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Process Discharge: See Industrial Wastewater. Publicly Assisted Housing:Publicly-assisted housing or housing that qualifies for public subsidy of rents based on resident's income. Publicly-Owned Treatment Plant:A wastewater treatment plant owned by the Community that it services.This does not include cluster systems, 201 systems, septic systems of any type, and similar treatment works that are not available to the general public in the service area. Rebate Program:January 1, 1973,through December 31, 1986,MCES' predecessors collected SAC on all development, even where and when sewer availability was uncertain.During 1987 through 1989, MCES allowed Communities to receive rebates on those properties that were not connected to sanitary sewer on a voluntary basis for these paid but unused SAC. Residential Property:A property that is used exclusively for permanent human living space, including single family homes,Apartments, attached homes,townhouses,cooperative housing, Condominiums,and manufactured homes. Does not include motels/hotels, camps,nursing homes,or prisons. Rural Center:The Council's definition of certain Communities outside the traditional urban area, but within the Metropolitan Area,for comprehensive planning purpose. Sewer Availability Charge (SAC):The MCES charge to Communities,pursuant to Minnesota Statutes section 473.517 subd. (3)for their portion of reserved capacity in the MDS. Site:A specific, contiguous geographic location that can be identified by a particular address, or addresses,or property identification description(s). It may be a multi-tenant building or retail mall.Multiple buildings on one Site with individual sewer connections are not considered one Site. Site-Specific Credit:A SAC Credit restricted to future use only for the benefit of the specific Site or Campus for which a Community paid SAC.Demolitions are indicative only of potential Credits, not actual Credits. Temporary Capacity Charge:For Commercial Properties,the Temporary Capacity Charge is an option available to a Community, as a substitute for SAC,when a temporary use of a property occurs for 36 months or less. For Permitted Industrial Users, it is an option in select circumstances. Temporary Capacity Charge is invoiced to, and paid directly by a Permitted Industrial User. It does not commit the Council to providing permanent capacity. Payment of the Temporary Capacity Charge is analogous to a temporary rental of MDS reserved capacity due to the temporary nature of a service. Volume Study:A comprehensive water use review of a Permitted Industrial User for the purpose of verifying efforts to reduce Capacity Demand. These studies shall consist of a minimum of 30 operating days and will review incoming water meter data,metered or estimated: water used in product or lawn irrigation;water used for cooling purposes not discharged to the sanitary sewer; water lost to evaporation; and all wastewater streams discharged to the sanitary sewer. The daily Capacity Demand is the total volume of wastewater discharged to the sanitary sewer divided by the number of operating days. Waste Discharge Rules:The Council's adopted rules for use of the MDS as authorized by Minnesota Statutes chapter 473, and may be amended from time to time. Page I6