2320 AMS ERWI S5821.1

HB 2320 - S AMD - 000350

By Senator Erwin

                              RULED BEYOND SCOPE AND OBJECT 3/4/94

    On page 2, after line 8, insert the following:

    "NEW SECTION. Sec. 2.  The state board of health shall conduct a comparative study of the effectiveness and cost of on-site sewage systems, including standard septic systems and all alternative systems including aerobic systems and aerobic systems with biomembranes.  A report of the findings of the study and any related recommended statutory changes shall be made to the legislature by December 31, 1994.  All existing administrative rules and guidelines relating to on-site sewage systems should be modified to accurately reflect the findings of the study, especially with regard to alternative systems.

    The study shall consider at least the following:  (1) The effectiveness of the treatment systems as measured by the five-day biochemical oxygen demand, the total suspended solids, and the coliform level found in effluent; (2) the historical performance record for each system; (3) the relative cost of each system; and (4) the maintenance needs and overall useful life span of the system.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 3.  A new section is added to chapter 70.118 RCW to read as follows:

    (1) New installations of on-site sewage systems within two hundred feet of any body of water, whether marine or fresh, shall be capable of delivering effluent with a thirty-day average that does not exceed:  A five-day biochemical oxygen demand of fifteen milligrams per liter; total suspended solids of eleven milligrams per liter; and a coliform level of two hundred parts per one hundred milliliters.

    (2) New installations of on-site sewage systems within fifty feet of any body of water, whether marine or fresh, shall be capable of delivering effluent with a thirty-day average that does not exceed:  A five-day biochemical oxygen demand of five milligrams per liter; total suspended solids of five milligrams per liter; and a coliform level of one hundred parts per one hundred milliliters."

HB 2320 - S AMD

By Senator Erwin

    On page 1, line 2 of the title, after "systems;" strike "and amending RCW 90.48.110" and insert "amending RCW 90.48.110; adding a new section to chapter 70.118 RCW; and creating a new section"

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