Special Considerations

Certified Subsurface Systems Inspector Training School

2012

Overview

• Conflict of interest• Working under another’s licenses• Report what you saw• Liability insurance• Encroachments • Easements • Off sites • Permit inconsistencies

Conflict of Interest

• You are the ORC• You installed or designed the system• You evaluated the site for IP, OP, or CA• You are the buyer• You are the seller• Financial relationship• Family relationship

The inspector needs to be a disinterested third party.

The License

• Company employees can work under your licenses

• Contract or subcontract can not work under your licenses

Report what you saw

• Photograph the components• Not sure how to classify it?

Photograph the components

• Digital photos are admissible in court• Documents what you observed

– Your records– Your client’s records

• Use as a teaching tool

Not sure how to classify it

• Describe it• Photograph it• Get a second opinion• Contact the manufacturer

Liability Insurance

• Talk to a lawyer

Encroachments

• What if the encroachment is small?• What if an access easement is blocked by

utilities?• What if someone else did it?• What about the repair area?

10’ off property 10’ off property lineline

Easement for access is blocked

Spite Fence installed over drainfield

Easements

• Utility easement• Access easement• Legal entry• Encroachments

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Access Easement

Access Point – Legal entry?

Encroachment

Off Site Systems

• Permission to access• Look at correct system

– Good plans– Remote location of devices

• Long distance – 2 person job– 2 way communication

Special Purpose Lots

Land Hooks

Common Drainfield area

Cluster systems

• Inspect the STEP tank• Inspect the collection system• Inspect the pump tank• Inspect the entire drainfield

Permit inconsistencies• Occupancy • Bedrooms • Real Estate Listing