Industrial Wastewater Discharge Permit - Tri-Pac, Inc.

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Tri-Pac Inc. Industrial Wastewater Discharge Permit page 3 of 36 PERMIT BRIEFING MEMO 1. Facility Description Tri-Pac, Inc engages in the mixing, compounding, and formulating of pharmaceutical and health related products in dosage form for consumer use. The blending of chemicals and city water take place to produce pharmaceutical and health related products. Blending materials are bottled to manufacture final products. 2. Discharge description: Wastewater Discharge is made up of wash-down from Process Lines 6, 7, 8, 31, 32, 33 as well as wash-down from Blending Tanks E, F, G, and H. Wash-down consists of circulating soapy and City water through the bottling mechanisms or blending tanks. Wash-down water from each line is collected and transferred to a portable drum. This drum is wheeled from the bottling area to the Bottling Line Wash Water Tote which is staged in the Blending Tank room. The tote is manually discharged via fastened hose to the discharge point, which is a raised, secured manhole inside the Blending Tank area. The four (4) Blend Tanks (E, F, G, & H) blend water-based materials that are used for the production lines 6, 7, 8, 31, 32, & 33. The Tanks are washed at a minimum once every seven days. Wash waters from the Blend Tanks are discharged via fastened hose directly to discharge point, a raised secured manhole. Flow is estimated to be 700 gpd to 1400 gpd discharge. 3. Sample Site Description Sample Site Outfall #001 is located at the West end of the building next to an overhead door between the Warehouse and Pharamaceutical Room #1. Pipes leading from the discharge point to the Sampling Site Outfall #001 run under concrete across the warehouse floor. A Flow Meter and Teflon Sampling tube is installed in the discharge line. Teflon Sampling Tube is brought up through the floor for auto-sampler connection.