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Terry Pinto, Utilities Director, reported that a bad <br />situation exists at the landfill due to accepting septage <br />from private septic tank companies and placing it in <br />lagoons. The DER has suggested to us that it is not the <br />proper way to handle it, and he agreed. <br />Mr. Pinto explained that the approval of.disposal of <br />septage is something that can be handled by our <br />Environmental Health here. The Director of Environmental <br />Health has the authority to authorize septage to be dumped <br />on ground. However, he does not have that authority when it <br />is dumped inside the landfill. <br />Mr. Pinto reported that the major part of the septage <br />is water and if it is handled properly, it can be <br />distributed in a grove, on sod farms, eta. and cut under. <br />There is no problem unless it is put all in one spot. <br />Commissioner Scurlock asked why it was not delivered <br />directly to a waste water plant and Mr. Pinto answered that <br />he didn't know any facilities that were designed to receive <br />septage that was not pretreated. <br />Chairman Bird asked if we tell the haulers that they <br />can't dump it at the landfill, where do we tell them they <br />can take it. Mr. Pinto answered that they are going to <br />phase it out, and with the cooperation of the Environmental <br />Health people, they are going to try to find alternate <br />places for it to be dumped. <br />Commissioner Scurlock felt it would be a benefit to the <br />community for the County to develop a proper place to dump <br />the septage rather than have it dumped anywhere in the <br />middle of the night. He believed that the County has the <br />responsibility to do everything possible to make it easy for <br />the haulers to dump septage in a proper place. <br />41 <br />JUN 15 1983 BOOK <br />5.3 <br />