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Home My WebLink AboutNCG551578_Compliance Evaluation Inspection_20190513ROY COOPER Covemor MICHAEL S. REGAN Secretary LINDA CULPEPPER Director NORTH CAROLINA Environmental Quality May 13, 2019 Bruce Porter 2200 Shaw Rd Durham, NC 27704 Subject: Compliance Evaluation Inspection Single Family Wastewater Treatment System 2200 Shaw Rd, Durham, NC 27704 Certificate of Coverage (CoC) NCG551578 Durham County Dear Mr. Porter, On May 9, 2019, Jason Robinson and Erin Deck from the NC Division of Water Resources visited your single-family residence (SFR) to evaluate compliance of the property's discharging wastewater treatment system that is covered under NPDES General Permit NCG550000 and the Certificate of Coverage (CoC) NCG551578. You were present during the inspection, and your cooperation was appreciated. An information package was left with you. Upon inspection and subsequent file review, the following were observed: 1. The system was an EZTreat system. The units are located behind the house, and the effluent is discharged to the roadside ditch on the east side of the property. 2. Owner stated the tank had been pumped and serviced within the last two years by Progressive Service Company. 3. Lab Results from October 2016 showed the effluent discharge met the parameter limits of the general permit. Please see the checked (® ) boxes on the following page more details of the findings of this inspection: ❑ 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. ❑ Disinfection: Your system is lacking disinfection, either chlorine tablets or a UV 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 North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality Drvis-on of Water Resources Raleigh Regional Office 1628 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699.1628 Physical Address, 3800 Barrett Drive, Raleigh, NC 27609 919-791•4200 chlorine tablet dispenser, a contact chamber capable of providing a minimum 30-minute contact time, and another tablet dispenser that will hold dechlorination tablets. ❑ 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. A chlorinator could not be found. ❑ 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 permit requires the septic tank to be pumped 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 permit requires that the effluent that is discharged from your system is analyzed annually. A list of NC certified laboratories that provide this service was provided to you during the inspection. ❑ Locations of treatment units are unknown: ❑ Effluent pipe: The effluent pipe is where the wastewater discharges from the system after it gone through the treatment units. The pipe should be kept exposed and accessible, and the area around it should be kept cleared. ❑ Other: If you have any questions, you can contact Jason.T.Robin son ..ncdenr.eov or 919-7941-4200. Thank you again for your cooperation. Sincerely, Rick Bolich, L.G., Assistant Regional Supervisor Water Quality Regional Operations Section Raleigh Regional Office Division of Water Resources, NCDEQ Attachments: Compliance Inspection Report cc: RRO/SWP Files NPDES Permitting Unit, Charles Weaver m SL 5i M.l A -.9 Z,;.4 -Jn;led Stales Environmental Protection Agency Form Approved. EPA Washington. 4 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 NPOES yrlmolday Inspection Type Inspector Fac Type 1 u 2 15 1 3 1 MCG551578 11 121 19/05/08 I17 1 8 I r I IJ 19 I C I 201 LJ J L 21 6 Inspection Work Days Facility Self -Monitoring Evaluation stating B1 CA Reserved 67 70 LJ I I 71 Lj 72 , l I 73 �74 751 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 T me/Date Pert:1 Effective Date POTW name and NPDES permit Number; 11 30AM 19/05/08 13108)19 2200 Shaw Road Exit Time/Date Perm P =t Expiration Date 2200 Shaw Rd Durham NC 27704 11 45AM 19/05/08 18/07131 Name(s) of Onsite Representative: s)1Titfes;sjiPhone and Fax Numberts) Other Fa:;l'ly Data H. Name Address of Responsible OfficiallTitle:Phone and Fax Numbe• o ed Bruce A Porter 2200 Shaw Rd Durham NC 27704; 1 e I .Jr Section C- Areas Evaluated During Inspection (Check only those areas evaluated) Permit Operations & Maintenance 0 Effluent/Receiving Waters Section D- Summary of FindinglCommenls (Attach additional sheets of narrative and checklists as necessary) (See attachment summary) Name(s) and Signature(s) of Inspector(sl Agency/Office/Phone and Fax N mbers Date Jason T Robinson st f RRO W0111�JU l Erin M Deck RRO NO/1919-79142001 1 1 Signature of Ma gement O A Reviewer AgencylOfficelPhone and Fax N. mbefs D e f EPA Form 3560-3 (Rev 9-94) Previous editions are obsolete. Page# NPDE5 yrlmolday Inspection Type 3 NCG551578 11 12 19 5ro8 17 18 LI Section C Summary of Finding/Comments (Attar-1 additional sheets of narrative and checklists as necessary) 1. The system was an EZTreat system. The units are located behind the house, and the effluent is discharged to the roadside ditch on the east side of the property. 2. Owner stated the tank had been pumped and serviced within the last two years by Progressive Service Company. 3. Lab Results from October 2016 showed the effluent discharge met the parameter limits of the general permit. Fa�0# Permit NCG55157a Owner - Facility: 2200 $haw Road Inspection pale: 05108/2019 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 ❑ ❑ 0 ❑ Solids pH, DO, 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 permmttee sLbm tied a new ❑ ❑ 0 ❑ application? Is the facility as described in the permit? ❑ ❑ ❑ # Are there any special conditions for the permit? ❑ ❑ ❑ Is access to the plant site restricted to the general public > 0❑ ❑ ❑ Is the inspector granted access to all areas for inspection"? 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ Comment Pag9# 7