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14 <br />or prohibit smoking in public places and places of <br />employment; <br />22) Wastewater System Classifications for Volunteer Fire <br />Departments - Support actions to change North Carolina <br />Division of Water Quality (DWQ) wastewater system <br />classification rules which currently classify a spray <br />irrigation system such as one utilized by volunteer <br />fire departments as "commercial ". This classification <br />is appropriate when floor drains or other sources of <br />non - domestic wastewater are present. However, when the <br />flow generated by the system is domestic quality /non- <br />industrial process wastewater, the system should be <br />held to the same monitoring and testing standards as a <br />residential wastewater system under DWQ jurisdiction. <br />In the alternative, volunteer fire departments should <br />be excluded entirely from the "commercial" <br />classification. The annual inspections and testing <br />costs associated with a "commercial" designation for a <br />spray irrigation system serving a volunteer fire <br />department can be several thousands of dollars. <br />Accounting for the type of flow actually treated by a <br />system rather than assigning a blanket "commercial" <br />