Ordinance - 2013-1 Anoka County - 04/23/2013

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Ordinance #2013 -1 Page 2 2.6 Site Evaluation System Design Construction Inspection, and Servicing Site evaluation, and system design, construction, inspection, and system servicing shall be performed by Minnesota Pollution Control Agency licensed SSTS businesses or qualified employees of local governments or persons exempt from licensing in Minnesota Administrative Rules 7083.0700. For lots platted after April 1, 1996, a design shall evaluate and locate space for a second soil treatment area. 2.7 Inspection No part of an individual sewage treatment system shall be covered until it has been inspected and approved by the Department. If any part of the system is covered before being inspected and approved as herein provided, it shall be uncovered upon the direction of the Department. The Department shall cause such inspections as are necessary to determine compliance with this ordinance. It shall be the responsibility of the permittee to notify the Department that the system is ready for inspection. If the integrity of the system is threatened by adverse weather if left open and the Department is unable to conduct an inspection, the permittee may, after receiving permission from the Department, document compliance with the ordinance by photographic means that show said compliance and submit that evidence to the Department prior to final approval being sought. 2.8 Compliance Inspection Required An SSTS compliance inspection is required: 2.8.1 For a new or replacement SSTS. 2.8.2 When altering an existing structure to add a bedroom. 2.8.3 When a parcel having an existing system undergoes development, subdivision, or split. 2.9 Imminent Public Health and Safety Threat; Failing System; and Surface Discharge 2.9.1 A subsurface sewage treatment system that poses an imminent threat to public health and safety shall immediately abate the threat according to instructions by the Department and be brought into compliance with this ordinance in accordance with a schedule established by the Department, which schedule will not exceed ten (10) months. 2.9.2 A failing system, an SSTS that is not protective of groundwater, shall be brought into compliance within 24 months after receiving notice from the Department. 2.9.3 An SSTS discharging raw or partially treated wastewater to ground surface or surface water is prohibited unless permitted under the National Pollution Discharge Elimination System. 2.10 Conflict Resolution For SSTS systems regulated under this ordinance, conflicts and other technical disputes over new construction, replacement, and existing systems will be managed in accordance with the Anoka County Administrative Procedures Ordinance #79 -1, as amended.