32.1-163.2 - Long range plan for onsite sewage. - Virginia Statutes

§ 32.1-163.2. Long range plan for onsite sewage.

In addition to the powers and duties provided in § 32.1-164, the Board ofHealth shall develop and revise as may be necessary a five-year plan for thehandling and disposal of onsite sewage. Such plan shall include (i) thenumber of applications for onsite sewage permits per year; (ii) the number ofhouseholds or facilities utilizing onsite sewage systems per year; (iii) thevolume of onsite sewage to be disposed per year; (iv) the available andneeded capacity in the Commonwealth for environmentally sound methods ofdisposal of septage in sewage treatment plants, other approved facilities andby land application per year; (v) descriptions of technology for alternativesystems including the types of soils and conditions recommended asappropriate for such alternative systems; and (vi) recommendations forchanges in the laws or regulations pertaining to onsite sewage and the systemof permitting onsite sewage systems. The Board shall also report every fiveyears to the governor and the General Assembly, beginning in 1992, on thestatus of onsite sewage handling and disposal in Virginia and the progress inimplementing its long range plan.

(1987, c. 223.)