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596 <br /> questions about conventional systems. He prefers to talk only about the <br /> alternative systems at this meeting. <br /> 11 Commissioner Gordon noted, that from the point of view of the Board of <br /> Health, the conventional systems need to be discussed because even though the <br /> number of each type of unit is small, the impact is large and that is why' <br /> the Board of Health did not want to eliminate the conventional systems from <br /> the picture. It still affects the soil and it could affect the public <br /> health. <br /> Chair Carey stated he does not want conventional systems excluded <br /> because the Board needs to decide whether and how to include these systems <br /> in a monitoring and maintenance plan. The scope of any plan should include <br /> conventional systems and their relationship to a monitoring and maintenance <br /> program, if any. <br /> Commissioner Gordon indicated she still wants to know the scope of this <br /> project, the kind of staff- time it will involve and the cost which will <br /> depend on what the Board includes in the program. <br /> Commissioner Insko asked if all the systems can be monitored and <br /> maintained satisfactory and if it is legally possible to exclude any systems <br /> from the County. <br /> Commissioner Willhoit referred to the terminology and classes of systems <br /> in the report and asked if this terminology is consistent with the State and <br /> the answer was no. A table on page 24 of this report compares the different . <br /> types of systems. <br /> With reference to a minimal program, Commissioners Insko and Gordon <br /> questioned what systems the County wants to support and if there are some <br /> that the County doesn't want to support, especially those that need a <br /> management entity or a public management entity. If there is no management <br /> entity or a public management entity, a decision needs to be made as to <br /> whether or not to allow them to be in the County. Commissioner Insko <br /> stressed that the County does not want to go out of their way to encourage <br /> something they don't want by putting county dollars into a management entity. <br /> The Board may want to determine what systems they want and also what systems <br /> the County must have because DEM permits them. <br /> Geoffrey Gledhill indicated that the method that would be most effective <br /> would be to decide on a case by case basis and to provide a method that <br /> requires the applicant to demonstrate by evidence that the system would work. <br /> Then the Board would have to make findings of fact that the system would <br /> work. If all the experts uniformly say the system will work, then the answer <br /> is no. However, if there are experts who question whether a particular <br /> system would work, either because the technology is flawed or because the <br /> conditions are not appropriate for that technology on that site, then there <br /> would be a factual question about which the Board would make a decision. He <br /> noted that there are three possibilities used in a regulatory process. The <br /> Board could, because of a weakness in the technology, decide not to permit <br /> a particular type of system until that weakness is corrected. The County <br /> Commissioners received local legislation for bonding which means that if the <br /> operator is not someone who can financially stand behind the system, the <br />