NCG551243_Compliance Evaluation Inspection_20180316 (2)

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MICHAEL S. REGAN
Secretary
Water Resources LINDA CULPEPPER
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY - Interim Director
March 16, 2018
• Michelle Kelly RECEIVED/DENR./DWR
1183 Cameron Creek
Marietta, GA 30062 MAR 2 6 2318
Water Resources
Subject: Compliance'Evaluation Inspection Permitting Section
Single Family Wastewater Treatment System
Permit No.NCG551243
Granville County
Dear Ms. Kelly:
On February 20, 2018, Cheng Zhang 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.
❑ 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 (if a required part of your system) in place. They must
be the kind for wastewater treatment and not for swimming pools.
Division of Water Resources,Raleigh Regional Office,Water Quality Operations Section http://portal.ncdenr.org/web/wq/aps
1628 Mail Service Center,Raleigh,NC 27699-1628 Phone:[phone]
Location: 3800 Barrett Drive,Raleigh,NC 27609 Fax:[phone]

4545 US Hwy 15
Permit No.NCG551243
® 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.
❑ Failure to analyze the effluent from your system once each year. See Part I(A) of your
permit about his requirement Attached is a list of laboratories in NC certified to provide this
service. 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.
(1 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 replace the bulb at effluent pump station. Please store chlorine and
dechlorination tablets away from moisture (off site in a dry place).
If you have questions or comments about this inspection or the requirements to take corrective action,
please contact Cheng Zhang 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.
Since': ,
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S. Daniel Smith, Supervisor
Water Quality Regional Supervisor
Raleigh Regional Office
Attachments
Inspection report
cc: RRO/SWP Files
NPDES Permitting Unit Files—Charles Weaver