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Table of Contents » Title 12. Health » Agency 5. Department of Health » Chapter 640. Alternative Discharging Sewage Treatment Regulations for Individual Single Family Dwellings » Part III. Location, Design, Construction, Operation and Maintenance Criteria
Article 1
Site Requirements » Article 2. Design Requirements » 12VAC5-640-430. Performance requirements.

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Virginia Administrative Code
Title 12. Health
Agency 5. Department of Health
Chapter 640. Alternative Discharging Sewage Treatment Regulations for Individual Single Family Dwellings

11/21/2024

12VAC5-640-430. Performance requirements.

Article 2
Design Requirements

A. All systems operated under this chapter shall meet the effluent limitations set forth by the State Water Control Board in the General Permit. All systems operated under this chapter shall maintain the treatment system in accordance with the approved construction permit or as modified by the final construction permit in accordance with the operation permit, "as built" plans, and the operation and maintenance manual.

B. No system shall be approved for use which provides a bypass pipe, or otherwise allows untreated or partially treated effluent to discharge in the event of a system failure.

Statutory Authority

§§ 32.1-12 and 32.1-164 of the Code of Virginia.

Historical Notes

Derived from VR355-34-400 § 3.5, eff. July 30, 1992; amended, Virginia Register Volume 32, Issue 6, eff. December 16, 2015.

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