NCG551394_Staff Comments_20200317

Weaver, Charles
From:
Weaver, Charles
Sent:
Tuesday, March 17, 2020 9:44 AM
To:
Boone, Ron
Cc:
Graznak, Jenny; Corporon, Joe
Subject:
FW: NCG551394 - still no fee payments or owner updates
Reviewing / deleting old emails regarding SFRs — this one has one resolved (NCG550054).
We still have no new owner info for NCG551394, and no fee payments.
Just FYI
CHW
From: Boone, Ron <[e-mail]>
Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2018 4:06 PM
To: Weaver, Charles <[e-mail]>
Cc: Corporon, Joe <[e-mail]>; Boone, Ron <[e-mail]>; Knight, Sherri
<[e-mail]>
Subject: Help Needed
Hey Charles/Joe,
This email is about SFRs... oh boy! ;-)
If y'all wanna skip all the details related to my questions, and there are a lot of them, just skip down to the questions, which
I've formatted in bold hot pink underlined font like this, to make your search for my questions easier. Unfortunately, I'm
pretty sure you'll need to read the details in order to answer the questions.
#1: NCG550054, 504 Gayron Drive, Winston Salem
I attempted to inspect this one in September. No one answered the door. We then sent a letter and no one replied. Further
research shows a new owner, probably the current permittee's wife. We are sending another letter, certified RRR this time.
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Question: Why was the 2004 fee waived and why haven't there been any further annual fees since then? There's no
info to explain this in our permit folder.
#2: NCG551394, 9228 Warren Road, Kernersville
Same deal with this one: I attempted an inspection, sent a letter, and now sending a second letter due to no response.
They're past due on their fees and apparently don't like talking to us. BIMS appears to have the wrong address, but let me
verify that I have the correct address before we change it. I guess I just wanted to see if y'all had heard anything from
this permittee recently (maybe in response to our inspection letter).
#3: NCG550359, 7017 Red Bank Rd, Germanton (this one is kinda complicated) Iguess this is more of just a heads
up for Vall than a question. Also, a chance for you to provide any enlightening information you'd like to provide
concerning the NCG55 permitting process.
Same deal with this one to start with: I attempted an inspection, sent a letter on 10/26/17, no response. But then I got a call
from the county health dept (HD) on 1/25/18 about the house next to it (or in back of it), which is 7021 Red Bank Road. The
HD was concerned because 7021's building drain allegedly had been piped straight into 7017's chlorinator, according to the
HD. There is no real proof or indication of this though.
Both homes were owned by Betty Swaim back in the day. 7021 was built in 1930, and then Betty built 7017 in 1985. Nothing
is known by us or the HD of 7021's original WW disposal system, but Betty had to get an NCG55 for 7017 when she built it
in '85. Because 7021 sits between 7017 and 7017's receiving stream, 7017's discharge pipe crosses 7021's lot to get to the
stream (see diagram below). Well, both properties are owned by different, unrelated people now. The current owner of 7017
is Lisa Cheek, her last name needs to be changed. She bought the home in 1/2010 as Lisa Crumpler, has never pumped
the tank and had no idea the system has a chlorinator and discharges. Lisa Crumpler is the current permittee so transfer of
the permit was successful in 2010. She, or someone, paid the fee in 2010, 2011's was waived, and she apparently hasn't
received or has just ignored the fee invoices since then so she now owes 6 year's worth, or $360.

So, first question on this one: Can Lisa pay over three month's time, i.e. $120 per month for three months? I knew
we'd done this before so I told her "Maybe."
Continuing on ... 7021 is now owned by Antonio Catalan, who bought the house in 5/2016. This house is kind of a mystery.
Antonio wanted to build a solar array so the HD had to do an inspection at which point they became suspicious of the
home's wastewater system for reasons of which I'm actually unsure of, except for the unpleasant odor in the general area.
Upon further investigation, the HD somehow concluded that 7021's building drain had been straight piped into 7017's
chlorinator, but again, to me, there's no real proof or indication of this. Not a bad hypothesis though. The chlorinator is a two
tube unit, with one tube and both caps missing so it's completely exposed to the elements. You can see inside it when you
look down on it and there is evidence of solids, but no significant solids in it now, except for significant bacterial and algal
growth.
Antonio was also under the impression that he had a traditional septic and that's what his real estate disclosure document
says. It also says there was nothing wrong with the system. However, Antonio recently (with the past month or so) had a
septic tank that was collapsing, which is located in the small dirt area just to the north of the home, filled in by a contractor. I
asked him why he only had it filled in (and not replaced) if it was the tank for his home. He said they all assumed the home
was on a different system since they weren't experiencing any plumbing issues, and that the old collapsing tank was just

abandoned and left in place at one time, although he has no idea where any part of his septic is located and the HD has
none on record; nor do we, rightfully so.
A quick trek over the 575' from 7017 to the end of the discharge pipe reveals the presence of solids and plenty of your
typical WW grayish bacterial film growing all over the cascade, as well as a pleasantly pungent raw sewage odor. There are
actually two pipes at the discharge. Their relationship is unknown but water is coming from both. Who knows, one might be
for 7021 but if it is, it's not permitted. See photos pasted below:

Public sewer service is unavailable in the area. The HD is currently doing soil evals. I'm not hopeful they'll find any suitable
dirt on site so I'm pretty sure we'll be submitting a new app. I guess this is primarily a heads up and backstory on the
situation.
I'm sure there'll be lots of questions when it comes to these permits. Both parties were already wondering if they could use
the same chlorinator. I know we've done that before so I told them, "Maybe." I think it's a terrible idea though.
There's also questions about easements, and other things to, as you can imagine.
Let me know the answers to my questions or if there's anything you'd like us to know as we enter in to the
permitting process with Mr. Catalan.
Thanks,
Ron
Ronald C. Boone, Environmental Program Consultant
NC Department of Environmental Quality, Division of Water Resources, Water Quality Regional Operations Section,
Winston-Salem Regional Office
450 West Hanes Mill Road, Suite 300

Winston-Salem, NC 27105
Main: 336-776-9800
Direct: 336-776-9690
Mobile 1: 336-341-3568
Mobile 2: 336-686-4921
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