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Home My WebLink AboutNCG551056_Compliance Evaluation Inspection_20190104 --''STATE e� (d yTii lIJ R \�T�\ t ROY COOPER Gove,nor ;,v\` W( o�MICHAEL S. REGAN �� e\"=-, , Secretaiy �* t y4' LINDA CULPEPPER NORTH CAROLINA Director Environmental Quality RECEIVE®/DENd /DWR January 4, 2019 JAN 07 2019 Michael& Cynthia Dodson lfllater esouree3 533 Shore Acres Road Permitting Section Semora,NC 27343 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. , ie -:-",,,,,,, fro North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality I Division of Water Resources I Raleigh Regional Office 3800 Barrett Drive 11628 Mail Service Center I Raleigh,North Carolina 27699-1628 919 791.4200 n 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 (for full time occupancy). A pumping company can check the status penodically 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. 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 rick Bolich,LG Water Quality Regional Operations Raleigh Regional Office Attachments: Inspection Reports cc: RRO/SWP Files Charles Weaver,NPDES Permitting Unit je / 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 '^ 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(Le,PCS) Transaction Code e NPDES yr/mo/day Inspection Type Inspector Fac Type 1 u 2 Ib I 31 NCG551056 111 12 1 18/11/30 117 18 i I 19 I S i 20 Li 211 1 1 1 1 11 I111111111111111111111111 11111111111 f6 Inspection Work Days Facility Self-Monitoring Evaluation Rating B1 QA Reserved 67 1 1 70 1 f 711 I 72 n, I 731 I I" 75J 1 1 1 1 1 1 f 80 Section B Facility Data I I 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 273439041///9196781246 No Section C'Areas Evaluated During Inspection(Check only those areas evaluated) 111 Operations&Maintenance • Self-Monitoring Program 0 Facility Site Review S 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 EPA Form 3,60-3(Rev 9-94)Previous editions are obsolete Page# 1 NPDES yr/mo/day Inspection Type 1 4 3I NCG551056 I11 121 18/11/30 117 18 Section D Summary of Finding/Comments(Attach additional sheets of narrative and checklists as necessary) Page# 2 SI--., 4 3 ft 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? • ❑ El El Does the facility analyze process control parameters,for ex MLSS, MCRT,Settleable El El ® ❑ 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? ■ ❑ El El Are the receiving water free of foam other than trace amounts and other debris? ® El El El If effluent (diffuser pipes are required) are they operating properly? El El I El 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? El El ® ❑ Is septic tank pumped on a schedule? 0 ❑ El ® , Are pumps or syphons operating properly? El El I El Are high and low water alarms operating properly? El El ® El Comment. Last date of septic tank pumping unknown Disinfection-Tablet Yes No NA NE Are tablet chlorinators operational? ❑ ® El ❑ Are the tablets the proper size and type? ❑ II El El Number of tubes in use? 0 Is the level of chlorine residual acceptable? El ❑ ❑ Is the contact chamber free of growth, or sludge buildup? ® El El ❑ Is there chlorine residual prior to de-chlorination? El El El 1111 Comment No tablets in chlorinator at the time of the inspection Effluent Sampling Yes No NA NE Is composite sampling flow proportional? ❑ El ® El Is sample collected below all treatment units? El ❑ ® ❑ Is proper volume collected? El ❑ ® El Is the tubing clean? El El ® ❑ Page# 3 1 P—Q Permit: NCG551056 Owner-Facility 533 Shore Acres Road i •" y 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 ❑ 0 • ❑ Celsius)? Is the facility sampling performed as required by the permit(frequency,sampling type ❑ II 0 0 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? ❑ ❑ • ❑ Is the distribution box level and watertight? 0 ❑ ❑ ■ Is sand filter free of ponding? S 0 ❑ 0 Is the sand filter effluent re-circulated at a valid ratio? 0 El • #Is the sand filter surface free of algae or excessive vegetation? ❑ ❑ ❑ • #Is the sand filter effluent re-circulated at a valid ratio?(Approximately 3 to 1) . 0 ❑ 0 II Comment Sand filter is subsurface. No evidence of pondinq or potential failure observed • Page# 4