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June 27, 2018
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45 Greenmill Lane
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Water Resource,
Subject: Compliance Evaluation Inspection Permitting Section
Single Family Wastewater Treatment System
Permit No. NCG551472
41 Pintail Drive
Person County
Dear Mr. Greene,
On June 12, 2018, Rick Trone and Zach Thomas 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:
❑ 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 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. Staff could not open the tubes to check for tablets.
❑ 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.
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 — Henry Greene
Date —June 27, 2018
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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: Staff could not locate the discharge pipe. Determine
this and report to this office within 30� days of receipt of this letter with a sketch or map.
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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 g6nges within your home.
Sincerely,
S. Daniel Smith, Supervisor
Water Quality Regional Supervisor
Raleigh Regional Office
Attachments: Inspection Report
cc: RRO/SWP Files
Charles Weaver, NPDES Permitting