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I I ,! I I I I I I I I I I I 25. "Plas't'~c Limit" is soil moisture content below which the so~l may be manipulated for purposes of installing a soil treatment system and above which manipulation will cause compaction and puddling. If a fragment of soil can easily be rolled into a wire one-eighth (1/8) inch in d~ameter, the moisture content is above the plastic limit. If the sol] Js dry enough to be friable and falls apart when rolling it into a wire, the moisture content is below the limit and the soil may be manipu]ated.. The standard method of determining the plastic limit is specified in American Association of State Highway Officials (AASHO) Designation: #T 90-61. 26. "Sand" is a soil texture composed by weight of at least twenty-five percent (25%) of very coarse, coarse, and medium sand vary- ing in size from two (2) to 0.25 mm, less than fifty percent (50%) of fine or very fine sand ranging in size between 0.25 and 0.05 mm, and no more than ten percent (10%) of particles smaller than 0.05 mm. 27. "Seepage Pit" (or leaching pit or dry well) is an under- ground pit into which a sewage tank discharges sewage or other liquid waste and from which the liquid seeps into the surrounding soil through the bottom and openings in the side of the pit. 28. "Setback" is a separation distance measured horizontally. 29. "Sewage" ~s any water-carried domestic, commercial, or agrictJ]tural waste, exclusive of footing and roof drainage or any residence, or any industry, agricbltural, or commercial establishment or other structure, whether treated or untreated, and includes but is not limited to liquid waste produced by bathing, laundry, culinary operations and liquid wastes from toilets and floor drains. 30. "Sewage Tank" is a watertight tank used in the treatment of sewage and includes, but is not limited to, septic tanks and aerobic tanks. 31. "Sewage Tank Effluent" is that liquid which flows from a septic or aerobic tank under normal operation. 32. "Septic Tank" is any watertight covered receptacle designed and constructed to receive the discharge of sewage from a building sewer, separate solids from liquid, digest organic matter, and store solids through a period of detention, and allow the clari- fied l~qt, ids to discharge to a soil treatment system. 33. "Shore]and" means land located within the following distances from public waters: One thousand (1,000) feet from the normal high water mark of a lake, pond or flowage; and Three hundred (300) feet from a river or stream or the landward extend of a flood plain designated by ordinance on such a river or stream, whichever ~s greater. area. 34. "Site" is the proposed on-site sewage treatment system