NCG551401_Compliance Evaluation Inspection_20180705

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July 5, 2018 RECEBVED/DENRJDWR
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Jesse R. Smith
PO Box 391 Water Resources
Bahama,NC 27503 Permitting Section
Subject: Compliance Evaluation Inspection
Single Family Wastewater Treatment System
1316 Bahama Rd., Bahama
Certificate of Coverage (CoC)NCG551401
Durham County
Dear Mr. Smith:
On June 14, 2017 Jason Robinson and Jeremiah Dow from the Raleigh Regional Office visited your
single-family residence (SFR) wastewater treatment system at 1316 Bahama Rd., Bahama, NC to
evaluate compliance with the above Certificate of Coverage to discharge wastewater. A packet was
left at the residence. Thank you for responding via email after the inspection
The checked (IX )boxes below show what conditions were observed at this system:
I I In compliance:
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.
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.
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. No tablets were
observed in the two tubes of the chlorinator. Tablets should always be in the chlorinator, and
should be contacting the flow of wastewater at all times. You stated in your email that tablets
are now in the system.
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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.
Fl 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 deteimine when pumping is required.
In your email you stated that it had been pumped-about three years ago:-If available, please
submit a receipt of pumping.
E 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. A list of NC
certified laboratories that provide this service was provided to you during the inspection.
Please have the effluent analyzed at a certified lab that was listed on the hand-out that was
provided, and submit a copy within 3 months of receiving this letter.
IX Locations of treatment units: Please submit a map of the system. The map should show
the entire system, including the approximate location of where the sewerhne exits the house, the
septic tank and sandfilter, the chlorinator and dechlorinator, and the discharge into the stream.
This map can be rough, and may be hand-drawn. Please submit this to this office within 30
days of receiving this.
Fl Effluent pipe: The effluent pipe is where the wastewater drains from after it is treated in
the system. The discharge from the effluent appeared milky white (see picture). An analysis of
the effluent will determine if the system is functioning properly.
XI Annual Fees: Our database shows that the annual fee that was due on May 5, 2018 was not
paid. Please contact Teresa Revis in the Division's Billing Department at 919-807-6319 or
[e-mail]
Please respond to the underlined items above via email or a written letter within 30 days of receiving
this letter. Please email your response to [e-mail] ncdenr.gov or to Jason Robinson's
attention at the address at the bottom of the first page of this letter. Thank you for your cooperation.
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S. Daniel Smith, Supervisor
Water Quality Regional Supervisor
Raleigh Regional Office
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