NCG551390_Compliance Evaluation Inspection_20180107

January 7, 2015
Plul Sparrow
1729 Mt Carmel Church Rd
Chapel Hill, NC 27517
ROY COOPER
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MICHAEL S REGAN
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LINDA CULPEPPER
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Subject Compliance Evaluation Inspection
Single Family Wastewater Treatment System
Permit No NCG551390
Orange County
Dear Mr Sparrow
JAN 16 2018
Water Resources
Permitting Section
On January 09, 2018 Mitch Hayes 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 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 30 days of receipt of this letter that
states vour tilan for correctine this deficienev 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 nummum 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 tlus 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
_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
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Division of Watei Resources, Raleigh Regional Office, Water Quality Opciations Section http //portal ncdcnr oig/web/wq/aps
1628 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1625 Phone [phone]
Location 3800 Bariett Drive, Raleigh, NC 27609 Fax [phone]

❑ 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 perimt about his requirement A list of NC certified
laboratories that provide this service was left at your residence during the inspection Make
arraneements 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: Detennine this and report to this office within
30 days of receipt of this letter with a sketch or snap
❑ Other:
If you have questions or comments about this inspection or the requirements to take correctil e 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,
S Daniel Smith, Regional Supervisor
`Nater Quality Regional Operations Section
Raleigh Regional Office
cc RRO/SWP Files
Charles Weaver, NPDES Perinntting Unit
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