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Home My WebLink AboutNCG551176_Compliance Evaluation Inspection_20190523ROY COOPER Covemar MICHAEL S. REGAN Secretary LINDA CULPEPPER Director Lily Philpot 2639 Ferrell Road Durham, NC 27704 To whom it may concern, NORTH CAROLINA Environmental Quality May 23, 2019 Subject: Compliance Evaluation Inspection Single Family Wastewater Treatment System Permit No. NCG551176 2639 Ferrell Road Durham County On April 26, 2019, Zach Thomas and Erin Deck 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 § 143-215.1(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. ® 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. 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 Iist of NC certified laboratories that provide this service was Ieft at your residence during the inspection. ~�X North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality I Division of Water Resources _ Raleigh Regional Office 1 3800 Barrett Drive 1 Raleigh. North Carolina 27609 919791.4200 if you have questions or comments about this inspection, please contact Zach Thomas at 919- 791-4247. Licensed plumbers should be used to make plumbing changes within your home. Sinc ely, Rick Bolich, LG, Assistant Supervisor Water Quality Regional Operations Raleigh Regional Office Attachments: Inspection Report &J.url anT Zb nuz-Hawl hMept� R-ecvrds — @ cc: RROISWP Files Charles Weaver, NPDES Permitting Unit United States Environmental Protection Agency Form Approved EPA Washington, O.C. 20460 OMB No 2040-0057 Water Compliance inspection Report Approval expires 8-31-95 Section A: National Data System Coding (i.e., PCS) Transaction Code NPDES yrlmolday Inspection Type Inspector Foe Type 1 )ti ) 2 ){ 1 3 NCG5511713 11 12 19104/2e J17 18 [2j IJ 19 I s I 201 LJ J L 21 6 Inspection Worts Days Facility Self-Mdniloring Evaluation Rating B1 0A Reserved 67 70 IJ 71 IJ 72 L J L ti j 731 I 174 751 ( ! I I I I I80 I I I 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 00PM 19/04/26 13108/01 2639 Ferrell Road Exit Time/Data Permit Expiration Date 2639 Ferrell Rd Durham NC 27704 12 15PM 19/04/26 18107131 Names) of Onsite Representative(s)frides(s)lPhone and Fax Number(s) Other Facility Data 11! Name, Address of Responsible Official/Title/Phone and Fax Number Gerald Roper Philpot,2639 Ferrell Rd Durham NC 2770411919-688-56901 Contacted No Section C- Areas Evaluated During Inspection (Check only those areas evaluated) Permit 0 Operations & Maintenance E Self -Monitoring Program N Facility Site Review EMuentlReceiving Waters Section D: Summary of Finding/Comments (Attach additional sheets of narrative and checklists as necessary) (See attachment summary) Name(s) and Signature(s) of Inspectors) AgencylOfficelPhone and Fax Numbers Date Erin M peck �t — RRO W011919-7914200 j I Zachary Thomas • RRO WO/I919-791.4247: Signature of Mart Bement Q A Revi war Agency/Office/Phone and Fax Numbers pale EPA Form 3560-3 (Rev 9-94) Previous editions are obsolete Page# NPDES yrlmolday Inspection Type 31 NCG551176 I11 121 19/04/26 117 18 ' c i Section D. Summary of Finding/Comments (Attach additional sheets of narrative and checklists as necessary) Page# Permit NCG551176 Owner - Facility: 2639 Ferrell Road Inspection Date: 04/26/2019 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 ❑ D 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 permittee submitted 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? ❑ ❑ ❑ Is the inspector granted access to all areas for inspection? ❑ ❑ ❑ Comment: A change of owner form has been included with this inspection report. It was asked that Ms. Phil of Please complete and mail in this form to have the Permit changed to her name. Effluent Pipe Yes No NA NE Is right of way to the outfatl properly maintained? ❑ M ❑ ❑ Are the receiving water free of foam other than trace amounts and other debris? N ❑ ❑ ❑ If effluent (diffuser pipes are required) are they operating property? ❑ ❑ 0 ❑ Comment: Ms. Phif of explained she would clear the area around the pine to allow better access. Se tic Tank Yes No NA NE (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: The tank was Pumped a rox. March 2016. Sand Filters Low rate Yes No NA NE (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? ❑ ❑ ❑ rage# 3 Permit: NCG551176 Owner - Facility: 2639 Ferrell Road Inspection Date: 0412612019 Inspection Type: Compliance Evaluation Sand Filters (Low rate) Yes No NA NE # Is the sand filler effluent re -circulated at a valid ratio? (Approximately 3 to 1) ❑ ❑ ❑ Comment: Disinfection -Tablet Are tablet chlorinators operational? Are the tablets the proper size and type? Number of tubes in use? Yes No NA NE ❑ ❑ ❑ ■ ❑ ❑ ❑ ■ 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? ❑ ❑ ❑ M Comment: Could not locate at the time of inspection. Ms. philpot explained that they are located next to the comer of the mobile home closest to the road and that she keeps tablets in the tubes. Effluent Sampling Yes No NA NE Is composite sampling flow proportional? ❑ ❑ M ❑ Is sample collected below all treatment units? ❑ 0 ❑ ❑ Is proper volume collected? ❑ Cl M ❑ 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 ❑ ❑ 0 ❑ representative)? Comment: Ms. Philpot explained that the system does not discharge often. It was requested that if the pipe is discharging, a sample should be collected and analyzed to keep in compliance with the permit. Page# A