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Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Martins Ferry Fact Sheet

National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Permit Program

F A C T S H E E T

Regarding an NPDES Permit To Discharge to Waters of the State of Ohio

for Wheeling Pittsburgh Steel - Martins Ferry Plant

Public Notice No.: OEPA Permit No.: 0IC00020*DD

Public Notice Date: Application No.: OH0011339

Comment Period Ends:

Name and Address of Facility Where

Name and Address of Applicant: Discharge Occurs:

Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corporation Wheeling Pittsburgh Steel - Martins Ferry

1134 Market Street 1001 Main Street

Wheeling, West Virginia 26003 Martins Ferry, Ohio 43935

Belmont County

Receiving Water: Ohio River Subsequent

Stream Network: N/A

Introduction

Development of a Fact Sheet for NPDES permits is mandated by Title 40 of the Code of Federal

Regulations, Section 124.8 and 124.56. This document fulfills the requirements established in those

regulations by providing the information necessary to inform the public of actions proposed by the Ohio

Environmental Protection Agency, as well as the methods by which the public can participate in the

process of finalizing those actions.

This Fact Sheet is prepared in order to document the technical basis and risk management decisions that

are considered in the determination of water quality based NPDES Permit effluent limitations. The

technical basis for the Fact Sheet may consist of evaluations of promulgated effluent guidelines, existing

effluent quality, instream biological, chemical and physical conditions, and the relative risk of alternative

effluent limitations. This Fact Sheet details the discretionary decision-making process empowered to the

Director by the Clean Water Act and Ohio Water Pollution Control Law (ORC 6111). Decisions to

award variances to Water Quality Standards or promulgated effluent guidelines for economic or

technological reasons will also be justified in the Fact Sheet where necessary.

Procedures for Participation in the Formulation of Final Determinations

The draft action shall be issued as a final action unless the Director revises the draft after consideration

of the record of a public meeting or written comments, or upon disapproval by the Administrator of the

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.


Within thirty days of the date of the Public Notice, any person may request or petition for a public

meeting for presentation of evidence, statements or opinions. The purpose of the public meeting is to

obtain additional evidence. Statements concerning the issues raised by the party requesting the meeting

are invited. Evidence may be presented by the applicant, the state, and other parties, and following

presentation of such evidence other interested persons may present testimony of facts or statements of

opinion.

Requests for public meetings shall be in writing and shall state the action of the Director objected to, the

questions to be considered, and the reasons the action is contested. Such requests should be addressed to:

Legal Records Section

Ohio Environmental Protection Agency

P.O. Box 1049

Columbus, Ohio 43216-1049

Interested persons are invited to submit written comments upon the discharge permit. Comments should

be submitted in person or by mail no later than 30 days after the date of this Public Notice. Deliver or

mail all comments to:

Ohio Environmental Protection Agency

Attention: Division of Surface Water

Permits Section

P.O. Box 1049

Columbus, Ohio 43216-1049

The OEPA permit number and Public Notice numbers should appear on each page of any submitted

comments. All comments received no later than 30 days after the date of the Public Notice will be

considered.

Citizens may conduct file reviews regarding specific companies or sites. Appointments are necessary to

conduct file reviews, because requests to review files have increased dramatically in recent years. The

first 250 pages copied are free. For requests to copy more than 250 pages, there is a five-cent charge for

each page copied. Payment is required by check or money order, made payable to Treasurer State of

Ohio.


Location of Discharge/Receiving Water Use Classification

WPS - Martins Ferry discharges to Ohio River at approximately Ohio River Mile (RM) 87.8. The

approximate location of the facility is shown in Figure 1.

This segment of the Ohio River is described by Ohio EPA River Code: 25-600, USEPA River Reach #:

05030106-NA, County: Belmont, Ecoregion: Western Allegheny Plateau. The Ohio River is presently

designated for the following uses: Warmwater Habitat (WWH), Agricultural Water Supply (AWS),

Industrial Water Supply (IWS), Public Water Supply (PWS), and Bathing Waters (BW). In addition, the

Ohio River must meet the specific water quality standards listed in OAC Rule 3745-1-32.

Facility Description

Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel manufactures coil and sheet galvanized steel products using the following

process operations: hydrochloric acid pickling, alkaline cleaning and hot dip coating. The process

operations at the Martins Ferry facility are classified by the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) codes

3479, "Coating, engraving and allied services, not elsewhere classified”. Discharges resulting from process

operations are therefore subject to Federal Effluent Guideline Limitations, contained in Chapter 40 of the

Code of Federal Regulations, Part 420, "Iron and Steel Manufacturing" Industrial Category.

Description of Existing Discharge

Outfall 001 contains the treated process waters from this facility. Some storm water is also discharged via

outfall 001. The process water treatment system consists of chemical reduction, neutralization, chemical

precipitation and sedimentation. Sludge is treated by vacuum filtration and landfilled.

Outfalls 002-005 are storm water discharges from the facility that flow into the Ohio River. Outfalls 003-

005 discharge via Martins Ferry municipal storm sewers.

Tables 1 and 2 present summaries of analytical results for outfall 001 effluent samples compiled from the

NPDES application submitted by WPS - Martins Ferry, and from bioassay tests done by Ohio EPA. The

monthly average PEQavg and daily maximum PEQmax decision criteria are also included on this table.

Table 3 presents a summary of unaltered monthly operation report data for the period January 1996 to June

2001 for the WPS - Martins Ferry as well as current permit limits, and monthly average PEQavg and daily

maximum PEQmax values.

Table 4 presents results from acute bioassay tests conducted in accordance with the NPDES permit.

Pimephales promelas (fathead minnows), and Ceriodaphnia dubia (water flea) were the test organisms.

Receiving Water Quality / Environmental Hazard Assessment

There is no recent biological survey data to assess these discharges.


Development of Water-Quality-Based Effluent Limits

Determining appropriate effluent concentrations is a multiple-step process in which parameters are

identified as likely to be discharged by a facility, evaluated with respect to Ohio water quality criteria, and

examined to determine the likelihood that the existing effluent could violate the calculated limits.

The available assimilative capacity was distributed between the outfalls using the CONSWLA water

quality model.

Parameter Selection

Effluent data for WPS - Martins Ferry were used to determine what parameters should undergo wasteload

allocation. The sources of effluent data are as follows:

Self-monitoring data (LEAPS) January 1996 - June 2001

2C data 1999

OEPA compliance sampling data 1997-98, 2001

The average and maximum projected effluent quality (PEQ) values are presented in Table 6. For a

summary of the screening results, refer to the parameter groupings at the end of this section.

Wasteload Allocation

For those parameters that require a wasteload allocation (WLA), the results are based on the uses assigned

to the receiving waterbody in OAC 3745-1. The applicable waterbody uses for this facility’s discharge and

the associated stream design flows are as follows:

Aquatic life (WWH)

Toxics (metals, organics, etc.) Average 10% of annual 7Q10

Maximum 1% of annual 7Q10

Agricultural Water Supply 10% of harmonic mean flow

Human Health (nondrinking) 10% of harmonic mean flow

Allocations are developed using a percentage of stream design flow, and allocations cannot exceed the

Inside Mixing Zone Maximum criteria. The data used in the WLA are listed in Tables 7 and 8. The

wasteload allocation results to maintain all applicable criteria are presented in Table 9. Effluent ammonia

concentrations were screened against inside-mixing-zone maximum WQS, and did not have the reasonable

potential to contribute to WQS exceedances.

Reasonable Potential

The preliminary effluent limits are the lowest average WLA (average PEL) and the maximum WLA

(maximum PEL). To determine the reasonable potential of the discharger to exceed the WLA for each

parameter, the facility’s effluent quality is compared to the preliminary effluent limits. The average PEQ

value (Table 6) is compared to the average PEL, and the maximum PEQ value is compared to the

maximum PEL. Based on the calculated percentage of the respective average and maximum comparisons,

the parameters are assigned to “groups”, as listed in Table 10.

Whole Effluent Toxicity

Whole effluent toxicity or “WET” is the total toxic effect of an effluent on aquatic life measured directly

with a toxicity test. Acute WET measures short term effects of the effluent while chronic WET measures


longer term and potentially more subtle effects of the effluent. The allowable effluent toxicity (AET) is a

factor considered in evaluating whole effluent toxicity. The AET calculations are similar to those for

aquatic life criteria (using the chronic toxicity unit (TUc) and 7Q10 for average and the acute toxicity unit

(TUa) and 1Q10 for maximum). For WPS - Martins Ferry 001, the values are 543 TUC and 1.0 TUA.

The chronic toxicity unit (TUc) is defined as 100 divided by the IC25:

TUc = 100

IC25

This equation applies outside the mixing zone for warmwater, modified warmwater, exceptional

warmwater, coldwater, and seasonal salmonid use designations except when the following equation is more

restrictive (Ceriodaphnia dubia only):

TUc = 100

geometric mean of NOEC and LOEC

The acute toxicity unit (TUa) is defined as 100 divided by the LC50 for the most sensitive test species:

TUa = 100

LC50

This equation applies outside the mixing zone for warmwater, modified warmwater, exceptional

warmwater, coldwater, and seasonal salmonid use designations.

Effluent Limits/Hazard Management Decisions

The listing in Table 10 reflects the hazard assessment done according to WLA procedures. Table 11 shows

the draft NPDES limits for WPS - Martins Ferry outfall 001.

Proposed limits for total suspended solids (TSS) are based on the federal treatment technology guidelines

for the Iron and Steel Industry, listed in 40 CFR Part 420. These limits are BCT guidelines for hot dip

galvanizing of steel strip, sheet and other products.

Federal and State laws/regulation require that dischargers meet both treatment-technology-based limits and

any more stringent standards needed to comply with state WQS. Permit limits are based on the more

restrictive of the two. The treatment-technology-based limits mentioned above are based on the kilograms

of pollutant allowed to be discharged per 1000 kg. of production. The plant production rates used are the

maximum 30-day average rates for the past five years. Limits are calculated as follows: TSS limits

(kg./day) = BCT (kg./kkg.) x production (kkg./day), or for average TSS limits,

BCT = 0.0751 kg/kkg x (378 + 601 + 1504 tons per day) x 0.908 kkg/ton = 169.9 kg/day.

The BCT guidelines also have kg/day allowances for fume scrubbers, of which WPS - Martins Ferry has

two. These are added in to the TSS load as follows:

Average TSS limit = 169.9 kg/day + (16.3 kg/day x 2) = 203 kg/day


The maximum limits for TSS, and effluent guideline allowances for oil&grease, lead, zinc and hexavalent

chromium are calculated in the same way. All of the effluent guideline calculations are shown in the

attachment to this fact sheet.

Limits proposed for oil and grease and pH are continued from the current permit. The pH limits are based

on Ohio Water Quality Standards (OAC 3745-1-07) at the low end of the range, and Best Professional

Judgment at the upper end. The high end pH limit has been raised above the WQS of 9.0 Standard Units

(S.U.) to assist in the removal of zinc and other metals. Data previously submitted by Wheeling-Pittsburgh

indicates that the WQS will be maintained in the Ohio River after mixing.

Oil and grease limits are based on the performance of common oil/water separation systems. These limits

are more restrictive than the BCT limits for the Iron & Steel Industry.

The Ohio EPA risk assessment (Table 10) places residual chlorine and hexavalent chromium in group 5.

This placement as well as the data in Tables 1, 2 and 6 indicate that the reasonable potential to exceed

WQS exists and limits are necessary to protect water quality. The proposed limits for both pollutants are

based on the wasteload allocation as limited by the inside mixing zone maximum (IMZM). The IMZM is a

value calculated to avoid rapidly lethal conditions in the effluent mixing zone.

Limits are proposed for lead and zinc because they are pollutants regulated by the effluent guidelines, and

must have limits in the permit. For lead the concentration limit is based on the IMZM; the loading limit is

based on BAT. Lead concentration limits are needed to ensure that BAT loading limits will meet WQS

under all effluent flow conditions.

For zinc the maximum concentration limit is IMZM; both lead and zinc IMZM limits are based on a

discharge-specific hardness value that exceeds the maximum hardness for metals standards in the WQS.

The proposed limit is based on the maximum hardness of 400 mg/l; this is more stringent than the current

permit, which was written when the maximum hardness was 500 mg/l.

As this permit was going to public notice, Wheeling-Pittsburgh submitted a dissolved metal translator study

for zinc with a request to keep the current maximum permit limits. If approved by Ohio EPA, the

maximum zinc concentration could be continued at 910 ug/l, the current limitation.

The average concentration limit for zinc is being carried over from the current permit on the basis of the

Antibacksliding Rule (OAC 3745-33-05(E)). The average loading limit is based on the BAT guidelines,

and the maximum loading limit is based on antibacksliding because it is more restrictive than the effluent

guideline limit.

The concentration and loading limits for lead and zinc do not correspond with each other; that is, they have

different bases. Wheeling-Pittsburgh recycles process wastewater prior to treatment; therefore, under OAC

Rule 3745-33-05(C)(1)(d), the permit may concentration and loading limits to have different bases due to

the water conservation or flow reduction practices.

The draft permit also contains monitoring requirements for ammonia-nitrogen and dissolved solids.

Ammonia is present in process wastewaters, and is only incidently removed by the treatment plant. High

dissolved solids concentrations are created by the neutralization of acidic and alkaline wastewaters, and can

contribute to effluent toxicity.


Table 12 contains the limits and monitoring requirements for storm water outfalls 002-005. The limits for

copper at outfall 002 and zinc at all of these outfalls are based on IMZM water quality standards. IMZM

standards are designed to prevent rapid lethality to organisms passing near the outfall. In these cases, the

data submitted by Wheeling-Pittsburgh on their Application Form 2F indicate that effluent concentrations

are at times higher than IMZM at the storm water outfalls.

The draft permit provides a compliance schedule to allow time to comply with these limits. Ohio EPA

understands that it may be possible to meet WQS through Best Management Practices and/or pollution

prevention techniques. If Wheeling-Pittsburgh suggests specific BMPs that have a reasonable probability

of attaining WQS, limits would not be required for these outfalls.

Whole Effluent Toxicity

WET values are compared to a calculated allowable effluent toxicity “AET” value. This comparison along

with an assessment of the instream community are two ways in which whole effluent toxicity is evaluated.

For the WPS - Martins Ferry WWTP, the chronic AET is 543 TUc and acute AET is 1.0 TUa.

WPS outfall 001 is being placed in Category 1 of the toxicity reasonable potential procedures (OAC 3745-

33-07(B)) for acute toxicity. This categorization is based on the number of exceedances of the acute AET

(12 of 18 tests - See Table 4). The average exceedance factor and mixing zone toxicity factors also line

up in Category 1, and the maximum exceedance factor just misses this category. As a result the permit

contains a 3-year compliance schedule to meet 1.0 TUa, and a toxicity reduction evaluation requirement to

help determine the cause(s) of toxicity and possible reduction techniques. Testing can be done with

Ceriodaphnia only, as this species is the most sensitive to the toxicant(s) in this effluent.

Other Compliance Schedules / Station 602

It is possible for process water and storm water to bypass the outfall 001 treatment system during intense

rainfall events. These appear to be rare occurrences (18 in the last 10 years), and are most likely to occur

during short, intense rainfall events. While WPS does have some flow management procedures in-place to

control process contributions to these overflows, it is still possible for process water to be included when

these occur.

As a result, the permit contains a compliance schedule to eliminate the possibility of process water

bypasses from this system. Bypasses of process waters are prohibited by federal rules.

The permit does not prohibit bypasses of storm water during high rainfall events. As a result, we have

added monitoring station 602 to the permit to provide flow and chemical data to track the quality of these

discharges when they occur. A related requirement is the schedule to move the outfall 001 sampling point

downstream of the current location to capture all of the discharges (treated and bypassed) in the final

effluent sampling.


Figure 1. Approximate location of the Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Martins Ferry Plant.


Table 1. Effluent Characterization and Decision Criteria

Summary of analytical results for WPS - Martins Ferry outfall 0IC00020001. All values are in :g/l unless otherwise

indicated. 2C = Data from application form 2C; OEPA = data from analyses by Ohio EPA; ND = below detection

(detection limit); NA = not analyzed. Decision Criteria: PEQavg = monthly averages; PEQmax = daily maximum analytical

results.

OEPA OEPA OEPA Wheeling-Pitts. 1999 App. Form 2C DECISION CRITERIA

PARAMETER 10/07/97 04/14/98 12/04/01 N Mean Maximum PEQavg PEQmax

BOD mg/l NA NA 12 1 – 5.6

COD mg/l NA NA 14 1 – 8.0

TSS mg/l NA <5 9 53 6.2 81 11 16

TDS mg/l NA NA 3510 NA NA NA 15886 21762

Oil&grease mg/l NA <1 <2 53 2.8 12 5.0 7.2

Ammonia-N mg/l 1.07 1.51 0.898 13 2.3 5.9 5.3 10.2

NO3/NO2-N mg/l 1.15 0.68 0.39 1 – 1.3 2.47 3.38

TKN mg/l NA 1.7 2.04 NA NA NA 5.66 7.75

Phosphorus mg/l NA <0.05 0.052 1 – 7.2 0.158 0.216

Fluoride mg/l NA NA NA 1 – 1.0 4.5 6.2

Sulfate mg/l NA NA NA 1 – 120 543 744

Chlorine, T. Res NA NA NA 1 – 150 679 930

Phenolics <10 <10 <10 1 – 8.1 19 26

Hardness mg/l NA 483 607 NA NA NA

Arsenic <2 <2 3.4 1 – <2 6.5 8.8

Barium NA NA 54 1 – 480 1332 1824

Iron NA <50 354 1 – 87 775 1062

Lead <2 <2 <2 104 1.3 12 5.2 8.1

Manganese NA 18 31 1 – <10 68 93

Potassium NA NA 4000 NA NA NA 18104 24800

Strontium NA NA 345 NA NA NA 1561 2139

Zinc 113 121 240 104 180 920 312 558

Acetone 8.2 NA NA NA NA NA 37 51

Bromoform 7.6 2.5 4.99 1 – <5 14.4 19.8

Bromodichloromethane 1.2 <0.5 0.55 1 – <5 2.6 3.6

Dibromochloromethane 4.8 1.6 2.17 1 – <5 9.5 13.0


Table 2. Effluent Characterization

Summary of analytical results for WPS - Martins Ferry outfalls 0IC00020001, 0IC00020002 and 0IC00020005. All

values are in :g/l unless otherwise indicated. Values are listed as first 30-min. grab sample / event composite sample

result. 2F = Data from application form 2F; ND = below detection (detection limit); NA = not analyzed.

Form 2F Form 2F Form 2F

PARAMETER 001 002 005

BOD5 mg/l 7.6 / 9.4 17 / 11 21 / 9.8

COD mg/l 22 / 17 10 / 8 26 / 13

TSS mg/l 13 / 9 333 / 59 151 / 17

Oil&grease mg/l <5 / - 5.2 / - <5.0 / -

TKN mg/l 2.3 / 2.6 1.3 / 1.2 1.5 / 6.3

NO3/NO2-N mg/l 0.28 / 0.42 0.030 / 0.030 NA

Phosphorus mg/l 0.074 / 0.074 0.2 / 0.11 0.029 / 0.084

Chromium <10 / <10 13 / <10 <10 / <10

Copper <10 / <10 49 / 20 12 / <10

Lead 1 / 3 65 / 22 66 / 16

Zinc 780 / 490 4500 / 3200 3500 / 73000


Table 3. Effluent Characterization and Decision Criteria

Summary of current permit limits and unaltered monthly operating report (MOR) data for WPS - Martins Ferry outfall 0IC00020002. All values are based on

annual records unless otherwise indicated. N = Number of Analyses. * = For pH, 5th percentile shown in place of 50th percentile; ** = For dissolved oxygen,

5th percentile shown in place of 95th percentile; A = 7 day average. Decision Criteria: PEQavg = monthly average; PEQmax = daily maximum analytical results.

WPS - MARTINS FERRY (0IC00020) OUTFALL=001

CURRENT PERMIT PERIOD = JAN96 THRU JUN01 DECISION CRITERIAPARAMETER SEASON UNITS 30 DAY DAILY N 50 PCTL 95 PCTL RANGE N PEQavg PEQmax

AMMONIA NH3-N MAY-OCT MG/L Monitor 29 1.1 9.3 0-10 KG/DAY -- -- 29 1.7364 22.74 0-23.732 NOV-APR MG/L Monitor 26 0.9 7.5 0-15 KG/DAY -- -- 26 1.5125 19.985 0-28.274 CHROMIUM HEX-VAL ANNUAL UG/L -- 31 227 0 0 0-120 227 79 108 KG/DAY -- 0.086 227 0 0 0-0.248 CONDUIT FLOW ANNUAL MGD Monitor 1580 0.558 0.753 0.106-1.226 LEAD PB,TOT ANNUAL UG/L Monitor 453 0 6 0-120 453 5.2 8.1 KG/DAY -- -- 453 0 0.01331 0-0.2439 OIL GRSE TOT ANNUAL MG/L 15 20 227 0 6 0-14 227 5.0 7.2 KG/DAY 41.95 55.63 227 0 13.921 0-34.285 PH MAX ANNUAL S.U. -- 10.0 1603 9.3* 9.9 8.9-10.9 PH MIN ANNUAL S.U. -- 6.5 1603 9.1* 9.8 7.9-9.9 PRECIP TOT DAY ANNUAL INCHES Monitor 1607 0 0.56 0-2.85 RESIDUE TOT NFLT ANNUAL MG/L -- -- 228 5 13 0-81 228 11 16 KG/DAY 361 840 228 8.9477 26.718 0-155.75 WATER TEMP. ANNUAL DEG C Monitor 229 20 26 8-30 ZINC ZN,TOT ANNUAL UG/L 505 910 454 130 600 0-1300 454 312 558 KG/DAY 1.911 2.53 454 0.27025 1.1941 0-2.8834


Table 4. Summary of ACUTE toxicity test results on the WPS - Martins Ferry effluent from outfall 0IC00020001.

TEST

DATE(a)

Ceriodaphnia dubia 48 hour Fathead Minnows 48 hour

UPb Cc LC50d %Mi TUag NFh UPb Cc LC50

d %Mi TUag NFh

12/21/1995 (E) 0 0 44 100 2.3 0 NT NT NT NT NT NT

07/31/1996 (E) 0 0 >100 0 <1.0 0 NT NT NT NT NT NT

10/06/1997 (O) 0 0 91.7 60-80 1.1 0* 0 0 >100 0-5 <1.0 0*

12/17/1997 (E) 0 0 85 90 1.3 100 NT NT NT NT NT NT

03/12/1998 (E) 5 0 >100 30 <1.0 0 NT NT NT NT NT NT

04/15/1998 (O) 0 5 70.7 100 1.4 25* 0 0 >100 0 <1.0 0*

04/15/1998 (E) 0 0 71 100 1.4 0 0 0 >100 0 <1.0 0

04/30/1998 (E) NT 0 <100 55 >1.0 NT NT 0 >100 30 <1.0 NT

09/17/1998 (E) 0 0 >100 0 <1.0 NT 0 0 >100 0 <1.0 NT

12/10/1998 (E) 0 0 85 70 1.2 0 NT NT NT NT NT NT

02/03/1999 (E) NT 0 <100 60 >1.0 NT NT 0 NT NT NT NT

06/23/1999 (E) 0 0 >100 10 <1.0 0 NT NT NT NT NT NT

08/26/1999 (E) 0 0 >100 0 <1.0 0 NT NT NT NT NT NT

03/16/2000 (E) 0 0 >100 0 <1.0 0 NT NT NT NT NT NT

07/13/2000 (E) 0 0 71 85 1.4 5 NT NT NT NT NT NT

12/20/2000 (E) 0 0 >100 30 <1.0 0 NT NT NT NT NT NT

06/20/2001 (E) 0 0 76 60 1.3 0 NT NT NT NT NT NT

12/04/2001 (O) 0 0 34.2 95-100 2.9 5* 15 5 >100 0-5 <1.0 0*

12/04/2001 (E) 0 0 54 100 1.8 20 NT NT NT NT NT NT

06/25/2002 (E) 0 0 47 100 2.1 0 NT NT NT NT NT NT

12/18/2002 (E) 0 0 75 100 1.3 10 NT NT NT NT NT NT

a O = EPA test; E = entity test f %A = Percent Adversely Affected in 100% effluentb UP = upstream control water g TUa = Acute Toxicity Unitsc C = laboratory water control h NF = Near Field Sample In the Ohio Riverd LC50 = Median Lethal Concentration i %M = Percent Mortality in 100% effluente EC50 = Median effects concentration ND = not determined

NT = not tested * = manual mixing zone (1:1 effluent/upstream)


Table 5. Effluent and Near-field Acute Toxicity Comparisons (Ceriodaphnia data only)

Test Datea 001 TUa 001 Conductivity Near-field Mortality

(%)

Near-field

Conductivity

Upstream

Conductivity

% Effluent in

Near-field

12/21/1995 (E) 2.3 2380 0 898 517 20

07/31/1996 (E) ND 1611 0 1242 348 71

10/06/1997 (O) 1.1 2000 0 1210 452 49

12/17/1997 (E) 1.3 1539 100 1045 327 59

03/12/1998 (E) ND 1780 0 1056 329 50

04/15/1998 (O) 1.4 1378 25* 801 325 45

04/15/1998 (E) 1.4 1372 0 750 291 42

12/10/1998 (E) 1.2 1865 0 1275 944 36

06/23/1999 (E) ND 2120 0 1182 228 50

08/26/1999 (E) ND 2850 0 1573 569 44

03/16/2000 (E) ND 2280 0 1526 323 61

07/13/2000 (E) 1.4 1513 5 1206 416 72

12/20/2000 (E) 0.6 1613 0 987 508 43

06/20/2001 (E) 1.3 2330 0 1124 358 39

12/04/2001 (O) 2.9 1832 5* 1220 508 54

12/04/2001 (E) 1.8 1993 20 1064 509 37

06/25/2002 (E) 2.1 1015 0 323 308 2.1

12/18/2002 (E) 1.3 1667 10 1254 502 65

a O = EPA test; E = entity test

* = manual mixing zone (1:1 effluent/upstream)


Table 6. Effluent Data for WPS - Martins Ferry

# of # > Average Maximum

Parameter Units Samples MDL PEQ PEQ

Outfall 001

LEAPS Data

Ammonia - N (summer) mg/l 20 17 9.5 13.0

Ammonia - N (winter) mg/l 12 8 5.3 7.2

Suspended Solids mg/l 228 178 11. 16.

Oil&grease mg/l 227 70 5.0 7.2

Chromium, hexavalent ug/l 227 3 79. 108.

Lead ug/l 453 166 5.2 8.1

Zinc ug/l 454 449 312. 558.

OEPA Data

Dissolved Solids mg/l 1 1 15886. 21762.

Kjehldahl - N, total mg/l 2 2 5.66 7.75

Potassium ug/l 1 1 18104. 24800.

Strontium ug/l 1 1 1561. 2139.

Acetone ug/l 3 1 37. 51.

WPS 2c Data

Fluoride mg/l 1 1 4.5 6.2

Sulfate mg/l 1 1 543. 744.

Chlorine, Tot. Res. ug/l 1 1 679. 930.

OEPA/2c Data

Nitrate/Nitrite - N mg/l 4 4 2.47 3.38

Phosphorus mg/l 3 3 0.158 0.216

Phenolics ug/l 4 1 19. 26.

Arsenic ug/l 4 1 6.5 8.8

Barium ug/l 2 2 1332. 1824.

Iron ug/l 3 2 775. 1062.

Manganese ug/l 3 2 68. 93.

Bromoform ug/l 4 3 14.4 19.8

Bromodichloromethane ug/l 4 2 2.6 3.6

Dibromochloromethane ug/l 4 3 9.5 13.0


Table 7. Water Quality Criteria in the Study Area

Outside Mixing Zone Criteria Inside

Average Maximum Mixing

Human Agri- Aquatic Aquatic Zone

Parameter Units Health culture Life Life Max

Arsenic ug/l 50. 100. 150. 340. 680.

Barium ug/l – – 220. 2000. 4000.

Bromodichloromethane ug/l 5.6 – – – –

Bromoform ug/l 43.c – 230. 1100. 2200.

Chlorine, total residual ug/l – – 11. 19. 38.

Chromium, hexavalent ug/l – – 11. 16. 31.

Dibromochloromethane ug/l 4.1 – – – –

Dissolved Solids mg/l – – 1500. –. –

Fluoride ug/l 1000. 2000. – – –

Iron ug/l – 5000. – – –

Lead ug/l – 100. 9.0 170. 1400.A

NO2+NO3 mg/l 10. 100. – – –

Phenolics ug/l 5.0 – – – –

Strontium ug/l – – 770. 6900. 14000.

Sulfate mg/l 250. – – – –

Zinc ug/l 9100. 25000. 150. 150. 780.A

A IMZM based on an effluent-specific hardness >400 mg/l.C carcinogen endpoint.


Table 8. Instream Conditions and Discharger Flow

Parameter Units Value Basis

Flows for Ohio River:

7Q10 cfs annual 5800. ORSANCO

Harmonic Mean Flow cfs annual 23000. ORSANCO

WPS - Martins Ferry flow cfs

001 1.07 DSW (0.69 MGD - PEQ avg., 1996-

2002)

Hardness mg/l 130 STORET (outside mixing zone WQS)

>400 WPS (001 value for inside mixing zone

WQS)

Background Water Quality for Ohio River

Barium ug/l 50. STORET, 1992-98, n=20, 1<MDL

Bromodichloromethane ug/l 0. No representative data available

Bromoform ug/l 0. No representative data available

Chlorine, T.R. ug/l 0. No representative data available

Chromium, hex. ug/l 0. No representative data available

Dibromochloromethane ug/l 0. No representative data available

Dissolved Solids mg/l 382. BWQR, Statewide 50th %ile

Fluoride mg/l 0. No representative data available

Lead ug/l 1.5 STORET, 1992-98, n=39, 25<MDL

Phenolics ug/l 2.5 STORET, 1992-98, n=39, 38<MDL

Strontium ug/l 0. No representative data available

Sulfate mg/l 75. STORET, 1992-98, n=39, 0<MDL

Zinc ug/l 25. STORET, 1992-98, n=39, 10<MDL


Table 9. Summary of Effluent Limits to Maintain Applicable Water Quality Criteria

Average Maximum Inside

Human Agri Aquatic Aquatic Mixing Zone

Parameter Units Health Supply Life Life Maximum

Barium ug/l – – 92370.A 107701.A 4000.

Bromodichloromethane ug/l 12043. – – – –

Bromoform ug/l 92473.A,C – 124903.A 60726.A 2200.

Chlorine, tot. res. ug/l – – 5974.A 1049.A 38.

Chromium, hexavalent ug/l – – 5974.A 883.A 31.

Dibromochloromethane ug/l 8817. – – – –

Dissolved Solids mg/l – – 607519. – –

Fluoride mg/l 2151. 4301. – – –

LeadD ug/l – 211829.A 4074.A 9304.A 1400.

Phenolics, tot. ug/l 5379.A – – – –

Strontium ug/l – – 48153.A 380919.A 14000.

Sulfate mg/l 376418. – – – –

Zinc ug/l 1.95 E7A 5.37 E7A 67907.A 6926.A 780.

A Allocation must not exceed the Inside Mixing Zone Maximum.B IMZM based on a discharge specific hardness >400 mg/l.C carcinogen endpointD Allocation provided for comparison with BAT limits.


Table 10. Parameter Assessment for Outfall 001

Group 1: Due to a lack of criteria, the following parameters could not be evaluated at this time.

Acetone Manganese Nitrogen, Tot Kjehldahl

Phosphorus Potassium Suspended Solids

Group 2: PEQ < 25% of WQS or all data below minimum detection limit; WLA not required. No limit

recommended, monitoring optional.

Arsenic Iron NO2+NO3

Group 3: PEQmax < 50% of maximum PEL and PEQavg < 50% of average PEL. No limit recommended,

monitoring optional.

Barium Bromodichlormethane Bromoform

Dichlorobromomethane Dissolved Solids Fluoride

LeadB Phenolics, total Strontium

Sulfate

Group 4: PEQmax > 50% but <100% of the maximum PEL or PEQavg > 50% but < 100% of the

average PEL. Monitoring is appropriate.

Zinc

Group 5: Maximum PEQ > 100% of the maximum PEL or average PEQ > 100% of the average PEL,or either

the average or maximum PEQ is between 75 and 100% of the PEL and certain conditions that

increase the risk to the environment are present. Limit recommended.

Limits to Protect Numeric Water Quality Criteria

Applicable Recommended Effluent Limits

Parameter Units Period Average Maximum

Chlorine, T.Res. ug/l annual – 38.

Chromium, Hexavalent ug/l annual – 31.

B Allocation provided for comparison with BAT limits.


Table 11. Final effluent limits and monitoring requirements for WPS - Martins Ferry outfall 0IC00020001

and the basis for their recommendation.

Effluent Limits

Concentration Loading (kg/day)a

30 Day Daily 30 Day Daily

Parameter Units Average Maximum Average Maximum Basisb

Flow MGD - - - - - - - - - - - - Monitor - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Mc

Temperature NC - - - - - - - - - - - - Monitor - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Mc

Precipitation inches - - - - - - - - - - - - Monitor - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Mc

Hardness mg/l - - - - - - - - - - - - Monitor - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Mc

Dissolved Solids mg/l - - - - - - - - - - - - Monitor - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Mc

Suspended Solids mg/l – – 203 472 BCT

Ammonia-N mg/l - - - - - - - - - - - - Monitor - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Mc

Oil and Grease mg/l 15 20 39.2 52.2 ABS/EP

pH S.U. - - - - - - - - - - - - - 6.5 to 10.0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - WQS, BPJ

Chlorine Residual mg/l – 0.038 – – WLA/IMZM

Hex. Chromium

(Dissolved) :g/l – 31 – 0.081 WLA/IMZM

Lead, T. :g/l – 1400 0.875 2.63 WLA/IMZM; BAT, BAT

Zinc, T. :g/l 505 780 1.16 2.53 ABS/EP, WLA/IMZM;

BAT, ABS/EP

Whole Effluent

Toxicity

Acute TUa – 1.0 – – WET

a Effluent loadings for oil&grease and hexavalent chromium based on average discharge flow of 0.69 MGD.

b Definitions: ABS = Antibacksliding Rule (OAC 3745-33-05(E) and 40 CFR Part 122.44(l)); AD =

Antidegradation (OAC 3745-1-05); BAT = Best Available Control Technology Currently

Available, 40 CFR Part 420, Iron and Steel Point Source Category; BCT = Best

Conventional Pollutant Control Technology, 40 CFR Part 420, Iron and Steel Point

Source Category; BPJ = Best Professional Judgment; EP = Existing Permit; M =

Monitoring; RP = Reasonable Potential for requiring water quality-based effluent limits

and monitoring requirements in NPDES permits (3745-33-07(A)); WET = Whole

Effluent Toxicity (OAC 3745-33-07(B)) ; WLA = Wasteload Allocation procedures

(OAC 3745-2); WLA/IMZM = Wasteload Allocation limited by Inside Mixing Zone

Maximum; WQS = Ohio Water Quality Standards (OAC 3745-1).

c Monitoring of flow and other indicator parameters is specified to assist in the evaluation of effluent quality

and treatment plant performance.


Table 12. Final effluent limits and monitoring requirements for WPS - Martins Ferry outfalls 0IC00020002

-0IC00020005 and the basis for their recommendation.

Effluent Limits

Concentration Loading (kg/day)a

30 Day Daily 30 Day Daily

Parameter Units Average Maximum Average Maximum Basisb

Outfall 002



Copper, T. R. :g/l – 36 – – WLA/IMZM

Zinc, T. R. :g/l – 300 – – WLA/IMZM

Outfalls 003-005



Zinc, T. R. :g/l – 300 – – WLA/IMZM

a Effluent loadings based on average design discharge flow of 0.69 MGD.

b Definitions: ABS = Antibacksliding Rule (OAC 3745-33-05(E) and 40 CFR Part 122.44(l)); AD =

Antidegradation (OAC 3745-1-05); BAT = Best Available Control Technology Currently

Available, 40 CFR Part 420, Iron and Steel Point Source Category; BCT = Best

Conventional Pollutant Control Technology, 40 CFR Part 420, Iron and Steel Point

Source Category; BPJ = Best Professional Judgment; EP = Existing Permit; M =

Monitoring; RP = Reasonable Potential for requiring water quality-based effluent limits

and monitoring requirements in NPDES permits (3745-33-07(A)); WET = Whole

Effluent Toxicity (OAC 3745-33-07(B)) ; WLA = Wasteload Allocation procedures

(OAC 3745-2); WLA/IMZM = Wasteload Allocation limited by Inside Mixing Zone

Maximum; WQS = Ohio Water Quality Standards (OAC 3745-1).

c Monitoring of flow and other indicator parameters is specified to assist in the evaluation of effluent quality

and treatment plant performance.


Attachment - Effluent Guideline Calculations for WPS - Martins Ferry Outfall 001

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