Document ID: EPA-HQ-OW-2004-0032-0438
Agency: epa
Document Type: Supporting & Related Material
Title: 
Posted Date: 2005-08-18T04:00Z

Operations
Facility:
Mail
to:
2525
East
Market
Street
P.
O.
Box
21688
Greensboro,
NC
27401
Greensboro,
NC
27420­
1688
June
16,
2005
To:
Jan
Matuszko
In
response
to
your
request
for
information
concerning
our
wastewater
discharges,
Lorillard
Tobacco
Company
offers
the
following:

EFFLUENT
GUIDELINES
PROGRAM
STUDY
OF
THE
TOBACCO
INDUSTRY

Sources
and
Types
of
wastewaters,
with
average
volumes
o
Process
wastewater,
all
without
pretreatment

Domestic
 
toilets/
drinking/
cafeteria
 
46,000
gpd

Boiler
and
cooling
tower
feed
 
Lorillard
has
an
NPDES
permit
to
discharge
non­
contact
cooling
water
/
condensate
and
boiler
blow
down
to
the
storm
drain.
2
of
the
3
boilers
on­
site
can
also
discharge
to
the
sanitary
sewer.
 
43,000
gpd

Wash
down
water
 
Equipment
wash
down
pits
and
various
pieces
of
equipment,
which
are
cleaned
daily
 
55,000
gpd

Air
pollution
control
 
Scrubbers
in
2
process
areas
 
15,000
gpd

Air
washers
that
provide
room
humidity
 
53,000
gpd

Average
Volume
of
process
wastewater
 
212,000
gpd
o
NPDES
/
Stormwater

Boiler
and
cooling
tower
feed
 
Lorillard
has
an
NPDES
permit
to
discharge
non­
contact
cooling
water
/
condensate
and
boiler
blowdown
to
the
storm
drain.


Groundwater
pumped
from
basement
building
sumps

Foundation
drains

Applicable
treatment
and
pollution
prevention
(
flow
and
pollutant)
technologies
and
Effectiveness

Cafeteria
 
grease
trap;
outside
contractor
pumps
out
the
trap
approximately
every
two
months

Cost
information
related
to
applicable
treatment
and
pollution
prevention
technologies

$
3480
annual
cost
of
grease
trap
cleaning

Pollutant
concentrations
o
Process
wastewater,
which
discharges
directly
to
POTW
­
no
pretreatment
(
data
is
a
3
year
average)
The
City
of
Greensboro
conducts
the
semi­
annual
monitoring
required
per
our
Significant
Industrial
User
wastewater
discharge
permit

BOD
527
mg/
L

Suspended
Solids
204
mg/
L

Nicotine
0.162
mg/
L
(
not
done
by
City)


Cadmium
<
0.002
mg/
L

Chromium
<
0.010
mg/
L

Copper
0.134
mg/
L

Lead
<
0.025
mg/
L

Nickel
<
0.010
mg/
L

Zinc
0.130
mg/
L

Silver
<
0.010
mg/
L

Cyanide
<
0.005
mg/
L

Selenium
<
0.025
mg/
L
o
NPDES
/
Stormwater

Temperature
28oC

Oil
and
Grease
<
5.0
mg/
L

pH
6.09

Process
Wastewater
Discharge
Destination

Directly
to
POTW
 
no
pretreatment

Current
permit
allocations/
restrictions
and
monitoring
requirements
o
City
SIU
permit
to
POTW

Flow:
6­
month
average
of
300,000
gallons
per
day

pH:
>
5.0

BOD
750
mg/
L

Suspended
Solids
357
mg/
L

Cadmium
0.003
mg/
L

Chromium
0.05
mg/
L

Copper
0.25
mg/
L

Lead
0.1
mg/
L

Nickel
0.021
mg/
L

Zinc
0.357
mg/
L

Silver
0.01
mg/
L

Cyanide
0.01
mg/
L
o
NPDES
General
Permit
NCG500000
for
non­
contact
cooling
water/
condensate
and
boiler
blowdown

Flow
(
monitoring
only)


Temperature:
<
32oC

Oil
and
Grease:
monthly
average
of
15.0
mg/
L
with
daily
maximum
of
20.0
mg/
L

pH:
within
range
6.0
 
9.0
o
NPDES
General
Permit
NCG060000
for
stormwater
discharges

TSS:
100
mg/
L

Oil
and
Grease:
30
mg/
L

pH:
within
range
6.0
 
9.0

COD:
120
mg/
L

Total
Rainfall
(
monitoring
only)


Event
Duration
(
monitoring
only)


Total
Flow
(
monitoring
only)

If
you
have
any
questions,
please
call.

Sincerely,

Victoria
Lovelace,
REM,
CHMM
Manager,
Environment
&
Safety
Affairs
Lorillard
Tobacco
Company
(
336)
335­
6790
vlovelace
@
lortobco.
com