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! <br />! <br /> <br /> I <br /> <br /> I <br /> I <br /> I <br /> I <br /> I <br /> I <br /> I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />8.30 <br /> <br />8.30.01 <br /> <br />Sewage Disposal Systems <br /> <br />General Provisions <br /> <br />Purpose. The purpose of the Sewage and Wastewater Treatment Section <br />shall be to provide minimum standard for and regulation of individual <br />sewage treatment systems ("ISTS") and septage disposal including the <br />proper location, design and construction; their necessary modification and <br />reconstruction; their operation, maintenance and repair to protect surface <br />water and groundwater from contamination by human sewage and <br />waterborne household and commercial wastes; to protect the public's health <br />and safety, and eliminate or prevent the development of public nuisances <br />pursuant to the authority granted under Minn. Stat. Chapters 115 and 145A <br />and Minnesota Rules Chapter 7080 Md ~ amended that may pertain to <br />sewage and wastewater treatment. <br /> <br />Objectives. <br />following: <br /> <br />The principal objectives of this Section shall include the <br /> <br />The protection, of the City of Ramsey's (the "City") lakes, wetlands, <br />rivers and streams and supplies of groundwater essential to the <br />promotion of public health, safety and welfare; the protection of the <br />City's environmental and its socioeconomic growth and development <br />of the City in perpetuity; <br /> <br />Given the extensive resources and numerous supplies of surface water <br />and groundwater and their susceptibility to contamination, regulation <br />of proper ISTS construction, reconstruction, repair and maintenance <br />and proper septage disposal is essential to prevent the entry and <br />migration of contaminants, thereby ensuring the non-degradation of <br />surface water and groundwater; <br /> <br />o <br /> <br />The provision of establishing minimum standards for ISTS placement, <br />design, construction, re-construction, 'repair and maintenance to <br />prevent contamination and, if contamination is discovered, to identify <br />and control its consequences and abate iB source and migration; <br /> <br />The provision of establishing minimum standards for septage removal, <br />transport, treatment and disposal; · <br /> <br />5. The utilization of privy vaults and other non-water carded ISTS; <br /> <br />The prevention and control of water-borne disease, lake degradation, <br />groundwater related hazards, and public nuisance conditions through <br />plan reviews, inspections, ISTS surveys and complaint investigation, <br />as well as through technical assistance and education. <br /> <br />8-9 <br /> <br />-285- <br /> <br /> <br />