Ord #212 - 3rd Ser/On-Site Sewage Disposal

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C. The establishment of minimum standards for SSTS placement, design, construction, reconstruction,repair and maintenance to prevent contamination and, if contamination is discovered,the identification and control of its consequences and the abatement of its source and migration. D.The appropriate utilization of privy vaults and other non-water carried SSTS. E. The prevention and control of water-borne disease, lake degradation,groundwater related hazards, and public nuisance conditions through technical assistance and education,plan reviews, inspections, ISTS surveys and complaint investigation. Sec. 58-43 Definitions Class V Injection Well means a shallow well used to place a variety of fluids directly below the land surface, which includes a domestic SSTS serving more than 20 people. The US Environmental Protection Agency and delegated state groundwater programs permit these wells to inject wastes below the ground surface provided they meet certain requirements and do not endanger underground sources of drinking water. Class V motor vehicle waste disposal wells and large-capacity cesspools are specifically prohibited(see 40 CFR Parts 144 & 146). Cluster System means a SSTS under some form of common ownership that collects wastewater from two or more dwellings or buildings and conveys it to a treatment and dispersal system located on an acceptable site near the dwellings or buildings. Design Flow means the daily volume of wastewater for which an SSTS is designed to treat and discharge. Failure to Protect Groundwater means at minimum, a SSTS that does not protect groundwater is considered to be a seepage pit, cesspool, drywell, leaching pit,or other pit; a SSTS with less than the required vertical separation distance, described in MR Chapter 7080.1500 Subp. 4 D and E; and a system not abandoned in accordance with part 7080.2500. The determination of the threat to groundwater for other conditions must be made by a Qualified Employee or an individual licensed pursuant to Section 58-52 hereof. Health Authority means the City of Orono and its designated agent who shall be a qualified employee or licensee. Imminent Threat to Public Health and Safety means, at a minimum a SSTS with a discharge of sewage or sewage effluent to the ground surface, drainage systems,ditches, or storm water drains or directly to surface water; SSTS that cause a reoccurring sewage backup into a dwelling or other establishment; SSTS with electrical hazards; or sewage tanks with unsecured, damaged, or weak maintenance access covers. The determination of protectiveness for other conditions must be made by a Qualified Employee or a SSTS inspection business licensed pursuant to Section 58-52 hereof. ISTS means an individual sewage treatment system as defined in Minn. R. 7080.1100, subp. 41. Malfunction means the partial or complete loss of function of a SSTS component,which requires a corrective action to restore its intended function. Management Plan means a plan that describes necessary and recommended routine operational and maintenance requirements,periodic examination, adjustment, and testing, and the frequency of each to ensure system performance meets the treatment expectations, including a planned 2