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Home My WebLink AboutFailed septic certMINNESOTA POLLUTION Compliance inspection report form CONTROL AGENCY p p 520 Lafayette Road North Existing Subsurface Sewage Treatment System (SSTS) St. Paul, WIN 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 htt s:l/www. r-a.state.mn.us/sites/default/files/w-wwists4-31a. df. Property information Local tracking number: Parcel ID# or SeclTwp/Range: 0311723430004 Reason for Inspection Propery Transfer Local regulatory authority info: City of Orono _ Property address: 760 Brown Road South Owner/representative: Tom Browne Owner's phone: 612-804-4302 Brief system description: Approximately 1-1250-gallon, 1-1000-gallon septic tanks and 950 square feet of trench system. System status System status on date (mm/ddfyyyy): 9/14/2024 ❑ 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. 7080.1500 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 existing system is noncompliant so the septic tanks were not pumped and certified. The existing house has the ability to connect to the city sewer line. TBM: Top of the southwest corner of the concrete slab. ELV.-100.0 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: Ru ty Olson Soil & Percolation Testing Certification number: C1255 Inspector signature: Joseph J. Olson License number: L810 (This document has been electronically signed) 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): https://www.pca.state.mn.us 651-296-6300 800-657-3864 Use your preferred relay service Available in alternative formats wq-wwists4-31b • 412812021 Page 1 of 4 Property Address: 760 Brown Road South Business Name: Rusty Olson Soil 8, percolation Testing Date: 9/14/2024 1. Impact on public health — Compliance component #1 of 5 Hance criteria: System dischargers 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, ❑ Yes- ❑ No cesspool, drywell, leaching pit, or other pit? 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: See first page. 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 (mm/dd/yyyy): (must be within three years) (See form instructions to ensure assessment complies with Minn. R. 7082.0700 subp. 4 B (1)) ❑ Tank is Noncompliant (pumping not necessary - explain below) ❑ Other: https://www.pca.state.mn.us 651-296-6300 800-657-3864 Use your preferred relay service Available in alternative formats wq-wwists4-31b • 412812021 page 2 of Property Address: 760 Brown Road South Business dame: Rum Olson Soil & percolation Testinq Date: 9/14/2024 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: 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) ❑ https://www.pca,state.mn.us 651-296-6300 300-657-3864 Use your preferred relay service Available in alternative formats wq-wwists4-31b • 412812021 Page 3 of 4 Property Address: 760 Brown Road South Business Name: Rusty Olson Soil & percolation Testing Date: 9/14/2024 5. Soil separation — Compliance component #5 of 5 Date of installation 8/1/1984 ❑ Unknown (mmldd/yyyy) ShorelandlWelIhead protection/Food beverage lodging? Hance criteria (select one): 5a. For systems built prior to April 1, 1996, 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, 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.* ® Yes ❑ No ❑ Yes ❑ No- El Yes ® No* 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 (Intermediate Inspector License required :5 2,500 gallons per day; Advanced Inspector License required > 2,500 gallons per day) Drainfield meets the designed vertical separation distance from periodically *Any "no" answer above Indicates the system is failing to protect groundwater. Describe verification methods and results: Soil boring 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 98.3 B. Periodically saturated soil/bedrock 98.1 C. System separation 0.2 _ D. Required compliance separation* 2.55 *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. https://www.pca,state.mn.us 651-296-6300 800-657-3864 Use your preferred relay service Available in alternative formats wq-wwists4-31b • 412812021 Page 4 of 4 Property Owner / project: Property Address / PID: Soil Observation Log Owner Information Tom Browne 760 Brown Road S www.SepticResource.com vers 12.4 Date 9/10/2024 Soil Survey Information ❑ refer to attached soil survey Parent matl's: 2 Till ❑ Outwash ❑ Lacustrine ❑ Alluvium ❑ organic ❑ Bedrock landscape position: ❑ Summit ❑ Shoulder EZ Side slope ❑ Toe slope soil survey map units: L3713 slope % direction - Soil Log #1 C7 Boring 0 Pit Elevation 100.6 Depth to SHWT 30 Inches Depth (in) Texture fragment % matrix color redox color consistence grade shape 0-22 Fill <35 22-26 Loam <35 10yr3/2 Friable Strong Blocky 26-30 Clay Loam <35 I Oyr5/4 Friable Strong Blocky 30-40 Clay Loam <35 1Oyr5/4 10y4/8,1-6/10y Firm Strong Blocky <35 loose loose single grain 35 - 50 friable weak granular blocky >50 firm moderate Prismatic platy rigid strong massive Comments: 769SrlinW,s 4