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Home My WebLink AboutNCG550629_Compliance Evaluation Inspection_20221118ROY COOPER Governor ELIZABETH S. RISER Secretary RICHARD E. ROGERS, JR. Director Jeremy Leamer 2414 Orange Factory Road Bahama, NC 27503 N'21.ZIHCAROLINA Environmental Quality November 18, 2022 Subject: Compliance Evaluation Inspection Single Family Wastewater Treatment System NPDES General Permit NCG550000 Certificate of Coverage NCG550629 Facility Name: 2414 Orange Factory Road Durham County Dear Mr. Leamer: On November 7, 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 at 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) NCG550629 authorize the discharge of domestic wastewater from your treatment system to receiving waters designated as unnamed tributary to Little River (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 items below show what conditions were noted at your facility: Findings during the inspection were as follows: I . Treatment system operation: The wastewater treatment system shall be always maintained 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 Uigau+rr.�ofOi1 eeLtl 0:uaN.0.06" North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality 1 Pn ision of Water Resources Raleigh Regional Office 1 18.00 Barren Prue 1 Raleigh. North ( arolina 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 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 and Total Residual Chlorine. During the inspection, you informed the inspector that the effluent has not been monitored within the last 12 months. 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 January 20, 2023. In the last inspection letter dated July 6, 2018, you were requested to sample your effluent and to submit the analytical results to this office. The Raleigh Regional Office has not received the requested results. 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 January 20, 2023. 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. 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." According to the Division of Water Resource's records, the annual fee has not been paid since 2010 and amounts to $780 in unpaid bills. Please contact Charles Weaver at 919.707.3616 to rectify the unpaid annual fees. 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. D_E North Carolina DeparIment of 1 nvironmental Quality 1 Division of Water Resources 512 North Salisbury Street 1 1611 Mail Service Center I Raleigh. North Carolina 27699.1611 919.707.9000 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. 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;/44.4- 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 Laserfiche North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality I Division of Water Resources 512 North Salisbury Street 1 1611 Mail Service Center I Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1611 919 10.9000 ■ ■ 11 ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■m■ ■ -I • - • ■ ■■ ■ ■ • 1 • • 1 ■ 1 • • • • • 7 • - •• • • .iz - - • .I • 7■ v .0 I - ■ me ■ 1 ■ ■ r • II ■ • ■■ • • • .4114 • • United States Environmental Protection Agency E PA Washington, D.C. 20480 Water Compliance Inspection Report Form Approved. OMB No. 2040-0057 Approval expires 8-31-98 Section A: National D_ ata System Coding (i.e., PCS) Transaction Code NPDES yr/mo/day Inspection Ins I 2 IF I 3 I NCG550629 J 11 121 22/11/07 117 Type 18 I r• I 1111111111, Inspector 19 I Fac Type G I 20 J 21111111 11111I1111111111111111111 16 Inspection Work Days Facility Self -Monitoring Evaluation Rating B1 QA 67 701LJ , 1 711LI 72 I i 1 LJ Reserved 731 I 174 71 LLJ 1. 1 1 I I I 18O ISection l3: Facility Data Name and Location of Facility Inspected (For Industrial Users discharging to POTW, also include POTW name and NPDES permit Number) 2414 Orange Factory Road 2414 Orange Factory Rd Bahama NC 27503 Entry Time/Date i 10:43AM 22/11/07 i Permit Effective Date 07/08/01 Exit Time/Date , 10:55AM 22/11/07 - Permit Expiration Date 12/07/31 Name(s) of Onsite Representative(s)Mtles(s)/Phone and Fax Number(s) /1/ Jeremy T Leamer/// Other Facility Data Name, Address of Responsible Official/tle/Phone and Fax Number Contacted Jeremy T Leamer,2414 Orange Factory Rd Bahama NC 27503/// No Section C: Areas Evaluated During Inspection (Check only those areas evaluated) Permit Records/Reports NI 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 Dale Mitchell S Hayes DWR/RRO WQ/919-791-4200/ 4..Ig2 57 �I 1 UVr nk Doi i Z Signature of Management Q A Reviewer Agency/Office/Phone and Fax Numbers Y10-4-e...444...._ (-'• lictrt__A. Wyr-..^, Leye Date ( X Z02-2-- EPA Form 3560-3 (Rev 9-94) Previous editions are obsolete. Page# 1 1 NPDES NCG550629 yr/mo/day 22/11/07 117 Inspection Type 18 LI 1 Section D: Summary of Finding/Comments (Attach additional sheets of narrative and checklists as necessary) Could not locate chlorinator, discharge pipe. No indication of sewage on ground. Annual fees have not been paid since 2010. Page# 2 Permit: NCG550629 Owner - Facility: 2414 Orange Factory Road Inspection Date: 11/07/2022 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 ❑ ❑ 0 application? Is the facility as described in the permit? 0 0 • 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. Permit is expired. Could not locate any units. Record Keeping Yes No NA NE Are records kept and maintained as required by the permit? 0 ❑ Is all required information readily available, complete and current? 0 El ❑ 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 Is the chain -of -custody complete? 0 • 0 0 Dates, times and location of sampling ❑ Name of individual performing the sampling ❑ Results of analysis and calibration ❑ Dates of analysis ❑ Name of person performing analyses ❑ Transported COCs ❑ Are DMRs complete: do they include all permit parameters? 0 ❑ El 0 Has the facility submitted its annual compliance report to users and DWQ? 0 ❑ • 0 (If the facility is = or > 5 MGD permitted flow) Do they operate 24/7 with a certified ❑ ❑ • 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 ❑ • ❑ Is the backup operator certified at one grade less or greater than the facility 0 0 IN 0 classification? Is a copy of the current NPDES permit available on site? ❑ ❑ ❑ Facility has copy of previous year's Annual Report on file for review? ❑ 0 • ❑ Comment: Analyses of effluent is not being done. There are no records to check. Page# 3 II II • .. II .1 ■ m■ -I ...m . ■■ • .I. . .. Mmll.M. .I ■ ii .. lino - . . . • . .T 'W■I ti 1 ■1 11 . .. - . `' fi II 11 11 II • -11J • ■ - • • r 7 ■ ■ ■ ' 1 1 • ■ • • • 1 • r • - • • .. • • • • •