that a newspaper reporter had recently published

a picture of an airplane being stripped of its old paint, and had

reported that the stripping compound was being discharged into the

nearby canal.  Mr. Anderson insisted that the stripping waste actually

went into a septic tank, which was pumped as required by a septic-

tank cleaner.  He insisted that no waste was discharged into the canal.

     Butler Aviation specializes in refurbishing used aircraft prior

to South American export.  As such, they use a large quantity of caustic

stripping compound, acid brighteners, mineral spirits, and other

chemicals.  Dade County Port Authority records show a monthly water

useage of approximately 175,000 gallons per month.  Used oil is

collected in drums and removed by a waste-oil reclaimer.  Sanitary

sewage is discharged into the Dade County Port Authority sewer.

     Following discussions with Mr. Anderson, the plane wash pad and

septic tank were examined.  It was found that aircraft stripping wastes

do indeed go into a septic tank. .In turn, they rapidly flow out of the

septic tank, into a storm sewer, and thence into the drain canal

located south of the Butler facilities.  The attached sketch map

illustrates the path of the waste.  The Butler operation creates an

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unsightly condition, with oil on the surface and old paint in suspension

in the canal water.  The septic tank at best serves as a settling tank.

The Butler waste should be sampled during an aircraft-stripping cycle.

In addition, it should be dyed, to prove the canal discharge, provide

data on travel times, and document the movement of this waste into the

navigable Miami River.
                                 Prepared by
                                 Jim V. Rouse,  EPA

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                 Lower Florida Estuary Study
                    Inspection Report on
         Canada Dry Bottling Company of Florida, Inc.
                    5900 N.W. 72nd Avenue
              Miami, Dade County, Florida
                     December 8, 1970
     This industry produces soft drinks.  Process and domestic

water is obtained from two wells.  Waste water from floor drains

and the water treatment facility are discharged to the 58th Street

Canal.  Dade County is in the process of prosecuting this source

of pollution.

     New sludge handling equipment for the water treatment has been

installed but the State has not given approval to operate it.

Sampling of this effluent is recommended.

     Waste water, such as soapy rinse water, is put into holding

tanks.  When the tanks are full the waste water is taken by

truck to the Atomic Sludge Plant for disposal.  Domestic wastes

go to septic tanks.
                                 Prepared by
                                 James L. Hatheway. EPA

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                   LOWER FLORIDA ESTUARY STUDY
                      Inspection Report on
                     Capital Film Labs, Inc.
                     1998 N. E. 150th Street
                North Miami, Dade County, Florida
                         January 28, 1971
     Mr. Caron, General Manager of Capital Film Labs, was very helpful

and showed Jim Rouse through the movie film processing facility, on

January 25, 1971.  The company discharges over 500,000 gallons of wash

and cooling water to the North Miami sewer each month.

     The company has an electroplating plant to recover spent silver

from the processing solution.  It also employs a closed cycle, regener-

ating all solutions.  Complete laboratory tests are run on all solutions,

for quality control.  Tests on the wash water are also run.

     The facilities of Capital Film Labs are clean and well kept.  The

firm is dedicated to the prevention of pollution, and appears to do a

good job.
                                 Prepared by
                                 Jim V. Rouse,  EPA

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                   LOWER FLORIDA ESTUARY STUDY
                      Inspection Report on
               Caudle and Son Manufacturing Company
                      7545 N. W. 26th Avenue
                   Miami, Dade County, Florida
                        January 14, 1971
INTRODUCTION

     Messrs. Robert Harp and Larry Laritnore, EPA, visited this plant on

January 12, 1971.  Mr. H. Frank Caudle provided information on this

plant.

     The company manufactures lawn mowers.  Present production is

reduced because of the season.  During the summer months the plant

employs about 20 people, but at the time of this inspection, the work

force was less than 10 people.

INVENTORY

     Water for sanitary purposes is obtained from Miami; that for non-

contact cooling at the degreasing unit is obtained from a shallow well.

All sanitary wastes are treated in a septic tank and leach field.

     The source of industrial waste is in the degreasing unit used to

clean manufactured parts prior to painting.  A cleaning agent (tri-choryl

etheylene) is used for this purpose.  When the solvent becomes dirty, it

is pumped into barrels and returned to the supplier (Sun Coast Oil

Services) for reclamation.

     Well water is used in the cooling coils for the degreasing unit on

a once through basis.  This non-contact water is returned to a seepage pit.

DISCUSSION

     No water pollution problems were apparent at this industry.


                                 Prepared by
                                 Robert Harp

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                    LOWER FLORIDA ESTUARY STUDY
                       Inspection Report on
                        C. C. Packing House
                  Princeton, Dade County, Florida
                         January 26, 1971
     This company was visited by Bruce L. Cartter, Jr., State of

Florida Department of Air and Water Pollution Control, on January 19,

1971.

     Mr. C. C. Carpenter is the President of this company.  The

industry is a packer and shipper of green tomatoes, which employs up

to ISO people during the period from November 15th to April 15th,

40 - 50 hours per week.

     The operation is washing, sorting and packing of green tomatoes.

The effluent is conveyed by culvert and surface to a hammock north of

the plant.  There are no cleaning materials used but some organic

material from damaged tomatoes  and vines dirty the water.

     No stream of water was observed coming from the hammock.  All

sanitary wastes are hauled by septic tank and drain field.



                                    Prepared by Bruce L. Cartter, Jr.

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                    LOWER FLORIDA ESTUARY STUDY
                      Inspection Report on
               Coca Cola Bottling Company of Miami
                      301 N. W. 29th Street
                   Maimi, Dade County, Florida
                        January 15, 1971
     The Coca Cola Bottling Company of Miami was visited on January 11,

 1971, by Messrs. Robert Harp, Larry Larimore and Michael Helton, EPA.

Mr. Dan Holmes conducted the inspection on a visit through the plant

and provided the necessary information for the interview.

     This plant formulates a complete line of Coca Cola products,

packages the products and serves as a warehouse and wholesale distrib-

ution center.  The plant has three bottling lines that operate 25 hours

per week, 15 hours per week and 40 hours per week.

     The plant also employs a water conditioning process preparatory to

formulation and a pre-mix washing operation.

     All wastes from this plant are discharged to the City of Miami

sewers and the water supply is obtained from the City of Miami also.

Mr. Holmes estimated that the plant uses about 2,500 gallons of water

per hour of operation and produces 10-14 cases of products per day.

     Mr. Holmes was very helpful.  The housekeeping of the plant was

generally fair to good.  A sketch of the waste sources is attached.
                                    Prepared by
                                    Michael Helton

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                    LOWER FLORIDA ESTUARY STUDY
                       Inspection Report on
                     Colebrook Knitting Mills
                        3965 E.  10th Court
                   Hialeah, Dade County, Florida
                         January 14, 1971
     Colebrook Knitting Mills (also Hialeah Knitting Mills) was

inspected on January 12, 1971, by Michael Helton, EPA.  This plant is

primarily a knitting mill with the major industrial waste activity

being the washing of finished sweaters.  Mr. Dick Wolf, Plant Manager,

and Mr. Fallen, Production Manager, were interviewed during the visit.

     The sweater washing process has, in the past, routed the wash

water to several "dry wells" within the boundaries of the plant.  At

the time of the use of these dry wells plant production ranged up to

120 dozen sweaters per day (3 shifts).

     Currently a closed system is being employed to wash about 100

dozen sweaters per week.  The effluent from this process is 3 - 5

gallons of oil (presumably a lanolin type oil from the wool) that poses

a disposal problem.  At the time of the inspection a consultant was

at the plant to implement a waste management system for the oil problem.

     The houskeeping of the plant was fair.  However, in the area of the

outlet to the old washing process a saturated area of gravel (SO1 x 15')

was observed.  This had been partially stabilized by dumping gravel over

the area.  Presumably the oil from the new closed system is carried to a

dump.  However, this could not be verified.

     The personnel at Colebrook Mills were cooperative and concerned about

these problems and appeared to be slowly improving the situation.

                                    Prepared by Michael Helton

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                   LOWER FLORIDA ESTUARY STUDY
                        Inspection Report on
                   Colorgraphic Photo Engravers
                       1822 NW 22nd Street

                   Miami, Dade County, Florida
                   Contact - Mr. Ralph  Shaffer
     This process is a typical photo engraver working at a low business

volume with very little engraving but mostly photo processing.  Water

at 3,300 gallons per month and sewers are furnished by the City of

Miami.

     Normally only spent chemicals from the 2 dark rooms will  be dis-

charged with sufficient dilution to cause no problems.  No reclamation

of silver is attempted.


RECOMMENDATION

     As this facility is connected to the city sewer, no permit to operate

is required, and due to the low flow, no samples should be required.
                                   Prepared by
                                   Bruce L. Cartter,  Jr.
                                   State of Florida,  Department of
                                   Air and Water Pollution  Control

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                   LOWER FLORIDA ESTUARY STUDY
                      Inspection Report on
                   Continental Bumper Plating
                        4975 E. 10th Lane
                  Hialeah, Dade County, Florida
                        January 20, 1971
     The Continental Bumper Plating plant was visited on January 20,

1971, by Richard Sotiros, EPA.  Mr. Llovet, who is a partner of the

firm, was interviewed.  Mr. Llovet did not know much about their

drainage water other than it went into a treatment tank and then into

a drain field.

CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

     It is recommended sampling be done at this location to see if

cyanide and Cr  are broken down before getting into the ground.
                                 Prepared by
                                 Richard Sotiros

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                   LOWER FLORIDA ESTUARY STUDY
                      Inspection Report on
                     Continental Can Company
                     3400 N. W. LlOth Street
                   Seaboard Industrial District
                   Miami, Dade County, Florida
                        January 27, 1971
     Mr. Richard Sotiros visited the above company on January 26, 1971.

Mr. Greenwood of the company was interviewed.

     This industry manufactures empty cans.  Mr. Greenwood said water

is used only for cooling and compressors.  He did not know how much

water they used.  According to our research this industry uses about

400,000 gallons per  month.

     Water is supplied by Dade Metro, and the waste or drainage water

goes into the sewer.  This water is probably heated in the process

circulation.

CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

     Because the Seaboard Industrial wastewater treatment facility

appears overloaded and the water use in this industry is high, I would

recommend measuring and determining the characteristics of the waste

discharge.
                                 Prepared by
                                 Richard Sotiros,  EPA

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                   LOWER FLORIDA ESTUARY STUDY
                      Inspection Report on
                    Cott Bottling of Florida
                      7130 N. W. 35th Avenue
                   Miami, Dade County, Florida
                        January 14, 1971
INTRODUCTION

     The Cott Bottling Company was visited on January 12, 1971, by

Messrs. Robert Harp and Larry Larimere, EPA.  Mr. Lou Major, Plant

Manager, was contacted.  Approximately 4,000 cases per day of soft

drinks are bottled at this plant.

INVENTORY

     Water is supplied by the City of Hialeah and used for soft drink

production, bottle washing, and sanitary services.  Estimated water

use is 15,000 gallons per day.  The water used for soft drink production

is softened and filtered.

     Sanitary wastes are discharged to a septic tank and leach field.

     Waste water from two softening and filtering processes and the

bottle washing process flow to a seepage pit.

     No data on the waste water to the seepage pit were available.

CONCLUSION

     No water pollution problems are apparent at this plant.
                                 Prepared by
                                 Robert Harp

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                  Lower Florida Estuary Study
                     Inspection Report on
                    Crown Paint Company
                      985 W. 20th Street
               Hialeah, Dade County, Florida
                        January 15, 1971
     Crown Faint Company was visited on January 13, 1971

by Michael R. Helton.  The contact at this company was

Mr. Dietrich, plant manager.

     This company produces paints of all sorts for wholesale

sale.  The plant has access to sewers but is not connected to

them.  The wastes from the paint manufacturing are placed in

drums and transported to a dump.  Rest-room wastes and cooling

water from mixing mills are conducted to a septic tank, drain

field system.

     Plant housekeeping was fair.  Mr. Dietrich was reasonably

cooperative.
                                      Prepared by
                                      Michael R. Helton, EPA

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                    LOWER FLORIDA ESTUARY STUDY
                       Inspection Report on
                        Dade County Dairies
                       7350 N. W. 30th Avenue
                    Miami, Dade County, Florida
                         January 20, 1971
     The Dade County Dairies was visited by Richard Sotiros, EPA,

on January 20, 1971.  The contact at this company was Mr. Duane Tuell,

Engineer.

     Water is pumped from well by a 7-1/2 hp pump, and is used for

clean-up and cooling.  Chlorine and rust suspender are added before

water is circulated into plant.  Drainage water is treated with

enzymes, odor control chemicals, and etnulsifiers.  Treatment consists

of a grease trap, septic tank, and a spray irrigation system which

discharges into a large field consisting of trees and considerable

undergrowth.  The area did have an odor and housekeeping in the plant

is far from immaculate.

     Once a month, lab analysis is made of the effluent to determine

what treatment additives are required.

CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

     This type of treatment is satisfactory; however, in a metro area

a municipal sewer system is better and I would recommend such.



                                    Prepared by Richard Sotiros

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                    LOWER FLORIDA ESTUARY STUDY
                       Inspection Report on
         Dade Division American Hospital Supply Corporation
                       1851 Delaware Parkway
                           P. 0. Box 672
                 Miami, Dade County, Florida  33152
                         December 8, 1970
     This industry manufactures diagnostic reagents and allied products.

Process and domestic water is obtained from the City of Miami.  All

wastes are collected in a lift station and pumped to the effluent line

from the Port Authority's wastewater treatment facility.  This effluent

line empties into the Virginia Key waste treatment facility.  PH

control is required of the waste water leaving this industry.

     Sampling of this industry is recommended to determine type of

waste water being discharged to the Virginia Key plant.  It is recom-

mended that a sampler composite for 8 hours from the discharge line of

lift station.  A sample valve is located at the top of a manhole where

samples can be taken.  Mr. Paul Lynch, Civil Engineer, should be con-

tacted to coordinate the sampling effort.  Also, Mr. Lynch suggested

talking to the head chemist to help determine the type of wastes being

discharged.

     A new plant location is under construction at 97th Avenue and 25th

Street.  This new facility has a 100,000 gpd waste treatment facility.

It is recommended that this new plant  not be inventoried until the

last part of January.  This will allow the new waste treatment facility

to operate for at least one month before the visit.



                                    Prepared by Jim Hatheway, EPA

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                    LOWER FLORIDA ESTUARY STUDY
                       Inspection Report on
              Dade Farms (Formerly Princeton Packing)
                      13740 S. W. 248th Street
                  Princeton, Dade County, Florida
                         January 26, 1971
     This company was visited on January 19, 1971, by Bruce L.

Cartter, Jr., State of Florida Department of Air and Water Pollution

Control.

     Mr. Ronald Roberts is the owner of the company.  Ninety people

are employed.  The company does process canning of ripe tomatoes from

December through May, 40-48 hours per week, one shift per day.

     The Homestead Canning plant, now closed and  up for sale, was

operated by Mr. Roberts last year until problems were encountered

with the Homestead City sewage treatment plant.

     The Princeton operation operated as Dade Farms, packs from

75,000 - 175,000 cases of tomatoes per season.

     The water supply is one 3/4 hp. pump on a well.

     The wastes are passed over a shaker screen to remove the big

pieces which are hauled off for cattle feed.  The liquid effluent passes

through three cesspools (which are pumped periodically) into a drain

field.  Sanitary wastes are handled by separate septic tanks and drain

fields.

     There is no apparent water pollution problems as there are no

surface streams nearby.



                                    Prepared by Bruce L. Cartter, Jr.

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                    LOWER FLORIDA ESTUARY STUDY
                       Inspection Report on
                          Delta Air Lines
                    Miami International Airport
                    Miami, Dade County, Florida
                   Contact - Mr. Charles Broyard
     This  is a minor service facility for Delta Air Lines where only

routine repairs and services are performed.  No major overhauls are

made.

     A washing pad with four sumps is maintained to collect wash water

through oil separator before discharge to a canal.  Washing of the clean

pad area is conducted weekly using Oakite 220L with this water going

to a grass area and through storm drains to the canal.  Sanitary wastes

are piped  to the sanitary sewer.

     Bi-weekly collections are made by Gold Coast Oil and Solvents of

waste oil, and solvent in an underground tank and all skimmings from

the oil separator.

     The condition in the canal at the discharge of the storm drain

looked clean with very little signs of residual oil.

RECOMMENDATIONS

     As the oil separator discharges to a canal, a permit to operate a

water pollution facility should be required.

     Sampling might be futile as no aircraft  washing is normally

conducted and only ground support equipment is now washed periodically.

Delta aircraft are now cleaned with a mop-on/mop-off cleaner with no

appreciable liquid waste.   Formerly,  All American Cleaning leased use of

the wash pad to wash aircraft but All American only maintains an office

on the premises.
                                   Prepared by
                                   Bruce Cartter, Jr.,  State  of  Florida
                                   Dept. of Air & Water Pollution Control

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                    LOWER FLORIDA ESTUARY STUDY
                       Inspection Report on
                        Diamond Color Labs
                      1999 N. E. 150th Street
                 North Miami, Dade County, Florida
                         January 25, 1971
     Mr. Berry, Vice President of Diamond Color Labs, a film processor,

finally agreed to answer inventory questions, but refused to admit Jim

Rouse on a tour of the plant.  His stated reason was current plant

disruption from a recent move.  Mr. Berry stated that the company had

a treatment plant which treated the developing waste before discharge

to the North Miami sewer.  He further stated that no processing chemicals

were dumped; rather that the solutions were replenished.

     In view of Mr. Berry's refusal to permit inspection of the plant,

it is recommended that the plant waste be sampled for normal film

processing parameters.
                                     Prepared by
                                     Jim V. Rouse , EPA

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                    LOWER FLORIDA ESTUARY STUDY
                       Inspection Report on
                        Dodge, Incorporated
                       380 N. E. 60th Street
                    Miami, Dade County, Florida
                         January 25, 1971
     This company vas visited on January 22, 1971, by Richard Sotiros,

EPA.  Mrs. E. Halsey was contacted for the interview.

     The business contains a showroom of silver plated items, and the

back contains the electro-plating tanks and equipment.  About 20

people are employed in this company.

     The sanitary facilities are hooked up to the City sewer.  Waste

water and rinse water from the plant, which contains cyanide, chrome,

etc., goes into a septic tank.

     Mrs. Halsey was emphatic that she was discontinuing the plating

business in three weeks, and will have warehousing only.

CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

     The plating wastes are undoubtedly entering the ground at the

present.  It is recommended that this company be checked several months

hence to see if the plating operations have been discontinued.



                                    Prepared by Richard Sotiros, EPA

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                     LOWER  FLORIDA ESTUARY STUDY
                       Inspection Report on
                         Eastern Air Lines
                     Dade County  Port Authority
                     Miami  International Airport
                     Miami, Dade  County, Florida
                         January 27, 1971
     Mr. Hoge was  the contact at Eastern Airlines.  Water usage at the

company is about 20-25 MGM,  750,000 gallons per day, which is supplied

by Miami Springs or  the Dade County Port Authority  (whichever has the

most pressure to charge the  system).  Wells are available for fire use

only in an emergency.

     All industrial wastes are collected and processed through a pair

of clarifiers before discharging to the Dade County Port Authority

sewer system.  Several areas of ramps have drains to ditches, which

have oil separators.

     Roof drainage from one building is drained to  two permitted 100 ft.

deep drainage wells.

     The operations include electroplating.  All cyanide waste disposal

is carried out by Acqua Chemical.  Chrornate wastes are disposed of by

dilution as specified by the Dade County Port Authority and the Miami

sewage treatment plants.

CONCLUSION

     Aeration of waste would relieve the BOD load on the Miami sewage

treatment plant.  As the waste is accepted by Dade County Port Authority,

no permits to operate water pollution sources but air permits may be

required.

     Sampling of the effluent should be made.
                                    Prepared by
                                    Bruce L. Cartter, Jr., State of  Florida
                                    Dept.  of  Air  & Water  Pollution Control

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                   Lower Florida Estuary Study
                      Inspection Report on
                    Economy Packing Company
                       2419 W. 3rd Court
                  Hialeah, Dade County, Florida
                         January 20, 1971
     Mr. Joe Bregman, owner of Economy Packing Company, explained

waste disposal procedures at the killing and cutting plant to

Messrs. Larry Larimore and Jim V. Rouse.

     Virtually all waste at the plant is separated by type and

hauled away; the bones and fat for rendering, and the blood

and paunch manure for dumping by a commercial waste disposal

organization.  Floor washings go through grease traps and settling

tanks into a large (51 x 30' x 60') septic tank.  Effluent from this

tank drains into a  5 ft. deep pit, 300' x 300', filled with crushed

rock.  The water then infiltrates the underlying ground water mass.

     The plant was remarkably clean and odor-free for a slaughter

house.  Mr. Bregman takes great pride in showing the facilities.

He has no records of quantity or quality of waste; indeed, he has

no filing system for any company records.  He is anxious to see

sewer service extended to the plant area.
                                    Prepared by Jim V. Rouse,  EPA

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                    LOWER FLORIDA ESTUARY STUDY
                       Inspection Report on
                      Engravers, Incorporated
                      1120 N. W. 21st Street
                    Miami, Dade County, Florida
                         January 22, 1971
     On January 20, 1971, Jim Rouse met with Mr. Don Harris,

President of Engravers, Incorporated.  It was learned that this

photoengraving concern treats plant waste, to neutralize acid and

precipitate silver, before discharging the waste into the Miami sewer.

As the plnat is engaged in classified work, no additional information

is available.



                                    Prepared by Jim V. Rouse, EPA

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                   LOWER FLORIDA ESTUARY STUDY
                      Inspection Report on
                       Estes Silversmiths
                       2152 NW 17th Avenue
                   Miami, Dade County, Florida
                        December 14, 1970
Date of Inspection:  December 9, 1970

Inspection by     :  Jim Hatheway, DFI-DC, EPA


OBSERVATIONS & DISCUSSION

     Estes Silversmiths are a small plating operation.  Process and

domestic water is obtained from the City of Miami.  All wastewater is

discharged to the City of Miami Sewers.  The amount of industrial

wastewater is small and results from rinsing of metal after plating.

This industry uses cyanide, nickel, silver, copper and brass in

their operation.


RECOMMENDATIONS

     Since the flow of industrial wastewater is small, it is not

necessary to sample this wastewater source.  No change in the opera-

tion is needed.
                                   Prepared by
                                   Jim Hatheway

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                    LOWER FLORIDA ESTUARY STUDY
                       Inspection Report on
                   Far Mac Plating, Incorporated
                      2196 N. W. 17th Avenue
                 Miami, Dade County, Florida  33142
                         December 14, 1970
Date of Inspection:  December 9, 1970

Inspected by:        Jim Hatheway, DFI-DC, EPA
                     Robert Rau, Dade County Pollution Control
OBSERVATIONS AND DISCUSSION

     Far Mac Plating, Incorporated, is a metal plating plant.  Process

and domestic water is obtained from the City of Miami.  Both the

industrial and domestic waste water is discharged to the City of Miami

sewers.

     Industrial waste water is the rinse from the plating process

(see sketch).  This rinse water has never been tested for heavy metals.

     Far Mac Plating uses 600 gallons of water per day for industrial

and domestic use.

RECOMMENDATIONS

     A grab sample should be taken of the effluent to determine the

amount of heavy metals going into the sewer/



                                    Prepared by Jim Hatheway

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                     Lower Florida Estuary Study
                        Inspection Report on
                         Farm Stores, Inc.
                       5800 N.W. 74th Avenue
                     Miami, Dade County, Florida
                              December 8, 1970
     Farm Stores, Inc., process milk and make ice cream.  Water

is obtained from a well for process, boiler feed, domestic

supply and non-contact cooling water.  The non-contact cooling

water is returned to a dry well.

     All process waste and domestic wastes are treated by the

plant's activated sludge treatment facility.  The wastes enter

a holding tank during the 8-hour work day and are added to

the aeration chamber over a 24-hour period.

     At the time of the inspection the waste water treatment

facility had not been operating properly for approximately two

weeks.  An independent laboratory was conducting tests to determine

the cause of the plant upset.

     It is recommende'd that this waste treatment facility be

sampled on a 24-hour composite basis to determine the overall

efficiency of the plant.
                                       Prepared by
                                       James L. Hatheway, EPA

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                  Lower Florida Estuary Study
                     Inspection Report on
                   Federal Packing Company
                      330 W. 23rd Street
                  Hialeah, Dade County, Florida
                        11 December 1970
     The above company was visited on December 11, 1970, and

an interview was conducted with Mr. Harry P. Cohen, President of

the company.

     Federal Packing kills and dresses beef cattle.  The blood

is collected and sold.  All other liquid wastes are conducted to a

very old and inoperative small treatment facility.  The effluent from

the treatment facility goes to a gravel seepage area.

     The plant operates one eight-hour shift per five-day week

employing an estimated 15 persons.  Water comes from the City of

Hialeah.

     The plant itself appears to be operated in an acceptable

fashion and is Federally inspected (U.S. Department of Agriculture).

However, the liquid waste disposal is very poorly managed.  This

company should be sampled.
                                        Prepared by
                                        Michael R. Helton ,  EPA

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                   LOWER FLORIDA ESTUARY STUDY
                      Inspection Report on
                   Florida Carib Fishery Inc.
                     25 S.W. S. River Drive
                   Miami, Dade County, Florida  33130
                         December 8, 1970
     This industry processes Florida lobster.  The process involves

fresh water tanks to kill the lobsters and boiling water tanks to

cook them.  Overflow from these tanks enters flor drains to the

City of Miami sewers.  All heads, bodies, and legs from these

lobsters which are tailed are ground up and disposed of in the

city sewer.  The process and domestic water is obtained from the

City of Miami.

     Some feelers and legs from the lobsters fall into the Miami

River as the lobsters are unloaded from boats.  No sampling of this

industry is required.
                                   Prepared by
                                   James L. Hatheway, EPA

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                    LOWER FLORIDA ESTUARY STUDY
                       Inspection Report on
         Florida International Engine Service, Incorporated
                        115 W. 22nd Street
                   Hialeah, Dade County, Florida
                         December 11, 1970
     An interview was held with Mr. William E. Miller, Vice President.

Mr. Miller indicated that this company overhauled about 100 radial

aircraft engines per year.  The firm employs some 15 persons on one

eight-hour shift.

     The major industrial liquid waste associated with this activity

is a mineral spirits wash of the parts from newly received engines.

This waste is stored and given to an industrial waste disposal service,

The shop obtains what little water is used from the City of Hialeah.

     It is recommended that this company not be sampled.



                                    Prepared by Michael R. Helton

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                 Lower Florida Estuary Study
                    Inspection Report  on
                  Florida Processing Company
                    6900 N.W. 69th Street
                         P.O. Box 98
           Miami Springs, Dade County, Florida 33166
                        December 8, 1970
     Florida Processing Company process tallow and meat scrap.

Water for process, boiler feed and domestic use comes from two

wells.  All industrial wastes go to a contact stabilization

waste treatment package plant.  The plant is followed by a

polishing pond and chlorination.  The effluent will be disposed

of in the F.E.C. Canal as soon as a permit is received from the

County.  In the interim a tank truck hauls the effluent from the

polishing pond to the Virginia Key plant.   All sludge is returned

to the process where it is dried and added to animal feed.

     Sampling of this facility is recommended when the effluent is

being discharged into the F.E.C. Canal.
                                       Prepared by
                                       James L. Hatheway, EPA

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                   LOWER FLORIDA ESTUARY STUDY
                      Inspection Report on
                      G. Gertz Enterprises
                      3401 N. W. 73rd Street
                   Miami, Dade County, Florida
                        January 14, 1971
INTRODUCTION

     On January 12, 1971, Messrs. Robert Harp and Larry Larimore, EPA,

visited the above named company.  This industry manufacturers knitted

garments.

INVENTORY

     Water for all industrial and sanitary uses is obtained from the

City of Hialeah.  No treatment is provided prior to process use.

     Sanitary wastes are treated in a septic tank and leach field.

Other waste water results from the washing and dye processes (the latter

is of a limited amount).  Prior to discharging this waste water

(approximately 2,000 gallons per day) to a seepage pit, it is passed

through carbon filters.   Mr. Lentz said that a private laboratory

periodically analyzes this waste water but could supply no further

information on the matter.

CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

     There are no water pollution problems apparent with the industrial

waste water from this plant.  In view of the fact that the company is

relocating, an inspection of the waste disposal practices at their new

plant (once the location is known) should be performed. .
                                  Prepared by
                                  Robert Harp

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                    LOWER FLORIDA ESTUARY STUDY
                       Inspection Report on
                   Gotham Provision Company, Inc.
                       7301 N. W. 74th Street
                    Medley, Dade County, Florida
                         January 19, 1971
     Waste disposal facilities at the Gotham Provision Company meat

plant were inspected by Messrs. Larry Larimore and Jim V. Rouse on

January 18, 1971.  The plant wastes are partly trucked to the Dade

County dump, and partly discharged to the ground-water mass.  The

inspection was in company of Mr. Gray, plant engineer.

     The bulk of the blood, paunch manure, and other waste from the

killing and cutting operations is collected into portable tanks and

trucked to the Dade County dump by United Wastes.  Wash water from

the floor goes through a grease trap (cleaned three tines per week),

a large settling tank, and into a rock-filled pit which is in contact

with the ground-water mass.  The water discharged to  the "dry well"

was visibly discolored and contained much suspended material.  Sanitary

wastes from the plant passed through a septic tank, and thence into the

same rock-filled pit.

     Based on an examination of the aquifer material, it is obvious

that wastes discharged to the ground-water mass can travel for long

distances with little change.



                                    Prepared by Jim V. Rouse, EPA

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                    Lower Florida Estuary Study
                       Inspection Report on
                      Henderson's Portion Fak
                    Division of Borden Company
                           4202 Salzedo
                 Coral Gables, Dade County, Florida
                         January 26, 1971
    This company was visited by Bruce L. Cartter, Jr., State of

Florida Department of Air and Water Pollution Control, on

January 19, 1971.  The contact at the company was Mr. John Smith,

Environmentalist (Head of Maintenance).  The company employs

230 people.

    This operation processes about 25,000 Ibs. per day of seafood and

up to 60,000 Ibs. per day of meat products.   The products are processed

into portion sized servings for the restaurant trade, i.e., hamburger patties,

breaded shrimp, scallops and fish chips.

    All liquid wastes pass through grease interceptors before passing

to the sewers.  The water used in defrosting the shrimp is pre-

chlorinated at the rate of 90,000 gallons per day.  Water is purchased

from Coral Gables, and wastes go to Coral Gables.

    The operation is eight hours per day on production, and eight hours

for cleaning of equipment and preparation work for next production

shift.

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Henderson's Portion Pak
January 26, 1971
Page 2
     The operation previously used septic tanks, field and a drainage

well, which are now no longer in use.  The old septic tanks are used

for grease interceptor prior to entering the sewer.

     The employees' parking lot has a soaker bed to handle rain

collections in the lot.

     This is the major and first customer of Coral Gables STP

at end of line.



CONCLUSION

     Unless the STP is over-loaded the major load from Henderson's

Portion Pak will arrive at an off-peak period and flush the

sewer lines.

     No WP (water pollution control)  permits are required, but

sampling should be done to evaluate load on STP.
                                           Prepared by
                                        Bruce L.  Cartter,  Jr.
                                   State of Florida,  Department of
                                   Air and Water  Pollution Control

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                   LOWER FLORIDA ESTUARY STUDY
                      Inspection Report on
                 Home Milk Producers Association
                     2451 N.W. 7th Avenue
               Miami, Dade County, Florida  33127
                        December 8, 1970
     Home Milk Producers Association processes milk.  Water is

obtained from the City of Miami with all wastes being discharged

to Miami sewers.  Water is used for domestic and non-contact

cooling.  The cooling water is recirculated in a closed cycle.

The service charge for use of the sewer is approximately 33 percent

of the water charge.  Sampling of this industry is not required.
                                   Prepared by
                                   James L. Hatheway,  EPA

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                   LOWER FLORIDA ESTUARY STUDY
                      Inspection Report on
                    Homestead Air Force Base
                 Homestead, Dade County, Florida
                        January 15, 1971
     A visit was made to Homestead Air Force Base on January 14,  1971,

to inspect the Base for industrial activity and to obtain information

for the Dade County Industrial  Waste Inventory,  conducted under the

direction of the Lower Florida Estuary Study.  The visit was accomplished

by Michael R. Helton.

     Contacts during the visit were:

     Major Albert M. Elliott
     Environmental Health Laboratory
     Kelly Air Force Base, Texas

     Captain Sweeney
     Base Civil Engineer Office
     Homestead Air Force Base

     Lt. Jerry Marshall
     31st TAG Hospital
     Homestead Air Force Base

     Mr. Wyatt, Base Civil Engineer

     Homestead Air Force Base is currently serving the Tactical Air Com-

mand and in this role has no industrial activities of any significance.

The only industrial type waste sources found at the Base were six wash

racks discharging alkaline base detergents and some small amount of oil

to the canal system.  These wash racks are:

     1.    Near Building No. 915, serving C-124 and other large aircraft;

     2.    Near Building No. 170;

     3.    Civil Engineer wash racks;

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      5.     Near Building No.  723;




      6.     Near Building No.  763.




      Visual observations were made  of  virtually  the  entire  peripheral




 canal system,  through which  all industrial  waste would  be conveyed.




 At the time of the  observation the  canals were clear and an abundance




 of fish  in the canals were seen.




      The industrial waste treatment plant was  totally inoperative  at




 the time of the visit and only now  serves as a large oil separator.




 The industrial waste plant served some now-obscure purpose  during  the




 days  of  extensive use of piston engine aircraft,  but has obviously not




 functioned for a number  of years.




      A small  (f5 gallon)  hydraulic  fluid oil spill was  observed during




 the visit.  A  portion of the  spill  was trapped by an oil separator.




 However,  much  of the lost oil reached  a ditch and presumably would




 eventually reach the canal, system feeding Military canal.




      All canals  and industrial wastes  originating at this Base will




eventually be  conveyed to the  point where the effluent  from  the



Homestead Air Force  Base domestic waste treatment plant enters the canal




system.  It is recommended that a Limited survey  be  conducted at Homestead




Air Force Base and  samples be  collected at  the point where drainage from




the wash racks reach  the canal  system within the  Base and just upstream




of  the point where  the domestic waste effluent enters the canal system




to give a gross  indication of  the industrial waste problem for the  benefit




of  the Enforcement  Conference Conferees.



                                         Prepared by Michael Helton, EPA

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                    LOWER FLORIDA ESTUARY STUDY
                       Inspection Report on
                          Howard Johnson
                       1631 W. Flagler Street
                    Miami, Dade County, Florida
                         January 22, 1971
INTRODUCTION

     Messrs. Robert Harp, Richard Sotiros, and Bruce Cartter visited

this plant on January 18, 1971.  The information was provided by Mr.

Burnhatn, plant manager.

     About 15 people are employed at this plant.  Ice cream is made and

packaged (35 flavors) for distribution to the Howard Johnson restaurant

chain.  Production runs about 1.5 million gallons per year.

INVENTORY

     Water is used for sanitary services, boiler feed, cooling and

processing.  Mr. Burnham could provide no figures on the water use.

Last month's water and sewer bill was $250.00.  The City of Miami has

been queried about the water consumption at this plant.

     The process water for boiler feed, and cooling (ice making) is

all pretreated.  All waste water from the system discharges to the

Miami City sewer.

     No pollution problems were apparent at this plant.



                                    Prepared by Robert Harp, EPA

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                    LOWER FLORIDA ESTUARY STUDY
                       Inspection Report on
                    International Aerodyne, Inc.
                    Miami International Airport
                    Miami, Dade County, Florida
                         January 27, 1971
     Mr. Harry Herne, owner of International Aerodyne, an aircraft

leasing company, furnished Jim Rouse, EPA, data on his company's

operation.  Chemicals are used in the stripping, cleaning, and painting

of large aircraft prior to leasing.  The wastes drain directly into che

Dade County Port Authority sewer during intermittent periods of

activity.

     Basically, the procedures used by International Aerodyne is typical

of many aircraft concerns throughout the airport.  Old paint is removed

by spraying with a caustic compound.  The aluminum is then brightened

with an acid solution, degreased, and painted.  All the excess caustic,

acid, and degreaser drains into the sewer, along with spilled engine oil.

     Mr. Herne is concerned over pollution from the airport complex, and

feels that the Dade County Port Authority should build a central waste-

treatment system.

     Some doubt exists as to whether International Aerodyne is actually

connected to a sanitary sewer.  Drainage from the company should be dyed,

to trace its travel.  The waste should also be sampled during an aircraft

cleaning cycle.


                                     Prepared by
                                     Jim V. Rouse

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                    LOWER FLORIDA ESTUARY STUDY
                       Inspection Report on
                     Jim Robbins Seat Belt Co.
                        705 E. 10th Avenue
                   Hialeah, Dade County, Florida
                         January 14, 1971
     The Jim Robbins Seat Belt plant produces seat belts and web

products from spool fiber.  The plant was inspected on January 12,

1971, by Michael Helton, EFA.  Mr. Joe Satterfield was the contact

during this visit.

     The only industrial water use in the plant is a fabric wash that

removes excess dye from the finished seat belt material.  This wash

water is stored in a sealed pit for removal by a commercial collection

service.  The amount of wash water conveyed to the storage tank is from

1500 to 1800 gallons per 10 work-days or about 150-180 gallons per day.

Dye from the coloring process is, to the largest extent possible,

reclaimed and recycled with only a small portion being wasted to the

storage pit.

     The plant appeared to be very clean and well operated.  Mr.

Satterfield was most cooperative.  A sketch of the industrial waste flow

is attached.



                                    Prepared by Michael Helton

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                     LOWER FLORIDA ESTUARY STUDY
                       Inspection Report on
                      Key Biscayne Hand Print
                       3480 N. W. 41st Street
                     Miami, Dade County, Florida
                          January 14, 1971
INTRODUCTION

     On January  12,  1971, Messrs. Robert Harp and Larry Larimore, EPA,

visited this plant.  Mr. C. E. Ballentine, Plant Manager, was contacted.

     The company is  engaged in silk screen printing of cloth.  Approxi-

mately 350 dresses and 400-500 yards of printed goods are produced

each day.

INVENTORY

     Water is obtained from the City of Miami, and used for boiler feed,

sanitary services, and washing and dye processes.  The amount of water

used is unknown.  A  scale inhibitor is added to the boiler feed water.

     Sanitary wastes are discharged to a septic tank and leach field.

     The sources of  industrial waste water are the washing and dye

processes.  This waste water is discharged to al holding tank.  The

AA Septic Tank Company removes waste water from the  holding tank about

three times per month.

     The company recently installed an incinerator unit to ultimately

dispose of wastes in the holding tank, but to date the unit has been

inoperative.  Mr. Ballentine estimated the unit would be in use within

several weeks thus precluding further hauling of the industrial wastes.

     Mr. Ballentine will send copies of laboratory analyses run on the

waste effluent.

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Inspection Report on Key Biscayne Hand Print
     City sewers have been installed along 41st Street in front of the

company.  Mr. Ballentine indicated the company would prefer connecting

to  the sewer if attainable.



                                    Prepared by Robert Harp

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                    LOWER FLORIDA ESTUARY STUDY
                       Inspection Report on
                             Kin Color
               (Tremendous Color, Monkey Color, Inc.)
                       532 West 20th Street
                   Hialeah, Dade County, Florida
     The above industry, consisting of 400 employees, was visited by

Mr. Richard Sotiros, EPA, on January 28, 1971.  Mr. John Imel, Chief

Engineer, was the person interviewed.

     This industry does photo finishing work and the estimated water

use is 3-1/2 to 4 million gallons per month.  In the past the drainage

from the processing has gone into soakage pits.  Recently a sewer line

was installed in the street and the service connections were made.

However, the sewer line is not as yet connected to the municipal sewage

treatment plant.  Mr. Imel did not believe much waste of chemicals

would be present in the drainage water.  Their bleach is rejuvenated

and the discharge would be mainly the rinse water.

     A chemical analysis of the waste water was prepared by a consulting

engineer and submitted to the City at the time the sewer line was

installed.

CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

     A large amount of discharge water containing chemicals picked up

from washing in the photo processing presently goes into the ground.

This discharge will be stopped as soon as the municipal sewer facilities

are connected to the treatment plant.

     It would be to our interest in the future to follow up by checking

to see if the sewer line is connected to the treatment plant.

                                    Prepared by Richard Sotiros

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                ry 1, L971
          Federal Water Quality Administration
          Bldg. #22, Room #414
          Denver Federal Center
          Denver, Colorado 80225

          Attn:  Mr. Richard Sotiros

          Dear Mr. Sotiros:

          As per your instructions, I am enclosing herewith a copy
          of the Waste Water Survey for Kim Color Corporation.

          Trusting this is the information you require,  I remain,

          Yours truly,

              COLOR C03SORATION
           fohn Imel,
          Maintenance Supervisor

          JI:fs
          Enclosure

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                     DEPARTMENT OP WATER AND  SEWERS
                              CITY OF KIALEAK

              Industrial Waste Water Survey Questionnaire
Nar..o of Manufacturing concern and address

               Kim Color Corp.

               532 W.  20':h SLreet
               Hialeah.. Florida
Name of principal official  John Imel
Nature  of operation or  type of products manufactured

            Photograph development and  printing
I   jstrial waste water discharge flow	70	
l.-sent point of disposal           X	city sewer
                                             septic tank
                           	'storm sewer
                                             ditch
Treatment  or pretreatinant presently provided  if any

              Silver recovery systems

Analysis of waste water  (as  applicable)
            COD            J.520  ppm      Cyanides	0.0  ppm
       *Chlorine demand     280  ppm      Copper      0.2  ppm
       Suspended solids ._n^50^_ppm      Chromium    0.0  ppm
       Oil  contents         0  ppm      Cadmium    N.A.  ppm
       pH                   7.3  ppm      Zinc       N.A.  ppm
                                         Phenols    N.A.  ppm
       No silver detected
     Oi  Engineer or Chemist performing analyses  L. v.. Russell. P.  E.	
                                   Russell & Axon, Consulting £nciinep.re,"~inc.

     NT.A. - Not applic.-Ui.-
     * 74°i-., 1 hour

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                    LOWER FLORIDA ESTUARY STUDY
                       Inspection Report on
                          London Platers
                        1080 E. 24th Street
                   Hialeah, Dade County, Florida
                          January 20, 1971
     On January 19, 1971, Messrs. Larry Laritnore and Jim V. Rouse

visited London Platers, a small custom plating service owned and

operated by Mr. Larry London.  London Platers discharges plating

rinse water into a "dry well."

     London Platers is a small, batch-plating operation.  There is no

typical flow sheet, as the process varies with plating material.  The

process generally consists of cleaning in caustic, plating, draining,

rinsing, and polishing.  Reportedly, no cleaning or plating solutions

are ever dumped to waste.  Metals are recovered from the drain tanks

and recycled to the plating solutions.  Approximately 60,000 gallons

of rinse water per month are pumped from a well, used in flow-through

tanks, and drained into another well, all located on one city lot.

     The London Platers operation gives the impression of clutter and

inefficiency, perhaps best typified by the near proximity of a water

supply and waste disposal wells.  By his own admission, Mr. London is

in the business because he is fascinated by "turning old junk into

pretty things."  The operation is not efficient.  Mr. London has no

data on the quality of rinse water.  The water supply and waste wells

should be sampled for toxic metals, to see if Mr. London is poisoning

himself and others.



                                            Prepared by Jim V. Rouse. EPA

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                    LOWER FLORIDA ESTUARY STUDY
                       Inspection Report on
                       McArthur Jersey Farms
                       6851 N. E. 2nd Avenue
                    Miami, Dade County, Florida
                         January 25, 1971
     This company was visited on January 22, 1971, by Richard Sotiros,

EPA.  The person interviewed was Mr. G. Harvey.

     The company processes bulk milk from tankers and bottles the

milk for distribution.  Water is purchased from the City of Miami and

is used for washing purposes, cooling and sanitary facilities.  The

sanitary facilities are sewered but the surface drainage water goes

into a septic tank and thence into the ground.  Additives to the waste

water are detergents and sanitizing  agents.  The company has a permit

for 4 drainage wells.

     The estimated consumption of water is one million gallons per

month.  Some water is used for juice production.

CONCLUSIONS

     This industry is large and the only foreseeable pollution hazard

(if so considered) could possibly be a high BOD in the wash water

going into the ground.
                                     Prepared by
                                     Richard Sotiros

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                    LOWER FLORIDA ESTUARY STUDY
                       Inspection Report on
                    Miami Aviation Corporation
                         Opa Locka Airport
                  Opa Locka, Dade County, Florida
                         January 29, 1971
     Mr. Jack Kroeger, Director of Purchasing for MAC, furnished Jin

Rouse information on the amount of paint-stripping compound used each

month by this aircraft-service organization.  Miami Aviation Corporation

strips the paint from old aircraft, cleans the metal, and repaints the

aircraft prior to export.  As a result, the level of activity varies

widely throughout time.  Recently, MAC has used approximately 150 gallons

of caustic cleaner per month, with runoff from the operation into a

sewer line, reportedly connected to the Opa Locka Airport treatment

plant.  Water use is approximately 300,000 gallons per month, supplied

by the Dade County Port Authority.  Used oil is collected in drums and

removed by a waste-oil collection firm.

     The caustic cleaning compound would be detrimental to the efficient

operation of the airport treatment plant, if the waste does enter the

sewer.  Accordingly, the waste from MAC should be traced, as to its

final disposition.  Samples should be collected during a period of

aircraft stripping.  Recent evidence indicates that the receiving sewer

is a storm sewer discharging into a nearby canal, rather than a sanitary

sewer.



                                    Prepared by Jim V. Rouse, EPA

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                 Lower Florida Estuary Study
                    Inspection Report on
        Miami Board, Division of Simkins Industries, Inc.
                        P.O. Box 1397
                Miami, Dade County, Florida 33148
                        December 14, 1970
Date of Inspection:    December 9, 1970

Inspection by:         Jim Hatheway, DFIDG, EPA

OBSERVATIONS AND DISCUSSION

     Miami Board manufactures cardboard from waste paper.  Process and

non-contact cooling water is obtained from wells.  Boiler feed and

domestic water comes from the City of Miami.  Domestic wastes

are disposed of in a septic tank.

     Industrial wastes receive treatment prior to discharge to the

Tamiami Canal.  The wastewater treatment facility consists of a

circular clarifier, holding tank for recirculation to the plant, and a

chlorination and detention basin.  The effluent from this treatment

facility is high in settleable solids and low in fecal coliform.  Water

used in once-through cooling is mixed with the wastewater treatment

facility  effluent before it enters the canal.  As the wastewater enters

the canal, the settleable solids are nil but the fecal coliform count is

in excess of 1 x 106/100 ml.  Dade County Pollution Control has brought

court action against this industry because of the fecal coliform count.

Thus far, no one has been able to determine where this source of con-

tamination originates.

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Inspection Report on Miami Board, Division of Simkins Industries, Inc.


RECOMMEMDATIONS

     The wastewater treatment facility is not providing adequate treat-

ment but, due to the mixing of cooling water, meets  State and County

requirements with the exception of fecal counts.  This fecal contamina-

tion must be eliminated.

     Pending action of the Court on the injunction against Miami Board,

it is recommended that samples be taken to determine the BOD, COD,

fecal coliform, and solids going into the Tamiami Canal.  These samples

can be taken from the effluent discharge on  21st Street.  The flow

from this plant varies depending on the amount of water recirculation.
                                       Prepared by
                                       James L. Hatheway

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                    LOWER FLORIDA ESTUARY STUDY
                       Inspection Report on
                          Miami Dye Works
                       355 N. E. 72nd Terrace
                    Miami, Dade County, Florida
                         January 25, 1971
     This company was visited on January 22, 1971, by Richard Sotiros,

EFA.  Mr. Powell was the person interviewed.

     The company employs seven people.  Polyester fabrics are manu-

factured by this firm.  Principally, the activity is dyeing and

scouring of fabrics to remove knitting oils.  Hosiery dyeing is also

done.  A flourescent white dye is used.

     The City of Miami supplies the water which averages 110,800

gallons per month.

     Drainage consists of the tanks being emptied after the wash and

extraction.  This drainage goes into a salt well 130 feet deep after

passing through a screen and five settling tanks.  Mr. Powell said

he had to thoroughly investigate the Miami area in order to establish

his plant where salt water was present.  The County has issued a permit

for the drainage system.

     Additive constituents in the waste are "Terg-a-tol," a Union

Carbide detergent which is biodegradable; some phosphates; soda ash;

and caustic soda.

     Mr. Powell was very hospitable in showing and discussing his

operations.
                                     Prepared by
                                     Richard Sotiros

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                     LOWER FLORIDA ESTUARY STUDY
                       Inspection Report on
                     Milgo Electronic Corporation
                         7620 NW  36th Avenue
                 Miami,  Dade County, Florida  33147
                         December 14,  1970
Date of Inspection:  December 8,  1970

Inspected by:        Jim Ha theway, DFI-DC, EPA
                     Robert Rau,  Dade County Pollution Control
OBSERVATIONS AND DISCUSSION

     Milgo Electronic Corporation manufactures electronic equipment.

Process and domestic water is obtained from the City of Hialeah.

Domestic wastes are disposed of in septic tanks.  The electroplating

operation is so designed that the hexavalent chromium is reduced to

trivalent chromium prior to rinsing (see sketch).  The rinse water

enters a settling tank.  The effluent from the tank is disposed of

in a leach field and dry well arrangement.  There is no flow measuring

device in the system.

     During the inspection, the dry well was starting to overflow,

indicating that the leach field may be plugged with solids.

RECOMMENDATIONS

     It is recommended that a grab sample be taken from the west end

of the settling tank to determine the extent of pollution from this

industry.



                                    Prepared .by Jim Ha the way

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                   LOWER FLORIDA ESTUARY STUDY
          Observation Report  on Waterborne Wastes  from
                     Miller Industries, Inc.
                      16295 NW 13th Avenue
               Miami, Dade County, Florida  33169
                        December 14,  1970
Date of  Inspection:       December  7,  1970

Inspection by:            Jim Hatheway, DFIDC-EPA
                          Robert Rau,  Dade County Pollution Control
OBSERVATIONS AND DISCUSSION

     Miller Industries,  Inc., manufactures aluminum sliding doors, grills

and  tub enclosures.  Process and domestic water  is obtained from the City

of North Miami Beach.  All wastewater  is discharged to  the Myrtle Grove

waste  treatment facility.  The  industrial wastewater consists of rinse

water  (see sketch).  A holding  tank for treatment of the alodine has

been provided, should it be necessary  to empty this alodine tank for

any reason.

     The rinse water receives no pretreatment prior to  being discharged

into the sewer.  Daily in-plant analysis of the  discharge indicates a

range  of 0.4 ppm to 0.8 ppm Cr  .  The normal concentration of Cr+" is

0.6  to 0.7 ppm.  The flow is small.  No measuring device is available

to determine the amount of flow.


RECOMMENDATIONS

     Dade County has a requirement that industries, which discharge to

a municipal wastewater treatment facility, reduce the hexavalent chromium

to less than 0.5 ppm.  This industry does not meet this requirement;

therefore, pretreatment of the wastewater is required unless a special

variance is granted by Dade County.

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Miller Industries, Inc.
     It is recommended chat a grab sample be taken for heavy metal

analyses during the week that the Myrtle Grove wastewater treatment

facility is sampled.  Samples should be taken from a floor drain which

is located within the plant, just before the effluent enters the  sewer.
                                    Prepared by
                                    Jim Hatheway

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                    LOWER FLORIDA ESTUARY STUDY
                       Inspection Reporc on
                       Modern Air Transport
                   (Also includes Varig Airlines)
                    Dade County Port Authority
                    Miami International Airport
                    Miami, Dade County, Florida
     The above facility was visited by Mr. Richard Sotiros, EPA, on

January 29,  1971.  Mr. Potchard was the person interviewed.

     This  facility does progressive maintenance on their own aircraft

as well as aircraft belonging to Varig Airlines.  No major overhaul

work is done here.  It is a small operation employing approximately

60 people  in the maintenance section.  This industry recently acquired

American Airmotive.

     Wastes amount to detergents (Formula 529) and whatever is picked

up in the washing.  This drainage goes into the canal after passing

through a  settling tank, which supposedly separates the oil.  There

are 7 settling tanks along the bank of the canal within the area of the

hangars.  These tanks are to be serviced regularly (2 months) by Sun

Gold Septic Tank Company.  Apparently, this industry is under litigation

for oil discharge.  Recent action was to  have the tanks pumped out.

Mr. Potchard said it took 4 days to clean out the sludge which looked

like 20 years accumulation.  The settling tanks and the development of

the area is of World War II vintage.

     A 1,000 gallon container for waste petro products was installed.

The contents are to be hauled away periodically.  There are no disposal

pits in the area.

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Inspection Report on Modern Air Transport
CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

     I did not see any pollutional discharge into the canal; however,

the County has placed booms in the canal to detect violators.  It

appears to me there is a pollution hazard of overflowing in the

settling tanks if they are not serviced regularly.
                                     Prepared by
                                     Richard Sotiros

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                     LOWER FLORIDA ESTUARY  STUDY
                        Inspection Report on
                   Modern Aluminum Coatings,  Inc.
                        7295  N.  W. 64th  Street
                  Miami,  Dade County,  Florida   33166
                          December 14,  1970
 Date  of  Inspection:   December  8,  1970

 Inspection  by:        Jim  Hatheway,  DFI-DC,  EPA
                      Robert  Rau,  Dade  County  Pollution  Control
 OBSERVATIONS AND DISCUSSION

     Modern Aluminum  Coatings,  Incorporated,  is  an  aluminum anodyzing

 plant.   Process,  boiler  feed, domestic and  non-contact  cooling water

 is  obtained from wells.   The water  is treated with  lime  prior  to use

 with the  backwash water  going directly to the seepage ponds.

     Industrial  waste water is  from rinsing aluminum after each step

 in  the process (see sketch).  The overflow  from  the rinse  tanks is

 collected in a channel and goes  to a settling basin.  The waste water

 is  pumped to shallow  seepage ponds.  Sludge from  the settling  basin

 is  hauled to a private dump (Matthews in Medley,  Florida).  The caustic

 baths are  emptied once per month, neutralized with  sulfuric acid, and

 hauled to  this private dump.  There is no waste water flow measuring

 device at  this plant.

     The  last samples were taken by company personnel and sent to

 Allied for analysis over  a year ago.

 RECOMMENDATIONS

     It  is recommended that grab samples of the  inflow  to  the  settling

 basin and outflow from the basin to the seepage  ponds be taken to deter-

 mine the  efficiency of treatment and the possible degree of ground water

pollution which  may result from  this industry.

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Inspection Report on Modern Aluminum Coatings, Inc.
     Sludge should be removed from the settling basin on a regular

schedule to insure that the best possible effluent is entering the

seepage ponds.
                                    Prepared by Jim Hatheway

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                    LOWER FLORIDA ESTUARY STUDY
                       Inspection Report on
                     National Brewing Company
                       637 N. W. 13th Street
                    Miami, Dade County, Florida
                         January 15, 1971
     The National Brewing Company was visited on January 11, 1971, by

Messrs. Robert Harp, Michael Helton and Larry Larimore.  The contact

at this industry was Mr. John J. Mele, Plant Engineer.

     All of the liquid wastes from this  plant are discharged to the

Miami sewers and all the water used for other than cooling processes

is obtained from the City of Miami.  A well on the property of the

Brewery furnishes water for cooling purposes.

     The average production at this Brewery is 200 barrels per day,

the water usage averages in the MGD range; however, precise data were

not available on water usage.

     The piping diagram of the waste collection system is very complex;

therefore, Mr. Mele agreed to provide this office with a copy of the

diagram.  The plant housekeeping was good, and the personnel were coop-

erative .
                                   Prepared by
                                   Michael Helton,  EPA

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                   LOWER FLORIDA ESTUARY STUDY
                      Inspection Report on
                     National Linen Service
                       1950 NW 1st Avenue
                   Miami, Dade County, Florida
                         January 29, 1971
     On January 29, 1971, Jim Rouse interviewed Mr. Berlin, General

Manager of the Miami plant of National Linen Service.  The company

provides linen service for commercial establishments.  The plant

visited cleans the soiled linen.  In doing so, a production staff of

over 150 people work a single shift.  The plant uses Miami city water,

and discharges sanitary and industrial waste to the Miami sewer.  Mr.

Berlin stated the company uses 280,000 gallons, of water per day.

     Industrial waste from the National Linen Service facility consists

of wash and rinse water.  The wash water is treated with sodium tri-

phosphate,  to aid in destroying the detergent, prior to discharge.

     The plant was generally well maintained.  While the flow of 280,000

gal/day is a large hydraulic load on the Miami plant, it does not appear

that the operation is cause for concern.  The one exception to this

might be the resultant high phosphate load.  No sampling is recommended.
                                   Prepared by
                                   Jim V. Rouse -  EPA

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                    LOWER FLORIDA ESTUARY STUDY
                       Inspection Report on
                        Natro, Incorporated
                        (Veric Processing)
                       2755 West 8th Avenue
                   Hialeah, Dade County, Florida
     I was unable to see Miss Huntley (owner ?) as the receptionist

said she was very busy in the plant.  I stopped in two times today and

Mr. Jim Rouse stopped in once last week.

     There is a small treatment plant consisting of about 4 small tanks

in series and a circulating pump.  This plant is located at the side

of the building adjacent to 9th Avenue.  The first tank contained a

brownish liquid and the final effluent was greenish in color.  This

effluent flows west in a pipe about 30 feet to the drain field.  The

perforated drain line is exposed at the present and lies about 12

inches below the surface.

CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

     Because we were unable to visit this facility, I recommend someone

stop in and determine the nature of the waste discharge.  The effluent

could be easily sampled.



                                    Prepared by Richard Sotiros, EPA

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                   LOWER FLORIDA ESTUARY STUDY
                       Inspection Report on
                          Neway Laundry
                       160 All Baba Avenue
                 Opa Locka, Dade County, Florida
                         January 20, 1971
INTRODUCTION

     The Neway plant is an industrial laundry employing about 190

people.  It was visited on January 19, 1971, by Messrs. Robert Harp

and Richard Sotiros, EPA.  Mr. MacClurg, plant manager, provided the

information and a tour of the plant.


INVENTORY

     The plant uses about 500,000 gallons per day of water.  Water is

supplied by the City of Opa Locka.  All  waste water from the plant

goes to the Opa Locka sewers.

     The water is treated prior to use for washing and boiler feed.

The waste water from the washing processes passes through a screen and

into a sump from which it is subsequently pumped to two settling basins.

The effluent from these basins is then discharged to the sewers.  Each

basin is drained periodically and the sludge removed to a dump.  Any

material from the sump or screens is removed to a dump.

     Caustic soda, silicate, and surfactants are added during the washing

process.  No tests are made on the waste water from the plant.

     Mr. MacClurg stated that the sewage treatment plant satisfactorily

treats the waste water discharged.

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CONCLUSION

     No water pollution problems were apparent at this plant.   Mr.

MacClurg appeared very cognizant of his responsibilities for pollution

control.
                                   Prepared by
                                   Robert Harp,  EPA

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                    LOWER FLORIDA ESTUARY STUDY
                       Inspection Report on
                        Northeast Air Lines
                    Dade County Port Authority
                    Miami International Airport
                  (Refer to Modern Air Transport)
                    Miami, Dade County, Florida
     The above facility was visited by Mr. Richard Sotiros, EPA.  Mr.

G. M. MacKay was the person interviewed.

     This facility is located several doors down from Modern Air

Transport and the problems are essentially mutual.  The 1,000-gallon

tank for petro wastes is shared by the two facilities.  They have 3

of the settling tanks mentioned in the referenced report.

CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

     I did not see any pollutional discharge into the canal; however,

the County has placed booms in the canals to detect violators.  It

appears to me there is a pollution hazard of overflowing in the

settling tanks if they are not serviced regularly.



                                     Prepared by Richard Sotiros

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                   LOWER FLORIDA ESTUARY STUDY
                       Inspection Report on
            Pepsi Cola Bottling Company of Miami, Inc.
                      7777 N.W. 41st Street
               Miami, Dade County, Florida
                        December 8, 1970
     This industry produces soft drinks.  Water used in the process,

for boiler feed and for domestic use is obtained from a well.  A

15,000 gallon holding tank receives wash water which contains a

caustic soap solution.  This tank is pumped into tank trucks and

disposed of in the Atomic Sludge Plant.

     Wastes from the water treatment plant and those entering

floor drains enter a series of four settling tanks.  The effluent

from these tanks empties into Graham Dairy Canal.  During the inspec-

tion a reddish-brown effluent was observed entering the canal from

these settling tanks.  Dade County has sampled this effluent and is

in the process of bringing a suit against this industry.  Sampling

of this effluent is recommended.
                                   Prepared by
                                   James L.  Hatheway, EPA

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                 Lower Florida Estuary Study
                    Inspection Report on
         Perkins Marine Lamp and Hardware Corporation
                    16490 N.W. 13th Avenue
             Miami, Dade County, Florida 33164
                      December 8, 1970
     This industry produces marine hardware.  Process, boiler

feed and domestic water is supplied by the City of North Miami

Beach.  Industrial and domestic waste water is discharged to the

Myrtle Grove Waste Water treatment facility.  Precision Analytical

Laboratories, Inc., test the effluent from this industry each

month.  Their reports indicate the presence of aluminum, copper

chromium, lead, nickel and zinc.  The processes involved  in this

industry, however, do not use aluminum or lead in any way.

     It is recommended that a grab sample from this industry be

taken during the week that Myrtle Grove is sampled.




                                    Prepared by Jim Hatheway,  EPA

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                 Lower Florida Estuary Study
                    Inspection Report on
                  Picker X-Ray Corporation
                   13900 N.W. 58th Court
              Miami Lakes, Dade County, Florida
                       February 5, 1971
INTRODUCTION

     This company was visited on February 5, 1971, by Granville Larimere.

Mr. Chet Kowalski, Plant Engineer, was contacted.


OBSERVATIONS AND DISCUSSION

     The North Miami Lakes office of Picker X-Ray is a warehouse

which supplies Picker's customers with parts, film and developing

solutions.  The operation employs ten people.

     Water and sewage disposal is provided by the Miami Lakes Utility

Company.

     Spent hypo solution (sodium thiosulfate) used by Picker's customers

in developing X-ray film is returned to Picker for fresh hypo.  The

silver is stripped from the used hypo with zinc and sold to silver

recovery firms.

     In the past the stripped hypo was dumped into the sewer.  This

waste hypo was making it impossible for Miami Lakes Waste Water Treatment

Plant, which takes Picker's sewage, to maintain a chlorine demand in

their effluent.

     With the assistance of the Home Office in Cherry Hill, New Jersey,

a system for salvaging the stripped hypo was developed.  After the

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Picker X-Ray Corporation
February 5, 1971
Page 2
silver is removed, the solution is filtered and brought up to

strength with fresh hypo.  The reconstituted "fixer" is then bottled

and returned to Picker's customers.

     Picker now has a closed system with complete reuse.  The only

industrial waste going into the sewer is the wash water from the

stripping and recovery tanks.


RECOMMENDATIONS

     Since there is no waste, sampling is unnecessary.  However, if the

Miami Lakes Plant experiences any more problems with their chlorine

demand, Picker should be revisited.
                                   Prepared by
                                   Granville Larimore, EPA

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                Lower Florida Estuary Study
                   Inspection Report on
                Propeller Service of Miami
                            and
Aero Facilities (Division of Propeller Service of Miami)
                Dade County Port Authority
               Miami International Airport
               Miami, Oade County, Florida
       Mr. Mobly was the contact at this company.  This

  operation uses about 250,000 gallons of water per month.

  All wastes flow to the sanitary sewer from the shop area.

  A waste ramp area is serviced by a separate oil separator

  before discharge to a ditch.  The industrial (oily) wastes

  pass through two different oil separators and spent solvents,

  cleaners and waste oil are stored in tanks for disposal

  by Bob's Oil Service.

       A Florida Department of Air and Water Pollution Control

  Permit to operate should be necessary for the separator

  discharge to the ditch.
                                   Prepared by
                                Bruce L.  Cartter, Jr.
                          State of Florida, Department of
                          Air and Water Pollution Control

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                    LOWER FLORIDA ESTUARY STUDY
                       Inspection Report on
                       Robert Russell Metals
                       5761 N. W. 37th Avenue
                    Miami, Dade Coutny, Florida
                         January 18, 1971
     This plant was visited on January 15, 1971, by Robert D. Harp,

EPA.  Mr. Bill Brown, Plant Manager, supplied the following information

on water use and waste water disposal.

     The company produces aluminum extrusion billets.

     Water is obtained from Miami for sanitary services.  Cooling

water (contact and non-contact) is drawn from an 80-ft. private well.

The amount of water used for cooling was unknown.  This water is used

for cooling the molds (non-contact cooling water -- about 15 percent of

total cooling' water use) and for direct cooling of the aluminum after

it is taken from the molds.  The non-contact cooling water is recirculated.

The major consumption is in the form of make-up water for cooling.

     Sanitary wastes are discharged to a septic tank-leach field system.

Mr. Brown indicated the only time they have had any problems with the

system was several years ago when the rainfall was extra heavy, thus

raising the water table above the leach field.

     All other waste water goes to a dry well.  This dry well consists

of a pipe 60 feet in the ground.  The water level in the pipe is about

8 feet below the surface normally.  According to Mr. Brown, this method

of injecting waste water to the ground works much better than seepage

pits which have a tendency to clog with sand.

     No water pollution problems were apparent at this plant.


                                     Prepared by Robert D. Harp

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                  Lower Florida Estuary Study
                     Inspection Report on
                  Seaboard Coastline Railroad
                Miami, Dade County, Florida
                     January 26, 1971
         Mr. Marvin Wainwright  -    Operator
         Mr. Shannon            -    Master Mechanic
         Mr. W. S. Henderson    -    In Charge (presently out of town)
     All surface drainage through waste treatment house.  Consisting

of grit chamber, two API tanks and floatation chamber.  Treatment

plant operates 4-12 hours per day.  Maximum rate - 200 GPM.  Flow

in ditch 3/4 mile to Little River Canal.

     Last test run (Precision Labs):

          Test       Influent      Effluent       7. Removal
BOD
ss
TS
Grease
ABS
500
486
89,993
3,349
-
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24
587
30
10 ppm
90%
957.
997.
99%

     The cleaner used in Diesel yard and made by AAA Cleaner Company

(D 400 B) is for car cleaning.  Coagulation is accomplished by flocing

with alum, lime and  triton flotation acid.

     Grit and sludge is hauled by Nustone Septic Tank Company.

     Oil is shipped (8,000 gal/tanker) to Jacksonville for reclamation.

A 230,000 gallon surge tank (lake) is part of the treatment system.

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Seaboard Coastline Railroad
January 26, 1971
Page 2
CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

     As the entire ditch to the canal is on Seaboard property, the

ditch is part of the treatment system.  An operating permit should be

required for a water pollution facility.

     This system should be sampled both at the discharge of the separator and

at the outfall to the Little River Canal. Further aeration of the waste may

be necessary as this plant was originally designed to treat an oily acid

waste while now the acid has been replaced by a biodegradable detergent

type cleaner.
                                   Prepared by
                                Bruce L. Cartter, Jr.
                         State of Florida, Department of
                         Air and Water Pollution Control

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                    LOWER FLORIDA ESTUARY STUDY
                       Inspection Report on
                          Selig Chemical
                        660 W. 18th Street
                   Hialeah, Dade County, Florida
                         January 26, 1971
     This concern was visited on January 25, 1971, by Richard Sotiros,

EPA.  Mr. Smith was the person interviewed.

     This is a warehouse which contains many drums of chemicals.  No

processing is done here and a small amount of water is used.

     There is a floor drain in the back of the warehouse, which suppo-

sedly drains into a septic tank.  I noticed a small amount of ponding

of the waste water at the back of the building.  These wastes could be

pesticides, floor waxes, etc.

CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

     Ponding of waste chemicals in the back seems unnecessary for a

warehouse facility.  A storage tank, which could be pumped out, would

appear to be a better solution.



                                    Prepared by Richard Sotiros

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                    LOVER FLORIDA ESTUARY STUDY
                       Inspection Report on
                       Smith and Butterfield
                       3170 N. W. 36th Street
                    Miami, Dade County, Florida
                         January 28, 1971
     Mr. Donald Land, Sr., was the contact at this firm.  The operation

of the company consists of developing and printing black and white and

color films.

     The City of Miami water usage amounts to 47,000 gallons per month.

Industrial waste disposal goes to a 180-foot drainage well.

     Bleach solution is regenerated and reused.  All wastes containing

silver are treated to reclaim the silver.

     The sanitary waste is treated in septic tanks, and the industrial

waste is discharged to the drainage well.

     Attached is a list of chemicals used in this industry.

     This industry should be sampled.
                                     Prepared by Bruce L. Cartter, Jr.
                                                 State of Florida
                                                 Department of Air and
                                                 Water Pollution Control

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                         CHEMICALS USED
                               by
                     SMITH AND BUTTERFIELD
                     3170 N. W. 36th Street
Kodak               Black-and-white paper chemicals
                    Durafin Developer Replenisher
                    Rapid Fixer (liquid)
                    Hi-Matic Developer
                    Hi-Matic Stop Bath
                    Hi-Matic Fixer

Kodacolor           Film Processing Chemicals - Process C-22
                    Liquid Developer Replenisher
                    Stop Bath and Replenisher
                    Hardener and Replenisher
                    Bleach Replenisher
                    Liquid Fixer and Replenisher

Kodak Ektaprint C Chemicals
                    Liquid Ektaprint C Developer Replenisher
                           Ektaprint C Stop Fix and Replenisher
                           Ektaprint C Bleach and Replenisher
                           Ektaprint Formalin Fixer and Replenisher
                           Ektaprint C Stabilizer and Replenisher

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                    LOWER FLORIDA ESTUARY STUDY
                       Inspection Report on
                    Smith, Richardson and Conroy
                       3500 N. W. 62nd Street
                    Miami, Dade County, Florida
                         January 18, 1971
INTRODUCTION

     The company was visited by Robert D. Harp, EPA, on January 14,

1971.  Mr. Joe Parker, plant engineer, was contacted.

     This company portions and packages meat for distribution in Florida

and adjacent States.  The plant is inspected by the U. S. Department  of

Agriculture.  Carcasses are received from other parts of the country -

Denver, Omaha, Chicago, etc.  No butchering takes place at this plant.

According to Mr. Parker, the plant operation here is similar to that

of Swift and Company, 3696 N. W. 71st Avenue; Armour and Company,

3660 N. W. 71st Avenue; and Frank W. Bitz, 7000 N. W. 36th Avenue.

INVENTORY

     The water supply is obtained from Hialeah.  Water use was estimated

at about 200,000 - 250,000 gallons per month.  Except for the boiler

feed water, this water is used as received.  The attached sketch shows

the water use and final disposal of waste water.

     Sanitary wastes are treated in a septic tank-leach field system.

All other waste waters are discharged to four tanks in series with

ultimate disposal through a drain field.  Oil and grease are collected

in a trap.  This material, along with any sludge from the tanks is

disposed of every three months.  Bones, fat trimmings, and any waste

products from the portioning process are picked up daily by rendering

firms.

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Inspection Report on Smith, Richardson and Conroy
     Information on the quality of effluent going to the settling tanks

is shown on the attached report form.

CONCLUSIONS

     There are no water pollution problems apparent at the plant.  As

previously mentioned, the operation at Swift, Armour and the Frank W.

Bitz Company, are similar, and for this reason, no visits are planned

•to these plants.



                                     Prepared by Robert D. Harp

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                    LOWER FLORIDA ESTUARY STUDY
                       Inspection Report on
                    Southern Air Transport, Inc.
                    Dade County Port Authority
                    Miami International Airport
                    Miami, Dade County, Florida
                         January 28, 1971
     This is a service facility for Southern's fleet of aircraft.

     Water usage amounts to 50,000 gallons per month from the Dade

County Port Authority.

     The industrial wastes are pumped from three interconnected sumps

on the working pads to an oil separator which skims oil before dis-

charging to the Dade County Port Authority sewer system.

     Oil wastes are hauled avay by Bob's Oil Service.  During very

heavy hurricane rains some oil could bypass the treatment plant

directly to the sewer.

     No water pollution permit should be required as the wastes enter

the Dade County Port Authority sewer system.
                                    Prepared by Bruce L. Cartter, Jr.
                                    State of Florida, Department of
                                    Air and Water Pollution Control

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                   LOWER FLORIDA ESTUARY STUDY
                      Inspection Report on
                       Southern Beverages
                      3601 N.W. 55th Street
                   Miami, Dade County, Florida
                        January 18, 1971
INTRODUCTION

     The Southern Beverages Company was visited on January 14, 1971, by

Robert D. Harp, EPA.  Messrs. Phillip Detourenillon, Vice President and

General Manager, and Mr. Richard Roberts, Plant Manager, were contacted.

     Southern Beverages produces from 6,000 to 8,000 cases (24 - 10 oz.

bottles or 12 - 32 oz. bottles) per day, 5 days per week-

 All produce  is  put in non-returnable  bottles,  thus the

bottle working equipment is no longer necessary.  The water use (see

sketch) was estimated at 30,000 - 35,000 gallons per day depending on

the product use.  Rinsing of the new bottles requires about 30 gallons

per minute maximum, or about 15,000 gallons per day (included in water

use figure).  About 80 percent of the bottled product is water.

     Sanitary wastes go to a septic tank with leach field.  All waste

water goes to a dry well and drain field.

     According to Mr. Roberts, the water use has been cut down by about

70 gallons per minute since bottle washing is no longer necessary.

Moreover, the company was having tests run monthly on the discharge to

the dry well when bottle washing was necessary.  Mr. Roberts said that

the analyses were discontinued when they went to non-returnable con-

tainers (several months ago).  He pointed out that he felt such tests

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were no Longer accessary since the water was only being used for

rinsing and no detergents or other compounds are added.


CONCLUSION

     There are no water pollution problems apparent at this plant.

The effects of discharging the waste water to ground cannot be readily

ascertained.
                                   Prepared by
                                   Robert D. Harp

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                   LOWER FLORIDA ESTUARY STUDY
                      Inspection Report on
                     Southern Plating, Inc.
                      720 N.W. 72nd Street
                   Miami, Dade County, Florida
                        January 28, 1971
     Mr. Southern, owner of Southern Plating, showed Jim Rouse,  EPA,

through his plant on January 21, 1971.  The operation is an extremely

small custom plating plant specializing in aircraft hose fittings.

     As a custom plating plant, there is no typical flow chart.

Plating baths are retained and replenished as depleted.  Rinse water

is released to the Miami sewer system.  Total use of cyanide was

reported less than 20 pounds last year.

     The operation is not very clean or efficient.  No drag-out  tanks

are employed.  However, the small size of the operation argues against

severe pollution resulting from this company.  There are no records

of waste quantity or quality.
                                   Prepared by
                                   Jim V. Rouse

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                     Lower Florida Estuary Study
                        Inspection Report on
                        Standard Bumper Corp.
                        2500 West 3rd Court
                 Hialeah, Dade County, Florida 33010
                          December 14, 1970
Date of Inspection:       December 8, 1970

Inspection by:            Jim Hatheway, DFIDC, EFA
                          Robert Rau, Dade County Pollution Control

Observation & Discussion:

     Standard Bumper Corp. reconditions and electroplates bumpers.

Process water is obtained from the City of Hialeah and a well.  The

industrial waste water -- rinse water from the electroplating

process (see sketch) -- goes to a floor drain and is discharged behind

the building without any treatment.  This waste water flows along a

railroad track and seeps into the ground.  The owner of the plant

indicated that he does add some sodium bisulfite about once a month to re-

duce the hexavalent chromium to trivalent chromium.  The effluent from

this industry could result in heavy metal contamination of groundwater

within the area.


Recommendations:

     It is recommended that a heavy metal analysis be run on this firm's

waste water.  Also an adequate collection and treatment facility should

be constructed to treat the waste water.

     All wells in the immediate area should be sampled for chromium to

determine if there is any groundwater pollution from Standard Bumper's

waste.

                                      Prepared by James L. Hatheway

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                   LOWER FLORIDA ESTUARY STUDY
                      Inspection Report on
                      Sun-Aid Food Products
                      3615 N.W. 60th Street
                   Miami, Dade County, Florida
                         January 18, 1971
     Mr. Hans Flezkenstein, Plant Manager, was contacted on

January 16, 1971, by Robert D. Harp, EPA.  The company manu-

factures and packages jellies, jams, mustard and mayonnaise.

The jellies and jams are mixed at the plant.  Mustard and mayon-

naise are received in bulk from other sources.  Most of the

packaging is in the form of individual servings (e.g., the small

jam packets used in restaurants).  In addition, the company

packages salt,  pepper and  sugar in  individual  serving packets.

     The water uses in the plant amount to approximately 350,000

gallons per month.  About 25 percent of this is used for mixing the

jellies and jams.  The remainder of the water is used for cooling,

clean-up, and sanitary services.

     Sanitary wastes go to a septic tank-leach field system.  All

other waste water passes through a grease trap and then to a drain-

field.

     No water pollution problems were apparent at this location.
                                   Prepared by
                                   Robert D. Harp

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                    LOWER FLORIDA ESTUARY STUDY
                       Inspection Report on
                         Super Brand Dairy
                       10900 N. W. 36th Avenue
                    Seaboard Industrial District
                    Miami, Dade County, Florida
                         January 27, 1971
     The Super Brand Dairy was visited on January 26, 1971, by Richard

Sotiros, EPA.  Mr. Lackaby was the contact for the interview.

     This dairy takes milk from tankers and bottles the milk.  Water

is used to clean out their piping, equipment, and trucks.  All rinse

water is dumped.  The wash water is used all day and is then dumped

at night.  The operation involves 16 hours per day for processing and

2 hours for cleaning.

     All wastes are discharged to the Seaboard Industrial wastewater

treatment facility.  I mentioned to Mr. Lackaby that the treatment plant

operator said the dairy was causing a high BOD loading to the treatment

facility.  Mr. Lackaby said this has been rectified because he has

removed some equipment.  Also, there is now a mutual agreement with this

industry and the treatment plant operator that notification  in advance

will be given of a large slug of waste which will be dumped.

     The city sampled this discharge on September 16, 1970, between

4:16 AM - 8:00 FM.  The flow was estimated to be 60,000 gpd or 34 percent

of plant capacity.  BOD was 860 ppm or 425 Ibs./day.  On October 9, 1970,

the BOD was 420 ppm.

CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

     Because the sewage treatment plant in this area appears overloaded

and the water use is high, I recommend measuring and determining the

characteristics of  the waste  discharge.

                                      Prepared  by  Richard Sotiros

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                    LOWER FLORIDA ESTUARY STUDY
                       Inspection Report on
                        Tower Paint Company
                        620 W. 27th Street
                   Hialeah, Dade County, Florida
                         January 14, 1971
     Tower Paint Company was inspected by Michael Helton on January 12,

1971; the person contacted at the plant was Mr. Bert Tower.  Tower

Paint Company is a manufacturer of oil and water base paints for retail

and wholesale sales, with a retail sales store attached to the building.

     The mixing area of the plant is serviced by a collecting box that

is drawn by a gravity line leading to a soakage pit that, due to the

effect of the paint, now serves as a storage tank for wash water waste

from the mixing vats and wasted mineral spirits wash.  The estimated

waste flow into this tank (estimate by plant engineer) is 1500 to 1800

gallons per week.  The Gold Coast Waste Service (commercial) pumps out

this tank about every two weeks or as often as needed.  Most of the

mineral spirits wash and paint sludge from the plant is hauled away to a

dump, although some of the flow to the seepage pit is mineral spirits wash.

     Mr. Tower was very helpful and interested.  The plant was kept in a

reasonably clean fashion for a paint manufacturing operation.  Mr. Tower

noted that now that sewers are available he plans to install some system

that will better manage the liquid wastes from the plant.

     A sketch of the waste system is attached.



                                     Prepared by Michael Helton, EPA

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                    LOWER FLORIDA ESTUARY STUDY
                       Inspection Report on
                    Tripure Spring Water Company
                                and
                     Standard Chemical Company
                       3355 N. W. 73rd Street
                    Miami, Dade Coutny, Florida
                         January 14, 1971
INTRODUCTION

     Mr. Robert Levin, President of the above named companies, was

contacted on January 12, 1971, by Messrs. Robert Harp and Larry Larimore.

     The Tripure Company produces bottled water of four types:

"Fountain of Youth," "Tripure with Fluoride," "Spring Fresh Water," and

distilled water.  This water is bottled in 5-gallon glass containers

for distribution.

     The Standard Chemical Company is primarily engaged in the distri-

bution of chemical products.  The mixing of detergents for distribution

accounts for approximately 10 percent of the company's activity.

INVENTORY

     Water is supplied by the City of Hialeah.  Approximately 5500

gallons per day are bottled in the Tripure plant.  This water is passed

through an ion exchange and ultra violet light.  The ion exchange unit

can produce about 1000 gallons per  hour.

     All sanitary wastes are discharged to a septic tank and leach field.

     Waste water from the bottle washing process (City water and ion

exchange water), the waste treatment processes, and boiler blowdown

are discharged onto company property in the vicinity of some trees.  Mr.

Levin said there has been no detrimental effects on the trees.  He had

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Inspection Report on Tripure Spring Water Company and Standard
                     Chemical Company
no figures or data on the quantity and quality of waste water discharged,

but indicated that the amount was small.  No evidence of this waste

water was observed on the property.

DISCUSSION

     No water pollution problems were apparent at these plants.



                                     Prepared by Robert D. Harp, EPA

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                    LOWER FLORIDA ESTUARY.STUDY
                       Inspection Report on
                         Tropical Plating
                       1825 N. W. 79th Street
                    Miami, Dade County, Florida
                         January 25, 1971
     This company was visited on January 20, 1971, by Richard Sotiros,

EPA.  Mr. Frank Cornwall was interviewed.

     Mr. Cornwall has a very limited business.  He will retire soon and

does only repair work involving silver, gold, and brass plating.  His

shop is very neat and the plating tanks are still operable.  He uses

well water for make-up purposes and brings in bottled water for

drinking.  His well is contaminated and the water has a reddish color.

     Drainage from the shop goes into the ground.  Two holes have been

broken in the concrete slab and the waste water is standing below the

slab.  He has a septic tank for his  rest-room.

CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

     Although there is limited activity here, the waste water appears

to be ponded below the building.  I recommend sampling for toxic elements,



                                     Prepared by Richard Sotiros

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                   LOWER FLORIDA ESTUARY STUDY
                      Inspection Report on
                     Uni-Vinyl Corporation
                     3750 N.W. 43rd Street
                   Miami, Dade County,  Florida
                        January 14, 1971
INTRODUCTION

     The company was inspected on January 13, 1971, by Robert Harp,

EPA.  Mr. Joe Miranda, Vice President, was contacted.

     This company is engaged primarily in PVC compounding.  The

finished product is sold for raw material in the manufacture of

PVC products.  About 15 people are employed full time at the plant

over three shifts.


INVENTORY

     Water for product cooling and sanitary services is obtained from

Hialeah.  Non-contact cooling water (once through cooling) comes from

a shallow well located on the property.

     Sanitary wastes are located in a septic tank with leach field.

Water used in the water bath is recirculated through a cooling tower.

Any water wasted from the bath is discharged to a dry well.  Non-

contact cooling water is also returned to the dry well.


DISCUSSION

     There are no apparent pollution problems at this industry.
                                   Prepared by
                                   Robert D. Harp

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                   LOWER FLORIDA ESTUARY STUDY
                    Zippy Chocolate Beverage
                      355 N.W. 52nd Street
                   Miami, Dade County, Florida
                        January 14, 1971
INTRODUCTION

     On January 13, 1971, the above named plant was visited by Robert

Harp, EPA.  Mr. Robert Catraeno, Plant Manager, supplied the informa-

tion Ion  this  industry.

     The plant produces bottles or cans of chocolate beverages.  1,000

cases of canned product are produced every three days.  During the summer

season, this amount is produced every day -- five days a week.


INVENTORY

     Water is obtained from Hialeah for process (production, bottle

washing,  and pasteurization unit), boiler feed, and sanitary uses.

Water use was estimated at less than 500 gallons per day.  The company

has a standby shallow well in case an emergency arises, i.e. water main

break.

     Sanitary wastes are treated in a septic tank and leach field.  In-

dustrial  wastes from the bottle washing process, blowdown, and condensa-

tion from the pasteurization unit are collected and  discharged to a

French drain.  The latter was constructed within the past two years.

     Samples of the waste water prior to discharge into the French drain

are analyzed by a private laboratory (Aqua Chemical), on a monthly basis.

The results are submitted to the State Water Pollution Control Agency,

according to Mr. Catraeno.

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Zippy Chocolate Beverage
CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

     No water pollution problems or control needs were apparent at this

plant.  It is recommended, however, that a well water sample be collected

when possible, and analyzed for suitability as a potable supply.
                                    Prepared by Robert Harp
                                                              CPO 834 .448

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