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0 8 C WAIVER OF LAND USE PLAN 11.6 PAGE TWO JUNE 3, 1985 (3) application has been made for a discharge permit from the Division of Environmental Management as referenced in Mr. Mitsch's letter implying state approval of the system. A determination will have to be made as to whether or not the permitted use of package plants is implied in the language of the policy. NEED: The mound septic system currently serving the mobile home park is failing badly and creating a public health hazard. The site is not suitable for other types of on-site sewage disposal and is outside of OWASA's service area. A package plant seems to be the only feasible solution. IMPACT: This is the first request for waiver of a Land Use Policy. Normally, such a request would be submitted in the form of a principal amendment to the Land Use Plan to be considered at the February Public Hearing. A question exists however, as to whether a plan amendment would be necessary given policy 11.4 which seems to imply that such systems are permissible under certain conditions. If the Board decides Policy 11.4 applies in this case, questions such as the financing of such a system, additional "tap-ons", long-term operation and maintenance responsibility, and removal and disposal of sludge needs to be addressed by the Orange County Health Department or the N.C. Department of Natural Resources & Community Development, Division of Environmental Management. If the Board decides 11.6 to control in this situation a determination would have to be made as to whether a Land Use Plan Amendment should be required or a waiver of the policy granted. If a waiver is granted, the implications of similar requests needs to be considered, i.e. , a process for the approval of waivers from Land Use Plan Policies. Such waivers might be approved only in cases involving adverse effects or impacts to the public health, safety, or general welfare. RECOMMENDATION: As the Board decides.