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Home My WebLink AboutNCG550479_NOV-2018-PC-0485_20181227 TAT ROY COOPER I Governor 'Er q1 MICHAEL S.REGAN �- '"4'P :-/) Sec,etarr LINDA CULPEPPER fnte tn,Director NORTH CAROLINA Environmental Quality December 27, 2018 RECEIVED/DENRJDWR JAN 0 7 2019 Certified Mail # 70172680000022360420 Return Receipt Requested Water Resources Permitting Section Gary Neal 1411 Oak Forest Drive Hillsborough,NC 27278 Subject: Notice of Violation and Compliance Evaluation Inspection Case No.: NOV-2018-PC-0485 1411 Oak Forest Drive Single Family Wastewater Treatment System Permit No. NCG550479 Durham County Dear Mr.Neal: On December 4, 2018, Cheng Zhang from the Raleigh Regional Office visited the single-family residence (SFR) wastewater treatment system at 1411 Oak Forest 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. ® Your home is improperly plumbed: Some of the wastewater discharges (greywater from washing machine) 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 North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality;Division of Water Resources I Raleigh Regional Office 3800 Barrett Drive 11628 Mail Service Center I Raleigh,North Carolina 27699-1628 Rici 7Q1 a9nn 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. ❑ 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. ® 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. 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 peiluiit 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. ® Location of discharge pipe is unknown: Determine this and report to this office within 30 days of receipt of this letter with a sketch or map. Fl Other: Complete and submit the enclose Ownership Change Form to the Division within 30 days of receipt of this letter. A Notice of Violation is being issued for the noted violation of North Carolina General Statute (G.S.) 143 215.1 and the facility's NPDES WW Permit. You are required to respond in writing to RRO within 30 days of receipt of this letter regarding the above checked items. Pursuant to G.S. 143 215.6A, a civil penalty of not more than twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000.00) may be assessed against any person who violates or fails to act in accordance with the terms, conditions, or requirements of any permit issued pursuant to G.S. 143 215.1. North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality I Division of Water Resources 512 North Salisbury Street 11617 Mail Service Center:Raleigh,North Carolina 27699-1617 a�a 7n7 anon w 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, —41 Rick Bolich, L.G. Assistant Supervisor Division of Water Resources Raleigh Regional Office Attachments Inspection report Ownership Change Form cc: RRO/SWP Files NPDES Permitting Unit Files—Charles Weaver te-�tt'n r,i lFs•rz n,y�1( North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality I Division of Water Resources 512 North Salisbury Street 11617 Mail Service Center I Raleigh,North Carolina 27699-1617 qiq 7n7 anon LJ 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 [ 2 IL I 3 I NCG550497 111 121 18/12/04 117 18 1 L 1 19 1 I 20 211 l l I I l 1 I I I II I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I II I I I I I l66 Inspection Work Days Facility Self-Monitonng Evaluation Rating B1 QA Reserved ` 67I I 70 L LJ I 71 I I 72 I N I 731 I 174751 I I I I I I [80 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 14PM 18/12/04 13/08/01 1411 Oak Forest Drive 1411 Oak Forest Dr Exit Time/Date Permit Expiration Date Hillsborough NC 27278 12 24PM 18/12/04 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 Thomas B Moore,PO Box 164 Graham NC 272 5 3//91 9-54 1-546 0/91 9 541 0 0 72 No Section C Areas Evaluated During Inspection(Check only those areas evaluated) R 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/ �s1 eva - (y(°z7 I ya t 8 Signature of Manageme t Q A Reviewer Agency/Office/Phone and Fax Numbers /Date EPA Form 3560-3(Rev 9-94)Previous editions are obsolete Page# 1 h NPDES yr/mo/day Inspection Type (Cont) 1 31 NCG550497 111 121 18/12/04 I 17 18 LI Section D Summary of Finding/Comments(Attach additional sheets of narrative and checklists as necessary) Currnet owner is Gary Neal.The owner failed to respond to two requests from RRO to change the ownership under his name.According to the inspection report in 2016, the septic tank was pumped in 2014.The system is lacking disinfection, as stated in two previous inspection reports (2011 and 2016). The owner failed to respond to requests from RRO to install chlorination and dechlorination for the system. Grey water from the house bypasses the septic tank and sand filter and goes into the round concrete tank, before being discharged via an effluent pipe. The owner failed to respond to requests from RRO to prevent grey water from bypassing the treatment units. The end of discharge pipe could not be located.The owner failed to respond to requests from RRO to make the end of discharge pipe visible and accessible. Effluent has not been sampled and analyzed Page# 2