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• 080 <br /> COLEMAN. I !.:UNHOLY_ I)I(..I(EIi'ON, <br /> BE UNHOLY., 6IJ J)H1I I. & IiARGI2AvE <br /> ;=\rroRNEys AT LAIN <br /> 110 1 HI:1fl()N STREET <br /> H ILLSROTt0I:(711. N.C. 27278 <br /> 919-732-2196 <br /> 919-942-8000 <br /> CHAPEL HILL OFFICE <br /> SUITE 20,FRANKLIN BUILDING <br /> 137 E.FRANKLIN STREET <br /> CHAPEL HILL,N.C. 27514 April 2, 1987 <br /> 919-929.7131 <br /> ALONZO B.COLEMAN, JR. <br /> STEVEN A.BERNIIOLZ <br /> DONALD R- DICKERSON <br /> ROGER B.BERNHOLZ <br /> GEOFFREY E.GLEDHILL <br /> DOUGLAS HARGRAVE <br /> MARTIN J.BERNIIOLZ <br /> RICHARD J. SNIDER,JR. <br /> G.NICHOLAS HERMAN <br /> KAREN J- SHANGRAW Shirley E. Marshall, Chair <br /> Moses Carey <br /> Of Counsel l <br /> BONNER D.SAWYER Stephen Halkiotis <br /> (1902-1972) John Hartwell <br /> Don Willhoit <br /> Orange County Board of Commissioners <br /> 106 East Margaret Lane <br /> Hillsborough, North Carolina 27278 <br /> Re: Subdivisions to be considered for approval - <br /> April 6, 1987 Board Meeting <br /> Dear Board Members: <br /> I have concerns about two subdivisions which you <br /> will consider for approval on April 6. One of these <br /> subdivisions is the Wolfe Property Subdivision. The <br /> other is the Eno River Estates Subdivision. <br /> Wolfe Property Subdivision. North Carolina <br /> General Statutes Section 143-215. 1 (d) creates a <br /> permitting process for sewer systems which are, <br /> generally, other than single-family residential septic <br /> tank systems. The Environmental Management Commission <br /> is the permitting authority under this statute. Some <br /> or all of you may recall that during the last <br /> legislative session a bill was introduced which would <br /> require local governments to assume responsibility for <br /> failing or failed community sewer systems. That bill <br /> did not pass. However, the issue remains. Those <br /> effected demand correction, not untypically to local <br /> governments, of the failing community systems. This <br /> becomes particularly critical when the local health <br /> department threatens or considers condemning the <br /> residences involved because of the failing community <br /> system. In a sense the appeal of those effected is not <br /> unreasonable in that the local government has approved <br /> the use of the community system even though the actual <br /> system itself is approved by the Environmental <br /> Management Commission. Therefore, if the <br />