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5. "Construction" Any action which in any way affects the physical components of any new or existing ISTS, including constructioa installation, extension, alteration or repair, not to include pumping. 6. "Contractor" - A person licensed under the provisions Minnesota Rules Chapter 7080 to engage in the business of site evaluation, system design, system construction and pumping. 7. "Disposal" - The evaporation or absorption of purified liquids after treatment of the raw sewage. 8. "Existing System" - Any ISTS constructed and in use prior to the adoption of this Section. “New systems ” shall become "existing systems ” at the time of final inspection and approval by the City. 9. "Failing System" - Any ISTS that discharges sewage to a seepage pit, cesspool, drywell or leaching pit. In addition, any ISTS posing an imminent threat to public health or safety as defined in Minnesota Rules Chapter 7080 shall be considered failing. 10. "Inspection Report" - The official report of the results of the inspection by the City, including any official orders to repair or replace a non- compliant or failing ISTS. 11. "ISTS" - An Individual Sewage Treatment System as defined in Minnesota Rules Chapter 7080. 12. "Minnesota Rules Chapter 7080" - The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency standards for the design, construction, installation and maintenance of Individual Sewage Treatment Systems extracted from the current Minnesota Rules as adopted in this Section. 13. "New System" - Any proposed ISTS or any newly constructed ISTS which construction takes place after the adoption of this Section, shall be a "new system" until the time of final inspection and approval by the City. 14. Non-Compliant System" - A prohibited ISTS; an ISTS located within a designated 100-year flood plain; any ISTS which may or may not meet all the location, design, or construction standards of the current Orono Municipal Code and which is failing for any reason; and any ISTS with less than three feet of unsaturated soil or sand between the distribution device and the limiting soil characteristics. 15. "Owner" - Any person having legal or equitable title or sufficient proprietary interest in any building or land subject to the provisions of this Section. For purposes of notification, the owner shall be the occupant of the property or the person listed as taxpayer on the current tax rolls. 16. " Pollutants" - Bacterial or chemical impurities including pathogenic bacteria, infectious viruses, toxic chemicals, excess nutrients (nitrogen and phosphorous), unpotable water, or septage. Page 2 of 16 . I-—.|-r, IlMHinU IHIiH II llilll I III I Hill III III II H■llllll .'.'Mid