Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 250 - Department of Environmental Management › Chapter 150 - Water Resources › Subchapter 10 - Wastewater And Storm Water › Part 6 - Rules Establishing Minimum Standards Relating to Location, Design, Construction and Maintenance of Onsite Wastewater Treatment Systems › Section 250-RICR-150-10-6.19 - Required Content of OWTS Submissions

Current through June 14, 2024
A. Application -
				  All applications for the approval of plans and specifications for OWTS permits
				  shall be made on forms approved by the Director. Nothing in these Rules shall
				  prevent the Director from requiring any additional information deemed necessary
				  to carry out obligations in enforcing these Rules.
B. Plan - All applications for New Building
				  Construction, Alterations to a Structure, or redesigns of previously approved
				  applications for New Building Construction or Alterations to a Structure,
				  except those submitted under §
										6.20(A)(1)(c)
				  of this Part, shall be accompanied by four (4) sets of plans that include a
				  plan view of the entire property drawn to scale, a plan view of the pertinent
				  portion of the property at a minimum scale of one inch (1") equals forty feet
				  (40'), a profile of the system from the building foundation to the limits of
				  the leachfield with invert elevations shown, and a cross-section of the
				  leachfield. The plans shall include the items below. The Director reserves the
				  right to require any additional information that is deemed necessary. For
				  applications submitted under §
										6.20(A)(1)(c)
				  of this Part, six (6) sets of plans must be included.
1. Location map;
2. Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management
				  Council jurisdictional line, if applicable;
3. The size and location of the
				  OWTS;
4. A fixed benchmark within
				  one hundred fifty feet (150') of the OWTS that will not be disturbed during
				  construction;
5. The location of
				  all test holes;
6. The existing and
				  proposed finished grades in the vicinity of the OWTS;
7. The size and location of all existing and
				  proposed buildings and the number of bedrooms and other building features used
				  to determine the maximum daily flow contained therein;
8. The location of any public wastewater
				  system line within two hundred feet (200') of the property lines;
9. The location of any drinking water line
				  within fifty feet (50') of the proposed OWTS;
10. Wells:
a. The location of existing and proposed
				  private drinking water wells within the setback distance from the leachfield
				  specified in §
												6.23(E) of
				  this Part plus one hundred feet (100');
b. The location of all existing and proposed
				  wells serving non-potable uses within one hundred feet (100') of the
				  leachfield;
c. The location of
				  existing and proposed public drinking water supply wells within five hundred
				  feet (500') of the proposed OWTS and a determination as to whether the public
				  well is a bedrock well or a gravel packed, gravel developed or driven well;
				  and
d. The location of any existing
				  or proposed drinking water well, public or private, serving the structure that
				  the proposed OWTS will serve;
11. The location of all watercourses and
				  drains within two hundred feet (200') of the proposed OWTS;
12. The location of all stormwater management
				  structures and subsurface drains within two hundred feet (200') of the proposed
				  OWTS and a determination and whether said drain discharges, directly or
				  indirectly, into a critical resource area as identified in §
											6.42 of this
				  Part;
13. Plans must indicate if
				  the proposed OWTS is within a Critical Resource Area as identified in §
											6.42 of this Part and must
				  specify the distance to the nearest critical resource of concern. If the
				  Critical Resource Area boundary crosses the parcel that is the subject of the
				  application, the boundary line shall be shown.
14. The location and design flow of all
				  existing OWTSs within two hundred feet (200') of any private well and four
				  hundred feet (400') of any public well shown in accordance with §
											6.19(B)(10)
				  of this Part on the subject property. Plans must also show the location and
				  design flow of any existing OWTS with a design flow of greater than one
				  thousand (1,000) gallons per day within four hundred feet (400') of any well to
				  be installed on the subject property. Records and data on file with the
				  Department may be used to obtain information on proposed OWTSs and
				  wells;
15. Areas on the subject
				  property where soil has been excavated and where storm deposited sand in the
				  backdune environment or human transported material has been
				  deposited;
16. Details of all
				  system components;
17. Erosion
				  controls;
18. Plat and lot
				  boundaries and numbers;
19. Title
				  block, legend and north arrow;
20.
				  Signature and stamp where applicable of the Licensed Designer;
21. The location of driveway access from the
				  roadway to the proposed dwelling; and
22. The location of all structures, existing
				  OWTSs, and water supplies within one hundred feet (100') of all adjacent
				  property lines.