§ 1285-u. Septic system replacement fund. 1. Definitions. For purposes\nof this section:\n (a) "Cesspool" means a drywell that receives untreated sanitary waste\ncontaining human excreta, which sometimes has an open bottom and/or\nperforated sides.\n (b) "Fund" means the state septic system replacement fund created by\nthis section.\n (c) "Enhanced septic system project" means an onsite decentralized\nwastewater treatment system(s) that (i) at a minimum, is designed to\nreduce total nitrogen in treated effluent to 19 mg/l or (ii)\nsignificantly and quantifiably reduces environmental and/or public\nhealth impacts associated with phosphorous or per- and polyfluoroalkyl\nsubstances and associated compounds in effluent from a cesspool or\nseptic system.\n (d) "Participating county" means a county that notifies the\ncorporation that it seeks authority to administer a septic system\nreplacement program within its municipal boundaries and agrees to abide\nby the program's goals, guidelines, eligibility requirements and\nreimbursement procedures and provide information to property owners\nregarding program parameters including eligibility criteria.\n (e) "Septic system" means a system that provides for the treatment\nand/or disposition of the combination of human and sanitary waste with\nwater not exceeding one thousand gallons per day, serving a single\nparcel of land, including residences and small businesses.\n (f) "Septic system project" means the replacement of a cesspool with a\nseptic system, the installation, replacement or upgrade of a septic\nsystem or septic system components, or installation of enhanced\ntreatment technologies, including an advanced nitrogen removal system,\nto significantly and quantifiably reduce environmental and/or public\nhealth impacts associated with effluent from a cesspool or septic system\nto groundwater used as drinking water, or a threatened or an impaired\nwaterbody.\n (g) "Small business" means any business which is resident in this\nstate, independently owned and operated, not dominant in its field, and\nemploying not more than one hundred individuals.\n 2. (a) There is hereby created the state septic system replacement\nfund, which shall be administered by the corporation to reimburse\nproperty owners or at the written request of a property owner, the\nseptic system installer contracted by the property owner, for up to (i)\nfifty percent of the eligible costs incurred for eligible septic system\nprojects, provided that no property owner shall be reimbursed more than\nten thousand dollars and no septic system installer may be reimbursed\nmore than ten thousand dollars per property for such projects; or (ii)\nseventy-five percent of the eligible costs incurred for enhanced septic\nsystem projects, provided that no property owner shall be reimbursed\nmore than twenty-five thousand dollars and no enhanced septic system\ninstaller may be reimbursed more than twenty-five thousand dollars per\nproperty for such projects.\n (b) Eligible costs include design and installation costs, and costs of\nthe system, system components, or enhanced treatment technologies, but\nshall not include costs associated with routine maintenance such as a\npump out of a septic tank.\n (c) The department of environmental conservation, in consultation with\nthe department of health and participating counties, shall from the list\nof participating counties establish priority geographic areas and, in\nthe absence of county information, identify eligible septic system\nprojects, based on an area's vulnerability to contamination, including\nthe presence of a sole source aquifer, or known water quality\nimpairment, population density, soils, hydrogeology, climate, and\nreasonable ability for septic system projects to mitigate water quality\nimpacts. The department of environmental conservation may delegate to a\nparticipating county the identification of priority geographic areas.\nThe department of environmental con
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