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10 1. SSTS Capacity Expansions. Expansion of an existing SSTS must include any system upgrades that are necessary to bring the entire system into compliance with the prevailing provisions of this Ordinance at the time of expansion. 2. Bedroom Additions. A compliance inspection is required prior to issuance of a permit for a bedroom addition. If the system is found to be non-compliant, the owner shall upgrade, repair, or replace the existing system prior to issuance of the permit for the bedroom addition. 3. Imminent Threat to Public Health or Safety. A SSTS that is determined to be an imminent threat to public health or safety in accordance with Minnesota Rules, Chapter 7080.1500, Subd. 4A shall by be upgraded, repaired, replacedreplaced, or abandoned by the owner in accordance with the provisions of this Ordinance within three (3) months of receipt of a Notice of Noncompliance. In the event of an imminent threat to Public Health or Safety, a mitigation plan will shall be submitted to the department immediately upon discovery. The mitigation plan shall immediately abate the Imminent Threat to Public Health and safety. If the Department determines that extenuating circumstances exist, this timeframe may be extended to ten (10) months from receipt of a Notice of Noncompliance. 3.4. Failure to Protect Groundwater. A SSTS that is determined to be failing to protect groundwater in accordance with Minnesota Rules, Chapter 7080.1500, Subd. 4 B shall by upgraded, repaired, replacedreplaced, or abandoned by the owner in accordance with the provisions of this Ordinance within three (3) months of receipt of a Notice of Noncompliance. In the event of a system failing to protect groundwater, a mitigation plan willshall be submitted to the department immediately upon discovery. If the Department determines that extenuating circumstances exist, this timeframe may be extended to ten (10) months from receipt of a Notice of Noncompliance. 4.5. Abandonment. Any SSTS, or any component thereof, which is no longer intended to be used, must be abandoned in accordance with Minnesota Rules, Chapter 7080.2500. Section 14. SSTS in Floodplains. SSTS shall not be located in a floodplain. Section 15. Class V Injection Wells. All owners of new or replacement SSTS that are considered to be class V injection wells, as defined in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Title 40, Part 144, are required by the Federal Government to submit SSTS inventory information to the Environme ntal Protection Agency as described in CFR40, Part 144. Further, owners are required to identify all Class V injection wells in property transfer disclosures. Section 16. SSTS Practitioner Licensing. No person shall engage in sire evaluations, inspection, design, installation, construction, alteration, extension, repair, maintenance, or pumping of SSTS without an appropriate and valid license issued by the MPCA in accordance with Minnesota Rules, Chapter 7083 except as exempted in 7083.0700. Section 17. Prohibitions. 1. Occupancy or Use of a Building without a Compliant SSTS. It is unlawful for any person to maintain, occupy, or use any building intended for habitation in an unsewered area that is not provided with a wastewater treatment system that disposes of wastewater in a manner that complies with the provisions of this Ordinance. 2. Sewage Discharge to Ground Surface or Surface Water. It is unlawful for any person to construct, maintain, or use any SSTS system regulated under this Ordinance that results in raw or partially treated wastewater seeping to the ground surface or flowing into any surface water. Any surface discharging system must be permitted under the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System program by the MPCA. 3. Sewage Discharge to a Well or Boring. It is unlawful for any person to discharge raw or treated wastewater into any well or boring as described in Minnesota Rules, Chapter 4725.2050, or any other excavation in the ground that is not in compliance with this Ordinance. 4. Discharge of Hazardous or Deleterious Materials. It is unlawful for any person to discharge into any