NCG550308_Compliance Evaluation Inspection_20221013

ROY COOPER
Governor
ELIZABETH S, BISER
Secretory
RICHARD E. ROGERS, JR. NORTH CAROLINA
Director Environmental Quality
October 13, 2022
Chandra Taylor
1216 Elmira Ave.
Durham, NC 27707
Subject: Compliance Evaluation Inspection
Single Family Wastewater Treatment System
NPDES General Permit NCG550000
Certificate of Coverage NCG550308
Facility Name: 4104 Baker Street
Durham County
Dear Mr. Henderson:
On September 29, 2022, Mitch Hayes from the Raleigh Regional Office visited your single-
family residence (SFR) wastewater treatment system to evaluate compliance with the subject
General NPDES Permit. No one was home during the inspection.
Our records indicate the treatment system consists of a septic tank, sub -surface sand filter, and
discharge pipe.
General NPDES Permit NCG550000 and Certificate of Coverage (COC) NCG550308 authorize
the discharge of domestic wastewater from your treatment system to receiving waters designated
as unnamed tributary to Third Fork Creek (classified WS-IV NSW) in the Cape Fear River
Basin. The authorized discharge is in accordance with the effluent limits and monitoring
requirements established within the General Permit. The items below show what conditions
were noted at your facility:
Findings during the inspection were as follows:
1. Treatment system operation: The wastewater treatment system shall be maintained at
all times to prevent seepage of sewage to the surface of the ground.
2. Pumping the septic tank: You are required to inspect the septic tank at least yearly to
determine if solids must be removed or if other maintenance is necessary. Septic tanks
should be pumped out every five years or when the solids level is found to be more than
1/3 of the liquid depth in the septic tank compartment, whichever is greater. A pumping
company can check the status periodically and determine when pumping is required.
Within 30-days of receiving this letter, please send a copy of the most recent
receipt/invoice to this office showing the date the septic tank was last checked and/or
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality I Division of Water Resources
Raleigh Regional Office I 3800 Barrett Dnve I Raleigh, North Carolina 27609
919 791 4200

pumped out. The General NPDES Permit requires the permittee to retain records
associated with sewage disposal activities for a period of at least 5 years.
3. 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. Within 30-days of receiving this letter, please send a schedule to
this office that states your plan for correcting this deficiency.
4. Analyzing the effluent: Part 1. C., Effluent Limitations and Monitoring Requirements,
within General Permit NCG550000 requires a perrnittee to sample and analyze the
effluent leaving his/her treatment system prior to discharge annually. Parameters to be
sampled and analyzed include Flow, BOD (Biochemical Oxygen Demand), Total
Suspended Solids, Fecal Coliform and Total Residual Chlorine. Within 30-days of
receiving this letter, please let this office know if you have monitored your effluent
discharge within the last 12 months and provide this office with a copy of the lab results
if you have. If you have not monitored your effluent, then please collect a representative
sample of the effluent, have it analyzed by a certified commercial laboratory and submit
the results to this office no later than December 13, 2022. If, during this time, you are
unable to collect a representative sample of the effluent discharge due to insufficient flow
from the discharge pipe, then update this office with that information and continue to
monitor the discharge and if conditions for sampling become favorable, then arrange to
collect a sample. Failure to monitor the effluent discharge as required is a violation of
NPDES General Permit NCG550000.
5. Locations of treatment units are unknown: Within 30-days of receiving this letter,
provide this office with a sketch or map of the location of the discharge pipe in relation to
the permitted residence.
6. Discharge outlet location. The permittee is required to conduct a visual review of the
outfall location at least twice each year (one at the time of sampling) to ensure that no
visible solids or other obvious evidence of system malfunctioning is observed. Any
visible signs of a malfunctioning system shall be documented, and steps taken to correct
the problem. The end of discharge pipe was not visible nor accessible the day of the
inspection. To comply with the general permit monitoring requirements, you need to be
able to sample and analyze the effluent from your SFR system through the discharge
pipe. You need to keep the area around the discharge pipe cleared of vegetation, soil and
leaves. Please take the necessary steps to ensure the discharge outlet is visible and
accessible. Maintaining the area will allow you to monitor the discharge and to collect
effluent samples as required by the subject permit.
The wastewater treatment system should be periodically inspected to ensure the treatment
components are always maintained and in good operating order. You are also reminded to
maintain all monitoring data and associated maintenance records onsite for a minimum of
three years and available for inspection.
North Carolina Deparunent of Environmental Quality I Division of Water Resources
512 North Salisbury Street l 1611 Marl Service Center I Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1611
919 707 9000

Within 30-days receipt of this letter, please submit a written response to this office indicating
the actions you will take or have taken to comply with or resolve the issues noted in items 2, 3,
4, and 5 above.
If you have questions or comments about this inspection or the requirements to take corrective
action (if applicable), then please contact Mitch Hayes at 919-791-4261.
Sincerely,
Vanessa E. Manuel, Assistant Regional Supervisor
Water Quality Regional Operations Section
Raleigh Regional Office
Division of Water Resources, NCDEQ
Attachment(s): EPA Water Compliance Inspection Report
Cc: Laserfiche
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality 1 Division of Water Resources
512 North Salisbury Street 11611 Mail Service Center l Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1611
919.707 9000

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United States Environmental Protection Agency
E PA 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 E 2 Li 3 I NCG550308 111 12 22/09/29 17
Type
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Inspector Fac Type
191.11 201
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Inspection Work Days Facility Self -Monitoring Evaluation Rating B1 QA
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Section B: Facility Data
Name and Location of Facility Inspected (For Industrial Users discharging to POTW, also include
POTW name and NPDES permit Number)
4104 Baker Street
4104 Baker St
Durham NC 27713
Entry Time/Date
12:07PM 22/09/29
Permit Effective Date
20/03/18
Exit Time/Date
12:15PM 22/09/29
Permit Expiration Date
20/10/31
Name(s) of Onsite Representative(s)Rtles(s)/Phone and Fax Number(s)
/1/
Chandra Taylor///
; Other Facility Data
Name, Address of Responsible Official/tle/Phone and Fax Number
Chandra Taylor,4104 Baker St Durham NC 27713Contacted
///
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Section C: Areas Evaluated During Inspection (Check only those areas evaluated)
Permit Records/Reports Self -Monitoring Progran Facility Site Review
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
Mitchell S Hayes DWR/RRO WQ/919-791-4200/ } /(q
Signature of Management 0 A Reviewer Agency/OfficelPhone and Fax Numbers Date
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EPA Form 3560-3 (Rev 9-94) Previous editions are obsolete.
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Section D: Summary of Finding/Comments (Attach additional sheets of narrative and checklists as necessary)
According to DWR files, a chlorinator has not been installed. Analyses of effluent is not being done.
No indication of surfacing sewage.
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Permit: NCG550308
Owner - Facility: 4104 Baker Street
Inspection Date: 09/29/2022 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: According to DWR files, a chlorinator has not been installed.
Record Keeping
Are records kept and maintained as required by the permit?
Is all required information readily available, complete and current?
Are all records maintained for 3 years (lab. reg. required 5 years)?
Are analytical results consistent with data reported on DMRs?
Is the chain -of -custody complete?
Dates, times and location of sampling
Name of individual performing the sampling
Results of analysis and calibration
Dates of analysis
Name of person performing analyses
Transported COCs
Are DMRs complete: do they include all permit parameters?
Has the facility submitted its annual compliance report to users and DWQ?
(If the facility is = or > 5 MGD permitted flow) Do they operate 24/7 with a certified
operator on each shift?
Is the ORC visitation log available and current?
Is the ORC certified at grade equal to or higher than the facility classification?
Is the backup operator certified at one grade less or greater than the facility
classification?
Is a copy of the current NPDES permit available on site?
Facility has copy of previous year's Annual Report on file for review?
Comment: Analyses of effluent is not being done.
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