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Home My WebLink AboutNCG550642_Compliance Evaluation Inspection_20160823Water Resources ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY August 23, 2016 Morgan Haskell 343 Carlton Drive Chapel Hill, NC 27516 PA.I' MCCRORY DONALD R. VAN DER VAART S. JAY Z.CMMERM.AN RECE N DINCIDEQI VR AUG 242016 Water Q �ec�oo Permitting Subject: Compliance Evaluation Inspection 343 Carlton Drive Single Family Wastewater Treatment System Permit No. NCG550642 Orange County Dear Mr. Haskell, On 7/27/2016 Jason Robinson and Erin Deck from the Raleigh Regional Office visited your single-family residence (SFR) wastewater treatment system to evaluate compliance with the above permit to discharge wastewater. No one answered the door at the residence. Because the backyard was fenced, the system was not able to be inspected. An information packet was left at the front door requesting that the resident contact this office. No call or email was received. Please respond to the checked items below: ❑ In compliance: You are reminded to regularly maintain the chlorine disinfection and dechlorination systems, have the effluent sampled once a year, and have the septic tank pumped out every 3 to 5 years. ❑ Your home is improperly plumbed: Some of the wastewater discharges are going directly to the environment without first passing through the treatment system. This must be corrected immediately. ❑ Disinfection: Your system is lacking disinfection, either chlorine tablets or a UV light system. New rules put into place on August 1, 2007 require all SFR systems to have a means of disinfection (and dechlorination when chlorine tablets are used to disinfect, if the system was installed since that date). Since your system had no disinfection, the installation is to include a chlorine tablet dispenser, a contact chamber capable of providing a minimum 30 minute contact time, and another tablet dispenser that will hold dechlorination tablets. ® Treatment tablets missing or are wrong kind: You are responsible for always having chlorine tablets and dechlorination tablets (if a required part of your system) in place. They must be the kind for wastewater treatment and not for swimming pools. Please confirm that you have the proper chlorination tablets and that they are inserted regularly, making sure that they are contacting the water. ❑ Dechlorination: Your system was installed after August 1, 2007, so must have a means of dechlorination located downstream of the chlorinator and its contact chamber. See Disinfection paragraph above. State of North Carolina Environmental Quality Water Resources 1628 Mail Service Center Raleigh, North Carolina 27609-1628 919 791 4200 ® Pumping the septic tank: The septic tank should be pumped out every 3 to 5 years. A pumping company can check the status periodically and determine when pumping is required. Please submit the receipt/invoice of the most recent pumping, if possible. If this has not been done in the last five years, please schedule this to be done in the next 45 days and send the receipt/invoice to this office. Failure to analyze the effluent: The effluent that is discharged from your system must be analyzed once each year. See Part I(A) of your permit about his requirement. A list of NC certified laboratories that provide this service was left at your residence during the inspection. If sampling has not been done, please make arrangements for sampling to be carried out within the next 3 months, and submit results to this office within 3 weeks after the sampling has been done. If you are planning on having the septic tank pumped, please wait at least one month after pumping before the effluent is analyzed. ® Locations of treatment units are unknown: This office does not have a map of this system. Please submit a rough sketch of the system including the approximate location of the residence and fence, the line coming from the residence, the septic tank, the sand filter, the chlorinator (and dechlorinator, if present), and discharge pipe. ® Ownership: The permit is currently issued to the former owner of the house (Robert Haskell). Please complete the attached Ownership Change Form and send it to the address on the form within 30 days. Also, please send a copy to Jason Robinson's attention at the address at the bottom of the first page of this letter, or to the email address below. Please send a response within 30 days addressing the above checked items to Jason Robinson's attention at the address at the bottom of the first page of this letter, or email it to Jason.T.Robinson ii)ncdenr.gov. If you have questions or comments about this inspection or the requirements to take corrective action, please contact the inspector or me at 919-791-4200. Licensed plumbers should be used to make plumbing changes within your home. Contractors for installing disinfection or other equipment may be found in the Yellow Pages under Environmental Consultants. S. Daniel Smith, Supervisor Water Quality Regional Supervisor Raleigh Regional Office Attachments: Inspection Report Ownership Change Form cc: RRO/SWP Files NPDES Permitting Unit Files — Charles Weaver United States Environmental Protection Agency EPA Washington, D.C. 20460 Water Compliance Inspection Report Form Approved. OMB No. 2040-0057 Approval expires 8-31-98 Section A: National Data System Coding (i.e., PCS) Transaction Code NPDES yr/mo/day Inspection 1 Li 2 Li 3 I NCG550642 111 121 16/07/27 117 Type 18 Li, IIIIIIIIIII Inspector Fac Type 19 s 20 ) 211II1II IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII r6 Inspection Work Days Facility Self -Monitoring Evaluation Rating B1 QA 67I I 70 I I 71 1 1 72 u Reserved — 731 1 174 75I I I I I I I L80 Section B: Facility Data Name and Location of Facility Inspected (For Industrial Users discharging to POTW, also include POTW name and NPDES permit Number) 343 Carlton Drive 343 Carlton Dr Chapel Hill NC 27516 Entry Time/Date 02:55PM 16/07/27 Permit Effective Date 07/08/21 Exit Time/Date 03:OOPM 16/07/27 Permit Expiration Date 12/07/31 Name(s) of Onsite Representative(s)/Titles(s)/Phone and Fax Number(s) /// Other Facility Data Name, Address of Responsible Official/Title/Phone and Fax Number Contacted Robert HaskeI1,6021 Mt Herman Church Rd Durham NC 27705/// No Section C: Areas Evaluated During Inspection (Check only those areas evaluated) Permit ® Operations & Maintenance ® Effluent/Receiving Waters Section D: Summary of Finding/Comments (Attach additional sheets of narrative and checklists as necessary) (See attachment summary) Name(s) and Signature(s) of Inspector(s) Agency/Office/Phone and Fax Numbers Date Jason T Robinson RRO WQ/// L g'22// 1b (39 ,7Th ......-, /Signature of Manag ent Q A evi r Age /Office/Ph e a ax Nurmbers Date /-92--C,:&r C-V....- 7 2419i)c-�' EPA Form i560-3 (Rev 9-94) Previous editions are obsolete. Page# 1 NPDES yr/mo/day Inspection Type 31 NCG550642 I11 121 16/07/27 117 18 C 1 Section D: Summary of Finding/Comments (Attach additional sheets of narrative and checklists as necessary) System is in a fenced in yard. This property was sold in 2013 to Morgan Haskell, a change of ownership form is needed. As of today, the current property has not contact RRO staff. Page# 2 Permit: NCG550642 Inspection Date: 07/27/2016 Owner - Facility: 343 Carlton Drive Inspection Type: Compliance Evaluation Permit (If the present permit expires in 6 months or less). Has the permittee submitted a new application? Is the facility as described in the permit? # Are there any special conditions for the permit? Is access to the plant site restricted to the general public? Is the inspector granted access to all areas for inspection? Comment: system is inside a fence, unable to access treatment units Operations & Maintenance Is the plant generally clean with acceptable housekeeping? Does the facility analyze process control parameters, for ex: MLSS, MCRT, Settleable Solids, pH, DO, Sludge Judge, and other that are applicable? Comment: Disinfection -Tablet Are tablet chlorinators operational? Are the tablets the proper size and type? Number of tubes in use? Is the level of chlorine residual acceptable? Is the contact chamber free of growth, or sludge buildup? Is there chlorine residual prior to de -chlorination? Comment: unable to access system. Sand Filters (Low rate) (If pumps are used) Is an audible and visible alarm Present and operational? Is the distribution box level and watertight? Is sand filter free of ponding? Is the sand filter effluent re -circulated at a valid ratio? # Is the sand filter surface free of algae or excessive vegetation? # Is the sand filter effluent re -circulated at a valid ratio? (Approximately 3 to 1) Comment: unable to access system. owner has not contacted regional staff. Septic Tank (If pumps are used) Is an audible and visual alarm operational? Yes No NA NE ❑ ❑ II ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ 11 El El 11 El El II El El Yes No NA NE ❑ D ❑ ■ ❑ ❑ ■ ❑ Yes No NA NE ❑ ❑ ❑ • ❑ ❑ ❑ • ❑ ❑ ❑ 111 ❑ ❑ ❑ II Yes No NA NE ❑ ❑ aD ❑ ❑ ■ ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ 11 ❑ ❑ ❑ II El El El 11 ❑ ❑ ❑ II Yes No NA NE ❑ ❑ ❑ U Page# 3 Permit: NCG550642 Inspection Date: 07/27/2016 Owner - Facility: 343 Carlton Drive Inspection Type: Compliance Evaluation Septic Tank Yes No NA NE Is septic tank pumped on a schedule? Are pumps or syphons operating properly? Are high and low water alarms operating properly? Comment: unable to access system. owner has not contacted regional staff. Effluent Pipe Is right of way to the outfall properly maintained? Are the receiving water free of foam other than trace amounts and other debris? If effluent (diffuser pipes are required) are they operating properly? Comment: El El El 11 ❑ ❑ ❑ • Yes No NA NE El El El MI ❑ ❑ ❑ . Page# 4