NCG550627_Compliance Evaluation Inspection_20180412

ROY COOPER
e.,"; Governor
MICHAEL S. REGAN
Secretary
Water Resources LINDA CULPEPPER
Environmental Quality Interim Director
April 12, 2018
George Sorrell
1212 Halycon Place
Rougemont,NC 27572
Subject: Compliance Evaluation Inspection RECEIVED/DENR/DWR
Single Family Wastewater Treatment System
5413 Cheek Road,Durham,NC 27704 APR 2 7 2018
Permit No.NCG550627
Durham County Water Resources
Permitting Section
Dear Mr. Sorrell:
On April 11,2018 Mitch Hayes and Andy Neal from the Raleigh Regional Office visited the subject 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 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.
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❑ 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
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1628 Mail Service Center,Raleigh,NC 27699-1628 Phone:[phone]
Location:3800 Barrett Drive,Raleigh,NC 27609 Fax:[phone]

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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 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: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 or the requirements to take corrective action,please
contact Mitch Hayes 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,
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S. Daniel Smith, Regional Supervisor
Water Quality Regional Operations Section
Raleigh Regional Office
cc: RRO/SWP Files
Charles Weaver,NPDES Permitting Unit
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