NCG550020_Inspection_20161219

PAT MCCRORY
Water Resources
LNVIRONMENT AL QUALITY
December 19, 2016
Mrs. Edelmira Valladares
653 Donlee Drive
Durham, NC 27712
Govemor
DONALD R. VAN DER VAART
Secretary
S. JAY ZIMMERMAN
RECEIVEDINCDEQJDWR
DEC 2 8 2016
Water Quality
Permitting Section
Subject: Compliance Evaluation Inspection
Single Family Wastewater Treatment System
Permit No. NCG550020
Durham County
Dear Mrs. Valladares:
Director
On November 30, 2016, Jane Bernard from the Raleigh Regional Office visited your single-
family residence (SFR) wastewater treatment system to evaluate compliance with the above
permit to discharge wastewater. The checked boxes below show what conditions were noted at
your facility:
® 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 good record of operation and meeting the permit
requirements is highly commended.
❑ 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. Please submit a schedule to this office within 20 days of
receipt of this letter that states your plan for correcting this deficiency. The work is to be
completed within the next 3 months.
❑ 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. Please submit a schedule to this office within 20 calendar days of
receipt of this letter that states your plan for correcting this deficiency.
❑ 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.
State of North Carolina I Environmental Quality I Water Resources I Raleigh Regional Office
1628 Mail service Center I Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1628
919 791-4200

Edelmira Valladares
December 19, 2016
❑ 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. Please submit a schedule to this office within 20
calendar days of receipt of this letter stating your plan for correcting this deficiency.
❑ 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.
Ei 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. 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.
❑ Locations of treatment units are unknown: Determine this and report to this office
within 30 days of receipt of this letter with a sketch or map.
❑ Other:
If you have questions or comments about this inspection or the requirements to take corrective
action, please contact Bernard 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.
Sincerely,
S. Daniel Smith, Supervisor
Water Quality Regional Supervisor
Raleigh Regional Office
Attachments: Inspection Reports
cc: RRO/SWP Files
Charles Weaver, NPDES Permitting Unit
Durham County

EPA
United States Environmental Protection Agency
Washington, D.C. 20460
Water Compliance Inspection Report
Section A: National Data System Coding (Le., PCS)
Form Approved.
OMB No. 2040-0057
Approval expires 8-31-98
yr/mo/day Inspection Type Inspector Fac Type
Transaction Code NPDES 19 20) I
1 N 2 11r+ S j J
I 3 I NCG550020 111 12 16/11/30 17 18 I
21111111 H111111111111II11I1IILIIIIIIIIIIIII
B1 QA Reserved----
Inspection Work Days Facility Self -Monitoring Evaluation Rating 71 72 A 73 V
4 es
75
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Section B: Facility Data
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Name and Location of Facility Inspected (For Industrial Users discharging to POTW, also include
POTW name and NPDES permit Number)
653 Donlee Drive
653 Donlee Dr
Durham NC 27712
Entry Time/Date
10:30AM 16/11/30
Exit Time/Date
11:OOAM 16/11/30
Permit Effective Date
13/08/01
Permit Expiration Date
18/07/31
Name(s) of Onsite Representative(s)1TNes(syPhone and Fax Number(s)
Ill
Name, Address of Responsible Official/Title/Phone and Fax Number
Michael J Sevier,653 Donlee Rd Durham NC 2771211919-477-2501/
Contacted
No
Other Facility Data
Section C: Areas Evaluated During inspection (Check only those areas evaluated)
Permit
Operations & Maintenance
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
Non Discharge Compliance Unit//919-79
Jane Bernard
Slg�natu� of Management CI Agen Agen y/OfficelPhone and Fax Numbe
e/Vn II 79/ 4/2e :)j0e �.
Date
EPA Form 3560-3J ev 9-94) Previous editions are obsolet6
Date
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NPDES
31 NCG550020 111 12
yr/molday
16/11/30
Inspection Type
17 18 IA
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Section D: Summary of Finding/Comments (Attach additional sheets of narrative and checklists as necessary)
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