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HomeMy WebLinkAbout07-27-2021 Septic ComplianceSP TESTING INC. Steven B. Schirmers -951 Katydid Lane NE- St. Michael, MN 55376 Cert. No 627 - State License #394 - Phone 763-497-3566 - Fax 763-497-5011 www.sPtesting.wastewater@comcast.net - schirmerswastewater.com August 9, 2021 Heather Whiteman 20 Crystal Creek Rd. Orono, MN A Compliance inspection was completed for the existing on-site sewage treatment system located on this property for the sale of the home. The system consists of 2- 1000 gallon septic tanks, 1 -1000 gallon pump tank, a pressurized mound system with a 10' x 64' rock bed, built in 2000 for a 5 bedroom home. Soil boring #1 found mottled soil (redox features) at 2.6' into the original soil & the original soil at elev. 100.1 & the bottom of the rock bed at elev. 101.6 leaving 1.5' of sand below the rock bed & a 4.1' separation from the bottom of the rock & redox features. Soil boring #2 found mottled soil at 1.7' into the original soil & the original soil at elev. 99.6 & the bottom of the rock bed at elev. 101.1 leaving 1.5' of sand & a 3.2' separation. This system meets the required 3' separation from the bottom of the rock bed & redox features & is classified as in compliance with Minnesota Chapter 7080 rules. The tanks were pumped by Kothrade Sewer, Water & Excavating, Inc. & were found to be compliant. Nothing other than gray water (laundry, showers etc.) human waste & toilet tissue should be disposed of into the septic tanks. Garbage disposals are not recommended due to adding more solids & fine solids passing through into the system. Iron filters are also not recommended & should be diverted out of the system. Excessive amounts of soaps, antibacterial soaps, cleaning agents, shower cleaners used every shower & chlorine agents may kill the bacteria you need living in the system. Additives are not recommended. Recommend to pump & clean you tanks through the manhole by a certified pumper every 2 years. Check with your pumper to set up a schedule. This certificate of compliance is no guarantee that this system will continue to function indefinitely. Steven B. Schirmers MINNESOTA POLLUTION p CONTROL AGENCY {�' Compliance inspection report form 520 Lafayette Road North Existing Subsurface Sewage Treatment System (SSTS) St. Paul, MN 55155-41194 Doc Type: Compliance and Enforcement Instructions: Inspection results based on Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) requirements and attached supporting documentation -- additional local requirements may also apply. Further information can be found here: https://www.r)ca.state _mn.us/sites/defaulUfiles/wq-wwists4-31 a.pdf. Inspector must submit completed form to Local Governmental Unit (LGU) and system owner within 15 days of final determination of compliance or noncompliance. Property information Local tracking number. Parcel ID# or Sec/Twp/Range: Local regulatory authority: L i.-S-� DVs) 11.-t r� Property address:t)G` Ykl `�� t C� rJ r'W(c7 Owner/representative: _ t 'r`_ `hl1 1�I r 5 Owner's phone: _4r?14 -\r_'1)- )(4of, Brief system description: -) 0 oo) 0 L)I Li� System status �-� wK, 1�����'r sa v System status on date (mm/dd/yyyy): �•a 7�� 1 0 Compliant — Certificate of compliance* (Valid for 3 years from report date unless evidence of an imminent threat to public health or safety requiring removal and abatement under section 145A.04, subdivision 8 is discovered or a shorter time frame exists in Local Ordinance.) *Note: Compliance indicates conformance with Minn. R. 7080.9500 as of system status date above and does not guarantee future performance. ❑ Noncompliant— Notice of noncompliance An imminent threat to public health and safety (1TPHS) 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 or under section 145A.04 subdivision 8. Systems failing to protect ground water must be upgraded, replaced, or use discontinued within the time required by local ordinance. Reason(s) for noncompliance (check all applicable) ❑ Impact on public health (Compliance component #1) — Imminent threat to public health and safety ❑ Tank integrity (Compliance component 42) -- Failing to protect groundwater ❑ Other Compliance Conditions (Compliance component #3) — Imminent threat to public health and safety ❑ Other Compliance Conditions (Compliance component #3) -- Failing to protect groundwater ❑ System not abandoned according to Minn. R. 7080.2500 (Compliance component #3) — Failing to protect groundwater ❑ Soil separation (Compliance component #5) — Failing to protect groundwater ❑ Operating permit/monitoring plan requirements (Compliance component #4) -- Noncompliant - local ordinance applies 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. By typing my name below, 1 certify the above statements to be true and correct, to the best of my knowledge, and that this information can be used for the purpose of processing this form_ Business name: S-- "\ ) N.(' , Certification number: Inspector signature: , if , _.� _1y �3. License number: 9 (This document has been electronically signed) Phone: r] Necessary or locally required supporting documentation (must be attached) 69 Soil observation logs ❑ Locally required forms Tank Integrity Assessment 13 tY ❑Operating Permit 9q Other information (list): S\<og_ https://www.pca.state.mn.us 651-296-6300 800-657-3864 Use your preferred relay service Available in alternative formats wq-wwists4-31b • 1/11/21 Pagel 01`4 30 1. Impact on public health -- Compliance component #1 of 5 Compliance criteria - System discharges sewage to the ❑ Yes* ❑ No ground surface System discharges sewage to drain ❑ Yes` ❑ No tile or surface waters. System causes sewage backup into ❑ Yes* ❑ No dwelling or establishment. Any "yes" answer above indicates the system is an imminent threat to public health and safet . Describe verification methods and results: Attached supporting documentation: ❑ other: ❑ Not applicable 2. Tank integrity — Compliance component 42 of 5 Compliance criteria: System consists of a seepage pit, ❑ Yes* ❑ No cesspool, drywell, leaching pit, or other it? Sewage tanks) leak below their ❑ Yes* ❑ No designed operating depth? If yes, which sewage tanksleaks: Any "yes" answer above indicates the system is failing to protect groundwater, Describeverification methods and results. __o Attached supporting documentation: El Pumped at time of inspection Name of maintenance business: License number of maintenance business: Date of maintenance: ❑ Existing tank integrity assessment (attach) Date of maintenance (mmiddlyyyy): (must be within three years) (See form instructions to ensure assessment complies with Minn. R. 70820700 subp. 4 B (f)) ❑ Tank is Noncompliant (pumping not necessary—explain below) ❑ Other: https://www.pra.state.mri-us 651-296-6300 800-557-3864 Use your preferred relay service Available in alternative formats wq-wwi5ts4-316 • 1/11/21 Page 2 of 4 3. Other compliance conditions — Compliance component #3 of 5 3a. Maintenance hole covers appear to be structurally unsound (damaged, cracked, etc.), or unsecured? ❑ Yes* [D No ❑ Unknown 3b, Other issues (electrical hazards, etc.) to immediately and adversely impact public health or safety? ❑ Yes* ❑ No ❑ Unknown *Yes to 3a or 3b - System is an imminent threat to public health and safety. 3c. System is non -protective of ground water for other conditions as determined by inspector? ❑ Yes` El Na 3d. System not abandoned in accordance with Minn. R. 7080.2500? Q Yes* d No *Ycs to 3c or 3d - System is failing to protect groundwater. Describe verification methods and results: Attached supporting documentation: ❑ Not applicable ❑ 4. Operating permit and nitrogen BMP` —Compliance component #4 of 5 [] Nat 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 specified in the system design? ❑ Yes ❑ No If "yes", B below is required BMF' = 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. 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. Describe verification methods and results: Attached supporting documentation: ❑ Operating permit (Attach) ❑ https://www.pca.state,mn.us • 651-295-5300 $00-557-3864 Use your preferred relay service Availabie in alternative formats wq-wwists4-316 • 1/11/21 Page 3 of 4 5. Soil separation -- Compliance component #5 of 5 Date of installation � - a - ;, y00 f] Unknown (mmfddryyyy) 5horelandlWelIhead protection/Rood beverage lodging? Compliance criteria (select one): ❑ Yes [0 No 5a. Forsystems built prior to April 1, 1996, ❑ Yes ❑ No* and not located in Shoreland or Wellhead Protection Area or not serving a food, beverage or lodging establishment: Drainfield has at least a two -foot vertical separation distance from periodically saturated soil or bedrock. 5b. Non-performance systems built April 1, ❑ Yes ❑ No* 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.* 5c. "Experimental", "Other'; or `Performance" ❑ Yes ❑ No* systems built under pre -2008 Rules; Type IV or V systems built under 2008 Rules 7080. 2350 or 7080.2400 (Advanced Inspector License required) Drainfield meets the designed vertical separation distance from periodically saturated soil or bedrock. *Any "no" answer above indicates the system is failing to protect groundwater. Describe verification methods and results: Attached supporting documentation: Soil observation logs completed for the report (Attach) ❑ Two previous verifications of required vertical separation (Attach) ❑ Not applicable (No soil treatment area) Indicate depths or elevations V( A. Bottom of distribution media s s° a oil B. periodical) saturated soil/bedrock C. System se aration D, Required compliance separafion* *May be reduced up to 15 percent if allowed by Local Ordinance. 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 least 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. https://www,pca.State.mn.us 651-296-63oo 800-657-3864 Use your preferred relay service Available in alternative formats wq-wwists4-31b • 1/11/21 Page 4 of 4 SP TESTING INC. Steven B. Schirmers —951 Katydid Lane NE — St. Michael, MN 55376 Cert. No 627 — State License #394 — Rhone 763-497-3566 — Fax 763-497-5011 www.s testin .wastewater comcast.net— schirmerswastewater.com Heather Whiteman 20 Crystal Creek Rd. Orono, MN Soil borings completed with a bucket auger on 8-9-21 SOIL BORING #1 -- ELEV. 103.2 - MOTTLED SOIL PRESENT IN THE BORING AT 2.6' into the original soil. 0 - 14" Fill soil loam 14S7 - 3831 Fill soil medium sand 38" - 5071 Eroded topsoil dark brown loam 10YR 4/1 5011 - 7011 Dark brown loam 10YR 312 7077 - 7471 Dark gray brown loam 10YR 512 - distinct mottles 10YR 618 SOIL BORING #2 - ELEV. 102.6 - MOTTLED SOIL PRESENT IN THE BORING AT 1.71 into the original soil. 0 - 12" Fill soil loam 1277 - 3611 Fill soil medium sand 3611 - 5611 Original soil dark brown loam 10YR 312 5617 - 6011 Dark brown loam 10YR 4/2 - distinct mottles 10YR 618 6017 - 6671 Pale brown clay loam 10YR 613 - distinct mottles 10YR 618, 10YR 711 MINNESOTA POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY Sewage tank integrity assessment fOfrTl 520 Lafayette Road North Subsurface Sewage St. Paul, MN 55155-4194 Treatment Systems (SSTS) Program Doc Type; Compliance and Enforcement Purpose: This form may be used to certify the compliance status of the sewage tank components of the SSTS. This form is not a complete SSTS inspection report, only a tank integrity assessment, and may only certify sewage tank compliance status when entirely completed and signed by a qualified professional. SSTS compliance inspection report forms can be found at: htt s://www. ca. slate, mn.usiwaterrins echons. Instructions: This form may be completed, and signed, by a Designated Certified Individual (DCI) of a licensed SSTS inspection, maintenance, installation, or service provider business who personally conducts the necessary procedures to assess the compliance status of each sewage tank in the system. Only a licensed maintenance business is authorized to pump the tank for assessment. A copy of this information should be submitted to the system owner and be maintained by the Licensed SSTS business for a period of five (5) years from the assessment date. When this form is signed by a qualified certified professional, it becomes necessary supporting documentation to an Existing System Compliance Inspection Report: Compliance inspection form - Existing system w-wwists4-31 b . This form can be found on the MPGA website at https:/haww.l3ca.state- mn.uslwaterlinspections. The information and certified statement on this form is required when existing septic tank compliance status is determined by an individual other than the SSTS Inspector that submits an inspection report. This form represents a third party assessment of SSTS component compliance and is allowable under Minn. R. 7082.0700, subp. 4(B)(1). This form is valid for a period of three years beyond the signature date on this form unless a new evaluation is requested by the owner or owners agent or is required according to local regulations. Additional Administrative Rule references for this activity can be found at Minn. R. 7082.0700, subp. 4(B),(C), and (D) and; Minn. R. 7083.0730(C). Owner information Owner/Representative Christopher Whiteman Property address: 20 C stal Creek Rd, Orono MN 55356 Local Regulatory Authority: City of Orono Parcel ID: 33-118-23-33-0007 System status System status on date (mm/ddfyyyy) — Z ( 7 a /00o gQ l'oK1 -'a, 1q- PCertiiicate of sewage tank compliance ❑ Notice of sewage tank non-compliance Compliance criteria: The SSTS has a seepage pit, cesspool, drywell, leaching pit, or other pit - "Failure to Protect Groundwater." ❑Yes"Io The SSTS has a sewage tank that leaks below the designed operating depth - "Failure to Protect El Yes* �511No Groundwater." The SSTS presents a threat to public safety by reason of structurally unsound (damaged, cracked, or weak) maintenance hole cover(s) or lids or any other unsafe condition -"Imminent Threat to 0 Yes" P5 No Public Health or Safety." Any "yes" answer above indicates sewage tank non-compliance. Company information Company name: Kothrade Sewer, Water & Excavating,Inc Business license number: L192 Designated Certified Individual (DCI) Information Print name: Larry Bursch Certification number: C9199 I personalty conducted the work described above as a Designated Certified Individual of a Minnesota -licensed SSTS inspection, maintenance, installation, or service provider Business. I personally conducted the necessary procedures to assess the compliance status of each sewage tank in this SSTS. By typing/signing my name below, I certify the above statements to be true and correct, to the best of my knowledge, and that this information can be used for the purpose of processing ' form. Designated Certified Individual's signature: Z2G Date (mm/dd/yyyy): (This docume has been electronically signed.) www.pca.state.mn.us 651-296-630 800-657-3864 Use your preferred relay service • Available in alternative formats wq-wwuts4-91 • 5110121 Page 1 of 1