NCG551423_NOV-2020-PC-04080_20201120

MAILED
ROY COOPER
Gnvernnr
MICHAEL S. BEGAN
Seerovr,
S. DANIEL SMITH
Director
Environmental Quality
November 20, 2020
CERTIFIED MAIL # 7014 3490 0001 8820 8986
RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED
Yatiyana Wajirapala
1017 Patterson Road
Durham. NC 27704
Subject: NOTICE OF VIOLATION
Tracking Number: NOV-2020-PC-0480
Compliance Evaluation Inspection
Single Family Wastewater Treatment System
NPDES General Permit NCG550000
Certificate of Coverage NCG551423
Durham County
Dear Yatiyana Wajirapala:
On September 2, 2020, Jane Bernard from the Raleigh Regional Office visited your single-
family residence (SFR) wastewater treatment system as a result of a complaint the Division of
Water Resources (DWR) received regarding your Single Family Wastewater Treatment System.
Your assistance during the inspection was greatly appreciated.
Our records indicate the treatment system consists of a septic tank. pump tank, sub -surface sand
filter, tablet chlorinator with chlorine contact chamber, and discharge pipe.
NPDES General Permit NCG550000 and Certificate of Coverage (COC) NCG550723 authorize
the discharge of domestic wastewater from your treatment system to receiving waters designated
as an unnamed tributary to Little Lick Creek (classified WS-IV; NSW) in the Neusc River Basin.
The authorized discharge is in accordance with the effluent limits and monitoring requirements
established within the General Permit. The checked bores below show what conditions were
noted at your facility:
NPDES Permit Ownership Change Form: According to the Durham County deed
of records, North Carolina Buddhist Vihara own the residence and property located at
1017 Patterson Road in Durham, North Carolina. As the property owners, you are also
the owners of the existing single-family wastewater treatment system, which treats the
domestic wastewater from the residence and releases the effluent to the receiving waters
indicated above. Because the treatment system makes an outlet to waters of the state, it is
an activity for which the subject permit is required. In the inspection letter dated August
9, 2017, this office notified you of the requirement to complete and submit the Ownership
Change Form. By failinr to submit the NPDES Certificate of'Covernr;e Ownership