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 ------- INDUSTRIAL WASTES SURVEY MAPLE WOOD POULTRY POUL Y PROCESSING R1 T.PAST, MAINE MARCH 2 and 3, 1971 ------- 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 ------- 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 -2- ------- 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. -3- ------- 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. ------- 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 ------- MAPLEWOOD POULTRY PLANT GREASE SEPARATOR MAPLE WOOD BELFAST, I IMPO2 I I •I 1 I I I I IPIER RUINS I I I I I I I I I I i SCREENS -I M P 01 8EL FAST BAY liP 03 POULTRY ME. ------- POULTRY PROCESSING (PENOBSCOT POULTRY) PLANT ROA D WAY ELECTRICAL TRANSFORMER ‘I S. DIRT ROAD PENOBSCOT POULTRY BELFAST, ME. BELFAST BAY CONDENSOR WATER EFFLUENT EFF UENT SALT WATER PUMP HOUSE SALT WATER INTAKE LIUE .1 C PPOI ------- |