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<br /> By SANDY HOYLE BOLICK town fails to submit the required plans
<br /> t, Serail!Orange Boreal .- . ... •A.fine-of up to$5,000 a day could be ,:r1
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<br /> have allowed the town of Hillsborough flee could begin legal action and ask for
<br /> 30 additional dayS to submit engineering :court order demanding the plans.
<br /> plans for unapproved water lines con-
<br /> The amount of a fine„ if imposed,3::%,i ,
<br /> nected to the town's water system. .
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<br /> would be determined by certain guide-
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<br /> The Hillsborougn Board of Commis- lines,Stanley said.lie said he doubted,
<br /> sioners had asked for a 60-day extension, that the fine would be as bights$5,000 a,...!..=,
<br /> W.E.Venricl4 regional engineer for day.
<br /> the N.C.Division of Health Services, Stainey said the state considers failure,.1....11
<br /> said in a letter to the town that the state to submit the plans a serious matter;onel:-1
<br /> .1. must have the plushy Nov.23 or he will that is unusual and out of the ordinary;
<br /> recommend that legal action be taken. for most towns. - - il
<br /> The letter arlived Monday. "Most towns do a lot better job in tak-,-.7.,-,..:.
<br /> At issue are 11 connections to the ing care of their business than it would
<br /> town's water system that were not ap- appear has been done [in IfillsbOr7 -:.
<br /> proved by the state.Engineering plans. 011,011,"Stanley said Tuesday. -_,
<br /> for four of the connections have since ' "That many lines is not a slip up,"he
<br /> been submitted but nothing has been said "It's a pattern of Ljust not bothering ;
<br /> submitted for the other seven. ' ' to do things properly:, • -- i::
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<br /> AMONG THE SEVEN are lines built STAMEY SAID that,.while there... ,
<br /> by former RillSborough Mayor Fred S. . have been no indications that the town's:,
<br /> Cates to serve a mobile home park and water service has been affected„there is i...;
<br /> apartment complex of which he is part potential for future problems,such as:-.:-.,L
<br /> owner.Cates is a candidate for a town contrimitiation;inadequate-pressure and,
<br /> boardseat in next week's election. .. - water for fire protection and loss of „r,I.
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<br /> Whe,n state officials first learned of water from the system.
<br /> the unapproved water lines,it gave the In a recent case,Stamey said a me
<br /> , town 60 days to submit required en- dium-sized water system had lost more
<br /> gineering plans.That deadline passed than 50 percent of its treated water be-
<br /> last week,but'town board asked for an cause of a leak in the system. "
<br /> additional 60 days. . The potential for problems increases
<br /> Hillsborough Mayor Lucius Cheshire with extensions to the system,he said
<br /> Jr.said Tuesday he believed the town "There needs to be some rhyme and
<br /> could comply with the Nov.23 deadline reason about how water lines come
<br /> vi.. "We're kind of like the utility coin- about or eventually you have problems '
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<br /> ponies requesting rate hikes,"he said. that are almost insolvable,"he said.
<br /> "They ask twice what they need and get That,he said,is the reason why cer-
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