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Roy Dickerson
211 Olive Branch Road
Durham, NC 27703
Subject: Compliance Evaluation Inspection
211 OIIN e Branch Road
Single Family Wastewater Treatment System
Permit No. NCG551280
Durham County
Dear Mr. Dickerson:
On June 20, 2019, Cheng Zhang from the Raleigh Regional Office visited the single-family
residence (SFR) wastewater treatment system at ? I I Oli%c Branch Road in Durham County to
evaluate compliance with the above permit to discharge %vastewater. 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 S years. Your good record of operation and meeting the permit
requirements is highly commended.
❑ Your home is improperly plumbed: Some of the waste%N-ater discharges are going
directly to the environment without first passing through the treatment system. This must
be corrected immediately. PIease submit a schedule to this office within 20 days of
receipt of this letter that states your l2lan 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 dechiorination 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
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dechlorination tablets. Please submit a schedule to this office within 20 calendar days of
receipt of this letter that states your plan for correctina this deficienev.
❑ Treatment tablets missing or are ,vronty kind: You are responsible for always
having chlorine tablets and dechlorination tablets (ifa 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 I, 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 detennine when pumping is
required.
�C Failure to analyze the effluent: The effluent that is discharged from your system
must be analyzed once each year. See Part I (A) ofyour permit about his requirement. A
Iist 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.
❑ Locations of treatment units are unknovtn: 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 Cheng Zhang or me 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.
Attachments
cc: RRO'SWP Files
NPDES Permitting Unit Files • Charles Weaver
Sincerely,
Mr-13-1p,
Rick Bolich, L.G.
Assistant Supervisor
Division of Water Resources
Raleigh Regional Office

_ratted States E-r•arormerial Protectcn Agency
EPA'Naih:nglcn 0 C 20460 Form Approved
OMB No. 2040-0057
Water Compliance Inspection Report Approval expires 8-31-98
Section A. National Data System Coding ti e.. PC$)
"•arsaction Code NPOES
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Inspector
Fac Type
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Section B. Facility Data
Name and Location of Facility Inspected {For Industrial users discharging
to POTW also mci de
Entry Time/Date
Permit Effective Date
POTW name and NPDES permit Number]
10 18A ,%1 191061
20
1108i 01
211 Olive Branch Road
211 Olive Branch Rd
Exit TimeiDate
Permit
Expiration Date
Durham NC 27703
10 38A%l 11Ui20
18,07.31
Name(s) of Onsne Rep •esentative,;sjlTitlWsY;1hone and Fax N„mber(st I ]ther Faplity Data
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N4-hd Address of Respons,ble OfficiaVTdle Phone and Fax N .mber
Roy Dickerson 211 Olive Branch Rd Durham NC 277o3lJ! Oonw;ted
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Section C: Areas Evaluated During Inspection (Check only those areas evaluated)
Section D- Summary of Finding/Comments (Attach additional sheets of narrative and checklists as necessary)
(See attachment summary)
Name(s) and Signature(s) of Inspectors;
Cheng Zhang
L L C. r r
Signature of Managg(nent 0 A Reviewer
EPA Form 3560-3 (Rev 9-94; Previous editions are obsolete
Agency. Offi:eiPhone and Fax Numbers
RRO W0-l919-791-42u0.
Agency'Otf+celPhene and Fax Numbers
Date
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Section D' Summary of FindingiComments (Attach additional sheets of narrative and checklists as necessary)
The septic tank was pumped in December 2018. Chlorine tablets were not observed in the chlorinator.
The system has an effluent pump tank. Effluent has not been tested since the last inspection.
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