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Home My WebLink AboutEnvironmental Inspection 2013 SCOTT COUNTY j ' �� Lc COMMUNITY SERVICES DIVISION X 20 1 �..F- N s ,c4 0 tt EN HEALTH & INSPECTIONS DEPT �5 1'�" 200 FOURTH AVE W 0.%r Z e ` SHAKOPEE, MN 55379 -1220 (952) 496 -8475 Fax: (952) 496 -8496 May 16, 2013 Charles Vig 15220 Eagle Creek Ave NE Prior Lake MN 55372 Dear Mr. Vig: This letter regards the compliance inspection on the subsurface sewage treatment system (SSTS or septic system) at 15220 Eagle Creek Ave. NE. on April 18, 2013. The results of the compliance inspection indicate that the septic system is not in compliance because there is an unsealed tank as part of the system and it has less than two feet of vertical separation between the bottom of the drainfield and periodically saturated soil or bedrock (limiting layer). The property is located in an area of the County where surface contaminates present a low risk of contaminating the underlying bedrock aquifer (which may be used as a source of drinking water). The Scott County SSTS Ordinance No. 4 requires that an SSTS located in an area that presents a low contamination risk and has an unsealed tank be replaced within five years of the compliance inspection date. Therefore, the SSTS must be replaced or otherwise brought into compliance with Minnesota Rules Chapters 7080 -7083 and the SSTS Ordinance by April 18, 2018. For your information, the Scott County SSTS Ordinance does not require replacement if the SSTS will be abandoned within five years of the required replacement date (for example, due to land development or connection to municipal sewer service). Please contact us prior to the required install date if that is a possibility. If the system becomes an imminent threat to public health (for example, by discharging to the ground surface or backing up into your home), you will be required to replace the system within ten months, unless the replacement date above occurs first. Factors that tend to shorten the life of a drainfield include sewering excessive amounts of chemicals (especially those that can damage the system, such as water from a pool or from chlorinating your well water), using a garbage disposal to flush solids down the drain, not pumping the tanks often enough (so scum or solid levels become too high), and excessive lawn watering on or near the drainfield. Finally, it is very helpful to reduce water usage in your home to the extent possible. Enclosed is a list that includes licensed site designers and installers that can assist you with designing and installing a new system. You must obtain a permit from this Department to replace your system. A description of soil characteristics and a design are needed when you apply for the permit. There is funding available to assist with septic replacements. See the enclosed sheet for more details. If your property is sold before the SSTS is replaced, you are required to disclose to the buyer that the system is not in compliance (as described in this letter) in accordance with State Statutes 115.55, subdivision 6. The time period to replace the SSTS transfers with the property. Page 2 Please call me at 952 - 496 -8352 if you have any questions. Sincerely, i ?Ai) i - . (M Peter M. Schmitt Environmental Health Supervisor 3 • Minnesota Pollution Compliance Inspection Form Control Agency 520 Lafayette Road North Existing Subsurface Sewage Treatment Systems St. Paul, MN 55155 -4194 (SSTS) Doc Type: Compliance and Enforcement Instructions: Inspection results based on Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) For local tracking purposes: requirements and attached forms — additional local requirements may also apply. Submit completed form to Local Unit of Government (LUG) and system owner within 15 days System Status System status on date (mm /dd /yyyy): 4/18/2013 ❑ Compliant - Certificate of Compliance ® Noncompliant - Notice of Noncompliance (Valid for 3 years from report date, unless shorter time (See Upgrade Requirements on page 3) frame outlined in Local Ordinance.) Reason(s) for noncompliance (check all applicable) ❑ Impact on Public Health (Compliance Component #1) — Imminent threat to public. health and safety ❑ Other Compliance Conditions (Compliance Component #3) — Imminent threat to public health and safety ® Tank Integrity (Compliance Component #2) — Failing to protect groundwater ❑ Other Compliance Conditions (Compliance Component #3) — Failing to protect groundwater ® Soil Separation (Compliance Component #4) — Failing to protect groundwater ❑ Operating permit/monitoring plan requirements (Compliance Component #5) — Noncompliant Property Information Parcel ID# orSec/Twp /Range: 259340070 Property address: 15220 Eagle Creek Avenue NE, Prior Lake, 55372 Reason for inspection: Property Transfer Property owner: Bette Conard Owner's phone: or Owner's representative: Rich Brama, Keller Williams Representative phone: Local regulatory authority: Scott County Regulatory authority phone: Brief system description: cesspool and drainfield Comments or recommendations: • • Certification 1 hereby certify that all the necessary information has been gathered to determine the compliance status of this system. No determination of future system performance has been nor can be made due to unknown conditions during system construction, possible abuse of the system, inadequate maintenance, or future water usage. Inspector name: Gary M. Bohn Certification number: 959 Business name: Bohn Well Drilling Co. License number: 1043 Inspector signature: ./E4, j __.._ Phone number: (952) 445 -4809 Necessary or Locally Required Attachments ® Soil boring logs ® System /As -built drawing ❑ Forms per local ordinance ❑ Other information (list): www.pca.state.mn.us • 651-296-6300 • 800.657.3864 • TTY 651-282-5332 or 800-657 -3864 • Available in alternative formats wq- wwists4.31 • 1/24/12 Page 1 of 3 Property address: 15220 Eagle Creek Avenue NE, Prior Lake, 55372 Inspector initials /Date: GB, 4/18/13 . Impact on Public Health - Compliance component #1 of 5 - Com .Iiance criteria: Verification method(s): System discharge sewage to the ❑ Yes ® No Searched for surface outlet • round surface. ® Searched for seeping in yard/backup in home System discharge sewage to drain tile ❑ Yes ® No El Excessive ponding in soil system/D -boxes or surface waters. ❑ Homeowner testimony (See Comments/Explanation) System cause sewage backup into El Yes 1E1 No ❑ "Black soil" above soil dispersal system dwelling or establishment. ❑System requires "emergency" pumping ❑ Any "yes" answer above indicates the system is Unnaablle e t to b ❑ Unable dye test verify (See Comments/Explanation) an Imminent Threat to Public Health and Safety. ❑ Other methods not listed (See Comments/Explanation) Comments /Explanation: 2. Tank Integrity - Compliance component #2 of 5 Com • fiance criteria: Verification method(s): System consists of a seepage pit, a Yes ❑ No ® Probed tank(s) bottom cesspool, drywell, or leaching pit. ❑ Examined construction records Seepage pits meeting 7080.2550 may be ❑ Examined Tank Integrity Form (Attach) compliant if allowed in local ordinance. ❑ Observed liquid level below operating depth Sewage tank(s) leak below their ® Yes ❑ No desi•ned o•eratin• death. ❑Examined empty (pumped) tanks(s) If yes, which sewage tank(s) leaks: ❑ Probed outside tank(s) for "black soil" Any "yes" answer above indicates the ❑Unable to verify (See Comments/Explanation) system is Failing to Protect Groundwater. 0 Other methods not listed (See Comments/Explanation) Comments/Explanation: 3. Other Compliance Conditions - Compliance component #3 of 5 a. Maintenance hole covers are damaged, cracked, unsecured, or appear to structurally unsound. ❑ Yes* ❑ No ® Unknown b. Other issues (electrical hazards, etc.) to immediately and adversely impact public health or safety. ❑ Yes* No p Unknown *System is an imminent threat to public health and safety Explain: c. System is non - protective of ground water for other conditions as determined by inspector ❑ Yes* ® No *System is failing to protect groundwater Explain: www.pca.state.mn.us • 651.296 -6300 • 800- 657 -3864 • TTY 651 - 2825332 or 800 -657 -3864 • Available in alternative formats wq- wwists4 -31 • 1/24/ 12 Page 2 of 3 Property address: 15220 Eagle Creek Avenue NE, Prior Lake, 55372 Inspector initials /Date: GB 4/18/13 4. Soil Separation - Compliance component #4 of 5 Date of installation: ® Unknown Verification method(s): Shoreland/Wellhead protection/Food Beverage ❑ Yes ® No Soil observation does not expire. Previous soil Lodging? observations by two independent parties are sufficient, Com • liance criteria: unless site conditions have been altered or local requirements differ. For systems built prior to April 1, 1996, and ❑ Yes ® No not located in Shoreland or Wellhead ® Conducted soil observation(s) (Attach boring logs) Protection Area or not serving a food beverage or lodging establishment: Two previous verifications (Attach boring logs) ❑ Not applicable (Holding tank(s), no drainfield) Drainfield has at least a two - foot vertical ❑Unable to verify (See Comments/Explanation) separation distance from periodically El saturated soil or bedrock. Other (See Comments/Explanation) Non - performance systems built April 1, ❑ Yes ❑ No Comments/Explanation: 1996, or later or for non- performance systems located in Shoreland or Wellhead Protection Areas or serving a food, beverage, or lodging establishment: Drainfield has a three -foot vertical separation distance from periodically saturated soil or bedrock.* "Experimental", "Other', or "Performance" ❑ Yes ❑ No Indicate depths of elevations systems built under pre -2008 Rules; Type iV or V systems built under 2008 Rules (7080. A. Bottom of distribution media 30" 2350 or 7080.2400 (Advanced inspector License required) B. Periodically saturated soil /bedrock 20" Drainfield meets the designed vertical C. System separation 0 separation distance from periodically saturated soil or bedrock. D. Re•uired com•liance se•aration* 24" Any "no" answer above indicates the system is *May be reduced up to 15 percent if allowed by Local Failing to Protect Groundwater. Ordinance. 5. Operating Permit and Nitrogen BMP* — Compliance component #5 of 5 ® Not applicable Is the system operated under an Operating Permit? ❑ Yes ❑ No If "yes ", A below is required Is the system required to employ a Nitrogen BMP? ❑ Yes/ ❑ No If "yes ", B below is required BMP =Best Management Practice(s) specified in the system design if the answer to both questions is "no ", this section does not need to be completed. Compliance criteria a. Operating Permit number: Have the Operating Permit requirements been met? ❑Yes ❑ No b. Is the required nitrogen BMP in place and properly functioning? ❑ Yes ❑ No Any "no" answer indicates Noncompliance. Upgrade Requirements (Minn. Stat. § 115.55) An imminent threat to public health and safety (ITPHS) must be upgraded, replaced, or its use discontinued within ten months of receipt of this notice or within a shorter period if required by local ordinance. if the system is failing to protect ground water, the system must be upgraded, replaced, or its use discontinued within the time required by local ordinance. If an existing system is not failing as defined in law, and has at !east two feet of design soil separation, then the system need not be upgraded, repaired, replaced, or its use discontinued, notwithstanding any local ordinance that is more strict. This provision does not apply to systems in shoreland areas, Wellhead Protection Areas, or those used in connection with food, beverage, and lodging establishments as defined in law. www.pca.state.mn.us • 651 -296 -6300 • 800-657-3864 • TTY 651 - 282 -5332 or 800-657-3864 • Available in attemative formats wq- wwists4 -31 • 1/24/12 Page 3 of 3 Dr y4 - P,A4 5 tfI 1 C ae4`5h, /nut GT Scott County, MN • !' /r \ �._`� �, //� Bo e ll " o. / / -- \\ B� j `. �.` -. - - - 1 License 43 .r i --' r— ...�_ - tar Jordan, MN 55352 �,•2 i ) ti— .^F��_~ ) - li „------------------:-------- 4 L./././gg" i of:/i.Q. J.," ---------- 1 ) _,,,..,451 _ . „ i . i "......,-. - . ,----- (� 1 /�J ,% / 02 y S e� G fw fS ' ' ,� r / -___ r ,� --.-- % �--,_ \ . t „___`J t. �, � _.`*.,_ ry {.� .X'� / ../....4_,/ / `'�.� \ '''''t , ,` - rr . \5 ,----- ...,..../----...\ \ \ it, r /r tact/ �'' l t ` —,tee .i ....-----A I t ,` \ s r -- ------ 1---. t - yy6 -6) /au 1 ( . i . A t r 3 - r 7 ,(2 .......„,...: 11: : elt nil \ c # bC2 1' N ,, / 4 1 { � H This drawing is neither a legally recorded map nor a survey and is not Map Scale N intended to be used as one. This drawing is a compilation of records, information, and data located in various city, county, and state offices, and 1 inch = 51 feet other sources affecting the area shown, and is to be used for reference W E .roeir, purposes only. Scott County is not responsible for any inaccuracies herein ' contained. If discrepancies are found, please centactthe Scott County Map Dat e_ surveyarsoffice, 4/18/2013 S '` SCOU