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§ 8.30 <br /> <br /> be rolled into a wire .125-inch in diameter, the moisture content is above the plastic <br /> limit. If the soil is dry enough to be fr/able and fees apart when rolling it into a <br /> wire, the moisture content is below the 15rn~t ~nd the soft may be m~n~pulated. The <br /> standard method of determining the plastic limit is specified in American <br /> Association of State I-IJghway OflScials (AT~SHO) Designation #T 90-61. <br /> <br /> Sand ts a soil texture composed by weight of at least 25~ of very coarse, <br /> coarse, and medJ~rn sand varying in size'from 2 to 0.25 mm, less than 50% of fine <br /> or very fine sand ranging in size between 1.25 and 1.05 nam, and no more than 10% <br /> of particles smaller than 0.05 mm. <br /> <br /> Seepage Pit (or leaching pit or dry well) is an underground pit into <br /> wtmich a sewage tank discharges sewage or other ]/qu/d waste and from which the <br /> liquid seeps into the surrounding soil through the bottom and openings in the side <br /> of the pit. <br /> <br /> Setback is a separation distance measured horizontally. <br /> <br /> Sewag'e is any water-carried domestic, commercial, or agricultural <br /> waste, exclusive of footing and roof drainage or shy residence, or any industry, <br /> agricultural, or conmmercia] establishznent or other structure, whether treated or <br /> ~ntreated, amd includes but is not ]~rnqted to liquid waste produced by bathing, <br /> laundry, culinary operations and liquid wastes from toilets and floor drains. <br /> <br /> Sevwage T~n~r is a watertight tam_k used in the treatment of sewage and <br /> includes, but is not ]~rn~ted to, septic t~l~.~ and aerobic tanks. <br /> <br /> Sewage Tank Effluent Ss that liquid wt~ch flows from a septic or <br /> aerobic tank ~nder normal operation. <br /> <br /> Septic Tank is any watertight covered receptacle designed and <br />constructed to receive the discharge of sewage from a building sewer, separate <br />solids from liquid, digest organic matter, ~nd store solids through a period of <br />detention, and allow the clarified liquids to discharge to a soil treatment. <br /> <br /> Shoreland means land located vzithin the following distances from <br />pub]_ic waters: <br /> <br /> a. 1,000 feet from the nounal high water mark of a lake, pond or <br /> flowage; and <br /> <br /> b. 300 feet from a river or stream or the landward extend of a flood <br /> plain designated by ordinance on such a river or stream, <br /> wtoJchever is greater. <br /> <br />Site ~s the proposed on-site sewage treatment system area. <br />SISpe is the ratio of vertical rise or fall to horizont~/distance. <br /> <br /> Soil Boring is any type of excavation capable of revealing in deta~.] <br />characteristics of soils penetrated. <br /> <br /> Soil Characteristics, Limiting are those soil characteristics ~,tfich <br />preclude the installation of a standard system, including but not limited to exddence <br /> <br />Printed 12/22/90 <br /> <br /> <br />