NCG550679_inspection_20160808

PAT MCCRORY
Governor
DONALD R. VAN DER VAART
Secretary
S. JAY ZIMMERMAN
Water Resources
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
August 8, 2016
Ms. Marit Nelson
100 Briar Patch Lane
Chapel Hill, NC 27516
Subject: Compliance Evaluation Inspection
Single Family Wastewater Treatment System
Permit No. NCG550679
Chatham County
Dear Ms. Nelson:
D/rec/or
On July 14, 2016, Jane Bernard 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:
❑ 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 I Water Resources I Raleigh Regional Office
1628 Mail service Center Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1628
919 791-4200

Ms. Marit Nelson
August 8, 2016
® 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.
❑ 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.
D 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 complete the attached Permit Name/Ownership Change Request within
ten (10) days of receipt of this letter.
If you have questions or comments about this inspection or the requirements to take corrective
action, please contact Jane Bernard 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. j'
Sincere
5
S. Daniel Smith, Supervisor
Water Quality Regional Supervisor
Raleigh Regional Office
Attachments: Inspection Reports
cc: RRO/SWP Files
Charles Weaver, NPDES Permitting Unit

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EPA
United States Environmental Protection Agency
Washington, D.C. 20460
Water Compliance Inspection Report
Section A: National Data System Coding (i.e., PCS)
Form Approved.
OMB No. 2040-0057
Approval expires 8-31-98
Transaction Code NPDES yr/mo/day Inspection Type Inspector Fac Type
1 IN I 2 LI 3 I NCG550679 111 121 16/07/14 117 181,.1 191 c I 201
21LI I I I I I I I I I I I I 1 I I 1 I I I I 1 I I I I I 1
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Inspection Work Days Facility Self -Monitoring Evaluation Rating B1 GA Reserved
70 I I 71 Li 72 I ti I 7311174
31 I 174 751 III I 1 I (80
Section B: Facility Data
Name and Location of Facility Inspected (For Industrial Users discharging to POTW, also Include
POTW name and NPDES permit Number)
100 Briar Patch Lane
100 Briar Patch Ln
Chapel Hill NC 27516
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
Marit Nelson,100 Briar Patch Ln Chapel Hill NC 27516N/
El Permit
Entry Time/Date
09:30AM 18/07/14
Permit Effective Date
13/08/01
Exit Time/Date
09:45AM 16/07/14
Other Facility Data
Contacted
No
Section C: Areas Evaluated During Inspection (Check only those areas evaluated)
Permit Expiration Date
18/07/31
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)
Jane Bernard
re of Mana4ement qA I viewer
EPA Fo3560-3 (Rev 9-94) Previous editiofis are obsolete.
Agency/Office/Phone and Fax Numbers Date
Non Discharge Compliance Unit//919-79
Agency/O ce/Phone and Fax Numbers
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Date
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NPDES yrlmo/day Inspection Type
NCG550679 111 121 16/07/14 J 17 18' C I
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Section D: Summary of Finding/Comments (Attach additional sheets of narrative and checklists as necessary)
Notes in previous inspection that Permittee is using Bio Sanitizer and Bio Neutrilizer. Although all tubes
were empte at the time of this inspection.
Septic tank was pumped out 7-29-16 receipt is in file.
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Permit: NCG550679 Owner - Facility: 100 Briar Patch Lane
Inspection Date: 07/14/2016 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 ❑ ❑ ■ ❑
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:
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