No person or owner shall construct, operate, expand or
modify a sewage disposal or handling system without a written permit from the
commissioner.
A. Sewage disposal
permits. No person or owner shall cause or allow the construction, expansion or
modification of a sewage disposal system without the written construction
permit from the commissioner which authorizes the construction or
modifications. Furthermore, no person or owner shall cause or permit any sewage
disposal system constructed after the effective date of this chapter to be
operated without a written operation permit issued by the commissioner which
authorizes the operation of the sewage disposal system, and/or nonpublic
drinking water system (see
12VAC5-610-340) . Conditions may
be imposed on the issuance of any permit and no sewage disposal system shall be
constructed, modified or operated in violation of these conditions.
B. Sewage handling permits. Any person who
removes or contracts to remove and transport by vehicle the contents of any
septic tank, sewage treatment plant, privy, holding tank, portable toilet, or
any sewage septage or sewage sludges from any other device shall be deemed an
owner and shall have a written sewage handling permit issued by the
commissioner.
Exception. No such permit is required for the handling
of sewage from (1) a holding tank on a vehicle or vessel by the owner of such
vehicle or vessel or (2) the removal of screenings, sludges, grit, etc. from a
sewage treatment plant by the owner or employees of such sewage treatment
facilities.
Notes
12 Va. Admin. Code §
5-610-240
Derived from
VR355-34-02 § 2.12, eff. February 5, 1986; amended, eff. May 11,
1988.
Statutory Authority
§§
32.1-12 and
32.1-164 of the Code of
Virginia.
