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Go~~ty Hea~i6 <br />o, A <br />c '~ <br />o D ~ 3 <br />Nortb CaroG~w Public Nedlb <br />ORANGE COUNTY <br />HEALTH DEPARTMENT <br />Rosemary L. Summers, <br />MPH, DrPH <br />Health Direcbx <br />Richard E. Whitbed Human <br />Services Center <br />300 West Tryon Street <br />Post Office Box 8181 <br />Hillsborough, NC 27278 <br />Phone: (919) 245-2411 <br />Fax: (919) 644-3007 <br />www. co. a-anc~. nr, u~hea/th <br /> <br />BOARD OF HEALTH <br />Anissa Vines, MS, PhD Chair <br />Tony Whitaker, PE <br />Vice-Chair <br />Steve Yuhasz, Commissioner <br />Michael Carstens, OD <br />Park Chelminsky, MPH, MD <br />Christopher Cooke, MA, MS <br />Susan Elmore, DVM <br />Card Haggerty, DDS <br />Chris Harlan, RN <br />Matthew Kelm,Pharm D <br />Michael Wood, MS <br />~ t~a~ h~me n+ ~f <br />To: Orange County Board of Commissioners <br />From: Orange County Board of Health <br />Through: John Roberts, County Attorney <br />Re: Permit Extension Opt Out Option <br />Date: November 29, 2010 <br />The Orange County Board of Health discussed the "opt out" provision of <br />the legislation passed in the 2010 session for permit extensions at its <br />regular meeting on November 17, 2010. <br />An environmental health improvement permit requires the property <br />owner to maintain a site plan and prevent encroachment on the <br />identified area for the septic system and is normally valid for 5 years (8 <br />years as a result of SL2009-406). If the owner alters the site plan or <br />otherwise violates the provisions of the permit, the improvement permit <br />is invalid. There is concern that the length of extension (an additional <br />year with this extension) added to the eight years the permit is valid, will <br />lead to more invalid permits causing property owners to be dissatisfied <br />with the need to start over with the process. <br />The Board concluded that there is no health concern on extending <br />permits for an additional year. The Board also acknowledged that there <br />will be an estimated revenue loss of approximately $28,000 as a result <br />of each additional year of permit extension. These are funds that if <br />collected would be used to support environmental health programs. <br />CC: Donna Baker <br />John Roberts <br />Rosemary Summers <br />13 <br /> <br />