Minnesota Administrative Rules
Agency 167 - Pollution Control Agency
Chapter 7083 - SSTS CREDENTIALING AND PRODUCT REGISTRATION
Part 7083.0010 - PURPOSE AND INTENT

The proper location, design, installation, use, and maintenance of a subsurface sewage treatment system (SSTS) protects the public health, safety, and general welfare by the discharge of adequately treated sewage to the groundwater. In order to reasonably accomplish the proper location, design, installation, operation, and maintenance of an SSTS, the Pollution Control Agency provides in this chapter criteria for certifying trained individuals and licensing SSTS businesses, registering SSTS products, and provisions for an advisory committee to the agency concerning SSTS issues.

The authority for this chapter is granted in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 103F, 103G, 115, and 116.

This chapter does not address the licensing of wastewater treatment plant operators regulated under chapter 9400 or Type IV land application of waste professionals as regulated in chapter 7048.

It is the intent of this chapter to provide standards for adequate training, experience, continuing education, insurance, and bonding for SSTS businesses and certified individuals. These standards also present the foundation for enforceable violations along with the agency's enforcement procedures. It is the intent of this chapter to register SSTS products for use in Minnesota, as technology and products employed in SSTS shall adequately protect the public health and the environment as determined by this chapter and be approved for use by the local unit of government.

It is the further intent of this chapter to determine the duties, structure, and administration of the SSTS Advisory Committee as established in Minnesota Statutes, section 115.55.

Statutory Authority: MS s 115.03; 115.55