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144, are required by the Federal Government to submit SSTS inventory information to the Environmental Protection Agency. (e) Prohibitions 1. Occupancy or Use of a Building Without a Compliant SSTS: It is unlawful for any person to maintain, occupy, or use any building intended for habitation that is not provided with a wastewater treatment system that disposes of wastewater in a manner that does not comply with the provisions of this Ordinance. 2, Sewage Discharge to Ground Surface or Surface Water: It is unlawful for any person to construct, maintain, or use any SSTS regulated under this Ordinance that results in raw or partially treated wastewater seeping to the ground surface or flowing into any surface water. Any surface discharging system must be permitted under the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System program by the MPCA. (f) Compliance Inspection Criteria 1. Soil Treatment Separation: Any SSTS built before April 1, 1996 outside of areas designated as shoreland areas and wellhead protection areas shall have at least two feet of vertical separation between the bottom of the dispersal system and seasonal saturation or bedrock, Any SSTS built after March 31, 1996 or SSTS located in a shoreland area, wellhead protection area, or serving food, beverage, or lodging establishment as defined under 7080.1100, subp. 84 shall have a three-foot vertical separation between the bottom soil infiltrative surface and the periodically saturated soil and/or bedrock, Existing systems that have no more than a fifteen percent reduction in this separation distance (a separation distance no less than 30.6 inches) to account for settling of sand or soil, normal variation of separation distance measurements and interpretation of limiting layer characteristics may be considered compliant under this Ordinance. The vertical separation measurement shall be made outside the area of system influence but In an area of similar soil. 7080.1500 subp. 4. 2, Holding Tanks: Holding tanks may be allowed for the following applications: as replacement to a failing system, an SSTS that poses an imminent threat to public health and safety, or for an existing lot in which an SSTS cannot be feasibly installed and the Building Official finds extenuating circumstances. The owner of holding tanks installed after the effective date of this Ordinance shall provide the Building Official with a copy 205-19