25 Pa. Code § 72.2 - Scope

(a) This chapter is adopted in accordance with the duties imposed upon the Department under the act and the Clean Streams Law and applies to local agencies and sewage enforcement officers administering the act and to persons installing individual or community onlot sewage systems.

(b) This chapter is separated into four subchapters. Subchapter A relates to general provisions. Subchapter B relates to the permitting requirements of the act (35 P. S. § 750.7). Subchapter C relates to the administration of permits for individual and community onlot sewage systems (35 P. S. § 750.8 and 750.10). Subchapter D relates to certification of sewage enforcement officers (35 P. S. §§ 750.8 and 750.11).

(c) This chapter governs the issuance of permits for retaining tanks, or for individual and community onlot sewage systems which employ renovation of sewage effluent in a soil absorption area or spray field, except for large volume onlot sewage systems. The use of large volume onlot sewage systems creates a danger of pollution of the waters of this Commonwealth, regulation of large volume onlot sewage systems by the Department is necessary to avoid the pollution, and large volume onlot sewage systems require permits issued by the Department under sections 201, 202, 207 and 402 of the Clean Streams Law (35 P.S. §§ 691.201, 691.202, 691.207 and 691.402). No local agency or sewage enforcement officer may issue a permit for an individual or community onlot sewage system which does one of the following:

(1) Discharges directly to the surface of the ground or to the surface waters of this Commonwealth except when the proposed sewage system is an individual residential spray irrigation system which conforms with the standards established under Chapter 73 (relating to standards for onlot sewage treatment facilities).

(2) Is a large volume onlot sewage system.

(3) Is proposing or designed for the disposal of substances defined as industrial wastes under the Clean Streams Law.

(4) Violates this chapter, Chapter 71 or 73, the act or the Clean Streams Law.

Notes

25 Pa. Code § 72.2

The provisions of this § 72.2 amended November 7, 1997, effective 11/8/1997, 27 Pa.B. 5877.

The provisions of this § 72.2 amended under section 9 of the Pennsylvania Sewage Facilities Act (35 P. S. § 750.9); The Clean Streams Law (35 P. S. §§ 691.1-691.1001); and section 1920-A of The Administrative Code of 1929 (71 P. S. § 510-20).