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Board of Health gives property owner until Oct. 1 to permit engineered septic system, defers fines
Summary
After a site visit found no evidence of human waste but an unengineered septic system and past graywater discharges, the Board of Health ordered property owner Delbert Montgomery to obtain an engineered and permitted on-site wastewater system and to pay road-impact fees, with progress required in 90 days and final completion by Oct. 1; fines and cease-and-desist will not be imposed now.
The Montezuma County Board of Health, sitting as the Board of County Commissioners Jan. 27, set deadlines and conditions for property owner Delbert Montgomery to address on-site wastewater and associated regulatory issues at his property.
Linda Hill, environmental health with the county public health department, reported on a site visit and told the board she "was pleasantly surprised to not see any kind of human waste on the ground at all" but noted Montgomery's…
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