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                         SENATE BILL 5998

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State of Washington      54th Legislature     1995 Regular Session

By Senators Sheldon, Owen, Oke, Fraser, Hochstatter and Palmer

Read first time 02/22/95.  Referred to Committee on Ecology & Parks.

Authorizing local government waivers from specific requirements of on-site sewage system rules adopted by the board of health.

    AN ACT Relating to local government waivers from specific requirements of on-site sewage system rules adopted by the board of health; and adding a new section to chapter 70.05 RCW.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  A new section is added to chapter 70.05 RCW to read as follows:

    The local health officer may, with concurrence from the department, grant a waiver from specific requirements adopted by the state board of health for on-site sewage systems if:

    (1) The on-site sewage system for which a waiver is requested is for sewage flows under three thousand five hundred gallons per day;

    (2) The waiver request is evaluated by the local health officer on an individual, site-by-site basis;

    (3) The local health officer determines that the waiver is consistent with the standards in, and the intent of, the state board of health rules; and

    (4) The local health officer submits quarterly reports to the department regarding any waivers approved or denied.

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