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| | | Supreme Being
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| | You must live in a dream world,David. Most small to medium plants don't even know what removing screenings means. I've seen operators rake the screens and dump it on the other side of the screen. Others just let it over flow the screens without raking. There's not enough inspectors in the State and the owners of these plants don't know if the operator is doing the right thing or not. In most cases when the State or EPA does an inspection, it is announced and that gives the operators or owners time to clean up things. I'm talking about 50% of the small to medium plants. This is not taking away from the concerned operators. All the State or EPA looks at, in most cases, are the effluent numbers. |
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| Living in a dream world?? Jerry, you were the first to say "there are mechanical bar screens available that would automatically rake the screen and dump it in a container(dumpster),of sorts." I was basically agreeing with you. And I doubt that we're dealing with small plants here since TexasBiosolids said the trucks come in one after another. And I don't know which states you are familiar with, but in Florida the DEP inspectors give you nil, nada, zip, nothing in the way of a warning about when they are going to inspect -- they show up on your doorstep and that's the first you know they're coming.
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| | Had a couple people get killed in Missouri for going on someones property unanounced. One was a State inspector and the other a Sheriff's Deputy. |
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| | Jerry These guys have been known to show up at smaller facilities when no one was there -- and climb over the fence to inspect the facility. I would think that would come under the heading of trespassing, but the permit says they have the right to inspect the property at any reasonable time. Unfortunately, the rules do not state that the owner, permitee or operator has to be present to let them in. They take that to mean they have free rein and enter any time they like and any way necessasry to get in.
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| | I used to carry a card that said the same thing when I worked for the State, however the AG's office warned against doing any sneaking around on people's property. Public property, when someone was there, was a different story. I guess it depends on what part of the country your from. Some parts of the Ozarks,and Appalacia, for example, you do not want to go on anyones property unannounced. |
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| | I didnt see mentioned the volume of liquid sludge your accepting but we have used a screening box which is similar to a 40 yard roll off but has a perforated raised floor above the actual bottom and valved discharge lines out to tap into to, also a screen can be placed inside to filter the debris. Unfortunatly the debris content in larger cities biosolids is a factor. |
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