NCG551182_Compliance Evaluation Inspection_20190418 (2)

ROB' COOPER
Governor
MICHAEL S. REGAN
Secretary
LINDA CULPEPPER
Director
Nancy Pawlow
72 Willow Way
Chapel Hill, NC 27516
Dear Ms. Pawlow:
NORTH CAROLIN^.
Environmental Quality
April 18, 2019
Subject: Compliance Evaluation Inspection
72 Willow Way
Single Family Wastewater Treatment System
Permit No. NCG551182
Chatham County
On March 21, 2019, Cheng Zhang from the Raleigh Regional Office visited the single-family
residence (SFR) wastewater treatment system at 72 Willow Way in Chatham 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 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
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dechlorination tablets. Please submit a schedule to this office within 20 calendar dam
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 deficiencX
® 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.
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.
❑ 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:
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,
Rick Bolich, L.G.
Assistant Supervisor
Division of Water Resources
Raleigh Regional Office
Attachments
cc: RRO/SWP Files
NPDES Permitting Unit Files — earl, `V�eaVe

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 u 2 15 1 3 I NCG551182 111 12 19/03/21 17 18
191 G 1 20I
211111 I I I I I I II I I I I I t I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I
I II I I I I I r6
I
Inspection Work Days Facility Self -Monitoring Evaluation Rating B1 QA
Reserved
67 70 u 71 u 72 1 I 73I 1 j74 751 I I I I I I I80
I
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)
12:38PM 19/03/21 13/08/01
72 Willow Way
72 Willow Way Exit Time/Date
Permit Expiration Date
Chapel Hill NC 27516 01:00PM 19/03/21 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
Nancy Cole Pawlow,72 Willow Way Chapel Hill NC 27516//919-968-3806/ Contacted
No
Section C: Areas Evaluated During Inspection (Check only those areas evaluated)
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/1919-791-4200/
Q
Signature of Manageme A Reviewer Agency/Office/Phone and Fax Numbers
Date
EPA Form 3560-3 (Rev 9-94) Previous editions are obsolete.
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NPDES yr/mc/day Inspection Type
31 NCG551182 I11 12 19/03/21 17 18 1 , 1
Section D: Summary of Finding/Comments (Attach additional sheets of narrative and checklists as necessary)
The septic tank was pumped about 4 years ago. No tablets were observed in the chlorinator. Effluent
was sampled/analyzed in August 2017.
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