Minnesota Administrative Rules

7083.0700 LICENSES.

A state SSTS license applicable to the type of work being performed is required for any business that conducts work to design, install, repair, maintain, operate, or inspect all or part of an SSTS. A license is also required to land spread septage and operate a sewage collection system discharging to an SSTS. Property owners that employ a business to perform this work shall hire a business that is licensed according to this chapter. Individuals exempt from a state SSTS license must follow all applicable local, state, and federal requirements. A license is not required for:

A.

an individual who is a qualified employee performing work as directed by a state or local government employer;

B.

an individual who, after obtaining a signed site evaluation and design report from a licensed design business, constructs an ISTS to serve a dwelling that is owned by the individual and functions solely as a dwelling or seasonal dwelling for that individual. Any assistance provided to the system owner in construction of a system under this item must be performed by a licensed installation business;

C.

an individual who performs supervised labor or services as an employee of a licensed SSTS business;

D.

a farmer who pumps septage from an ISTS that serves dwellings or other establishments that are owned or leased by the farmer and applies septage on land that is owned or leased by the farmer;

E.

a property owner who personally gathers existing information, evaluates, and investigates an ISTS to provide a disclosure as defined in Minnesota Statutes, section 115.55, subdivision 6, for a dwelling that is owned by the individual and functions solely as a dwelling or seasonal dwelling for that individual;

F.

an individual or business who abandons an SSTS;

G.

an individual who maintains a toilet waste treatment device for a dwelling that is owned by the individual and functions solely as a dwelling or seasonal dwelling for that individual;

H.

an individual who performs tasks identified in the system's management plan that do not require a maintainer or service provider license for a dwelling that is owned by the individual and functions solely as a dwelling or seasonal dwelling for that individual; or

I.

the owner or designee of a campground or other similar facility who removes and transports sewage wastes from recreational vehicles into a holding or treatment system located on the same property as the facility.

Statutory Authority:

MS s 115.03; 115.55

History:

32 SR 1420

Published Electronically:

March 11, 2011