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} <br />JOVCP 32M Norhtlne Avenues e <br />G(8Wzb& , MM Cam4rm 274[ <br />N (atv) IIN4W9 <br />M E M 0 R A N D U M F= C919) <br />TO: Gayle Wilson. <br />FROM: Mark Taylor <br />DA T E: July 7, 1992 <br />RE: Well- Issues Raised by Gillespie Letter of 6!23i92 <br />Orange County Landfill Site Search <br />JEI Project No. 229.00, Task 41 <br />As requested by the Orange County Commissioners at their June 29 meeting, 1 have <br />contacted the Orange County Health Department, Environmental Health Section (Mr. Tony <br />Laws) to inquire about the purported setback requirement and the potential affect of site <br />disturbance on future septic systems. The following summarize the responses: <br />Setback requirements apply on to w• ter suppl wells. They do not apy to <br />mandod g_wells and defies wrmed with b . nfi <br />Mr_ <br />Bob Cheek of DEM's Groundwater Section, the state agency that enforces <br />well construction regulations. <br />r <br />• Soil test borings, property abandoned, pose no real threat to, 1utur sP:e, <br />development potential Test pit Pxcavatons could ba considered .'ex cava G" <br />under the regulations requiring a 25-foot. setback for septic system leauh lines: <br />Ath the test site densthl proposed (roughly one test site per 100 acxey To_ry� <br />Lars saw no reason not to proceed with the planned activit;es. He. in fact, -Y,as <br />qute comfortable with cur plans' for bac*filling and site restoration. RNs oauld.; <br />consider renting a "wacker" (portable r,,r),-rpactor used in trenches) to eornpact <br />Vh-e upper 3 to 4 feet of the test pits. <br />Post -It' brand fax transmittal memo 7671 #I or pegm <br />Foam <br />uli e � <br />Tr- <br />Fhu- -# <br />Fax x <br />CJ Primed on recycrad paper <br />