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6 Since 1988,the Efland sewer customer base has expanded only slightly beyond the 115 initial customers living in the areas served by the portion of the system that was constructed. Twenty-three new taps have been installed, but one of these taps and approximately fifteen of the first taps that were installed during system construction have gone unused. The original and the new taps that have been unused were installed at buildings that have been unoccupied, lacked plumbing facilities or where the hometbuilding owners have either been unwilling or financially unable to tap on. Currently, there are pending requests for approximately twenty-four new sewer taps which are located in areas served by existing gravity sewer collection mains. These taps are for housing units as yet not built and awaiting funding, planning approval, etc. Recently, there have also been a number of inquiries related to the potential for extending sewer service to relatively large, undeveloped parcels of property adjacent to the existing McGowan Creek gravity sewer outfall line(cross-country trunk main). However, construction of any new large development project in the Efland area will be on hold until the Orange-Alamance Water System is able to resolve its current problems with insufficient water supply and treatment capacity. Other current issues related to the Efland sewer system involve the potential for the expansion of sewer service into central Efland (Phase II and the remaining portion of Phase 1). Approximately seventy residents and business owners in this area were among those initially requesting sewer service in the 1984/85 sewer service sign-up process. Over the years since, many of these individuals have inquired about the County's plans or requested the County to complete the extension of sewer service into the area. Several businesses in the Hwy 70 corridor have inquired about the potential of obtaining sewer service by tapping into the force main extending from the McGowan Creek pump station to Hillsborough and one has requested that sewer service be provided immediately by means of tapping the force main. The business with the immediate request for sewer service provided by a sewer service tap is a car wash facility owned by Ben Lloyd and located on the comer of Efland-Cedar Grove Road and Hwy 70. The car wash has been operating for the last five years under the process and provisions of a Special Order of Consent (SOC) and a Notice of Violation(NOV) issued by the NC Division of Environmental Management (DEM). The SOC and NOV_ process were tailored specifically to eliminate, over a four year period, the car wash's non-permitted surface discharge of untreated wash water to the storm drainage system on the car wash property and adjacent property. During the time frame of the SOC, Mr. Lloyd took no action to eliminate the waste discharge. He was apparently planning to discharge the car wash waste into a gravity sewer collection line section of an expanded Efland sewer system(Phase IEI) that he either hoped or expected the County would construct during the SOC time frame. The County did not expand the sewer system,Mr. Lloyd's SOC-specified compliance grace period expired, and DEM filed suit to compel Mr. Lloyd to eliminate the discharge. Mr. Lloyd has reacted by requesting that the County allow him obtain sewer service, on an interim basis, by tapping into the force main lying across Hwy 70 from the car wash. Mr. Lloyd has proposed to disconnect the force main tap when gravity sewer service becomes available. 3