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| | | An Act To Amend the Laws Governing Minimum Lot Size |
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| | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | | Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §4807, sub-§§1-A and 1-B are enacted to read: |
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| | | 1-A.__Engineered disposal system.__"Engineered disposal | | system" means a subsurface wastewater disposal system designed, | | installed and operated as a single unit to treat and dispose of | | at least 2,000 gallons of wastewater per day or a system designed | | to be capable of treating wastewater with significantly high 5- | | day biochemical oxygen demand and total suspended solid | | concentrations. |
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| | | 1-B.__First-time subsurface waste disposal system.__"First- | | time subsurface waste disposal system" means the first subsurface | | waste disposal system designed to serve a specific structure. |
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| | | Sec. 2. 12 MRSA §4807-B, as amended by PL 1985, c. 481, Pt. A, §21, | | is repealed and the following enacted in its place: |
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| | | §4807-B.__Approval of smaller lots |
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| | | 1.__Approval by local plumbing inspector.__A lot of less than | | the size required in section 4807-A may be used for subsurface | | waste disposal if approved in writing by the local plumbing | | inspector for the municipality or unorganized territory, as long | | as: |
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