[Adopted by the Board of Health]
A submitted septage plan shall show, as a minimum, the lot to
be served, location and dimensions of the system (including reserve
area), design calculations, existing and proposed contours, location
and log of deep observation hole, location and results of percolation
tests, approved soils analysis forms, locations of any wetlands, all
known sources of water supply within 200 feet of the soil absorption
system, location of any proposed potable water supply well to serve
the lot, location of water lines on the property, maximum groundwater
elevation in the area of the soil absorption system and a profile
of the system. The plans shall be prepared by a professional engineer
or other professional authorized by law to prepare such plans.
Sewage flow estimates shall be determined using procedures given
in the Massachusetts State Environmental Code; Minimum Requirements
for the Subsurface Disposal of Sanitary Sewage: Title 5.
[Adopted by the Board of Health]
As used in these regulations, the following terms shall have
the meanings indicated:
ADMINISTRATIVE CONSENT ORDER
Duly executed and recorded document that allows a property
owner in a specific area of Nantucket to defer major repair and/or
upgrade of a failed on-site wastewater treatment system until municipal
sewer is available for connection. Specific provisions for deferment
are detailed in the ACO document.
BOARD OF HEALTH
The Town of Nantucket department with local jurisdiction
of on-site wastewater systems in addition to all other health-related
matters.
COMPREHENSIVE WASTEWATER MANAGEMENT PLAN
The Town's twenty-year wastewater planning document completed
according to the Department of Environmental Protection Bureau of
Municipal Finances Guide to Comprehensive Wastewater Management Planning,
including any updates thereto.
ESCROW ACCOUNT
An account set up with the Town's Finance Department for
the purpose of collecting funds, based on an estimate to repair a
failed on-site wastewater system to Title 5 and local standards, to
apportion towards the capital cost assessed to the property owner
for municipal sewer or for repair/upgrade of on-site system.
HYDRAULIC FAILURE
An on-site wastewater system failure due to ponding of surface
water, back-up of sewage into the dwelling, and/or evidence of flooding
within the wastewater system's distribution box, septic tank, cesspool,
or metal tank.
MASSACHUSETTS ESTUARIES PROGRAM
The Massachusetts DEP and the UMASS/Dartmouth School of Marine
Science and Technology (SMAST) collaborating together with Coastal
Zone Management, the Cape Cod Commission, and several municipalities
to classify the nitrogen sensitivity of Southeastern Massachusetts's
coastal bays and estuaries. SMAST technical experts work with MassDEP
to evaluate the nitrogen sensitivity through comprehensive water quality
testing, quantitative TMDL (total maximum daily load) models, and
preparation of technical reports allowing communities to consider
how implementation of nitrogen management scenarios within watersheds
will influence water quality in embayments.
MUNICIPAL SEWER
The physical infrastructure that collects, treats, and discharges
wastewater through a public system.
NANTUCKET
Encompasses the land and water of the Town and County of
Nantucket, including Tuckernuck and Muskeget.
NANTUCKET COUNTY REGISTRY OF DEEDS
The County of Nantucket Office of Recorder of Deeds is a
government office tasked with maintaining public records and documents,
especially records relating to real estate.
NEEDS AREA
Geographic delineation of land/property area that has been
determined to be unsustainable in the long-term with on-site wastewater
disposal systems in the Town of Nantucket's Comprehensive Wastewater
Management Plan.
TECHNICAL FAILURE
An on-site wastewater system failure due to diminished distance
to groundwater, less than six feet in designated watershed protection
zones, less than five feet in non-watershed protection areas/within
100 feet to private drinking water well, missing or undersized system
components and leach fields within 100 feet of a private drinking
water well.
TITLE 5
The environmental code in Massachusetts governing on-site
wastewater systems in Massachusetts found under 310 CMR 15.00.
TOTAL MAXIMUM DAILY LOAD (TMDL)
A calculation of the maximum amount of a pollutant that a
water body can receive and still safely meet water quality standards.
TOWN
The bodies politic created by statute (of the Commonwealth
of Massachusetts General Court) to govern said lands and waters.
No part of these regulations may be modified and/or rescinded
without a majority vote of the Board of Health.
These regulations are adopted by the Town of Nantucket's Board
of Health as authorized by MGL c. 111, § 31.