WQ0001122_Compliance Evaluation Inspection

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ROY COOPER
Governor
ELIZABETH S. BISER
Secretary
RICHARD E. ROGERS, JR.
Director
Preston Curtis
8200 East Nash Street
Spring Hope, NC 27882
Mr. Curtis,
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
December 8, 2023
Subject:
Compliance Evaluation Inspection
Permit # WQ0001122
Facility: 8200 East Nash Street
Nash County
On December 4, 2023, Jim Westcott from the Raleigh Regional Office visited your Single-
family residence wastewater treatment and spray irrigation system to evaluate compliance
with the subject permit. The assistance of Mr. Curtis at the time of inspection was
appreciated.
The facility is permitted for the operation 900 gallon per minute (GPM) wastewater
treatment and closed loop recycle facility consisting of a 2.15 million gallon (MG) settling
lagoon with recycle of wastewater back into the manufacturing facility; and all associated
piping, valves, controls, and appurtenances with no discharge of wastes to surface waters.
The permit, which was issued March 25, 2019, is effective through January 31, 2025.
Division records indicate the required annual fee for the period ending December 31, 2023,
due January 1, 2023, has been paid_
Findings during the inspection were as follows:
NORTH CAROLINAD � �
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality I Division of Water Resources
Raleigh Regional Office 1 3800 Barrett Drive I Raleigh, North Carolina 27609
919.791.4200

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1. Treatment system Operation: The wastewater treatment system shall be
effectively maintained and always operated so there is no discharge to surface
waters, nor any contravention of groundwater or surface water standards.
At the time of inspection, the permittee gave a comprehensive tour of the facility.
The treatment system lagoon is currently not in service and has been offline
since 2002. The discharge lines from the lagoon have been removed. The lagoon
freeboard was within the required + 2 ft. at the time of inspection.
2. Proper Operation and Maintenance: At the time of inspection, the facility
perimeter fencing was secured. The facility has three monitoring wells on site
although sampling had been suspended when the original facility was removed
from operation in 2002a The Permittee is required to notify the division in
writing prior to future operations to ensure a startup inspection is conducted.
Sampling of monitoring wells MW-1, MW-2 and MW-3 are required to be
sampled within three months prior to resuming closed -loop recycle operations
and each November annually thereafter should the facility be in service.
Please continue to periodically inspect and evaluate the wastewater spray irrigation
system components are properly maintained and operating as designed. Maintain all
associated operational records onsite for a period of five years as required by the subject
permit.
If you have questions or comments about this inspection or the requirements to take
corrective action (if applicable), then please contact Jim Westcott at
[e-mail] or 919-791-4247.
Sincerely,
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Vanessa E. Manuel, Assistant Regional Supervisor
Water Quality Regional Operations Section
Raleigh Regional Office
Division of Water Resources, NCDEQ
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512 North Salisbury Street 1 1611 Mail Service Center I Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1611
NORTH CAROLINA 919.707.9000
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REQ5 North Carolina Department ofEnvironmental Quality I Division ofWater Resources
512 North Salisbury Street 1 1611 Mail Service Center I Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1611
NORTH CAROLINA 919.707.9000
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