Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
State of the Environment Report, 1997

Contents | Agency Acronyms | Acknowledgements | Introduction | Executive Summary | State of the Air | State of the Water | State of the Land | Issues and Recommendations | Appendix A | Appendix B | Appendix C | Appendix D | Report Cover Page | About MCDEP | MCDEP Home Page

APPENDIX A

Air Activities
Land Activities
Water Activities

 

Air Activities
1997

Activity

Number

Agency

Ambient Monitoring    
Ambient Air Monitors (NAMS, SLAMS, and SPM network) 24 MCDEP
Ambient Air Monitoring Sites (O3, CO, SO2, PM-10, NO2) 10 MCDEP
Air Quality Data Readings 119, 805 MCDEP
US-EPA Eastern Environmental Radiation Facility Ambient Air Program 104 USEPA

MCDEP

State Environmental Radiation Surveillance Air Suspended Particle Program 200 NCDENR

MCDEP

Stationary Sources    
Compliance Inspections 325 MCDEP
Asbestos Demolition/Removal Notifications 366 MCDEP
Enforcement Actions (Civil, Administrative, Criminal) 69 MCDEP
Permits Issued 254 MCDEP
Compliance Tests: Tank Trucks and Stacks 30 MCDEP
Air Toxics Modeling Reviews 13 MC-DEP
Mobile Sources    
Emissions Testing Facilities 302 NCDENR
Vehicles Tested 407,888 NCDENR
Smoking Vehicles Reported 211 MCDEP
Certified Inspection Station Audits 2111 NCDMV
Vehicle Miles Saved by Van Pool/Ride Share 2,915,136 CDOT
Other Local Activities    
Indoor Air Responses and Investigations 8 MCDEP
Nuisance Complaints and Service Requests (odor, dust, etc.) 114 MCDEP
Emergency Responses (air-related responses only) 15 MCDEP
Home Asbestos Tests 4 MCDEP
Educational Presentations 1 MCDEP
Businesses in the Air Quality Coalition 80 MCDEP
Review Rezoning Petitions 133 MCDEP
Enforcement Actions (non-regulated sources) 11 MCDEP

CDOT = Charlotte Department of Transportation
NCDMV = North Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles
NCDENR = North Carolina Department of the Environment and Natural Resources

 

Land Activities
1997

Activity Number Agency
Solid Waste Management Facilities
Permitted Solid Waste Haulers 22 --
Municipal Solid Waste Incinerators 0 --
County-operated MSW Landfills 0 --
Ash Monofills 0 --
County-operated Recycling Centers 7 --
Private Sanitary Landfills 1 --
Permitted Land Clearing/Inert Debris Landfills 14 --
On-Site Land Clearing / Inert Debris Landfills Recorded 2,045 --
Medical Waste Incinerators 1 --
Construction and Demolition Landfills 1 --
Yard Waste Recycling Centers 3 --
Land Clearing Waste Recovery Facility 1 --
Materials Recovery Facility (MRF)
1
--
Regulatory Activities
Inspections of Permitted Solid Waste Facilities 297 MCDEP
Citizen Requests for Service 127 MCDEP
Field Reports and Correspondence 703 MCDEP
Inspections of Large Hazardous Waste Generators 25 NCDEHNR
Inspections of Small Hazardous Waste Generators 32 NCDEHNR
Inspection of Hazardous Waste TSDs 11 NCDEHNR
Inspection of Hazardous Waste Transporters 11 NCDEHNR
Emergency Response Investigations 818 City/County Fire
Emergency Response Investigations 102 MCDEP
Special Licnses to Handle Radioactive Materials 170 DRP
General Licenses to Handle Radioactive Materials 182 DRP
     DRP = Division of Radiation Protection
        TSD = Treater, Storer or Disposer
   

 

Water Activities
1997

Activity Number Agency

Surface Water Monitoring

Lake Site Evaluations for General Water Quality 118 MCDEP
Lake Site Evaluations for Bacterialogical Quality 172 MCDEP
Lake Site Evaluations for Mineral and Heavy Metals 4 MCDEP
Creek Site Evaluations for General Water Quality 407 MCDEP
Creek Site Evaluations for Minerals and Heavy Metals 4 MCDEP
Creek Site Evaluations for Storm Water 24 MCDEP
Creek Site Bioassessments Using Macroinvertebrates or Fish 51 MCDEP

Point Source Discharges

Wastewater Treatment Plant Inspections 65 MCDEP, DEHNR
New NPDES Permits Inssues / Reissued 20 DEHNR
Wastewater Treatment Plants Operated 37 CMUD, Private
Other NPDES Facilities 49 Private
Million Gallons Per Day of Wastewater Treated 54 CMUD, Private
miles of Sewer Line Maintained 2750 CMUD
Groundwater Monitoring MPL Site Evaluations 85 MCDEP
Ambient Site Evaluations 87 MCDEP

Other Activities

Emergency Responses 112 MCDEP
Citizen Requests for Service 597 MCDEP
     Private = Non-municipal owned sytems