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Home My WebLink AboutCorrespondence - 121 RALEIGH TAVERN LANE 1/19/2005 I COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION METROPOLITAN BOSTON— NORTHEAST REGIONAL OFFICE MITT ROMNEY ELLEN ROY HERZFELDER Governor Secretary DERRY HEALEY ROBERT W. GOLLEDGE,Jr. Lieutenant Governor Commissioner JAN 2 t 2005 TOWN C,F NOR AN DOVEFR January 19, 2005 HEALTH IDEPART ENT Michelle Harrison 121 Raleigh Tavern Lane North Andover, MA 01845 t RE: STATEMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE DEFICIENCY AND CHANGE OF PERMIT CATEGORY Application for BRPWP59b: DEP Approval of Variance Granted by the Local BOH 121 Raleigh Tavern Lane, North Andover(17-Ipswich) DEP Transmittal No.W058877 Dear Ms. Harrison: The Metropolitan Boston-Northeast Regional Office of the Department of Environmental Protection has received and reviewed your application for approval of Title 5 variances. An engineer of the Department has completed an administrative review of the plans and accompanying data, and it is the opinion of the Department that the requested variances to Title 5 cannot be approved as submitted for the following reasons: • The Department noted that Benjamin C. Osgood, Jr. had signed for the applicant, Michelle Harrison. The Department requires the signature of the applicant or a signed letter by the applicant allowing Benjamin C. Osgood, Jr. to act as her agent. • The written concurrence of the North Andover Board of Health for the compaction of the soil is required by the Title 5 Alternative to Percolation Testing for System Upgrades, BRP/DWM/PeP- P00-4, dated September 8, 2000. • The application was submitted for this project requesting additional variances such as the reduction in the area of the soil absorption system (SAS) and a reduction in the separation of the groundwater from the bottom of the SAS. The 25 percent reduction in the area of the SAS and the separation of the estimated high groundwater from the bottom of the SAS from four(4)feet to two(2)feet result in this application's classification as a BRPWP64c. A copy of the BRPWP64c application and two copies of the Supplemental Transmittal Form (STF), one for the application and one for the payment, are being sent along with a copy of this letter to your consultant, Benjamin Osgood, Jr., New England Engineering Services, Inc. You must either sign the BRPWP64c application or submit a letter, signed by you, stating that Mr. Osgood or a representative of New England Engineering Services, Inc. has been authorized to sign documents on your behalf. This information is available in alternate format by calling our ADA Coordinator at(617)574-6872. One Winter Street,Boston,MA 02108•Phone(617)654-6500•Fax(617)556-1049•TDD#(800)298-2207 DEP on the World Wide Web: http://www.state.ma.us/dep Z�j� Printed on Recycled Paper In accordance with 310 CMR 4.00, you have one hundred eighty(180)days from the postmarked date of this letter in which to address the listed deficiencies. Within the one hundred eighty(180)day time frame, the applicant is advised to allow for the appropriate Board of Health action on the revised submittal since the Department of Environmental Protection's subsequent action may be its final action and, therefore, any further filing in this matter would be considered a NEW application. If the applicant cannot accommodate the schedule of the Board of Health within the one hundred eighty(180)day period, or for any other reason requires additional time, the applicant may, by written agreement with this Department, extend this schedule in accordance with 310 CM 4.04(2)(f). The applicant is also advised that when the Department receives the new information, it will initiate a second administrative review. Should the application be deemed to be administratively complete, the Department has sixty-(60) days to conduct a technical review of the application. Please note that the fee for a BRPWP64c application is now$430. Your consultant may have submitted a$230 fee for the Title 5 variance application. As such, an additional$200 is due. Please complete the enclosed Supplemental Transmittal Form (for payment), enclose payment for$200 and send to: DEP, P.O. Box 4062, Boston, MA 02211. All checks should be made payable to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and should reference the original, as noted above, Transmittal Number of the application. If you have any questions regarding this matter, please contact George A. Kretas at(617)654-6602. Very truly yours, Madelyn Morris Deputy Regional Director Bureau of Resource Protection mm/gak Enclosures(STF for new application, BRPWP64c application, and STF for payment) cc: • Susan Y. Sawyer, R.S., Public Health Director, Health Department, 400 Osgood Street, North Andover, MA 01845 • Benjamin C. Osgood, Jr., New England Engineering Services, Inc., 60 Beechwood Drive, North Andover, MA 01845 • Claire Golden, BRP-NERO, Boston MAY-8-2005 18:48 FROM:SKYWORKS 7813763320 TO:919786851099 P:6/10 COM'Mo LN r OF MASSACHUSETTS EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF ENviRo vRNTAL.AFF.AM S _ DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION METROPOLITAN BOSTON NORTHEAST REGIONAL OFFICE NCTT,RODMY � M Governor � ELLEN ,mom° o �n ROY HERZF LDER XIER'k MA.LEY Secretary t UL%U t,ARAt GOVernDr °o, ROBERT W.GOLLEDGR,Jr. Commissioner m February 2,2005 Michelle Harrison 121 P..aleigh Tavem Lane North Andover,MA 01845 t5,�q 1 RE:APPROVAL OF INSTALLATION OF AN ALTERNATE SYSTEM FOR REMEDIAL USE (BRPWP64c),WITH VARIANCE 121 Raleigh Tavern Lane(174pswich) DEP Transmittal No.W058877 '=' -moo m, rn d tn. � Dear Ms. Harrison: The Metropolitan Boston-Northeast Regional Office of the Department of Environmental Protection has received and reviewed your applicabon.for•approval of the installation of an aftemate system for Q remedial use with a variance pursuant to 310'CMR 15.000 with the above transmittal number. This application is for an upgrade of an existing failing system. No increase in design flow is proposed. rya The application contained written notification, dated January 6,2005 that the North Andover Board of Health had approved the proposed system where use of a Sio-Mfcrobfcs, Inc., MicroFast 0,5 Wastewater Treatment System is proposed. As part of the approval of the MlcroFast treatment system for remedial use, the designer may select one of three design criteria that may be waived.The criteria that may be waived are the size of the soil absorption system(SAS),the depth of naturally occurring pervious material,and the depth to groundwater. The Department has noted that the North Andover Board of Health had appmve.d fhe reduction in the separation of the groundwater from the bottom of the SAS'from flour(4)feet to two(2)feet and the reduction in area of the SAS by 25 percent result in this application's classification as a BRPWP64c,as noted on the application. Accompanying the application were plans consisting of two (2)sheets titled as follows: Title: Proposed Subsurface Sewage Disposal System Location: 121 Raleigh Tavern lane Municipality:North Andover Applicant Michelle Harrison Designee,Benjamin C.,Osgood,Jr., RE:No.45891 Date(Last Revision): November 30,2004(January 6,2005) Tbie Information is available in aitcreate format by tniting our ADA,Coordinator at(dt7)574-6872. One Winter streot,Boston,MA 02108.Phone(617)654.6500.Pax(ail)558.1049.MD fF(a00)296-2207 DEP on tRE1 W�►orrld Wlde web: http;NwWw.stat9.ma.ua1oep ,Ot Printed an Recycled Pojmr I MAY-8-2005 18:47 FROM:SKYWORKS 7813763320 70:919786851099 P:5/10 1 f E53ax North County RE-jis';.ry Gi I�ga�S 381 Commun street 13 WQ F TER 1�Pll"�nC�� ;?d�adCfeL'ea�3 �1M44 MAY 0 9 2005 )Wf,C'k Main �aif",W yA@Np^DOp1y "P HEAP wE—kd