HomeMy WebLinkAbout4785 Creekwood Trail Compliance Inspection ReportMINNESOTA POLLUTION
CONTROL AGENCY Compliance inspection report form
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 https://www.Pca.state.mn.us/sita§/defauIt/files/wg-wwists4-31a 1)df.
Property information Local tracking number:
Parcel ID# or Sec/Twp/Range: 3011823330009 Reason for Inspection Property Transfer
Local regulatory authority info: City Of Orono,9( 52) 249-4600
Property address: 4785 Creekwood Trail, Orono
Owner/representative: Sara Swenson _ Owner's phone: 612-275-8770
Brief system description: 1-1300, 1 -1000 -gallon septic tanks, 1 -1300 -gallon lift station and 680 Square feet Rock bed per city
records
System status
System status on date (mm/dd/yyyy): 2/2/2024
❑ Compliant — Certificate of compliance*
(Valid for 3 years from repos` date unless evidence of an
imminent threat to public health or safety requiring removal and
abatement under section 145A.04, subdivision 6 is discovered or
a shorter time frame exists in Local Ordinance.)
*Note: Compliance indicates conformance with Minn.
R. 7080.1500 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
The system is designed for a five bedroom house.
There is 1.0 feet of sand under the rock bed.
The existing lift station is corroded. The owner opted not to pump the first two tanks and is getting the tanks replaced. Once the
non-compliant tanks replaced the system will be compliant.
Certification
l 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, 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 this form.
Business name: Rus Olson Soil & percolation Testing Certification number: C1255
Inspector signature: Joseph J. Olson _ _ License number: L810
(This document has been electronically signed) Picone: 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: 4785 Creekwood Trail, Orono
Business Name: Rus Olson Soil & percolation Testing Date: 2/2/2024
I. 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
Attached supporting documentation:
❑ Other:
® Not applicable
2. Tank integrity -- Compliance component #2 of 5
Compliance criteria:
System consists of a seepage pit, E Yes" ® No
cesspool, drywell, leaching pit,
or other pit?_
Sewage tank(s) leak below their ❑ Yes* ® No
designed operating depth?
If yes, which sewage tanks leaks:
Any "yes" answer above indicates the system
is failing to protect groundwater.
Describe verification methods and results:
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)
Bate of maintenance
(mmldd/yyyy): (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:
The pumper opened up the lift station manhole cover and you could see exposed rebar.
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Property Address: 4785 Creekwood Trail, Orono
Business Name: _Rusty Olson Soil & percolation Testing Date: 2/2/2024
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 ❑ 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* ® 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:
The pumper opened up the lift station manhole cover and you could see exposed rebar.
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: 4785 Creekwood Trail, Orono
Business Name: Rusty Olson Soil & percolation Testing
5. Soil separation — Compliance component #5 of 5
Date of installation 8/8/1990 ❑ Unknown
(mrn/dd/yyyy)
Shoreland/Wellhead protection/Food ❑ Yes ® No
beverage lodging?
Compliance criteria (select one):
5a. For systems built prior to April 1, 1996, and ® Yes
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, 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 'Perfonnance"
systems built under pre -2008 Rules,
Type IV or V systems built under 2008
Rules 7080. 2350 or 7080.2400
(Intermediate Inspector License required s
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.
Date: 2/2/2024
Attached supporting documentation:
® Soil observation logs completed for the report
❑ Two previous verifications of required vertical separation
❑ No* ❑ Not applicable (No soil treatment area)
M
❑ Yes ❑ No" Indicate
A. Botto
❑ Yes ❑ No*
*Any "no" answer above indicates the system is
failing to protect groundwater.
Describe verification methods and results:
or elevations
bution media
B. Periodically saturated soil/bedrock
C. System separation
100.3
97.5
0XV.
D. Required compliance separation* 1 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 (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.
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Property Owner / project:
Property Address 1 PID:
Soil Observation Log
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Owner Information
Sara Swenson
4785 Creekwood Trail
Date 1/30/2024
Soil Survey Information ❑ refer to attached soil survey
Parent mads: 21 Till ❑ Outwash ❑ Lacustrine ❑ Alluvium ❑ Organic ❑ Bedrock
landscape position: ❑ Summit ❑ Shoulder p Side slope ❑ Toe slope
soil survey map units: L40B slope % direction -
Soil Log #1
0 Boring ❑ Pit Elevation 98.5 Depth to SHWT X Inches
Depth (in) Texture fragment % matrix color redox color consistence grade shape
0-14
Loam
<35
10yr3/1
Friable
Strong
Blocky
14 -2 4
Clay Loam
<35
1 Qyr4/3
Friable
Strong
Blocky
<35
loose
loose
single grain
35-50
friable
weals
granular blocky
>50
firm
moderate
Prismatic platy
rigid
strong
massive
<35
loose
loose
single grain
35-50
friable
weak
granular blocky
>50
firm
moderate
Prismatic platy
rigid
strong
massive
<35
loose
loose
single grain
35-50
friable
weak
granular blocky
>50
firm
moderate
Prismatic platy
rigid
strong
massive
Comments: TBM: Top of the garage concrete slab. ELV.-100.0
I hereby certify this work was completed in accordance with MN 7050 and any local reqs.
Rusty Olson's Soil & Pere 810
esigner Signature Company License #
4785 Creekwood Trail Soil Log 92
❑ Boring ❑ pit Elevation 98.0 Depth to SHWT 22 Inches
Depth (in) Texture fragment % matrix color redox color consistence grade shape
0-12
Loam
X35
10yr3/2
Friable
Strong
Blocky
12-22
Clay Loam=:
5
10yr4/4
Friable
Strong
Block\
22-26
Clay Loam
>10yr5/4
IOy4/8,1-6/l0y
Firm
Strong
stocky
<35
loose
loose
single grain
35-50
friable
weak
granular blocky
>50
firm
moderate
prismatic platy
rigid
strong
massive
<35
loose
loose
single grain
35-50
friable
weak
granular blocky
>50
firm
moderate
prismatic platy
rigid
strong
massive
4785 Creekwood Trail Soil Log #3
❑ Boring ❑ Pit Elevation Depth to SHWT
Depth (in) Texture fragment % matrix color redox color consistence grade shape
<35
loose
loose
single grain
35-50
friable
weak
granular blocky
>50
firm
moderate
prismatic platy
rigid
strong
massive
<35
loose
loose
single grain
35-50
friable
weak
granular blocky
>50
firm
moderate
prismatic platy
rigid
strowz
massive
X35
loose
loose
single grain
35-50
friable
weak
granular blocky
>50
firm
moderate
prismatic platy
rigid
strong
massive
<35
loose
loose
single grain
35-50
friable
weak
granular blocky
>SO
firm
moderate
prismatic platy
rigid
strong
massive
<35
loose
loose
single grain
35-50
friable
weak
granular blocky
>50
firm
moderate
prismatic platy
rigid
strong
massive
I hereby certify this work was completed in accordance with MN 7050 and any local reqs.
Rusty Olson's Soil & Pere 810
esigner Signature Company License #
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