Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 13, September 23, 2024
Subpart 1.
[Repealed, 15 SR 288]
Subp. 2.
Performance certification for wastewater treatment systems.
One year after the initiation of operation of a wastewater
treatment project, the municipality shall submit to the commissioner the
following items, as appropriate for the project:
A. A certification on a form prescribed by
the commissioner and signed by a professional engineer registered in the state
of Minnesota stating that the project meets the following performance
standards:
(1) the project has been completed
according to approved construction plans and specifications and change
orders;
(2) the municipality has a
sufficient number of trained and capable personnel, including a wastewater
treatment facility operator having a valid state certificate, to provide
adequate operation and maintenance of the project, and the project requires
only the operation and maintenance as is outlined as normal and routine in the
approved operation and maintenance manual or maintenance plan;
(3) the project accepts hydraulic and organic
loading to the extent described in the approved design specifications and NPDES
or SDS permit conditions;
(4) the
project facility meets the effluent limitations as assigned in the NPDES or SDS
permit;
(5) nonresidential
wastewater discharges to the treatment system do not interfere with the
operation of the project or with disposal or use of septage or municipal
sludges and do not degrade groundwater or surface water;
(6) septage treatment and disposal is
accomplished in accordance with applicable state, federal, and local standards;
and
(7) the project meets the
requirements in the approved plans and specifications for the prevention of
contamination of underground drinking water sources beyond the property
boundary.
The certification shall include one copy of "as-built" plans
and specifications in a format designated by the commissioner.
B. A revised operation
and maintenance manual or revised maintenance plan based on actual operating
experience obtained during the one-year performance period, or a certificate of
completion of a revised operation and maintenance manual on a form prescribed
by the commissioner.
C.
Documentation that the municipality is collecting sufficient funds to provide
for operation and maintenance and equipment replacement costs in conformance
with the approved operation and maintenance manual on a form prescribed by the
commissioner.
Subp. 2a.
Performance certification for storm water treatment systems.
One year after the initiation of operation of the storm water
treatment project, the municipality shall submit to the commissioner the
following items, as appropriate for the project:
A. a certification stating whether the
project meets the following performance standards:
(1) the project has been completed according
to the approved storm water project plan and the project is operating as
intended;
(2) state revolving fund
loan money has only been used for work directly associated with storm water
treatment activities as described in the storm water project plan;
(3) all pipe outlets have been provided with
permanent energy dissipation where the pipe's outlet velocity exceeds the
permanent cover's erosive velocity;
(4) an operation and maintenance manual
appropriate for the best management practices implemented during the project
has been provided to the municipality by the project engineer; and
(5) one copy of "as-built" plans and
specifications has been submitted to the commissioner in a format designated by
the commissioner; and
B.
an evaluation report describing the performance of the project as it pertains
to the problems in need of correction identified in the storm water project
plan.
Subp. 3.
Corrective action report.
If the commissioner or the municipality determines that the
wastewater treatment project does not meet the project performance standards
under subpart
2, item A, or that the storm
water treatment project does not meet the project performance standards under
subpart
2a, item A, the municipality
shall:
A. within 30 days of the
performance certification date or within 30 days of the commissioner's
determination that the project does not meet the project performance standards,
submit a corrective action report that includes:
(1) an analysis of the project's failure to
meet the performance standards;
(2)
an estimate of the nature, scope, and cost of the corrective action necessary
to bring the project into compliance with its performance standard;
and
(3) a schedule for initiating,
in a timely manner, the necessary corrective action work and for meeting the
performance certification requirements following a start-up period that is
reasonable for the type of corrective action work to be performed;
and
B. following the
completion of corrective action work, submit a performance certification as
specified under subpart
2 or
2a, as applicable, according
to the schedule in item A, subitem (3).
Statutory Authority: MS s
115.03;
116.07;
116.182;
446A.07
