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54 <br />ORANGE COUNTY <br />Board of Commissioners <br />• <br />Actiou Agenda Item Abstract <br />Meeting Date: March 9,1999 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. IILA. <br />Subject: Adverse Public Health Condition <br />Department: HEALTH <br />Public Hearing Yes X No <br />Budget Amendment Needed Yes X No <br />Attachments(s): Draft Adverse PH Condition Rules Information Coutsct: <br />Review Comments Health Director's Office X2411 <br />Adverse PH Condition in Water 8c Sewer Boundary Task Force Telephone Number <br />"Tool Bag" Approach Matrix Hillsborough - 732-8181 <br />Chapel Hill - 968-4501 <br />Mebane - 227-2031 <br />Durham - 688-7331 <br />Purpose: To discuss with the Board of Health the rationale behind an expanded version of the Adverse Public <br />Health Condition set of rules. <br />Background: The adverse public health condition was first formulated during the Water and Sewer Boundary <br />Task Force discussions as a tool to use in dealing with failing septic systems. In this regard the application of the <br />definition is limited to onsite wastewater systems only. Further the health department would only determine <br />whether a system is "failing" or "documented as failing" with "no approvable onsite repair possible. The remedies <br />would then be drawn from the matrix list presented in the toolbag that are zoning and county ordinance <br />applications. <br />The health department examined the definition as a possibly useful tool for other situations where the stringent <br />rules that apply to imminent hazard would not apply. An example of this broader definition might be declaring an <br />adverse public health condition for a fire dump that provides conditions for mosquitos that might carry <br />encephalitis to breed. The county attorney attended the Board of Health meeting in October to discuss the <br />broadening of this rule. He expressed some concern regarding the enforcement provisions of this broader rule. <br />Recommendation: To discuss the direction of definition and implementation. <br />• <br />