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CITY OF SPRINGFIELD
SPRINGFIELD. OREGON 97477
PUBLIC WORKS
December 8, 1980
346 MAIN STREET
726.3753
CERTIFIED LETTER
Mr. Richard Ferguson
80 Clear Vue Lane
Springfield, Oregon
97477
Dear _Mr J:;'P,1'''011c::nT1
It has come to our uttention that your residence, Iocuted at 80 Clear Vue Lane
Springfield, Oregon, is not connected to the sanitary sewer. In addition, the septic
tank on your property has failed evidenced by r,"; sewage in the yard. BeclUse this
condition poses a potentially serious public health hazard, immediate corrective ac-
tion must be taken.
The Department of Environmental Quality has established requirements for septIc tank
abandonment in Oregon Administrative rules, Chapter 340, Division 7. The required
abandonment procedure is as follows: "Each and evory owner of the real property
upon. which is situated a subsurface sewage disposal system which is required to be
abandoned, or which has been abandoned, shall have all the sludge from the septic
tank, seepage pit or cesspool removed by a person holding i sewage disposal service
license, and shall fill same with clean bat-run gravel or other material approved
by the Directo~ or his authorized represen~ative." You should contact a licensed
s~ptic tank pumper. Many are listed in thb yellow pages of your telephone direc-
tory. Upon completion of abandonment you ?r your representative should notify the
Building Division of the City of Springfield for an inspection at 726-3769.
Section 2-10~1 of th~ Springfield City cOdl requires that ". ..a person erecting or
maintilining a ~atcr closet, sink, bathtlllJ,lor drain in"the 'City upon propetty with-
in 120 feet of any public sanitary sewer shall connect the facility with the sewer
at his own expense, in the manner and urldc} regtllations GIld supervision prescribed
by the City." . You "ill have thirty (30) d~ys fTom the date of this letter to con-
nect to the sanitary sewer system. A plumbing permit is required, as well as a
$100.00 sewer connection fee. Both may bel purchased at the Public Works Department.
After connection to the sanitary sewer sysFem is completed, all work must also be
inspected by the Building Division of the City of Springfield. Your anticipned
co-operation is appreciated.
Please direct all inquiries to the.Springf~eld Building Division at 726-3753.
C.c.
Joseph J. Leahy, Assistant City Att~rney
John Stoner, Lane County Environmental Health
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