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TOWN OF MANSFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS
50 West Street, Mansfield, MA 02048
(DATE)
(ADDRESS
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Dear (NAME):
On (DATE), an inspection of your property at (ADDRESS) disclosed septic
discharge onto the ground. The septic system has failed, as defined by
the Mansfield Board of Health Regulation "Failure of Septic Systems."
This is a violation of the State Enviromental Code Title V: Minimum
Requirements for the Subsurface Disposal of Sanitary Sewage; 310 CMR 15:02
(20).
15:02 (20) Discharge to Surface of Ground
No sanitary sewage shall be allowed to discharge or spill onto the
surface of the ground or to flow into any gutter, street, roadway, or
public place, nor shall such material discharge onto any private
property.
Under the terms of the State Enviromental Codes, you are required to correct
this violation. We ask your cooperation in doing so. You have fourteen (14)
days to correct this problem by repairing the system. You may also request a
hearing and it is your responsibility to request the same by filing, in
writing, a request within seven (7) days of receipt of this notice to
the Mansfield Health Department.
Furthermore, you are hereby ordered to abate the nuisance, at (ADDRESS)
defined (for this purpose) as discharge of sanitary sewage onto the ground.
See Massachusetts General Law, Chapter III, Nuisances; Section 123, Abatement
by Owner and the State Enviromental Code, Title V: Minimum Requirements for
the Disposal of Sanitary Sewage, General Requirements, Discharge to Surface
of Ground.
If this nuisance is not abated within forty-eight (48) hours of receiving
this order, Massachusetts General Law Chapter III Nuisances, Section 125
Removal of Nuisance by Board and Town of Mansfield Septic Regulations:
Minimum requirements for the disposal of sanitary sewage in unsewered
area; Regulation 18 Nuisance will be enforced.
Board of Health
(DATE)
(ADDRESS)
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the public health, therefore the order is issued under authority
from 310 CMR 11.05 EMERGENCY.
Sincerely,
MANSFIELD BOARD OF HEALTH
Scott Leite
Health Agent
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