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]-]valuation o f A'l. ten~a tire Was te ! l;m~emcnt S)"stems, POS '6,01 ;4 and 6,0 ].. II,
<br />l¥;~CC P'(.~.cct h'os. 76-09 ~md i'6-16
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<br />NEED: One of the prbnary requiremnZs of Facilities Planning is that alternative
<br />waste manage:~nnt schemes be evaluated. System alternatives may Lnclud.e fei. lance on
<br />on-site septic systers as well as s~;nll collective package plants, ~dividua! activated
<br />sludge plants, holding tm~s wi~ p~?J~g systems, etc, In accordame wil:h the
<br />Mstropolita~ CoxncJ. l's ~vetopment Frmnework, portior~ of ~e seven-co~tg~ ~'.letropo]iim~
<br />Area, are desigmated ~ berg in ~e rural sem4ce area and urb~. sera, ices such as
<br />major ~terccptor sawer lines are not plied for extension ~to tl~ese perJ.pberal
<br />regio~m, t:ivc peripheral con~ities are presently preparing Step i Facilities Plans
<br />for waste~.,'ater treatment facilities J~ accord~nce ~'ith ~.e }.lj]mesota Po].].ution, Control
<br />Agency's ~.Lo.~z~. ]...s~, In aJ.d~on to ~ese ~u~mtmii:ies~ there are a n.u~cr of sr:m]:].
<br />cor~:i~nitJ, es ~ the peripheral region that presently have central sewer systm~, some
<br />of whid~ may' need i~rovements, tt~,,~ever, ~ne vast majorit7 of development in the
<br />peripheral region is se~'iced by on-site septic syste~. ~].flneation betavcen '~e
<br />urban se~wice area and M~e rural sem~ice area is b~ed on l~d dem~d projectio~m ~d
<br />does not address the potential envirolmenta! ~r~acts of.utilizing only septic systenm
<br />~ the peripheral area and hhe obvious l~itations of total reiim~ce on tiffs alter-
<br />native. !'t is e~q~ecl:ed that ~e }.~msota Pollution ~ntrol A~ency will, in the first
<br />part of 1976, promulgate n.~les ~td regulations regar~ng ~e placement, operation a~d
<br />ms~tenm~ce of septic syste~. It is ~,e Con~ssion's ~tent to ~corporate the
<br />~R~k regulations as part of ~.e co~ity co~rprehmzsive sewer .pi~ renew process,
<br />Areas desil~ated as be~g stowed by on-site septic systems will be de].~eated ~. the
<br />comprehensive s~.ger pi.m~ of the co~m~ity ~ well as ordinances adop~md by 'g~e
<br />co;m~m~it-f for i-ira placement, operation ~d/or maintenance of septic syste~m,
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<br />OKTECTIVE' To determine application a~d acceptable utilization of on-site septic
<br />systc~m as ~./ell as small ~ltective pamkage pl~ts, in~vidual activated sludge
<br />plan~s, hold~g tanks ~d pa~ping stations, etc., Yg'itb.~. the seven-cous.ty area, To
<br />red,Jew al. terns.tires for service to ~e ~-arai se~nice area frem a comprehensive cost~
<br />effective and envirom~ental standpoint to dete~ne how such scrod, cee should be
<br />provided and)to develop a ph~ed progr~ for ~urJ.ng ~at water po!]_~tion does not
<br />occur as n-~mfir, of reliance on inadequate measures and prograv~ for ' "~ . ~'
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<br />tle~4ew septic tank standards adopted by t~he M~m~esota Pollution Co~trol
<br />Agency a~d, as a mininr~, flmo~orate these stmnflar~ as reqtH.rementa ~-~
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<br />}.i~tropoli tm~ Area.
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<br />t~. conj~mction wiiJ~ co~mnunities, cotmties, and responsible designated traits
<br />o~: govcntmcnt, plot and locate on-sit6 systems ifl~rou2hout i~c se~.mn-cmmt9,
<br />areas. Aerial photos may be desirable to supplement this Jmfm~!~,ation.
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<br />Da~elo,. pe~incnt.Jmfm~ation on geographic, geo].ogical, ,mull hydrological.
<br />features suci~ as soils characteristics, ground?.,'atcr table, and ground surface
<br />s].opes~ in addition to local lm~d use planning Lnfo~uation, Jm order to
<br />determine thc acceptability of on--site septic syste~'..m in portions of
<br />.~i~trot.m].it ~ Region.
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