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Home My WebLink AboutNCG550035_Compliance Evaluation Inspection_20161219 PAT MCCRORY • Governor s;• DONALD R. VAN DER VAART Secretary • S. JAY ZIMMERMAN Director Water Resources ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY December 14, 2016 RECEIVEDINCDEQIDWR Mr. Thomas Golden DEC 1 9 2016 5905 Paragon Drive Water Quality Durham,NC 27712 Permitting Section Subject: Compliance Evaluation Inspection Single Family Wastewater Treatment System Permit No. NCG550035 Durham County Dear Mr. Golden: On November 29,2016, Jane Bernard from the Raleigh Regional Office visited your single- family-residence-(SFR)-wastewater treatment-system-to-evaluate compliance with the a ove -- ----- 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 Mr. Golden December 14, 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. VI 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. El 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. n 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 Jane 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. Sincere))) 4 CG/J S. Daniel Smith, Supervisor Water Quality Regional Supervisor Raleigh Regional Office Attachments: Inspection Reports cc: RRO/SWP Files arles Weaver PDE' P Ai i glCrl t 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) , yr/mo/day Inspection Type Inspector Fac Type Transaction Code NPDES 19� 20 1 LI ] 2 IS I 3 I NCG550035 111 12 1 16/11/29 117 18 I r•I s LJ LJ L� •6 21� I I I I I I I I I II I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 II I I B1 OA Reserved Inspection Work Days Facility Self-Monitoring EvaluationRating 71 � 72 Li I I 174 751 I 1 1 1 I I I80 . 671 I 70 u Section B:Facility Data Entry Time/Date Permit Effective Date Name and Location of Facility Inspected(For Industrial Users discharging to POTW,also include 10:30AM 16/11/29 13/08/01iv POTW name and NPDES permit Number) 5905 Paragon Drive Exit Time/Date Permit Expiration Date 5905 Paragon Dr • 10:50AM 16/11/29 18/07/31 Durham NC 27712 • Name(s)of Onsite Representativa(s)Tties(s)/Phone and Fax Number(s) Other Facility Data J Name,Address of Responsible Official/Title/Phone and Fax Number Contacted Thomas Golden,5905 Paragon Dr Durham NC 27712//919-477-8356/ No Section C:Areas Evaluated During Inspection(Check only those areas evaluated) al Permit 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 Jane Bernard Non Discharge Compliance Unit//919-79 gency/Office/Phone and F Numbeerrsss f Date Oali,q/i;MZ,2 S. e of Management Review /�bers — / � �Gr� E ` EPA Form 356 -3(Rev 9-94)Previous editions are obsolete. Page# 1 NPDES yr/mo/day Inspection Type 1 31 NCG550035 I11 121 16/11/29 117 18 Section D:Summary of Finding/Comments(Attach additional sheets of narrative and checklists as necessary) At the time of the Evaluation Homeowner was not present. Left information packet and contact info. on 12/6/16 Mr. Golden called: System is located at the big stump in front yard. Approx 6 ft from the stump toward the road is the chlorinator. Discharge pipe goes under the road. • "l• Page# 2 1 Permit: NCG550035 Owner-Facility: 5905 Paragon Drive Inspection Date: 11/29/2016 Inspection Type: Compliance Evaluation Yes No NA NE 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? N ❑ ❑ ❑ #Are there any special conditions for the permit? 0 0 • ❑ Is access to the plant site restricted to the general-public? 0 ❑ II 0 Is the inspector granted access to all areas for inspection? ® 0 ❑ 0 Comment: -- -------•-- ---- -- Page# 3