NCG550978_Compliance Evaluation Inspection_20181031

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ROY COOPER
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MICHAEL S REGAN
Secretary
Water Resources LINDA CULPEPPER
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY Interim Director
October 31, 2018
James Cook
5711 Bonnie Drive RECEIVED/DENR/DWR
Durham, NC 27712
Subject: Compliance Evaluation Inspection NOV ®� 2018
5711 Bonnie Drive
Single Family Wastewater Treatment Systeater Resources
Permit No. NCG550978 'Permitting Section
Durham County
Dear Mr. Cook:
On September 24, 2018, Cheng Zhang from the Raleigh Regional Office visited the single-family
residence (SFR) wastewater treatment system at 5711 Bonnie Drive in Durham County 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.
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.
Division of Water Resources, Raleigh Regional Office, Water Quality Operations Section http.//portal ncdenr orgAveh/wq'aps
1628 Mail Service Center, Raleigh,NC 27699-1628 Phone [phone]
Location 3800 Barrett Dnvc, Raleigh,NC 27609 Fax:[phone]

5'711 Bonnie Drive
Permit No NCG550978
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: 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.
Z. 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 left at your residence during the inspection.
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.
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:
If you have questions or comments about this inspection or the requirements to take corrective action,
please contact Cheng Zhang 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,
S. Daniel Smith, Supervisor
Water Quality Regional Supervisor
Raleigh Regional Office
Attachments
cc: RRO/SWP Files
NPDES Permitting Unit Files—Charles Weaver

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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 E 2 3 I NCG550978 I11 12 I 18/09/24 117 18 L=1l L I 19 [ G 201 I
211 111 1 1 1 1 1 111 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 11 1 1 111 1 1 1 1 1 166
Inspection Work Days Facility Self-Monitoring Evaluation Rating B1 QA --------Reserved— —
67
I I 7° 1
I 711 I 72 [ ,,,-1] 73I 1 174 'I 1 1 1 1 1 1 180
Section B Facility Data L
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) 01 22PM 18/09/24 17/02/17
5711 Bonnie Drive
5711 Bonnie Dr Exit Time/Date Permit Expiration Date
Durham NC 27712 01 26PM 18/09/24 18/07/31
Name(s)of Onsite Representative(s)/Titles(s)/Phone and Fax Number(s) Other Facility Data
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Name,Address of Responsible Official/Title/Phone and Fax Number
Contacted
James Cook,5711 Bonnie Dr Durham NC 27712//919-768-3293/
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Section C Areas Evaluated During Inspection(Check only those areas evaluated)
e Other
Section D Summary of Finding/Comments(Attach 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
Cheng Zhang RRO WQ//919-791-4200/
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NPDES yr/mo/day inspection Type 1
31 NCG550978 111 121 18/09/24 117 18 Li
Section D Summary of Finding/Comments(Attach additional sheets of narrative and checklists as necessary)
The septic tank was pumped in 2016 or 2017 The permittee does not have a supply of chlorine tablets
Effluent has not been sampled and analyzed. •
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