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Notice: 653021

Notice of Proposed Rule

Department:

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

Division:

Division of Environmental Health

Chapter:

STANDARDS FOR ONSITE SEWAGE TREATMENT AND DISPOSAL SYSTEMS

Overview

RULE:

64E-6.001	General (Transferred)
64E-6.002	Definitions (Transferred)
64E-6.003	Permits (Transferred)
64E-6.004	Application for System Construction Permit (Transferred)
64E-6.006	Site Evaluation Criteria (Transferred)
64E-6.008	System Size Determinations (Transferred)
64E-6.009	Alternative Systems (Transferred)
64E-6.010	Septage and Food Establishment Sludge (Transferred)
64E-6.0101	Portable Restrooms and Portable or Stationary Holding Tanks (Transferred)
64E-6.012	Standards for the Construction, Operation, and Maintenance of Aerobic Treatment Units (Transferred)
64E-6.013	Construction Materials and Standards for Treatment Receptacles (Transferred)
64E-6.014	Construction Standards for Drainfield Systems (Transferred)
64E-6.015	Permitting and Construction of Repairs (Transferred)
64E-6.018	System Location, Design and Maintenance Criteria (Transferred)
64E-6.0181	System Repair and Cesspit and Undocumented System Replacement (Transferred)
64E-6.019	Requirements for Registration (Transferred)
64E-6.020	Master Septic Tank Contractors (Transferred)
64E-6.021	Issuance of Registration Certificates and Renewal (Transferred)
64E-6.025	Definitions (Transferred)
64E-6.026	Applications for Innovative System Permits and System Construction Permits (Transferred)
64E-6.030	Fees (Transferred)

PURPOSE:

The proposed changes to Chapter 64E-6, Florida Administrative Code, address the changes recommended by the Technical Review and Advisory Committee, address the concerns of the Joint Administrative Procedures Committee, and incorporate statutory changes from the 2006 legislative session. Throughout the chapter, the term “Registered Engineer” is replaced by the term “Licensed Engineer”. The bureau website is listed as a source for referenced forms and materials. Repair permits are no longer required to splice drip emitter lines. Site plans are required to show existing and proposed excavation areas and the locations of the elevation reference point and the evaluators test borings. Coastal control permits from the Department of Environmental Protection are required before the issuance of system construction permits in affected areas. Design engineers are required when residential or establishment flows are split, systems have 1500 square feet or more drainfield, an engineer-designed system is repaired or modified, or where the seasonal high water table is altered by physical or mechanical means. The changes clarify that pump tank capacity is total capacity and that the capacity label on a service truck is the waste storage tank capacity. Portable restroom companies will be required to maintain a list of the date of installation for each portable holding tank and that portable holding tanks need to be labeled similarly to portable restrooms. Individual installation permits for portable holding tanks will no longer be required. Aerobic treatment unit manufacturers need to demonstrate that the entire state is covered by maintenance entities before the department will approve an installation of their product. The standards for concrete, fiberglass and polyethylene treatment receptacles are clarified. Receptacles of other materials are prohibited. Numerous tank test and design standards were modified. The proposals allow low pressure dosing systems having less than 1500 square feet of drainfield to be designed by master septic tank contractors and provide design specifications for such systems. The number of annual continuing education hours required for registered septic tank contractors and master septic tank contractors increased to 12 hours and 18 hours annually, respectively. Workers compensation is no longer one of the criteria for demonstrating an employer/employee relationship with a registered septic tank contractor.

SUMMARY:

Areas addressed include general provisions; definitions; system design specifications, site evaluation, permitting, location and installation; regulation of septage, grease, holding tanks and portable toilets; management of aerobic treatment units; construction of treatment receptacles, drainfields and system repairs; interim system use in the Florida Keys; septic tank contractor and master contractor registration and renewal; innovative system permitting; and fees.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY:

154.06(1), 381.0011(4), 381.0011(13), 381.006, 381.0065(3)(a), 381.0066, 489.553(3), 489.557(1) FS.

LAW:

381.012, 386.025, 381.0061, 381.0065, 381.00655, 381.066, 381.0067, 386.041, 489.552, 489.553, 489.554, 489.557 FS., Ch. 2001-337, LOF F.

PRINT PUBLISH DATE:

9/1/2006 Vol. 32/35

COMMENTS:

From 9/1/2006 To 9/22/2006 (21 Days)
The public comment period for this notice has already expired.

REFERENCE MATERIALS:

No reference(s).

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