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1-.1 I: f l' a,; 'sT,; is"=t; r l f `.?;; 1+, f e a 1 i" t, 510.f_aFay etc Road north l 5t. Paul, Mnnc500 55155-4194 1 651-295r6300 ':CTJ•:�.•.F. ,a °� :f! i'i± TT'.' j �.r'Ii�,:, •+�:�:itn...:r I �++, 1. r;�.,:.�r. 41:1 .rljf ?+•; September 8, 2014 To; City and Township Officials From; Aaro.nJen5en,.Subsurface. Sewage Treatment Systems Coordinator Re: SSTS .ordinance Adoption and Subsurface Sewage Treatirien.t Systern Local Program Requirements This let ter.is being sent to cities and townships identifled as having their own 5ubsurface. Sewage Treatment System (SSTS) program. The Minnesota Pollution .Con.troI Agenry (MPCA�.has.n❑ official record of an. adopted ordinance bj+your city or.towrnship derrlonstrating that: it is as strict as the coun.ty's current SSTS Ordinance. Minnesota Statute § 115:55, subd; 2, (a) requires. all :counties to amend .their ordinance to include the. 2014 MPCA SSTS rules by February 4, 1014. The law aliow.s cities and townships.to regulate septic systems, i.f they choose to. do so. The: law.stotes that county ordinances must apply to all areas of the county other than cities or towns that have. adopted a SSTS ordinance. City and township ordinances must be as strict as the county ordlnance..Further, city and township ordinances must. be adopted within one yearafter'the.:county adoption date. 1f a township or city decides not to adopt an ordinance, the county Is then. responsi.bie for administering and enfprcing.the ordinance. Attached to.this. letter is. a factsheet which identifies the main legal, technical, and administrative :capabilities that cities. and townships roust have to implement their own SSTS program. Pleasetake time to review the .facts heet to understand the necessary requirements for all local SSTS prbgrams. At this time, we are asking each city and township receiving this letter. to state their intention in irnplernenting a 5ST5. program wltich.meets their.current. County Ordinance.. Please provide a written response to the MPCA by October. 17, 2014. if you indicate that you wilt not be implementing a.SSTS program, your county will be assuming responsibility for your city or town shlp: IF your lurisdiction has met SSTS program re.quirements,.please convey that, in writing, to the MPCA. Please include a copy of your ad.op.ted SSTS ordinance with your correspondence to the MPCA. If you.cho.ose to continue the 5ST5 program and have. not adopted .a SSTS .ordinance, it roust be adopted within one year after county adoption and it rrlyst be as strict, or rho re. restrictive, as the county ordinance. 1f the one. year time period has -already expired,: the county ordinance. is technically in effect. However, the MPCA Is willing to aIlow cities and tow nships, currently past. the doe date,. to complete their ordinance by December $1., 2014. Not.responding to this letter; .not adopting.a new S$T5 ordinance, no:t.submittlog the required annual report,. or not meeting the miniirnurn requirements of a 5ST5. program wiil autarriatically void the city or township of the legal authority to administer a SSTS program. The result is -that the county will be the responsible unit cfgovern ment for SSTS in yourjurisdiction.