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30 TAC Chapter 285 - ANSWER This chapter provides minimum requirementsfor OSSF planning, materials, construction, installation, alterations, repairs,
extensions, operation, maintenance, permitting, and inspection. This chapter
also outlines the procedures for designating local governmental agencies as
approved agents.
This chapter covers the licensing of installers, designated representatives, and
site evaluators, as well as the registration of apprentices.
Title 5, Chapter 366 Texas Health and Safety Code - ANSWER The Texas Act
establishes OSSF regulations and regulators.
In September 1989, statewide regulation of OSSFs commenced.
OSSF basic standards - ANSWER 1) Generate no more than 5,000 g of garbage
every day.
2) Waste must originate and be disposed of on-site.
3) Wastewater must be deposited in soil or vapor.
1990 - ANSWER The requirement that installers be licensed went into effect.
1998 - ANSWER The necessity for Installer II and DR to be l
icensed came into force
,2002 - ANSWER The need for SE be licensed went into force.
2009 - ANSWER The requirement that MPs be licensed went into effect.
Installer II extra criteria - ANSWER: one year as Installer I and three
installations with notarized statements.
- or two years as an apprentice, with six installations and notarized affidavits.
SE additional requirements - ANSWER must have a previous licence of one:
Installer II
DR
PE
RS
Professional Geoscientist
MP additional requirements: ANSWER Installer II, Class C Wastewater
License, or demonstrated experience of three years as a maintenance technician.
Maintenance Technician and Apprentice Note - ANSWER Only license that
does not require an exam, and Apprentice does not require any classes.
ANSWER OSSF licenses are issued for a period of ____ years and require ____
hours to renew.
Daily - ANSWER How often should an installer examine an apprentice's work?
,Ten Acre Rule - ANSWER An OSSF for a single-family dwelling on a 10 acre
or larger lot with disposal lines at least 100 feet from the property line is not
required to apply for a permit for new construction.
Permit Processing Steps - ANSWER 1) Site Evaluation (with documented
report)
2) OSSF selection based on site evaluation.
3) System proposed.
4) Permit application and planning materials were filed.
5) The application will be examined and accepted or denied within 30 days.
6) Authorization to construct ATC given and valid for one year.
7) Construction.
8) Comprehensive inspection of all system components. If failed, 7 days to send
the letter of deficiencies.
9) License to Operate (LTO) issued
OSSF permission applications should include the following: - ANSWER - Site
Evaluation.
- Legal description of the property.
- Affidavits as required.
- Maintenance contract.
- Design calculations.
, - Equipment and Material Specifications
- Scale drawing depicting all features that affect the operation of the disposal
system.
- Criminal Penalties
- An injunction or civil suit
- Administrative Penalties - ANSWER Legal Penalties for Breaking OSSF
Rules
Criminal Penalties - ANSWER Initiated in court by the district or county
attorney, either an authorized agent or the TCEQ. Frequently misdemeanours.
Injunction or Civil Suit - ANSWER Can only be filed by TCEQ through the
Attorney General. Local governments may request that TCEQ commence
enforcement or take legal action. TCEQ may decide not to.
Administrative Penalties - ANSWER TCEQ may impose penalties on a person
who violates the rules, regulations, or OSSF permit. The Attorney General may
be contacted to request enforcement.
Installers can plan: standard, conventional, gravel-filled standard drainfields,
lined and unlined ET beds, gravelless pipe, and leaching chambers.
A professional designer is required for surface application, low-pressure dosing,
mounds, and non-standard systems. All systems in the Edwards Aquifer
recharge zone. All multi-unit developments. All systems in floodways. All
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