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Russell Scheve
504 Olive Branch Rd
Durham NC 27703-9209
Subject- Compliance Evaluation Inspection
504 Olive Branch Rd SFR
Single Family Wastewater Treatment System
Pen -nit No. NCG550779
Durham County
Dear Mr. Scheve.
On December 4, 2017, Joan Schneier from the Raleigh Regional Office visited your 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 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
® Treatment tablets missing or are wrong kind: You are responsible for always
having chlorine tablets in place. They must be the kind for wastewater treatment and not
for swimming pools.
❑ 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
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X 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.
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: Detennme this and report to this office
within 30 days of receipt of this letter with a sketch or map Please show locations of
septic tank, sand filter (if known), and discharge pipe
® Other: Please mail or email a copy of the bill after your septic tank is cleaned out, at
joan.schneier@ncdenr gov. Denodic cleanouts can extend the life of your sand filter,
which will be extremely costly to replace
Please mail or email a copy of the bill from your purchase of wastewater tablets
If you have questions or comments about this inspection or the requirements to take corrective
action, please contact Joan Schneier 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,
S Daniel Smith, Supervisor
Water Quality Regional Supervisor
Raleigh Regional Office
Attachments
Inspection Report
Chlorine Tablet Suppliers
Sampling Parameters
Sampling Labs
cc. (minus attachments)
RRO/SWP Files
NPDES Permitting Unit Files — Charles Weaver