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HomeMy WebLinkAboutNCG550326_Compliance Evaluation Inspection_20190219ROY COOPER Governor MICHAEL S. REGAN Secretary LINDA CULPEPPER Director Chris Senior 405 Kinsey St. Raleigh, NC 27603 To whom it may concern, NORTH CAROLINA Environmental Quality February 19, 2019 Subject: Compliance Evaluation Inspection Single Family Wastewater Treatment System Permit No. NCG550326 269 Screech Owl Chatham County On February 5, 2019, Zach 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. The checked boxes below show what conditions were noted at your facility: ® NPDES Permit Name/Owner Change Form: Because your treatment system makes an outlet to waters of the state, it is an activity for which the subject permit is required. To comply with North Carolina General Statute § 143-215. ] (a), which requires a person to obtain a permit to make an outlet into the waters of the state, you will need to complete and submit the attached NPDES Permit Name/Ownership Change Form to the Division within 45-days receipt of this letter. ❑ 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. ❑ 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. Q. E QNorth Carolina Department of Environmental Quality I Division of Water Resources Raleigh Regional Office 1 3800 Barrett Drive i Raleigh North Carolina 27609 o.w+.nwimV'� 919.791.4200 k ® 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. --.r_ , _._ ❑ 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. ❑ Pumping the septic tank: The septic tank should be pumped out every 3 to a years. A pumping company can check the status periodically and determine when pumping is required. If the septic tank has not been pumped in the last 3 to 5years, please make arraneements to have this action performed and submit receipt to this office. If you have a contracted company that performs maintenance, check to see if they perform this service. M 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 this requirement. A list of NC certified laboratories that provide this service was left at your residence during the inspection. Please confirm effluent is being sampled by you or your contractor if applicable. ❑ 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. ❑ Other: Ifyou have questions or comments about this inspection, please contact Zach Thomas at 919- 791-4247 Licensed plumbers should be itsed to make plttrnbing changes ivithin yotu- home. Sincerely, Z40�� Rick Bolich, LG, Assistant Supervisor Water Quality Regional Operations Raleigh Regional Office Attachments: Inspection Report cc: RROISWP Files Charles Weaver, NPDES Permitting Unit United Stales Enwonme�at Protecti-n Agency Form Approved. EPA Washington, D.0 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 NPIDES yrlmolday Inspection Type Inspector Fac Type 1 1ti l 2 IS I 3 I NCG55C326 111 121 19:02/05 117 18 [21 19 I S I 20 I 211�._1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1,1 1 1 1 1 fps InspectionWorkDays Facility Se l-Monilonng 1=valuation Rating B 1 OA Reserved 67 70IJ 71 1J 72 LJ u (I 73I I 174 751 1 1 1 1 1 I 180 I 1 I Section B: Facility Data Name and Location of Facil ty Inspected (For Industrial ;.users discharging to PQTVk, also;ndude Entry Time/Date Permit Effective Data POTW name and NPDES permit Number; 09:55AM 19102105 15/07114 269 Screech Owl Exit Time/Date Permit Expiration Date 269 Screech Owl Rd Moncure NC 27559 10:1oAM 19102105 10/07/31 Name(s} of Ons3e Representative(s)fTitlesis], Phone and Fax N..mber(s) Other Facility Data N Name. Address of Responsible Official/Tide!Phone and Fax Number r k►=iSTLQULtz %C?J. t f i f-co Contacted --0enieee}I-Argawnr269 Screech Owl Rd Moncure NO 27559r1WAS42.40n2L Yes Section C. Areas Evaluated During Inspection (Check only those areas evaluated) Permit 0 Operations & Maintenance 0 Self -Monitoring Program N Facility Site Review EffluenttReceiving Waters Section D: Summary of Finding[Comments (Attach additional sheets of narrative and checklists as necessary) (See attachment summary) Names) and Signature(s) of Inspector(s) Agency:OfficefPhone and Fax Numbers Date Zachary Thomas � � RRO WQ1;919-791-42471 i Signature of Manage nt Reviewer Agency/Office/Phone and Fax Numbers Data EPA Form 356D-3 (Rev 9-94) Previous editions are obsolete. Page# N?DES yr/Maday lr.spe-tic Type (Cont.) 1 31 NCc55032s I11 121 1 910Z45 117 18 ICI Section D. Summary of FindinglComments (Attach additional sheets of narrative and checklists as necessary) All parts of the system seemed to be in working order and the discharge was clear. Chlorine tablets were not observed at the time of inspection. "The property is under new ownership as of 8/19/2016. The house is occupied by renters. On 2/15/19, Christopher Senior (new property owner) was contacted via phone to discuss inspection and a need for change of ownership. He stated that not much information was given about the system at the time of purchase. He stated that he was unaware of the sampling requirement. He also stated that he has been adding chlorine tablets to the system and that he would replenish them as soon as possible. A Change of Ownership form will be sent with the inspection report to be completed and returned, as well as an informational packet including permit requirements and a list of certified labs for effluent analysis. PWS i Permit: NCG550326 Owner -Facility: 269 Screech owl Inspection Date. 02105,2019 Inspection Type.- compliance Evaluation Operations & Maintenance Yes No NA NE Is the plant generally clean with acceptable housekeeping? 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ Does the facility analyze process control parameters, for ex. MLSS, IVICRT, Settleable ❑ ❑ 0 ❑ Solids, pH, 00, Sludge Judge, and other that are applicable? Comment: Permit Yes No NA NE (If the present permit expires in 6 months or less). Has the permittee submitted a new ❑ ❑ ❑ application? Is the facility as described in the permit? 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ # Are there any special conditions for the permit? ❑ 0 ❑ ❑ Is access to the plant site restricted to the general public? ❑ ❑ MEI Is the inspector granted access to all areas for inspect,on? 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ Comment: Property was sold an 8/19/2016 to Christopher Senior. New owner has been informed that a change of ownershiR form will be included with packet and should be completed and retumed. Effluent Pipe Yes No NA NE Is right of way to the outfall properly maintained? 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ Are the receiving water free of foam other than trace amounts and other debris? 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ If effluent (diffuser pipes are required) are they operating properly? ❑ ❑ 0 ❑ Comment: Septic Tank (If pumps are used) Is an audible and visual alarm operational? Is septic tank pumped on a schedule? Are pumps or syphons operating properly? Are high and low water alarms operating properly? Comment: Septic tank was inspected at purchase of home according to the new owner. 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? Yes No NA NE ❑ ❑ ■ ❑ ❑ ❑ ■ ❑ Yes No NA NE ❑ ❑ M ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ El El ❑■ ❑ ❑ ❑ M Page# 3 Permit: NCG550326 Owner -Facility: 269 Screech Owl Inspection Date: 02105/2019 Inspection Type: Compliance Evaluation Sand Filters (Low rate) Yes No NA NE # Is the sand filter effluent re -circulated at a valid ratio? (Approximately 3 to 1) ❑ ❑ ❑ 0 Comment: Disinfection -Tablet Yes No NA NE Are tablet chlorinators operational? 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ Are the tablets the proper size and type? ❑ E ❑ ❑ Number of tubes in use? Is the level of chlorine residual acceptable? ❑ ❑ 0 ❑ Is the contact chamber free of growth, or sludge buildup? ❑ ❑ ❑ Is there chlorine residual prior to de -chlorination? ❑ ❑ ❑ Comment: No tablets were observed at the time of inspection. Effluent Sampling Yes No NA NE Is composite sampling flow proportional? ❑ ❑ ❑ N Is sample collected below all treatment units? ❑ ❑ ❑ Is proper volume collected? ❑ ❑ ❑ Is the tubing clean? ❑ ❑ ■ ❑ # Is proper temperature set for sample storage (kept at less than or equal to 6.0 degrees ❑ ❑ M ❑ Celsius)? Is the facility sampling performed as required by the permit (frequency. sampling type ❑ ❑ 0 ❑ representative)? Comment: New owner stated that he was unaware of sampling requirement. Effluent should be sampled once per year and a certified lab must be used to analyze the samples. An informational packet will be provided along with the inspection report. page# 4