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1 <br /> OR AN G E C 0 U N T Y <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: May 17, 1994 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> item # VmB' <br /> SUBJECT: Monitoring and Maintenance program for on-site alternative <br /> technology waste treatment systems <br /> DEPARTMENT: County Manager PUBLIC HEARING: _X—Yes No <br /> Health Department <br /> ATTACHMENT(S) : INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Dan Reimer, Health Director <br /> Public Notice ext. 2412 <br /> Chart Paul Thames, County Engineer <br /> ext. 2300 <br /> TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> Hillsborough -732-8181 <br /> Durham -688-7331 <br /> Mebane -227-2031 <br /> Chapel Hill -967-9251/968-4501 <br /> PURPOSE: To solicit comments from the citizens of Orange County on two <br /> proposed options for providing Orange County Health Department <br /> inspections of specified on-site alternative technology waste <br /> treatment systems. <br /> BACKGROUND: Orange County officials and staff have been working for <br /> several years to develop and implement a program which <br /> could be used to ensure proper operation and longevity of <br /> on-site waste treatments systems utilizing alternative <br /> waste treatment technology. The discussion has centered <br /> on a progam whereby the Orange County Health Department <br /> would provide periodic inspections to monitor maintenance <br /> and operational practices at on-site alternative waste <br /> treatment systems. The primary thrust of the program would <br /> be to promote operational and maintenance practices that <br /> would prolong the systems' useful life-span while providing <br /> a level of waste treatment efficiency and quality <br /> sufficient to protect public health and the environment. <br /> Current discussion on the development of an inspection <br /> program has provided two basic program options which differ <br /> primarily in regard to the proposed frequency of system <br /> inspection. Waste treatment systems which are regulated <br /> and permitted by the NC Division of Environmental Health <br /> (DEB) and local health departments, denoted as DEB Type <br />