HomeMy WebLinkAbout2007 Mar 20 - DEP Letter - Modified Certification for General Use - Presby Enviro-Septic Leaching System COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
'/ EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
—(_ ONE WINTER STREET, BOSTON, MA 02108 617-292-5500
DEVAL L.PATRICK IAN A.BOWLES
Governor
Secretary
TIMOTHY P.MURRAY ARLEEN O'DONNELL
Lieutenant Governor Commissioner
MODIFIED CERIFICATION FOR GENERAL USE
Pursuant to Title 5, 310 CMR 15.000
Name and Address of Applicant:
Presby Environmental, Inc.
143 Airport Road
Whitefield, NH 03598
Trade name of technology and model: Presby Enviro-Septic®Leaching System
(Hereinafter called the"System"). The"Massachusetts Enviro-Septic®Wastewater Treatment
System Quick Reference Guide" including schematic drawings of typical Systems, a technology
checklist, and a System Installation Form are part of this Certification.
Transmittal Number: W055433
Date of Issuance: November 21, 2005,Revised May 22, 2006, Revised June 5, 2006,
Revised March 20,2007
Date of Expiration: November 21, 2010
Authority for Issuance
Pursuant to Title 5 of the State Environmental Code, 310 CMR 15.000,the Department of
Environmental,Protection hereby issues this Certification to: Presby Environmental, Inc., 143
Airport Road, Whitefield, NH 03598 (hereinafter"the Company"), approving the System
described herein for General Use in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Sale and use of the
System are conditioned on compliance by the Company and the System owner with the terms
and conditions set forth below. Any noncompliance with the terms or conditions of this
Certification constitutes a violation of 310 CMR 15.000.
_ March 20 2007
Glenn Haas, Acting Assistant Commissioner Date
Bureau of Resource Protection
Department of Environmental Protection
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I. Purpose
1. The purpose of this approval is to allow General Use of the System in Massachusetts
with the necessary permits and approvals required by 310 CMR 15.000.
2. With the necessary permits and approvals required by 310 CMR 15.000,this
Certified for General Use authorizes the use and installation of the System in
Massachusetts.
3. The System may be installed on all facilities where a system in compliance with
310 CMR 15.000 exists on site or could be built and for which a site evaluation in
compliance with 310 CMR 15.000 has been approved by the local approving
authority, or by DEP if DEP approval is required by 310 CMR 15.000. This
Certification does not allow the use of the System on facilities for nitrogen
reduction in a Department designated nitrogen sensitive or limited area as
defined in 310 CMR 15.214 and 15.215.This Certification does not allow the
use of the System with any reduction to estimated high groundwater or any
reduction in naturally occurring pervious material.
4. The System is approved for use at facilities with a maximum design flow less than
10,000 gallons per day(GPD).
II. Design and Construction Standards
1. The System is a subsurface unit that replaces a soil absorption system(SAS)designed
in accordance with 310 CMR 15.000.The System consists of an 11 5/8-inch diameter
corrugated,high-density plastic pipe with a 9.5-inch interior diameter and a length of 10
feet.The exterior of the pipe has ridges on the peak of each corrugation.The pipe is
perforated with eight holes equally distributed around its inner circumference.Each
hole has a plastic skimmer extending inwards.The exterior of the pipe shall have a
minimum of two layers of material.The inner layer shall be a thick layer of coarse,
randomly oriented polypropylene fibers.The outer layer shall be a non-woven geo-
textile polypropylene fabric.The pipe shall be installed in a concrete system sand bed
and surrounded on all sides by a minimum of six inches of system sand.Depth to the
high groundwater elevation shall be measured from the bottom of the system sand
underlying the pipe.
2. The System sand shall meet ASTM C-33.
3. Systems shall be installed with a differential venting for aeration and inspection at
end of each run of pipe, section or serial bed and whenever the System is installed
under impervious surfaces. The differential venting shall consist of at least two
vents,one located at the end of a pipe run and a second vent at the discharge
from the distribution box.
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4. The System shall be designed and installed using distribution boxes for inspection
ports. The pipe between the distribution box and the System shall be installed at a
minimum slope of 0.02 feet/foot.
5. Serial distribution laterals shall be limited to no more than 500 gpd. Multi-level
systems shall not be allowed.
6. The System shall be installed in a bed or field configuration, as defined in 310 CMR
15.252. The effective leaching area shall be the bottom area(length times width)of
the field or bed as presented in the Company's"Massachusetts Enviro-Septic®
Wastewater Treatment System Quick Reference Guide".
7. Effluent loading rates adjusted to reduce the soil absorption system by 40 percent
shall be in accordance with 310 CMR 15.242.No System shall be installed with a
leaching area of less than 400 square feet.
8. Systems with design flows of 2000 gpd or greater shall not require pressure
distribution in accordance with 310 CMR 15.231.
III. General Conditions
1. All provisions of 310 CMR 15.000 are applicable to the use of this System,the
System owner and the Company, except those that are varied by the terms of this
Approval.
2. All sample analysis must be conducted by an independent U.S.EPA or DEP
approved testing laboratory, or a DEP approved independent university laboratory.
It is a violation of this Approval to falsify any data collected,to omit any required
data or to fail to submit any report required by such plan.
3. The facility served by the System and the System itself shall be open to inspection
and sampling by the Department and the local approving authority at all reasonable
times.
4. In accordance with applicable law,the Department and the local approving authority
may require the System owner to cease operation of the system and/or to take any
other action as it deems necessary to protect public health, safety,welfare and the
environment.
5. The Department has not determined that the performance of the System will provide
a level of protection to public health and safety and the environment that is at least
equivalent to that of a sewer system. No System shall be installed,upgraded or
expanded, if it is feasible to connect the facility to a sanitary sewer,unless as allowed
by 310 CMR 15.004. When a sanitary sewer connection becomes feasible,the
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facility served by the System shall be connected to the sewer,within 60 days of such
feasibility,and the System shall be abandoned in compliance with 310 CMR 15.354,
unless a later time is allowed, in writing, by the approving authority.
6. Design, installation and operation shall be in strict conformance with the Company's
DEP approved plans and specifications, 310 CMR 15.000 and this Approval.
IV. Conditions Applicable to the System Owner
1. The System is approved for the treatment and disposal of sanitary sewage only. Any
wastes that are non-sanitary sewage generated or used at the facility served by the
System shall not be introduced into the System and shall be lawfully disposed.
2. For new construction,the System owner initially shall size a soil absorption system
in accordance with 310 CMR 15.242 to demonstrate that a conventional Title 5 soil
adsorption system using aggregate, including a reserve area,can be installed on the
site. The System owner may than size the soil absorption system for the System. The
total area required for the aggregate system,which may include the area designated
for the System,and a reserve area shall be preserved and the owner shall ensure that
no permanent structures or other structures are constructed on that area and that the
area is not disturbed in any manner that will render it unusable for future installation
of a conventional Title 5 soil absorption system
3. The System owner shall at all times properly operate and maintain the on-site sewage
disposal system.
4. The System owner shall have the System inspected annually by an operator trained
by the Company and shall submit the results of that inspection, on a technology
checklist,to the local approving authority.
5. The System owner shall furnish the Department any information that the Department
requests regarding the operation and performance of the System,within 21 days of
the date of receipt of that request.
6. No System owner shall authorize or allow the installation of the System other than
by a person trained by the Company to install the System.
V. Conditions Applicable to the Company
1. By January 31st of each year,the Company shall submit a report to the Department,
signed by a corporate officer,general partner or Company owner that contains
information on the System, for the previous calendar year. The report shall state:the
number of units of the System sold for use in Massachusetts including the
installation date and date of start-up during the previous year;the address of each
installed System,the owner's name and address,the type of use(e.g. residential,
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commercial, school, institutional)and the design flow;and for all Systems installed
since the date of issuance of this Approval, all known failures,malfunctions, and
corrective actions taken and the address of each such event.
2. The Company shall notify the Director of the Watershed Permitting Program at least
30 days in advance of the proposed transfer of ownership of the technology for
which this Approval issued. Said notification shall include the name and address of
the proposed new owner and a written agreement between the existing and proposed
new owner containing a specific date for transfer of ownership,responsibility,
coverage and liability between them. All provisions of this Approval applicable to
the Company shall be applicable to successors and assigns of the Company,unless
the Department determines otherwise.
3. The Company shall develop and submit to the Department: an operating manual,
including information on substances that should not be discharged to the System and
a recommended schedule for maintenance of the System essential to consistent
successful performance of the installed Systems within 60 days of the effective date
of this Approval.
4. The Company shall make available, in print and electronic format,the referenced
procedures in paragraphs 3 above to owners,operators, designers and installers of
the System.
5. The Company shall institute and maintain a training program in the proper design,
installation and inspection techniques of its System and provide a training course at
least annually for prospective designers, installers and inspectors. The Company
shall certify that installers and inspectors have completed the Company's training
class, maintain a list of certified installers and inspectors,submit a copy to the
Department, and update the list annually. Updated lists shall be forwarded to the
Department.
6. The Company shall furnish the Department any information that the Department
requests regarding the System,within 21 days of the receipt of that request.
7. The Company shall include copies of this Approval and the procedures in Section V
(3)with each System that is sold. In any contract executed by the Company for
distribution or re-sale of the System,the Company shall require the distributor or re-
seller to provide each purchaser of the System with copies of this Approval and the
procedures described in Section V(3).
8. The Company shall comply with 310 CMR 15.000 and all Department policies and
guidance that apply and as they may be amended from time to time.
9. If the Company wishes to continue this Approval after its expiration date,the
Company shall apply for and obtain a renewal of this Approval. The Company shall
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submit a renewal application at least 180 days before the expiration date of this
Approval,unless written permission for a later date has been granted in writing by
the Department. This approval shall continue in force until the Department has acted
on the renewal application.
VI. Conditions Applicable to Installers of the System
1. Each Installer shall install the System in accordance with Company training on the
installation of the System and the conditions of this Certification.
2. No Installer shall install the System unless the Installer has been trained by the
Company on installation of the System or the installation is overseen by a Company
representative(s).
3. Installers shall complete the System Installation Form and forward a copy to the
Company and the local approving authority.
4. The System installer shall provide the System owner and the local approving
authority with a bill of lading certifying that the sand fill meets ASTM C-33.
VII. Reporting
1. All notices and documents required to be submitted to the Department by this
Approval shall be submitted to:
Director
Watershed Permitting Program
Department of Environmental Protection
One Winter Street-6th floor
Boston,Massachusetts 02108
VIII. Rights of the Department
1. The Department may suspend, modify or revoke this Approval for cause,
including, but not limited to,non-compliance with the terms of this Approval,
non-payment of the annual compliance assurance fee, for obtaining the Approval
by misrepresentation or failure to disclose fully all relevant facts or any change in
or discovery of conditions that would constitute grounds for discontinuance of the
Approval, or as necessary for the protection of public health, safety,welfare or the
environment, and as authorized by applicable law. The Department reserves its
rights to take any enforcement action authorized by law with respect to this
Approval and/or the System against the owner,or operator of the System and/or
the Company.
IX. Expiration Date
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1. Notwithstanding the expiration date of this Certification, any System installed
prior to the expiration date of this Certification, and approved, installed and
maintained in compliance with this Certification(as it may be modified)and 310
CMR 15.000,may remain in use unless the Department,the local approving
authority, or a court requires the System to be modified or removed,or requires
discharges to the System to cease.