Document ID: EPA-HQ-OW-2003-0074-1008
Agency: epa
Document Type: Supporting & Related Material
Title: 
Posted Date: 2004-08-17T04:00Z

MEMORANDUM
TO:
304(
m)
Record
FROM:
Betsy
Bicknell
and
Cortney
Itle,
ERG
DATE:
August
16,
2004
SUBJECT:
Review
of
Multi­
Sector
General
Permit
Database
ERG
reviewed
the
Multi­
Sector
General
Permit
(
MSGP)
database
that
Carey
Johnston
of
EPA/
EAD
forwarded
to
ERG
on
June
30,
2004.
Carey
Johnston
obtained
the
database
from
Jack
Faulk
EPA/
OWM.
The
MSGP
database
contains
discharge
monitoring
report
(
DMR)
data
for
EPA­
issued
MSGPs.
ERG
determined
that
the
database
is
not
useful
for
evaluating
toxic
pollutant
discharges
from
industrial
operations.
The
review
of
the
MSGP
database
is
summarized
in
the
attachments
to
this
memo.

The
database
includes
discharge
monitoring
report
(
DMR)
data
for
419
facilities.
Most
of
the
facilities
are
located
in
Puerto
Rico
and
7
states:

°
Alaska
°
Arizona
°
Idaho
°
Massachusetts
°
Maine
°
New
Hampshire
°
New
Mexico
There
are
a
few
facilities
in
other
states.
Many
of
these
are
federal
facilities,
but
some
are
not.
For
example:

°
Florida­
REVLON
PROFESSIONAL
PRODUCTS
(
SIC
2841)
°
Texas­
CITY
OF
SAVOY,
EAGLE
PASS
S
&
G,
WEIR
PLANT
(
SIC
3271),
VICWEST
STEEL
(
SIC
3312),
and
EVANS
ROAD
QUARRY
°
Utah­
OMG
APEX
(
SIC
2819)

Over
half
of
the
facilities
with
DMR
data
have
operations
in
the
following
industries:
°
Sawmills
and
logging
(
SIC
2421
and
2411);
°
Auto
salvage
yards
and
scrap
metal
(
SIC
5015
and
5093);
°
Concrete,
sand
&
gravel,
and
asphalt
(
SIC
3273,
1442,
2951);
°
Where
the
value
in
the
SIC
code
field
is
"
LF"
(
probably
landfills);
and
°
Where
the
value
in
the
SIC
code
field
is
"
SE"
(
probably
steam
electric).

ERG
was
particularly
interested
in
data
for
wood
preserving
(
SIC
2491),
metal
mining
(
SIC
10)
and
mineral
mining
and
quarrying
(
SIC
14),
which
reported
release
of
toxic
pollutants
derived
from
stormwater
to
TRI
.
The
number
of
facilities
for
which
there
are
data:

SIC
Code
Number
of
Facilities
with
DMR
data
2491
1
10
1
14
29
Twenty­
five
of
the
29
reporting
facilities
in
SIC
14
are
sand
and
gravel
and
crushed
and
broken
stone.
Pollutants
reported
and
the
number
of
reporting
facilities
are:

Pollutant
Number
of
Facilities
Reporting
Pollutant
Nitrate
1
Nitrite
1
Nitrate
+
Nitrite
2
pH
7
Oil
and
Grease
2
TSS
12
Iron
1
ERG
concludes
that
this
database
is
not
useful
for
evaluating
toxic
stormwater
discharges
from
wood
preserving
and
mining.
Since
most
stormwater
permits
are
issued
by
states,
presumably
individual
states
would
have
more
extensive
monitoring
data.