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Home My WebLink AboutNCG551056_Compliance Evaluation Inspection_20181220 ,, tr W��pnl 0.35`�Q - ROY COOPER Governor u' '}.�s• ri MICHAEL S. REGAN Secretary '%f4seau4;m0%..' ucn;�-us"1' LINDA CULPEPPER NORTH CAROUNA Director Environmental Quality RECEIVED/DENR/DWR December 20, 2018 JAN 0 2 2019 Water Resources Michael & Cynthia Dodson Permitting Section 533 Shore Acres Road Semora, VA 24586 Subject: Compliance Evaluation Inspection Single Family Wastewater Treatment System Permit No.NCG551056 Person County Dear Permittee: On November 30, 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. 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. D F North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality I Division of Water Resources I Raleigh Regional Office 3800 Barrett Drive;1628 Mail Service Center I Raleigh,North Carolina 2 7 6 99-16 28 919 7914200 I n Dechlorination: Your system was installed after August 1, 2007, so must have a means of dechlorination located downstream of the chlonnator 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 (for full time occupancy). A pumping company can check the status periodically and determine when pumping is required. IE Failure to analyze the of uent:The effluent-thafis l scharged-from your-system-nust-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. ® Locations of treatment units are unknown: The effluent pipe could not be located at the time of the inspection. 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, /6. Gary eiser, LSS Water Quality Regional Operations Raleigh Regional Office Attachments: Inspection Reports cc: RRO/SWP Files Charles Weaver,NPDES Permitting Unit EQ) North Carolina Departmert 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 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 I ] 2 IL I 3 I NCG551056 I11 12 I 18/11/30 117 18[ j 19 I g I 201 I 21IIIIII IIIIII1III1III IIIII III1II IIIIIIIIIII r6 Inspection Work Days Facility Self-Monitonng Evaluation Rating B1 QA Reserved 671 I 70I I 71 I I 72 LJ I r,, I 731 I 174 71 I I I I I I 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) 11 52AM 18/11/30 13/08/01 533 Shore Acres Road 533 Shore Acres Dr Exit Time/Date Permit Expiration Date Semora NC 27343 12 01PM 18/11/30 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 Michael T Dodson,533 Shore Acres Dr Semora NC 27 3 43 9 041///9 1 967 8 1 24 6 No Section C Areas Evaluated During Inspection(Check only those areas evaluated) Operations&Maintenance Self-Monitoring Program • Facility Site Review IN 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 Inspector(s) Agency/Office/Phone and Fax Numbers Date Jeremiah J Dow Division of Water Quality//919-791-4248i Zachary Thomas RRO WQ//919-791-4247/ Signature of Management Q A Reviewer Agency/Office/Phone and Fax Numbers Date AllA1,79A4.1.4-gk. 12 /2JA--- EPA Form 340-3(Rev 9-94)Previous editions are obsolete Page# 1 Ll NPDES yr/mo/day Inspection Type 1 31 NCG551056 I11 121 18/11/30 117 18 i f j Section D Summary of Finding/Comments(Attach additional sheets of narrative and checklists as necessary) Page# 2 Permit: NCG551056 Owner-Facility: 533 Shore Acres Road Inspection Date: 11/30/2018 Inspection Type: Compliance Evaluation Operations & Maintenance Yes No NA NE Is the plant generally clean with acceptable housekeeping? • ❑ 0 0 Does the facility analyze process control parameters, for ex MLSS, MCRT, Settleable 0 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'? IN ❑ 0 0 Are the receiving water free of foam other than trace amounts and other debris'? ■ 0 ❑ 0 If effluent (diffuser pipes are required) are they operating properly'? 0 0 III ❑ Comment: Effluent pipe could not be located, likely buried under shoreline riprap. Water along shoreline near assumed location of discharge were free of foam/solids Septic Tank Yes No NA NE (If pumps are used) Is an audible and visual alarm operational'? ❑ ❑ MO Is septic tank pumped on a schedule'? 0 ❑ ❑ Are pumps or syphons operating properly'? ❑ ❑ • ❑ Are high and low water alarms operating properly'? ❑ ❑ • ❑ Comment Last date of septic tank pumping unknown Disinfection-Tablet Yes No NA NE Are tablet chlorinators operational'? ❑ U ❑ 0 Are the tablets the proper size and type'? ❑ ■ ❑ ❑ Number of tubes in use'? 0 Is the level of chlorine residual acceptable'? ❑ ❑ ❑ II Is the contact chamber free of growth, or sludge buildup'? • ❑ 0 0 Is there chlorine residual prior to de-chlonnation? 0 0 0 U Comment. No tablets in chlorinator at the time of the inspection. Effluent Sampling Yes No NA NE Is composite sampling flow proportional? 0 0 0 ❑ Is sample collected below all treatment units'? ❑ ❑ • ❑ Is proper volume collected'? ❑ ❑ • 0 Is the tubing clean? 0 0 • 0 Page# 3 Permit: NCG551056 Owner-Facility. 533 Shore Acres Road a Inspection Date: 11/30/2018 Inspection Type• Compliance Evaluation Effluent Sampling Yes No NA NE #Is proper temperature set for sample storage(kept at less than or equal to 6.0 degrees ❑ ❑ II ❑ Celsius)? Is the facility sampling performed as required by the permit(frequency,sampling type ❑ • ❑ ❑ representative)? Comment No lab analysis is available. Sand Filters (Low rate) Yes No NA NE (If pumps are used)Is an audible and visible alarm Present and operational? ❑ ❑ II ❑ Is the distribution box level and watertight? 0 ❑ ❑ • Is sand filter free of ponding? IM ❑ ❑ ❑ Is the sand filter effluent re-circulated at a valid ratio? ❑ ❑ ❑ II #Is the sand filter surface free of algae or excessive vegetation? ❑ ❑ ❑ NI #Is the sand filter effluent re-circulated at a valid ratio?(Approximately 3 to 1) ❑ ❑ ❑ Comment. Sand filter is subsurface. No evidence of pondinq or potential failure observed Page# 4