NCG550276_Compliance Evaluation Inspection_20171024

ROY COOPER
Governor
MICHAEL S. REGAN
Secretary
W S. JAY ZIMMERMAN
Water Resources
Director
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
October 24, 2017 RECEI\!Eli/NCDEQ'DWr
Frank and Evonne Jurius O C T 3 0 2017
367 Hogan Farm Road VViag.;l
Apex,NC 27502 Permitting Section
Subject: Compliance Evaluation Inspection
Single Family Wastewater Treatment System
Permit No. NCG550276
Durham County
Dear Mr. and Mrs. Julius:
On October 20, 2017, Ray Milosh 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.
n 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.
7 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.
[I 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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512 N.Salisbury Street 11611 Mail Service Center Raleigh,NC 27699-1611
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❑ 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.
n 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.
n 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.
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: If you find that effluent is discharging from your system, it must be analyzed
once each year. Make arrangements for sampling and submit results to this office within
3 weeks after the sampling has been done.
If you have questions or comments about this inspection or the requirements to take corrective
action,please contact Ray Milosh 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.
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Danny Smith, Supervisor
Surface Water Protection
Raleigh Regional Office
cc: RRO/SWP Files
Cli'arles Weaver-NP,DES Permitting Unit
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State of North Carolina I Environmental Quality I Water Resources
512 N.Salisbury Street 11611 Mail Service Center I Raleigh,NC 27699-1611
919.707.9000