Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 18 - Division of On-site Wastewater › Subpart 77 - On-site Wastewater Regulations › Chapter 2 - CERTIFICATION › Subchapter 1 - Introduction › Rule 15-18-77-2.1.9 - Third Party Certifier

Current through June 25, 2024
1. Advanced
					 treatment systems and other treatment technologies may be installed only if
					 they have been tested and listed by a third party certifying program. Such
					 advanced treatment systems shall be in compliance with standards for Class I
					 systems as defined by the most current revision of
American National
					 Standards Institute/National Sanitation Foundation (ANSI/NSF) International
					 Standard Number 40
, hereby incorporated by reference. An approved
					 third party certifying program shall comply with the following provisions in
					 order for systems which it has certified to be installed in Mississippi:
a. On and after
October 1, 1996
an approved Third Party certifying program shall be accredited by the
American National Standards Institute (ANSI)
.
b. Have established procedures, which send
					 representatives to a minimum of 1 distributor of each Manufacturer in
					 Mississippi on an annual basis to conduct evaluations to assure the distributor
					 of certified advanced treatment systems is providing proper maintenance, has
					 sufficient replacement parts available and is maintaining service records.
c. Notify the Division of the
					 results of monitoring visits to manufacturers and distributors within 60
					 calendar days of the conclusion of the monitoring.
d. Submit completed reports on testing and
					 evaluation of each advanced treatment system verifying compliance with
American National Standards Institute/National Sanitation
					 Foundation
(
ANSI/NSF) International Standard Number
					 40
. Such reports shall include but not be limited to the following:
i. Materials
ii. Design and construction
iii. Performance requirement (BOD, TSS, pH)
iv. Operation and maintenance
e. The Third Party
					 certifying entity must be disassociated with, and have no vested interest in,
					 the manufacturer to which certification services are provided.
f. Information including specifications of
					 each system and/or component part of the system as deemed necessary by the
					 Department for review.
g. Design,
					 construction and reinforcement must comply and conform to applicable rules and
					 regulations of
Chapter 5 Subchapter 1.
i. Septic tanks - The Division shall review,
					 including an on-site inspection, the plans, specifications, and construction
					 criteria and shall determine them to be in compliance with the regulation.
h. Design, construction
					 and reinforcement must comply and conform to applicable rules and regulations
					 of
Chapter 5 Subchapter 1.
i. Holding tanks - The Division shall review,
					 including an on-site inspection, the plans, specifications, and construction
					 criteria and shall determine them to be in compliance with the regulation.
i. Design, construction
					 and reinforcement must comply and conform to applicable rules and regulations
					 of
Chapter 5 Subchapter 1
.
i. Non-waterborne System - Third Party
					 certification that product has successfully completed testing and listing
					 process as outlined in
American National Standards Institute/National
					 Sanitation Foundation
(
ANSI/NSF) International Standard Number
					 41
.