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Home My WebLink AboutNCG550771_inspection_20160414PAT MCCRORY Water Resources ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY April 14, 2016 Valentenio Belton 1521 S Mineral Springs Road Durham, NC 27703 Governor DONALD R. VAN DER VAART Secretary S. JAY ZIMMERMAN Director RECEIVED/NCDEQ/DWR APR 1 9 2016 Water Quality Permitting Section Subject: Compliance Evaluation Inspection 1521 S Mineral Springs Road Single Family Wastewater Treatment System Permit No. NCG550771 Durham County Dear Belton, On date inspector from the Raleigh Regional Office visited your single-family residence (SFR) wastewater treatment system to evaluate compliance with the above permit to discharge wastewater. Your assistance during the inspection 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 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. State of North Carolina I Environmental Quality Water Resources 1628 Mail Service Center 1 Raleigh, North Carolina 27609-1628 919 7914200 ❑ 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. El 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 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. A list 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 unknown: Determine this and report to this office within 30 days of receipt of this letter with a sketch or map. ® Other: Please fill out the Change of Ownership form I gave you during the inspection and mail it to the address on the last page. The permit does not transfer with the property. If you have questions or comments about this inspection or the requirements to take corrective action, please contact the inspector 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. Sincerely, �J ' ✓l1/ie S. Daniel Smith, Supervisor Water Quality Regional Supervisor Raleigh Regional Office Attachments cc: RRO/SWP Files NPDES Permitting Unit Files — Charles Weaver United States Environmental Protection Agency EPA Washington, D.C. 20480 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 ILL' 2 El 3 1 NCG550771 111 121 16/04/11 117 Type 18 I I IIII11I Inspector 19 I Fac Type G I 20I I 211I1111 1111111 I111 1111111 111111I I1 11166 Inspection Work Days Facility Self -Monitoring Evaluation Rating B1 QA ----------- ----- Reserved------------ 67 I 70 I I_I 1 71 I I 72 I i I 73 I I 174 75IJ 1LiI I I (80 1 11111 Section B: FacilityiData Name and Location of Facility Inspected (For Industrial Users discharging to POTW, also include POTW name and NPDES permit Number) 1521 South Mineral Springs Road 1521 S Mineral Spring Durham NC 27703 Entry Time/Date 10:42AM 16/04/11 Permit Effective Date 13/08/01 Exit Time/Date 11:OOAM 16/04/11 Permit Expiration Date 18/07/31 Name(s) of Onsite Representative(s)rtles(s)/Phone and Fax Number(s) /// Other Facility Data Name, Address of Responsible Official/Title/Phone and Fax Number Contacted Aristotelis Tsoumbos,1521 S Mineral Spring Durham NC 2770311919-596-0955/ Yes Section C: Areas Evaluated During Inspection (Check only those areas evaluated) Permit II Operations & Maintenance 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 Erin M Deck RRO VVQ//919-791-4200/ /� / 776(1 / - 2/4 -22/6 Ca6(Z Acce/Phon and Fax Nuummbers Date Si atu e of Manageme A Rev' #.1, 1/ //:)°) / EPA Form $560-3 (Rev 9-94) Previous editions are obsolete. Page# 1 sI NPDES NCG550771 111 121 yr/mo/day 16/04/11 117 Inspection Type 18121 1 Section D: Summary of Finding/Comments (Attach additional sheets of narrative and checklists as necessary) Mr. Valentenio Belton bought the property a few years ago. Gave homeowner the change of name form. They had the septic pumped shortly after they moved in. They have maintained the outfall area. Unable to open CI chamber. Page# 2 Permit: NCG550771 Inspection Date: 04/11/2016 Owner -Facility: 1521 South Mineral Springs Road Inspection Type: Compliance Evaluation Permit (If the present permit expires in 6 months or less). Has the permittee submitted a new application? 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: Operations & Maintenance Is the plant generally clean with acceptable housekeeping? Does the facility analyze process control parameters, for ex: MLSS, MCRT, Settleable Solids, pH, DO, Sludge Judge, and other that are applicable? Comment: Septic Tank (If pumps are used) Is an audible and visual alarm operational? Is septic tank pumped on a schedule? Are pumps or syphons operating properly? Are high and low water alarms operating properly? Comment: pumped 3 or 4 year ago. Sand Filters (Low rate) (If pumps are used) Is an audible and visible alarm Present and operational? Is the distribution box level and watertight? Is sand filter free of ponding? Is the sand filter effluent re -circulated at a valid ratio? # 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) Comment: Yes No NA NE. ❑ ❑ ❑ ▪ ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ ■ ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ • ❑ ▪ ❑ ❑ ❑ Yes No NA NE ❑ ❑ • ❑ ❑ ❑ IN ❑ Yes No NA NE ❑ ❑ • ❑ • ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ 11 ❑ ❑ ❑ • ❑ Yes No NA NE ❑ ❑ OM ❑ ❑ ❑ • ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ • ▪ ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ • Disinfection -Tablet Yes No NA NE Are tablet chlorinators operational? • 0 0 0 Are the tablets the proper size and type? ❑ ❑ 0 • Number of tubes in use? 2 Page# 3 Permit: NCG550771 Owner - Facility: 1521 South Mineral Springs Road Inspection Date: 04/11/2016 Inspection Type: Compliance Evaluation Disinfection -Tablet Yes No NA NE Is the level of chlorine residual acceptable? Is the contact chamber free of growth, or sludge buildup? Is there chlorine residual prior to de -chlorination? Comment: unable to open ❑ ❑ ❑ • ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ II Page# 4