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Home My WebLink AboutNCG551512_Compliance Evaluation Inspection_20190125ROY COOPER Governor MICHAEL S. REGAN Secretary LINDA CULPEPPER Director BP Properties LLC Attn: Mr. Billy Lane 3003 Sharon Church Road Hillsborough, NC 27278 Dear Mr. Lane: NORTH CAROLINA Environmental Quality January 25, 2019 Subject: Compliance Evaluation Inspection Single Family Wastewater Treatment System Permit No. NCG551512 Site Address: 12911 Roxboro Rd., Rougemont Durham County On January 9, 2019, 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. Lane's assistance during a follow-up telephone conversation 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 20 days of receipt of this letter that states your Rlan 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 W 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. North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality I Division of Water Resources Raleigh Regional office , 3800 Barrett Drive I Raleigh. North Carolina 27609 noNrr, rrao�w� � 919.791.4200 ❑ 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. ❑ 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 clan for correcting this deficiency. ❑ Pumping the septic tank: The septic tank should be pumped out every 3 to S 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. Please make arrangements for sampling to be carried out within 3 months upon the house becoming occuaied and submit results to this office within 3 weeks after the sampling has been done. ❑ Locations of treatment units are unknown: 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, foIich, LG Water Quality Regional Operations Raleigh Regional Office Attachments: Inspection Reports cc: RROISWP Files Charles Weaver, NPDES Permitting Unit United Slates Environmental Protection Agency Form Approved EPA Washington. D C. 20460 OMB No 204MO57 Water Compliance Inspection Report Approval expires8-31.98 Section A: National Data System Coding (i a., PCS) Transaction Code NPDES. yrlmolday Inspection Type Inspector Fac Type 1 1ti l 2 u 3 I_ NCG551512 Ill 12 1910,109 17 18 I I 19I c LJ I 20u 1=1 21 6 Inspection Work Days Facility Self -Monitoring Evaluation Rating 81 GA Reserved 67 70 U 71 I ( 72 I ti I I I 73 I I 174 75I Ill I I I I80 I I I 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 Numberl 12.33PM 19/01109 13/08/01 12911 Roxboro Road Exit Time/Date permit Expiration Date 12911 Roxboro Rd US 501 N Rougemont NC 27572 12A3PM 19/01109 18107+31 Name(s) of Onsite Representative(s)fTilles(s)lPhone and Fax Number(s) Other Facility Data If! Name, Address of Responsible OffictallrtlelPhone and Fax Number Billy Lane,3003 New Sharon Church Rd Hillsborough NC 2727811919-604-8434! Contacled No Section C: Areas Evaluated During Inspection (Check only those areas evaluated) Operations 8 Maintenance E Self -Monitoring Program 0 Facility Site Review 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) AgencylOf icelPhone and Pax Numbers C ala Jeremiah J Dow_ Division of Water QualilyR919-791-42481 .. Signature of Management Q A Reviewer AgencylOtficelPhone and Pax Numbers ❑a EPA Form 3560-3 (Rev 9-94) Previous editions are obsolete Page# NPQES ydrnolday Inspection Type 31 Ncws1512 11 i 121 19/01109 1 17 18 t„ t Section 0: Summary of Finding/Comments (Attach additional sheets of narrative and checklists as necessary) Page# Permit: NCG551512 Owner - Facility: 12911 Roxboro Road Inspection Date: 01/09/2019 Inspection Type: Compliance Evaluation O erations & Maintenance Yes No NA NE Is the plant generally clean with acceptable housekeeping? M ❑ ❑ ❑ Does the facility analyze process control parameters, for ex: MLSS, MCRT, Settleable ❑ ❑ M ❑ 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? M ❑ ❑ ❑ Are the receiving water free of foam other than trace amounts and other debris? E ❑ ❑ ❑ If effluent (diffuser pipes are required) are they operating properly? ❑ ❑ MCI Comment: Septic Tank Yes No NA NE (If pumps are used) Is an audible and visual alarm operational? ❑ ❑ 013 Is septic tank pumped on a schedule? 0 0013 Are pumps or syphons operating properly? ❑ ❑ 0 ❑ Are high and low water alarms operating properly? ❑ ❑ 0 ❑ Comment: System re laced 2 years ago Sand Filters (Low rate) Yes No NA NE (If pumps are used) is an audible and visible alarm Present and operational? ❑ ❑ No Is the distribution box level and watertight? ❑ ❑ M ❑ Is sand filter free of ponding? M ❑ ❑ ❑ Is the sand filter effluent re -circulated at a valid ratio? ❑ ❑ ❑ ■ # Is the sand filter surface free of algae or excessive vegetation? ❑ ❑ M ❑ # Is the sand filter effluent re -circulated at a valid ratio? (Approximately 3 to 1) ❑ ❑ ❑ 0 Comment: Sand filter is subsurface. No visible oondina or other signs of Dotential system failure observed. Disinfection - UV Yes No NA NE Are extra UV bulbs available on site? ❑ ❑ ❑ Are UV bulbs clean? ❑ ❑ ❑ M Is UV intensity adequate? 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ Is transmittance at or above designed level? ❑ ❑ ❑ M Is there a backup system on site? ❑ 0 ❑ ❑ Page# 3 Permit: NCG551512 Inspection Date: 01/0912019 Disinfection - UV Is effluent clear and free of solids? owner -Facility: 12911 Roxboro Road Inspection Type: Compliance Evaluation Yes No NA NE Comment: Unable to access UV bulbs at the time of the inspection. Lab results indicate that UV disinfection is working as intended. Mr. Lane has an inspection and maintenance agreement with McFarland Septic to ensure that the UV bulbs are checked regularly. Effluent Sampling Is composite sampling flow proportional? is sample collected below all treatment units? Is proper volume collected? Is the tubing clean? # Is proper temperature set for sample storage (kept at less than or equal to 6.0 degrees Celsius)? Is the facility sampling performed as required by the permit (frequency, sampling type representative)? Comment: ❑ ❑ ❑ Yes No NA NE Page# 4