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Home My WebLink AboutNCG551399_Inspection_20210809ROY COOPER Governor ELIZABETH S. BISER Secretary S. DANIEL SMITH Director Ms. Diane L. Smith 4101 Suitt Road Durham, NC 27703 NORTH CAROLINA Environmental Quality August 9, 2021 Subject: Compliance Evaluation Inspection Single Family Wastewater Treatment System General NPDES Permit NCG550000 Certificate of Coverage NCG551399 Facility: 4101 Suitt Road Durham County Dear Ms. Diane L. Smith: On July 23, 2021, Jane Bernard from the Raleigh Regional Office visited your single-family residence (SFR) wastewater treatment system to evaluate compliance with the subject General NPDES Permit. Our records indicate the treatment system consists of a septic tank, sub -surface sand filter, tablet chlorinator with chlorine contact chamber, tablet dechlorinator, and a discharge pipe. General NPDES Permit NCG550000 and Certificate of Coverage (COC) NCG551399 authorize the discharge of domestic wastewater from your treatment system to receiving waters designated as Chunkey Pipe Creek (classified WSIV;NSW) in the Neuse River Basin. The authorized discharge is in accordance with the effluent limits and monitoring requirements established within the General Permit. The checked boxes below show what conditions were noted at your facility: ® Pumping the septic tank: You are required to inspect the septic tank at least yearly to determine if solids must be removed or if other maintenance is necessary. Septic tanks should be pumped out every five years or when the solids level is found to be more than 1/3 of the liquid depth in the septic tank compartment, whichever is greater. A pumping company can check the status periodically and determine when pumping is required. Within 30-days of receiving this letter, please send a copy of the most recent receipt/invoice to this office showing the date the septic tank was last checked and/or pumped out. ® Analyzing the effluent: Part 1. C., Effluent Limitations and Monitoring Requirements, within General Permit NCG550000 requires a permittee to sample and analyze the effluent Ieaving his/her treatment system prior to discharge annually. North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality Division of Water Resources Raleigh Regional Office 13800 Barrett Drive i Raleigh, North Carolina 27609 919.791.4200 Parameters to be sampled and analyzed include Flow, BOD (Biochemical Oxygen Demand), Total Suspended Solids, Fecal Coliform, Total Residual Chlorine, Total Nitrogen, Ammonia and Total Phosphorous. Within 30-days of receiving this letter, please let this office know if you have monitored your effluent discharge within the last 12 months, and provide this office with a copy of the lab results if you have. If you have not monitored your effluent, then please collect a representative sample of the effluent, have it analyzed by a certified commercial laboratory and submit the results to this office no later than September 30, 2021. If, during this time, you are unable to collect a representative sample of the effluent discharge due to insufficient flow from the discharge pipe, then update this office with that information and continue to monitor the discharge and if conditions for sampling become favorable, then arrange to collect a sample.] Failure to monitor the effluent discharge as required is a violation of NPDES General Permit NCGS50000. ® Locations of treatment units are unknown: Within 30-days of receiving this letter, provide this office with a sketch or map of the location of the treatment units (sand filter) in relation to the permitted residence. Please continue to periodically inspect the wastewater treatment system to ensure the treatment components are always maintained and in good operating order. You are also reminded to maintain all monitoring data and associated maintenance records onsite for a minimum of three years and available for inspection. Within 30-days receipt of this letter, please submit a written response to this office indicating the actions you will take or have taken to comply with or resolve the issues noted above. If you have questions or comments about this inspection or the requirements to take corrective action (if applicable), then please contact Jane Bernard at 919-791-4233. Sincerely, Vanessa E. Manuel, Assistant Regional Supervisor Water Quality Regional Operations Section Raleigh Regional Office Division of Water Resources, NCDEQ Attachment(s): EPA Water Compliance Inspection Report Cc: RRO/SWP Files Laserfiche North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality DMslon of Water Resources Raleigh Regional Office 13800 Barrett Drive I Raleigh, North Carolina 27609 919.791.4200 United States Environmental Protection Agency E PA Washington, D.C. 20460 Water Compliance Inspection Report Form Approved. OMB No. 2040-0057 Approval expires 8-31-98 Section A: National Data System Coding (i.e., PCS) Transaction Code NPDES yr/mo/day Inspection 1 L) 2 El 3 I NCG551399 111 12 21/07/23 17 Type 18 [ ] I I I I I Inspector Fac Type 191 S I 20u 21I 1 I I I I I I 1 I II I I I I I 1 I 1 I I I I I I M I II I I I I I r6 Inspection Work Days Facility Self -Monitoring Evaluation Rating B1 QA I 711 1 72 I ti L=1 I 671 1 70I LJ L Reserved 73I I 174 71 LLJ 1 1 1 1 1 1 180 Section B: Facility Data Name and Location of Facility Inspected (For Industrial Users discharging to POTW, also include POTW name and NPDES permit Number) 4101 Suitt Street 4101 Suitt St Durham NC 27703 Entry Time/Date 09:OOAM 21/07/23 Permit Effective Date 14/06/23 Exit Time/Date 10:30AM 21/07/23 Permit Expiration Date 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 Diane L Smith,4101 Suitt Rd Durham NC 27703/1919-797-0743/ No Section C: Areas Evaluated During Inspection (Check only those areas evaluated) Permit Other 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 Jane Bernard DWR/Non Discharge Compliance Unit/919-791-4200/ ( ) as \ i3..C__:.-\,‘.,A.-Lc { E f y (a.i Signature of Management Q A Reviewer Agency/Office/Phone and Fax Numbers Date %-s-z.e.--14-4— ':7/1/4104e,/ 9/7.- *7- .03 2- 4,14..../ 71 Z Z,-7--/ EPA Form 3560-3 (Rev 9-94) Previous editions are obsolete. Page# 1 1 NPDES NCG551399 yr/mo/day 21/07/23 117 Inspection Type 18 Li" (Cont.) 1 Section D: Summary of Finding/Comments (Attach additional sheets of narrative and checklists as necessary) General NPDES Permit NCG550000 and Certificate of Coverage (COC) NCG551399 authorize the discharge of domestic wastewater from your treatment system to receiving waters designated as Chunkey Pipe Creek (classified WSIV;NSW) in the Neuse River Basin. The authorized discharge is in accordance with the effluent limits and monitoring requirements established within the General Permit. The checked boxes below show what conditions were noted at your facility: 1 Pumping the septic tank: You are required to inspect the septic tank at least yearly to determine if solids must be removed or if other maintenance is necessary. Septic tanks should be pumped out every five years or when the solids level is found to be more than 1/3 of the liquid depth in the septic tank compartment, whichever is greater. A pumping company can check the status periodically and determine when pumping is required. Within 30-days of receiving this letter, please send a copy of the most recent receipt/invoice to this office showing the date the septic tank was last checked and/or pumped out. 1 Analyzing the effluent: Part 1. C., Effluent Limitations and Monitoring Requirements, within General Permit NCG550000 requires a permittee to sample and analyze the effluent leaving his/her treatment system prior to discharge annually. Parameters to be sampled and analyzed include Flow, BOD (Biochemical Oxygen Demand), Total Suspended Solids, Fecal Coliform, Total Residual Chlorine, Total Nitrogen, Ammonia and Total Phosphorous. Within 30-days of receiving this letter, please let this office know if you have monitored your effluent discharge within the last 12 months, and provide this office with a copy of the lab results if you have. If you have not monitored your effluent, then please collect a representative sample of the effluent, have it analyzed by a certified commercial laboratory and submit the results to this office no later than September 30, 2021. If, during this time, you are unable to collect a representative sample of the effluent discharge due to insufficient flow from the discharge pipe, then update this office with that information and continue to monitor the discharge and if conditions for sampling become favorable, then arrange to collect a sample.] Failure to monitor the effluent discharge as required is a violation of NPDES General Permit NCG550000. 1 Locations of treatment units are unknown: Within 30-days of receiving this letter, provide this office with a sketch or map of the location of the treatment units (sand filter) in relation to the permitted residence. Page# 2 Permit: NCG551399 Owner - Facility: 4101 Suitt Street Inspection Date: 07/23/2021 inspection Type: Compliance Evaluation Permit (If the present permit expires in 6 months or less). Has the permittee submitted a new application? Comment: Is the facility as described in the permit? # Are there any special conditions for the permit? Is access to the plant site restricted to the general public? Is the inspector granted access to all areas for inspection? Comment: Yes No NA NE ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ DOOD ❑❑❑❑ DODO DODD Page# 3