NCG550783_Issuance of Permit_20181008

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October 8,2018
Victor and Susan Pickard
1403 Farmview Road
Hillsborough,NC 27278
Subject: Issuance-of Authorization to Construct(ATC)
Certificate of Coverage(COC)NCG550783 for
domestic Single-Family Residence(SFR)under
NPDES General Permit NCG550000
5620 Blue Spruce Drive,Durham 27712
Durham County
Dear Mr. and Ms.Pickard:
General Permit--Authorization to Construct. In accordance with your application to upgrade your
existing sewer-treatment system under the subject NPDES General Permit,the Division of Water
Resources(DWR)herewith forwards an Authorization to Construct(ATC)permit for new facilities. We
issue this permit pursuant to the requirements of North Carolina General Statue 143-215 .1,the
Memorandum of Agreement between North Carolina and the US Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA)dated October 15,2007 (or as subsequently amended).
Your permit package includes:
• Certificate of Coverage(COC)
• Authorization to Construct(ATC)/Operation&Maintenance Instructions
• A copy of Wastewater Discharge General Permit NCG550000
▪ A copy of the approved plans and specifications(signed October 5,2018).
▪ Engineer's Certification form(to be returned to DWR upon project completion).
To maintain your COC(originally issued March 15, 1996),please be reminded that you must remit an
annual fee of$60,due each year on August 30 to the Division of Water Resources.Please include the
COC number NCG550783 on your check.Mail your Annual Fee to:
NCDEQ/DWR/NPDES/SFR Permitting
Attn.Wren Thedford
1617 Mail Service Center
Raleigh,NC 27699-1617
DWR understands that your treatment system has been judged unserviceable by the Division's Raleigh
Regional Office(Notice of Violation dated March 30,2017)prompting treatment-system upgrades.
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North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality I Division of Water Resources
512 North Salisbury Street 11617 Mail Service Center I Raleigh,North Carolina 27699-1617—919.707.9000

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Therefore,your authorized consultant,Diehl and Phillips,P.A. intends to install wastewater treatment-
system upgrades designed to discharge to Surface Waters of the State in accord with plans and
specifications signed by the engineer on May 22,2018. Compliance under General Permit NCG550000
restricts discharge flow,not to exceed 1,000 gallons per day.This ATC covers treatment facilities for a
three(3)-bedroom single-family residence estimated to discharge 360 gpd(120 gallons per bedroom).
Please note that you must provide regular treatment-system operation,maintenance and inspections in
accord with manufacturer's recommendations and this ATC; all records,water analyses,and logs to be
kept onsite available for DWR inspection[NCG550000, Section A. (2.)].
Operation and Maintenance. The Permittee is responsible to maintain all components in the
approved treatment system designed to meet Surface Water-Quality Standards. Compliance includes
following the manufacturer's guidelines,conducting and documenting inspections, establishing sources
for OEM spare parts and supplies,taking samples for analyses,making necessary repairs, and
documenting said maintenance for the duration of the permit.Please note that the receiving stream is
currently classified and governed as WS-1V;NSW(Water Supply;Nutrient Sensitive Waters).
If DWR determines that your discharge contributes to future degradation or impairment of this
waterbody, an individual NPDES permit may be mandatory.Upon DWR's request,the Permittee must
provide records and demonstrate regular efforts to maintain the approved treatment system. The
Division recommends that the Permittee solicit manufacture-certified training, or a qualified contractor
or service to regularly inspect and maintain this treatment system.
Authorization to Construct(ATC)Permit. This ATC details the conditions of installation and
operation.Before startup,activation requires notice to the Raleigh Regional Office(919-791-4200),
attention Danny Smith, a minimum of three(3)working days in advance of discharge. Such notification
shall be made during normal office hours from 8:00 a.m.until 5:00 p.m.Monday through Friday,
excluding State holidays.The attached Engineer's Certification form, must be returned to DWR by the
Engineer,documenting compliance"as built"in accord with this ATC and approved plans and
specifications submitted to DWR, signed and stamped by the engineer May 22,2018.No changes may be
made without prior approval.
Therefore,in accord with the application and the attached approved plans and specifications,DWR
hereby authorizes the installation of surface discharge treatment-system repairs and replacements
described as:
• septic tank[existing-fitted with inspection risers and effluent filter],or in
the event of leak-test failure, a new 1,200-gal septic tank;
• sand-filter to be formally abandoned in accord with requirements set
by DWR's Raleigh Region Office;
• recirculating pump-chamber[Advantex AX20-RT pod; 800-gallon with
inspection risers, effluent filter and UV disinfection]
• discharge effluent piping with sample point;
• outfall shall include aeration/erosion-controlled(riprap).
Compliance with the above shall include a leakage test performed on reused tanks and proposed new
tanks, or leak-certified new by the manufacture not to exceed an exfiltration rate of twenty(20) gallons
per twenty-four(24)hours per 1,000 gallons of tank capacity.The Engineer's Certification shall serve as
proof of compliance with this condition.Mail the completed Engineer's Certification to:
DEQ/DWR/NPDES Program
1617 Mail Service Center
Raleigh,NC 27699-1617
❖ The Permittee shall,for the life of the treatment facility, maintain on site a copy
of the approved plans and specifications available for DWR inspection.

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All elbow piping must conform to the long-sweeping type.All cleanouts must be housed in meter boxes
below grade.The system shall be located and constructed above any applicable 100-year flood line.This
treatment system shall also be located at least 10 feet away from a dwelling; 50-ft away from property
lines [hereby waved to 10 feet due to restrictive lot size].
Upon completing construction and prior to operating this permitted facility, a North Carolina-
registered engineer shall sign and submit to DWR the attached Engineer's Certification form,thereby
certifying that the permitted facility has been installed in accordance with the NPDES Permit,this
Certificate of Coverage,this Authorization to Construct, and the approved plans and specifications.
This ATC permit is issued in accordance with Part III,Paragraph 2 of NPDES General Permit
NCG550000, and is subject to revocation unless wastewater treatment facilities are constructed in
accordance with the conditions and limitations specified in this General Permit. In the event that the
facilities fail to perform satisfactorily, including creating nuisance conditions,the Permittee shall take
immediate corrective action as may be required by this Division, such as the construction of additional or
replacement wastewater treatment(s)or disposal facilities.Failure to abide by the requirements of this
ATC permit may subject the Permittee to an enforcement action by the Division of Water Resources in
accordance with North Carolina General Statute 143-215.6A to 143-215.6C.
If any parts,measurement frequencies or sampling requirements contained in this general permit are
unacceptable to you,you have the right to request an individual permit by submitting an individual permit
application.Unless such demand is made,the certificate of coverage shall be final and binding.
This COC is not transferable except after notice to the Division of Water Resources.The Division may
modify or revoke and reissue this COC.This COC does not affect your legal obligation to obtain other
permits that may be required by the Division of Water Resources,the Division of Land Resources,the
Coastal Area Management Act, or any other Federal or Local government.
NPDES Contact. If you have any questions concerning the requirements of this Certificate of Coverage
or Authorization to Construct(ATC)permit,please email Joe R. Corporon,L.G.
[[e-mail]] or call his direct line [919-707-3617].
S'i cerely,
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Linda Culpepper,bate 's %irector
Division of Water Resources
Attachments: COC; Engineer's Certification form(to be signed and returned to DWR)
he: Raleigh Regional Office,Danny Smith,Supervisor
NPDES General Permit Files
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Diehl and Phillips,PE[[e-mail]]

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STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES
DIVISION OF WATER RESOURCES
CERTIFICATE OF COVERAGE - NCG550783
Under GENERAL PERMIT NCG550000
TO DISCHARGE 100%-DOMESTIC AND SIMILAR WASTEWATERS
UNDER THE
NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM
(NPDES)
In compliance with the provisions of North Carolina General Statute 143-215.1,other lawful standards
and regulations promulgated and adopted by the North Carolina Environmental Management
Commission,and the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended,
Victor and Susan Pickard
are hereby authorized to operate a wastewater treatment facility consisting of a septic tank with
effluent filter, secondary recirculation/dosing tank, UV disinfection, effluent discharge pipe;
outfall with erosion protection/aeration(rip-rap); discharging from facilities located at the
Single-Family Residence (SFR)
5620 Blue Spruce Drive, Durham 27712
Durham County
to receiving waters designated as an unnamed tributary(UT)to Crooked Creek [stream segment
27-2-18] a waterbody currently Classified WS-IV;NSW located within Subbasin 03-04-01 [HUC:
03020201] of the Neuse River Basin, in accordance with the effluent limitations,monitoring
requirements, and other conditions set forth in Parts I, II, III and IV of General Permit NCG550000
as attached.
This Authorization to Construct(ATC) shall become effective October 8, 2018.
This Certificate of Coverage shall remain in effect for the duration of the General Permit.
Signed this day October 8, 2018.
da Culpepper, Interim Di -'or
ivision of Water Resources
By Authority of the Environmental Management Commission

ROY COOPER
Governor
MICHAEL S.REGAN
Secretary W.,/
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LINDA CULPEPPER NORTH CAROLINA
In Perim Director Environmental Quality
Permittees: Victor and Susan Pickard
NPDES COC/ATC Number: NCG550783 [Single Family Residence]
County: Durham
Engineer's Certification:
I, , a duly registered Professional Engineer
in the State of North Carolina, as authorized by the Permittee to observe [ daily, part time,
full time] the construction of the project named
located at , do hereby
state that to the best of my abilities, I practiced due care and diligence to observe the
construction of said project such that it was advanced and completed in accordance and in
compliance with the NPDES Permit, approved plans and specifications, Authorization to
Construct Permit, and General Permit Certificate of Coverage issued by the Division of Water
Resources.
Signature
Registration No.
Date
[Stamp]
[Any person who knowingly makes any false statement,representation, or certification in any
application,record, report,plan or other document filed or required to be maintained under
Article 21 or regulations of the Environmental Management Commission implementing that
Article, or who falsifies, tampers with or knowingly renders inaccurate any recording or
monitoring device or method required to be operated or maintained under Article 21 or
regulations of the Environmental Management Commission implementing that Article, shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed $10,000, or by imprisonment not to
exceed six months, or by both. [18 U.S.C. Section 1001 provides a punishment by a fine of not
more than$10,000 or imprisonment not more than 5 years, or both, for a similar offense.]
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality I Division of Water Resources
512 North Salisbury Street 11617 Mail Service Center I Raleigh,North Carolina 27699-1617—919.707 9000