Idaho Admin. Code r. 58.01.03.004 - GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
01.
Intent of
Rules. The Board , in order to protect the health, safety, and
environment of the people of the state of Idaho establishes these rules
governing the design, construction, siting and abandonment of individual and
subsurface sewage disposal systems. These rules are intended to ensure that
blackwastes and wastewater generated in the state of Idaho are safely contained
and treated and that blackwaste and wastewater contained in or discharged from
each system: (3-31-22)
a. Are not accessible
to insects, rodents, or other wild or domestic animals; (3-31-22)
b. Are not accessible to individuals;
(3-31-22)
c. Do not give rise to a
public nuisance due to odor or unsightly appearance; (3-31-22)
d. Do not injure or interfere with existing
or potential beneficial uses of the waters of the State .
(3-31-22)
02.
Compliance with Intent Required. The Director shall not authorize
or approve any system if, in the opinion of the Director , the system will not
be (is not) in compliance with the intent of these rules. (3-31-22)
03.
System Limitations. Cooling
water, backwash or backflush water, hot tub or spa water, air conditioning
water, water softener brine, groundwater, oil, or roof drainage cannot be
discharged into any system unless that discharge is approved by the Director.
(3-31-22)
04.
Increased
Flows. Unless authorized by the Director, no person shall provide for or
connect additional blackwaste or wastewater sources to any system if the
resulting flow or volume would exceed the design flow of the system.
(3-31-22)
05.
Failing
System . The owner of any failing system shall obtain a permit and cause
the failing system 's repair: (3-31-22)
a. As
soon as practical after the owner becomes aware of its failure; or
(3-31-22)
b. As directed in proper
notice from the Director . (3-31-22)
06.
Subsurface System Replacement
Area. An area of land which is suitable in all respects for the complete
replacement of a new subsurface system disposal field shall be reserved as a
replacement area. This area will be kept vacant, free of vehicular traffic and
free of any soil modification which would negatively affect its use as a
replacement disposal field construction site. (3-31-22)
07.
Technical Guidance Committee
(TGC). The Director shall appoint a TGC composed of three (3)
representatives from the seven (7) Health Districts, one (1) representative
from the Department of Environmental Quality, one (1) professional engineer
licensed in the state of Idaho and one (1) licensed installer. Initially two
(2) committee members shall be appointed to each of one (1), two (2) and three
(3) year terms. Appointments to vacancies thereafter shall be to three (3) year
terms. (3-31-22)
08.
Duties
of the TGC. The TGC shall maintain the TGM to be used in the design,
construction, alteration, operation, and maintenance of conventional systems,
their components, and alternatives. The TGC shall review variances and
commercially manufactured wastewater treatment components and systems at the
request of the Director and provide recommendations. (3-31-22)
09.
TGM. The TGM maintained by
the TGC shall provide state-of-the-art technical guidance on alternative sewage
disposal components and systems, soil type determination methodology and other
information pertinent to the best management practices of individual and
subsurface sewage disposal. (3-31-22)
10.
Alternative System . If a
standard system as described in these rules cannot be installed on a parcel of
land, an alternative system may be permitted if that system is in accordance
with the recommendations of the TGC and is approved by the Director as set
forth in Section 009.
(3-31-22)
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