NCG551270_Compliance Evaluation Inspection_20180620

ROY COOPER
Governor
MICHAEL S. REGAN
Secretary
LINDA CULPEPPER
Interim
Director
June 20, 2018
Charles M. Purvis
12604 Bell Stone Lane RECE9l/E®/®ENR/DWR
Raleigh, NC 27614 JUN 2 6 2018
Subject: Compliance Evaluation Inspection Water Resources
Single Family Wastewater Treatment System Permitting Section
Permit No. NCG551270
515 Oak Pointe Dr.
Person County
Dear Permittee,
On June 13, 2018, Rick Trone from the Raleigh Regional Office attempted to inspect your single-family
residence (SFR) wastewater treatment system to evaluate compliance with the above permit to discharge
wastewater. Staff did not have a valid phone number or access to the home and therefore could not complete
the inspection. The checked boxes below show what conditions were noted at your facility:
® NPDES Permit Name/Owner Change Form: As the new owner of 515 Oak Pointe Drive
according to Person County record of deeds), you are also the new owner of the existing single-family
wastewater treatment system, which treats the domestic wastewater from your residence and releases the
effluent to receiving waters known as Hyco Lake. Because your treatment system makes an outlet to
waters of the state, it is an activity for which the subj ect permit is required. To comply with North
Carolina General Statute § 143-215.1(a), which requires a person to obtain a permit to make an outlet
into the waters of the state, you will need to complete and submit the attached NPDES Permit
Name/Ownership Change Form to the Division within 45-days receipt of this letter.
❑ 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.
❑ 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 Bind: 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.
State of North Carolina I Environmental Quality I Water Resources I Raleigh Regional Office
1628 Mail service Center I Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1628
9197914200
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Permittee — Dan Laughhunn
Date —June 13, 2018
❑ 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.
❑ 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.
F] 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 this requirement. A list of NC certified laboratories
that provide this service was left at your residence during the inspection.
❑ 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.
If you have questions or comments about this inspection, please contact Rick Trone at 919-791-4257. Licensed
plumbers should be used to make plumbing changes within your home.
Sincerely,
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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