Except as provided in 38 M.R.S.A. §§ 1320 and 1321,[1] sewage may not be discharged on the surface of any land within
the Town of Topsham. It may not be discharged into any classified or unclassified
waters within the Town of Topsham. Sludge from a municipal sewage treatment
plant must be disposed of in accordance with Maine Guidelines for Municipal
Sewage Treatment Plant Sludge Disposal on the Land, dated November 1975 and
published by the Life Sciences and Agriculture Experiment Station, the Cooperative
Extension Conservation Commission, copies of which are on file in the office
of the Town Manager.
[1]
Editor's Note: 38 M.R.S.A. §§ 1320 and 1321 were
repealed by Chapter 383 of the Laws of 1979. See now 38 M.R.S.A. § 1301
et seq.
A person shall not transport sewage in any vehicle unless it is spillproof
and leakproof. Sewage being transported in any vehicle must be emptied at
the place and in a manner approved by the Trustees of the Topsham Sewer District,
unless disposed at an acceptable site outside the boundaries of the Town of
Topsham.
