MWRA Annual G1 Compliance Report for Calendar Year 2007

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1 Nature of Operations at Your Facility Te following questions are designed to determine if your facility as te appropriate MWRA permit. Please answer all of te questions below. 2. Wat does your facility do? Printer: including litograpy using presensitized plates, specifically from: 1) te offset litograpic plate making process, including direct to plate (DTP) and/or computer to plate (CTP) processes; 2) fountain solution mixture; 3) poto processing (as part of printer's operations); 4) cleaning operations; and 5) prepress operations, including proofing systems and image setting equipment. (Prepress ouses and service bureaus are considered printers). Does your facility conduct direct to plate (DTP) or computer to plate (CTP) processes? Yes No Poto Processor: processing from color and black and wite film, prints and slides, x- rays, and negative microfilm. 3. Is your facility located in a residence? Yes No 4. Do you perform only and tray processing? Yes No 5. On average, does your facility discarge 25,000 gallons or more per day of wastewater from potoprocessing or printing operations? Yes No 6. Please indicate ow your facility disposes of its fixer solution: Fixer solution is auled from te facility. Fixer solution is treated and discarged to te sewer. Oter (please describe) 7. For printing facilities tat generate wastes from litograpy using presensitized plates: (ceck te one, wic applies) Fountain solution mixture is not used at te facility. Spent fountain solution mixture is auled from te facility or evaporated and is not discarged to te sewer system. Spent fountain solution mixture is discarged from te facility to te sewer system at te following volume and frequency. (average gallons per mont): NOTE: If you generate up to 55 gallons per mont of spent fountain solution mixture, you may discarge tat spent fountain solution to te sewer if you ave an MWRA permit. If you generate more tan 55 gallons per mont of spent fountain solution mixture, you must request and receive advance written autorization from te MWRA to discarge any amount of spent fountain solution to te sewer. Make your request below by cecking te yes box and completing te remainder of te requirement. Yes. My facility generates more tan 55 gallons per mont of spent fountain solution mixture and I request permission to discarge up to gallons of spent fountain solution to te sewer system Last updated 01/10/08 2

2 per mont. (You must submit wit your Compliance Report, monitoring results from an analytical laboratory sowing te caracteristics of your spent fountain solution). If you ave received written autorization from te MWRA to discarge greater tan 55 gallons per mont of spent fountain solution, provide te date of te autorization ere:. You are not required to request autorization again unless te volume or caracteristics of your discarge canges. Operations and Discarge Information Te purpose of tis section is to describe all discarges to te MWRA sewer system from your facility. (Ceck Yes or No for eac discarge or activity listed below). 8. Wat does your facility discarge to MWRA Sewer? Types of Solutions Yes No Fixer Rinsewater Developer Activator Water from cleaning equipment Solvents Laboratory Waste Fountain Solution 8a. Does your facility discarge wastewater to te MWRA sewer from any of te following activities? (Please ceck Yes or No) Types of Activities Yes No Processing Color film, prints or slides Processing negative microfilm Processing black and wite film, prints or slides Processing x-rays Processing Motion Picture film Processing black and wite slides or transparencies or positive microfilm using a reversal dicromate bleac processing solution Screen printing Flexograpic or gravure/rotogravure printing process Plate developing using a petroleum-based additive process Engraving plate manufacturing Te manufacture or distribution of potograpic or printing cemicals. Te recovery of materials from, of from te reprocessessing or recycling of, poto processing or printing wastes (except as part of your silver treatment of wastes generated from your own poto processing and printing operations. 9. How many film, paper, or slide processors are used at your facility? 10. On average, ow many days per week does your facility discarge poto or printing wastewater? days/week 11. On average, ow many ours per day do you discarge poto or printing wastewater? ours/day 12. Wat was te average volume discarged from your poto processing and printing processes, including rinsewater, in gallons per day? gpd Last updated 01/10/08 3

3 12a. How did you determine tis flow? Water supply meter readings Manufacturers' processing specifications Wastewater flow meter readings Estimated (describe metod) 13. Estimate te percentage of daily flow from your silver recovery unit(s): % 14. Were is te wastewater from your poto processing and printing processes, including rinsewater, discarged? (ceck all tat apply) Floor drain Sink Standpipe Oter 15. For Calendar Year 2007, provide in te following table te average montly volume of poto or printing cemicals and rinsewater used in processing per mont: Cemistry (Solutions) Fixer Bleac-Fix Stabilizer (wasless systems) Bleac Developer (poto and/or plate) Equipment Wasdown Rinsewater (poto and/or plate) Conditioner Oter (e.g., reversal, fountain solution, cleaner, etc.) TOTAL Average Montly Volumes (In Gallons) Ceck Here If Annual Sample Included Tis Solution Hauled Wastes 16. If wastes were auled from your facility during Calendar Year 2007, please provide te following information: Waste Type Fixer Developer Ink Silver Harvested from Silver Recovery Unit Oter (describe) Hazardous Waste (describe) Estimated Quantity (include units) Name/Address Of Waste Hauler Last updated 01/10/08 4

4 Provide your facility's Hazardous Waste Generator I.D. Number (if applicable): Pretreatment Information 17. For Calendar Year 2007, indicate te silver recovery (pretreatment) used at your facility and te total treatment capacity of eac unit (in volume, supplied from your manufacturer). (If None are used, indicate N/A in te Number of Units column) Type of Unit Number of Units Treatment Capacity (gallons per day) Electrolytic Metallic Replacement (Steel Wool Canisters) Ion Excange Evaporation/Distillation Self-contained automated cemical precipitation system (e.g., Kodak SR 2000) Oter Cemical Precipitation EPAN Oter: 18. If you use cemical precipitation silver recovery, list te manufacturer, brand name, and model of your system: If you use cemical precipitation silver recovery, is it in series wit an electrolytic unit? yes No. If yes, describe te arrangement of your pretreatment equipment: If you use metallic replacement silver recovery, is it in series wit an electrolytic unit? yes No 19. Did you install a new silver recovery system in 2007? yes No If yes, date new system installed: 20. Oter Wastewater Pretreatment Systems used at your facility (oter tan silver recovery): (ceck all tat apply) ph Neutralization by cemical addition (describe) limestone cip tank Oter (describe) Last updated 01/10/08 5

5 Wastewater Sampling and Analysis Information Please enter te results of silver sample(s) taken during Calendar Year Sample Date Sample Location Number Silver Analysis Result / / / / / / Was te sample collected immediately after te silver recovery system? Yes No If yes, please read below carefully If: You took a sample only of te discarge from your silver recovery unit, AND Te analytical result was > 2 mg/l Ten: You must do a matematical calculation to determine if your equipment is effectively removing silver to acieve compliance wit te MWRA limit of 2 mg/l. Te matematical calculation is done in two steps: Step1: Step 2: Determine te percentage tat te silver recovery system is to te total discarge of fixer, rinsewater, developer, etc. Multiply te result from Step 1 by te silver sample analytical result you received. Example: You took a sample only of your silver recovery system witout rinsewater You discarge 4 gallons of rinsewater and developer for eac 1 gallon you discarge from silver recovery. Silver sample analytical result received = 5.0 mg/l Step 1: 1 (silver recovery discarge in gallons per day 5 (total of rinsewater + developer + silver recovery discarge in gallons per day) =.20 Step 2:.20 (result from Step 1) x 5.0 mg/l (silver sample analytical result received) = 1.00 mg/l. Result is in compliance wit te silver discarge limit of 2.0 mg/l. Please complete te following for your facility: Step 1: (silver recovery discarge in gallons per day) (total of rinsewater + developer + silver recovery discarge in gallons per day)= Step 2: (result from Step 1)X (silver sample analytical result received) = mg/l. Last updated 01/10/08 6

6 Te following questions ave been added from te Massacusetts Department of Environmental Protection s (DEP s) Compliance Certification for Poto Processors. Is your poto processing operation directly piped to te silver recovery system? [] yes []no If no, please answer te following: Are you in compliance wit te basic requirements for storing untreated wastewater in appropriate tanks and containers as defined in DEP s Workbook: []yes []no Please refer to DEP s Poto Processor Environmental Certification Workbook. How many gallons of silver bearing wastewater did you treat troug your silver recovery system? gallons/year (2007) Wat Sould You Submit Wit Your Compliance Report? 1) Silver Sample Result Please attac a paper copy of your silver sample result(s) to your completed Compliance Report. Your result(s) must include a completed sample cain of custody form (a copy of te cain of custody form is attaced to your G1 Permit). Important Reminder: Your lab must submit your silver sample result(s) to MWRA using MWRA s e-smart program. MWRA will not accept results tat are not submitted using e- SMART. 2) Copy of te Maintenance and Sample Log For your log to be considered complete it sould include te following information: Sampling dates and results of te annual silver sample If your silver sample result was greater tan 2 mg/l, te log must include a description of te steps you took to return to compliance. For example, te log sould indicate wen you canged your equipment or took oter steps to return te equipment to its effectiveness. Te log sould also contain analytical results of a silver sample taken to demonstrate tat te steps you took to return to compliance were successful. Dates of installation and replacement of metallic replacement cartridges, silver arvesting dates, and cleaning and servicing dates. Te amount of spent fountain solution mixture discarged eac mont. (Tis requirement applies to printing facilities) 3) Sample Analyses and Reporting Certification Form (Attaced to Compliance Report) Last updated 01/10/08 7

7 All G1 permit olders complete te attaced form and return it to MWRA along wit your Compliance Report. 4) A list of catalog numbers, brand names, and product descriptions of all poto cemicals used in your facility for te first time. 5) Copies of water bills. (Only if you discarge an average of at least 10,000 gallons per day) 6) Copy of ph Logs. (Only if you discarge from a DTP or CTP process). A copy of te ph Log Form is attaced to your G1 Permit. Wo May Sign Tis Compliance Report? Certification Form/Autorized Representative Te permittee sall submit te Sample Analyses and Reporting Certification Form required by tis permit. Eac certification form sall be signed and dated by an Autorized Representative of te permittee. An Autorized Representative is a: (a) Responsible corporate officer, if te permittee is a corporation. For te purpose of tis requirement, a responsible corporate officer means a president, secretary, treasurer, or vice president of te corporation in carge of a principal business function, or any oter person wo performs similar policy or decision-making functions for te corporation, or te manager of one or more manufacturing, production, or operating facilities, provided, te manager is autorized to make management decisions wic govern te operation of te regulated facility including aving te explicit or implicit duty of making major capital investment recommendations, and initiate and direct oter compreensive measures to assure long-term environmental compliance wit environmental laws and regulations; can ensure tat te necessary systems are establised or actions taken to gater complete and accurate information for te permit requirements; and were autority to sign documents as been assigned or delegated to te manager in accordance wit corporate procedures. (b) General partner or proprietor if te permittee is a partnersip or sole proprietorsip respectively. (c) Duly autorized representative of te individual designated in (a) or (b) of tis section if: i) te autorization is made in writing by te individual described in (a) or (b); ii) te autorization specifies eiter an individual or a position aving responsibility for te overall operation of te facility from wic te industrial discarge originates, suc as te position of plant manager, operator of a well, or well field superintendent, or a position of equivalent responsibility, or aving overall responsibility for environmental matters for te company; iii) te written autorization is submitted to te MWRA If an autorization is no longer accurate because a different individual or position as responsibility for te overall operation of te facility, or overall responsibility for environmental matters for te permittee, a new autorization satisfying te requirements of tis section must be submitted to te MWRA prior to or togeter wit te next report required of te permittee. Last updated 01/10/08 8

8 Certification I certify under penalty of law tat tis document and all attacments were prepared under my direction or supervision in accordance wit a system designed to assure tat qualified personnel properly gater and evaluate te information submitted. Based on my inquiry of te person or persons wo manage te system, or tose persons directly responsible for gatering te information, te information submitted is to te best of my knowledge and belief, true, accurate, and complete. I am aware tat tere are significant penalties for submitting false information, including te possibility of fine and imprisonment for knowing violations. Signature: Print te name of te person wose signature is above: Title: Date: Last updated 01/10/08 9