Orange County NC Website
Browse       Search
a <br />1 <br />ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. y �- <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: May 4, 1992 <br />SUBJECT: Wastewater Treatment Systems Management: Monitoring and Maintenance <br />Assurance Program <br />DEPARTMENT: HEALTH PUBLIC HEARING: Yes X No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />HEALTH DIRECTOR'S OFFICE X2411 <br />1) Memorandum from Daniel B. Reimer, <br />Health Director TELEPHONE NUMBER: <br />2) Report of Data Regarding Wastewater Hillsborough - 732 -8181 <br />Treatment Systems in Orange County chapel Hill - 968 -4501 <br />Mebane - 227 -2031 <br />Durham - 688 -7331 <br />PURPOSE: To provide information regarding optional wastewater treatment <br />systems in orange county, as well as related requirements of the <br />N. C. Division of Environmental Health for system reviews in <br />management entities. This report will require a decision by the <br />county commissioners. <br />BACKGROUND: The N. c.. commission for Health services has adopted new rules <br />regarding optional wastewater treatment system approval, <br />monitoring and maintenance. The orange County Health Department <br />has proposed a Monitoring and Maintenance Assurance Program (MAMA) <br />which would meet or exceed the DER requirements. The attached <br />report describes the DEH requirements for review and management, <br />the health department's proposed review frequency, and the <br />rationale for them. <br />At the Board of Health meeting of April 2, 1992, the attached data <br />was reviewed. The Board revisited and reaffirmed its earlier <br />position that the health department be the management entity for <br />all Type IV systems. However, the Health Department does not <br />propose to be a management entity for Type II, conventional <br />systems, or Type III, conventional systems with a pump, sized <br />greater than 480 gallons per day (GPD) or in a multiple family <br />dwelling. The health department does not propose system review <br />frequencies more stringent than those required by DEH. <br />The health department cannot be a management entity for Type V or <br />Type VI systems, because the DEH rules require either a public <br />management entity (PME) or a private certified operator (PCO). <br />The county engineer is preparing a report to discuss optional <br />methods for creating a public management entity in orange County <br />for Type V and v2 systems and for systems currently regulated by <br />the N. C. Division of Environmental Management (DEM) and the <br />