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Dept. of Land Conservation and Development_660_.011 Page 8 of 11 Sewer Service to Rural Lands ' (1) As used in this role, ur~ess the context, requires otherwise: - (a) "Establishment of a sewer system" means the creation of a new sewage system, including systems provided by public or private entities; " (b) "Extension of a Sewer System" shall have the same meaning as stated in Goal 11; (c) "No practicable alternative to a sewer system" means a determination by DEQ or the Oregon Health Division,'pursuant to criteria in OAR 340, Division 071, and other applicable rules and laws, that an existing public health hazard cannot be adequately abated by the repair or maintenance of existing sewer systems or on-site systems or by the installation of new on- site systems as defined, in OAR 340-07 I-0100; (d) "PubLic health hazard" means a condition whereby it is probable that the public is exposed to disease-caused physical suffering or illness dUe to the presence of inadequately treated sewage; (e) "Sewage" means the water-can'ied human,.animal, vegetable, or industrial waste from residences, buildings, industrial establishments or other places, together with such ground water infiltration and surface water as may be present; (f) "Sewer system" means a system that serves more than one lot or parcel, or more than one condominium unit or more than one unit within a planned unit development, and includes pipelines or conduits, pump stations, force mains, and all other structures, devices, appurtenances and facilities used for treating or disposing of sewage or for collecting or conducting sewage to an ultimate point for treatment and disposal. The following are not considered a "sewer system"-for purposes of this rule: (A) A system provided solely for the collectisn, transfer and/or disposal of storm water runo~ (B) A system provided solely for the collection, troffer and/or disposal of animal waste from a farm use as defined in ORS. 215..303. (2) Except as provided in sections .(3) and (4) of this rule, and consistent with Goal 11, a local government shall not allow: (a) The establishment of n'ew sewer Systems outside urban growth boundaries or unincorporated community boundaries; (b) The extension of sewer lines from within urban growth boundaries or unincorporated community boundaries in order to serve uses on land"outside those boundaries; ,. (c) The extension of sewer systems that currentiy serve land outside urban growth boundaries and unincorporated eornmunity boundaries in order to serve uses that are outside such boundaries and are not servedby the system on the date of this rule. (3) Components of a sewer system that serve lands inside an urban growth boundary (UGB) may be placed on lands outside the boundary provided that the conditions in subsections (a) and (b) of this section are met, as follows: (a) Such placement is necessary to: (A) Serve lands inside the UGB more efficiently by traversing lands outside the boundary; (B) Serve lands inside a nearby UGB or unincorporated community;, (C) Connect to components of the sewer system lawfully located on rural lands, such as outfall or treatment facilities; or (D) Transport leachate from a landfill on rural land to a sewer system inside a UGB; and (b) The local government. 5-8