Illinois Administrative Code › Title 77 - PUBLIC HEALTH › Part 615 - LOCAL HEALTH PROTECTION GRANT CODE › Subpart C - PROGRAM STANDARDS › Section 615.330 - Private Sewage Disposal

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) To
				protect the people within its jurisdiction, the local health department shall
				establish a program to prevent the transmission of disease organisms,
				environmental contamination, and nuisances resulting from improper handling,
				storage, transportation and disposal of sewage from private sewage disposal
				systems.
b) The local health
				department shall provide the following activities to ensure an effective
				private sewage disposal program:
1) The
				program shall be conducted pursuant to a local ordinance that incorporates by
				reference or includes provisions at least as stringent as the Private Sewage
				Disposal Code and includes enforcement authority, or pursuant to a written
				agreement with the Department that designates the local health department as an
				agent of the Department.
2) In
				coordination with appropriate State and local agencies, long- and short-range
				plans shall be developed to guide private sewage disposal system use for the
				protection of the environment and protection of the health of the people within
				its jurisdiction.
3) All
				subdivision plats that are to use private sewage disposal systems shall be
				reviewed and approved.
4) When a
				permit is required, private sewage disposal systems shall be reviewed and
				approved prior to construction as provided in the Private Sewage Disposal
				Licensing Act and the Private Sewage Disposal Code or in local
				ordinances.
5) All private sewage
				disposal system installations shall be inspected to confirm that systems
				conform to approved plans and specifications. An inspection form with a drawing
				of the system shall be completed.
6) To ensure that septage is properly
				transported, stored and disposed of, annual inspections shall be confirmed or
				conducted on all private sewage disposal system pumping contractor's land
				application sites, facilities and equipment within the local health
				department's jurisdiction as follows:
A) All
				septage hauling equipment. The local health department may use an inspection
				under this subsection (b)(6) from another local health department that has
				already conducted an inspection and retain a copy of that inspection as
				confirmation and compliance with this subsection (b)(6)(A);
B) Storage facilities;
C) Land application sites; and
D) Complaints on application sites,
				facilities and equipment listed in subsections (b)(6)(A), (B) and
				(C).
7) Complaints of
				improper private sewage disposal shall be investigated within 10 working days
				after the complaint is received.
8)
				When deficiencies have been identified, voluntary compliance shall be sought in
				accordance with the ordinance or agreement.
9) Continued noncompliance shall result in
				enforcement action in accordance with the ordinance or agreement.
10) Educational materials regarding the
				proper handling and disposal of sewage shall be made available to the public
				upon request.