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Effective April 28, 2015 Chapter Four Subsurface Sewage Treatment System Regulations <br />in Section 17 to Section 21 serving dwellings or other establishments with a design flow of 2,500 <br />gallons per day or less.. <br />(62) Licensed maintainer business. "Licensed maintainer business" means a business that is <br />authorized to measure scum and sludge depths in sewage tanks for the accumulation of solids and <br />removing these deposits; remove solids and liquids from toilet waste treatment devices; transport <br />septage; land apply septage or dispose of septage in a treatment facility; identify problems related <br />to sewage tanks, baffles, maintenance hole covers, extensions, and pumps and make the repairs; <br />evaluate sewage tanks, pump tanks, distribution devices, valve boxes, or drop boxes for leakage; <br />identify cesspools, seepage pits, leaching pits, and drywells; and clean supply pipes and distribution <br />pipes for all SSTS. <br />(63) Licensed service provider business. "Licensed service provider business" means a business that <br />is authorized to measure scum and sludge depths for the accumulation of solids; identify problems <br />related to sewage tanks, baffles, effluent screens, maintenance hole covers, extensions, and pumps <br />and make the repairs; evaluate sewage tanks, dosing chambers, distribution devices, valve boxes, or <br />drop boxes for leakage; and clean supply pipes and distribution pipes. Service provider businesses <br />are also authorized to assess, adjust, and service systems for proper operation; take, preserve, store, <br />and ship samples for analysis; interpret sampling results and report results for an SSTS; and operate <br />sewage collections systems discharging to an SSTS. <br />(64) Liquid capacity. "Liquid capacity" means the liquid volume of a sewage tank below the invert of <br />the outlet pipe or, for holding tanks and pump tanks, the liquid volume below the invert of the inlet. <br />(65) Long-term sewage treatment. "Long-term sewage treatment" shall mean enough lot area to <br />contain two Type I or Type lI soil treatment and dispersal areas. <br />(66) Lot. "Lot" means a parcel of land designated by metes and bounds, registered land survey, plat or <br />other means, and which description is either recorded in the Office of the Washington County <br />Recorder or Registrar of Titles or used by the County Treasurer or County Assessor to separate <br />such parcel from other lands for tax purposes. <br />(67) Maintenance permit. "Maintenance permit" means the permit issued to a licensed maintainer <br />business prior to performing maintenance as described in Section 22. <br />(68) Management plan. "Management plan" means a plan that requires the periodic examination, <br />adjustment, testing, and other operational requirements to meet system performance expectations, <br />including a planned course of action in the event a system does not meet performance expectations. <br />(69) Matrix. "Matrix" means the majority of the color in a soil horizon, as described in the Field Book <br />for Describing and Sampling Soils, which is incorporated by reference in Section 2.2 (46). <br />(70) Midsized subsurface sewage treatment system or MSTS. "Midsized subsurface sewage <br />treatment system" or "MSTS" means a subsurface sewage treatment system, or part thereof, as set <br />forth in Minnesota Statutes, sections 115.03 and 115.55, that employs sewage tanks or other <br />treatment devices with final discharge into the soil below the natural soil elevation or elevated final <br />grade and that is designed to receive sewage with a design flow of greater than 5,000 gallons per <br />day to 10,000 gallons per day. MSTS also includes sewage collection systems and associated <br />tanks that discharge into MSTS treatment or dispersal components. MSTS does not include those <br />components defined as plumbing under Minnesota Rules, Chapter 4715. <br />(71) Mottles. "Mottles" means the minority of the variegated colors in a soil horizon, as described in <br />the Field Book for Describing and Sampling Soils, which is incorporated by reference in Section <br />2.2 (46). <br />(72) Mound system. "Mound system" means a soil treatment and dispersal system designed and <br />installed such that all of the infiltrative surface is installed above grade, using clean sand between <br />the bottom of the infiltrative surface and the original ground elevation, utilizes pressure distribution <br />and capped with suitable soil material to stabilize the surface and encourage vegetative growth. <br />(73) MPCA. "MPCA" means the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. <br />(74) NPDES permit. "NPDES permit" means a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System <br />permit issued by the MPCA. <br />14 Washington County Development Code <br />