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REVISION OF CHAPTER 246-272A WAC Washington State Board of Health February 13, 2019 Location Design Installation Operation Maintenance Monitoring
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REVISION OF CHAPTER 246-272A WACWashington State Board of HealthFebruary 13, 2019
Location DesignInstallation
Operation
Maintenance Monitoring
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Chapter 246-272A WAC
WAC 246-272A-0425 requires DOH to:
Evaluate the effectiveness of the rule every four years
Determine if revisions are needed
Report recommendations to the State Board of Health and local health officers
OSS Rule Time Line
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Chronological Rule Reviews
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Revision Kickoff
Jan. 10, 2018
• DOH Reported Findings of Review to SBOH
• SBOH Directed DOH to Begin Rule Revision
March 6, 2018
• SBOH Filed aCR 101
June 25, 2018
• Kickoff Meeting –Rule Revision Committee
Recruit and Convene Stakeholders
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Who’s on the Committee?
Affe
cted
Gro
ups
Citizens Groups
Shellfish Industry
Environmental Groups
WA Realtors
Property Rights Groups
Indu
stry
Par
tner
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OSS Designers
OSS Design Engineers
National OSS Technology Manufacturers
WA OSS Technology Manufacturers
OSS Service Providers
OSS Installers
WA On-Site Sewage Association
Gove
rnm
ent P
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ers
WA Dept. of Ecology
Puget Sound Partnership
Tulalip Tribe
LHJ-Western WA Large Co
LHJ – Eastern WA Large Co
LHJ – Western WA Small Co
LHJ – Eastern WA Small Co
19 Voting Members
DOH facilitates and participates in conversations SBOH staff attends and provides input
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Stakeholder Committee Makes Rule Revision
Recommendations To DOH
DOH Makes Recommendations to
the State Board of Health
State Board of Health Directs DOH to Write
Final Language
Rule Revision Process
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Committee Voted on These Issues
Sept 13, 2018Committee Meeting
• Property Transfer Inspections
• Connections to Sewer
• Minimum Septic Tank Sizing
• Setbacks to Stormwater Treatment Systems
• Pump Chamber Sizing
Nov. 8, 2018Committee Meeting
• Minimum Horizontal Separations
• Service Provider Licensing
• Inspections • Waivers• Definitions• Technical &
Policy Advisory Groups
Dec. 18, 2018Committee Meeting
• Local Management Plans
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Biggest Issues So Far
Definitions
Local Management Plans
Property Transfer Inspections
Application of Treatment Levels
UV Disinfection Effectiveness and
Approval
Horizontal Setback Requirements
Statewide Licensing of Service Providers
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Local Management Plans
• Inventory OSS• Identify sensitive areas where OSS may pose risk• Identify OSS O&M requirements in sensitive areas• Educate OSS owners• Remind OSS owners to do maintenance• Maintain Records• Enforce OSS permit and O&M requirements• Describe capacity of LHJ to fund activities in the plan• Coordinate plan with the comprehensive land use plan• Provide opportunity for public input into the plan
Local Management Plans Describe How the LHJ Will:
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Local Management Plans
Puget Counties Have All Other Counties Have• Been required to have
robust plans and report to DOH
• Inventoried over 30,000 and repaired over 1,000 OSS in Marine Recovery Areas
• Shown the plans to be successful
• Been required to have minimal plans
• Most have not developed plans
• Largely unknown inventory and repair numbers
The committee recommended requiring robust local management plans statewide.Local health representatives unanimously voted against the recommendation.
Since 2007
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Property Transfer Inspections
Property Transfer Inspections are:
An inspection of the OSS required at the time of sale or other transfer of property
Permitted by the current regulation
Required by 11 Puget counties
Required by 4 non-Puget counties
With a narrow majority the committee approved a recommendation to require property transfer inspections statewide.
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Yet to Come
2 to 3 additional stakeholder committee meetings through summer 2019
SBOH briefing on initial draft rule revision recommendations –late summer 2019
Draft revised rules and hold statewide workshops – fall 2019
SBOH briefing on final draft rule revision recommendations –winter 2020
File CR102 – spring 2020
File CR103 – summer 2020 (rule effective one year later for training purposes)
Questions?
Washington State Department of Health is committed to providing customers with formsand publications in appropriate alternate formats. Requests can be made by calling
800-525-0127 or by email at [email protected]. TTY users dial 711.
