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Home My WebLink AboutNCG550258_Compliance Evaluation Inspection_20161219 PAT MCCRORY Governor -• DONALD R. VAN DER VAART Secretary S. JAY ZIMMERMAN Water Resources Director ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY December 19, 2016 RECEIVEDINCDEQ/DWR John Elkins DEC 2 8 2016 5411 Winders Lane Water Quality Durham,NC 27712 Permitting Section Subject: Compliance Evaluation Inspection Single Family Wastewater Treatment System Permit No. NCG550258 Durham County Dear Mr. Elkins: On November 29, 2016, Jane Bernard from the Raleigh Regional Office visited your 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 20 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. ❑ Treatment tablets missing or are wrong kind: You are responsible for always having chlorine 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. State of North Carolina I Environmental Quality I Water Resources I Raleigh Regional Office • 1628 Mail service Center I Raleigh,North Carolina 27699-1628 919 791-4200 John Elkins December 19, 2016 ❑ 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 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. ❑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 Jane Bernard or me 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 ‹,: 12/ S. Daniel Smith, Supervisor Water Quality Regional Supervisor Raleigh Regional Office , Attachments: Inspection Reports cc: RRO/SWP Files Charles Weaver,NPDES Permitting Unit Durham County 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 Iti I 2 IS I 3 I NCG550258 .111 12 I 16/11/29 I17 1812.1 19 Ls]I 20I—I 21I 1 1 1 I I I I I I I I I I I I I , 1 I I I I I I I L I I I I I I I I I I I u --Il r6 Inspection Work Days Facility Self-Monitoring Evaluation Rating - B1 QA • Reserved 671 I 70 LJ I L I 71 I I 72 1 ,, 1 731 I 174 Section B:Facility Data L 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) 11:30AM 16/11/29 13/08/01 5411 Winders Lane Exit Time/Date Permit Expiration Date 5411 Winders Ln 12:00PM 16/11/29 18/07/31 Durham NC 27712 Name(s)of Onsite Representative(s)/Titles(s)/Phone and Fax Number(s) Other Facility Data Name,Address of Responsible Official/Title/Phone and Fax Number Contacted John Elkins,5411 Winders Ln Durham NC 27712//919-286-4049/ No • Section C:Areas Evaluated During Inspection(Check only those areas evaluated) El Permit El Operations&Maintenance - • 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 Jane Bernard Non Discharge Compliance Unit//919-79 Si atur of Management Q eviewer/ Agency/Office/Phone and Fax N mbers Date 67`,09,2y _./7,1A//// / EPA Form 3560-3( ev 9-94)Previous editions are obsolete. �'�/ Page# 1 NPDES yr/mo/day Inspection Type 1 3I NCG550258 I11 121 16/11/29 117 18 I c, Section D:Summary of Finding/Comments(Attach additional sheets of narrative and checklists as necessary) 1• Page# 2 r • Permit: NCG550258 Owner-Facility: 5411 Winders Lane Inspection Date: 11/29/2016 Inspection Type: Compliance Evaluation Operations & Maintenance Yes No NA NE Is the plant generally clean with acceptable housekeeping? • ❑ 0 ❑ Does the facility analyze process control parameters,for ex: MLSS, MCRT, Settleable ❑ ❑ • 0 Solids, pH,DO,Sludge Judge, and other that are applicable? • Comment: 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 ❑ #Are there any special conditions for the permit? 0 ❑ • ❑ Is access to the plant site restricted to the general public? ❑ ❑ • ❑ Is the inspector granted access to all areas for inspection? • 0 ❑ ❑ J- Comment: Page# 3