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Home My WebLink AboutNCG551144_Compliance Evaluation Inspection_20190125ROY COOPER Governor MICHAEL S. REGAN Secretory LINDA CULPEPPER Director Mr. Timothy Chambers 142 John Oakes Road Timberlake, NC 27583 Dear Mr. Chambers: NORTH CAROLINA Environmental Quality January 25, 20I9 Subject: Compliance Evaluation Inspection Single Family Wastewater Treatment System Permit No. NCG551144 Site Address: 9402 NC- 157 West, Rougemont Orange County On January 9, 2019, Jeremiah Dow and Zachary 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. Mr. Chambers' assistance during a follow-up telephone conversation was greatly appreciated. We understand that the house has been unoccupied for approximately 1.5 years. 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 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 com leted within the next 3 months. ❑ Disinfection: Your system is lacking disinfection, either chlorine tablets or a W light system. New rules put into place on August I, 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 defciencv. D Q:9 North Carolina Department ofEnvironmental Quality I Division orWater Resources e:!wr.*f Raleigh Regional office 1 3800 Barrett Drive I Raleigh North Carolina 27609 fir+ ua "�'0""""""Y0"11tl"91A"+\v/✓ 919.791.4200 ❑ 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 our 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. Permtttee stated that the tank would be pumped when the house was occupied again. 0 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. Please make arrangements for sampling to be carried out within 3 months upon the house becoming occupied and submit results to this office within 3 weeks after the sampling has been done. ❑ Locations or treatment units are unknown: Determine this and report to this office within 30 days of receipt of this letter with a sketch or map. ❑ Other: If you have questions or comments about this inspection or the requirements to take corrective action, please contact Jeremiah Dow 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, 4ick Bolich, LG Water Quality Regional Operations Raleigh Regional Office Attachments: Inspection Reports cc: RROISWP Files Charles Weaver, NPDES Permitting Unit United $fates Environmental Protection Agun--y Form Approved, EPA Washington D C 20460 OMB No. 2040-0057 Water Compliance Inspection Report Approval expires8-31-98 Section A: National Data System Coding (i.e„ PCS) Transaction Code NPDES yr.'mwday Inspection Type Inspector Fac Type 1 LZ is JI 3I NCG551144 I11 12 19v110s 17 18 C-I 19 L20 M_l 21 6 Inspection Work Days Facility Self-Moniloring Evaluation Rat.ng 131 QA Reserved 67 70 IJ 71 ty' r 72 LN �J I 73 � 74 75I 1 1 I I I I I80 Section B Facility Data Name and Location of Facility Inspected (For Industrial Users d scharging to POTW. also include Entry TimelDate Permit Effective Date POTW name and NPDES permit Number) 01 OOPM 19101109 13/08/01 9402 NC Highway 157 West Exit TimelDate Permit Expiration Date 9402 NC Hwy 157 W Rougemont NC 27572 01 19PM 19101l09 18107: 31 Name(s) of Onsite Representative(s)1Tides(s)lPhone and Fax Numbers) Other Facility Data ftl Name. Address of Responsible Official/Tide/Phone and Fax Number Timothy Chambers 9402 NC Hwy 157 W Rougemont NC 27572Lr419-732-9242; Contacted No Section C- Areas Evaluated During Inspection (Check only [hose areas evaluated) Operations & Maintenance 0 Self -Monitoring Program 0 Facility Site Review 0 EmuentlReceiving Waters Section D: Summary of FindinglComments (Attach add tional sheets of narrative and checklists as necessary) (See attachiment summary) Name(s) and Signature(&) of Inspector(s) Agency/Office/Phone and Fax Numbers Date ZS Jeremiah J Dow),t,4 Dtvis.on of Water Qyt ual-'919-7914248; Zachary Thomas RRO NO:919-7914247 Signature of Management Q A Reviewer Agency,Off ce; Phone and Fax Numbers Date EPA Form 3560-3 (Rev 9-94) Previous editions are obsolete. Page* NPDES ydmolday Inspection Type 31 NCG551144 J11 12 1er0 17 18 iCJ Section 0, Summary of Finding/Comments (Attach additional sheets of narrative and checklists as necessary) P--VR# Permit: NCG551144 Owner • Facility: 9402 NC Highway 157 West Inspection Date. 0110912019 Inspection Type: Compliance Evaluation Operations & Maintenance Yes No NA NE Is the plant generally clean with acceptable housekeeping? M❑ ❑ ❑ Does the facility analyze process control parameters, for ex: MLSS. MCRT. Settleable ❑ ❑ ❑ Solids, pH, DO, Sludge Judge. and other that are applicable? Comment: Effluent Pipe Yes No NA NE Is right of way to the outfall properly mainta'ned? ❑ ❑ ❑ Are the receiving water free of foam other than trace amounts and other debris? ❑ ❑ ❑ If effluent (diffuser pipes are required) are they operating properly? ❑ ❑ 0 ❑ Comment: Se ti--� Yes No NA NE (If pumps are used) is an audible and visual alarm operational? ❑ ❑ 0 ❑ Is septic tank pumped on a schedule? ❑ ❑ M ❑ Are pumps or syphons operating properly? ❑ ❑ 0 ❑ Are high and low water alarms operating properly? ❑ ❑ 0 ❑ Comment: Septic tank has not been pumed within last 5 years. Permittee states that home has been unoccu ied for 1.5 years and he will Dump the tank upon the house becoming occupied again• Sand Filters Low rate (If pumps are used) Is an audible and visible alarm Present and operational? Is the distribution box level and watertight? Is sand filter free of ponding? Is the sand filter effluent re -circulated at a valid ratio? # Is the sand filter surface free of algae or excessive vegetation? # Is the sand filter effluent re -circulated at a valid ratio? (Approximately 3 to 1) Comment: Sand filter is subsurface. No poncling or other signs of system failure observed. Disinfection -Tablet Are tablet chlorinators operational? Are the tablets the proper size and type? Number of tubes in use? Is the level of chlorine residual acceptable? Yes No NA NE ❑ ❑ M ❑ ❑ ❑ M ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ I ❑ ❑ ■ ❑ ❑ ❑ M ❑ Yes No NA NE ■ ❑ ❑ ❑ ■ ❑ ❑ ❑ 2 ❑ ❑ ❑ ■ Page# 3 Permit-. NCG551144 owner - Facility: 94a2 NC Highway 157 West Inspection Dale: 0110912019 Inspection Type: Compliance Evaluauan Disin#ection-Tablet Yes No NA NE Is the contact chamber free of growth, or sludge buildup's ❑ ❑ ❑ Is there chlorine residual prior to de -chlorination? ❑ M Comment: Effluent Sampling Yes No NA NE Is composite sampling (low proportional? ❑ ❑ 0 ❑ Is sample collected below all treatment units? ❑ ❑ 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ M ❑ Is proper volume collected? El ❑ ❑ Is the tubing clean? # Is proper temperature set for sample storage (kept at less than or equal to 6 0 degrees ❑ ❑ ❑ Celsius)? Is the facility sampling performed as required by the permit (frequency sampling type ❑ E ❑ ❑ representative)? Comment: Sampling has not been conducted. The residence has been vacant for approx. 1.5 ears. Fag?l 4