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Home My WebLink AboutNCG550577_NOV-2022-PC_20220414ROY COOPER Governor ELIZABETH S. BISER. Secretary RICHARD E. ROGERS, JR. Director CERTIFIED MAIL RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED 7017 2680 0000 2236 8198 Ms. Gwendolyn Laney 2811 Dublin Street Durham, NC 27704 NORTH CAROLINA Environmental Quality April 14, 2022 Subject: Notice of Violation NOV-2022-PC Single Family Wastewater Treatment System General NPDES Permit NCG550000 Certificate of Coverage NCG550577 Facility: 2811 Dublin Street Durham County Dear Ms. Gwendolyn Laney: On February 28, 2022, Jane Bernard from the Raleigh Regional Office attempted to inspect your single-family residence (SFR) wastewater treatment system to evaluate compliance with the subject General NPDES Permit. General NPDES Permit NCG550000 and Certificate of Coverage (COC) NCG550577 authorize the discharge of domestic wastewater from your treatment system to receiving waters designated as Ellerbe Creek (classified WS-IV; 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. The General NPDES Permit requires the permittee to retain records associated with sewage disposal activities for a period of at least 5 years. ® Chlorine tablets in the chlorinator: You are reminded that it is required that chlorine tablets be maintained in the chlorinator to ensure proper disinfection of the discharged wastewater. Chlorine tablets provide effective disinfection and prevent/limit harmful bacteria from discharging to the environment. The product label for these tablets must indicate the tablets are approved for wastewater use and not for swimming pools. Part 1, Section D (1) of General NPDES Permit NCG550000 requires the permittee to inspect the tablet chlorinator weekly to ensure there is an adequate supply of tablets for continuous and proper operation. Section D (4) requires the permittee to maintain all system North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality 1 Division of Water Resources Raleigh Regional Office 1 3800 Barrett Drive 1 Raleigh, North Carolina 27609 919.791.4200 components, including...disinfection units...at all times and in good operating order. The inspector observed chlorine tablets in the chlorinator. Please ensure the correct type of tablets are used and maintained in the chlorinator as required by the General NPDES Permit. ® 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 June 30, 2022. 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. ® Locations of treatment units are unknown or altered: Within 30-days of receiving this letter, provide this office with a sketch or map of the location of the treatment units in relation to the permitted residence. At the time of this inspection the discharge line was no longer being used. A temporary pump was in the pump tank pumping to a green garden hose that ran to the back part of the property discharging to the approximate location of the discharge pipe. The pump appears to be running continuously but only moving a small amount of waste from the pump tank. Ms. Laney stated that the repairs were made after a tree fell on the original tank. The Chlorinator is suspected to go to the original tank and not to the repair/replacement tank (according to Ms. Laney). The Division does not have a record of the repair/modification. Please submit the engineered documents showing the new tank and the layout of the facility. This should include the chlorinator and pump information that is currently in use. Documents should be submitted within 90 da s of receiving this letter. ® Discharge outlet location. The permittee is required to conduct a visual review of the outfall location at least twice each year (one at the time of sampling) to ensure that no visible solids or other obvious evidence of system malfunctioning is observed. Any visible signs of a malfunctioning system shall be documented and steps taken to correct the problem. At the time of this inspection the discharge pipe was visible and accessible. A temporary pump was in the pump tank pumping to a green garden hose that ran to the back part of the property discharging to the approximate location of the discharge pipe. The pump appears to be running continuously but only moving a small amount of waste from the pump tank. The Division does not have a record of the repair/modification. Please submit the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality I Division of Water Resources 512 North Salisbury Street 1 1611 Mail Service Center 1 Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1611 919 707 9000 "engineered" documents showing the new tank and the layout of the facility. This should include the chlorinator and pump information that is currently in use. Documents should be submitted within 90 days of receiving this letter. Part II Section B.14 of General Permit NCG550000 requires the permittee to "pay the annual administering and compliance monitoring fee within thirty days after being billed by the Division." At the time of this letter all fees are current. The wastewater treatment system should be periodically inspected 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, 4/1 I Vanessa E. 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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 IN I 2 h I 3 1 NCG550577 111 121 22/02/28 117 Type 181 Lies 11111111111 Inspector Fac Type 191 G I 20L] 21111111 11111111111111111111 11111 166 Inspection Work Days Facility Self -Monitoring Evaluation Rating B1 QA 67 701 LJ I 711 Li I 72 1 N 1 LJ Reserved 73I 1 �74 79 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 oermit Number) 2811 Dublin Street 2811 Dublin St Durham NC 27704 Entry Time/Date 12:OOPM 22/02/28 Permit Effective Date 21/12/17 Exit Time/Date 12:50PM 22/02/28 Permit Expiration Date 25/10/31 Name(s) of Onsite Representative(s)/Titles(s)1Phone and Fax Number(s) 111 Other Facility Data Name, Address of Responsible Official/Title/Phone and Fax Number Contacted Gwendolyn F Laney,2811 Dublin St Durham NC 27704111 No Section C: Areas Evaluated During Inspection (Check only those areas evaluated) Permit 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 DWRJNon Discharge Compliance Unit/919-791-4200/ �! -.INS 1 . 13: 4 I 9 - t7 9 / - L./,9 33 `/ / /3/.2.-- Signat a of Management Q A Reviewer Agency/Office/Phone and Fax Numbers 9i «23 Date �jy.,:t /., Ze,u ?/7„4.r 9— EPA Form 3560-3 (Rev 9-94) Previous editions are obsolete. Page# 1 NPDES yrlmo/day NCG550577 111 11 22/02/28 117 Inspection Type 18 Lc j (Cont.) 1 Section D: Summary of Finding/Comments (Attach additional sheets of narrative and checklists as necessary) 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. The General NPDES Permit requires the permittee to retain records associated with sewage disposal activities for a period of at least 5 years. Chlorine tablets in the chlorinator: You are reminded that it is required that chlorine tablets be maintained in the chlorinator to ensure proper disinfection of the discharged wastewater. Chlorine tablets provide effective disinfection and prevent/limit harmful bacteria from discharging to the environment. The product label for these tablets must indicate the tablets are approved for wastewater use and not for swimming pools. Part 1, Section D (1) of General NPDES Permit NCG550000 requires the permittee to inspect the tablet chlorinator weekly to ensure there is an adequate supply of tablets for continuous and proper operation. Section D (4) requires the permittee to maintain all system components, including...disinfection units...at all times and in good operating order. The inspector observed chlorine tablets in the chlorinator. Please ensure the correct type of tablets are used and maintained in the chlorinator as required by the General NPDES Permit. 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 June 30, 2022. 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. Locations of treatment units are unknown or altered: Within 30-days of receiving this letter, provide this office with a sketch or map of the location of the treatment units in relation to the permitted residence. At the time of this inspection the discharge line was no longer being used. A temporary pump was in the pump tank pumping to a green garden hose that ran to the back part of the property discharging to the approximate location of the discharge pipe. The pump appears to be running continuously but only moving a small amount of waste from the pump tank. Ms. Laney stated that the repairs were made after a tree fell on the original tank. The Chlorinator is suspected to go to the original tank and not to the repair/replacement tank (according to Ms. Laney). The Division does not have a record of the repair/modification. Please submit the engineered documents showing the new tank and the layout of the facility. This should include the chlorinator and pump information that is currently in use. Documents should be submitted within 90 days of receiving this letter. Discharge outlet location. The permittee is required to conduct a visual review of the outfall location at least twice each year (one at the time of sampling) to ensure that no visible solids or other obvious evidence of system malfunctioning is observed. Any visible signs of a malfunctioning system shall be documented and steps taken to correct the problem. At the time of this inspection the discharge pipe was visible and accessible. A temporary pump was in the pump tank pumping to a green garden Page# 2 Permit: NCG550577 Owner - Facility: 2811 Dublin Street Inspection Date: 02/28/2022 Inspection Type: Compliance Evaluation hose that ran to the back part of the property discharging to the approximate location of the discharge pipe. The pump appears to be running continuously but only moving a small amount of waste from the pump tank. The Division does not have a record of the repair/modification. Please submit the "engineered" documents showing the new tank and the layout of the facility. This should include the chlorinator and pump information that is currently in use. Documents should be submitted within 90 days of receiving this letter. Page# 3 Permit: NCG550577 Owner - Facility: 2811 Dublin Street Inspection Date: 02/28/2022 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? 0 • ❑ ❑ # Are there any special conditions for the permit? ❑ 0 • 0 Is access to the plant site restricted to the general public? • 0 0 ❑ Is the inspector granted access to all areas for inspection? • 0 0 ❑ Comment: System has been modified see summary Page# 4