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Page 4 Little Digger Dept. of Agriculture: AgBMP Loan Program 5,000 Low Interest Loans for SSTS Replacement! The AgBMP Loan Program has issued its 5,000th SSTS loan, totaling almost $40 million in SSTS loans since the program began in 1995. The Minnesota Department of Agriculture’s AgBMP (Agricultural Best Management Practices) Loan Program has funds available statewide for SSTS upgrades. The program offers low interest loans (up to 3%) to farmers and rural landowners to repair or replace existing non-compliant and failing septic systems. More about the program: The AgBMP Loan Program is a water quality program that provides low interest loans to farmers, rural landowners, and agriculture supply businesses through participating local governments and financial institutions. The loans are for proven pollution prevention practices that implement the goals of local water plans. The program uses a perpetual revolving loan account The program offers low interest loans (up to 3%) to farmers and rural landowners to repair or replace existing non-compliant and failing septic systems. Minnesota Onsite Wastewater Association structure where repayments from prior loans are continually reused to fund new loans. For more informatinon, and a list of local county contacts and participating lenders, please visit: www.mda.state. mn.us/agbmploans Completed AgBMP SSTS Loan Projects
April/May 2013 MOWA Board Profile: Shane Steinbrecher The New Faces of MOWA— Shane Steinbrecher: In His Own Words 1. When you were young, what did you want to be when you grew up? I wanted to be a fighter pilot. Top Gun on Nintendo was one of my favorite games when I was allowed to play it. 2. Where did you grow up/go to school? I grew up in “Nowthen Minnesota” and attended Elk River Area schools and graduated from the Elk River High School. 3. What did your family do? My Dad drove tractor-trailer truck for 20+ years. My Mom did daycare for many years and then worked in the Anoka Hennepin School District as preschool teacher. 4. What brought you to your current career? I had a neighbor that started a construction cleanup service. He hired me to assist him. We did new construction cleanouts with a pickup and trailer. From there we built hydraulic rolloff trucks and roll-off containers. We built approximately 60 steel roll-off containers. I saw how quickly the market was growing and when I was 16, I started Steinbrecher Construction and Snowplowing and I purchased my first roll-off truck. I became incorporated in 1999, and in 2001, I changed the name to Steinbrecher Companies, Inc. I changed the name because we began to diversify into the excavating market. Since then we have expanded into the septic market as well. We are currently a full service septic, excavating, and roll-off company. I would like to see a basic SSTS code that uniformly fits across the state. This would also need to allow the LGUs to set their region-specific needs and requirements...These would have to be based on the needs of the region MISSION: Promoting professionalism in the onsite wastewater industry Page 5 5. What do you appreciate about this industry? The thing I appreciate most about the industry is the need for constant improvement of wastewater treatment. The technology of septic systems is growing immensely each year. We now have the ability to create a wide range of options for our customers from the basic septic that treats effluent with a standard drain field to the advanced system that pre-treats the effluent before it reaches the drain field. The technology has also evolved to allow us to remotely monitor our advanced systems through control panel telemetry. 6. What changes would you like to see? I would like to see a basic SSTS code that uniformly fits across the state. This would also need to allow the LUG’s to set their region-specific needs and requirements to accommodate the different soil type, etc. These needs and requirements would have to be based on the needs of the region and not an individual’s opinion. 7. What changes have you seen since you started your career? I think that people are more informed about wastewater— and continuing to educate them has been a benefit to everyone in the industry. and not an individual’s opinion. Board Profile: Steinbrecher, Continued on Page 6
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