Section ENV.06.13 — Regulation Of Private Sewage Systems -- General

(a) The Tribe is interested in regulating the siting, installation, use and maintenance of private sewage systems, so as to ensure the safety of drinking water supplies, to protect human health and to protect the environment.

(b) As required under the Stockbridge-Munsee Utility Ordinance (Section UTL.01.15), new buildings that are proximate to the tribal sanitary sewer system shall be constructed with wastewater systems that are connected to the tribal sanitary sewer system and buildings with existing private sewage systems, which are proximate to the tribal sanitary sewer system, are required to connect to the sanitary sewer within ten years.

(c) All buildings on the Reservation that are permanently or intermittently intended for human habitation or occupancy, which are not served by a public sanitary sewer, shall have a properly functioning private sewage system for the treatment and disposal of wastewater.

(d) Every private sewage system shall be designed, located and constructed to prevent any discharge of wastewater or partially treated wastewater into drain tiles, onto the ground surface, into the structure served, into surface waters or into groundwater, including seasonal zones of saturation.

(e) Privies may be permitted only when the building served by the privy is not provided with plumbing or water service and when there is no electrical service available to the site.

(f) The land owner or person holding the land assignment is responsible for the private sewage system on that property.