POINT OF SALE REQUIREMENT

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1 Who may perform the Point of Sale inspections? Any state registered Designer I or Inspector can perform this inspection. A list of Licensed Designer I / Inspectors may be obtained from your local Environmental Services Department or If my system is failing, how do I transfer my property? To transfer the property you must: 1. Replace your subsurface sewage treatment system prior to transfer, or 2. File a Transfer Agreement with the St. Louis County Environmental Services Department, and replace the system within a specified period of time. Where can I go if I need additional information? Contact one of the St. Louis County Environmental Services offices listed below: Duluth 325 West First Street, Suite 300 Duluth, MN (218) Virginia Northland Office Center, 2R 307 First Street South, PO Box 1148 Virginia, MN (218) Hibbing 215 Courthouse th Avenue East Hibbing, MN (218) Ely 118 South 4 th Avenue East Ely, MN (218) Each Environmental Services office can be reached toll free within Minnesota at POINT OF SALE REQUIREMENT 3/08 Photo by permission of Septic Protector

2 Why a Point of Sale requirement? St. Louis County Ordinance 55 was adopted to protect the health of its citizens and the environment. The time of property transfer is a logical point at which to verify system status. Point of Sale requirement as of August 1, 2001 St. Louis County Ordinance 55 requires that a property cannot be transferred as of August 1, 2001, unless one of the following conditions exist: 1. The seller discloses to the buyer in a sworn affidavit that there is not a subsurface sewage treatment system on the property, or 2. The seller discloses that there is a subsurface sewage treatment system with a Certificate of Compliance or Notice of Non-Conformity, or 3. A Notice of Failure (a transfer agreement specifying replacement must be included if this is a Failure), or 4. In the case of a winter sale, the seller and the buyer file a Transfer Agreement with St. Louis County Environmental Services Department. This will allow a delay in the inspection, however one will still be required when conditions allow (before June 1). Failure to comply: Failure to comply with the Point of Sale requirement is a violation of Ordinance 55 and a misdemeanor. When do I need to have my subsurface sewage treatment system inspected? If you are thinking about selling your home and you do not have a valid Certificate of Compliance, you may wish to start the process of obtaining one now. Contact a state certified designer or inspector to request an inspection. Ordinance 55 requires a Compliance Inspection or transfer agreement prior to the transfer of your property. The Designer I / Inspector has up to 30 days after the inspection to issue their findings. All systems installed in the last 5 years should have a Certificate of Compliance on file with St. Louis County Environmental Services Department. If your existing system is inspected and deemed compliant by a State Certified Designer I Inspector, your system will receive a new Certificate of Compliance from the St. Louis County Environmental Services office that will be valid for 3 years. Within that 3-year period you can transfer your property without a new inspection. If your existing system is inspected and is found to be failing, it must be replaced prior to property transfer or within a specified time period. Acting early will give you time to make necessary corrections before the sale or transfer. Septic systems can be designed in a variety of ways, pictured above is a typical trench system. Will my septic system need to be replaced? Only systems defined as failing or an imminent threat to public health must be replaced. The following systems will need to be replaced: Any system with less than one vertical foot of separation from the bottom of the treatment system to the water table or bedrock. A system that is discharging to the ground surface, surface water or ground water source (imminent public health threat). A system that is backing-up into a building.

3 55-21 Hibbing Floodwood Chisholm Or r Buhl Kinney Meadowlands Coo k Mountain Ir on Broo kst on Eveleth Virginia Gilber t McKinley Biwabik To wer Auro ra Her mantown Procto r Hoyt L akes Duluth Babb itt Ely St. Louis County Environmental Services SSTS Areas Mike Kolb, Virginia Direct: (218) Cell: (218) Office: (218) John Lindquist, Ely Direct: (218) Cell: (218) Office: (218) Kabetogama Camp Five Leiding ORR Portage Beatty Crane Lake Donna O'Connor, Hibbing Direct: (218) Office: (218) Ed Kerzinski, Duluth Direct: (218) Cell: (218) Office: (218) Jeff Crosby, Duluth Direct: (218) Cell; (218) Office: (218) Morcom French Willow Valley Field COOK Linden Grove Sturgeon Alango Angora Great Scott Balkan MT. IRON BUHL CHISHOLM KINNEY Owens GILBERT EVELETH LEONIDAS HIBBING Cherry IRON JCT Clinton Fayal Breitung TOWER Waasa Wuori HOYT White LAKES VIRGINIA Greenwood Vermilion Lake Kugler Embarrass Sandy Pike BIWABIK AURORA MCKINLEY Biwabik Colvin Mcdavitt WINTON ELY Morse Eagles Nest BABBITT Bassett Fairbanks Supervisor: Rich Hyrkas, Virginia Direct: (218) Cell: (218) Office: (218) Cedar Valley Halden Elmer Lavell Kelsey Toivola FLOODWOOD Floodwood Arrowhead MEADOWLANDS Meadowlands Van Buren Alborn Ness 5 Ellsburg Cotton Culver BROOKSTON Northland New Independence Grand Lake Industrial Ault Fredenberg Canosia Gnesen Rice Lake Pequaywan Alden North Star Normanna Duluth Lakewood Prairie Lake Fine Lakes Stoney BrookBrevator Solway HERMANTOWN DULUTH Midway PROCTOR.

4 Saint Louis County Environmental Services Department Onsite Wastewater Division Duluth: 325 W. First St., Suite 300, Duluth, MN 55802, (218) Virginia: 307 First St. So. East Wing 2R, Virginia, MN 55792, (218) ISTS OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE SERVICE PROVIDERS 2009 Note: Some systems such as OSI textile filters (OSIT) and Bord Na Mona () require proprietary inspections. The certifications presented by the manufacturers are listed in the last column. Premier Quebec Ecoflo Biofilters have separate proprietary inspections conducted by the company on a periodic basis. Records should be attached to the O & M providers report when submitted. Business Name Address Contact Phone Proprietary Certification A-1 Services 401 Hat Trick Ave. Suite A James Bertucci 218/ Eveleth, MN Advanced Septic Solutions th St W Northfield, MN Thomas Wirtzfeld cell: Arrowhead Wastewater Management 5344 Lucks Lane Box 16 Greg Nelson cell: Bougalis Construction Inc East 3 rd Ave Hibbing, MN Nick Bougalis cell: Christenson Construction 8810 Korpi Rd Mt. Iron, MN Scot Christenson cell: Cloquet Constructors * 8432 Surakka Rd Cloquet, MN Richard Vukonich cell: Dudley Excavating 6010 Eagle Lake Rd Bruce Dudley cell: Ed Cvek Construction 7294 Hwy 97 Eveleth, MN Edward Cvek cell: Emerging Technical Group, Inc Anderson Rd Hibbing, MN Tim Warzecha cell: Enveen Design & Inspection 5976 Fish Lake Shores Rd Greg Dinneen cell: G & M Perf. Inc.* 4575 Eagle s Nest Drive Makinen, MN George Kyrola cell: Great Outdoors 6982 Highway 47 Alborn, MN Brady Stroschein cell: Ground Effects Excavating Inc Hwy 53 Benjamin Vitek Jarod Vitek cell: Holman Contracting 4862 West Pioneer Rd Ron Holman cell: Jeff Vivier 636 Lomond Drive Bagley, MN Jeff Vivier cell: Jerry s Contracting 9414 East Olson Rd Cook, MN Jerry Buris Page 1 of 3

5 Business Name Address Contact Phone Proprietary Certification Knudsen Landscaping 4845 Schultz Rd Robert Knudsen cell: and Excavating Lakehead Trucking * 6035 LaVaque Rd Todd Kaneski * Tom Rovinsky cell: OSI textile filters cell: Larry Marks Trucking 2839 County Road 904 Dawn Marks Babbitt, MN Lenard Excavating 5651 Arnold Rd Leustek Sand & Gravel 5525 Highway 73 Chisholm, MN Little Bear * County Road 52 Construction & Repair Cook, MN M.T.O. Excavating * State Hwy 286 Bigfork, MN MATRIX Soils & 3990 Fairview Rd Systems Inc. Midway Sewer Service PO Box 1094 Proctor, MN Minnesota Onsite 5323 Hwy 33 Specialties Miskulin Construction 23 NE 10 th St. Chisholm, MN Norpine 9408 Parenteau Drive Technology Inc. Zim, MN North Country 1459 Kalli Rd Excavating Cromwell, MN Northeast Technical P.O. Box 1142 Services Virginia, MN North Shore Sanitary/ 8815 East Superior Street Northern Septic Duluth, MN Pumping Orton Construction 7182 N. Dark Lake Rd Britt, MN Oswell Company, Inc.* 4958 Ugstad Rd Duluth, MN Rick Fry Excavating 9322 West Branch Rd Russel Daniels 5978 Crane Lake Rd Construction * Orr, MN Sand Lake 7474 Highway 53 Landscaping, Inc. * Septic Maintenance Experts, LLC Britt, MN E. Superior Street Suite 100 Duluth, MN Joe Lenard cell: Charles Leustek cell: Richard Reinhart cell: Michael Olson cell: Robert Whitmyer cell: OSI textile filters Richard Borg cell: John Walsh cell: Kevin Miskulin Mark Parenteau cell: Thomas Anderson cell: Dan Nitz cell: Jeffrey Willemarck cell: Jim Orton OSI textile filters Gary Oswell cell: Rick Fry Russell Daniels cell: Jamie Heglund cell: James Balogh Bruce Dudley or Rick Fry OSI Robert Whitmyer textile filters Page 2 of 3

6 Business Name Address Contact Phone Proprietary Certification Septic Solutions 811 Birch Street Cloquet, MN Kevin Shafer cell: Shelton Excavating P.O. 94 Larry Shelton cell: Sinko Excavating & Septic 714 NW 7 th Street Chisholm, MN Michael Sinko cell: Skala Excavating * P.O. Box 515 Ely, MN Matt Skala cell: Spectrum Research, Inc E Superior Street Suite 100 James Balogh Duluth, MN Spirit Pumping Co W. 12 th Street Larry Stingl Duluth, MN Strehlow Construction Company * 4987 Pine Lane Gilbert, MN Floyd Strehlow cell: Superior Construction 1804 Tyrol Street Duane Peterson Company, Inc. Swampthing Environmental, Inc. Thomas R. Olson Trucking & Excavating Tony s Construction Tuhkanen Excavating V.P. Septic & Excavating Duluth, MN Emerson Rd 4229 W. Beyer Rd 522 E. Howard Street Suite B101A Hibbing, MN Comstock Lake Rd Cotton, MN Hwy 53 Cook, MN Vermilion Barging 2750 W. Wakemup Village Road Cook, MN Viita s Excavating Buboltz Rd Cook, MN Viners Septic Pumping 6460 Tresdan Drive W. Roberts Excavating State Highway 65 Pengilly, MN Warren Johnson 1003 S 2 nd Ave E Logging, Inc. Ely, MN Woodland Engineering 1725 Larpentuer Ave E St. Paul, MN cell: Mitchum Johnson cell: Thomas Olson 218/ Tony Lastovich cell: Herb Tuhkanen cell: Mike Vidmar cell: cell: Lauren & Sheri Sawatzky Rick Viita cell: Gregory Hamilton cell: Wayne Roberts Warren Johnson cell: David Gustafson cell: *service provider for systems they have installed only Page 3 of 3

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