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DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH
DIVISION OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
�18-B County Center Drive
Oroville, CA 95965
TEL: (530) 538-7282
FAX: (530) 538-2165
411 Main Street
P.O. Box 5364
Chico, CA 95927
TEL: (530) 891-2727
FAX: (530) 895-6512
B E U T Y
7 County Center Drive
Oroville, CA 95965
TEL: (530) 538-7281
FAX: (530) 538-7785
RECEIVED
Horton Enterprises, Inc. MAY 14 2002
P.O. Box 1477 BUTTE COUNTY
Chico, CA 95927 BUILDING DIVISION
Re: Community Sewage Disposal System for Rocky Bluffs Subdivision Phase II;
APN: 011 420-005
Dear Mr. Horton:
The sewage disposal permit for the Phase II bottomless filter expired on January 23, 2002. A
site visit on May 8, 2002 confirmed that the construction of the Phase II filter has not been
completed. Currently, there are homes in both Phase I & Phase II that are connected to the Phase
I filter. The connection of some homes in Phase II to the Phase I filter was to be a temporary
allowance that would permit the construction of those homes to commence while the sandfilter
for Phase II was being built. The continued use of the Phase I filter by homes in Phase II is not
acceptable.
Until the Phase II filter is completed and approved, new sewage disposal permits and sanitation
clearances will not be issued for homes in Phase II. Any current permitted residential septic tank
effluent pump system installations will not be finaled until the Phase II filter is complete. In
addition, if the design parameters are exceeded on the Phase I filter due to the connection of the
Phase II homes then sewage disposal permits and sanitation clearances for the remaining lots in
Phase I will not be issued.
Effluent and groundwater monitoring data for the first quarter 2002 for the Phase I filter has not
been submitted. The last sampling data received is from the fourth quarter of last year and the
last operator's report was submitted on July 16, 2001. The filter is currently overgrown with
weeds, which may indicate other maintenance items also may not be completed as required.
This letter is notifying you that you are in violation of the map condition requiring a suitable
sewage disposal facility for homes in Phase II and not meeting the Waste Discharge
Requirements issued by the Regional Water Quality Control Board for the Phase I filter. You
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need to arrange a meeting with Mike Huerta and myself on how you plan on completing the filter
and to come into compliance with the Waste Discharge Requirements. A response to this letter
is required within 15 days of the date of this letter.
If you have any questions, call me between 8 and 9am Monday, Wednesday or Friday.
Sincerely,
Cliff C. Bottenfield, Jr., R.E.H.S.
Division of Environmental Health
CCB/an/septic/RockyB luffsPhaseII
CC: Craig Erickson
Ron Dykstra, RWQCB
Brian Gaddy, Northstar Engineering
Buddy Nottingham
Butte County Planning Division
L-43rxtte County Building Division