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2005-Dec-19 Follow Up Email From NDEP To EPA Re Pine View Sewage Flow

Follow-up mail from Dave McNeil of the Nevada Division of Environmental Protection to EPA (Eric Byous) re: sewage smells from Pine View. Sent on 12/19/05 at 8:52 a.m. Dave McNeil updated his last email after receiving a call from the Pine View Estates complainant, who said that the effluent leak is "back to flowing again." Source: EPA FOIA Production, April 2015.

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2005-Dec-19 Follow Up Email From NDEP To EPA Re Pine View Sewage Flow

Follow-up mail from Dave McNeil of the Nevada Division of Environmental Protection to EPA (Eric Byous) re: sewage smells from Pine View. Sent on 12/19/05 at 8:52 a.m. Dave McNeil updated his last email after receiving a call from the Pine View Estates complainant, who said that the effluent leak is "back to flowing again." Source: EPA FOIA Production, April 2015.

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{In Archive} RE: Pineview Estates subdivision south of Gardnerville, NV

Dave McNeil to: Eric Byous


From:

Dave McNeil <[email protected]>

To:

Eric Byous/R9/USEPA/US@EPA,

History:

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Eric:
Thank you for your reply. Fyi, I received an additional phone message
from the complainant over the weekend on Saturday afternoon - before
the rain/snow hit Sat evening - that said "Its back to flowing again."
Glad to hear you will be stopping by the site in January.
Merry Christmas,
Dave

-----Original Message----From: [email protected] [


mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Monday, December 19, 2005 6:46 AM
To: Dave McNeil
Cc: Samuel Jackson; Tansey Smith; Tom Dunkelman;
[email protected];
[email protected]
Subject: Re: Pineview Estates subdivision south of Gardnerville,
NV
Mr. McNeil,
Thank you for notifying me of the complaint you received and the
follow-up you performed. I received that complaint myself on
Friday and was unable to immediately follow-up with a site visit.
I'm glad to hear you didn't detect any public health or operational
issues on your site visit.
There had been a problem in the past associated with a
drainfield located next to the stormwater basin. However,
Pineview Estates has two new onsite wastewater treatment
systems, and a drainfield up the hill (to the south) has replaced
that formerly problematic drainfield. The new treatment systems
were required under a Class V Underground Injection Control
permit we issued to PTP, Inc. (Pineview Estate's development
company and Mr. Sanderson's employer), and I am not aware of
any system failures or surfacing of wastewater since the new
treatment systems went on-line (in May and June '05).
I had planned on making a site visit to Pineview Estate's during
their next monthly sampling round in the beginning of January. I
will still do so and will let you know if I find any wastewater flow
off of Pineview Estates or other major issues. We will also notify

12/19/2005 08:52 AM

NDEP of any major issues if they occur in the future.


Sincerely,
Eric Byous
.......................................................................................
Eric Byous
415.972.3531
fax: 415.947.3549
USEPA, Region 9
Ground Water Office (WTR-9)
75 Hawthorne St., San Francisco, CA 94105
http://www.epa.gov/region09/water/groundwater/uic.html
-----Dave McNeil <[email protected]> wrote: ----To: Eric Byous/R9/USEPA/US@EPA
From: Dave McNeil <[email protected]>
Date: 12/16/2005 10:29AM
cc: Samuel Jackson <[email protected]>, Tansey Smith
<[email protected]>, Tom Dunkelman
<[email protected]>
Subject: Pineview Estates subdivision south of Gardnerville, NV
Mr. Byous:
I was given your name by an associate in my
office. I'm contacting you because I recently
received a call from an individual that lives
in close proximity to the referenced
subdivision. He has alleged the existence of a
very strong sewage odor and the existence of an
effluent leak from the subdivision's disposal
field into a storm water catch basin located
just below, near the intersection of Hwy 395
and the subdivision entrance street. I visited
the site yesterday for the purpose of
inspecting for any off-site discharge of
effluent to lands of the state (such as the Hwy
395 right-of-way). I was joined in my
inspection by Mr. Briscoe Sanderson who
identified himself as an EPA-certified Water
Master. I clearly stated to Mr. Briscoe the
limit to NDEP's interest and jurisdiction with
respect to the received complaint.
Mr. Sanderson was very giving of his time and
in fact gave me a walking tour of the
subdivision's new septic disposal system. I
did not identify any surface discharge on the
top surface of the field. However, the source
of the alleged leakage claims that I missed it,
claiming that the discharge is coming out of
the end wall of the disposal field about 3' up
the bank from the current catch basin water
level, about mid way between the basin inlet
pipe and the basin berm that parallels Hwy 395.
I detected no sewage odor in the area but
temperature at the time was in the high 20s or
low 30s and there was a sheet of ice on top of
the water in the catch basin.

As I could find no evidence of off-site


discharge, there is no basis of continued
interest in this matter by NDEP. The vast
majority of complaints I investigate turn out
to be unfounded and often lodged due to a
grudge of some kind. Regardless, given EPA's
jurisdiction with respect to this subdivision,
NDEP believes it is appropriate that I bring
this matter to your attention for follow up as
you see necessary.
Dave McNeil
Compliance Officer
Enforcement Branch
Bureau of Water Pollution Control
Nevada Division of Environmental Protection
901 S. Stewart Street, Suite 4001
Carson City, NV 89701-5249
Ph: 775-687-9502
Fax: 775-687-4684

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