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INDUS IAL WASTES SURVEY
MA PLE WOOD POULTRY
POULTRY PROCESSING
BELFAST, MAINE
DECEMBER 1 AND 2, 1970

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UNITED STATES
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
FEDERAL WATER QUALITY ADMINISTRATION
New England Basins Office
2 O Highland Avenue
Needhain iieights, Massachusetts 0219ii
Dec mber 8, 1970
Mr. Peter Mills
United States Attorney
156 Federal Street
Portland, Maine O i.111
Dear Mr. Mills:
At your request, the effluents from the Maplewood. Poultry Company and.
the Poultry Processing, Inc. were resaznpled. Enclosed is a copy of the
report of this sampling that occurred December 1 and. 2, 1970.
If you have any questions or if the format should need revision, please
contact us.
FOR THE REGIONAL DIRECTOR:
Sincerely yours,
E. V. Fitzpatrick
Director
Enclosure

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NAPLEWOOD POULTRY AND POULTRY PROCESS ING
BELFAST BAY, BELFAST, MAINE
DECEMBER 1-2, 1970
At the request of the United States Attorney for Maine, the out-
falls from Maplewood Poultry Company and Poultry Processing Company
(also isnown as Penobscot Poultry), wore rcsempled on December 1 and
2, 1970.
David Stonefield collected and. Koward Davis witnessed the collec-
tion of all samples. Mr. Davis was in charge of laboratory analysis
conducted in Belfast. Mr. Stonefield aided Mr. Davis in the analysis
o the samples.
Maplewood Poultry
Maplewood. Poultry, as described in the report of sampling on
November 3 and 14, 1970, is located in Belfast, Maine, on the west side
of Belfast Bay between the Veteran’s Memorial Bridge and the old bridge
across the bay (see Figure 1 of the November 3 and 14 report). On arrival
at Maplewood. Poultry Company at 1300 hours on December 2, Mr. Stonefield
talked with Mr. Steven Glass, the plant manager. Mr. Glass gave the
sampling crew permission to sample the outfall.
The southernmost outfall (Station MP-O1) is a 214” concrete pipe
which reportedly carries the waste from the picking room area where the
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birds are killed and plucked. The effluent was a reddish-yellow color
arid varied markedly in quantity of flow (Figure 1 and 3).
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The middle outfall (Station MP-02) is located below the high water
mark just north of the ruins of an old pier. This 214” corrugated steel

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pipe reportedly carries the drainage fran the preparing rooms. This
had the smallest flow of the three outfalls (Figure 1 and 3).
The northernmost outfall (Station MP-03) is a 30” corrugated steel
pipe which carries the waste from the eviscerating area. The waste is
the largest of three effluents and is passed through screens and a
grease separator before discharge (Figure 1 arid Ii).
Two samples were collected at each outfall on December 1 - one for
bacteria and one for general analysis. The general sample was analyzed
for pH, turbidity, settleable solids, and suspended solids. The temper-
ature of the effluent was also obtained. On December 2 the three out-
falls were sampled for five-day BOD and for oil arid grease analysis.
The temperature of the sample was again recorded.
Poultry Processing
Poultry Processing which was formerly Penobscot Poultry is also
located on the west side of Belfast Bay in Belfast, Maine, as described
in the report of the November 3 and 14 sampling. At 11100 hours on
December 1, Mr. Stonefield obtained permission from the plant office to
sample the effluent onDecember 2. The outfall is located just above
the low water mark of Belfast Bay near the salt water pump house for
the condenser cooling water (Figure 2 and. 1+). Two 12” pipes were dis-
charging into the bay. The northernmost pipe appeared to be from the
condenser and was not sampled. The southernmost pipe (Station PP-oi)
was highly colored and carried solids. It appeared to be the waste-
water from the processing of the chickens.
On the morning of December 2, the sampling crew returned and.
collected bacteria, BOD, oil and grease, and general samples from
Station PP-Ol. The temperature of the effluent was also recorded.
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Sampling Procedures
All samples except the bacteria samples were collected in a 500 ml
Erler ieyer flask and poured into a cubitainer. Gallon cubitainers were
used for the BOD and the general samples and quart cubitainers were
used for the oil and grease samples. The bacteria samples were col-
lected in teri1e, g1a& , bactoria]. wnp1ing bottlea • The temperature
of all samples was determined using a metal thermometer.
The bacterial sample and the general analysis sample were returned
to the Belfast Motor Inn. In the rooms the bacterial sample was fil-
tered for both total and fecal coliforms. The general sample was fil-
tered for suspended solids and 4nalyzed. for settleable solids, pH and
turbidity.
The oil and grease sample was preserved with 5 ml. of concentrated
hydrochloric acid and iced. for shipment to the NEBO laboratory for
analysis I The BOD samples were iced for shipment to NEBO for analysis.
The filtered bacterial samples were incubated and. returned to NEBO to
be counted. The filtered suspended solid samples were returned to NEBO
for drying and. weighing.
Sainnie Identification
Each sample was tagged with two tags - one sample tag giving lab
number, station, date, time, collector and. a diagram of the sampling
location; and one chain of custody tag giving collecting agency, lab
number, time, date, source of sample, collector’s signature and title,
and witness’s signature and title, plus information on the transfer of
the sample. In addition, a prenumbered field data card was filled out
for each collection time to record weather conditions and the temperature
of the sample.
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Results
Table 1 summarizes the results of the effluent analysis. These
results show that,.two of Maplewood Poultry effluents, NP-Ol and MP-03,
and the Poultr ’ Processing effluent, PP-Ol, were highly colored, turbid
and contained large quantities of suspended solids. The oil-grease
eentent and. th BOD o! th e th e efflueMs were above that of normal
raw sewage. The bacterial content of MP-Ol was extremely high, similar
to raw sewage.
The results of analysis on the other outfall from Maplewood Poultry
(MP-o2) were similar to those expected for diluted raw sewage. The
large piece of matter observed in the effluent of NP-02 was not included
in the suspended solid analysis.

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SUMMAHY 0)” DATA
MAP] ,! M00i) POUI ThY AUD POW .‘1 (Y 1’i 0CESSIi’G
Sct. Susp. Oil & Tot 1 h.cul
Tei p. Turb. p11 Solids Soiid Ore a c Coli forrc Co).J forr
Lab No. Station Nt.e Time °C JU Units mi/i mg/i mg/i per 100 ml per 100 m).
23010 MP-01 12/3/70 3330 18.0 18o 7.0 3.0 1i51 1,900,000 900,000
23013 MP-Oi. 12/2/70 09115 20.0 6l
23011 ‘iP-02 12/1/70 13110 11.5 7 7.2 0.1 28 90,000 1,000
230114 MP-02 12/2/70 0955 3.9.0 11 1 3
23012 MP-03 12/1/70 3320 9.5 85 8.2 0.3 33.8 31 10,030 203,000
23015 MP-•03 12/2/70 1005 12.5 1142 1 48o
230)6 PP-O1 32/2/70 07145 19.5 8 rio 1.0 308 116 560 2,700,003 1,200,000
Tests iere performed according to F QA Standard Methods and data was verified.
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