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- Efland Estates Subdivision Homeowners 3 December 15, 1980 must give to the person responsible for the nuisance, written notice of its charac- ter and how to abate it. The .erson ma a. •eal from the health director's deter- mination, first to: the Board of Health and then to Superior Court. The second pro- cedure allows the local health director to seek an injunction'through'the Superior Court to cause immediate relief of the nuisance. I am selecting the first procedur in this instance. It is my responsibility to advise you as a resident creating a health hazard as to measures to lessen the hazard and severity of the problems. .. The measures listed below should not be expected to completely relieve the problems. (1) You should be alert to your health status and take preventive measures advised by your physician or the health department. - (2) Areas where the effluent is breaking out to the surface should be fenced off in such fashion as to keep children and pets out. (3) Water use inside the house should be reduced. - (4) Diversion of septic effluent into ditches must immediately and permanently cease. You may, therefore, have to have your tank pumped regularly. (5) Trenches should be constructed to divert excess surface water away from the system absorption field (with care not to divert onto a neighbor's system). • (6) The absorption field should be properly graded to prevent surface water from saturating the system. At this time I am not setting time limits for other corrective actions to be taken. It is my desire to aid all concerned by provision of suggestions for permanent relief of the problem. Should adverse health problems be proven to re- sult from the contaminated environment, I will advise as to further action you must take. I am at this time directing that you implement the first four measures listed above and explore the feasibility of measures five and six with a sanitarian from the health department. Under the condition of your system being ruled a healt hazard, the Department will not certify your property for a loan transaction. This would, under most circumstances, prevent you from selling if your purchaser re- quires a loan. It is not my desire to overstate the hazard or create unnecessary concern on the part of residents. Unfortunately, the problems will not go away by themselves and the conditions will further deteriorate without corrective action. You ma a. .eal this rulin. to the Oran•e Count Board of Health. You may appeal by writing to the Chairman, Orange County Board of Health, at the Depart- ment's address in Hillsborough. You may discuss this with the Board, without filin a formal appeal, at its meetin. on Thursda December 18, 1980. The Board will meet in the Health Department offices in the new Human Services Center in Hillsborough on West Tryon Street (old Grady Brown School). The Board will thoroughly discuss Efland Estates starting at 9:00 p.m. Prior to 9:00 p.m., the Board will only cover other scheduled items. Please feel welcome to attend. The Board wishes to be responsive to citizens. At the December 18 Board of .Health. meeting,._the,enviror rental.staff will discuss two proposed solutions to the problem. Both solutions would require