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Home My WebLink AboutNCG550812_Compliance Evaluation Inspection_20221005ROY COOPER Governor ELIZABE'TH S. BISER Secretary RICHARD E. ROGERS, JR. Director Dwight Walker 6926 Windover Drive Durham, NC 27712 NORTH CAROLINA Environmental Qualtty October 5, 2022 Subject: Compliance Evaluation Inspection Single Family Wastewater Treatment System NPDES General Permit NCG550000 Certificate of Coverage NCG550812 Facility Name: 6926 Windover Drive Durham County Dear Mr. Walker: On September 29, 2022, Mitch Hayes from the Raleigh Regional Office visited your single- family residence (SFR) wastewater treatment system to evaluate compliance with the subject General NPDES Permit. No one was home during the inspection. Our records indicate the treatment system consists of a septic tank, sub -surface sand filter, tablet chlorinator with chlorine contact chamber, and discharge pipe. General NPDES Permit NCG550000 and Certificate of Coverage (COC) NCG550812 authorize the discharge of domestic wastewater from your treatment system to receiving waters designated as an unnamed tributary to the Little River classified (WS-II, NSW, HQW, 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 items below show what conditions were noted at your facility: Findings during the inspection were as follows: 1. Treatment system operation: The wastewater treatment system shall be maintained at all times to prevent seepage of sewage to the surface of the ground. 2. 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 North Carolina Department ;f Environmental Quality I Division cf Water Resources Raleigh Regional Office 1 3800 Barrett Drive 1 Raleigh, North Carolina 27609 919 791.4200 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. 3. Analyzing the effluent: Part 1. C., Effluent Limitations and Monitoring Requirements, within General Permit NCGS50000 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 and Total Residual Chlorine. 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 December 5, 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. 4. 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 chlorinator and discharge pipe in relation to the permitted residence. 5. 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. The end of discharge pipe was not visible nor accessible the day of the inspection. To comply with the general permit monitoring requirements, you need to be able to sample and analyze the effluent from your SFR system through the discharge pipe. You need to keep the area around the discharge pipe cleared of vegetation, soil and leaves. Please take the necessary steps to ensure the discharge outlet is visible and accessible. Maintaining the area will allow you to monitor the discharge and to collect effluent samples as required by the subject permit. 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 in items 2, 3, 4, and 5 above. North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality I Division of Water Resources 512 North Salisbury Street 1161I Mail Service Center I Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1611 919.707 9000 If you have questions or comments about this inspection or the requirements to take corrective action (if applicable), then please contact Mitch Hayes at 919-791-4261. Sincerely, 7.74'771 7. /74c 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: R.R4443WP Laserfiche North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality 1 Division of Water Resources 512 North Salisbury Street F 1611 Mail Service Censer I Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-161 1 919 707 9000 n ■ ■ • 'I I tiPr� •.1. 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 IN I 2 j5 j 3 1 NCG550812 111 12 22/09/29 17 Type 181 , I I I I 1 I Inspector 19 I Fac Type ±~ I 2011 211 I I 1 I I 1 I I I I I 1 I I I I 1 I 1 I I 1 I I I L 1 I I I I I 1 I I I t66 I Inspection Work Days Facility Self -Monitoring Evaluation Rating B1 QA 671 I 701zLJ I 71 I I 72 1 N 1 LJ Reserved 731 1 174 7� 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) 6926 Windover Drive 6926 Windover Dr Durham NC 27712 Entry Time/Date 11:23AM 22/09/29 Permit Effective Date ' 21/08/31 Exit Time/Date 11:33AM 22/09/29 Permit Expiration Date P 25/10/31 Name(s) of Onsite Representative(s)Mtles(s)/Phone and Fax Number(s) 1/1 Dwight Walker//919-479-8077 / f Other Facility Data Name, Address of Responsible Officialftle/Phone and Fax Number Dwight Walker,6926 Windover Dr Durham NC 2771211919-479-80771 Contacted No Section C: Areas Evaluated During Inspection (Check only those areas evaluated) Permit Records/Reports Facility Site Review 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 Mitchell S Hayes DWR/RRO WQ/919-791-4200/ Signature of Management Q A Reviewer Agency/Office/Phone and Fax Numbers Date 5. qti- l 1/1.3 2— a-74 7 ZZ EPA Form 3560-3 (Rev 9-94) Previous editions are obsolete. Page# 1 1 NPDES yrlmo/day NCG550812 111 1 1 22/09/29 E17 Inspection Type 18 i fj 1 Section D: Summary of Finding/Comments (Attach additional sheets of narrative and checklists as necessary) Could not locate chlorinator or the discharge pipe. No indication of surfacing sewage. No records of effluent analyses on file. Page# 2 Permit: NCG550812 Owner - Facility: 6926 Windover Drive Inspection Date: 09/29/2022 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: Sandfilter discharges to an UT to the Little River WSII. HQW. NSW. Yes No NA NE ❑ ❑ • ❑ • ❑ ❑ ❑ • ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ • ❑ • ❑ ❑ ❑ Record Keeping Yes No NA NE Are records kept and maintained as required by the permit? 0 • 0 0 Is all required information readily available, complete and current? 0 0 0 Are all records maintained for 3 years (lab. reg. required 5 years)? 0 • ❑ 0 Are analytical results consistent with data reported on DMRs? 0 0 • 0 Is the chain -of -custody complete? 0 0 • 0 Dates, times and location of sampling ❑ Name of individual performing the sampling 0 Results of analysis and calibration ❑ Dates of analysis 0 Name of person performing analyses ❑ Transported COCs ❑ Are DMRs complete: do they include all permit parameters? 0 0 • 0 Has the facility submitted its annual compliance report to users and DWQ? 0 0 • 0 (If the facility is = or > 5 MGD permitted flow) Do they operate 24/7 with a certified 0 0 • 0 operator on each shift? Is the ORC visitation log available and current? ❑ 0 • 0 Is the ORC certified at grade equal to or higher than the facility classification? 0 0 • 0 Is the backup operator certified at one grade less or greater than the facility 0 0 • 0 classification? Is a copy of the current NPDES permit available on site? 0 0 0 • Facility has copy of previous year's Annual Report on file for review? 0 0 • 0 Comment: No records in file. Have requested records. Page# 3 1 .1 1 m.. -Ii� 1 1 • 1 _r - - . 1 ■ • 7