Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 310 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Title 310 CMR 15.000 - The State Environmental Code, Title 5: Standard Requirements for the Siting, Construction, Inspection, Upgrade and Expansion of On-site Sewage Treatment and Disposal Systems and for the Transport and Disposal of Septage › Subpart A - GENERAL PROVISIONS AND ENFORCEMENT › Section 15.020 - Disposal System Construction Permits

Current through Register 1525, July 5, 2024
(1) No
				person shall construct, upgrade, modify or expand a system without a Disposal
				System Construction Permit which has been issued by the Approving Authority
				after the site evaluation set forth in
				310 CMR 15.100
				through
				15.107
				has been completed. In the event it is discovered during installation of the
				system that site conditions differ from those contained in the site evaluation
				and/or the approved design plans, the originally issued Disposal System
				Construction Permit is void, installation shall stop, and the applicant shall
				reapply for a new Disposal System Construction Permit. Except for subdivisions
				entitled to M.G.L. c. 111, § 127P protection, M.G.L. c. 40B comprehensive
				permit land, and large systems with approved plans or pursuant to a variance
				issued by the Department in accordance with
				310 CMR
				15.414, a Disposal System Construction Permit
				shall not authorize increased design flow which would bring the total design
				flow to 10,000 gpd or greater. Disposal System Construction Permits shall be in
				a form approved by the Department.
(2) Construction of all systems for which a
				Disposal System Construction Permit application has been approved by the local
				Approving Authority and/or the Department shall be completed, and the
				Certificate of Compliance obtained within three years of issuance of the final
				approval. Unless an extension pursuant to 310 CMR 15.020(3) is issued, the
				permit, and any variances or local upgrade approvals from
				310 CMR 15.000 allowed
				therewith, shall expire if the work authorized by it is not completed within
				the three-year period.
(3) The
				local Approving Authority or the Department may issue a written one year
				extension to the Disposal System Construction Permit required by 310 CMR
				15.020(1) upon written request of the permittee, filed before the expiration
				date, and documenting the facts that prevent completion of the approved system
				within the time of the original permit. Only one extension may be
				granted.
(4) The local Approving
				Authority shall not issue a Disposal System Construction Permit until any
				approval(s) required by the Department pursuant to
				310 CMR 15.000 have been
				issued.
(5) Any person required to
				obtain a permit pursuant to
				310 CMR 15.000 shall
				complete and submit the appropriate application forms to the Approving
				Authority. As part of an application for a permit or approval, the Approving
				Authority may require the applicant to provide information and analyses as it
				may reasonably require to determine whether such applicant meets the
				requirements of
				310 CMR 15.000.