310 CMR 15.281 - Purpose
(1) Alternative systems, when properly
designed, constructed, operated and maintained, may provide enhanced protection
of public health, safety, welfare and the environment. The purposes of
310
CMR 15.281 through
15.288 are: to provide an
orderly system to facilitate review of proposed alternative systems; to
encourage development of alternative systems with performance superior to
conventional systems; and to ensure that alternative systems are approved with
appropriate conditions to protect public health, safety, welfare and the
environment.
(2) The provisions of
310
CMR 15.281 through
15.288 shall apply to all
proposals to construct, upgrade, or replace on-site systems using alternative
systems.
(3) Any proposed system
which is designed or constructed in any manner other than as described in
310
CMR 15.100 through
15.262 shall be considered an
alternative system, unless a groundwater discharge permit is obtained pursuant
to 314 CMR
5.00 (groundwater discharge permit program).
Alternative systems may include substitutes or alternatives for one or more
components of a conventional system as described in
310
CMR 15.100 through
15.262, or may be
fundamentally different approaches intended to eliminate the need for a
conventional system. The use of an alternative system in accordance with
conditions established pursuant to
310
CMR 15.281 through
15.289 may be authorized
without a variance. It shall be a violation of
310 CMR
15.000 for any person to sell or install an
alternative system which has not been approved by the Department.
(4) The review processes established in
310
CMR 15.280 through
15.288 are intended to
provide two different mechanisms for approval of alternative systems. Approval
for remedial use (310 CMR 15.284) is intended
to provide a mechanism for system owners to improve existing conditions at
particular sites (including upgrade or replacement of failed or nonconforming
systems) through the use of an alternative system. The sequence of approval for
piloting (310 CMR 15.285), provisional
approval (310 CMR 15.286), and
certification for general use (310 CMR 15.288),
is intended to provide a process through which proponents of an alternative
system may have that system approved for general usage in the Commonwealth,
including use for new construction. This sequence is intended to develop
information on the performance of the alternative system; if adequate
information from other jurisdictions or from systems in remedial use is
available, it is unnecessary to proceed separately through all three steps of
this sequence.
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