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Home My WebLink About2002 Oct 22 - DEP Approval Letter if Singulair System for Piloting Use r � COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ONE WINTER STREET, BOSTON, MA 02108 617-292-5500 JANE SWIFT � � � �� D Governor BOB DUKAND 0 C'f � � LOOL Secretary LAUREN A.LISS HEALTH DEPT. Commissioner � October 22,2002 Rick Mazzaferro ' 14 Yellow Perch Circle � Mashpee,MA 02649 '' Re: Application for BRP WP 64b APPROVAL OF AN ALTERNATIVE SYSTEM FOR PILOTING USE Proposed installation of a Norweco Singulair Mode1960 DN Two Bedroom Single Family Home,64�vi�:�;oad,;��IY�A. , DEP Transmittal Number: 105579 Dear Mr.Mazzaferro: � ' The Department has received your application dated September 4,2002 and completed a review for - approval of an alternative on-site sewage disposal system(System)for piloting use in accordance with 310 CMR 15.000 at the above referenced location. i The submittal includes a plan prepared by Eagle Surveying,Inc.entitled"Site Plan of Land 64 ; Melville Road,Map 100,Parcel 121,South Yarmouth,MA."dated June 3,2002 and most recently revised ! October 7,2002.Your application was approved in a letter,dated July 11,2002,by the Yarmouth Board of � Health. � The proposed System specifies the installarion of a Norweco Singulair Mode1960 DN alternative on- site sewage treatment system to treat 220 gallons per day(GPD)design flow,for a proposed two-bedroom ; house at 64�ilelville Road in Yarmouth,MA. Th�proposed home is located in a defined Title 5 nitrogen sensitive area(Zone In. ' f An engineer of the Depamnent has reviewed this application for approval in accordance with Title 5, � 310 CMR 15.000. Based on its review of ttie application the Department has determined that the above � referenced location,described herein above will be a suitable testing facility to evaluate nitrogen reduction to ! a concentration of 19mg/L. This project is approved consistent with the RENEWAL OF PII.OTING APPROVAL for the Norweco Singulair Mode1960 DN,Transmittal Number:W 107694,issued August 17, 2001,to Siegmund Environmental Services,Inc. (the Company). As part of the Filoting Approval of this alternative system for nitrogen reduction,the Department ' requires the applicant and all subsequent owners to comply with the following conditions: , 1. The owner shall comply with all requirements of the Department's Renewal of Piloting A�proval for the Norweco Singulair Mode1960 DN,issued August 17,2001. A copy of this Approval is enclosed. In the ' i 'I'his information is available in alternate format by calling our ADA Coordinator at(619)574-6872. DEP on the World Wide Web: hrip://www.state.ma.usldep Z,� Printed on Recycled Paper � � :• ' ' • . Rick Mazzaferro ; , 105579 10/22/2002 Page 2 of 4 event of a conflict between the terms and conditions of this System Approval and the Piloting Approval, this System Approval shall be controlling. 2. T� cover��the��a��ion box shall be installed and.mai�i�-at g� tfl f�cili� samp�g and �ito�g of:th� .` ._ �..�.,;.. . 3. The owner shall have the System maintained in accordance with Section IV of the Renewal of Piloting Ap�roval for the Norweco Singulair Mode1960 DN. Additionally,the owner must submit a copy of the "DEP Approved Inspection and O&M Form for Title 5 UA Treatment and Disposal Systems" and Singulair Service checklist to the Department and the Yarmouth Board of Health within 45 days of each inspection. A certified operator of an appropriate grade must complete each form. Copies of these forms are enclosed. 4. At least 30 days prior to System startup, the owner shall submit to the Department and the Yarmouth Board of Health a copy of an operation and maintenance agreement. The initial opera.tion and maintenance agreement sha11 be for no less than 18 months with the Company or its qualified subcontractor. Subsequent operation and maintenance agreements shall be for no less than one year with any person or fum qualified to provide services consistent with the System's specifications,the operation and maintenance requirements specified by the designer and those specified by the Department in this approval letter. The operation and maintenance agreement shall contain the name of the System operator who will operate the System,which shall be an appropriate Massachusetts certified operator,or operators as required by 257 CMR 2.00. Any time the operator is changed, the owner shall notify the Department and the Yarmouth Boazd of Health in writing within seven days of such change. - 5. Prior to the Yarmouth Board of Health's issuance o,f a Certificate of Gompliance,the Qwnershall�submit - .. . . . . to the Department and the Board of Health a copy of a sampling agreement with the Company,including � - a sampling schedule. Subsequent sampling agreements shall be for no less than one year and shall be with a Massachusetts certified operator of the appropriate grade. At a minimum, the following effluent ' grab sampling and testing schedule is required for year round residential use by the Piloting Approval for '! the System for the first 18 months: '' Parameter Frequencv Effluent Limits pH Monthly for the first 6 months 6-9 Quarterly thereafter Carbonaceous biochemical Monthly for the fust 6 months <_30 mg/Ll oxygen demand(CBODS) Quarterly thereafter i Total suspended solids (TSS) Monthly for the first 6 months <_30 mg/L Quarterly thereafter Total nitrogen(TI� Monthly for the first 6 months S 19 mg/L � (TN=TKN+NO2+NO3) Quarterly thereafter ! ��ty Monthly for the first 6 months NA Quarterly thereafter �oW Monthly for the first 6 months Water meter reading Quarterly thereafter i 1. mg/L= milligrams per liter A. During the first 18 months of operation,excluding the first three months of startup � operations,if the effluent concentration from the System exceeds the a�plicable TN, BOD,or TSS limit on two consecutive sampling events, the Company shall within 60 � i , � . . ' Rick Mazzaferro , , 105579 10/22/2002 � Page 3 of 4 ' days submit a report to the Department and Board of Health explaining the reasons for the exceedances with recommendations for operational or design changes to prevent future violations. B. After eighteen months of monitoring, if the System is approved as acceptable by the Department in accordance with Section IV item 9 and 10 of the Departrnent's Renewal of Pilo�in�Ap rp oval for the Norweco Singulair Mode1960 DN,issued August 17,2001and at the written request of the owner,the Department may reduce the monitoring requirements. C. The owner in cooperation with the Company shall submit all monitoring data to the Board of Health and the Department within 45 days of the sampling date accompanied by the DEP inspection form and Singulair Service checklis� The Department submittal shall be to: Department of Environmental Protecrion Watershed Permitting Program One Winter Street-6�'Floor Boston,MA 02108 Attn:Tifle 5 Program 6. The owner shall record in the appropriate registry of deeds a notice that discloses the existence of this Piloting Approved alternative system aud the�involvement of the Department in the approval of the . � System and a deed restriction lirniting the dwelling to two liedrooms. Prior to the Yarmouth Board of` ,. Health's issuance of a Certificate of Compliance. for the System, the owner sha11 botli record the norice : . , .., ,... ,., :. . :. , . _ � , ,..: and deed re'striction in the registry`and subriut a certified registry copy of said notice and deed restrictiori ' . showing book and page number to the Departxnent and fhe Board of Health. - � 7. Prior to the sale of the facility, the owner shall notify the new owner of the presence of the Alternative System and provide a copy of this approval to the new owner. ' 8. The owner shall submit to the Department a copy of the Certificate of Compliance far the System within 14 days of the Board of Health's issuance of the Certificate of Compliance. ' 9. Should the System fail or eachibit signs of imminent failure as determined by the Department or the Yannouth Board of Health, the owner and the Company shall take any action as deemed appropriate by the Department or the Board of Health. A failed system is defined in Title 5 as a system that fails to ! protect public health and safety and the environment, including but not limited to, any system failing as ` set forth in 310 CMR 15.303. . ; 10. A copy of the plans must be kept onsite at all rimes both during and after construction. ' � ; i ( ; . f , ' , ' , , ' , „ . Rick Mazzaferro � • 105579 , 10/22/2002 Page 4 of 4 Should you have any questions regarding this matfer,please do not hesita.te to contact Ron White at (617)292-5790. ,� � Si � y J l , `�G°� > ' Sharon M.Pelosi,Director Watershed Pernutting Program Enclosures(3) cc: DEP SERO,Brian Dudle� ___ i ' Yarmouth Board of Health Stephen Haas,P.E., 923 Route 6A, Yannouth,MA 02649 Siegmund Environmental Services,Inc.,49 Pavilion Avenue,Providence,RI 02905 i ; f i � f � � � � f � i i � I f i