NCG550053_Compliance Evaluation Inspection_20150915

NCDENR
North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Pat McCrory Donald R. van der Vaart
Governor Secretary
September 15,2015 RECEIVED
Laurence Spezzano SEP 21 2015
6225 Doyle Road CENTRAL FILES
Durham,NC 27712 DWR SECTION
Subject: Compliance Evaluation Inspection
Single Family Wastewater Treatment System
6225 Doyle Road,Durham,NC 27712
Permit No.NCG550053
Durham County
Dear Mr. Spezzano:
Durham County tax records list you and Rachel Offerdahl as the owners of the home listed at the subject address.
Please fill out the attached name/ownership change form and mail it to the address listed at the bottom of page 2
of the form.
On July 28, 2015, Mitch Hayes from the Raleigh Regional Office visited the 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 30 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.
kind: You are responsible for always havingchlorine
Treatment tablets missingor are wrongki d
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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.
❑ 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
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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.
E 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:
If you have questions or comments about this inspection or the requirements to take corrective action, please
contact Mitch Hayes 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.
Sincerely,
S. Daniel Smith,Regional Supervisor
Water Quality Regional Operations Section
Raleigh Regional Office
cc: RRO/SWP Files
Central Files
Attachments

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United States Environmental Protection Agency Form Approved.
EPA Washington,D.C.20460 OMB No.2040-0057
Water Compliance Inspection Report 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 2 Li 3 I NCG550053 I11 12 I 15/07/28 117 18 I,.I 19 i I 2011
21IIIIII I11111111II IIIIIII I I IIIII IIIIIIIIIII r6
Inspection Work Days Facility Self-Monitoring Evaluation Rating B1 QA Reserved
67 I I 70 h I 71 Li 72 u 73 I I I74 751 I I I I I I 18O
I� Section B:Facility Data
Name and Location of Facility Inspected(For Industrial Users discharging to POTW,also include Entry Time/Date Permit Effective Date
POTW name and NPDES permit Number) 01:15PM 15/07/28 12/08/01
6225 Doyle Road
6225 Doyle Rd Exit Time/Date Permit Expiration Date
01:25PM 15/07/28 13/07/31
Durham NC 27712
Name(s)of Onsite Representative(s)/Tities(s)/Phone and Fax Number(s) Other Facility Data
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• Charles C Caison//919-471-3074/
Name,Address of Responsible Official/Title/Phone and Fax Number
Contacted
Charles C Caison,6225 Doyle Rd Durham NC 27712//919-471-3074/
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Section C:Areas Evaluated During Inspection(Check only those areas evaluated)
El Permit NI Records/Reports Facility Site Review III Effluent/Receiving Waters
Section D:Summary of Finding/Comments(Attach additional sheets of narrative and checklists as necessary)
(See attachment summary)
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Name(s)and Signature(s)of Inspector(s) Agency/Office/Phone and Fax Numbers Date
Mitchell S Hayes • RRO WQ//919-791-4200/
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Si (atur of Management Q A Rev' er, ' / Agenc/Office/Phone and Fax Numbers Date •
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EPA Form 3560-3( ev 9-94)Previous editions are obsolete.
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NPDES yr/mo/day Inspection Type 1
31
N C G 550053 1
1 121 15/07/28 117 18
Section D:Summary of Finding/Comments(Attach additional sheets of narrative and checklists as necessary)
According to file records, the waste treatment system consists of the following:septic tank, distribution
box with three lines; 5 feet wide by 65 feet long sandfilter bed with three lines; chlorinator/contact tank;
discharge pipe.There were chlorinator tablets installed in the chlorinator.There was no discharge at
the time of inspection.Area around the discharge pipe was dry.
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Permit: NCG550053 Owner-Facility: 6225 Doyle Road
Inspection Date: 07/28/2015 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 • 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 MI 0
Is the inspector granted access to all areas for inspection? I 0 0 0
Comment:
Record Keeping Yes No NA NE
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Are records kept and maintained as required by the permit? I 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 11 ❑
Is the chain-of-custody complete? 0 0 I 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
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 operator 0 0 I 0
on each shift?
Is the ORC visitation log available and current? 0 0 • 0
Is the ORC certified at grade equal to or higher than the facility classification? 0 0 11 0
Is the backup operator certified at one grade less or greater than the facility classification? 0 0 11 0
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 I 0
Comment: No one was home at the time of inspection.There were no records to check.
Effluent Pipe Yes No NA NE
Is right of way to the outfall properly maintained? • 0 0 0
Are the receiving water free of foam other than trace amounts and other debris? 0 0 IN 0
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Permit: NCG550053 Owner-Facility: 6225 Doyle Road
Inspection Date: 07/28/2015 Inspection Type: Compliance Evaluation
Effluent Pipe Yes No NA NE
If effluent (diffuser pipes are required) are they operating properly? ❑ ❑ • ❑
Comment: There was no discharge at the time of inspection.
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