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3 <br /> 1 Slide #4 <br /> Wastewater System Ownership Options <br /> Private Public <br /> • Individual Property Owner • Local Government <br /> • Property Owner Association • State Government <br /> • Mobile Home Park Owner • Public Utility (e.g., OWASA) <br /> • Business or Non-Profit Entity • Sanitary District <br /> • Regulated Water Company <br /> 2 <br /> 3 Tony Whitaker noted he has not seen any prohibitions on who can own a wastewater <br /> 4 system. He listed various potential owners, including private companies, individuals, nonprofits, <br /> 5 regulated water companies, and public entities like sanitary districts. <br /> 6 <br /> 7 Slide #5 <br /> Onsite WWS Regulatory Authority in NC <br /> Dept of Health and Human <br /> Services r Dept of EnvironmentalQuality r <br /> • Has authority over systems <br /> that use subsurface dispersal � • Systems that use <br /> • Reviews system designs � surface dispersal <br /> I • systems that <br /> I discharge to surface <br /> Local Health Enginee -• Option No formal relationship <br /> Department(LHr - • with local Health <br /> Departments <br /> • Issues permits, • Private engineer � . provides notice to local <br /> provides inspections designs the system and I <br /> and enforcement issues permits HD upon permit <br /> I issuance <br /> 8 <br /> 9 Tony Whitaker explained jurisdictional authority, noting that systems are regulated by two <br /> 10 state departments. The Department of Environmental Quality regulates surface dispersal <br /> 11 systems, while the Department of Health and Human Services oversees subsurface systems, <br />