NCG550258_Compliance Evaluation Inspection_20120323

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NCDENR
North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Division of Water Quality
Beverly Eaves Perdue Charles Wakild, P.E. Dee Freeman
Governor Director Secretary
May 23, 2012
John Elkins F � •
5411 Winders Ln
Durham, NC 27712 MAY 2 4 2012
CENTRAL FILES Subject: Compliance Evaluation Inspection
DWQ/BOG Single Family Wastewater Treatment System
erniif No:NCG55025-8 J
Durham County
Dear Mr. Elkins:
On May 10, 2012, Cheng Zhang from the Raleigh Regional Office (RRO) visited the subject single-
family residence (SFR) wastewater treatment system to evaluate compliance with the above permit to
discharge wastewater. Your assistance during the inspection was greatly appreciated. The checked
boxes below show what conditions were noted at your facility:
❑ In compliance. You are reminded to regularly maintain the chlorine disinfection system,
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 (wastewater from
washing machine) 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.
Fl 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.
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n 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. You are to have the septic tank 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 from your system once each year. See Part I(A) of your
permit about this requirement. Attached is a list of laboratories in NC certified to provide this
service. Make arrangements for sampling to be carried out within 3 months after the system
upgrade is completed, and submit results to this office within 3 weeks after the sampling has
been done.
n 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: Please keep a supply of wastewater rated chlorine tablets and add to the chlorinator
regularly.
If you have questions or comments about this inspection or the requirements to take corrective action,please
contact the inspector 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,
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S. Daniel Smith, Supervisor
Surface Water Protection
Raleigh Regional Office
cc: RRO/S WP Files
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United States Environmental Protection Agency
E PA Washington,D.C.20460 Form Approved.
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
11 ni I 2 IA I 3 I NCG550258 111 121 12/05/10 117 18 r,I 191 c I 20! I
Remarks LJ —!
211 I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I L I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I 166
Inspection Work Days Facility Self-Monitoring Evaluation Rating B1 QA Reserved-----------------
67I 169 70I� 71 I I 72I N—1 j 731 I 174 751 I I I I I I 180
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)
02:18 PM 12/05/10 07/08/03
5411 Winders Lane
5411 Winders Ln Exit Time/Date Permit Expiration Date
Durham NC 27712 02:55 PM 12/05/10 12/07/31
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)
II Other
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
Cheng Zhang RRO WQ//919-791-4200/
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S' nature of Manage ent Q A Re ewer Age cy/Office/Phone and Fax Numbers Date
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Section D: Summary of Finding/Comments(Attach additional sheets of narrative and checklists as necessary)
The septic tank was last pumped in 2010. Mr. Elkins did not have a supply of chlorine tablets. Some dry and
intact tablets were observed in the chlorinator. No discharge was observed at the end of the discharge pipe.
No solids were noticed around the discharge pipe. The effluent has never been sampled and analyzed.
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