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CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

ENGROSSED SENATE BILL 5998

Chapter 263, Laws of 1995

54th Legislature

1995 Regular Session

ON-SITE SEWAGE SYSTEMS RULES‑-LOCAL WAIVERS

EFFECTIVE DATE: 7/23/95

Passed by the Senate April 19, 1995

YEAS 47 NAYS 0

JOEL PRITCHARD

President of the Senate

Passed by the House April 6, 1995

YEAS 97 NAYS 0

CERTIFICATE

I, Marty Brown, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is ENGROSSED SENATE BILL 5998 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth.

CLYDE BALLARD

Speaker of the

House of Representatives

MARTY BROWN

Secretary

Approved May 5, 1995

FILED

May 5, 1995 - 10:33 a.m.

MIKE LOWRY

Governor of the State of Washington

Secretary of State

State of Washington

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

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

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.