2019.02.04 CC Packet - Laserfiche WebLink

Home

Effective April 28, 2015 Chapter Four Subsurface Sewage Treatment System Regulations (90) Pressure distribution. "Pressure distribution" means a network of distribution pipes in which effluent is forced through orifices under pressure. (91) Privy. "Privy" means an aboveground structure with an underground cavity that meets the requirements of Section 18.3 that is used for the storage or treatment and dispersal of toilet wastes, excluding water for flushing and graywater. A privy also means a nondwelling structure containing a toilet waste treatment device. (92) Proprietary product. "Proprietary product" means a sewage treatment or distribution technology, method, or material subject to a patent or trademark. (93) Public domain technology. "Public domain technology" means a sewage treatment or distribution technology, method, or material not subject to a patent or trademark. (94) Public waters. "Public waters" means any public waters or wetlands defined in Minnesota Statutes, section 103G.005, subdivision 15, or identified as public waters or wetlands by the inventory prepared according to Minnesota Statutes, section 103G.201. (95) Pump tank. "Pump tank" means a tank or separate compartment within a sewage tank, which receives sewage tank effluent, that serves as a reservoir for a pump. A separate tank used as a pump tank is considered a septic system tank under Minnesota Statutes, section 115.55, subdivision 1, paragraph (p). (96) Qualified employee. "Qualified employee" means a state or local government employee who designs, installs, maintains, pumps, or inspects SSTS as part of the person's duties. (97) Redoximorphic features. "Redoximorphic features" means: (A) a color pattern in soil, formed by oxidation and/or reduction of iron and/or manganese in saturated soil coupled with its removal, translocation, or accrual, which results in the loss (depletion) or gain (concentration) of mineral compounds compared to the matrix color; or (B) a soil matrix color controlled by the presence of ferrous iron. Redoximorphic features are described in Section 9.6 (5). (98) Replacement. "Replacement" means the removal or discontinued use of any major portion of an ISTS and reinstallation of that portion of the system. (99) Rock fragments. "Rock fragments" means pieces of rock greater than two millimeters in diameter that are strongly cemented and resistant to rupture. Rock fragments are commonly known as gravel, stones, cobbles, and boulders. (100) SDS permit. "SDS permit" means a State Disposal System permit issued by the MPCA. (101) Sand. "Sand" means a sand soil texture, as described in the Soil Survey Manual (1993) developed by the Natural Resource Conservation Service, United States Department of Agriculture. The manual is incorporated by reference into this ordinance. (102) Seepage bed. "Seepage bed" means a soil treatment and dispersal system the absorption width of which is greater than three feet but no greater than 25 feet. (103) Seepage pit. "Seepage pit" means an underground pit that receives sewage tank effluent and from which the liquid seeps into the surrounding soil. (104) Septage. "Septage" means solids and liquids removed from an SSTS and includes solids and liquids from cesspools, seepage pits, other pits, or similar systems or devices that receive sewage. Septage also includes solids and liquids that are removed from portable, incinerating, composting, holding, or other types of toilets. Waste from Type III marine sanitation devices, as defined in Code of Federal Regulations, title 33, section 159.3, and material that has come into contact with untreated sewage within the past 12 months is also considered septage. (105) Septic tank. "Septic tank" means any receptacle that is designed and constructed to receive the discharge of sewage from a building sewer or preceding tank, stores liquids for a detention period that provides separation of solids from liquid and digestion of organic matter, and allows the effluent to discharge to a succeeding tank, treatment device, or soil dispersal area. (106) Serial distribution. "Serial distribution" means distribution of sewage tank effluent by gravity flow that progressively loads one section of a soil treatment and dispersal system to a 16 Washington County Development Code