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7080.2550 INDIVIDUAL SUBSURFACE SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEMS 62 <br />six inches of uncontaminated soil and protected from erosion. After one year following contact with sewage, <br />the material is allowed to be spread in any location meeting the setback requirement of part 4725.4450, <br />covered with a minimum of six inches of uncontaminated soil, and protected from erosion. After one year <br />following contact with sewage, the material is allowed to be used to fill in the abandoned in -place sewage <br />tanks. <br />C. Contaminated pipe, geotextile fabric, or other material must be dried and disposed of in a <br />mixed municipal solid waste landfill. <br />D. The person or business abandoning the system must complete and sign a record of <br />abandonment that states the system was abandoned according to this part. The record must be sent to the <br />local unit of government within 90 days of abandonment. <br />Statutory Authority: MS s 115.03; 115.55 <br />History: 32 SR 1347; 35 SR 1353 <br />Published Electronically: October 10, 2013 <br />7080.2550 SEEPAGE PITS, DRYWELLS, AND LEACHING PITS. <br />Subpart 1. Intended use of this part. This part must be used when conducting existing system <br />compliance inspections. This part defines what constitutes seepage pit, drywell, or leaching pit systems. <br />Seepage pit, drywell, or leaching pit systems are not considered compliant systems as determined in part <br />7080.1500, subpart 4, item B, but these existing systems may be allowed continued use under Minnesota <br />Statutes, section 115.55, subdivision 5a, paragraph (f), by local units of government that have adopted <br />alternative local standards for these systems under part 7082.0050, subpart 5. <br />Subp. 2. Requirements for seepage pits, drywells, and leaching pits. A seepage pit, drywell, or <br />leaching pit is a system that: <br />A. has a sewage tank that does not obviously leak below the designed liquid capacity preceding <br />the pit; <br />B. has a pit that is not located in a geologic formation that is used as a source of drinking water; <br />C. has at least three feet of vertical separation from the bottom of the pit to the periodically <br />saturated soil or bedrock; <br />D. has an absorption area that has been determined by dividing the design flow in parts <br />7080.1850 to 7080.1885 by the soil loading rate under Table IX or 1Xa in part 7080.2150, subpart 3, <br />item E, based on the weighted average of each vertical stratum penetrated by the seepage pit, drywell, or <br />leaching pit; <br />E. has a pit that has not been placed in a soil stratum with any of the United States Department <br />of Agriculture textures classified as a sand or loamy sand, or a percolation rate of less than five minutes per <br />inch; <br />F. has a pit with a minimum inside diameter of five feet; and <br />G. meets all setback requirements. <br />Copyright ©2014 by the Rev <br />so <br />of Statutes, State of Minnesota. All Rights Reserved. <br />