HomeMy WebLinkAbout12/19/2022 Septic ComplianceMMINNESOTA POLLUTION Compnliance inspection report form
CONTROL AGENCY N N
520 Lafayette Road North Existing Subsurface Sewage Treatment System (SSTS)
St. Paul, MN 55155-4194 Doc Type: Compliance and Enforcement
Instructions: Inspector must submit completed form to Local Governmental Unit (LGU) and system owner within 15 days of
final determination of compliance or noncompliance. Instructions for filling out this form are located on the Minnesota Pollution
Control Agency (MPCA) website at httos://www.K)ca,state.mn.us/sites/default/fileslwq-wwists4-31a.gdf.
Property information Local trackina number:
Parcel ID# or Sec/TwplRange: 3111823410001 Reason for Inspection Propery Transfer
Local regulatory authority info: City of Orono
Property address: 4040 Watertown Road
Owner/representative: Adam Westling Owner's phone: 612-562-7402
Brief system description: Approximately 2 -1000 -gallon septic tanks, 1 -1000 -gallon lift station and 380 square feet of mound rock bed
System status
System status on date (mm/dd/yyyy): 12/19/2022
® 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
Systems failing to protect ground water must be upgraded, replaced, or
use discontinued within the time required by local ordinance.
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 or
under section 145A.04 subdivision 8.
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 #2) — 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
There is 1.0 feet of sand under the rock bed.
TBM: Top of the lift station manhole cover. ELV.-100.0
Certification
I 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 fonn.
Business name: Rusty Olson Soil & percolation Testing
Inspector signature: Josepo J. Olson
(Thus document has been electronically signed)
Certification number: 01255
License number: L810
Phone: 763-498-8779
Necessary or locally required supporting documentation (must be attached)
® Soil observation logs ® System/As-Built ❑ Locally required forms ® Tank Integrity Assessment ❑ Operating Permit
❑ Other information (list):
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Property Address: 4040 Watertown Road
Business Name: Rusty Olson Soil & percolation Testing
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 safety.
Describe verification methods and results:
Visual. Nothing was found
Date: 12/19/2022
Attached supporting documentation:
❑ Other:
® Not applicable
2. Tank integrity — Compliance component #2 of 5
Compliance criteria:
System consists of a seepage pit, El es* ® No
cesspool, drywell, leaching pit,
or other it?
Sewage tank(s) leak below their ❑ Yes' ® No
designed operating depth?
If yes, which sewage tank(s) leaks:
Any "yes" answer above indicates the system
is failing to protect groundwater.
Describe verification methods and results:
Albin's Septic Pumping LLC. pumped the tanks.
Attached supporting documentation:
❑ Empty tank(s) viewed by inspector
Name of maintenance business:
License number of maintenance business:
Date of maintenance:
® Existing tank integrity assessment (Attach)
Date of maintenance 11/25/2022
(mmiddlyyyy): (must be within three years)
(See form instructions to ensure assessment complies with
Minn, R. 7082.0700 subp. 4 B (9))
❑ Tank is Noncompliant (pumping not necessary - explain below)
❑ Other:
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Property Address: 4040 Watertown Road
Business Name: Rusty Olson Soil & percolation Testing Date: 12/19/2022
3. Other compliance conditions — Compliance component #3 of 5
3a. Maintenance hole covers appear to be structurally unsound (damaged, cracked, etc.), or unsecured?
❑ Yes" ® No I] Unknown
3b. Other issues (eiectricat 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* ® No
3d. System not abandoned in accordance with Minn. R. 7080.2500? ❑ Yes" ® No
*Yes to 3c or 3d - System is failing to protect groundwater.
Describe verification methods and results:
Visual. Nothing was found
Attached supporting documentation: ® Not applicable ❑
4. Operating permit and nitrogen BMP* — Compliance component #4 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 specified in the system design? ❑ 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. 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) ❑
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Property Address: 4040 Watertown Road
Business Name: Rusty Olson Soil & percolation Testing_ _ Date: 12/19/2022
5. Soil separation — Compliance component #5 of 5
Date of installation 6/7/1989 ❑ Unknown
(mm/dd/yyyy)
ShorelandlWellhead protection/Food ❑ Yes ® No
beverage lodging?
Compliance criteria (select one):
5a. For systems built prior to April 1, 1996, and ® Yes ❑ No*
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.
5 b. Non-performance systems built
April 1, 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"
systems built under pre -2008 Rules;
Type IV or V systems built under 2008
Rules 7080. 2350 or 7080.2400
(Intermediate Inspector License required <_
2,500 gallons per day; Advanced Inspector
License required > 2,500 gallons per day)
Drainfield meets the designed vertical
separation distance from periodically
saturated soil or bedrock.
❑ Yes [:]No*
❑ Yes ❑ No*
*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
❑ Two previous verifications of required vertical separation
❑ Not applicable (No soil treatment area)
Indicate depths or elevations
A. Bottom of distribution media
99.8
B. Periodica!!y saturated soil/bedrock
96.8
C. System separation
3.0
D. Required compliance separation*
2,0
*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 (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. 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.
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2022 SEPTIC MAINTENANCE REPORT
Site address: 4040 Watertown Rd (Adam & Hannah Westling)
Number of tanks:_ 3 Date last pumped: 11/25/2022 Gallons pumped: 2100
Name of pumper)' maintenance provider: Albin's Septic Pumping, LLC
Are tanks waterftht?:
Is the system functioning properly? Yes
Y£S NO
(please circle one)
(ie slow drainage, wetness in the drainfieid?)
Do you have any specific concerns or issues that you'd like to discuss with the SSTS Program Manager?
No. Note: Please see Tank Certification attached as Rusty's Percolation is doing
a Compliancy; Inspection. as the home is for sale.
If so, please indicate best time and telephone number(s) to be reached between S am and 4:30 pm.
Best Times Telephone Numbers)
RETURN IN THE ENCLOSED ENVELOPE
AS SOON AS POSSIBLE
Alicia Johnson
CITY OF ORONO
PO BOX 66
CRYSTAL BAY MN 55323.0066
Property address: 4.040 Watertown_ Rd Adam &Hannah Westlinc) Parcel ID: 3111823410001
city: Orono state:_ MN _ _ zip code:_55359 _
section: Sewage Tank Compliance Certification
This form does not repissent a complete system inspection report and only csrtliies sewage
Instructions: This seen of the form may be completed and signed by a Designated Certified individual (DCI} of a tswnsed btj 15
Maintsnarm Business who personally conducts the necessary procedures to assess the compliance status of each sewage tank in
the system.
When this section of the form is signed by a qualified certified professional, it becomes necessary suppofft rbowirw1afian to an
Existing System Compliance Inspection Report: Compliance inspection fa - . This form can be
found on the MPCA webiae at
The information and certilled statement on this form Is required when existing septic tank compliance status is determined by an
Individual other than the SSTS Inspector that submits the inspection report It represents a third party assessment of SSTS
component compliance surd is allowable under Minn. R. 7082.0700, subp. 4 Item (B) subiitem (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 owner's agent or is
required according to local regulations. Additional Administrative Rule references for this adMty can be found at Minn.
R. 7082.0700, subp. 4 Items B, C, and D; 7083.0730 Item C.
]MCwUfieate of sewage tank compliance
Affirm all three statements:
�( The SSTS does not contain a seepage pit, cesspool,
drywell, leaching pit, or other pit.
�[ It does not contain a sewage tank that was designed
to be wateftight, but subsequently leaks below the
designed operating depth.
X It does not represent an imminent safety threat by
reason of unsecured, damaged, or weak
maintenance We cover(s) or other unsafe condition.
Company lnformatlon
Company name: Albin''s Se ' _Pumping, LLC
❑ Notice of sewage tank non-compliance
Select all that apply:
❑ The SSTS has a seepage pit. cesspool, drywell,
leaching pit, or other pit,
❑ It has a sewage tank that was designed to be
watertight, but subsequently leaks below the designed
operating depth.
❑ It presents a threat to pubtic safety by reason of
unsecured, damaged, or weak maintenance hole
covers) or other unsafe condition.
Designated Certified Individual (DCI) Inibrmatlon
Print name: Peter Peterson
Business license number: 3346 Certification number: 9227
I personafy conducted Re work described above as a Designated Ceram ln&Wdual of a Minnesota- icensed SETS Mahrtenance
Business. I permw0y conducted the ry pmcedures to assess the compliance status of each sewage tank in this SSTS:
Designated Certified
Individual's signature: y % _ flare (mwddlyyyy): _ 11/25/2022
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Soil Observation Log
www.SepticResource.corn vers 12.4
Owner Information
Owner / project: Adam Westling
Address / PID: 4040 Watertown Road
Date 12/1/2022
Soil Survey Information ❑ refer to attached soil survey
Parent matl's: El Till ❑ Outwash ❑ Lacustrine ❑ Alluvium ❑ Organic ❑ Bedrock
landscape position: ❑ summit ❑ Shoulder 21 Side slope ❑ Toe slope
soil survey map units: L41 C;2 slope % direction -
Soil Log #1
21 Boring ❑ Pit Elevation 100.0 Depth to SHWT 34 inches
Depth (in) Texture fragment % matrix color redox color consistence grade shape
0-10
Fill
<35
10-20
Loam
<35
10yr3/1
Friable
Strong
Blocky
20-28
Clay Loam
<35
1 Oyr4!3
Friable
Strong
Blocky
28-34
Clay Loam
<35
1 Oyr5/4
Friable
Strong
Blocky
34-40
Clay Loam
<35
1Oyr5/4
IOy4/8,1-6/IOy
Firm
Strong
Blocky
Continents: TBM: Top of the lift station manhole cover Evl.-100.0
59"J-
71-
An
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