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Home My WebLink AboutNCG550063_Compliance Evaluation Inspection_20190410I ROY COOPER Governor MICHAEL S. REGAN Secretory LINDA CULPEPPER Director Austin Petry 412 Cascade Dr High Point, NC 27265 NORTH CAROLINA Environmental Quality April loth, 2019 REGElVEDDEENR/DWR APR 2 3 2019 Wa►_er Fesources PermitAng Se�ctlOn SUBJECT: Compliance Evaluation Inspection NC General Wastewater Permit NCG550000 for Discharge of Domestic Wastewater from Single Family Residences Certificate of Coverage: NCG550063 for 412 Cascade Drive, High Point, Davidson County, NC Dear Mr. Petty: Ron Boone, of the NC Division of Water Resources (DWR), Winston-Salem Regional Office, visited your home on March 28th, 2019, to perform a compliance evaluation inspection of your home's discharging single family wastewater treatment system. Details of that inspection are included on the attached EPA Water Compliance Inspection Report. Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Mr. Boone by phone at 336-776-9690, or by email at ron.booneoncdenr.gov. You may also contact me by phone at 336-776-9700, or by email at lon.snider@ncdenr.gov. Sincerely, �UocuSigned by: Loti -T SMdtt 145B49EMC94EA... Lon T. Snider, Assistant Regional Supervisor Water Quality Regional Operations Section Winston-Salem Regional Office Division of Water Resources, NCDEQ Attachments: 1. NCGS50000 General Wastewater Permit 2. NCG550000 Technical Bulletin 3. Chlorine Guidance Document and Sources of Supply 4. List of NC Certified Laboratories S. EPA Water Compliance Inspection Report cc: NCDWR WSRO File �NCD.WR-NPDES Unit NCDWR Central Files tE� lnS of Fmq(xlmmtol W+aG7f North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality i Division of NVater Resources Winston-Salem Regional Office 450 Hanes Mill Road. Suite 300 ; Winston-Salem. North Carolina 27105 336,776,9800 United States Environmental Protection Agency Form Approved. EPA Washington, D.C. 20460 OMB No. 2040-0057 Water Compliance Inspection Report Approval expires B-31-98 Section A: National Data System Coding (i.e., PCS) Transaction Code NPDES yr/mo/day Inspection Type Inspector Fac Type 1 IN I 2 15 I 3 I NCG550063 111 12 19/03/28 17 18 I � � 19 I �( 20I I 211 I I I I II 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 I I I I I I[ I I I � I I 166 Inspection Work Days Facility Self -Monitoring Evaluation Rating B1 QA Reserved . 72 � �, � 731 I 174 75 67 70 I 71 � LLl LJ � 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) 11:30AM 19/03/28 13/08/01 412 Cascade Drive Exit Time/Date Permit Expiration Date 412 Cascade Dr 11:50AM 19/03/28 1 B/07/31 High Point NC 27265 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 Austin Petty,412 Cascade Dr High Point NC 27265/// No Section C: Areas Evaluated During Inspection (Check only those areas evaluated) Permit Flow Measurement Operations & Maintenance Records/Reports Self -Monitoring Program Sludge Handling Disposal Facility Site Review Effluent/Receiving Waters Laboratory 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 Ron Boone Docuslgned by: WSRO WQ//336-776-9590/ 4/11/2019 Ct\'o.usld �oon� B20F6DDSF2A3460... Signature of Management Q A Review Docuslgned by: Agency/Office/Phone and Fax Numbers Date Lo., 'T SMdcr 4/10/2019 EPA Form 3560-3 (Rev 9-94) Previous editions are obsolete. Page# be NPDES yr/mo/day Inspection Type 31 NCG550063 I11 12 19/03/28 17 18 1 r.1 (Cont.) Section D: Summary of Finding/Comments (Attach additional sheets of narrative and checklists as necessary) Ron Boone, of the NC Division of Water Resources (DWR), Winston-Salem Regional Office, visited your home on March 28th, 2019, to perform a compliance evaluation inspection of your home's discharging single family wastewater treatment system. Details of that inspection are included below. 1. You were not aware of the need to check and add chlorine as necessary. Mr. Boone informed you that you should use a wastewater grade chlorine formulated with at least 60 percent calcium hypochlorite. Please see attached documentation for chlorine guidance and sources of supply. 2. You informed Mr. Boone that you had the septic tank pumped recently and intend to do so every three years, which is sufficient and complies with permit requirements. Please remember the tank and solid's level in the tank should be checked yearly and the tank should be pumped whenever the level of solids reaches 1/3 of the tank's liquid level, or every five years, whichever is sooner. 3. You informed Mr. Boone that you hadn't tested the effluent from the system and that you were unaware of the requirement and the location of the end of the pipe into the adjacent pond. Even looking at the system drawing in the home's file, your effluent pipe could not be located. Obviously, you cannot collect a sample if you don't know where the end of the pipe is. Still, you should make every attempt to find the end of the pipe and then collect a sample of the effluent and have it tested by a NC certified laboratory as required on page 3 of the general permit. 4. A review of our database shows that you are current on the annual bill of $60. We have attached several pieces of documentation, to this letter to assist you in properly managing your system and maintaining permit compliance. The attachments are: NC General Wastewater Permit NCG550000 (whole thing is important but first four.pages are most important); 2. Technical Bulletin for the NCG550000 general permit (explains permit in layman's terms); 3. Chlorine Guidance Document and Sources of Supply; and, 4. List of NC Certified Laboratories Please be aware, you should do everything within your power to comply with the terms and conditions of the NCG550000 permit. Failure to do so subjects you, the permittee, to civil penalty assessments of up to $25,000 per day per violation. The NC DWR wishes to help you attain an maintain perpetual permit compliance as quickly and efficiently as possible in order to protect the. environment and your welfare as a citizen of NC. When assessing permit compliance we take into consideration all factors, including those which may be beyond your control. You should take the following actions: 1. Acquire the proper chlorine tablets and apply them as needed for proper disinfection of wastewater effluent; 2. Inspect and measure the septic tank's solid's level annually. Have the septic tank pumped at least every five years or whenever the solids level reaches 1/3 of the tanks liquid level; 4. Continue to pay the annual permit fee of $60; 5. Attempt to find the end of the discharge pipe into the adjacent pond and then maintain the right-of-way to it for future access; 6. Acquire a sample of the effluent annually and have it analyzed in accordance with the requirements listed on page 3 of the.permit; 7. Keep all records for the home and wastewater treatment system in one place and readily available for review and inspection, including but not limited to, system schematics, tank pumping records, Page# Permit: NCG550063 Inspection Date: 03/28/2019 Owner - Facility: 412 Cascade Drive Inspection Type: Compliance Evaluation laboratory records, maintenance and repair records, permitting documentation, etc; 8. If/when you ever sell the home, ensure the new owners are fully aware of the special type of wastewater system the home uses and that it's not just a traditional septic system with a drainage field; and, 9. If/when you ever sell the home, notify the NC DWR of the change of ownership by filling out and submitting an ownership change form, which you can acquire from us or our website here: https://deq. nc. gov/about/divisions/water-resources/water-quality-permitting/npdes-wastewater/npdes-p ermitting/general_ Page# S Permit: NGG550063 Owner - Facility: 412 Cascade Drive Inspection Date: 03/28/2019 Inspection Type: Compliance Evaluation Permit Yes No NA NE (If the present permit expires in 6 months or less)., Has the permittee submitted a new ❑ ❑ M ❑ application? Is the facility as described in the permit? ❑ ❑ M ❑ # Are there any special conditions for the permit? ❑ 0 ❑ ❑ Is access to the plant site restricted to the general public? 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ Is the inspector granted access to all areas for inspection? 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ Comment: None Record Keeping Yes No NA NE Are records kept and maintained as required by the permit? ❑ M ❑ ❑, Is all required information readily available, complete and current? ❑ M ❑ ❑ Are all records maintained for 3 years (lab. reg. required 5 years)? ❑ ❑ ❑ Are analytical results consistent with data reported on DMRs? ❑ ❑ ❑ Is the.chain-of-custody complete? ❑ ❑ 0 ❑ Dates, times and location of sampling ❑ Name of individual performing the sampling ❑ Results of analysis and calibration ❑ Dates of analysis ❑ Name of person performing analyses ❑ Transported COCs ❑ Are DMRs complete: do they include -all permit parameters? ❑ ❑ ❑ Has the facility submitted its annual compliance report to users and DWQ? ❑ ❑ 0 ❑ (If the facility is = or > 5 MGD permitted flow) Do they operate 24/7 with a certified operator ❑ ❑ ❑ on each shift? Is the ORC visitation log available and current? ❑ ❑0 ❑ Is the ORC certified at grade equal to or higher than the facility classification? ❑ ❑ ❑ Is the backup operator certified at one grade less or greater than the facility classification? ❑ ❑ ❑ Is a copy of the current NPDES permit available on site? ❑ ❑ ❑ Facility has copy of previous year's Annual Report on file for review? ❑ ❑ M ❑ Comment: To our knowledge the system's effluent has not been tested to date. The effluent pipe cannot be located. Laboratory Yes No NA NE Are field parameters performed by certified personnel or laboratory? ❑ ❑ M ❑ Page# 4 IL ` Permit: NCG550063 Owner - Facility: 412 Cascade Drive Inspection Date: 03/28/2019 Inspection Type: Compliance Evaluation Laboratory Yes No NA NE Are all other parameters(excluding field parameters) performed by a certified lab? ❑ ❑ M ❑ # Is the facility using a contract lab? ❑ M ❑ ❑ # Is proper temperature set for sample storage (kept at less than or equal to 6.0 degrees ❑ ❑ ❑ 0 Celsius)? Incubator (Fecal Coliform) set to 44.5 degrees Celsius+/- 0.2 degrees? ❑ ❑ .❑ M Incubator (BOD) set to 20.0 degrees Celsius +/-1.0 degrees? ❑ ❑ ❑ 0 Comment: To our knowledge the system's effluent has not been tested to date. The effluent pipe cannot be located. Effluent Sampling Is composite sampling flow proportional? 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 Celsius)? Is the facility sampling performed as required by the permit (frequency, sampling type representative)? Yes No NA NE ❑ ❑ ❑ ■ Comment: To our knowledge the system's effluent has not been tested to date. The effluent pipe cannot be located. Septic Tank 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? ❑ ❑ ❑ Are high and low water alarms operating properly? ❑ ❑ 0 ❑ Comment: Tank was recently pumped according to Sarah Petty. In the future it should be pumped every five years unless found to contain more than 1 /3 of the liquid level of the tank, in solids during the annual inspection The permit requires the tank to be inspected and the level of solids in the tank be measured annually and then pumped when it reaches 1/3 of the tank's liquid level. 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? Yes No NA NE ❑ ■ ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ ■ ❑ ❑ M ❑ ❑ ❑ M ❑ Page# 5 Permit: NCG550063 Owner - Facility: 412 Cascade Drive Inspection Date: 03/28/2019 Inspection Type: Compliance Evaluation Sand Filters (Low rate) Yes No NA NE # 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: Filter is a subsurface sand filter. As observed from grade -level, it appears to be functionin Properly. Disinfection -Tablet Yes No NA NE Are tablet chlorinators operational? M ❑ ❑ ❑ Are the tablets the proper size and type? ❑ ❑ ❑ Number of tubes in use? 2 Is the level of chlorine residual acceptable? ❑. ❑ ❑ Is the contact chamber free of growth, or sludge buildup? E ❑ ❑ ❑ Is there chlorine residual prior to de -chlorination? ❑ ❑ ❑ Comment: The Petty's were not aware of the need to apply chlorine tablets. They're being given the appropriate information along with this report to guide them in purchasing and using the correct chlorine tablets. Flow Measurement - Effluent # Is flow meter used for reporting? Is flow meter calibrated annually? Is the flow meter operational? (If units are separated) Does the chart recorder match the flow meter? Comment: Estimate only is required. Yes No NA NE ❑ M ❑ ❑ . ❑ ❑ ■ ❑ ❑ ❑ ■ ❑ ❑ ❑ M ❑ Effluent Pipe Yes No NA NE Is right of way to the outfall properly maintained? ❑ ❑ ❑ Are the receiving water free of foam other than trace amounts and other debris? ❑ ❑ ❑ If effluent (diffuser pipes are required) are they operating properly? ❑ ❑ ❑ Comment: The point at which the effluent pipe emerges from the ground is unknown. The Petty's have been briefed that they should try to locate it and then sample the effluent as required. Operations & Maintenance Is the plant generally clean with acceptable housekeeping? Does the facility analyze process control parameters, for ex: MLSS, MCRT, Settleable Solids, pH, DO, Sludge Judge, and other that are applicable? Comment: None Yes No NA NE ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ M ❑ ❑ Page# 6 Permit: NCG550063 Inspection Date: 03/28/2019 Operations & Maintenance Owner - Facility: 412 Cascade Drive Inspection Type: Compliance Evaluation Yes No NA NE Page#