INDUSThIAL WASTES SURVEY MkPLEWOOD POULTRY POULTRY PROCESSING BELFAST, MAINE APRIL 5, 1971 ------- MAPLEWOOD POULTRY AND POULTRY PROCESSING BELFAST BAY, BELFAST, MAINE APRIL 5, 1971 At the request of the United States Attorney for Maine, the out- falls from Maplewood Poultry Company and. Poultry Processing Company, doing business as Penobscot Poultry, were resampled on April 5, 1971. David Stonefield collected and. Howard 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 of the samples. Map1e yood Poultry Maolewood Poultry, as described in the report of sampling on I ovember 3 and Ii, 1970, is located in Belfast, Maine, on the west side of Belfast Bay between the Veteran T s Memorial Bridge and. the old bridge across the bay (see Figure 1 of the November 3 and. 1 report). On arrival at Maplewood Poultry Company at 11+30 hours on April 5, Mr. Stonefield talked with Mr. Steven Glass, the plant manager. Mr. Glass gave the sampling crew permission to sample the outfall. The southerr ost outfall (Station -Ol) is a 21+ concrete pipe which reportedly carries the waste from the picking room area where the birds are killed and plucked. The effluent was colored and. varied markedly in quantity of flow (Figures 1 and 2). The middle outfall (Station T-O2) is located below the high water mark juct north of the ruins of an old pier. This 21+ corrugated steel pipe reoortedly carries the drainage from the preparing rooms. This ------- MAPL EWOOD POULTRY PLANT SCREENS TOP OF BANK GREASE SEPARATOR 1 M P01 MPO2 BEL PA S T BAY MP 03 MAPLE WOOD BELFAST, IPIER RUINS POULTRY ME. I I ------- had the s ai1est flow of the three outfalls (Figures 1 arid 3). The flow observed on April 5 was smaller in volume than was observed previously. 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 (Figures 1 and 3). The effluent was very turbid and formed a white cloud along the bank of the bay (Figure Ii). Poultry Processing Poultry Processing is also located on the west side of Belfast Bay in Belfast, Maine, as described in the report of the November 3 and 1 sampling. At 1 1 i 00 hours on April 5, Mr. Stonefield obtained permission from Mr. Gilbert Knight, plant manager, to sample the effluent. The outfall is located just above the low water mark of Belfast Bay near the salt water pump house for the condenser cooling water (Figures 5 and 6). Two 12 pipes were discharging 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 wastewater from the processing of the chickens. When the sampling crew arrived the effluent was colored green. During the sampling, which took about five minutes, the color of the effluent varied from green to red and back to green. The oil and grease sample and the bacteria samole were collected when the effluent -2- ------- was green. The general analysis sample was collected when the color was changing. As a result the sample was a composite of approximately 50 percent of the effluent when it was red and 50 percent of the effluent when it was green. Sampling Procedures One 250 ml sample for bacteria analysis, one quart sample for oil and grease analysis, and one gallon sample for general analysis were collected. The bacteria sampling bottle was used to collect and pour the samples into the gallon and quart cubitainers. Then the bacteria sample was collected in the bottle. 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 filtered for both total and fecal coliforms. The general sample was filtered for suspended solids, settled and filtered for settleable solids, ar.d analyzed for pH and turbidity. The oil and grease sample was preserved with 2 ml of concentrated sulThric acid and returned to the NEBO laboratory for analysis. The filtered bacterial samples were incubated and returned to BO to be counted. The filtered suspended solid samples were returned to NEBO for drying and weighing. Sa o1e Identification Each sample was tagged with one chain of custody tag giving collecting agency, lab number, time, date, source of saiiple, collectors signature and title, and witnesss signature and title, plus information on the transfer of the sample. In addition, a pre- -3- ------- nunbered field data card was filled out for each collection time to record weather conditions, the temperature of the sample, and the s Ling location. Results Table 1 suzr arizes the results of the effluent analysis which are similar to the previous survey. These results show that Maplewood Poultry effluent, I -Ol, and the Poultry Processing effluent, PP-Ol, were highly colored, turbid and contained large quantities of suspended solids. The oil-grease contents were above that of normal raw sewage. The turbidity, suspended solids, and oil and grease from Mapiewood Poultry outfall -O3 were extremely high, more than double the values obtained in previous surveys. The effluent from the other outfall from Maplewood. Poultry flP-02 changed little since the last survey. _14 ._ ------- TABLE 1 SUMI.IARY OF DATA MAPIJ 1OOD POULTRY AN]) POULTRY PROCESSING Temp. Turb. pH Date T:Lme 0 C JU Units Set. Susp. Oil & Total Fecal Solids Solids Grease Coliform Coliform mg/i mg/i mg/i per 100 ml per 100 ml 27106 MP-O1 14/5/71 l14liO 211. .0 > 300 7.14 1149 521 i 1 4 1 4 21,000,000 > 1,000,000 27107 MP-02 14/5/71 11150 17.5 ) 9 7.14 3 214 18 6i,ooo 1,000 27108 14P-03 11/5/71 1500 10.5 ) 300 7.3 317 936 522 814o,ooo 280,000 27105 PP-O1 14/5/71 11i20 114.0 ) 70 7.3 152 395 196 3,000,000 1,800,000 Tests were performed according to F 1QA Standard Methods and data was verified. FCLAi i4 4 iL Supervisory Chemi Laboratory Branch Lab No. Station Field Investigations Section ------- S 0 - 4 .p - 4 Collection of sample station MPO1 _____ 1440 Hrs. 45.71 Maplevood Poultry Co. Belfast, Me J _ _J - Effluent from Maplewood Poultry Co. ou a - i J Belfa t,Me. ________________ ------- ii i __ ___ Coflection of amp1e station MPO2 1450 Hrs 4 5 71 F Maplewood Poultry Co. Belfast, M J Collection of sample station O3 ____I L Map1ewo ?oui ryCo.Be].fast, ------- p .1 1 Effluent from Maplewood Poultry Co. outfall NPO3 1a ti Effluent from Maplewood Poultry Co. ou fai [ e1fa t, . ------- ELECTRICAL TRANSFORMER POULTRY PROCESSING (PENOBSCOT POULTRY PLANT WA YAY LUM B ER YARD F F F F DIRT ROAD BELFAST BAY SALT WATER PUMP HOUSE PENOBSCOT POULTRY BELFAST, ME. CONDENSOR . WATER EFFLUENT TI PP 01 SALT WATER INTAKE LINE ------- S 4 -, f I I ____ Collection of sample from Poultry I Processing outfall PPO1 r Belfast, Me. 1420 Hrs. 4.5..?1 I I 1/ :: Collection of sample from Poultry Proceszing ou fa J. L Q1 t lfast, l aine . 1b20 Hrs. b-571 ------- |