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system mounds which were very large because of the size of the house and over 60 dump <br /> trucks of contaminated sand and gravel were removed from the Property. <br /> The house is located on a bluff and the West and North portion of the Property are on a � <br /> bluffthat is adjacent to Long Lake. No work(i.e., grading,retai.ning wa11s,tree removal, <br /> � � etc.) is being performed in the"75 foot zone"adjacent to Long Lake. Silt fence was <br /> i.nstalled along the entire bluff area of the Properly when the septic system was removed. <br /> The permits requested by the Applicant will facilita.te the following projects: <br /> 1. Complete the final grading necessary as a result of removing the four very large <br /> � septic mounds. . <br /> 2. Installation of a retai.ning wa11 and an associated rain gaiden on the West side of the <br /> Property to (i)facilitate final grading of the West side of the Properly where the <br /> lazgest of the four septic system mounds were removed,(ii)prevent runoff and <br /> associated flooding in the area of the Property where the City of Orono sewer pit was <br /> installed, and(iii)install a rain garden which will mitigate(a)future'erosion of the <br /> � bluff on the West side of tlie Progerty which is adjacent to Long Lake,and(b) <br /> mitigate the runoff of tmtreated storm water from the West side of the Property into <br /> Long Lake. <br /> 3. Installation of a retai.ning wall and an associated rain gazden on the North side of the j <br /> Property to (i)facilitate final gcading of the North side of the Property where three of <br /> the septic sysfiem mounds were removed and where the septic mound black dirt and , <br /> clay were temporarily stockpiled(the contami.nated sand and gravel were removed), . <br /> (u)install an undersized tennis court,(iu)install a rain garden which will mitigate(a) <br /> future erosion of the bluff on the North side of the Properly which is adjacent to Long <br /> Lake, and(b)mitigate the runoff of untreated storm water from the North side of the <br /> Property into Long Lake. <br /> 4. Installation of a reteininu�wall on the East side of the Property to fa.cilitate(i)final <br /> gradi.ng of the East side of the Property where a portion of a hill was removed to <br /> permit dump trucks and earth moving equipment to access the four septic mounds <br /> that were removed on the North and West side of the Property, and(ii) insta.11ation of <br /> a 20,000 gallon,underground fire cistern, The house is more than 1,500 feet away <br /> from a fire hydrant and the Applicant recently had Chubb cancel the insurance policy <br /> for the Progerty because of concerns related to the distance to the neazest fire hydrant <br /> and the fa.ct that the local fire department tanker does not have sufficient capacity <br /> � given the size of the house. The Applicant's current insurance compan.y,Chartis,has <br /> requested the installation of a fire cistern as quickly as is pra.cticable. The fire cistern <br /> has to be within. l5 feet of a driveway for fire department pumper truck access and <br /> has to be a specified distance(varies)away from structures on the Properry. The � <br /> retain.ing wall is necessary to create a location for the fire cistern that meets all <br /> � requirements including,but not Iimited to,the followi.ng: (i)capacity,established by <br /> the insurance company,and(u)location,established by the fire department. <br /> R��:�''�P�� Page 2 of 3 <br /> JUN 2 � 2Q`i� <br />