Kan. Admin. Regs. § 11-7-12 - On-site wastewater system

(a) The minimum standards established by the KDHE for design and construction of on-site wastewater systems outlined in KDHE bulletin 4-2, as in effect in March 1997, and the "environmental health handbook," written by the KDHE, Kansas state university cooperative extension service, and Kansas association of sanitarians and as in effect on January 1, 1999, are hereby adopted by reference. These minimum standards shall be superseded only by local ordinances requiring more stringent standards of design and construction.

(b) The standard for on-site waste system operation and maintenance outlined in Kansas state university cooperative extension publications MF-947, dated August 1998, and MF-2290, dated October 1997, shall be followed for all state financially assisted on-site wastewater projects and are hereby adopted by reference.

(c) Each on-site wastewater system shall be designed, inspected, and certified as complete by a local official according to locally adopted sanitary or environmental codes approved by KDHE and state design and permitting standards, before any state financial assistance payment is made.

(d) Only existing systems determined to be failing by the local county official or a KDHE representative shall be eligible for state financial assistance.

(e) Each district shall establish and apply applicant prioritization based on non-point source pollution water quality benefit criteria for all state financially assisted on-site wastewater systems.

(f) An alternative on-site wastewater treatment system that is other than a conventional soil absorption field or pond and that is authorized by the local health official and the commission shall be eligible for financial assistance if the lowest cost treatment system cost-share calculation is used.

(g) State financial assistance for an applicant for an on-site wastewater system shall not be available if the local health official reports the applicant to the county attorney for enforcement action under locally adopted ordinances.

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Kan. Admin. Regs. § 11-7-12

Authorized by and implementing K.S.A. 2-1904, 2-1915 and 82a-951; effective Dec. 27, 1999; amended Aug. 23, 2002.