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November 15, 2018 RECEIVED/DENRJDWR
NOV 262018
Elizabeth Headen
1003 Mays Chapel Road Water Resources
Bear Creek, NC 27207 Permitting Section
Subject: Compliance Evaluation Inspection
Single Family Wastewater Treatment System
Permit No. NCG550358
Chatham County
Dear Ms. Headen:
On November 6, 2018, Mitch Hayes from the Raleigh Regional Office visited your single-family
residence (SFR) wastewater treatment system to evaluate compliance with the above permit to
discharge wastewater. Your assistance during the inspection was 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.
❑ 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 30 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.
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality I Division of Water Resources i Raleigh Regional Office
3800 Barrett Drive 1 1628 Mail Service Center I Raleigh,North Carolina 27699-1628
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❑ 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.
❑ 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.
® Location of discharge pipe is unknown: Determine this and report this to our
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 Mitch Hayes 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.
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S. Daniel Smith, Regional Supervisor
Water Quality Regional Operations Section
Raleigh Regional Office
cc: RRO/SWP Files
Charles Weaver, NPDES Permitting Unit
Attachments
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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
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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 IL I 3 I NCG550358 I11 12 1 18/11/06 117 18 [ j 19 1 s I 201
21111111 1111II I II I I I II 1111 I I II ill 111111111 11166
Inspection Work Days Facility Self-Monitoring Evaluation Rating B1 QA ------------------Reserved ---
67I I 701 I 711 I 72 L�12, 1 731 I I74 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 20PM 18/11/06 13/08/01
1003 Mays Chapel Road
1003 Mays Chapel Rd Exit Time/Date Permit Expiration Date
Bear Creek NC 27207 01 40PM 18/11/06 18/07/31
Name(s)of Onsite Representative(s)/Titles(s)/Phone and Fax Number(s) Other Facility Data
///
Elizabeth Headen//919-542-4157/
Name,Address of Responsible Official/Title/Phone and Fax Number
Contacted
Elizabeth Headen,1003 Mays Chapel Rd Bear Creek NC 27207//919-542-4157/
No
Section C Areas Evaluated During Inspection(Check only those areas evaluated)
III Permit • Facility Site Review
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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
Mitchell S Hayes RRO WQ//919-791-4200/
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Si natu of Managemen A Reviewer Agency/Office/Phone and FFax Numbers' l �/ Date
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NPDES yr/mo/day Inspection Type 1
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Section D Summary of Finding/Comments(Attach additional sheets of narrative and checklists as necessary)
Located chlorinator but not the discharge pipe. Ms Headen stated that the discharge pipe is down by
the creek. No records to check. There were no chlorine tablets in the chlorinator Septic tank is
pumped once a year, she stated that she will change this to once every 5 to 7 years since she is the
only residence.
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