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Home My WebLink AboutNCG551498_Compliance_20180823 mAgfr r. �`. ROY COOPER Governor Pd;, , ., MICHAEL S. REGAN M;I Secretary LINDA CULPEPPER Water Resources Interim Director Environmental Quality August 23,2018 RECEIVE®/®ENR/®WR Ruby Bland 1409 Ton-edge Road AUG 2 7 2018 Durham,NC 27712 Water Resources Subject: Compliance Evaluation Inspection Permitting Section Single Family Wastewater Treatment System Permit No.NCG551498 Durham County Dear Mrs. Bland: On August 9, 2018,Jane Bernard 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. n 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 20 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. n Chlorine tablets in the chlorinator: You are reminded that it is required that chlorine tablets be maintained in the chlorinator to ensure proper disinfection of the discharged wastewater. Chlorine tablets provide effective disinfection and prevent/limit harmful bacteria from discharging to the environment. The product label for these tablets must indicate the tablets are approved for wastewater use and not for swimming pools. The inspector did not observe any chlorine tablets in the chlorinators. Part 1,Permit Conditions (Operation &Maintenance), item 4 within General Permit NCG550000 requires the permittee to maintain all system components, including...disinfection units... at all times and in good operating order. Please ensure the correct type of tablets are used and maintained in the chlorinator. � Thlothin l Compares:- , State of North Carolina I Environmental Quality 1628 Mail Service Center I Raleigh,North Carolina 27699-1628 919-791-4200 ;,{,�`'�"..ra5;,ca. ,T"e""r`'`"�',�'x' "'�',._J, y'Cz*' ',v,V z "'T *.�y;w 4 ^s�"` ,✓� :•TY f � K`.,' .. r �.r '`�' _. « ��3 �«.. � . ..3s r, x.=l"_...�. �.�`" �.,'E ��5-a�.�,Xr" �'_,tS r,'r„.�fi... °b;,a;�r,�� ra ah� .�neF:rL`�� "i� .�. :°. n 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. n Pumping the septic tank: You are required to inspect the septic tank at least yearly to determine if solids must be removed or if other maintenance is necessary. Septic tanks should be pumped out every five years or when the solids level is found to be more than 1/3 of the liquid —a- depth-in-the-septic-tank compartment-A pumping company can check the status periodically and determine when pumping is required. Within 45-days of receiving this letter, please let this office know the date the septic tank was last pumped out. D Failure to analyze the effluent: Part 1. A.,Effluent Limitations and Monitoring Requirements, within General Permit NCG550000 requires a permittee to sample and analyze the effluent leaving his/her treatment system prior to discharge annually. Parameters to be sampled and analyzed include Flow,BOD (Biochemical Oxygen Demand), TSS (Total Suspended Solids) Fecal Coliform and Total Residual Chlorine. Please let this office know if you have monitored your effluent discharge within the last 12 months, and provide this office with a copy of the lab results if you have. If you have not monitored your effluent within the last year,then please collect a sample of the effluent,have it analyzed by a certified commercial laboratory and submit the results to this office no later than n 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. n Other: The discharge pipe could not be located. Please remove the vegetative overgrowth to ensure the outlet is accessible. Please ensure the outlet, and access to the outlet, is always maintained and cleared of vegetation, soil and other debris. If you have questions or comments about this inspection or the requirements to take corrective action, please contact Jane Bernard or me 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, 7772 /72 S. Daniel Smith, Supervisor Water Quality Regional Supervisor Raleigh Regional Office Attachments: Inspection Reports cc: RRO/SWP Files Charles Weaver,NPDES Permitting Unit w/o attachments .� x ,�as p. t^ �� .� "* / United States Environmental Protection Agency Form Approved EPA Washington,D C 20460 OMB No 2040-0057 Water Compliance Inspection Report Approval expires 8-31-98 Section A National Data System Coding(i e,PCS) Transaction Code NPDES yr/mo/day Inspection Type Inspector Fac Type 1 Lqj 2 [ I 3 I NCG551498 111 12 I 18/08/09 117 18 LI� I 19 I SI 201 I 211 ii ! II IIIIii I 1111111 I I 1 1 1 1 1 1 II I I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 r6 Inspection Work Days Facility Self-Monitoring Evaluation Rating B1 QA -- ----Reserved-------- 671 1 701 1 711 1 72 I ni I 731 I 174 75] 1 II II I 180 1 L-1 Section B Facility Data Name and Location of Facility Inspected(For Industrial Users discharging to POTW,also include Entry Time/Date Permit Effective Date POTW name and NPDES permit Number) 12 20PM 18/08/09 13/08/01 1409 Torredge Road 1409 Torredge Rd Exit Time/Date i Permit Expiration Date Durham NC 27712 12 40PM 18/08/09 18/07/31 Name(s)of Onsite Representative(s)/Titles(s)/Phone and Fax Number(s) Other Facility Data /// Name,Address of Responsible Official/Title/Phone and Fax Number Contacted . Russell E Bland,1409 Torredge Rd Durham NC 27712/// No Section C Areas Evaluated During Inspection(Check only those areas evaluated) Other Section D Summary of Finding/Comments(Atfach additional sheets of narrative and checklists as necessary) (See attachment summary) Name(s)and Signature(s)of Inspector(s) Agency/Office/Phone and Fax Numbers Date Jane Bernard Non Discharge Compliance Unit//919-79 qcQJ LPfO - �3� ign ure of Managem-• Q A Revie er Agency/Office/Phone and Fax Numbers Date )) ' , ', ,-/*)ry.f)_,...2,.:...., :.,... :.... ....._,_........2„zh-./v EPA For 560-3(Rev 9-94)Previous editions are obsolete Page# 1 NPDES yr/mo/day Inspection Type 1 31 NCG551498 I11 12L 18/08/09 117 18 Section D Summary of Finding/Comments(Attach additional sheets of narrative and checklists as necessary) 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. Page# 2