UNITED STATE
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
FEDERAL WATER QUALITY ADMINISTRATION
New England
2140 Highland
Needham Heights,
Mr. Peter Mills
United States Attorney
i 6 Federal Street
Portland, Maine 014111
Dear Mr. Mills:
At your request, the effluents from the Maplewood
and the Poultry Processing, Inc. were resampled.
copy of the report of this sampling that occurred
1971.
If you have any questions or if the format should
please contact us.
FOR THE REGIONAJJ DThECTOR:
Sincerely yours,
E. V. Fitzpatrick
Director
Poultry Company
Enclosed is a
March 2 and 3,
need revision,
Enclosure

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INDUSTRIAL WASTES SURVEY
MAPLE WOOD POULTRY
POUL Y PROCESSING
R1 T.PAST, MAINE
MARCH 2 and 3, 1971

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MAPLE WOOD POULTRY AND POULTRY PROCESSING
BELFAST BAY, BELFAST, MAINE
MARCH 2 and 3, 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 resamp] .ed on March 2 and
3, 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. Stonef ’ield aided Mr. Davis in the analysis
of the samples.
Maplewood Poultry
Maplewood Poultry, as described in the report of sampling on
November 3 and 1 , 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 Z 4 report). On
arrival at Maplewood Poultry Company at 1330 hours on March 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-oi) is a 21l t concrete pipe
which reportedly carries the waste from the picking room area where
the birds are killed and plucked. The effluent was a reddish-yellow
color and varied markedly in quantity of’ flow (Figure 1).
The middle outfall (Station MP-02) is located below the high water
mark just north of the ruins of an old pier. This 21+” corrugated steel

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pipe reportedly carries the drainage from the preparing rooms. This
had the smallest flow of the three outfalls (Figure i).
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 i).
Two samples were collected at each outfall on March 2 - one for
bacteria and one for general analysis. The general sample was analyzed
for pH, turbidity, and suspended solids. The temperature of’ the
effluent was also obtained. On March 3 the three outfalls were sampled
for oil and grease analysis. The temperature of the sample was again
recorded.
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 14 sampling. At 11430 hours on March 2, Mr. Stonefield obtained
permission from the plant office to sample the effluent on March 3.
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). Two 12” pipes were discharging into the be . 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.
On the morning of March 3, the sampling crew returned and
collected bacteria, oil and grease, and general samples from Station
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PP-Ol. The temperature of the effluent was also recorded. 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 to green and back to red. The oil and
grease sample and the bacteria sample were collected when the effluent
was red. The general anal.yais 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.
Sam p1ing Procedures
At Maplewood all samples except the bacteria samples were collected
in plastic cubitainers. Gallon cubitainers were used for the general
analysis samples and quart cubitainers were used for the oil and
grease samples. The bacteria samples were collected in sterile, glass,
bacterial sampling bottles. At Poultry Processing plant 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 fil-
tered for both total and fecal coliforms. The general sample was fil-
tered for suspended solids and analyzed for pH and turbidity.
The oil and grease sample was preserved with 5 ml of concentrated
hydrochloric acid and jeturned to the NEBO laboratory for analysis.
The filtered bactèria.i. samples were incubated and returned to NEBO to
be counted. The filtered suspended solid samples were returned to
NEBO for drying and weighing.
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Sample Identification
Each sample was tagged with two tags - one sample tag giving lab
number, station, date, time, and collector; and one chain of custody tag
giving collecting agency, lab number, time, date, source of sample,
collectorts signature and title, and witness’s signature and title,
plus information on the transfer of the sample. In addition, a pre-
numbered field data card was filled out for each collection time to
record weather conditions, the temperature of the sample, and the
sampling location.
Results
Table 1 summ rizes the results of the effluent analysis which
are similar to the previous survey. These results show that two of
Maplewood Poultry effluents, MP-Ol and MP-03, and the Poultry Processing
effluent, PP-O1, were highly colored, turbid and. contained large
quantities of suspended solids. The oil-grease contents were above
that of normal raw sewage.
The results of analysis on the other outfall from Maplewood Poultry
(MP-02) were similar to those expected for diluted raw sewage.

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TABLE 1
SUMMARY OF DATA
MAPLE WOOD POULTRY AND POULTRY PROCESSING
Susp.
Oil &
Total
Fecal
Temp.
Lab No. Station Date Time °C
Turb.
JTU
pH
Units
Solids
mg/i
Grease
mg/i
Coliform
per 100 ml
Coliform
per 100 ml
23915 MP-01 3/2/71 13I 0 20 160 7.2 181 le,800,000 ) 2,000,000
23919 MP-01 3/3/71 0805 21.5 85
23916 -O2 3/2/71 11410 19.5 8 7.1 7 71,000 7,000
23920 MP-02 3/3/71 0810 19.5 20
23917 MP-03 3/2/71 11400 10 70 7.2 105 560,000 ) 200,000
23921 MP-03 3/3/71 0820 9 2 e0
23918 PP-O1 3/3/71 o8140 19.5 8o 7.0 1714 167 1,000,000 900,000
Tests were performed according to FWQA Standard Methods and data was verified.
Q L _
Chief, Laboratory Branch
Sanitary Engineei’
Field Investigations Section

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POULTRY PROCESSING
(PENOBSCOT POULTRY)
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ELECTRICAL
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PENOBSCOT POULTRY
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WATER EFFLUENT
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SALT WATER
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