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8.30 8.30.01 8.30.02 Sewage Disposal Systems General Provisions Purpose. The purpose of the Sewage and Wastewater Treatment Section shall be to provide minimum standard for and regulation of individual sewage treatment systems ("ISTS") and septage disposal including the proper location, design and construction; their necessary modification and reconstruction; their operation, maintenance and repair to protect surface water and groundwater fi.om contamination by human sewage and waterborne household and commercial wastes; to protect the public's health and safety, and eliminate or prevent the development of public nuisances pursuant to the authority granted under Minn. Stat. Chapters 115 and 145A and Minnesota Rules Chapter 7080 and as amended that may pertain to sewage and wastewater treatment. b. Objectives. The principal objectives of this Section shall include the following: The protection of the City of Rarnsey's (the "City") lakes, wetlands, rivers and streams and supplies of groundwater essential to the promotion, of public health, safety and welfare; the protection of the City's environmental and its socioeconomic growth and development of the City in perpetuity; Given the extensive resources and numerous supplies of surface water and groundwater and their susceptibility to contamination, regulation of proper ISTS construction, reconstruction, repair and maintenance and proper septage disposal is essential to prevent the entry and migration of contarainants, thereby ensuring the non-degradation of surface water and groundwater; The provision of establishing minimum standards for ISTS placement, design, construction, re-construction, repair and maintenance to prevent contamination and, if contamination is discovered, to identify and control its consequences and abate its source and migration; 4. The provision of establishing minimum standards for septage removal, transport, treatment and disposal;' 5. The utilization of privy vaults and other non-water carried ISTS; The prevention and control of water-borne disease, lake degradation, groundwater related hazards, and public nuisance conditions through plan reviews, inspections, ISTS surveys and complaint investigation, as well as through technical assistance and education. Scope. This Section shall regulate the design, construction and repair of ISTS in the City, including but not necessarily limited to individual on-site and cluster or community ISTS privy vaults and other non-water carried ISTS, repair and/or replacement of failing ISTS and septage disposal. Administration Standards Adopted by Reference. This Ordinance adopts by reference Minnesota Rules ("MN RULES") Chapter 7080, Sections 7080.0020, 7080.0060, 7080.0065, 7080.0110, 7080.0120, 7080.0125, 7080.0150, 7080.0160, 7080.0170, 7080.0175, 7080.0176, being I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I