Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 13, September 23, 2024
Subpart 1.
Agency
responsibilities.
The agency is responsible for providing the framework for local
SSTS ordinances along with providing minimum administrative procedures or
strategies to ensure effective permitting and inspection of SSTS. The agency is
also responsible for reviewing local ordinances to ensure adequate protection
of public health and the environment and that local administration is
sufficient to ensure compliance.
Subp.
2.
County responsibilities.
A. All counties must adopt and implement SSTS
ordinances in compliance with chapters 7080 and 7081 that also comply with this
chapter. Ordinances must apply to all land area within the county, except in
towns and cities that have adopted ordinances that are in conformance with the
county ordinance and this chapter. All counties with SSTS ordinances must
permit and inspect SSTS within cities and townships that do not administer an
SSTS ordinance that complies with these rules.
B. Counties must send written invitations to
all cities and townships within the county soliciting their input and
involvement with the county-coordinated process of establishing countywide SSTS
ordinance standards.
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3.
City and township responsibilities.
Cities and townships with SSTS ordinances must effectively
administer and enforce an ordinance that conforms with this chapter and is
administratively and technically as strict as the county ordinance, as
determined by the agency. Cities and townships are authorized to adopt
conventional programs as described in part
7082.0050, subpart
3, even if the county has
adopted a performance program.
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4.
Required fiscal and physical capacity for local
programs.
All local governments that administer SSTS programs must
have:
A. adequate personnel to
properly conduct SSTS technical and administrative functions. All local
governments that administer SSTS programs must have:
(1) at least one certified inspector as
described in part
7083.1020, subpart
1, item C, who is employed by
the local unit of government or a contracted licensed SSTS inspection business.
Multiple local units of government are allowed to contract for services with
the same certified inspector; and
(2) at least one person who is employed by
the local unit of government who has received accredited training on
administration of local SSTS programs; and
B. an enforceable ordinance that meets the
requirements of this chapter.
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5.
Reporting requirements for all local programs.
Local units of government that administer SSTS programs must
provide an annual report to the commissioner. The report must be submitted to
the commissioner no later than February 1 for the previous calendar year. The
report must include:
A. the name and
address of the program administrator, all qualified employees, and contracted
licensed businesses authorized to perform services on behalf of the local unit
of government;
B. the number of
permits issued in the reporting year in the following categories:
| Total SSTS by flow permitted in year: |
|
|
|
1-2,499 |
2,500-4,999 |
5,000-10,000 |
|
gallons |
gallons |
gallons |
|
per day |
per day |
per day |
| New SSTS construction |
| Replacement SSTS |
| Total SSTS by type permitted in year: |
|
|
Residential |
Other establishments |
| Type I |
| Type II |
| Type III |
| Type IV |
| Type V |
C. the
total number of systems serving full-time residences and seasonal residences,
the total number of cluster systems, and the total number of other
establishments in the jurisdiction;
D. the estimated percentage of existing SSTS
in compliance within the local government's jurisdictional boundaries and how
the estimate was developed;
E. the
number of septic system tanks installed by each licensed installation business
or homeowner;
F. the number of
systems regulated under an operating permit;
G. for counties, the names of cities and
townships that have local ordinances within the county; and
H. a narrative description of problem areas
in local SSTS administration.
Statutory Authority: MS s
115.03;
115.55
