NCG550141_inspection_20150622

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NCDENR
North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Pat McCrory Donald R. van der Vaart
Governor Secretary
June 22, 2015
Mr. and Mrs. Spence Foscue
404 Morgan Creek Rd
Chapel Hill, NC 27514
Subject: Compliance Evaluation Inspection
Single Family Wastewater Treatment System
Permit No. NCG550141
Orange County
Mr. and Mrs. Foscue:
IRECnVED
JUN 2 5 2015
CENTRAL FILES
DWR SECTION
On June 11, 2015 Autumn Romanski from the Raleigh Regional Office visited your single-family
residence (SFR) wastewater treatment system to evaluate compliance with the above permit to discharge
wastewater. The checked boxes below show what conditions were noted at your facility: Thank you for
the follow-up phone call on June 22, 2015.
In Compliance. You are reminded to regularly maintain the chlorine disinfection and
dechlorination systems, and have the septic tank pumped out every 3 to 5 years. Please see page
2 of this letter for comment on effluent sampling once a year.
❑ 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)cniSince 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/UV bulb maintenance need. 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. You are responsible for replacing UV bulbs and UV treatment system repairs as needed.
North Carolina Division of Water Resources Raleigh Regional Operations Phone [phone] Customer Service 877-623-6748
Internet: www.ncwaterquality.org 1628 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-1628 FAX [phone] One
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❑ 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.
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❑ Pumping the septic tank. You are to have the septic tank pumped out every 3 to 5 years. A
pumping company can check the status periodically and determine when pumping is required.
fEj Failure to analyze the effluent from your system once each year. See Part I(A) of your
permit about his requirement. A list of laboratories in NC certified to provide this service was
provided. Please review the information provided on Field Sampling and Labs. I understand
home has only two residents, but the system was sized for a 5 bedroom house. Low flow to no
flow, may make it difficult to collect an adequate volume for a representative sample of the
effluent annually. If there is adequate flow, please sample and submit results annually.
❑ 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.
If you have questions or comments about this inspection or the requirements to take corrective action,
please contact Autumn Romanski at 919-791-4255. 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.
foo Sincerely,
S. Daniel Smith, Supervisor
Water Quality Regional Operations Section
Raleigh Regional Office
Attachments
cc: RRO/DWR Files
Central Files

EPA
United States Environmental Protection Agency
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 Type Inspector Fac Type
1 LJ 2 LJ 3 I NCG550141 111 121 15/06/11 J17 181,.1 19I I 20' I
211111 I I I I I I II I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I II I l l l I r6
Inspection Work Days Facility Self -Monitoring Evaluation Rating B1 QA --- Reserved
67I I 70I I 71 I I 72 I N I 73I I 174 79 11 I I 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)
404 Morgan Creek Road
404 Morgan Creek Rd
Chapel Hill NC 27514
Entry Time/Date
08:20AM 15/06/11
Permit Effective Date
13/08/01
Exit Time/Date
08:30AM 15/06/11
Permit Expiration Date
18/07/31
Name(s) of Onsite Representative(s)/Titles(s)/Phone and Fax Number(s)
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Name, Address of Responsible Official/Title/Phone and Fax Number
Spence M Foscue,404 Morgan Cr Rd Chapel Hill NC 27514//919-967-1885/
Contacted
No
Other Facility Data
Section C: Areas Evaluated During Inspection (Check only those areas evaluated)
I. 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)
Autumn H Romanski
SigyFatuie of Management Q
EPA Form 356(Rev 9-94) Previous editions are obsolete.
Agency/Office/Phone and Fax Numbers Date
RRO WQ//919-791-4247/
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Agency/Office/Phone and Fax Number Date
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NPDES
NCG550141
111 121
yr/mo/day
15/06/11
I Inspection Type
17 1 18 LI
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Section D: Summary of Finding/Comments (Attach additional sheets of narrative and checklists as necessary)
The permittee was in compliance with the permit requirements with the exception of annual sampling.
Low to no flow inhibits the ability to get a representative sample. The permit was requested to sample
as flow permits.
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Permit: NCG550141
Inspection Date: 06/11/2015
Owner -Facility: 404 Morgan Creek Road
Inspection Type: Compliance Evaluation
Permit Yes No NA NE
(If the present permit expires in 6 months or less). Has the permittee submitted a new • ❑ ❑ 0
application?
Is the facility as described in the permit? 0 0 0
# Are there any special conditions for the permit? 0 0 • 0
Is access to the plant site restricted to the general public? 0 0 NI 0
Is the inspector granted access to all areas for inspection? 0 0 0
Comment: The permittee was out of town, but reached by phone the day of the site visit.
The permittee followed up with DWR on June 22th, with questions on chlorine tablets -
Inspector explained that low to no flow to move through the tablets may cause them to dry
and crumble. The home is a 5 bedroom home (oversized system) for only 2 current
residents. Recommended that the permittee continue to check the supply frequently in
order that tablets are there at which point in time the system does finally discharge some
flow. This may include use of fewer tablets as usage is low. with more frequent checks of
the tablets conditions.
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
lit?
(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 as needed.
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)
Yes No NA NE
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Permit: NCG550141 Owner- Facility: 404 Morgan Creek Road
Inspection Date: 06/11/2015
Inspection Type: Compliance Evaluation
Sand Filters (Low rate) Yes No NA NE
Comment: Wooded neighborhood and landscaped - older filter system installed in 1993.
Disinfection -Tablet
Are tablet chlorinators operational?
Are the tablets the proper size and type?
Number of tubes in use?
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?
Yes No NA NE
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Comment: In this case it is hard to discern the chlorine residual, as tablets break apart from drying due
to low to no flow.
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