NCG550408_ncg550408 CEI letter 2024_20240705

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ROY COOPER
Governor
ELIZABETH S.BISER - f,z.V' a2
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RICHARD E.ROGERS,JR. NORTH CAROLINA
Director Environmental Quality
July 5, 2024
Leonard N. Gunter
179 Asbury Church Road
Sanford,NC 27330
Subject: Compliance Evaluation Inspection
Single Family Wastewater Treatment System
179 Ashbury Church Road
Certificate of Coverage NCG550408
Chatham County
Dear Mr. Gunter:
On June 19, 2024, Danny Smith from the Raleigh Regional Office of the Division of Water
Resources (DWR) visited your single-family residence (SFR)wastewater treatment system to
evaluate compliance with the subject General NPDES Permit.
This wastewater treatment system is located at 179 Asbury Church Road, in Chatham County
NC and is currently permitted to Leonard Gunter.
General NPDES Permit NCG550000 and Certificate of Coverage (COC)NCG550408 authorize
this discharge of domestic wastewater from your treatment system to receiving waters designated
as unnamed tributary to Rocky River in the Cape Fear River Basin. This authorized discharge is
in accordance with the effluent limits and monitoring requirements established within the
General Permit.
The subject site visit and file review revealed the following:
1. Pumping the septic tank: Septic tanks should be pumped out approximately 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.
The General NPDES Permit requires the permittee to retain records associated with
sewage disposal activities for a period of at least S years.
2. 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 are intended to provide effective disinfection and
prevent/limit harmful bacteria from discharging to the environment. The product label
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality I Division of Water ResourcesRaleigh Regional Office 1 3800 Barrett Drive I Raleigh,North Carolina 27609
NORTH CAROLINA 919.791.4200
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179 Asbury Church Road
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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.
Please continue to ensure the correct type of tablets are used and maintained in the
chlorinator as required by the General NPDES Permit. Please be sure to keep records of
this nature available for your reference and used during future inspections.
3. Discharge outlet location. The permittee is required to conduct a visual review of the
outfall location at least twice each year(once 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.
To comply with the general permit monitoring requirements,you need to be able to
sample and analyze the effluent. Please continue to take the necessary steps to ensure the
discharge outlet is identifiable/visible and accessible. Maintaining the area will allow
you to monitor the discharge and to collect effluent samples as required by the subject
permit.
4. Analyzing the effluent: Part 1. C.,Effluent Limitations and Monitoring Requirements,
within General Permit NCG550000 requires a permittee to sample and analyze the
effluent(wastewater discharge) leaving the treatment system. This sampling effort is
required to be conducted annually.
If you have not already collected the effluent sample for this year,please collect a
representative sample of the effluent and have it analyzed by a certified commercial
laboratory. If no wastewater flow is observed from your system,please document that
information for your records and use during the next system inspection. If you have any
questions regarding this matter,please do not hesitate to contact Danny Smith at(919)
791-4248.
5. 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."
A review of the billing records for this facility indicates that the permit annual fee for
2023 has been paid. This billing period ends on 0813112024.
D E Q North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality I Division of Water Resources
vvvRaleigh Regional Office 13800 Barrett Drive I Raleigh,North Carolina 27609
NORTH CAROLINA 919.791.4200
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179 Asbury Church Road
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6. Please call Danny Smith with this office at(919) 791-4248 so that we may further
discus your permit, answer any questions you may have about your treatment
system, and to confirm/update appropriate contact information.
Thank you for your attention to these matters. Please continue to periodically inspect the
wastewater treatment system ensuring 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, available for review and inspection for a minimum of five years.
If you have questions or comments about this inspection or the requirements to take corrective
action(if applicable), then please contact Danny Smith at 919-791-4248.
Sincerely,
DxuSigned by:
Valn,_SS#_ �.
Vanessa ssistant Regional Supervisor
Water Quality Regional Operations Section
Raleigh Regional Office
Division of Water Resources,NCDEQ
Attachment(s):EPA Water Compliance Inspection Report
Cc: Laserfiche
D E Q North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality I Division of Water Resources
vvvRaleigh Regional Office 13800 Barrett Drive I Raleigh,North Carolina 27609
NORTH CAROLINA 919.791.4200
Depanmem of Environmental Duality