NCG551442_Compliance Evaluation Inspection_20171218

Water Resources
Environmental Quality
Current Resident
217 Breedlove Avenue
Durham, NC 27703
Dear Permittee:
December 18, 2017
ROY
COOPER
Governor
MICHAEL S. REGAN
Seci etary
LINDA CULPEPPER
Intei an Director
REECEI ED/DENR/®INR
DEC 20 2017
Water Resources
Subject- Compliance Evaluation Inspection Permitting Section
Single Family Wastewater Treatment System
Permit No. NCG551442
Durham County
On November 27, 2017, Jeremiah Dow 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 (>f 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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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

❑ 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.
M 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: At the time of the inspection, a neighbor informed DWR staff that the current
property owner had recently moved into the residence. Please complete the attached
name change form within 15 days of receipt of this letter and return to the address
indicated. Also, please call Jeremiah Dow at [phone] to inform him of the
date that you submitted the name change request.
If you have questions or comments about this inspection or the requirements to take corrective
action, please contact Jeremiah Dow 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 Reports
Permit Name/Owr_ership Change Form
cc: RRO/SWP Files
Charles Weaver, NPDES Permitting Unit
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