NCG550005_Compliance Evaluation Inspection_20151007

North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality
Pat McCrory Donald R. van der Vaart
Governor Secretary
October 7, 2015
RECEIVED
Nancy Clark
712 Jonquil Street O C T 13 2015
Durham,NC 27712 CENTRAL FILES
DWR SECTION
Subject: Compliance Evaluation Inspection
Single Family Wastewater Treatment System
Permit No. NCG550005
Durham County
Dear Ms. Clark:
On September 18, 2015, Cheng Zhang from the Raleigh Regional Office (RRO) visited the subject
single-family residence (SFR) wastewater treatment system located at 712 Jonquil Street, Durham in
Durham County to evaluate compliance with the above permit to discharge wastewater. Your assistance
during the inspection was appreciated. 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.
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❑ 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.
❑ 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. You are to have the septic tank pumped out every 3 to 5 years. A
pumping company can check the status periodically and determine when pumping is required.
❑Failure to analyze the effluent from your system once each year. See Part I(A) of your
permit about his requirement. Attached is a list of laboratories in NC certified to provide this
service. 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.
❑ Other:
If you have questions or comments about this inspection or the requirements to take corrective action,
please contact Cheng Zhang 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,
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S. Daniel Smith
Regional Supervisor
Raleigh Regional Office
Attachments
Inspection report.
cc: RRO/SWP Files
Central Files

United States Environmental Protection Agency
Form Approved.
EPA Washington,D.C.20460 OMB No.2040-0057
Water Compliance Inspection Report Approval expires 8-31-98
Section A:National Data System Coding(i.e.,PCS)
Transaction Code NPDES yr/mo/day Inspection Type Inspector Fac Type
1 ,L1 2 I5 I 3 NCG550005 111 121 15/09/18 117 18 OI 19 i 201
21IIII I I � � I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I � � � G r6
Inspection Work Days Facility Self-Monitoring Evaluation Rating B1 QA -Reserved
67I I 701 L_I J
71 I LJ
I 72 I N I 731 I 174
Section B:Facility Data
Name and Location of Facility Inspected(For Industrial Users discharging to POTW,also include Entry Time/Date Permit Effective Date
POTW name and NPDES Permit Number) 12:12PM 15/09/18 13/08/01
712 Jonquil Street
Exit Time/Date Permit Expiration Date
712 Jonquil St
12:30PM 15/09/18 18/07/31
Durham NC 27712
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
Nancy L Clark,712 Jonquil St Durham NC 2771211919-641-2739/
No
Section C:Areas Evaluated During Inspection(Check only those areas evaluated)
Other
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
Cheng Zhang RRO WQ//919-791-4200/
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Sig ature f Management Q eviewer Agency/Office/Phone d F Nu Date
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NPDES yr/mo/day Inspection Type 1
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NCG550005 j11 121 15/09/18 I 17 18 u
Section D:Summary of Finding/Comments(Attach additional sheets of narrative and checklists as necessary)
The septic tank was pumped two or three years ago. The permittee has a supply of correct chlorine
tablets.Tablets were observed in the chlorinator(no water in the chlorinator). No discharge has been
observed from the system.
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