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ENGROSSED SENATE BILL 5998
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AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
Passed Legislature - 1995 Regular Session
State of Washington 54th Legislature 1995
Regular Session
By
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 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.
Based on review of the
quarterly reports, if the department finds that the waivers previously granted
have not been consistent with the standards in, and intent of, the state board
of health rules, the department shall provide technical assistance to the local
health officer to correct the inconsistency, and may notify the local and state
boards of health of the department's concerns.
If upon further review
of the quarterly reports, the department finds that the inconsistency between
the waivers granted and the state board of health standards has not been
corrected, the department may suspend the authority of the local health officer
to grant waivers under this section until such inconsistencies have been
corrected.
