The URL can be used to link to this page

Home My WebLink AboutNCG550141_Compliance Evaluation Inspection_20180928 STATE RECEIV NORTH'CAROLINA ED/®ENR1DW(� COOPERCCT022018 Gc�urrrta�x � WaterSe y Permitting Section Secredar LINDA CULPEPPER Infer/in Director September 28,2018 Mr.John Hetherington 404 Morgan Creek Road Chapel Hill,NC 27514 Subject: Compliance Evaluation Inspection Single Family Wastewater Treatment System Permit No.NCG550141 Orange County Dear Permittee: On September 24,2018,Jeremiah Dow and Zachary Thomas from the Raleigh Regional Office visited your single-family residence(SFR)wastewater treatment system to evaluate compliance with the above permit to discharge wastewater. Mr.Hetherington's assistance during a follow-up telephone call is greatly 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. n 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. n 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 North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality I Division of Water Resources Quality I Raleigh Regional Office 1628 Mail Service Center I Raleigh,North Carolina 27699-1628 919.791.4200 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. n 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. nD"eclil®rinati®an:Your system was-inutalledifter August 1,-2-607, 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. n 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. E 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. 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. /1 Locations of treatment units are unknown: The effluent pipe could not be located at the time of the inspection. Please 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 Jeremiah Dow 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, /,,= -'f S. Daniel Smith, Supervisor Water Quality Regional Supervisor Raleigh Regional Office Attachments: Inspection Reports - cc: RRO/SWP Files Charles Weaver,NPDES Permitting Unit ,mss,v� "� ,, ,y,�,, . L=r ....,...i.,„..„„,.....,, North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality I Division of Water Resources Quality I Raleigh Regional Office 1628 Mail Service Center I Raleigh,North Carolina 27699-1628 919 7914200' ' I /� 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 IN I 2 IF I 3 1 NCG550141 111 12 1 18/09/24 117- 18 Li I 19 is I 201 1 2111 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 111 1 I I I I 1 1 1 I I I I I I I I I I I I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 166 Inspection Work Days Facility Self-Monitoring Evaluation Rating B1 QA ---------- Reserved------------- 67I I 701 1 711 I 72 I N I 731 I 174 751 1 1 1 1 1 1 180 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) 01 13PM 18/09/24 13/08/01 404 Morgan Creek Road 404 Morgan Creek Rd Exit Time/Date Permit Expiration Date Chapel Hill NC 27517 01 29PM 18/09/24 18/07/31 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 John Hetherington,404 Morgan Creek Rd Chapel Hill NC 27517//336-214-0338/ No Section C Areas Evaluated During Inspection(Check only those areas evaluated) El Operations&Maintenance E Self-Monitoring Program ti4, Facility Site Review El 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 �j Inspector(s)` � Agency/Office/Phone and Fax Numbers Date Jeremiah J Dow ! �.�"—} Division of Water Quality//919-791-424th 1/75/(sv ignatur of Management P Reviewer Ag‘nc/Office/Ph/one and Fax Numbers a Date _el. /l/r—d. EPA Form 35 i-3(Rev 9-94)Previous editions are obs lete Page# 1 NPDES yr/mo/day Inspection Type 1 31 NCG550141 1 11 121 18/09/24 17 18 LI Section D Summary of Finding/Comments(Attach additional sheets of narrative and checklists as necessary) • Page# 2 Permit: NCG550141 Owner-Facility. 404 Morgan Creek Road Inspection Date: 09/24/2018 Inspection Type. Compliance Evaluation Operations & Maintenance Yes No NA NE Is the plant generally clean with acceptable housekeeping? ® 0 0 0 Does the facility analyze process control parameters,for ex. MLSS, MCRT,Settleable ❑ 0 ® ❑ Solids, pH, DO, Sludge Judge, and other that are applicable? Comment: Effluent Pipe Yes No NA NE Is right of way to the outfall properly maintained? 0 0 A 0 Are the receiving water free of foam other than trace amounts and other debris? 0 0 0 If effluent (diffuser pipes are required) are they operating properly? 0 0 E 0 Comment. Located what is believed to be the rip rap for the effluent pipe, but could not locate the pipe Septic Tank I Yes No NA NE (If pumps are used)Is an audible and visual alarm operational? 0 0 0 Is septic tank pumped on a schedule? 0 0 0 Are pumps or syphons operating properly? 0 0 B 0 Are high and low water alarms operating properly? 0 0 4 0 Comment: Last pumped in May or June of 2016 Disinfection-Tablet Yes No NA NE Are tablet chlorinators operational? h 0 0 0 Are the tablets the proper size and type? Efi 0 ❑ 0 Number of tubes in use? 1 Is the level of chlorine residual acceptable? 0 0 El 0 Is the contact chamber free of growth,or sludge buildup? El 0 0 0 Is there chlorine residual prior to de-chlorination? 0 0 E ❑ Comment: Effluent Sampling Yes No NA NE Is composite sampling flow proportional? ❑ ❑ ❑ Is sample collected below all treatment units? 0 0 E ❑ Is proper volume collected? 0 0 E ❑ Is the tubing clean? 0 0 _; ❑ #Is proper temperature set for sample storage(kept at less than or equal to 6 0 degrees 0 0 F2 ❑ Celsius)? Page# 3 L. Permit. NCG550141 Owner•Facility: 404 Morgan Creek Road Inspection Date• 09/24/2018 Inspection Type Compliance Evaluation Effluent Sampling Yes No NA NE Is the facility sampling performed as required by the permit(frequency, sampling type ❑ El ❑ ❑ representative)? Comment. Annual sampling has not been completed Page# 4