HomeMy WebLinkAboutCorrespondence - 544 FOSTER STREET 10/23/2003 COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
° ONE WINTER STREET, BOSTON, MA 02108 617`-292-5500
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MITT ROMNEY ELLEN ROY HERZFELDER
Governor
Secretary
KERRY HEALEY ROBERT W.GOLLEDGE,Jr.
Lieutenant Governor
Commissioner
October 23, 2003
Karen O'Keefe
544 Foster Street
North Andover, MA 01845
Re: Alternative On-site Sewage Treatment
Sampling Reduction Request `?� "'
DEP Facility ID: w019051
544 Foster Street,North Andover
Dear Ms. O'Keefe:
The Department has received a request fiom Wastewater Treatment Services, dated
September 29, 2003, providing information on the performance of the above referenced alternative
on-site sewage disposal system (system) and requesting a reduction or elimination of effluent
monitoring and reporting on a quarterly basis on this system.
The Department,having reviewed the monitoring data for this technology, in general, and
your system, approves the request to reduce effluent monitoring of the system, from four times to
one time per year. The change in monitoring requirements in no way changes the requirement
that, throughout its use, the system shall be under an operation and maintenance agreement with a
person or firm qualified to provide services consistent with the system's specifications. The
operator must maintain the system at least every three months and anytime there is an alarm
event. Additionally, as required by the Approval for the system, any time the operator changes, you
shall notify the Department and the local approving authority, in writing,within seven days of such
change.
Please note that the Department is now requiring the use of a DEP approved inspection
form and technology checklist. You must submit,by January 31st of each year, a copy of the
"DEP Approved Inspection and O&M Form for Title 5 I/A Treatment and Disposal Systems"
and the "FAST O&M Checklist" to the Department and local Board of Health for each O&M
inspection performed during the previous 12 months. The certified operator under contract to
operate and maintain the system must complete these forms. Enclosed are copies of these forms.
The annual sampling results must accompany the farms.
This information is available in alternate format.Call Aprel,IcCabe,ADA Coordinator at 1-617-556-1171.TDD Service-1-800-298-2207.
DEP on the World Wide Web: http://www.mass.gov/dep
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If the concentration of BOD or TSS in the annual effluent sample from your system
exceeds the 30 mg/L limit, then within 45 days of the annual sample you must both have your
system sampled again and submit the results to the Department. Provided that the second sample
meets the 30 mg/L limit for BOD and TSS, you may resume annual monitoring of your system.
However, if the second sample does not meet the 30 mg/L limit for BOD and TSS, you must
resume quarterly monitoring of your system. Following four consecutive samples demonstrating
the system meets the 30 mg/L limits for BOD and TSS, the Department would favorably
consider another written request to reduce monitoring.
This reduction in monitoring requirements is conditioned upon your compliance with the
Approval and the requirements in this letter. Please be aware this change in monitoring does not
apply to any local requirements. You should discuss any changes from the local monitoring
requirements, if any apply to your system, with your local Board of Health officials. You should
check with the local Board of Health pLiff to reducing effluent monitoring and reporting to
ensure that the reduction would be consistent with any local requirements.
If you have any questions please feel free to contact Dana Hill, of my staff, at (617) 292-
5867.
Sincerely,
Steven H. Coil, P.E., Environmental Engineer V
Watershed Permitting Program
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Enclosures: 2 (addressee only)
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CC: Wastewater Treatment Services,Inc., 44 Commerical Street, Raynham,MA 02767 f
North Andover BOH
DEP-NE Regional Office, D. Ferris