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56 ~eaFr .0101 DEFINITIONS The following definitions shall apply throughout these rules: (1) - "Adverse Public Health Condition" means (A) - A condition or situation unrelated to a on-site wastewater system or a well water supply which is not an "Imminent Hazard" as defined in North Cazolina General Statutes § 130A-2 but which has the potential to cause personal injury, short term adverse health effects, long term adverse health effects, environmental or occupational exposure to a reportable communicable disease as defined in the North Carolina Administrative Code T15A: 19A .0101(a), or measurable damage to the environment; or (B) - A condition existing with a wastewater system(s) which is not an "Imminent Hazazd" as defined in North Carolina General Statutes § 130A-2 and which meets all of the following criteria: • The wastewater system is failing. • The wastewater system is documented to be failing by the Orange County Health Department. • There is no on-site repair approvable or recommended by the Orange County Health Department. The following terms used in this definition aze described below: Failing Wastewater System: A wastewater system is failing when sewage or effluent is seeping or discharging to the ground surface or to surface waters. (A permitted, properly-functioning non-dischazge wastewater system, e.g., aspray-irrigation functioning discharge system are not failing wastewater systems). Approvable On-Site Repair: An approvable on-site wastewater system repair that can be completed in a designated repair azea which is approvable under Health Department regulatory soiUsite criteria in effect at the time of the needed repair. Recommended On-Site Repair: A recommended on-site repair is one that is not an approvable on-site repair, but is one that in the best professional judgment of the Orange County Environmental Health staff will reasonably enable the system to function properly. A recommended on-site repair may incorporate engineered design (a design certified by an engineer to overcome all soiUsite limitations in the particular situation), site or system modification, flow reduction or other measure calculated to improve functionality of the system; or (C) - A condition or situation existing in a well or well water supply system which is not an "Imminent Hazard" as defined in North Cazolina General Statutes § 130A-2 and which meets all the following criteria: • The well or well water supply system is contaminated with a microbial, chemical or other agent which causes disease or other serious health effects. • The well is not repairable to the point where the contamination can be eliminated. • The well water is not treatable prior to withdrawal from the distribution system to the point where the threat of disease or serious health effects is eliminated. • There is no alternate site for a new well which can be permitted according to the current rules of the Orange County Boazd of Health or the alternate site is unacceptable because of widespread existence of contamination or because of the potential of contaminant migration to the alternate site. (2) - "Health Director" means the Orange County Health Director.