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SB 1577 Alternative onsite sewage systems; sampling.

Introduced by: Mark J. Peake | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles | history

SUMMARY AS PASSED:

Alternative onsite sewage systems; sampling. Provides that the Department of Health shall evaluate the need for 180-day biochemical oxygen demand sampling of small alternative onsite sewage systems that serve no more than three attached or detached single-family residences with a combined average flow of less than or equal to 1,000 gallons per day of residential strength sewage, or a structure with an average daily sewage flow of less than or equal to 1,000 gallons per day of residential strength sewage, and shall report its findings to the Chairmen of the House Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions and the Senate Committee on Education and Health by December 1, 2017.

SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE:

Alternative onsite sewage systems; sampling. Prohibits the State Board of Health's program on alternative onsite sewage systems requiring 180-day biochemical oxygen demand sampling of small alternative onsite sewage systems when such systems are residential systems that are approved for subsurface discharge except in response to a complaint or as part of a random inspection conducted by the Department.

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Alternative onsite sewage systems; sampling. Prohibits the State Board of Health's program on alternative onsite sewage systems from requiring effluent sampling from certain alternative onsite sewage systems except in response to a complaint or as part of a random inspection conducted by the Department of Health.