Minnesota Administrative Rules

7083.0780 SERVICE PROVIDER LICENSE.

Subpart 1.

Authorization.

A licensed service provider business is authorized to measure scum and sludge depths for the accumulation of solids; identify problems related to sewage tanks, baffles, effluent screens, maintenance hole covers, extensions, and pumps and make the repairs; evaluate sewage tanks, dosing chambers, distribution devices, valve boxes, or drop boxes for leakage; and clean supply pipes and distribution pipes. Service provider businesses are also authorized to assess, adjust, and service systems for proper operation; take, preserve, store, and ship samples for analysis; interpret sampling results and report results for an SSTS; and operate sewage collections systems discharging to an SSTS.

Subp. 2.

Responsibilities.

Service provider licensees must:

A.

report sampling results, operational observations, system adjustments, and other management activities in compliance with local ordinances, management plans, or operating permit requirements; and

B.

observe and provide written reports of any noncompliance to the system owner and the local unit of government within 30 days.

Subp. 3.

Certified service providers.

Certified service providers must provide proper training, daily review of work, and periodic observation of work conducted by noncertified individuals. Certified service providers are responsible for conducting or supervising:

A.

the measurement of scum and sludge depths for the accumulation of solids;

B.

the making of sensory observations if nondomestic wastes have been discharged into the system;

C.

the identification of problems and watertightness related to sewage tanks; and

D.

the assessment of the condition of baffles, effluent screens, maintenance hole covers, and extensions.

Subp. 4.

Certified service providers.

Certified service providers must personally:

A.

assess the operational status and system performance by sampling, measuring, and observing in compliance with the management plan or operating permit;

B.

preserve, store, and ship samples for analysis and interpret sampling results;

C.

adjust, repair, or replace components to bring the system into proper operational compliance;

D.

assess the operational status of sewage collection systems and adjust, repair, or replace components to bring the system into proper operational status; and

E.

complete and submit any necessary reporting to the system owner and the local unit of government.

Statutory Authority:

MS s 115.03; 115.55

History:

32 SR 1420

Published Electronically:

March 11, 2011