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North State Utilities, Inc. 126 <br /> 308 F west Millbrook Road <br /> PO Drawer 5 1 729 <br /> Raleigh, NC 27609-0729 <br /> Phone: (919) 848-1593 <br /> May 27 , 1987 <br /> Mr. Marvin Collins <br /> Orange County Planning Director <br /> 306F Revere Road <br /> Hillsborough, North Carolina 27278 <br /> Dear Mr. Collins: <br /> PINEY MOUNTAIN SUBDIVISION <br /> SEWER SYSTEM <br /> The purpose of this letter is to provide you with general information <br /> about North State Utilities, Inc. (hereafter sometimes NSU or North State) and <br /> the proposed sewer system for Piney Mountain Subdivision. <br /> NSU BACKGROUND <br /> North State Utilities, Inc. was incorporated under the laws of North <br /> Carolina on December 23, 1985. The outstanding shares of NSU are owned equally <br /> by three (3) individuals: Dennis J. Osborne, President; Dr. Bobby L. Carlile, <br /> P.E. , Vice President; and Stanley I. Hofineister, CPA, Vice President, Secretary, <br /> and Treasurer. The attached curriculum vitae for Mr. Osborne and Dr. Carlile <br /> are incorporated herein by reference. Mr. Hofineister attended the University <br /> of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as a Morehead Scholar and practiced as a <br /> certified public accountant for more than seventeen (17) years before joining <br /> North State in March, 1986. <br /> NSU TECHNOLOGY <br /> • <br /> NSU's activities are limited to operating sewer systems using soil <br /> absorption technology, specifically subsurface low pressure pipe (LPP) and surface <br /> spray irrigation systems (hereafter collectively non-discharge sewer systems). <br /> The soil absorption technology used by NSU is considered by the Environmental <br /> Protection Agency (EPA) to be the Best Available Technology (BAT) for disposing <br /> of waste water. In fact, non-discharge soil absorption systems are the only <br /> type of sewer systems allowable under applicable water quality regulations whenever <br /> a discharge allocation for a particular water body (i.e. rivers, streams, etc.) <br /> is not available. Discharge allocations are often not available either because <br />