Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › SEWER SYSTEMS › Chapter 246-272A - On-site sewage systems › GENERAL REQUIREMENTS › Section 246-272A-0015 - Local management plans

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
(1) The
				  local health officer for each Puget Sound county shall develop a written local
				  management plan to provide guidance to the local health jurisdiction regarding
				  development and management activities for all OSS within the jurisdiction. The
				  department will review the existing OSS local management plans for all Puget
				  Sound counties within two years of the effective date of the rule. If the
				  department determines a plan revision is necessary upon review, the local
				  health officer shall revise the local management plan for all OSS within the
				  local health jurisdiction consistent with subsection (2) of this
				  section.
(2) At a minimum, the
				  local management plan for Puget Sound counties must specify how the local
				  health jurisdiction will:
(a) Progressively
				  develop and maintain an inventory including the type and location of all known
				  OSS in operation within the jurisdiction;
(b) Identify any areas where OSS could pose
				  an increased public health risk. The following areas shall be given priority in
				  this activity:
(i) Shellfish protection
				  districts or shellfish growing areas;
(ii) Sole source aquifers as designated by
				  the EPA;
(iii) Areas in which
				  aquifers used for potable water as designated under the Washington State Growth
				  Management Act under chapter 36.70A RCW are critically impacted by
				  recharge;
(iv) Designated wellhead
				  protection areas in Group A public water supplies under chapter 246-290
				  WAC;
(v) Up-gradient areas directly
				  influencing water recreation facilities designated for swimming in natural
				  waters with artificial boundaries within the waters as described by the Water
				  Recreation Facilities Act under chapter 70.90 RCW;
(vi) Areas designated as special protection
				  areas under WAC
				  173-200-090;
(vii) Wetland areas under production of crops
				  for human consumption;
(viii)
				  Frequently flooded areas including areas delineated by the Federal Emergency
				  Management Agency or as designated under the Washington State Growth Management
				  Act under chapter 36.70A RCW;
(ix)
				  Areas where nitrogen has been identified as a contaminant of concern including,
				  but not limited to, the marine waters of Puget Sound;
(x) Areas where phosphorous has been
				  identified as a contaminant of concern;
(xi) Areas where sea level rise may impact
				  adequate horizontal separations to surface water; and
(xii) Other areas designated by the local
				  health officer.
(c)
				  Identify operation, maintenance, and monitoring requirements commensurate with
				  risks posed by OSS within the geographic areas identified in (b) of this
				  subsection;
(d) Educate OSS owners
				  about their responsibilities to perform OSS operation and maintenance,
				  including information for owners to complete any inspection required by WAC
				  246-272A-0270;
(e) Maintain records required under this
				  chapter, including all operation and maintenance activities as
				  identified;
(f) Enforce OSS owner
				  permit application, operation, monitoring and maintenance and failure repair
				  requirements in WAC 246-272A-0200 (2),
				  246-272A-0260,
				  246-272A-0270,
				  246-272A-0275, and
				  246-272A-0280;
(g) Describe the capacity of the local health
				  jurisdiction to fund the local management plan, which includes a summary of
				  program expenditures by activity, source of funds, a strategy to fill any
				  funding gaps, and the ability to find failing and unknown systems;
				  and
(h) Verify that the local
				  management plan was developed in coordination with the comprehensive land use
				  plan of the entities governing development within the local health
				  jurisdiction.