NCG550353_20180419_Compliance Evaluation Inspection

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MICHAEL S REGAN
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LINDA CULPEPPER
Water Resources RECEIVED/DENRIDWR
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
April 19, 2018 APR 24 2018
VVater Resources
Michael Brooks Permitting Section
1236 Everett Dowdy Road
Sanford, NC 27330
Subject. Compliance Evaluation Inspection
Single Family Wastewater Treatment System
Permit No. NCG550353
Chatham County
Dear Mr Brooks.
On April 18, 2018, Andy Neal and 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 The checked boxes below show what conditions were
noted at your facility.
X1 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.
1 I 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 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.
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
X 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.
Division of Water Resources Raleigh Regional Office,Watei Quality Operations Section http//portal ncclenr oig/web/wq/aps
1628 Mail Service Centel,Raleigh,NC 27699-1628 Phone [phone]
Location 3800 Barrett Drive, Raleigh,NC 27609 Fax [phone]

D 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 penult 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:
If you have questions or comments about this inspection, please contact Andy Neal or me at 919-
791-4200 Licensed plumbers should be used to make plumbing changes within your home
Sincereelly,
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S Daniel Smith, Supervisor
Water Quality Regional Supervisor
Raleigh Regional Office
Attachments. Inspection Report
cc- RRO/SWP Files
Charles Weaver, NPDES Permitting Unit